PC Gaming ERA | May 2018 - What's a computer?

Chairmanchuck (另一个我) · May 18, 2018

ArjanN said:
It's an entirely subjective line, and depends on context usually.

It's probably a lot easier for The Witcher 3 to have a couple of scenes like that since it's not the main focus of the game. The Huniepop stuff is a lot more transparent.

I mean I can totally get it, but then the question is what about visual novels who just have 3-4 sex scenes in 30h "reading", which are still censored?
What about games that dont even have any sex when they arent patched?
What about "loli characters" in fighting games wearing skimpy outfits and be seductive?

Deques said:
But they don't have any sexual content, do they?

Some have some fanservice scenes.

RZetko · May 18, 2018

Chairmanchuck said:
I mean I can totally get it, but then the question is what about visual novels who just have 3-4 sex scenes in 30h "reading", which are still censored?
What about games that dont even have any sex when they arent patched?
What about "loli characters" in fighting games wearing skimpy outfits and be seductive?

Dumbest thing about this whole situation is that there are no clear rules and Valve are enforcing them willy-nilly.

What's the point of picking games with adult content and drawing some imaginary line? (that's just rhetorical question, I already know the answer - people like to victimize everything instead of solving the real issue) Steam is full of games with violence that can be way more disturbing than some titties - Mortal Kombat X, Doom etc. - and there're absolutely no borders there. I assume that most of the time they don't even know what is released on Steam because of almost completely absent curation.

Also why now? Huniepop is already censored, has been on store for few years already and it's even got age check before allowing you to enter store page.

sredgrin · May 18, 2018

Comparing Witcher and Huniepop and the other games is like comparing Boogie Nights with, well, the movies the characters in Boogie Nights are making.

abracadaver · May 18, 2018

Are there good source ports for the Redneck Rampage games or is it like with Blood where the source code was never released?

They are on sale right now and I've never played them :-o

fspm · May 18, 2018

Rhaknar said:
yes that doesnt look like a child at all... jesus christ.

A thousand year old dragon

when it was 10 years old

Kudo · May 18, 2018

Such a fucking shame Valve has the monopoly on PC Gaming.
For everything good they do, they do stupid shit like this that doesn't make sense in the slightest because they just don't care.

thenexus6 · May 18, 2018

Just bought Dead Island definitive edition x2 (code for my girlfriend too) on humble store for £3 each. One of my favourite bad games on the Xbox 360. Will probably dive into it properly after I finish up some other games.

Wok · May 18, 2018

These are some weirdly-shaped fruit.

Deleted member 1781 · May 18, 2018

This sudden change of Valve politics regarding these games is strange, maybe some outside group lobbying for them to stop selling these games? Just my worthless opinion, but they should at least explain why the sudden changes. Is there any guide in the Steam documentation about what is and what is not allowed in the store?

Keep in mind I'm not defending these games they don't interest me at all and I just avoid them, though I haven't had any of them appearing in my discovery queue for quite some time.

KainXVIII · May 18, 2018

abracadaver said:
Are there good source ports for the Redneck Rampage games or is it like with Blood where the source code was never released?

They are on sale right now and I've never played them :-o

Blood has reverse-engineered port though =)
http://m210.duke4.net/index.php/downloads/download/8-java/50-bloodgdx

Volimar · May 18, 2018

Someone get pornhub into PC gaming and the problem will eventually solve itself.

Uzzy · May 18, 2018

Volimar said:
Someone get pornhub into PC gaming and the problem will eventually solve itself.

There's a Steam Workshop mod for that in Hearts of Iron 4.

Shelbyville Milhouse · May 18, 2018

Hey, maybe I can finally unblock the "anime" tag on Steam again now.
Then again....better safe than sorry

eonden · May 18, 2018

Uzzy said:
There's a Steam Workshop mod for that in Hearts of Iron 4.

HoI4 has a mod for everything nowadays.

Kyougar · May 18, 2018

eonden said:
HoI4 has a mod for everything nowadays.

They even have a very fun battle royal mod.

eonden · May 18, 2018

Kyougar said:
They even have a very fun battle royal mod.

