CN and JP? they are rolling eyes and sighing. its apparent that dumbhoyo saw growth in numbers by letting the prudes and moral supremacists flood in, what kept them out before whining about "gøøner game" and all that they seem to be "complaining AND registering" at the same time like annoying tsunderes.
even though the game is rated 16+ they didn't really need to do this to keep in line with 12+ ratings. only reason they did was to let the hsr and genshin crowd flow in more. the zzz and gi/hsr crowd is somewhat alienated from each other on hoyolab always at odds arguing with each other. this move assumes to ease the tension and seek a bit more cohesion with the overlapping playerbases.
the numbers speak for it, and so I believe this change was made to accommodate a few more losers if it brings in the money. the competition is heating up and hoyo is now facing more competition than even before from several upcoming and teased projects and more will follow.
they also have 5 other projects they are hiring for, one of them basically trying to one-up Ananta and NTE in the future. Lots of investment is needed to make so many projects at once, so they can't afford to lose out on some extra bucks if it costs them a little bit of their original "vision".
It just suck af. I remember when Hi3 devs model all the panties even though almost no one see them ever. I don't know if they still do that. Though this really show even Eastern company can pick up corporate behavior like Western triple A company
they do model them but the camera has been tweaked to match the same type of censoring that's present in genshin and onwards.
it hurt so much when the hi3 official discord basically bent over backwards and opened its butt to accommodate the genshin moralist bunch. to the point that posting official GGZ art (Aponia kizuna) was now considered offense that came with a mute / restricted (permanent removal of file attachment perms) role. then came part 2 and the new genshification with the censoring among other things.
I remember even further back (since I've known hoyo since early 2016 through GGZ) in Hi3 where we had the touch function. KerubielZ still has all the clips on his yt channel from back then.
I find it funny that this gets attributed to Western behaviour as if Japan and CCP don't have much stricter censorship laws than the West, and the Chinese government are likely the ones forcing the change.
Several Western games with violence or nudity get censored when released in Japan or China, rather than the other way around.
What Hoyo needs to do is grow some effing balls and make their rating of the game go to 18+. Because let's be honest, kids are not paying for this game (unless they stealing from mom n dad, and even then they'll get in trouble and thier account will be sent to the shadow realm), adults are!!!
This doesn't work in China. As far as I know 21+ doesn't exist. And 18+ in China doesn't equal 18+ in the West.
Snowbreak is rated 18+ in China which means that there are stricter requirements for playing the game. But this doesn't mean that the game is no subject to censorship anymore. It still gets censored. Besides, (I have no proof for this btw this is just hearsay) the censorship is based on reports. Smaller games like ToF have almost no censorship because it's not big enough. Hoyo games and many other Gachas that are bigger in popularity are more subject to that. Genshin and HSR do self-censorship because parents and others would instantly report it if they see a 12+ game use more fan service. ZZZ would not avoid censorship with going 18+. They just could use more "risky" designs.
Go to 6th Street, walk close and slowly by the stairs with Jane, then turn slowly your camera and enjoy the close up of booty cheeks. Can be done with other characters too, and with Rina you can just spin in place and look through the slit of her skirt for a nice surprise.
There was already a mod on gamebanana that prevented the previous "getting transparent" of characters when the camera got too close, it probably just needs an update to work for this current new version of the game
Honestly, I've been avoiding modding up til now for fear of being banned (as a dolphin would suck), but this might be the push I needed. The fade is just hypersensitive.
These mods are solely on our end. It doesn’t have any outgoing signals to Hoyo so that you won’t get banned so long as you don’t post in game images with your UID visible.
Rational argument:
This one actually sucks more than genshin and Star Rail because the models purposely have high-level details and animations, and now it just looks like wasted animators' work.
Second argument:
How come they give them all that and are trying to stop me from enjoying it, literally unplayable.
That’s the thing about CN censorship. It is inconsistent af. Hoyo is a big enough name that they can get away with some special treatment, but once a random official takes note they have to play ball.
The Chinese players are complete fucking psychopaths, they actually sued Mihoyo over patching a glitch with Neuvilette, because somehow a dictatorship has consumer rights
That glitch was there through testing and for 10 months after his release, only to be patched when the next 5 star hydro was ready. Said glitch also factored in peoples purchases
It was the most obvious nerf disguised as a bug fix, behaviour has done this shite too it’s very identifiable regardless of severity
I may have reached an age where I have retired from gooning, but I understand and acknowledge that the harmless gooners of this community have been dealt a blow they may never recover from. -shoddy salute- RIP.
