The Quirks of Cute Censorship in Video Games

Censorship in games comes in many shapes. Fading bodies, robots, green blood, and so on.
But what about when enemies bleed flowers and explode into confetti and balloons? Meet "cute censorship".
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0:00 What is "Cute Censorship"?
1:08 Alien Hominid
1:53 Team Fortress 2
2:50 Serious Sam
3:45 Funny Bible Game
6:06 Chex Quest
8:20 Conclusion

[@GermanPeter]

Guys, do you think Serious Sam had blood options since the beginning? Because I kind of think the older Serious Sam games already had hippie mode. Please let me know if you have any information regarding whether or not you could change the blood in Serious Sam prior to the HD remasters. As many comments as humanly possible, please. Guys please also tell me about how Gorn does censorship, I haven't heard that Gorn turns enemies into piñatas, just let me know that I didn't talk about Gorn's censorship, thanks

[@Seydaschu]

Yes, I distinctly remember playing with "Hippie-Blood" in the original versions, on top of red and green. (I'm trying to remember if there was a 4th option, it could've been just "Off")

[@accountwith16chr]

TFE and TSE both had a hippie mode, no halloween though

[@diooverheaven6561]

I remember it in second encounter

[@mattc7420]

I'm positive it did. I just played Serious Sam: The Second.

[@Bridget4President]

I vividly remember seeing that it was a cheat code option in console ports, actually? Could be the Mandela effect but I feel like I first learned about hippie mode from a Tips and Tricks or some magazine like that

[@claudiospeed]

I wasn't expecting a pyrocynical joke lmao.

[@Nod_Les]

Where? He was only talking about the Pyro from Team Fortress 2

[@BX56_YT]

@@Nod_Les 2:16 "No, different pyro..."

[@TerrytortoisethegreatAtuin]

@@BX56_YT that was a GROUP HALLUCINATION

[@BX56_YT]

@@TerrytortoisethegreatAtuin rofl

[@samblamjam]

@@Nod_Lesfunny inflation joke 2:20

[@knuxenglish]

The vr game Gorn has a "low-violence" setting that changes the enemies to piñatas, and it doesn't just change the blood to candy (although it still does that), it changes the teeth to rainbow candy, exposed flesh into candy, bones into candy canes, and it makes their skin look slightly more like paper and there is a lot of those extending bits of paper commonly found on piñatas.

[@SkyblueStarmoon]

I was just about to mention it since its my favorite one. The idea of choosing between regular and low violence is partly why I’m curious to try it ( I have a VR headset, just a big cheapskate )

[@The_Loaf_]

This is exactly what i thought of when i read “Cute Censorship in Video Games”

[@massgunner4152]

Gorn but you are piñata scp

[@krngameender6820]

@@SkyblueStarmoonas someone who regularly still plays Gorn, I’d recommend it

[@Gabetheman-qj7ny]

Honestly that setting was really funny, just breaking apart a living pinata that has its insides turned into litteral CANDY.

[@feuerherz007]

pyrovision 🌈

[@TheBloodyMatey]

"Mmmph mmph mmmmmph mph mmmmph!" - Pyro

[@DaLameRodent]

@@TheBloodyMatey”Mmmph mmmmph mmh mmhhp mmmhp?” - Other Pyro

[@Raadicality]

​@@DaLameRodent"Hmmm Mmmmph Mm Hmmph" - The wise Pyro

[@ShockAbe]

@@Raadicality "Mmm mmmph hmmph. 😎" -The cool Pyro

[@Millkshake59]

@@ShockAbe”I’m gonna use this video to address the allegations made against me. Recently, to those who are unaware, I’ve been accused of grooming a 15 year old boy when I was 19, that I’m some kind of predator and was aware of his age all along. This is categorically untrue, and a complete lie” - different pyro

[@Zahn-rad]

Naughty Bear is a weird example of a game built around not having actual gore but still being as violent as Manhunt

[@samtinkle9076]

Funnily enough, Naughty Bear was made by Behaviour before they made Dead By Daylight. Seeing Naughty Bear actually IN DBD feels... *weird.*

[@grisu1934]

@@samtinkle9076 And seeing anyone outside the community talk about Dbd or anything bhvr related also feels *weird* , for me dbd is still the small game nobody knows about that only i play

[@fleggy5050]

@@grisu1934 dbd is massive lol... like yeah its not mainstream cuz its old but it still has 50k active players on steam only lmao

