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[SLESS]

Well that saves me some money, putting a line right through Ubisoft. Social media destroyed society giving idiots opinions relayed as facts. This game did not make his imaginary GF ugly.

 

[DogofWar]

The updated text leaked:

"Horribly burned as a child. She became a body positive activist, traveling around the world with the words "beautifuL" written on her melted face. She also gained 200 pounds and ate cake in public as part of her body positive crusade."

 

[McCarth]

Once again, enforcing modern day standards to historical acts/depictions is so ironically asinine as over time all it will do is prevent the very thing that has made us who we are today.

I'm just astonished at how intellectually bankrupt this ultra-leftist perspective has become in just a few short years. Massive, unilaterally positive progress made over decades of blood and sweat and debate is slowly being lost in a hail of anonymous sanctimony.

 

[mitch1971]

Why do any of you care?

Because eventually as people like them get offended more and more by every little piece of entertainment, art, etc, they start chipping away at peoples choices every day, we will eventually be going from look at this....

to looking at this....

 

[GHG]

One random person gets upset so they change the whole thing for everyone.

This kind of thing sets an awful precedent.

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

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.

That's easy none, you know corprations won't go against anything that would affect their stock and twitter mobs know how much a negative tag does to that.

Social media is cancer.

 

[Dave_at_Home]

Imagine trying to create a piece of art and bending the knee to these people. Insane.

These companies need to ask themselves an important question. When it comes to these individuals being perpetually offended at anything, at what point do we (the company) draw the line?

 

[Lux R7]

 

[cormack12]

I'm surprised the twitter account was able to get the change approved, ratified and into the sprint cycle of the developers to be honest. Or they can make commitments of this scale on behalf of the devs.

Ready Player One - ashamed of birthmark

 

[Atrus]

‘M’ for mature isn’t just a statement of ones age but also their emotional and intellectual maturity.

People suffering from illnesses that debilitate their mental state should also not be playing M-rated games.

Try some E-rated games, work with your therapist, and don’t go off your meds.

 

[IntentionalPun]

You guys all look just as silly giving so much of a shit over the removal of some pointless text from a game.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Got it. Add "mental trauma" to the list of character traits that can't be depicted in film and games.

 

[AmuroChan]

When I was a kid, a bully dressed up as a Viking on Halloween and beat me up. It still traumatizes me to this day and I demand that Ubisoft remove all Vikings and Vikings-related imagery and themes from this game.

 

[recursive]

It is fiction. I wonder if these losers burn books with stories they don't like.

 

[Dave_at_Home]

You guys all look just as silly giving so much of a shit over the removal of some pointless text from a game.

True, but where does it end? Adults like that guy need an intervention.

 

[Barakov]

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.

"Abelist Text"

 

[MiguelItUp]

I hate how common this is becoming. People "not liking something" or being "offended" by something so much so that they expect change. That sounds entitled as all hell, and fucking childish.

Honestly, if people like this can't handle any kind of content in a fictional world/universe, they probably shouldn't be playing games. Hell, or be on the internet for that matter.

 

[Armorous]

I looked it up and still don't understand. Are we abelizing them to empower themselves by calling out their disability, or are we making everyone able to see how their life is impacted by their lack of ability?

"Abelist Text"

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I don't get the offense.

 

[Kikorin]

This is the real life version of this:

 

[NickFire]

This shit needs to stop before these people push normals to elect Andrew Dice Clay as president in 2024 just to end it. Or Dave Chappelle. On second thought Chappelle 2024!

 

[losslessFlac]

Someone post the pottery art from Odyssey...

All the in game NPCs talk like a Twitter thread about Beyoncé, the games are embarrassments at this point

Looked into it. They didn't change the actual artwork so it's not that egregious. Not sure where I stand on that. You can already choose to play a female Spartan
which never happened in history so it's not farfetched to have both genders in the classroom to explain why your character can be a female Spartan.
Regarding the dialogue, I don't know how bad you make it to be, but all media derived from Greek/Roman time has always depicted them to be
more moral or ethical than they actually were. Such as 300.

 

[Forsythia]

It might be a small change but where does it end. Everyone is offended by something, but most people ignore it and just go on with their lives. Let art be art.

Don't know who's more pathetic here, the dude complaining or Ubisoft.

 

[cryptoadam]

Story is BS.

This guy doesnt have a GF. What he meant to say my right hand was so upset.

 

[Bogey]

I have put in a formal complaint that some of the roofs and vista points in AC are not wheelchair accessible, either.

I'll keep you guys posted when I hear back. I know its important for y'all too.

 

[teezzy]

Remember when people with dyed hair and mohawks used to be the ones offending others? Exercising transgressive rights and sticking up for free speech?

