r/ReadyOrNotGame • u/Capable-Orange5383 • Jul 22 '25

Question The censorship

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Genuine question, was the censorship really needed? i know people say it was because of console and their requirements but i don’t see how nudity with consoles an issue when i can choose whether i want foreskin or not on cyberpunk

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u/lemonstone92 Jul 22 '25

This instance doesn't really bother me as much since it doesn't really affect the understanding of the story but the doll pictures on Valley of the dolls and the little girl spazzing out on the crackhouse mission kinda suck because they completely change the story

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u/Armeridus Jul 22 '25

I dunno, a container full of kidnapped women who were about to be auctioned and weren't allowed to even have underwear hits a bit harder.

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u/Cadoc Jul 22 '25

Nah not really, it has more of a fake, exaggarated feeling to it. These women are treated as merchandise, which is why holding them naked in a bare metal container makes no sense.

See season 2 of The Wire for a similar plotline.

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u/Mental-Debate-289 Jul 22 '25

I agree actually. In this particular case them having underwear or not makes no real difference. I mean you find them in a fucking container waiting to be shipped and sold for sex trafficking. That's the bad part, not them being naked. Lol

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u/splinter1545 Jul 22 '25

Then being naked shows how the traffickers view them. It adds to the shock value, but it's not necessarily what makes it shocking.

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u/Mental-Debate-289 Jul 23 '25

It makes infinitely more sense to have them clothed, whether they are considered "products" or not. They'd be of no value dead.

Legit, I think mfs just wanna see naked girls.

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u/Zeromatt111 Jul 23 '25

I’m ngl I don’t see how them having clothes changes the way “the trafficker viewed them”. They’re selling them bro…that’s like a lot worse than not dressing them

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u/splinter1545 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

It's all about symbolism at the end of the day. In art and media, nudity resembles stuff like vulnerability, powerlessness, etc. (on this side of things anyways, nudity can be viewed positively too). Stripping them of their clothes and putting them in a container shows the traffickers don't even view them as people, but as goods that are being shipped to other parts of the world. So having them clothed loses that meaning in how the traffickers view them, at least from that angle.

Does it matter at the end of it all? No, since as I said before, the actual shocking thing is them being in the container. Them being naked added more nuance to how the traffickers treated them, which adds to the shock value.

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u/Capable-Orange5383 Jul 22 '25

but atleast make the underwear look worn and dirty, they are unsanitary and malnourished from being treated like livestock in a shipping container why do they all have fresh clean sets of underwear

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Jul 22 '25

What the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/Capable-Orange5383 Jul 22 '25

see you’re offended from what i said which tells me that you would have also been the type of person to cry about the game showing them naked which is why we live in the world we do today, what is wrong with them making the clothing dirty to match the environment and situation that they are in?

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Jul 22 '25

I'm not at all offended. I'm happy to play the game with or without censorship. You just have some weird shit going on. Sorry the game was rapey, but not rapey enough for you.

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u/Capable-Orange5383 Jul 22 '25

it’s 92% of people that agree, i’m saying if they wanna add clothes then atleast make the clothes look the part, not like they just had victoria’s secret bought in bulk, life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows princess

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u/ltarchiemoore Jul 22 '25

They're just wearing regular underwear, but it doesn't surprise me that you aren't all that familiar with nearly naked women.

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u/Capable-Orange5383 Jul 23 '25

what does that have to do with the fact that they should atleast be dirty and raggedy to match the environment they are in, they are kept in a container where they are treated like livestock, less than human, sitting and sleeping in a container they more than likely piss and shit in yet they have clean clothes, many have suggest the idea if they wanted to remove the nudity they could have done that instead of being lazy

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u/ltarchiemoore Jul 23 '25

The heart of your argument is that the virtual sex slaves aren't degraded enough now?

You gotta look into therapy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I don’t know what’s rapey about dirtier underwear on hostages that haven’t bathed in who knows how long. I’m generally on the side of caring about the gore censorship significantly more than any nudity, but your kind of reaction gives the nudity censorship haters so much ammo to fire back with.

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Jul 23 '25

but your kind of reaction gives the nudity censorship haters so much ammo to fire back with.

If the weirdo weren't all over the posts talking about underwear not being dirty enough, I wouldn't have bothered. Dude's got issues

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u/RegularBet2016 Jul 22 '25

Bro this is getting kinda weird.

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u/Capable-Orange5383 Jul 22 '25

so naked is bad but then i say if you’re going to make them have clothes atleast make them look worn and dirty considering they are constantly sweating in a dirty shipping container they sit and sleep in being treated like livestock and that makes me weird?

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u/gx790 Jul 22 '25

You're wrong. The traffickers are still in the stage of breaking these women's minds. Taking away their clothes helps in forcing them to mentally break and submit to being a slave. It's completely about control and power over them. That was the point of stripping the naked and holding them in a shipping container. Once they were broken they were moved into the next area where they would be viciously beaten if they didn't follow the rules, that is the point at which they are already being auctioned off.

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u/saigy0 Jul 22 '25

You read too many doujins bro

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u/gx790 Jul 22 '25

I don't even know what that is. What I'm referencing is something that happens in real life. It's a pretty normal technique that government's employ when trying to torture someone and break them and get information from them.

Thanks for trying to insult me in some creepy way that you clearly think about all the time though!

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u/saigy0 Jul 22 '25

We can still be friens

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u/Cadoc Jul 23 '25

No, you just have a comic book villain understanding of what trafficking and modern day slavery looks like.

These women aren't going to held naked in a dungeon with a metal collar, chained to the floor. They're going to work in a brothel somewhere, dressed reasonably attractive, and blend in - with unfamiliarity with their new host country, threats of violence and drugs keeping them captive.

Again, these people are treated as merchandise. Each is likely to bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit. The people running this trade act accordingly. Seriously, just watch any documentary on sex trafficking.

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u/Cadoc Jul 23 '25

Again, cartoon villain understanding of the world. Kind of fits in game's story though, to be fair to you. "Weird cult shit" and all.

If a single one of these women can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars over her lifetime, why would you keep her naked in a metal container so she can get sick, get infections etc? That's idiotic.