[@grisu1934]

@@fleggy5050 ik thats why i said "for me" since i still remember the old days when dbd was very little

[@ABlueThing]

​@@grisu1934 damn game is nearing the decade, kinda amazing actually, still kinda remember when there was only 3 killers

[@gold_me]

Surprised Splatoon wasn't mentioned in this video considering that it's a shooter with literally no blood. Shooting opponents? You're just covering them with ink. Killing opponents. Nope, they don't die, they just get splatted and respawn.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

the development of that game is surreal the characters where gonna be entirely different species

[@AntonioTheTurtle]

And it would have not been a post apocalyptic horror fest.

[@dampking]

Thats not censorship though

[@Chicky_Lumps]

That game is a perfect example of what he was talking about later because it's completely designed around a premise that blood doesn't make sense in. It would feel stupid and less satisfying if it was violent.

[@psy-fi64]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 alternate timeline where somehow splatoon remained as giant tofu blocks shooting each other

[@OGUIwalter]

"one drop of blood" this is violent

[@shitpoststatut.mp4656]

sadly there is more than one

[@VolcanoHarry]

@@shitpoststatut.mp4656 Sandvich.

[@mrfrog0913]

-Every age rating organisation ever

[@boyvsgaming]

Parents watching the Steven universe movie be like:

[@OGUIwalter]

@@boyvsgaming at least i got more likes than the creator

[@Big_RandyTM]

2:03 as a reference to the meet the medic short, where medic accidentally seals up Scout’s body after surgery… with his bird still in him. So, sometimes, if you kill scout with an explosive weapon, Archimedes (medic’s bird) will fly out of the gore.

[@GermanPeter]

I appreciate the explanation, but I already knew that 6 years ago when I made that video :P I was just surprised I kept getting them, because the chance is quite small.

[@fearlesswee5036]

Halo CE's Chinese censored version is particularly funny, because beyond removing blood (as expected), enemies fade after dying, rather than leaving any body. But...rather than fade with a transparency effect or something, they rapidly shrink into a speck and disappear. It makes it feel as if you have a shrink ray or something, it's rather funny.

[@rickdingenenzo]

I guess they're all just AntMan 😂

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Hey, that's better than the censorship in the German Left 4 Dead, where they just fade, and zombies sometimes are completely gone before they even hit the ground. But luckily the uncensored version isn't indexed anymore and a couple years back Valve released a small DLC patch that uncensors the game. So yes, even germans can now slaughter zombies in all it's gory glory.

[@tyrrell203]

"guns shoot friendliness pellets" " friendliness pellets" " *friendliness pellets* " "FRIENDLINESS PELLETS" " *FRIENLINESS PELLETS* "

[@xdumutlu5869]

That's a wonderful idea

[@RudoMike21]

"Friendless thrower it throws friendless"

[@DinoHALFLIFE]

Flowey?!

[@sennidotcom]

undertale 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@mrfrog0913]

"Howdy Frisk I have a projectile launcher" "Just look down the barrel there and..." *POW*

[@thecolorpurple9844]

"Let's the world how pyro sees the world" Looks at sniper: gets dummy thick "No the other pyro"

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

I feel like my favorite example of how censorship can be done poorly is in Barony. There is a thing you can toggle in the settings that claims to "Disable blood and other explicit content" and yet the only thing it removes is blood. This is a game with succubus enemies that wear very explicit outfits and yet the only thing they chose to censor was the blood and maybe some swear words

[@Zack_Wester]

the moment when the censorship just say you can ship it under x if you remove the blood and devs goes ok removes the blood and nothing else.

[@ChangeNameEdits]

Lol how would they censor the outfits? Make them nuns?

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

@@ChangeNameEdits literally just by filling their armor slots with undroppable statless gear (they don't wear any armor normally)

[@Zack_Wester]

@@ChangeNameEdits yes.

[@massgunner4152]

​@@ChangeNameEditsthere is a degree if clothing between "aggressively wrapped" and "buttock thong"

[@shinyagumon7015]

I really like the "weapon" design in Noah's Ark 3D, it's not just a simple slingshot but a bunch of different related contraptions that feel like they would actually work. Also I wonder if people would buy a retro shooter based on the idea of it being the censored version of a classic shooter.🤔 I would be down for it.