WTF happened?

 

[LordCBH]

It might be a small change but where does it end. Everyone is offended by something, but most people ignore it and just go on with their lives. Let art be art.

Don't know who's more pathetic here, the dude complaining or Ubisoft.

Ubisoft is more pathetic for giving in to this lunatic.

 

[OverHeat]

WTF...feeling got hurt hahahaah

 

[nemiroff]

Ubisoft being Ubisoft..

We all know the list of examples has grown long over the recent years.. Ubisoft is a shitty activist company and every time I manage to avoid buying one of their games it makes me very happy.

 

[ultrazilla]

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.

Cry some more.

 

[ExpandKong]

I guess complaining to Twitter was easier than getting a new girlfriend.

Really tired of this back and forth between game developers and Twitter retards to see who's got the most sensitive vagina.

 

[dcll]

True, but where does it end? Adults like that guy need an intervention.

No not true

This shit is ridiculous and is not good at all

 

[Nickolaidas]

Do not blame the whiner.

Blame the company for bending the knee over something like that.

I mean, what's next? Fireball spells cancelled in WRPGs?

 

[Javthusiast]

Fuck them clowns.

 

[Skifi28]

That umm....person....probably didn't get to any of the decapitation parts I imagine.

 

[Ailynn]

(Sorry...I couldn't resist)

 

[MrS]

1 complaint. This is an affront to the developers.

 

[RaZoR No1]

What went wrong with the people?
Why is everybody offended by everything?
If you cannot read texts like that due "insert any dramatic event from the past" just skip it...
Dont spoil or change the game for everyone else.
Are you gonna send claims to the producer of Hellrider or Fantastic Four too?

 

[GrayChild]

I hurt my knee yesterday. Was doing some house work.

BRB writing to Bethesda to remove the "took an arrow to the knee" part from Skyrim, as it reminds me of the pain and discomfort I experienced two days ago.

P.S. Oh, that "thing" wants to be referred to as "they/them".

Nah, I don't think I'll do that, DUDE.

 

[oagboghi2]

They can just modify the wording. The user who reported it referred to his gf as a "burn victim". So they can just reword the description accordingly. It's a nice gesture. I doubt they knew that the wording would be offensive when they made the game, so simple change of text should fix it.

They didn't know it was offensive becuase it isn't offensive

Those saying it's spineless, how would you feel if you suffered a disfigurement, and spent your life embarrassed and insecure, only to find that a game you want to play reminds you of those same feelings? Dude's gf probably has more courage than any of the keyboard gangsters complaining in this thread.

Ubisoft isn't guilty of being negligent. They didn't know, and now they know better. I personally never knew this stuff was an issue, but now I've learned as well. It's all part of the growing process. Hating a company for acknowledging a request, and helping their community is lame. Hate them if they ignored the request or dared to insult the user. This is a nice gesture.

There is always one goose stepper.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

LOLZ at UbiSOFT. Fucking clowns.

 

[MadViking]

Can they remove tearing while they are at it? I am offensed by it.

 

[SCB3]

Do these people not research anything, I'll do it for them, repeat after me

They. Are. Fucking. Vikings!

 

[Ozrimandias]

Man, this snowflake generation it's annoying

 

[Guileless]

What are the odds that this guy has a burned face girlfriend who came in and saw this exact text at the moment this guy was reading it?

Very bad luck for they/them!

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Why do any of you care?

The fact that you even have to ask displays the astounding limits of your 'intellect'. Or you're a troll. For your sake I hope it's the latter.

 

[Freeman76]

Fuck this stupid shit I would rather they remove the screen tear that loads of people are upset about and is unnacceptable on this level of hardware

 

[petran79]

If only they removed sequel-ism as well

 

[Kuranghi]

Congrats, you just reinforced your GF's waining insecurities by making a big deal out of it. Fucking moron.

Hiding away from all references to anything thats reminiscient of something bad that happened to you is not the way to heal. Plus, it sounded like she was over it, or at least getting over it from the wording of the tweet!

I know this sounds cheesy but maybe a better response would've been: "Remember when you felt like that, it would be good if you could tell her (The NPC from the text) how you got over it and just to live your life as you are with no regrets/worries". I'm guessing she didn't get over her burns by becoming a violent lunatic as in the game...

Nah in their addled mind a better thing to say was: "Oh god! I'm so sorry you had to see that, we need to remove this from the game so people won't ever have to think about situations different from their own".

FFS.

 

[loktaiextatus]

Wow you cant have a storyline, especially not one where realistic things happen like someone being disfigured is a BAD thing. I guess the text should have said " I was burned but because of my positive attitude nobody noticed, and no strife was faced, a non issue and no story here!"