Sadly I can't do what I feel is right, and that's go back in time and not buy this game. It was bad enough after the scandal hit, and then the alpha showed that everything I hated about D2 was still there, just in a prettier package. Outside of the stash, this game is literally putting lipstick on a pig.
I Honestly don't care. I love the game. However I don't think they should change original artwork.People say this isn't about sex, and I agree. However, Isn't hellpawns such as the succubi pretty much about sex/temptation beyond the mortal realm?The harem girls in the cellar is a lore thing, the whole town is talking about it and thinks the sultan lying, so they can have them for themselves or whatever. Then it turns out they all has been slaughtered by demons and none of the townsfolk can believe what has actually happened.And then when you're down there in d2r, There are only dead guards. Kind of weird.Whatever, It feels like D2, Looks like D2, Plays like D2 and that is all I wanted.
It doesn't seem right to buy the game after what they did to Blizzard North
Blizzard is just posturing with their in game changes.
pretty much has happend what I predicted would, now the glory seekers, are out looking for text, graphics, or anything that could be a reference to sexualisation of women, and instantly complains about it to blizzard, I even heard of some threatning whit lawsuits if they dont change it, the world we seem to live in now is $%^&*!ed, and is starting to more and more look like a full fundamentalist country where women , can not show skin anymore, for now it is games, but after a while it goes to movies, commercials, posters, and after that in to real life, would not be supriced if soon women can not use a bikini anymore on the beach becuse someone gets offended.Offcourse harrasing any other person is not right, be it a woman or man, but holy hell is this starting to go to far now.
And it turned out they didn't change the original design. The trailer change was just playing with lighting. Cowards.Harem is hilarious... So Jerhyn had a harem with no girls in it. Seemingly he prefers the bowls of fruit.Can't speak for everyone, but no way I am supporting this with a single cent. As much as I loved the series, here I must contribute to them going bankrupt. Then they will maybe stop making this stuff.
The harem change seems pointless, considering the picture to the right. So it implies that dead naked women are ok, as long as they are not in harem? Because, you know, there can't be no implication of sex harem because why, exactly? In an M-rated game?As for amazon, yeah, the face could be tiny bit softer because the current one seems exagerated, but overall I don't care. Miles better than the couple of pixels original one had.
What was right was skipping the game entirely because Blizzard went back on their commitment to the modding scene.
Some of these comments are so petty. "Oh, I am not gonna pay for this game because my Amazon/Sorceress/Assassin Waifu isn't sexy anymore." or "This harem mentioned in a questline that I'd see in some corner isn't shown, I'm cancelling my preorder." Just pathetic.
While I understand and agree with many of the complaints regarding Blizz's attempts to tone down the "sexualized" art in their games to "atone" for their failure to give their female workers a safe work environment (two things that should have nothing to do with each other), especially on an M-rated game where that art fit very well with the game's theme and storyline, not buying their game "out of principle" seems even more stupid to me. What even is your principle? Videogame companies MUST include dead naked women because otherwise the game is *!@#?