David Jaffe gives in to bad IGN review, tunes down "offensive" content in his videogame

[Trooper924]

Did the reviewer at IGN actually say they were offended by the humor itself or more that they were offended that the developers thought so little of their customers' sense of humor that they would basically make MEMES the Game? Genuinely asking since the latter is what I would assume after looking at some gameplay footage (no I don't really want to go read an IGN review, I dislike their content in general).

The game just seems painfully unfunny. This isn't 90's humor, this is modern teenage memes humor taken to an extreme. Seems to me that the developers are softening the entrance to the game so that people are eased into it without immediately thinking "this is the shit I'm going to be listening to? Fuck that, refund time."

Also, based on what the OP linked as evidence, there's nothing to suggest that the Devs changed the game because of IGN's review. Could it be that they changed the game because they thought it might make them more money? As someone else mentioned in this thread, it's capitalism, not fascism.

But sure, leap for the top shelf on conspiracies right away just because the devs change some lines in the TUTORIAL.

As I said before, the writer didn't seem to be offended by it, they just thought it was overall too unrelentingly mean-spirited and obnoxious.

From the review itself:

Drawn to Death isn't just sophomoric or crass--there's nothing wrong with some South Park-style shock humor. The real problem is the constant and unending barrage of discouraging abuse it hurls your way at every possible opportunity. Within the space it takes to complete the tutorial you'll be fully aware of how ugly, stupid, unskilled, and utterly worthless it's characters think you are--not to mention what a good French kisser your mom is--and Drawn to Death will never, ever let you forget it. "You died," the cartoon frog mentor says if you die during the tutorial, "and I'm genuinely sad. I'm not surprised, mind you, because I think you're stupid. But I am sad." It's as if developer The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency has taken the kind of in-game chat awfulness that makes so many of us take off our headsets and mute everybody when playing online, and made it part of the game itself.

It doesn't even mix things up, sending the same handful of taunts and insults your way multiple times every single match.

 

[kitsunefather]

For my two cents, I have no problem when a creator does this (as it is their product), but I really feel there should be an option left in for the original content to be available for those people who bought it already, and enjoyed it.The whole patch culture of modern gaming is something I feel is a step backward for game consumers, as games that are even finished will still get patches to alter content without your consent at the whim of the creator.

 

[tippy2k2]

This thread has become a fluster cluck and the OP asked for it to be closed on page 3 so...