Lieju said:Such as? Since I can't find info on other AO games on Steam.Fox12 said:Eh, I think a game would have to be good before it could drive change. At best, it will be ignored. At worst it will make things worse by reinforcing negative stereotypes in the publics mind. I'm pretty sure other AO titles have received steam releases, to little fanfare.Thomas Guy said:As much as I can see this doing good for the industries fear of AO, this game is just so stupid and juvenile looking. The trailer sounded like some pissed of 15 year olds facebook whine session.
Really, if this game is going to have any actual impact it is going to be rating-wise. As far as I understand, Steam hasn't allowed AO-rated games to be sold on their distribution platform, so far anyway.
So this is going to either be a special case (which is questionable, what makes this special then?) or they'll have to remove that limitation.
I don't think there ever WAS a "No-AO games" rule, just a "No sex" rule. Since every game (besides Manhunt 2) that was rated AO was rated so because of sex, this is the very first time we've even had a chance for Steam to allow or disallow the rating by itself.BreakfastMan said:I was thinking more graphic. Around the time Hatred was in greenlight, there was a gay dating sim that got rejected because it was too explicit. That "My Ex-Boyfriend" game has sex on the same level as Leasure Suit Larry, from what I gather. And the steam version of Huniepop was censored so it could be on steam, from what I remember; the full game that you can get from the website includes more nudity and explicit sex scenes. So yeah, if steam breaks their "no AO games" rule for this nonsense, how about they break their "no sex" rule as well?
Personally, I think Valve should make a sister-client that goes alongside Steam (Vapor?) that contains games which feature sex. That way, everyone wins.