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[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yeah, I'm on the side of if it's legal it should be allowed, but having read about the scene and watched the trailer I think it's kind of disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise. Getting that on to steam would be a coin flip even without the recent controversies.

Feels like they're just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago

Feels like they’re just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

If it looks like a dog, barks like a dog, it is a dog. They are definitely pulling out a publicity stunt. Their site proudly promotes the fact that they got banned off steam. You bet that is intentional.

[–] Deyis@beehaw.org 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given that it's being allowed on multiple different platforms now that the "child riding a naked person in a horse mask" sequence has been removed, it definitely stinks of spin from the dev trying to get more publicity.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 10 points 1 day ago

If it's being allowed on multiple different platforms, I don't klow what he's complaining about.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise

Given that the game is going to release on Epic Games Store, GOG, and Humble Store, I actually do find it surprising.

Steam / Valve seems to be the outlier here.

The description of the scene that got the game banned is not even remotely sexual, just a bit weird / uncomfortable which is the entire point they’re trying to make. And that scene is not even in the game anymore.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 10 points 1 day ago

Steam / Valve seems to be the outlier here.

They sent the version with a child only to valve