Yeah, States BR is pretty good. Destroys my laptop though. The MLP mod is too good for what it is worth. I never expected I would actually say I played and enjoyed a game in the MLP world where I kill ponies and nuked Equestria.

ghoulie · May 18, 2018

Kyougar said:
Wasn't it Geralt of Nvidia?

laughing way too hard at this

Annubis · May 18, 2018

Valve was actually put under the lens of scrutiny by the Republican Christian group National Center on Sexual Exploitation

National Center on Sexual Exploitation has been around for more than 50 years, being anti-porn, and anti-sexual exploitation. They were originally against brick and mortar pornographic establishments, but since the 1990s they've been slowly transitioning their efforts to censor internet porn. They aggressively lobbied Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to make anti-obscenity a leading issue for the cabinet's platform after receiving strong support from the GOP

USA, can you stop your puritan fake Christians and your GOP from screwing the entire world?
That'd be nice.

Veidt · May 18, 2018

Kyougar said:
Wasn't it Geralt of Nvidia?

Seems like they missed out on a great promotional campaign.

baron_calamity · May 18, 2018

Knurek said:
Megaton.
(At least they contacted the dev this time, and not just removed the game like they did with Kiss for Petals)
(Valve themselves nominated Huniepop for Steam Awards last year)

I would say this is Valve being Valve again by addressing non-issues while ignoring real problems. However its probably a combination of religious groups, States threating legal action and Paypal putting pressure on Valve to censor. Its going to weird that I can't buy games with anime boobies but I will be able to buy games like [banned game] that feature alt-right mass murder.

Annubis said:
USA, can you stop your puritan fake Christians and your GOP from screwing the entire world?
That'd be nice.

We can't get them to stop screwing US.

BAN PUNCHER · May 18, 2018

What filthy anime games should I be buying now before No Fun Gaben boots them?

abracadaver · May 18, 2018

I own some of these games from humble bundles but never activated them. Can you still activate the keys after the games have been removed from the store?

RZetko · May 18, 2018

abracadaver said:
I own some of these games from humble bundles but never activated them. Can you still activate the keys after the games have been removed from the store?

Yes.

Kyougar · May 18, 2018

Veidt said:
Seems like they missed out on a great promotional campaign.

Well, they had those Nvidia-hair-works promotions for Witcher 3.

baron_calamity · May 18, 2018

RZetko said:
Yes.

Maybe, there are some games that give "Valve no longer has a business agreement with the publisher and no longer can activate this key" I only saw it with those trash free games that got banned awhile ago.

Shelbyville Milhouse · May 18, 2018

BAN PUNCHER said:
What filthy anime games should I be buying now before No Fun Gaben boots them?

Dark Souls

Parsnip · May 18, 2018

RZetko said:
You forgot one and only Gerald of Rivia.

I think you mean Geraldo Rivera.

NeoRaider · May 18, 2018

Can't wait! 2 weeks only left.

RionaaM · May 18, 2018

Kudo said:
Such a fucking shame Valve has the monopoly on PC Gaming.
For everything good they do, they do stupid shit like this that doesn't make sense in the slightest because they just don't care.

Evil Valve won't even let me play World of Warcraft without installing Steam. Someone should start selling it on Battle.Net or something so Gabe doesn't get my money.

NeoRaider said:
Can't wait! 2 weeks only left.

Awesome! Already preordered it, so as soon as it's out I'm playing the shit out of it.

Tizoc · May 18, 2018

NeoRaider said:
Can't wait! 2 weeks only left.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Where's the cheapest to get the game atm?

NeoRaider · May 18, 2018

Tizoc said:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Where's the cheapest to get the game atm?

It's still cdkeys i think. Little more expensive than it was few weeks ago, but steal cheaper than anywhere else.

There is also new gameplay and it looks great imo. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/262365105##

Tizoc · May 18, 2018

NeoRaider said:
It's still cdkeys i think. Little more expensive than it was few weeks ago, but steal cheaper than anywhere else.

There is also new gameplay and it looks great imo. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/262365105##

Yeah CDKeys is cheapest, thanks. Urgh dunno if I'd wanna get it now what with my backlog, but I'll grab it by Winter Seal for now :S

SteveWinwood · May 18, 2018

Exzyleph said:
Valve themselves may be fine with sexual content, but they are also subject to the state law in Washington and the target of at least one lobby organization. From an older article regarding the removal of adult patches from Steam forums/store pages:

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/...s-steam-due-state-laws-says-mangagamer/43308/

The same lobby organization mentioned in this article is currently running a campaign in response to Valve releasing the new streaming app, and may be the cause of the current actions taken by Valve:
https://endsexualexploitation.org/a...app-makes-easier-access-exploitative-content/

lemme see who writes this

"Brynne Townley is a junior at Brigham Young University..."

oh

well this makes a lot more sense now

RZetko · May 18, 2018

baron_calamity said:
Maybe, there are some games that give "Valve no longer has a business agreement with the publisher and no longer can activate this key" I only saw it with those trash free games that got banned awhile ago.