[@GermanPeter]

I mean, I've actually come around to preferring the German version of HL1 over the original. I feel it has a bit more character, as janky as it is (or rather, as a result of that). Sometimes, the censored version can give you an "alternate take" on the story, which helps with replaying it.

[@shinyagumon7015]

@@GermanPeter Ok but how much of that is coloured by your love for German Barney.😜

[@GermanPeter]

Well, that and the robots and the fact I have lots of nostalgia for it :P I'll never forget buying it on that sunny Sunday afternoon at a flea market, for like... 3-5 bucks. Ahh, good times.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

The fact that Chex Quest is actually a semi-legit DOOM/Wolfenstein knockoff franchise that started as a .wad to promote cereal to children:

[@user-pc3io5ji1o]

The pyro vision goggles also turn fire from the flamethrower into rainbows and bubbles. It makes the flame sound effect sound like bubbles as well.

[@amydoesart3724]

Something that i allways wanted to do is a whole retro fps based on this concept, Just a cute girl slaying in the cutests of ways as the glitter comes out and she laughs like a psycho with a pastel chainsaw

[@AlexDoubleAU]

Sounds pretty cool

[@Shy_Abi]

Pyroland Theme Park!

[@metalsuccattack]

there is a retro fps where its just fashion police

[@EMan-xj5cz]

I guess tf2 works for that for now

[@warbosswurldsmasha5414]

Does Lollipop Chainsaw count?

[@schaufelkaufhaus7900]

In the point and click adventure Edna & Harvey: Harvey's new eyes, the player can have characters "accidentally" be brutally killed off. But luckily, everytime that happens, little gnomes helpers show up and paint anything that is not kid friendly pink. Its really shocking to see, and makes a lot of sense in the plot. Probably one of the best games to pull this kind of censorship off

[@margaretnicholson2584]

Been looking for this comment!!

[@Fatih_M177]

Honestly, the idea of having cutsie visuals but violent gameplay is so appealing to me, Like imagine a Quake game but in the style of Looney Tunes XD. Personally these types of censorship sometimes enhance games for me

[@1mariomaniac]

I'd buy an officially licensed Looney Tunes Quake clone in an instant that sounds like a blast.

[@MikanTsumikiTV]

The bit at the end about Overwatch and Fortnite is a very good point! You don't need OTT gore if you have good enough *impact.* Fortnite's weapons feel punchy, and while blood would be a fun detail, they've already figured out how to make it unnecessary.

[@GermanPeter]

Yeah! In fact, I didn't even realize Overwatch didn't have any blood until I made this video. I thought it had at least a little, but nope!

[@sixty5notch796]

@@GermanPeter i could have swore the characters bleed when you shoot them? im like 80% sure they at least used too.

[@phoenixmarktwo]

​@@sixty5notch796 It's more of a red "spark" effect from what I remember.

[@Spendingryan]

​i dont play overwatch or overwatch 2 but maybe that is a difference between the two? Not sure as i dont play.

[@sixty5notch796]

@@phoenixmarktwo now that you say that i can vaguely remember, but its supposed to be blood and the game was rated t for violence and blood or mild blood if i remember

[@leopard_hat1879]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but THE FINALS has an example of cute censorship that I really like. When you someone dies you are replaced with coins, which looks very cool and fits the virtual setting of the game

[@MightyKombat]

I know just changing the blood colour is a lesser option and all like you said but its still funny when it gets changed to something like white and the game instead becomes tons more lewd. I'm thinking like Suija's zetsumei in Samurai Shodown 5 Special or Juza's death scene in the Fist of the North Star mobile game I also wish Mortal Kombat did something like this, just having an optional toggle that disables Fatalities entirely and makes the NRS-style Brutalities into more comical knockout supers. Instead all MK ever did was the sweat in SNES MK1 and green blood and sepia toned fatalities in Japanese SNES MK2.

[@GermanPeter]

Like this? kzbin.infoNj-Ty49v6oI

[@MightyKombat]

@@GermanPeter Oh man how did I miss that video. YEAH! Duke Nukem has a lot of the funny sex stuff, why SHOULDN'T the blood be white in that series?

[@spaghettiwaffles]

Splatoon is an excellent example of a kid friendly shooter with fun and engaging mechanics. Not censorship, but a good example of an alternate way to make visceral and messy graphics without gore

[@lynndeville]

I think Lollipop Chainsaw had an interesting way of dealing with it

[@Ruskah0307]

well gazelles and ostriches dont have hands, and bears dont exactly have elegant ones, so maybe thats why they cant just eat from their own grain bags?

