{"id":157949,"date":"2021-01-02T21:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/top-hat-studios-sense-cyberpunk-ghost-story-censorship-death-threats\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:30:28","slug":"top-hat-studios-refuses-to-censor-its-game-after-receiving-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/02\/top-hat-studios-refuses-to-censor-its-game-after-receiving-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Hat Studios Refuses to Censor Its Game After Receiving Death Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sense-a-cyberpunk-ghost-story-promo-art.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Since announcing the release of \u00ad<strong><em>Sense \u2013 A Cyberpunk Ghost Story<\/em><\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/switch\/\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, publisher Top Hat Studios has received a staggering amount of messages demanding the studio to censor its latest title.\u00a0Top Hat Studios&#8217; response to these demands? \u201cThe game will not be censored. We categorically refuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Sense \u2013 A Cyberpunk Ghost Story<\/em> is a side-scrolling horror game set in 2083 Neo Hong Kong that released on Steam on August 25, 2020 to mostly positive reviews. Yet, soon after announcing plans to port the game to the Nintendo Switch, the publisher was met with censorship demands from outraged consumers. While Japanese games like the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/final-fantasy-8-remaster-censors-siren-rinoa\/\">Final Fantasy 8 Remaster<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/final-fantasy-8-remaster-censors-siren-rinoa\/\"> often face censorship<\/a> in some fashion before their Western release, Top Hat Studios has made its anti-censorship stance clear in an official statement on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/cyberpunk-2077-dlc-good-bad\/\">Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s DLC Plans Are a Double-Edged Sword<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the face of threats ranging from review-bombing to harassing distributors, Top Hat Studios responded by defending the creative freedoms of its developers in order to protect the integrity of its titles. The vocal group attempting to intimidate\u00a0the publisher has cited a variety of seemingly unfounded claims surrounding <em>Sense \u2013 A Cyberpunk Ghost Story <\/em>include the game being explicitly \u201cpornographic,\u201d \u201cencourages violence,\u201d and \u201cbreaks the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Sense \u2013 A Cyberpunk Ghost Story <\/em>received an M (17+)\/PEGI 18 rating for seemingly minor offenses anyone could find in a PG-13 movie: blood and gore, intense violence, suggestive themes, and language. Top Hat Studios\u2019 sci-fi survival horror game simply draws inspiration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/cyberpunk-2077-uk-sales-charts\/\">transhumanism, dystopic themes that other cyberpunk titles like <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em><\/a> are beloved for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TopHatStudiosEN\/status\/1345071217636732930\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Censorship has become a hotly debated topic among fans and developers over the past few years. There are those who see censorship as harmful to creativity and experimentation among developers, while others like <em>Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/atelier-ryza-2-producer-censorship\/\">producer Junzo Hosoi see it as a useful tool<\/a> that allows titles to fit any market.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to backlash, the New York-based Top Hat Studios had received nothing but support for its ghostbusting adventure\u00a0since a\u00a0successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/nintendo-switch-cyberpunk-game-ghosts\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sense \u2013 A Cyberpunk Ghost Story<\/em>\u00a0follows Mei Lin Mak<\/a> as she attempts to solve a century-old mystery hidden within the ruins of the Chong Sing Apartments. Players are tasked with exorcising demons, rather than combating them, in an attempt to help them pass on as they investigate a supernatural maelstrom of Chinese folklore. The Kickstarter campaign passed its $10,000 funding goal in just 30 days, receiving $60,027 from over 1,000 backers.<\/p>\n<p>Review bombing has resulted in quite a bit of negative feedback for major IPs. <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/monster-hunter-world-review-bomb\/\"><em>Monster Hunter World<\/em> was a recent target of review bombs<\/a> as a result of a racist joke included in the new <em>Monster Hunter<\/em> movie. Despite developer Capcom having no involvement in the film, the title\u2019s Steam user score suffered as a result. 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