Sounds like some people were genuinely expecting clothing to react as it does in real life when wet. Yes, would have been something new that noone's done yet, from what I've seen anyway. No, it would not have been very friendly to the game's rating. As much as it's a joke, "Think of the children!" was likely first and foremost on the developers' minds. Besides, there's games out there where the characters run around looking like they're veritably doused in oil... it doesn't look good one bit. The subtle effect presented here is nice looking thing. Wait, nice... thing... but... what is this... I don't even...