This article contains NSFW images.
Watch Dogs 2 has experienced quite the interesting launch, but perhaps not for the reasons Ubisoft wanted.
The devs wanted to create a detailed world, but perhaps they went a little too far with the detail. Earlier in the week, users began posting content that revealed that both female and male NPC characters within the game have fully rendered genitalia, much to the amusement of the community. Images and videos have been shared on various social media platforms, even getting one user suspended from Playstation Network.
After this was revealed, it appears Ubisoft have realized this is perhaps not the best idea, and have released the following statement to Polygon:
“We’re aware that one of the NPC models in Watch Dogs 2 is rendered in a way that is particularly explicit. While Watch Dogs 2 is a mature-rated game, we apologize and will update this NPC model to make it more consistent with other NPC models in the game in a patch to be released this week. We also are working with our first-party partners to ensure that players can continue to play and share all content from the game within the bounds of the first parties’ respective codes of conduct.”
Although multiple NPCs within the game have fully rendered genitals, it appears that Ubisoft are mainly referencing here a post by a user named Swizzasaur, who shared an image of an NPC’s vagina on Twitter, to then receive a 1 week suspension from Playstation Network for breach of usage terms and conditions, under the Adult Content clause.
Swizzasaur seemed happy on Twitter that news outlets were picking up on the issue and sparking a discussion about the issue. As of the time of writing, his suspension has been overturned by Playstation Network, but he has not received an apology. He is adamant that the suspension was not the fault of Ubisoft, but instead Sony.
It appears a fair amount of users within the Watch Dogs 2community believe that, out of all the issues within gaming, nudity is a very minor one, especially in a Mature rated game. Regardless of the morality of the issue, Ubisoft clearly doesn’t want their users suspended from their favourite consoles, and this is clearly a form of damage control. Watch Dogs 2,regardless of this issue, has been very well reviewed and seemingly loved by the community, offering a vibrant and open city-scape that some felt that the original Watch Dogslacked.
You can purchase Watch Dogs 2now on PS4 or Xbox for £39.99, and pre-order the PC edition for the same price.
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You can kill people with a gun but god forbbids there’s a vagina
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It is set in America, so checks out
Jacob Preston
This is an issue blown out of proportion as you put it. The game has an age rating of 18 so people could expect the odd nudity scene.
No one complains about them in TV series such as Game Of Thrones and Westworld.
BDbsk
But video games work differently than TV shows, because the ESRB has tags, watchdogs 2 would require a nudity tag, instead of a partial nudity tag
Erin
The ESRB is a joke. They only exist because brainlet parents wanted to avoid parenting and interacting with the children they shouldn’t have had. I play the games my son does, I don’t look at the rating once.