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1y ago

Stellar Blade’s uncensored release in Japan prompts criticism of rating system

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Stellar Blade’s uncensored release in Japan prompts criticism of rating system

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CERO being CERO with their random arbitrary rating system.
Uhhhhh does Dead Space have a sexy Lady in it? Yeah didn't think so bud.
- Did you read the article?
  Dead Space was denied a rating entirely, which meant a console release in Japan was impossible.
  Basically, Dead Space was rated "unreleaseble" on the CERO scale, while Stellar Blade, which is arguably gorier and sexier, is now getting the greenlight.
  Which is a WTF moment.
  
  Idk about stellar blade's content, but CERO is notoriously really touchy with more "macabre" gore (e.g severed body parts, especially heads, bones sticking out, that kind of thing). I suppose stellar blade just has more "acceptable" gore by CERO standards.
  Source: I have worked on the Japanese internationalization for 2 Warhammer 40k games. We didn't have to remove that much gore, but there's some specific stuff they will just not budge on.
  
  Well obviously they had to release it if it was sexier.
  
  I tried to use an obnoxious amount of "h" to signal sarcasm. I guess that didn't work 🙃

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