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Lost Ark will Censor new Class to conform to Western Norms

Lost Ark will Censor new Class to conform to Western Norms

The original version of the Lost Ark game features several sexy outfits that were censored in the Western version of the game, it will be further censored to conform to “Western norms”.

For you to have an idea of the censorship that the game went through in the West, see below a comparison of one of the characters in the game.

Lost Ark vai Censurar nova Classe

Lost Ark vai Censurar nova Classe

First we have the Korean version, then the American/European version and lastly the Russian version, the western version was heavily censored compared to the other two.

Lost Ark will Censor new Class to conform to Western Norms

And the game will be even more censored, the Korean version of the game has more content than the western version, the western version is run by Amazon Games, and so they’re going to add a new class now, the Artist.

In the original version, this class wears short skirts, and Amazon has already said that the character will be censored to conform to “Western norms”.

“Nothing gameplay related to the Artist class will change, but some skins will be modified to better suit Western norms. Especially, skins with short skirts will have shorts added below the skirt, and other skins will have pants lengths adjusted or tights added “

Below are some images of the Artist class and some skins, and really, very short skirts:

Lost Ark will Censor new Class to conform to Western Norms Lost Ark will Censor new Class to conform to Western Norms

And that’s it, players are obviously complaining about this change and Amazon’s censorship in relation to the game, and there are those who accuse those who complain of being pedo…

Anyway, what do you think about it?

via: Lost Ark