'I'm Pro Sex Minigames': Former God of War Dev Backs PS5 Trilogy Remake to Keep Controversial Minigames

Hopefully they can keep them without fear of criticism. Society has gone to crap but not that much, surely.

No hate but Alanah is not a dev but a low tier writer for Ragnarok, but yes I agree with her, they should keep them in the game, a remake should add not take away. Think like Resident evil remake which only add things and it regarded one of the best remakes of all time

This will be censored. No way will sony allow you to his X to make Kratos clap cheeks. Not in this day and age anyway.
I dont really want to be doing that with my family in the same room anyway. Bit embarrassing.

@Kidfunkadelic83 DId they censor the Abby and Owen sex scene in the last of us 2?

Yet social media is absolutely full of risqué content 🙈

I thought the fighting and exploration were the minigames while the sex sequences were the main game.

@Oram77 dunno, didnt play it.

I’m 46 - male - I don’t really care if they were designed by a female. Not sure how that’s relevant. I don’t understand who wants sex mini games in a video game like for what purpose? Also all this “woke” nonsense - censorship in media is far lenient than it used to be and it was usually those that go on about woke that would have been offended by swear words on TV - ridiculous the current narratives around stuff.

Genuinely puzzled why people want this stuff in a video game. Far better ways to get your rocks off. Bizarre nonsense like those offended you don’t just sexy posters in a tomb raider game. 😂

Each to their own just far worse practises in video games than ditching bizarre sex games in games nothing to do with that

@Czar_Khastik that made me lol

@Czar_Khastik would still be better that the millions of "pat the" games on the store.

@Stocksy it's a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation.

I don't get why these are so controversial to be honest. Greek mythology is full of this stuff, and it's not like God of War is aimed at kids (not the ones who actually pay attention to the age ratings anyway).

I don't know why anyone would take the sexscenes seriously, as it's so obviously done tongue in cheek, and not a bit graphic.
Unless you can't handle seeing a vase or candle get knocked off the table, during those off screen moments 😂

@get2sammyb 🫣

Tbf Jaffe also said the same about the sex scenes and named the women who worked on it.

Though I guess Jaffe only gets reported on when it's negative :/

Censorship won't be an issue, especially with games like Dispatch, TLOU 2 and Baldurs Gate going uncensored. If the characters are portrayed as adults then Sony won't care about censorship aslong as the game is correctly age rated.

@get2sammyb @Marquez @Kidfunkadelic83 @Stocksy

Imagine the sex mini-game having a trophy like the jump roping in FFIX.

“Babe, I promise I’m only having sex for the trophy… Yes, I know it’s been five hours… I swear I’m close… no, not like that damn it”.

The “remakes” should be remasters and not a remake, in other words, leave the classic games as they are for the classic fans. this shouldn’t be a game to cater to the pseudo modern audience and nu-god of war fans 👎 leave the original god of war pure

Kinda comical, when people get offended by sex, while ripping people into pieces, and gore splattering everywhere, is just fine 😂

I hope they keep them. It will be really dissapointing if they are gone. Also the thing is "sex" is never on the screen; only woman boobs in parts and this will be an +18 game; so I see no harm it to include nudity.

Baldur's Gate 3, Last of Part 2, Cyberpunk, Witcher 3. All have nudity. Don't be hypocrite now.

@CWill97 they do have trophies

@naruball for real. Backlash either way. I don’t really mind either way but I do find it bizarre all the comments about society has lost its way if they don’t let sex minigames be in a video game!

Genuinely who wants fake nudity from graphics. It’s all baffling to me but whatever.

@Exerion76 one you can do in real life and one you can’t……. It’s not about being offended, I’m baffled who wants pixel boobs lol

No way to please everyone, however they could have an option to switch the shagging mini games on/off?

God forbid an M-rated video game about killing 'gods' with blood, violence, and gore also have a one time only-comedic-nothing explicit sex mini game 😆

It reminds me of that stupid drama for 'Bros before hos' trophy in GoW Ascension. I believe it was triggered by Anita Sarkaseian and her simps Madam Sessler.

And GoW sex mini game actually have good contex for story and gameplay:
1. It shows Kratos isn't a hero. The guy is a frickin womanizer.
2. Sex isn't a taboo in Greek myth like it has tons of sex in it.
3. It gives players decent Red Orbs if they do the mini game.

Like i said, I hope the mini game stays but big chance it will be gone or completely change. We'll see...

