Dead Island: Riptide gruesome bikini statue flops, Deep Silver apologises

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While I don't find the item particularly appealing, I'm not offended by it.

It really seems like a fuss over nothing; let's get real - look at the game it's attached too. A zombie brawler that will be full of blood, guts, viscera, brains, severed limbs, zombie cannibalism, and wanton melee violence. I'm pretty sure I slayed loads of bikini clad zombiettes in the first Dead Island.

Suddenly this statue is crossing the line? Lame.

Perhaps it's an elaborate marketing campaign. Make a render of a bikini clad statue for a supposed collector's edition, cause a stir among the prudes online, and suddenly your game is making headlines across the internet. Well done Deep Silver PR department :P
 
I wouldn't mind having one of those, even though it looks more like a mutilated corpsr than a zombie.
 
“For now, we want to reiterate to the community, fans and industry how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again.”
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Exact same thing they said in the Feminist Whore incident.

Regardless, I don't know if I can really consider this an issue of sexism, but it is quite clear who the target market with that statuette was.
 
Mmm, I dont like it at all. Imagine bringing a girl home and she sees that on your shelf? She'll prob think you are a psycho.
 
Sorry to revive this thread, but someone sent me this link, which I feel cut right down to the core of why people made such an uproar over this.
 
hideinlight said:
It's just bad taste to be honest. A zombie head would of been a lot cooler.
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I agree. This is probably not the smartest idea they had for a collectable.
A zombie head or hand would've been better. Just, personally... I wouldn't want something like this lingering anywhere in my room.
I'd keep staring at it with an awkward eye.

But, as James has stated...

It really seems like a fuss over nothing; let's get real - look at the game it's attached too.
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