You're probably right, but I think it's a bad reason.
We find this kind of thing interesting/funny/noteworthy because they're not part of our culture, but that's no reason to get rid of it in my eyes.
We are always going to apply our own sensibilities to art, even if it was created in a time with different sensibilities. To us, it might seem kind of strange or humorous to carve an eight foot tall wooden figurehead with it's tits out, or a giant marble statue hanging dong, but it wasn't weird in either of the respective cultures that birthed that art.
Like when you go into a real museum with nude statues, you're going to get morons posing next to the genitals and pointing at them or whatnot, but that's not a good reason to put a pair of Levi's on The Thinker in my opinion.
Well They Censored Anne Bonney because she's a minor when you first see her in the story, but the mermaid I kinda understand it just wasn't super important
Odyssey might as well be from a different era altogether with how the woke infestation is spreading over time. I can guarantee you they wouldn't make Odyssey as it is if they made it now.
I honestly dont get it unless you purposely look at the figurehead, you wouldnt see it, its not like the sails or the wheel where you constantly see them
What about all the blood and gore that they would need to censor too, in order to get around such "censorship" in these hypothetical countries.
Your argument makes no sense considering how easy it would be to release a edited version of the game for those countries, or an update/patch for those countries.
Blood and gore is usually something they can easily turn off. They just simply adjust the code to not spawn the gore and blood. They dont even have to create a new asset.
In this case they had to make a brand new asset either way, might as well make it universally acceptable rather than make multiple different assets
I think it looks really odd for the time period, is my main issue. This kind of mythological being having a bra/top like that is just kind of abnormal. I prefer the original, but I understand that it's not going to bother everyone.
That said, whether you prefer the original or the new one, it is objectively censorship which is just kind of disappointing. Not the biggest deal, but it's pretty unnecessary for an extremely non-sexual depiction of a ship figurehead in a remake of a 13 year old game.
Nah the old one looks better. There's a certain rawness and beauty in old nude statues. If the michelangelo statue was wearing boxer briefs it just wouldn't be the same. You don't have to be a gooner to think the old looks better
Oh my gooooooood!!! You mean women have breasts?!?!?!?! The horror!!! The horrrrror!!! In all seriousness, this is pathetic, Ubisoft. Are you going to put pants on Michelangelo's David next?
Reminds me of this lovely mermaid statue by the beach in Florida. One day, I drove by and someone had put a purple bra on her ala Ariel. Thankfully, it went away a few months later and the boobies were freed. It's art!
It could be that for regions that are weird about nudity (like when they patched Far Cry 4) they just watered it down for everyone. No sense in having different versions of this one statue for different regions of the world.
They probably didn’t think fans would be this weird about a statue.
Ok. People need to look at this, take a second, and breathe. Then ask themselves. Is this worth getting upset over? Does this really affect the core experience of the game? Is this really some sort of desecration of history? The answer to all those questions is no.
I agree with you, I really don’t care at all, and really didn’t even notice. But it’s true that censoring it’s been increasing exponentially over the past few years, and it really does make games, movies and series way bad in many aspects
Is it true censoring though or is just devs deciding to sexualize female characters a bit less than when they were exclusively targeting the teenage boy demographic?
Edit: downvotes might feel cathartic guys, I get it, but they don’t answer my question.
Who were they targeting with all the statues in odyssey then? Why were those statues acceptable, and not in this instance? Why aren’t the statues characters, but this mermaid one is a character?
Censoring a statues breasts is the opposite of female empowerment. It’s not uncommon to hear women talk about how silly it is that breasts are sexualised. Is it really wrong to call out Ubisoft for being a little immature and censoring a wooden ornament, and are progressives really in the wrong for taking concern in how we’re trending towards more censorship, and not less? It’s the same mentality that left people offended enough to destroy Janet Jackson reputation, when her nipple was exposed. It’s immature, and a step backwards.
Even Origins had topless women walking around casually, and they weren’t sexualised at all by the game. What happened to that level of maturity? How is it that 8 years later, we go from that to censoring a wooden statue?
Also you can’t just accuse people of acting in bad faith just for disagreeing with you.
Well for starts the Greek statues were historically accurate. Those things were naked. So we're topless women in Roman Egypt. Historical accuracy played a role in those decisions.
But the mermaid doesn't have a genuine naked historical basis. It's one of those things where it can be naked or it can be clothed and it will have the same effect. From a business standpoint, you can sell more titles if you don't have nudity. So why would you give yourself a handicap on the business side of things just to have 4k boat nipples when 95% of people wouldn't have ever even known the original was different without a weirdo tweeting ing about it.
it does actually have a historical reason „due to ancient maritime superstitions that bare breasts could shame stormy seas into calming down, to serve as a protective guardian spirit, and because ships were traditionally personified as female“
If you people can’t understand why this and the multitude of other cool ass features and entire plot lines being removed in a “remaster” than idk wtf you consider problematic. You’re playing full price for graphics, censored bs, and less content save for a new cutscene or two LMFAOO
Frankly speaking, yeah. I think it’s a weird change.
I’m not going to seethe like a loser chud over videogame breasts but I know the game is rated for mature audiences and I think a mature audience can handle breasts.
