Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[RyuDragnier]

Tbh it's just stupid to me the game even gets that.
It's odd to see Bayonetta of all games appeal to prudes like that, especially when other games with sexualized content don't.
Kinda goes against the overall tone and character imo.

I watched the new trailer and Bayonetta herself is great but holy hell wtf is that new character xD...
As soon as she entered the screen the trailer went completely downhill it honestly has me really worried...
In all honesty the only thing that looks good in the trailer is Bayonetta, as soon as it cuts to anything else it just looks bad imo :/.

I think they did it in order to appease Nintendo. You know how they feel about their "family friendly" image.

[Kolsykol]

I think they did it in order to appease Nintendo. You know how they feel about their "family friendly" image.

Well that's mainly for their own IP's, as far as I know at least they're actually very lenient on what third parties do.
There's a lot of games that Sony demands dev censors that Nintendo don't.

Honestly tho it's a different team working on it, and I do think it's noticeable.
I think it might just be a corporate decision because they think it'll sell more copies or something.
I mean I've been asking for toggles instead of full-on censorship enforced for everyone since forever for games.
I really hate censorship with a passion it's one of the few things that actually does get me legit upset, I care a lot about artists being free to create their vision without being pestered by publishers and other third party interests.
Movies and tv shows are plagued by this too, it's ridiculous how much censorship goes on behind the scenes for movies to maximize profits a lot of directors and writers have spoken out about how widespread it is and it genuinely makes movies worse.

But I dunno, in Bayonetta I almost feel like it compromises it in a way.
It's kinda like turning gore off for Mortal Kombat I just feel weird about it for that game in particular it feels like it goes too much against the fundamental vision and tone of the game, kinda the same with Bayonetta here if that makes sense.
Not saying it's a huge deal since it's optional but part of me just feels like it's wrong in this particular case.

Edit: It also makes games feel less like art to me, like you can change and '' customize '' it in ways that weren't the actual intended vision of the creators.
If you could do this with paintings I think it'd kinda diminish the works, I just feel very odd about it and like it sorta makes it '' lesser '' in a way.

I also think if they're gonna cater to people like this then it shouldn't be one-sided.
How about people who prefer gore or sexualized content?
Why can't they get toggles that increases it for games?
Why is it always prudes that get catered to.

But yeah I am just kinda throwing my thoughts out there.