What else do you think will be censored?

Alcin · Jun 18, 2018 3:37 PM

A dev admitted the weapons the Gnorc Commandos have in Twilight Harbor were censored. With this in mind, what else do you think will be changed?

On my front, I expect Elora to not be bottomless anymore. Like wearing a skirt or kilt (maybe to link her with Fracture Hills as an immigrant or descended from immigrants).

raindrop717 · Jun 18, 2018 5:14 PM

I think there's a good chance they won't do that to Elora, because none of the adult dragons so far have had pants or kilts and they are standing bipedally too, showing off just as much as she would be. Though I could be proven wrong.

It's highly likely, however, that they will now censor the gnorcs that moon you in the Peace Keeper's World, which will be sad. If they do, I hope its just a blurred spot or something, so at least the spirit will remain the same. Also, I'm curious how they probably censored the guns in Dry Canyon. Purple goo REALLY doesn't fit there.

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Aquila King · Jun 18, 2018 5:48 PM

I don't want to get political here, but I'm worried that the PC police on the far left might have a slight influence on this going into it. hmm

What if they censor Ripto slowly being consumed by the lava when you beat him? Or the gnorcs flashing their butts at you in Peace Keepers? Or the guy on the magic carpet in Scorch who steals the flags because his character might be perceived as slightly racist? (I've actually heard some people make that argument recently)

It just doesn't make any sense to me why what was perfectly acceptable in the late 90's as a kids game is now somehow not. If it were set back in the 50's or something and had some real sexist or racist stuff (as that kind of thing was commonplace back then) then I'd be inclined to understand. Just watch some popular Disney movies from that era (like Dumbo's stereotypical black crows for instance) and you'll see what I mean. There's really nothing bad about the original Spyro trilogy that would warrant anything to be censored. I mean the originals are already considered kids games and have an E rating for crying out loud.

I can at least somewhat understand the mentality behind changing the guns in Twilight Harbor so as to be more sensitive to mass shootings now days, but even then while I understand the change, I don't agree with it. Kids are smarter and more resilient than people give them credit for. They aren't gonna be traumatized over guns in the game because lord knows were weren't now were we? I mean they even kept that one boss fight in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy from the first game with the kangaroo dude who's a parody of Scarface essentially. For those that don't know, there's an entire boss fight in Crash 1 where the enemy literally does nothing but jump around and fire his machine gun at you - real bullets and everything! If it was fine with Crash, why not Spyro?

Again, I don't want to get political here, but this is exactly why I'm against pretty much all forms of censorship. It's a slippery slope that inevitably leads to nonsensical stuff being censored for no reason. So far what I've seen thus far in the Reignited Trilogy isn't a deal breaker. I'll still buy it and play the crap out of it, but if they go a bit too crazy with the censorship I will deeply disappointed. sad

Alcin · Jun 18, 2018 6:20 PM

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Paranoia · Jun 19, 2018 12:13 AM

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Aquila King · Jun 19, 2018 12:45 AM

Paranoia · Jun 19, 2018 12:56 AM

No worries man, political discussions can be exhausting especially nowadays, and I rarely engage myself either. I didn't mean to come off as aggressive or anything--just wanted to put in my two cents.

I also don't agree with censorship in a general sense either, but in this case, as a game geared towards children (that also appeals to adults; one of the beauties of the original games!), I feel like it's not a politically motivated thing.

Edit: sentence that wasn't really relevant to the discussion

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Alcin · Jun 19, 2018 4:50 AM

Paranoia · Jun 19, 2018 10:53 AM

Fair enough. I guess I'm not concerned either way if they take some artistic liberties with Elora's dress, but we're free to disagree on that tongue

To actually answer the question: I could see them maybe taking an ax to some of the level intro and outro cutscenes in the second game, since some of them were actually kind of morbid (Friendly NPCs murdering each other). That would be kind of sad to see since it did give the game and levels some character, so I hope they remain

Stormy · Jun 19, 2018 1:22 PM

supercoupe91 · Jun 19, 2018 5:44 PM

I hate this kind of censorship with a passion. The people who be getting bent out of shape over these things weren't going to buy the game anyway. They just ruin things for everyone else. Of course it wouldn't be an issue if companies would stop cowering to these people.

raindrop717 · Jun 19, 2018 5:51 PM

Stormy · Jun 19, 2018 6:21 PM

Aquila King · Jun 19, 2018 8:21 PM

supercoupe91 · Jun 19, 2018 8:39 PM

Maybe a little off-topic, but I thought there were some female dragons in the original game?

Aura24 · Jun 19, 2018 9:12 PM

Only female baby dragons in Year of the Dragon, but there were no female adult dragons in the originals.

Stormy · Jun 20, 2018 12:25 AM

Alcin · Jun 20, 2018 12:49 PM

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supercoupe91 · Jun 20, 2018 5:17 PM

How do you we actually know the original game didn't have female dragons? Gender is never specified. For example, I always though the first dragon in Magic Crafters was female.

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Aquila King · Jun 20, 2018 5:27 PM

supercoupe91 · Jun 20, 2018 9:11 PM

Aquila King · Jun 21, 2018 12:00 AM

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FuturisticEggThief · Jun 21, 2018 12:11 AM

I thought Tomas was female lol.

supercoupe91 · Jun 21, 2018 2:14 AM

raindrop717 · Jun 21, 2018 3:14 AM

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