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[fro7k]

Bioware claimed that their decision not to have naked breasts in this game was an "artistic decision".  Pretty ambigious, so I'm wondering what they really meant by that.  Are they saying that nudity is aesthetically offensive?  That it's something to be ashamed of?

This game presents itself as being for adults, and then fails to deliver a bit of harmless titillation.  I wonder to myself who this decision was made for--the game _still_ isn't suitable for kids and any adult who buys this game probably _expects_ the nudity.

Why did they think that people wearing bras and underpants during sex, or hair conveniently placed to cover a woman's nipples no matter how she moves her head, or werewolves after transforming back into humans still have all their clothes on--is artistically a better thing, as opposed to looking inane?  Bioware promised an adult game and they give us these very blatant kid-safety harnesses that just make you think "that's there because somebody isn't supposed to see...".  I find this more offensive than seeing a naked body, since they are passing judgement and deeming me not fit to see it, AFTER deeming me fit to see decapitations and child-slaying.

Seams are showing where in some cases it looks as if the game was originally intended to have nudity--when the desire demon rubs her breast her hand clips through those metal things covering the nipple.  If they were going to waste time covering up nakedness they created in the first place, they should be consistent and have planned it for kids right from the start.  This game could easily have been accessable to children with a few minor changes to the game and it would probably have been a more profitable route.  Get rid of the blood splashes and decapitations, get rid of the prostitutes and almost-naked demonesses, and this game would have been perfectly suitable for the younger generation.

Modifié par fro7k, 09 décembre 2009 - 09:42 .

[Stanley Woo]

By "adult game" and "artistic decision," we mean that we made the game as it is for reasons you may or may not ever know or agree with. Just because we can include full nudity and explicit sex into a game does not mean we will, or that we should.



People on both sides of the argument should keep this in mind. We are in no way obligated to include such things in the game, or to have the same amount of nudity and/or sex and/or coarse language in every game we make. Including such things as explicit nudity or sex means, for one, navigating each region's laws regarding the depiction of such things in media: whether they violate obscenity laws, where such products can be sold, how such products can be advertised, labeling laws, etc. Including such things also automatically marginalizes the game as an "adults only" product, which many people equate to pornography, a very negative connotation which makes the game more difficult to market to our audiences.



I'd like to thank all those who have made "suggestions" for how BioWare or EA could potentially avoid or work around potential problems with including objectionable material in our games, but unfortunately, unless you've got some credentials and some hard numbers on the effect of sex/nudity in games in various regions, your suggestions remain anecdotal and, therefore, not of very much use to the decision makers. It's all well and good to say we "could" do this or that, but we've already chosen to go a certain route. It is up to you to prove that going a different route would be better, easier, and/or more profitable.

[Stanley Woo]

Let's try and keep the politics out of this, and keep it about Dragon Age, please.