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Originally Posted by cody8200
This is removed in the newest default_storylines file. When the upcoming patch comes out, it should be fixed for new games.
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Kinda disappointed in hearing this. In a day where basically ALL sports games are affected somewhat by the respective organizations' (i.e. MLB, NFL) image fears, stuff like this is, dare I say it, a breath of fresh air. I don't get any joy out of kids dying or drunk driving arrests, but when we try too hard to act like these things don't exist or happen because someone
might get offended and as a result the majority has to suffer... I think the game ultimately suffers as well.
Look at NFL Blitz for example. Back when it first came out on PS1 it was completely over the top with after the play hits and showboating, etc. And it was tons of fun. It got re-released on the Xbox 360 a year or two ago and they took all that stuff out because of how worried the NFL is about its image. It wasn't the same game, not even close. Same thing with celebrations in games like Madden, they really aren't there and as highlighted as they were 10 years ago because of the NFL's relatively recent war on celebrations (anyone remember NFL 2K5's celebrations?). Remember in the NCAA Football series about 7 or so years ago, when players would get suspended if their GPA wasn't high enough or they got in trouble at school? Yeah, NCAA said no more of that. Heaven forbid.
I don't want the game to coddle me like I'm a 10 year old playing his first sports game. I want the possibility to have my or my opponents' players get arrested for drunk driving or overheard being racially/religiously insensitive or get caught using steroids (not "drugs" and not for just 5-10 games as OOTP currently has). I think that that stuff would only add to the realism of the game and immerse me more.
I'm not trying to say that OOTP is going to go from amazing baseball to sim to terrible baseball sim with the removal of this particular storyline. I'm just saying that I want to see stuff like this every once in a while. It's a good opportunity to tie the personality stuff into storylines too (obviously not for things like dying family members, but for things like racial tirades and DUIs). Give us the option to turn off "mature" storylines if you have to. Don't overdo it, make it similar to real-life where it only happens a few times a year. Heck, I saw a guy in OOTP get barred from the game from life and thrown in prison the other day for running a Ponzi scheme. I thought it was hilarious, and I've only ever seen it once in 10+ seasons. It works well. But because someone might have been scammed by a Ponzi scheme once in their life and may get offended, should we take it out? No.
I apologize for the long rant post. But this is something that's bugged me about games and even media recently (i.e. the last 5 or so years). Ultimately, the developers decide how the game is represented to the public, but I just wanted to blow off some steam.