Bulletstorm - Selbstzensur entschärft Spiel (UPDATE)

Neben Problemen mit einem Spiel können Patches auch weitere Auswirkungen haben. So hat nun der Publisher Electronic Arts verkündet, dass man im Shooter Bulletstorm einige Skillshots umbennenen wird. Mal will offenbar weniger sexuelle Anspielungen machen. So werden unter anderem der Skillshot "Gag Reflex" umbenannt. Auch das Abtrennen des Torso wird dann nicht mehr mit "Topless", sondern als "Pull yourself together!" bezeichnet.

Bleibt zu hoffen, dass nicht noch ein automatisches Umschalten zu USK Version in das Spiel integriert wird, sobald man mit dem Deutschen Xbox Live Marktplatz verbunden ist. Folgendes gab Steve Wordsmith zum Thema bekannt:

After getting countless complaints about the sexual nature in Bulletstorm, we finally had to do something about it. I personally had no idea how dirty people's minds really  were. It's quite sad to see your work get changed like this, but after all the negative attention about this game, EA pretty much forced us to make the words more kid friendly. I'm baffled. I spent some quality time coming up with words that fit the action on screen. How can people associate words like "topless," "rear entry," or "gag reflex" as something dirty? These words have very clear intent on the happenings on the screen.

Topless for example, happens when you successfully cut an enemy in half. What else was I supposed to put there that would be precise to the player? If you look at the bottom half of the dead enemy, you can clearly see he's missing his top half, ergo the term topless. Rear entry is talking about shooting a guy in the back. The terminology seemed to be basic knowledge to me. People have both a front side, and a back side, which can also be called the rear.

The one that annoys me the most is gag reflex. You must have a really sick mind to think gag reflex is sexual. Ever take a bite of food to big and start choking? Ever throw up before? You can thank your gag reflex for that. Honestly, to even think that any of these things have a sexual nature, you got to have a really dirty mind to begin with. Sadly it looks like people who won't even play this game have the dirtiest minds, and EA has forced us to change the names into something more kid friendly.

Update: Mittlerweile hat sich herausgestellt, dass die Meldung wohl ein Fake ist. Bulletstorm wird in den USA nicht nachträglich zensiert. Adrian Chmielarz von People Can Fly bestätigte inzwischen, dass es sich hier wohl um einen bösen Scherz gehandelt habe.

Quelle: ElectronicArts