Superhot VR censorship caused a flurry of negative reviews

Recently Polish studio Superhot team released a very small update to its popular virtual reality game. Patch 1.0.22.1 did only one thing: it removed all “disturbing” scenes from the game.

In the previous update, the developers added to Superhot VR the “Skip disturbing scenes” switch: with its help, especially nervous players could exclude the display of all moments hinting at self-harm or suicide.

This didn’t seem enough to the studio. Making the excuse that “we live in a difficult time“, The developers came to the conclusion that the players can achieve more”deserve better“. The creators of the game decided that there was no place for such scenes in its virtual reality.

A number of players did express concern: sometimes it was necessary to commit acts like suicide in order to advance on the Superhot. And if in a normal game they are not so noticeable, then in virtual reality they can cause discomfort.

However, excessive custody angered another category of players: they believe that they were simply deprived of a significant part of the gaming experience and important plot points. However, the negative feedback scales do not seem to force the developers to return to the previous option: let the players decide for themselves what they want and do not want to see in the game.

So far, patch 1.0.22.1 is only available on Steam, but in the near future it is going to be released on all other devices.

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