Breaking news from /v/, where I was fortunate(?) enough to see what's beneath Abby's shirt. God help us all.
Jesus wept.
In a sane world, the only reason this scene would exist would be to serve as a "sacrificial lamb" scene to distract the ESRB so they can keep the blood and gore while avoiding the AO rating (since the censors would be focused on a scene that's not actually meant to be in the game to begin with)
Movie directors and game designers alike used this trick all the time back in the day to avoid the X/NC-17/AO rating
But I get the feeling this is not the case.
At this point,
@Secret Asshole is dead on the money with his analysis
That might even be why he made sure to get in touch with Anita as well.
Not to be a prude but what does a hardcore sex scene do to contribute to the game overall? There are many tasteful ways to depict a sex scene that doesn't rely on full frontal nudity of poorly designed breasts that are the sole result of titty skittles? A deep kiss and cut to black before seeing the characters under a blanket would convey the same romantic tone without resorting to hideous nude models that make the audience creeped out when they see them. From what I remember from the original leaks Ellie and her dyke girlfriend are just depicted in their underwear after their sex scene and it conveys the same lovers tone as this...eye gouging scene.
I think Druckmann is a sick human being and is just trying to go above and beyond in insulting his target audience in a way that puts Rian Johnson to shame.
And since it's designed to be as intentionally ugly and unappealing as possible, he won't get accused of being misogynist and probably won't even get an AO rating.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IT'S A TROON FOR REAL
This is golden. This is fucking golden. Not even early puberty female boobs look like that. What the fuck is wrong with you Neil? How is this in a AAA game? What did Anita say to you for it to get to this level?
This is how one of the most revered games in modern history dies, with golfing and troon sex
I think Anita probably didn't play into this decision at all.
Something this repulsive goes beyond mere "Anita-proofing" and into just straight up magical realm fetishist garbage on Druckmann's part
Unless Anita's finally realized she's done for in the gaming industry and used whatever pull she had left to get in touch with Jason Druckmann and be able to trigger and own the
libs gamers one last time before moving onto the next grift.
This game is going to bomb badly, and it might be one of those flops that ends up killing woke media for good.
If this coincides with an MCU box office bomb, then maybe God hasn't truly abandoned us just yet.