[@GermanPeter]

They can open doors

[@JerryDX]

You underestimate the ingenuity of bears.

[@Emidextrous]

I feel like the Censorship of the german Saints Row 2 version is the worst example of how to do censorship. That version removes like half the activities in that game and puts a black bar over any cutscene that has any amount of mild violence or drug use depicted in it.

[@metamaorphose6979]

same goes with South Park

[@chrisk6637]

Omfg i don't even want to imagine suck a game,wtaf were the germans thinking?!

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

The exploding head's in Kingsman immediately came to mind.

[@AlphaEnt2]

Honorable mention to "Nerf arena blast", a game that uses unreal engine and used a bunch of nerf guns. Yeah, it was a nerf promotion, like chex, but it played so demn well.

[@MKVProcrastinator]

The VR gladiatorial brawler GORN has a funny way of censoring gore, though it is an option in-game as a kid mode. It turns the enemies into piñata dolls that spill out candy when torn apart (which happens often in GORN).

[@conehead1572]

that fucking thumbnaiul dude wtf this is fucking raw

[@mobetdawolf1558]

I know it probably doesn't count, but the in-lore cognition filter from Lobotomy Corporation is an interesting example of this, even if it's only there because of time constraints.

[@katiequeen2275]

i think another fun side effect of cute censorship is that it can sometimes make the effect even more visceral. take puss in boots the last wish or digital circus episode two, when characters would explode into confetti. the way that it’s portrayed makes it even more horrifying than if they were to just explode into gibs

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

great point near the end about why censorship doesn't work. I'd totally be down for more kid-friendly games if that's what they were built around tbh.

[@lauram.g.4998]

subversion of expectations from minute 0 second 0. excellent!

[@Mr.TwoFaceGuy]

A vr game called “gorn” just makes all the enemies piñatas.

[@ToothedKrux]

BTW, the censorship of TF2 actually comes from the "Birthday Mode", which activates naturally on the birthday of the game.

[@GermanPeter]

Nope. It comes from the German version, which was released together with the original in 2007. There were no birthdays back then. Birthday mode only added the cake-medkits and festive ammo boxes.

[@Captain.Mystic]

I love when games with predatory microtransactions and fear of missing out pay to get mechanics are built from the ground up with kids in mind. Really soothes the moral panic i get whenever a kid sees blood. All things considered proper and good media for kids is always so hard to actually convince someone to do, theres very little money in it(at least in the context of massive AAA projects that have no business needing that much investment into a competitive scene) and whenever there is its always the first instinct to use "for kids" as a barrier to criticism rather than an opportunity to make something great.

[@killmii8473]

One of my favorites is Gorn. The games a VR where you're fighting guys in an arena. In the non violent mode it makes them into pinyatas. They bleed candy bars and thier different organs are different candies. Thier eyes are gumballs, thier teeth are gumdrops, thier hearts are those heart shaped boxs of chocolate ect. I think you criticized this form of censorship but I like it here because of how high effort and fun it is.

[@Verchiel_]

Probably the biggest example of a generally violent franchise taking a spin towards a more child friendly route is Tiny Tiny's wonderlands. As someone who generally enjoys bright vibrant fantasy settings much more over depressing gritty ones, i found wonderlands really charming and it really looks like a whole game that's been made with kids in mind, even if some of the actual content in the game might not be.

[@NubbyDubby]

Transforming gore into cartoon gore while still keeping the gore is actual more gorey, imagine getting rainbowd into being 1 arm 2 legs and a bunch of flat flowers

[@xerfrex7869]

I like how you're approaching this with neither rabid hate nor unquestioning love. Great video

[@theofficialtaylorroachyout6269]

I always loved the lollipops, blocks, confetti and such in Fat Princess when you turn of blood and gore

[@SpareFork]

The VR game gorn has a mode where you can turn the enemies into cute little pinatas and the blood is replaced with confetti 🎊

[@randumbhouse]

In the original carmageddon there was a zombie mode instead of the peds

[@dryerofdoom]

When i was in high-school I think i used to play a shooter that had a paintball option, i dont remember what game might have been a cod but i used to use it all the time because it was more visually interesting than the normal bullet holes

[@rickro2878]

Man, your channel is seriously underrated.. I got one of your videos expecting to have seen atleast 500k there but somehow it was only 90k?! Keep it on man, you make some really good and nice to listen to videos.

