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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will no longer grant ‘Erotica’ points for taking photos of women [VGC]
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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Such a dumb move. This won't help sales, but it certainly will hurt them (though, to be fair, probably not much). Sex sells. And the people who are offended by this wouldn't have bought the game in the first place.
I'm just so annoyed by this recent resurgence of Puritan-esque prudishness. Humans are sexual beings! We shouldn't be ashamed of or offended by sexuality; we should embrace it! And if people are worried about unequal representation, the solution is simple: put sexy men in the game, too, and maybe an option for players to toggle either. Everybody wins.
Sure, but promoting the explicit sexual exploitation of women doesn't seem to be the answer.
Like, maybe not pushing for taking sexually explicit photos of un-consenting persons?
If you dont want to buy the game without that, then you don't want to buy the game, you want to buy Girls Gone Wild.
Yeah, I think the people arguing for this don't understand the full context. You get extra points for taking the equivalent of upskirt photos of women who are being attacked by or in fear of being attacked by zombies. It's textbook exploitation.
I can't immediately think of a context where it would be better, but... it isn't this.