It should have never been in there in the first place. No matter how many disclaimers you pop up, you shouldn’t be intentionally showing a seizure-inducing pattern of lights.
I've played through this section before and after the patch and I have to say that the original seizure inducing effect looked a lot cooler. I don't mind it being replaced with a milder version, and I would have never noticed if the game released with it from the start, but having seen the original I'd like an option to switch back to it based on just how cool the flashing lights looked.
> you shouldn’t be intentionally showing a seizure-inducing pattern of lights
I think the intention was to show a cool flickering that looks like it'd mess up your brain (which is somewhat the intent of BD in game). The fact that the flickering also caused seizures, is clearly an oversight.
> I'm not sure there's any evidence to suggest it was intentional.
From the original article calling out the problem.
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When "suiting up" for a BD, especially with Judy, V will be given a headset that is meant to onset the instance. The headset fits over both eyes and features a rapid onslaught of white and red blinking LEDs, much like the actual device neurologists use in real life to trigger a seizure when they need to trigger one for diagnosis purposes. ... This is a pattern of lights designed to trigger an epileptic episode and it very much did that in my own personal playthrough.
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Emphasis mine.
> What possible reason could there be for that?
Probably for the same reason devs model decapitations and other deadly effects off real world references: using real world lighting patterns that are known to effect the brain adds a sense of authenticity to the world.
Even if the intent was not malicious, the device and lighting pattern are too spot-on to be mere coincidence.
Oh, I'm aware of the problem, and I agree that it was a terrible oversight. I'm just saying I don't think they actually intended/expected to cause players to suffer epileptic attacks because that would probably result in the biggest lawsuit in history.