[@GermanPeter]

I hope you mean underrated :P

[@ShoeLobster45]

@@GermanPeter no, rickro2878 is your number 1 biggest hater

[@rickro2878]

@@GermanPeter oh, shit, yeah, I had a stroke there. I meant underrated. My bad.

[@dinitroacetylen]

If blood ain't spraying, I ain't playing.

[@SkylerLinux]

I mean like when it come to Going The Whole Hog, Cute Censorship and the Chex thing are the best. Also that I really do think that having your audience in mind when you make something will make the best something as well as being fun and interesting.

[@roo.pzz4380]

tbh i always found cute gore censoring in video games hilarious. It’s like the most violent game but you’re shooting out flowers and hearts and people are bleeding rainbows lol

[@MiningJack777]

The statement in the beginning is lies! At 8:28, you can see even more blood! I am deeply offended, and as a -67 year old, I have been eternally traumatized! (/j)

[@GermanPeter]

It's red paint 🙄🙄🙄

[@thebloxxer22]

Another fact about Wisdom Tree: They circumvented the protection chip on the console through voltage manipulation.

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

"What if guns didn't shoot bullets, but friendliness pellets?" oh no

[@Joe_Griddly]

i was about to say "team fortress 2 pyrovision goggles lore" until i realized you put it in the video

[@majortritone]

First time watcher here. I must say, very fun video, good editing, pacing, and interesting subject. Great work! Not sure what the German accent is about but it sounds pretty authentic so I don't mind.

[@GermanPeter]

Yeah, I wanted to try something different with the accent. Glad you liked it!

[@Max-iq8hi]

The flower censorship in Alien Hominid reminds me of that scene in Suicide Squad, where Harley Quinn goes on a killing spree, where there's flowers everywhere, instead of blood and gore

[@dylanschenkelberg7399]

Pyrocincal joke was top tier

[@HeatmanMKIII]

I love The Adventures of Square

[@Europa4020]

best censorship I've seen is in Gorn, they make all the enemy's piñatas and they have candy blood, bones and a candy heart. its even better because its a vr game

[@mcspiffy5843]

I remember Jet Force Gemini having a cheat toggle “kid mode” option that was just rainbow blood.

[@maxiswatching2661]

In Trepang2, there's an option in the settings to turn blood into confetti. I always have that setting turned on just because it's fun.

[@AlmostAstronaut]

friendlieness pellets, try to collect them all!

[@silverplatinum3826]

there was indeed more than one drop of blood in this video

[@Goober_glomp]

Yay, another gerbil pepper video. I mistyped "GermanPeter" on purpose.

[@Kemoa7966]

Friendliness pellets? *your best friend starts playing*

[@JoeSmoPedro]

I like how in disc room you can change the blood color, turn it off entirely or even make it so you let out a burst of confetti! I always went with black blood cuz it's like oil basically lol

[@kamdynthecreator]

In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, they had a whole kid themed event. I know it had cool things instead of blood and gore but i forgot

[@micahrobbins8353]

The fist thing I thought of was how they changed the blood to sparkles in joker's final smash

[@AI-3279]

That thumbnail looks like a banksy

[@Wolfy00000]

Gorn turns the fighters into piñatas, they blead candy, and when you remove their heart with the stab mechanic, its a chocolate box instead.

[@mowcat1015]

Paint The Town Red had an April Fool's update that added a modifier called "Green" you cold play with, which changes all the blood to flowers and it's really funny to see all the people you've just massacred surrounded by little patches of colorful flowers

[@Fuminex]

2:21 i like how everyone pokes fun at pyrocynical any chance they get

[@aircake36]

Blood spotted in the middle of the second for 0:37

[@mtndew145]

Tf2's pyro vision is the purest form of Cute Censorship

[@Kvvz_]

That intro is so gas

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

Gorn a VR gladiator game has a censored mode for gore by turning everything into candy, candy hearts, candy canes falling out of dudes and when somebody was cut in half you can see all the candy inside them

[@Seydaschu]

I'm pretty sure old-school Serious Sam had Hippie-blood option since the beginning.