@Boxmonkey I think your probably right, can you image the outrage while they condone criticism of Bonnie Blue and her feminine empowered shagfests

It shouldn't even be being discussed... The games were always 18+, leave parents to parent and re-do them properly. Don't make fans of the games suffer because of modern day "sensibilities".

Kratos is what he is; warts and all.

good for her. they won't be included though and you have to be delusional if you think there'd be a chance

It’s long overdue to have a foot fetish mini game for Kratos and his harem!

Offended by sex but not violence?

I think it's a culture difference, and unfortantly lots of us over the last 30 years imported way too much American culture.

You should be offended by either, but those bible thumpers from American seem to have inserted their business everywhere!

@Stocksy I agree it's juvenile to have sex mini-games; we are far beyond the Hot Coffee stuff... that said, I do think it's an important part of Kratos's character development within his arc. It makes him seem more mature and regretful of his past when playing God of War 2016 and ragnarok.

Don't fix what isn't broken; At this point i can't really remember every detail of the trilogy but at the time i played them was at a time where my requirements for a good game where almost non existent, as long they were fun. For me if they did a 1:1 remake i'm buying it.

I won’t lose sleep over them being removed if that happens (they were always optional anyway), but also they’re not graphic in the slightest, so in that sense they shouldn’t really be an issue to anyone.

I really don't like that people can get vocal on social media and developers or studios will listen to them because they think those people on social media represent the entire gaming community. It's the other way around, if you are sitting on twitter all day long then you aren't playing video games.

There's nothing wrong with sex in media, there's a problem with trying to censor it while at the same time allowing violence. I don't see empowerment there, I see hypocrisy. If I can do X Y and Z on a site or network and 'GG female empowerment' but something so trivial gets censored in a fictional video game? I can only see that same hypocrisy there too. Go to a Sabrina Carpenter concert, I guarantee half the people there would say something negative about the content in God of War. Something is only right or wrong when it suits the group with the loudest voice and if gamers did say 'we want our sex mini games because' they'd be called pigs and cancelled.

It's creating a divide and a situation where people will think there's something wrong with sex to begin with. I've never once been offended by sexual content in a video game, they aren't real and this 'sex is simply a way of life and an important part of being a human' absolutely. If it wasn't part of my daily life there would be no relationship, I'm being blunt but I know he doesn't want me for my gaming skills. I know what I signed up for, the same way I know what I sign up for when I pick up a video game and it has either violent or sexual content.

Repression is more dangerous than a sex mini game, I've seen sexual repression up close, it's disturbing. All the developers have to do is make it optional just like the airport segment in Call of Duty. Let people decide for themselves, it's really that simple. Removing it completely sends the wrong message, there needs to be at least one last bastion of originality and freedom of expression, without both life is a borefest.

I don't see why keeping them would be an issue big enough to warrant a change from the original vision.
Aside from nudity it's all implied, nothing explicit is shown...
And the OG God of War trilogy is and will remain a mature collection of titles, there's no way to change that into Teen content without crushing it's core.

The scene of the human sacrifice in God Of War 1 NTSC version - most likely it will be replaced by the one used in the PAL version of the game (sacrificing a regular monster).
But those sex minigames are nothing of that caliber.

A lot of people is failing to see that it's not a matter of the minigames themselves. It's about not censoring and respecting the original vision.
It's about knowing modern Sony and its double standard.

@Stocksy 100% spot on. Really couldn't care less that they were designed by a woman, that doesn't change the fact they're awkward and cringe.

@Stocksy People want it for historical purposes. Look what happened after Lucas tinkered eith Star Wars. The origial versions of the film are much better, but they are really hard to find.

I hated the sex mini-game. So cringe.

If the perspective was changed and the player had to give Kratos a HJ by mashing the X button, fewer people would be upset over its removal 😂

@Oprahs_cellulite 100% I don’t mind sex featuring in video game stories - sometimes that’s needed for story. But sex mini games it’s all a bit cringy for me it’s more outrage they might not be there. If the people making it don’t think sex minigames are needed im fine with it. I’m not against sex or romance being in games just mini games are a bit strange to me but as I say each to their own

@MrPeanutbutterz cringe is the good word for this whole thing the mini games and the backlash. But I think the poster up hit nail on the head - can’t win either way

The fact that they were designed by a woman is completely meaningless. Or are we going with the incredibly sexist and quite frankly dangerous notion that women can not be perverts?
(I'm not saying she is one btw, just that I cannot see what other interpretation of this statement i'm meant to be taking).

