In the last few hours a new controversy has broken out about Stellar Bladeaccused by some fans of having adopted censorship compared to the version initially launched on disc for some contents.
Amid controversy over an alleged reduction of the most violent effects — which would actually appear to be caused by performance mode — and an image that appears to reference racist insultsit was mainly those who ended up under accusation a costume of the protagonistslightly touched up with the day-one patch.
Below, you can find a clip showing the version 1.00 costume, technically still playable if you own the disc version (you can find it on Amazon), without downloading any type of update.
The developers have tried to clarify everything by pointing out that the new version is the one that truly represents their vision of the gamebut that didn’t stop the controversy from those who accused the team of censoring Stellar Blade, violating the promise to leave it intact.
We had in fact reported on our pages how Shift Up had boasted of not having adopted any type of censorship, not even on the Japanese versions – often more subject to retouching due to the more aggressive evaluation system.
It would therefore be a broken promise according to many users who decided to protest not only by opening the inevitable online petition, but also requesting refunds on PlayStation Store for «misleading advertising».
Refunds that, as reported by Tech4Gamersit seems that in most cases were satisfied: an event certainly worth highlighting, considering that it is extremely difficult to obtain refunds of this type for video games sold on PlayStation.
Several users confirmed that they actually received refunds after complaining about broken promises: evidently, Sony also believes that we can no longer talk about an “uncensored” gamedespite pre-launch promises.
A bizarre situation for sure could have been avoided with a little more claritybefore the actual debut on the market and not later: after all, in our opinion it wasn’t a real “censorship”, but just a slightly modified and still very flashy design.
