Fans Protest Tera's Censorship

[Gottesstrafe]

If the European mainstream has such an aversion to blood, it's no wonder your women don't save.

Okay show of hands: Who else thought this would be related to the dress-code?

Ditto. Especially given the stereotype that the English are in denial over the existence of anything even remotely sexual.

 

[Davey Woo]

I like how they've given themselves the option of playing on the US servers, because they know they won't be able to manage actually boycotting the game entirely if nothing is changed.

I think they should just stop whining and play on the US servers, 100ms of extra ping is surely worth it for all that lovely blood!...

 

[Jadak]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

To be fair, those girls look at least 12.

 

[The Random One]

Wait, I... this doesn't make sense. For starters, they changed the game because they got a lower age rating? That's kind of the opposite of what should happen.

 

[Wintermoot]

I really hope this is just in the German version (considering that the German version is always cut) or maybe allow third party mods so you can just mod it back in.

 

[Risingblade]

There was blood in that game? I only played the beta but there was really blood?

 

[him over there]

At least it wasn't as bad as the no more heroes blood censorship. "Hey let's just replace the blood with blocks of black ash, nobody will notice!"

 

[Slayer_2]

If the European mainstream has such an aversion to blood, it's no wonder your women don't save.

Okay show of hands: Who else thought this would be related to the dress-code?

Seconded. Although, Europe is more sane than the US. If you're gonna get up in arms about a game containing mature content, why the fuck would you go after nudity and sex when the game contains tons of violence? See: GTA or Mass Effect "scandals".

 

[Subatomic]

I really hope this is just in the German version (considering that the German version is always cut)

Except they aren't. More often than not, the German version is identical to other language versions (except the language, obviously). Heavily cut versions are the exception, not the rule, and in the majority of cases developers/publishers way overdo the cutting because they fear a prohibitively high age rating even though, at least in recent years, the German rating board hasn't been any more strict than those in other countries.

 

[EbonBehelit]

i would not censor anything. the dressing in tera is very good looking, my only complaint is that the males should share of the same greco-roman style approach to clothing. that is, barely any at all. no that is not sexual, i just find the dress code beautiful, if a bit on the erotic.

I respectfully disagree. From what I've seen, eroticism seems to be the ENTIRE POINT of the female dress code in TERA - The worst thing males get is an unbuttoned shirt, while almost everything the demon females wear looks like an Ivy cosplay.

Also, the elfin are disgusting - sexualizing little girls is NEVER okay.
The defence "Oh, but they're not human! That makes it okay!" doesn't work either, as ideas are never made in a vacuum - the Elfin are SUPPOSED to look like prepubescent girls.

 

[Seanfall]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

Yeah the whole furry loli thing is to me a waaaaay bigger issue then blood flow. I've seen the game play videos it's just creepy as fuck.

 

[Seanfall]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

Yeah the whole furry loli thing is to me a waaaaay bigger issue then blood flow. I've seen the game play videos it's just creepy as fuck.

It's not furry. Technically it's just kemonomimi, or "animal ears".

And let me tell you, they certainly do make blood flow. [/sex joke]

I'd have no problem with them if they weren't on a the body of a nine year old.

 

[Seanfall]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

Yeah the whole furry loli thing is to me a waaaaay bigger issue then blood flow. I've seen the game play videos it's just creepy as fuck.

It's not furry. Technically it's just kemonomimi, or "animal ears".

And let me tell you, they certainly do make blood flow. [/sex joke]

I'd have no problem with them if they weren't on a the body of a nine year old.

It's all right. That's not their REAL bodies.

....I'm not sure I know what you mean...and I'm not sure I want to.

 

[Seanfall]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

Yeah the whole furry loli thing is to me a waaaaay bigger issue then blood flow. I've seen the game play videos it's just creepy as fuck.

It's not furry. Technically it's just kemonomimi, or "animal ears".

And let me tell you, they certainly do make blood flow. [/sex joke]

I'd have no problem with them if they weren't on a the body of a nine year old.

It's all right. That's not their REAL bodies.

....I'm not sure I know what you mean...and I'm not sure I want to.

According to their backstory, the Elin form a physical body around a fragment of their divine being. So it's really just a shell or construct.

Okay so their a nine year old doll with fox ears....THAT'S STILL BAD! Eeeehhhh....>.>

 

[mParadox]

Let's get this out of the way: I thought it was about the showing of so much skin which got everyone knickers in a twist. The thing that should be censored, well in cases of those races which look a hell lot like kids.

And now, to the topic. Too much blood? Oh okay. Let's just remove all the blood! That'll teach 'em that blood adds little to nothing in a MMO. Now if this was a FPS and TPS. >.>

 

[thirion1850]

Okay show of hands: Who else thought this would be related to the dress-code?

Aye. You'd think jiggle physics would be a more pressing matter, but apparently people need more gore with the tits.

 

[00slash00]

people are enraged because they cut down on the amount of blood? heres the thing, if you start a petition over everything that upsets you, when you start a petition over something that is actually wrong and unfair, no one is going to listen to you. pick your battles. also, and i know that this goes without saying, since we are talking about an mmo, but if this is worth starting a petition over, you have too much free time on your hands.

i do think taking the blood out was weird though. the game has 12 year old girls who dont wear pants and ive seen porn movies with more clothing than the female humans and elves wear

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Ah I see gamers have got their priorities completely screwed up... again.

If the European mainstream has such an aversion to blood, it's no wonder your women don't save.

Okay show of hands: Who else thought this would be related to the dress-code?

*raises hand* Here!

 

[algalon]

The old gods are angry. They are not getting the blood sacrifice they so desire.

 

[llubtoille]

So lemme get this straight. 9 year old girls in their underpants is okay but the blood had to go? 9 year old girls in fox ears and underpants but its the blood that is the issue. REALLY!? This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

I guess some societies consider violence and murder to be a more serious event over pornography.