If the determining factor on whether content works or not is whether it was designed by a man or a woman, then the design philosophy is weak. Likewise, whether or not they’re included and/or in what capacity now should be driven entirely by the design philosophy behind the project; is this a 1:1 recreation, a tongue in cheek homage or are they leaning into Kratos’ self destructive tendencies with deeper storytelling, possibly erasing the interactive aspect of it? Social trends change, the reason you made what you made doesn’t.

"They were originally designed by women"

Oh well that's alright then, it's those dodgy sex mini games designed by men that we need to avoid.
Those are perverted, sordid filth!!!
Not like the ones on God Of War which are "point out how sex is simply a way of life and an important part of being a human".

The aspect that I see many overlook, which no doubt informed the tone of the first games, is that Greek mythology and ancient Greek culture is full of violence and sexual references. I believe that is what made the games so interesting to many.

I always felt it was lazy and incorrect for contemporary commentators to suggest the games were 'of their time' or immature in some way when actually, they were quite representative of the tone of Greek mythology.

I hope the developers keep the tone and gameplay fairly true to the original games and avoid trying to artificially sanitise it for the minority of folks who have a weak disposition.

Alanah Pearce is all over the place. She was also on Twitter recently complaining about fans "Sexualizing" a fictional character she portrays in an anime. It's not okay to sexualize women, but men are A-OK because look at all the thirsting over Leon from RE9.

She has since deleted that tweet, of course.

I fail to see the relevance of who wrote the scenes and what chromosomes they had.

Those who care about such irrelevances are part of the problem. Such trivialities are typically the concerns of the very same Neo-Puritans who are doing the censorship whenever they get the chance.

All that matters is that the age rating of the game is appropriate to the content. I couldn’t give a flying stuff if a woman wrote the scenes, as that makes absolutely no difference to anything.

@Stocksy it's relevant that they were designed by women in that often the issue with these sorts of things is they are inherently objectifying of women and not treated them as full people. So it's a point to them not really being that way because women were involved.

@Kelrics90 agree RE the disturbing remarks even on the BBC about Leon.

You can just imagine the reception to the phrase "hot Aunty" if that was used. Weird, perverted etc.

And it is weird. How the heck is that phrase being used in the mainstream, given the nothing burgers that are off limits.

not a chance modern day sony is keeping that content in the remakes. and just because the minigames were apparently designed by women (i don't believe that either), has absolutely no bearing on the decision to cut it out. i don't know why that point found its way into the conversation since it's not the objectifying of women that is the issue here. it's that the mini games were always out of context with the rest of the game and felt gimmicky!

but let's be real, the remakes are going to aim for ultra realism from a production standpoint... a silly sex minigame is going to feel very disconnected from the experience. weird, jarring and stupid is how i would describe it in the original release. are people realy going to cry a river about this?

I dont care about these mini games at all but this is part of what kratoes used to h3 about so keep them in who cares who it upsets have the option to censor them or uncensor them

That's one of the best part in the original god of war games.so keep them like that.word up son

@GirlVersusGame "I'm being blunt but I know he doesn't want me for my gaming skills" doesn't know what's he's missing

@Boomers-r-us We play chess, it's enough. I do believe it could be a boon to have hobbies you can enjoy with a significant other, I'm sure people do that. He's watched me play a couple of games but there is a significant age gap there too. I'm a realist when it comes to wants and needs and wouldn't waste time in a situation where I couldn't provide both. Sometimes life really can be that simple and I don't believe in over-complication when it just isn't necessary. Honesty goes a lot further, it's healthier. The same way it's healthier to not censor or hide away from sexual content in a piece of virtual entertainment that's already been designed for adults in mind not children.

I don't like the modern method of trying to soften people up, it can go too far and reach a point where people can't truly express themselves for fear of offending someone or being labeled a pervert which I already saw above. I don't see perversion as a negative trait, not when adults can consent. If I could truly speak my mind my comment would be deleted. Life is too short to waste it on nonsense and I see all of this softening up as nothing but nonsense and unnecessary.

@Stocksy
“ Genuinely puzzled why people want this stuff in a video game. Far better ways to get your rocks off”

I’m always puzzled by this sentiment. Seems to be just a way of hiding a puritanical streak. I mean, we don’t hear people say, “why have music in a game when it’s not as good as a concert”, “why ask for good cinematics when you can just go to the cinema”, “why ask for a good story when books are so much better”, etc, etc.

Having other means of “getting your rocks off” (not that I think for a second people are doing that!) doesn’t mean you can’t also have sexualised content in a video game. Especially not when the world and narrative makes it suitable.