Dead Island Riptide 'Zombie Bait edition" Controversy

[LoneW0lf]

So in case you don't know the series, Dead Island is a zombie based rpg and has quite a bit of gore in it. Which is fine, you expect that from a zombie game right? Following the newest trend of releasing a limited edition(hey dead island is doing that also!) and a $150+ rare edition games seem to do, Deep Silver released this image as a UK Xbox 360 exclusive for 99 pounds/$160.

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So, of course the main part of this edition is the chick with no arms nor legs, but still quite the fine rack. I mean hey, guys look at that most of the time anyway right? So of course this stirs up some controversy, as to be expected. Surprisingly, a lot of feedback has come from the dead island community and it's quite negative. You think the people that would be ok with this would be the DI community. Deep Silver posted an official apology about the statue(http://www.twitlonger.com/show/kngs7f) but I don't see any plans of cancelling the edition. Dead Island is set to release April 23rd, 2013.


What do you guys think of this edition of the game? Is it ok for this to be made and sold in stores(very limited). Should Deep Silver cancel the edition and come up with something new?

Personally, I don't see why this is such a terrible thing. Ok boobs, we get it. Shocking. The whole game is based around zombies and gore comes with that. I can see why people are offended by it, but there's no reason to be complaining about it. No one has to buy it and the people who do buy it will have it somewhere in their house. So where's the problem? Why get offended? I'd love the statue, I love zombies and think it's a pretty cool statue.

[Choofers]

mfw guro

[gold stinger]

I wonder if you can take the bra off

[Oni-Paranoia]

I don't see why this is any bit disturbing. It's easy to assume that it can be offensive because it shows a lot of skin but this is as much as you'd see going to the beach anywhere else. Nothing explicit is being shown here and the artwork actually looks really good. So it's not as if all the work was into sculpting it over the actual other parts of it.

The game is also rated M (for mature which is 17+ or 18+ in some other places) so it's not as if kids should be getting their hands on a female statue of some sort. I'm also sure enough that these editions would (or should) be placed out of sight if people did find it offensive like some other games.

[G.S.M]

boohoo

seriously people need to grow up and have fun with boobs

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Guys it's a figurine with a set of tits

you can see real ones by typing borderline anything into Google, or walking around in public.

The choice to get it is yours...

Stop complaining.

If it doesn't sell then it was obviously a bad choice. The human body is on display from young women everywhere, and sex sells pretty much everything here. Are they really that surprised?

[Wayward Vagabond]

i dont get it

[hi19hi19]

tits

[Arntonach]

I'm guessing those that are into men are getting shafted here. Hey, maybe they'll release a zombie's crotch.

[LoneW0lf]

Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

I don't see why this is any bit disturbing. It's easy to assume that it can be offensive because it shows a lot of skin but this is as much as you'd see going to the beach anywhere else. Nothing explicit is being shown here and the artwork actually looks really good. So it's not as if all the work was into sculpting it over the actual other parts of it.

The game is also rated M (for mature which is 17+ or 18+ in some other places) so it's not as if kids should be getting their hands on a female statue of some sort. I'm also sure enough that these editions would (or should) be placed out of sight if people did find it offensive like some other games.

Said perfectly. I honestly can't understand all these problems and I'm somewhat disappointed that Deep Silver apologized.

Originally Posted by Arntonach

I'm guessing those that are into men are getting shafted here. Hey, maybe they'll release a zombie's crotch.

I'd pay double for such an item.

[Trogdor!!!!]

Originally Posted by Arntonach

I'm guessing those that are into men are getting shafted here. Hey, maybe they'll release a zombie's crotch.

Dead Island Riptide ~women's edition~