Bioshock Infinite Religious Content Altered
Creative Director and co-founder of Irrational Games Ken Levine has been having conversations with religious members of the team behind Bioshock Infinite and he has found out from them that the game might have to be changed.
[pullquote_left]What I said to them was, ‘I’m not going to change anything to get your approval, but I think I understand what you’re saying and I think I can do something that’s going to make the story better, based on what you said[/pullquote_left]
Religion in games have always been a rather touchy issue with not many games trying to tackle the subject. Game developers do not want the ire of society should they falsely represent any religion and as such have always tread lightly around the issue. While Assassin’s Creed may have successfully used religion in it’s execution, it has a disclaimer that states that it was developed by a ‘multicultural team of various faiths and beliefs’. And who can forget the issue with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which saw the game developers take down popular multiplayer map ‘Favela’ due to an Arabic player who put up a Youtube video, explaining his concerns of having a line from the Quran being displayed in the bathroom on a picture frame.
Thus, it is understandable why Ken Levine would take into considerations the religious themes in Bioshock Infinite. Although Ken Levine took the feedback, he didn’t necessarily censor himself or the game as he feels that religion isn’t the core of the plot of Bioshock Infinite and what the game was trying to portray. Rather, the main plot behind Bioshock Infinite is about patriotism.
Bioshock Infinite is set for release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on March 26th, 2013.
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Taylor Parolini
January 22, 2013 @ 8:52 am
Way to puss out on your content so that you don’t offend a bunch of people who take a book of desert fairy tales as fact.
bleachorange
January 23, 2013 @ 3:25 am
My view on a game that offends me? I don’t play it. Simple as that.
Charles Kheng
January 23, 2013 @ 3:35 am
But it does raise a question. If players were to play the game before it was altered, no matter how insignificant, and with the proper context, would gamers still be offended?
It is like the Tomb Raider Lara Croft pseudo-rape cutscene which the PR people showed to the world. Without the proper context and just based on that one particular scene alone, entire community was up in arms about it.
If anything, I feel developers should just make what they damn well want to make, no matter if it offends people or not. There is no reason to get it on day one release and gamers should wait for reviewers to have a go at it first and then make a decision if the game is right for his or herself. If anyone who played anything is offended, well, tough ta-tas. Don’t blame the developers if you can’t be bothered to watch a review about a game beforehand.
Taylor Parolini
January 23, 2013 @ 7:35 am
A place where the artist would not fear the censor.
bleachorange
January 23, 2013 @ 4:02 pm
A place where people need to use guns to kill people, and guns don’t magically kill people by themselves.
:3
Daniel Flatt
January 23, 2013 @ 4:50 pm
Why does everyone get offended so easily?
Who honestly plays a fantasy game about a flying city and takes anything seriously enough to get offended by it? America is filled by a bunch of cry-baby sissy pants who wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Actually it’s just people who want attention, so they pretend to be offended and have a violent overreaction to something so that someone, somewhere, will give them the five minutes of attention that their dad didn’t growing up.
Taylor Parolini
January 24, 2013 @ 1:01 am
^ Stone cold truth
Charles Kheng
January 24, 2013 @ 2:59 am
Like the chick who ate her own tampon..
Daniel Flatt
January 24, 2013 @ 5:14 am
A chick ate her own tampon?
Why in my head, after I finish laughing, do I question the logistics? Was this pre or post use? Either way allow me the reaction of: EWWWWWWWW.
Charles Kheng
January 24, 2013 @ 9:59 pm
Post use. She did it to get famous, which she somewhat is now.
Her name is Giovanna Plowman.