Blizzard just changed the image on 8 cards (and renamed 2 of them). However, the community did not actively accept this change. Many posts on Reddit argue that they must change to reduce ‘body exposure and violence’ to be more suitable for the Chinese government. This makes some sense: the Chinese game market is heavily censored. Previously, Blizzard also changed the image in World of Warcraft to comply with regulations.
However, in this case, China is not involved. Mission designer Dave Kosak said that after reviewing all of the Hearthstone cards, Blizzard determined that some of the images on the cards were not up to their standards.
“We revisited it and really wanted to push things up to our standards,” says Kosak. “It’s not that we’re afraid of international regulatory parties, or anything. We just want our artists to feel good about everything in the deck.”
The changing leaves are:
- Succubus (renamed Felstalker)
- Mistress of Pain (renamed Queen of Pain)
- Windfury Harpy
- Secretkeeper
- Eviscerate
- Bite
- Deadly Shot
- Headcrack
Succubus completely changed: Stats and effects are the same, but the sexy beauty has been replaced by ‘demon monsters’. Mistress of Pain (now Queen of Pain), Secretkeeper, and Windfury Harpy also reduced the sexiness, while Bite, Eviscerate, and Deadly Shot also reduced the violence.
Kosak confirmed some of the changes were meant to reduce sexiness and violence (while designer Liv Breeden said the Headcrack card was changed because it was too dark and hard to read) but emphasized that the change was unaffected. external verbs. It simply “pushes the standard up to the present.”
This may not be the final visual change for the Hearthstone cards. Kosak said Blizzard has no plans for the foreseeable future, but is “always evaluating and reviewing the set.”
You can see the changes in the last update below:
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