Ready or Not developer VOID Interactive confronted backlash in June for “censoring” the sport to adjust to the console certification course of. The developer has defended its decisions as not basically altering Ready or Not’s violence or its grim tone, however as a substitute making minimal alterations to make sure compliance with the necessities of different platforms. Within the wake of the backlash, VOID Interactive has launched a brand new assertion that clarifies precisely what content material has been altered, going so far as to incorporate “earlier than” and “after” photographs as an instance modifications.
The statement emphasizes that no main modifications have come to Ready or Not’s shootouts. Gamers can nonetheless sever the limbs of foes with gunfire and it nonetheless consists of lots of blood and guts. Nonetheless, gamers can not dismember the lifeless our bodies of enemies. Elsewhere, the replace removes nudity, softens an allusion to youngster sexual-abuse materials, and replaces a convulsing NPC with a sleeping one. The assertion elaborates, “The results of gore and violence — key to the sport’s immersive realism — haven’t been toned down…we’ve solely made modifications the place completely required, and solely to the letter of the laws — no additional.”
The assertion has not halted the backlash. Parts of the sport’s neighborhood has continued to evaluation bomb Ready or Not. Whereas the general score is regular at “very constructive,” latest evaluations have plummeted to “largely damaging.” A number of reviewers declare the modifications have had a dramatic impact on the sport’s tone. One says, “It now appears like simply one other generic tactical shooter, weighed down by clunky AI and stripped of the ambiance that set it aside.” Different evaluations discover the controversy extremely foolish, with one reviewer advising the aggrieved to “contact grass.”
Ready or Not continues to be on low cost as half of the Steam Summer time Sale. The bottom sport is on the market for $25 and a bundle together with DLC is $39. The sport involves PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S on July 15.