{"id":228068,"date":"2023-05-07T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=287847"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:17:51","slug":"skips-the-controversy-final-fantasy-xvi-has-been-banned-in-a-country-and-square-refuses-to-censor-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skips-the-controversy-final-fantasy-xvi-has-been-banned-in-a-country-and-square-refuses-to-censor-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned but Unbowed: ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ Creates Stir as Square Enix Defies Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s a month and a half to go until the release of ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ and, apart from repeating the cycle of every Final Fantasy (fans saying that the previous one was the good one and this one isn’t), this new instalment of Square’s saga is really getting people talking because it promises to be a game for adults in which we’ll find drugs, torture scenes, sex, prostitution and hate crimes<\/strong>. It’s like a crossover between Final Fantasy and ‘GTA<\/a><\/strong>‘. However, there is one country that has gone beyond “for adults”: it has erased it from existence.<\/p>\n\n\n

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According to ESRB, the US rating system, the voices saying it’s too edgy aren’t lying: there will be moaning in a hotel <\/a><\/strong>room, dialogue like “I’d be happy to show you\u2026 if you can afford it”, half-exposed asses and breasts, and words like “fuck” and “shit”. OK, yes, we don’t think it’s anything to shout about either, but it was enough to give it an M rating<\/strong>, i.e. recommending that children under 17 stay away from it. PEGI, for its part, has also rated it for 18+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the essentials of the game are still there: orcs, magic, swords, fireballs, that sort of thing. After all, it’s still ‘Final Fantasy<\/a><\/strong>‘, even if there are suddenly scenes written by a fifteen year old. However, in Saudi Arabia, the company in charge of rating the game has refused to do so<\/strong> and, consequently, the game will not be released and will remain unreleased in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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