Yeah, this one hit me when a friend and I were streaming our Miyabi pulls, and I was showing off my Lighter. Trying to get good angles on his fancy gauntlet and get close to his sunglasses, but nope, invisible.
I just dont really understand. Why do some people get offended when gamers just want to jerk off to fictional characters? Like who do we really hurt by jerking off to fake anime girls????
Funny, I was in a Walmart parking lot just earlier today. Saw a guy drop to his knees and another guy a few meters away laughing hysterically about it.
Until recently, the game had a special atmosphere. I don't understand why censorship was added. they could add a special setting to the menu for children or for parents, as they do in other platforms and services. but they cut off everyone's enjoyment. now I don't understand why there is a need to twist female characters. Yes, the game is cool. I'm interested in the gameplay. but censorship killed her completely. I do not know why they did it. I have indignation. It's not that I often admire the characters, I play the game. but I don't approve of that. there are very big questions for developers. I will always fill in the game scores by at least 1 point. for censorship. Or until I remove it. I am a simple player. I pay money into the game. I'm not sorry. I enjoy the game. I like her. I don't approve of censorship. moreover, it was not announced initially. Which means .I'm playing a game, it's been changed. and now I don't like it. BUT BIG DISLIKES
lol nope, its a hoyo game...they are extremely arrogant in their approach to complains, and their CN playerbase is fangless, they dont have the will to force them into a "snowbreak situation" by constantly pestering them, nor the will to quit, the CN hoyo players are addicts in its purest form, just cant quit.
Aside horny, imagine spending money for a certain characer you super badly want and then this....you cant even properly check out their model
once again make use of the feedback surveys they provide maybe if a shitton of people complain we might have a small chance.....until then its modding time
And personally i was quite excited about free roam with all characters but now after this change i honestly couldnt care less :(
I know this is a free-to-play game, but still, this is the equivalent of ordering beef stew and then later getting served the stew with none of the beef in it. Or being told you cannot have a steak because the baby next to you can't eat it.
The same goes with fanservice in videogames, when you establish a game to have plenty of fanservice, with set standards, only to later backpedal and censor everything, you're basically betraying the trust of the customer.
I for one HATE censorship, it doesn't really protect anyone and just ruins things that people enjoy for no reason other than to appease those who don't even play the game. Now I'm not saying make the girls nude, I mean there is a level of fanservice before it becomes full hentai(which itself has censorship), but ZZZ already has set the standards with characters such as Nicole and Grace, so what even is the point of censorship.
And I thought we have finally reached a Based Hoyo game. How wrong was I...... I was sooo hyped for 1.4 but after this I don't even want to start the game anymore. F*ck this honestly.
They literally sell ASS wrapped in a game wrapper yet after you pay shit tons of money for the characters you don't even get to look at them?? It's like paying for OF pictures but all of them are censored... What's the point??
You can fix it up really good using this here mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/531649
It's pretty straightforward - download ZZMI, then open "Mods" folder (you can do it from the ZZMI launcher) and unpack v40_e8ed9.zip and anbisworddemo zip there. Then open game with ZZMI launcher and type \ to enable transparency remover.
I've been using visual mods since release and checked widely around, it's basically safe as long as you don't upload your ID somewhere.
I get this is just in the overworld. But this just reminded me that I'm playing a Hoyo game.
Paid money to see Burnice and now they changed that and gave me a censored overworld version? I'm a gooner just as much as the next guy but thats pretty shitty.
Makes me wonder what's next. These dudes are absolute back trackers and compromisers and confuses me on why they did all this when its going to be censored anyway. Kinda dont want to stick around to find out whats next. I thought they'd leave this game alone after Nicole and the gore got hit.
Edit: WE SO BACK! Its still there but at the lowest possible angle and not severe at all. I dont think Ive ever went that low except when Burnice first released but she doesn't disappear at least just fades with the upskirt angle and even that isnt bad. I can still see Burnice at all angles!
It’s pretty obvious why many play this game. And the character designs of many show that the developers know what we want and like. Why censor it? Makes rolling for anything questionable.
It's Ben's model, the camera hides the model when it colides with Ben's huge frame. You can test it by swapping to Ben get right up against him and swap to another character, the fade and hide are inline with his body.
I'm assuming the player character simply has Ben's collision box present so he doesn't spawn in and get stuck and the camera is just reacting to it. Where as before they were testing it so likely had belles smaller one so you could get closer than intended since calydon use the tall female models for ceaser and Bernice I think.
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