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[Jack Videogames]

So, apparently in AC Valhalla there's some flavor text about a burn victim being unhappy with being burnt. Sorry for the absolutely unnecessary Spanish translation, the page I got it from had it like this.

Of course, the fact that an NPC might feel that being covered in burns is a bit shitty cannot be tolerated and must be rectified immediately.

So here you go, if you don't like something about Valhalla complain about it and add some -isms and it will apparently be changed.

 

[BlueXImpulse]

I wasn't getting this game before and I definitely won't now.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

XD

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

jesus christ

 

[INC]

Forget about the burn face

Who cut their hair

 

[Andodalf]

TBF that description is weird as all get out

 

[Krappadizzle]

This is our future unless we stand up to this shit. Art dictated by the consumer and not the artists, which will lead to bland ass, fit for everyone games and art.

 

[LectureMaster]

Ubisoft is probably the most backbone lacking gaming mogul , they bend thier knees to everything, be it totalitarian , radical woke people, as long as they can sell their games.

 

[WellSheet]

Fuck me - is there a critical mass point with this shit? Or are we doomed?

 

[NullZ3r0]

See, these people are why Biden thinks he's President.

 

[BlackM1st]

Lack of big b00bied ladies in AC V is offensive to my beliefs. I demand big b00bied ladies!!!

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Pussies, pussies everywhere.

 

[losslessFlac]

The original text doesn't seem disrespectful or making fun of people with burn scars. Isn't it a common experience to feel anger/shame about it? Seems to me the complainer was speaking for them. Just cause the person was sad doesn't mean they disliked the text. It could be empathy with the character.

 

[Orta]

"Them/they"

Throw the cunt on a fucking fire ffs.

 

[Armorous]

Can't game characters and their designers have their own opinion on how something makes them or their characters feel?

 

[A Rifter in Space]

Proof that once again tankies are subhumans who can't do anything except express outrage. It's literally impossible for the left to think critically about something if it's not shallow grey slop like Star Wars or this shit.

 

[cormack12]

So goodbye to nuanced characters shaped by tragedy I guess? So now she is just angry because........

Guess I'll have proper insight when I play this in a couple of weeks but on the surface sounds stupid.

I guess frankenstein's monster didn't have the right to lament his physical states either

 

[poodaddy]

Easily solved problem; stop buying Ubisoft's awful copy paste games folks. Just stop.

 

[M1chl]

 

[Hudo]

So, he's not forced to play/buy the game. I don't see why stuff has to be removed.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

This guy is complaining because his GF is ashamed of her horrible facial scars?

Yeah, that's the best way to deal with it, tell everyone on twitter about it.

Surejan.gif

 

[kretos]

Mutha fucka you better remove dismemberments from the game i'm a victim and both my hands and legs were cut off by thugs who were trying to steal my candy when i was a kid and i type this with my tongue and nose on the keyboard

 

[jaysius]

Jesus, this isn't how to do this. If anything he should be happy that his g/f was able to rise above it unlike that fictional blurb character.

This is getting out of hand.

 

[Jack Videogames]

It's like in PsychoPass, where all entertainment was properly sanitized to not arouse criminal tendencies, and in-universe movies were, for example, about a bunch people experiencing a mild earthquake and being in absolutely no danger.

That's it. That's our future.

 

[regawdless]

I feel like being offended became a contest.
Shitty move by Ubi to remove it. Don't censor your artistic vision!

 

[Breakage]

If there's ever a third world war, it will be interesting to see how these people cope with it.

 

[Cannibalistic]

I just wanted to sneak around killing people who I disagree with in a video game, but I can't because I'm offended.

Burn the industry to the ground!

 

[Kamina]

I am offended that the women in AC Valhalla dont have dicks, like a normal woman should.
#AddDicksToACWomen

 

[RoboFu]

I had an traumatic bad hair cut when I was a kid. Can I get this guy canceled??

 

[Night.Ninja]

 

[spons]

No religious, ethnical, ableist, cultural and political references in their next game then? It wouldn't fucking exist, but I'll take that as a win at this point.

 

[Bergoglio]

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

This sets a funny precedent. How far are Ubisoft willing to go to please any and every snowflake complaint to not insult anyone...

I hope trolls make work of this and nitpick this game to pieces with the most ridiculous complaints to see what will be left of it.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Blocking everybody that disagrees, ofcourse; can't risk falling out of the echo chamber:

 

[Abriael_GN]

I wonder who will be the first developer to really push hard against this kind of demand for pandering. It has to happen, sooner or later.

 

[Rudius]

Pussies, pussies everywhere.

That's trans-exclusionary!

 

[Reallink]

It's impossible to tell what's real and what's shitposters trolling developers to bait them into some insincere performative action.

 

[hemo memo]

It is a fictional character in a video game...

 

[base]

Now wait for lgbt morons to complain why the vikings weren't homosexual...

 

[Certinty]

A guy dressed as Spider-Man once racially abused me.

Time for me to tweet Insomniac asking them to remove Spider-Man from Spider-Man.

If they don’t listen then Insomniac are most definitely racist.

 

[ManaByte]

Ubisoft is probably the most backbone lacking gaming mogul , they bend thier knees to everything, be it totalitarian , radical woke people, as long as they can sell their games.

Well, they are French.

 

[vpance]

They should rewrite the text to say "She relieves her fury by complaining about everything on twitter".

 

[Eternal21]

The inmates are running the asylum...

 

[SinDelta]

Why should I or anyone buy Valhalla if Ubisoft will not even defend their own product? Shows just how much faith they have in their own game.

Gutless.

 

[Coolwhhip]

The French are known for how easy they surrender. You have to be a giant pussy of a company to give in to the failures at life on tweeter.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

This is just ridiculous. Can't have a fictional character react negatively to or be traumatized by a negative thing for fear of offending people?

 

[Krappadizzle]

What's sad is that it changes nothing. People with those ailments will still have them, now, they just have even less to empathize/commiserate with. In the process of "inclusion" you exclude the very thing you feel compassion for.

 

[losslessFlac]

I haven't played the Assassin Creed games, but how well do the NPCs or dialogue reflect the attitudes and morals of the time?
It would be strange for a historical game to be very cognizant of whatever category equality that we practice today.
Is there more blatant sexism/racism which I would expect in the past? Or do they dodge the topic?

 

[kruis]

Does anyone think Ubisoft will reinsert the cut text when I tweet this to them?

"My boyfriend grew up under a ruthless communist dictatoship and suffers from traumatizing flashbacks whenever he sees anyone give in to censorship out of fear. I am embarrassed to see that the games industry I supported for so many years now is afraid to stand up for non-conformist opinions. "

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Oh no, one random person in the world was upset at lines of text in vidya game!
Quick multimillion-dollar developer, fix this ASAP or you get Twitter mob outrage, you understand?

And these people talk about privilege.