[@SuperLlama42]

If I remember correctly, the Chex Quest opening outright states that the slime aliens are immune to conventional weapons, so teleporting them away IS the best solution. And like Civvie mentioned once, you could just be teleporting them into the upper atmosphere of their home planet, killing them anyways. You just gotta use your brain a bit to get your horrible slime carnage.

[@GermanPeter]

No, that's horrible. Not everything needs to die. I find it absolutely perfect that they're just teleported away in one piece.

[@sebosholt6922]

You should've mentioned Gorn's censorship - it's amazing!

[@TheDoomMaster]

If you get rid of the butterflies in the thumbnail you'll just have the paintball mode from GoldenEye and Perfect Dark

[@darkgn0ll587]

"Different Pyro" made me giggle so hard!!

[@SomeSkyrimFan]

I mean, in Undertale Yellow, you literally can shoot friendliness pellets from a gun.

[@mrsnayarlhats4242]

It's like how you can do cute censoring in tf2 and you can make the enemy explode into pumpkin pulp in the game when you got to that part I started craving for some roasted pumpkin seeds with a dash of salt and Tony sashery's Cajun seasoning and vinegar

[@doppioviniegare6468]

My favourite part of this video is the pyrocynical joke

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

A few years ago, rainbow 6 siege had an april fool update that cutified the game. Therussianbadger has a video about that update. I think its called "rainbows are magic" or something like that

[@NFProphet]

Gorn VR also has this, turning the normal gladiator enemies and turning them into piñatas

[@someguypeopledislike4696]

Gorn, a VR gladiator game, actually has a features that turns all the fighters into piñatas. Candy bones, candy insides, even a candy heart.

[@andrewsena3394]

Bro when you said "friendliness pellets" the flowey laugh played in my head

[@mina9e]

"heheheheHAHAHAHA~" like that?

[@ttlynotcam]

2:20 I fell out of my chair lmfao

[@idontknowgaming5653]

1:03 you should’ve said bubble bathss

[@mr.honkers7986]

in gorn ( a goofy vr colosseum game) you can enable a mode where all the enimies become pinatas and spew out candy

[@ibrahimzonbia155]

That thumbnail goes hard

[@xaviidk]

RUN IN TO THE BULLETS... Friendliness pellets

[@JuanGamer0202]

That thumbnail is just perfection

[@PancakeboiVR]

Sad gorn wasn’t mentioned. Turns the gladiators in to piñata’s and blood into candy

[@punnyperson4663]

I still sometimes wish the rest of the mercs had pyrovision weapons, even if it was just reskins only visible in Pyrovision and wasn't even alternate weapons (Ie the Lolichop, Rainblower etc)

[@m4rloncha]

Gonna also recommend for those who love silly censorship versions of games "Bear Party Adventure". An old Half-Life's "Care bear" parody that turns it into a campaign. You could also say that it has Multiplayer, but the servers shut down and the Steam version just got unlisted so... Maybe you can try on LAN? What matters is the Singleplayer adventure, and it's pretty fun.

[@teeniepeenie3148]

a wheel gun? 9 years old and he's already talking about driiivveee-byyysss!

[@ecchipocok]

you should look at the japanese version of lollipop chainsaw. They replaced gore with rainbows and made the game all cutesy. The ps3 premium edition has both the censored and the uncensored versions

[@GermanPeter]

I feel like that's the only appropriate context for cute censorship :D

[@user-zezezozodarkdomains]

Reminds me how today's (mostly) Chinese gacha action games and even battle royale have such effects as a total replacement of blood. Which is amazing from a certain standpoint given that hit feedback still exists instead of just removing blood outright. Or if the enemy is large, make it robotic or monstrous so detachable body parts can be still shown. Also Tekken, as far as i remember, back in 3 has blood splashes (though it doesn't stick in surface or characters) but from idk 4 onwards they're replaced with the over the top energy blasts that is fan favorite.

[@PenciltipWorkshop]

not a game but i used to watch this animation channel on youtube that would talk about hypothetical survival scenarios. They used to show red blood but they got demonetized. So in response, they made all the blood rainbow colored and guts and innards became flowers and candy. Funnily enough, after this change the scenarios they talked about only got more deadly and gorey but the art got more colorful.

[@taylersmith7769]

I think the vr game No more rainbows does a great job with the art style and making it cute

[@rumplypaper938]

This is crazy. Both serious sam 2 and super noahs ark 3d in one video, both random niche games that me and my friends refrence. I have never heard anyone talk about either of those before despite both being in my steam library