Huh, never heard about it but those are really extreme cases. In 99.99% of cases though he should activate them without any issues. I have multiple game that I activated long after they've been delisted.

Deleted member 401 · May 18, 2018

OrakioRob said:
Also, Xenoblade!

Knurek said:
Megaton.
(At least they contacted the dev this time, and not just removed the game like they did with Kiss for Petals)
(Valve themselves nominated Huniepop for Steam Awards last year)

Endruen · May 18, 2018

Rhaknar said:
vs

yup totally the same guyz

"But Rhaknar thats not fair you cant compare anime vs western designs"

Youre right Imaginary poster, lets compare anime with anime

just to use some popular examples around here vs

yes that doesnt look like a child at all... jesus christ.

She doesn't look like a child to me. Heck, I could post a photo of a 18 years old real life girl and I could asure you you wouldn't be able to tell if she's 15 or 24.
Also, Estelle is 16.

Deleted member 39587 · May 18, 2018

Endruen said:
She doesn't look like a child to me

Endruen · May 18, 2018

labpleb said:

She looks like 20 to me?
You guys know weird childs.

Anime is full of young girls looking mature and viceversa. Look at Yoko from Gurren Lagann, she's fucking 15.
Even Umineko, Shannon is 16 while Jessica is 18. Tell me there's actual difference between them. If any, I'd have said Shannon was older.

OrakioRob · May 18, 2018

Baron von Loathsome said:

Oh, you don't like Xenoblade? Have I mentioned that one of the reasons I'm getting a Switch is the Fire Emblem Warriors game? And that I have zero interest in Mario Odyssey? And that I'm kind of tired of Zelda? ^_^

Deleted member 39587 · May 18, 2018

Endruen said:
Anime is full of young girls looking mature and viceversa.

And that is a huge problem I have with that medium

Deleted member 401 · May 18, 2018

OrakioRob said:
Oh, you don't like Xenoblade? Have I mentioned that one of the reasons I'm getting a Switch is the Fire Emblem Warriors game? And that I have zero interest in Mario Odyssey? And that I'm kind of tired of Zelda? ^_^

The problem with Xenoblade 2 is that character designers look at Quiet and say, "hold my beer."

Endruen · May 18, 2018

Baron von Loathsome said:
The problem with Xenoblade 2 is that character designers look at Quiet and say, "hold my beer."

That's why Nia is best girl. That and cat ears, ofc.
And yes, Nia looks underage to me, but not the one from Huniepop.

InquisitorAles · May 18, 2018

NeoRaider said:
Can't wait! 2 weeks only left.

I really want to buy it, but it costs more than most of AAA games in my region, even a goddamn Ubisoft have better prices. And there is no retail keys except ROW, so i can't get it from my russian retailers either. This was an issue with this publisher for a long time, but Vampyr is the first their game that i really want to play, ugh!

texhnolyze · May 18, 2018

Endruen said:
That's why Nia is best girl. That and cat ears, ofc.
And yes, Nia looks underage to me, but not the one from Huniepop.

Have you seen Nia's...

alternate form?

That's the very prime example of sexualization. And she's pretty much child-like.

Endruen · May 18, 2018

texhnolyze said:
Have you seen Nia's...

alternate form?

That's the very prime example of sexualization. And she's pretty much child-like.

~~I haven't played yet, so I'm not opening that spoiler.~~
I opened it anyways. Not that big of a spoiler, but no, I haven't seen that (and I'm not going to until I play). That sucks, I'm really mad at skimpy clothes just for the sake of it.

ara · May 18, 2018

texhnolyze said:
Have you seen Nia's...

alternate form?

That's the very prime example of sexualization. And she's pretty much child-like.

Yeeeeeah that was a bit of a bummer. She'd been fantastic until then and suddenly BAM check out all this kid skin.

At least Morag stayed classy af all the way.

InquisitorAles · May 18, 2018

What the heck? How is this even possible?

Deques · May 18, 2018

InquisitorAles said:
What the heck? How is this even possible?

Buy, Play, Review and Refund?

KainXVIII · May 18, 2018

InquisitorAles said:
What the heck? How is this even possible?

1000 refunded shovelware titles :D

InquisitorAles · May 18, 2018

Deques said:
Buy, Play, Review and Refund?

KainXVIII said:
1000 refunded shovelware titles :D

But all his reviews are positive? https://steamcommunity.com/id/Kodyd194/recommended/?p=1

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