“Kevin [Meek] actually called for some camera cuts that were just … why was this focusing on Miranda’s ass? “says Walters.” So in some cases, we said, ‘Okay, we can make a change here’. “
If you have not touched the original Mass effect games and are wondering why all the fuss is going on, the angles Walters is referring to include shots like this that sometimes appeared when players talked to Miranda Lawson and other characters:
Although Walters says the team was not “very concerned” about character models like Miranda, Asari or EDI, which some think were designed to suit male fantasies, they believe that “things have evolved since then [the original games]”And I wanted to modify some of the elements of the original titles that no longer made sense to them.
Although Walters suggests that this move exists in the middle between completely changing the original games and addressing the elements of those titles that make the team (and many players) a little uncomfortable, the decision is still drawing heat from some players who feel that the series was censored and even ruined as a result of these high camera angles.
Along with those who feel that the most free strokes of the game are somehow a vital part of Mass effect experience (there are online communities practically built around them), some are saying that this is another example of the so-called social justice censorship debate that involved everything from episodes of The office and Community being changed and removed on streaming platforms for HBO Max by attaching a disclaimer Gone with the Wind. Others claim it is an act of unnecessary modification similar to the changes that George Lucas made in the original Star Wars trilogy.