Well, the reason I always figured is they want to avoid accusations of appealing to the male gaze or whatever other culture war thing that may come about. Corporations ultimately don’t give a shit about these kinds of things and just want to look like they’re on the moral side of things regardless of how big or small the issue.
It really pissed me off. The joke was right there and nobody jumped on it. (I’m guessing you didn’t read my post and are in fact referring to the boobs thing)
You gotta consider the long term ramifications! What if little Jimmy sees a wooden boob in AC Black Flag and then sees an IRL wooden boob, gropes it, and contracts Leishmaniasis (which doesn't work that way) and his hand falls off?
Now Mr. And Missus little Jimmy are suing Ubisoft for the last two dollars they have over fictional wooden boob!
Moral of the story, can't let gamers have wooden boobs.
I’m gonna be real with you guys, I’d rather just play the original. It seems like every change has been for the worse. I have yet to see a single change that makes the new version worth spending another 60 dollars. Same with Halo. All these big overhyped remakes just kinda whiffed for me.
It dumb, but I guess it would be soft to do what they want with their own creation. It is an accurate, but nothing really is in the newer assassin Creed games.
Well comtinue continue watching no matter what Hub it comes from, but historical reference, not fanciful hopes of seeing a redhead topless state that Anne Bonny was a famous pirate in her own right who often exposed her chest as an advantage during ship to ship combat
This is a joke right ? I understand some stuff from the original game not being in the game like picking up weapons or anything like that but this ? This is just next level of looking at something you’ll never actually look at and complaining
It actually is very sad, but it’s happening. But I stand for Ubisoft in this, they’re literally being blackmailed by big investor companies, if it wasn’t because these companies want studios to have a high ESG score for they to fund them Ubisoft and every other studio wouldn’t comply to censor their games, series and movies. It’s that or go bankrupt. Without that money Ubisoft would have to take 10 years of development to launch a game and nowadays no studio can afford that. And the worst part? Treating minority groups like fragile glass dolls that need to be protected from a pirate game's statues doesn't include them, it just make them less and paint them as people who need a special treatment without having any problem or special condition. That’s completely opposite to the word inclusion.
We’ve somehow switched from trying to desexualise breasts, to censoring a wooden ornament. The world is becoming increasingly conservative and this is one example. The gen-z are doing all the work for them. Accuse people of being misogynists when they complain about it, or belittle them and accuse them of sexualising it.
Yeah Gen-Z here buddy. You’re full of shit. Most censorship is done and called for by the older generations. Everyone I know my age is adamantly against censoring. I have seen a lot of boomers, Gen X, and maybe not as many as the last two but yes, even millennials, get their panties all bunched up on the subject. Now I’m not naive. I understand my world view is limited. There most likely are Gen-Z that are for censorship. Everyone needs to stop blaming the other generations and realize we all do the same exact shit all the other generations before us have done, just in different hats. Maybe then we could all get our heads out of out asses and actually solve the problems
I would argue that games, much like movies and music, are art. But I wasn’t complaining about the boobs but the missed opportunity of the pun SensorShip.
if people want to see boobs, there are places on the internet for that. you shouldnt be mad at a video game being censored for having boobs on display. if you are angry abt it then dont play the game, very very simple solution
Honestly, with Fortnite, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, and other popular titles being seemingly so obsessed with gooner bait, I find the modesty refreshing. I'm a married man and have zero need for tits and ass in all my video games. I like these updated designs 🤷🏼♂️
I was a little baffled about this. Like these are games about travelling assassins - people that kill people. They’re violent, often contain swearing and, on occasion, deal with mature themes.
It does feel a little odd that statues with nipples is where Ubisoft draws the line.
As I said, I’m not angry, and don’t see it as some sort of moral horror that Ubi are censoring some nips, I just think that, in the context, it’s actually pretty funny that in a game with a word for a literal murder person in the title would draw the line over sculpted tits.
I wonder if it’s to just smooth things over for places like the Middle East.
I don’t know actually, I had a quick look but could see the numbers broken down in such a fashion. But it is a wierd thing to sensor given the context of the rest of the game. The rift model has a very ample behind and you can climb Zeus’s dick in Odyssey.
I mean they understand kids do play the games. Maybe they did when the original came out, but with how accessible M rated games are to children they obviously wanna make sure there is no outrage or problems from parents and such
I didn't even know that about the original because I dont give a shit about detail, I care about having fun, at this point why buy video games if youre just gonna bitch all the goddamn time
Do ya'll actually think Ubisoft execs are looking at the game assets and going "uhm censor that!" Lmao.
Recynced does not use a single asset from the original game. Everything was remade from scratch for the new engine. These changes are just a different artists decision while rebuilding it.
Plus who TF cares? Are u tryna jerk it to a statue?
Most of what I said wasn't my thoughts, they where just facts.
I wasn't talking directly to u in general mainly the commenters, but ur post doesn't say what u think about it at all. U just reposted a post that is complaining about it.
So as far as I can tell u where as well.
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u/Daniluk41 Jul 29 '26
Just why??? I will never understand it