Yes. There was a wall in the game with "Hard" written in graffiti. And it was next to a sign with a big "R". It was swiftly patched out and Sony says it wasn't intended.
For what it's worth, the game has lots of locked chests that require passwords, and one such password is spelled "00kkke", which raised my eyebrow when I saw it but I assume was meant to be a play on "OKAY" rather than some edgy Klan reference.
Certainly there's the chance here that some cultural sensitivity issues were lost in translation, given the game was developed primarily in South Korea.
What’s this Hard R controversy I’m reading about? Apparently linked to a racial slur?
I’m like what?
Yes. There was a wall in the game with "Hard" written in graffiti. And it was next to a sign with a big "R". It was swiftly patched out and Sony says it wasn't intended.
For what it's worth, the game has lots of locked chests that require passwords, and one such password is spelled "00kkke", which raised my eyebrow when I saw it but I assume was meant to be a play on "OKAY" rather than some edgy Klan reference.
Certainly there's the chance here that some cultural sensitivity issues were lost in translation, given the game was developed primarily in South Korea.
Okay but why was it patched out? What’s wrong with Hard R?
As for okkkee. Even as I read your sentence I was like “well what’s wrong with that?” It didn’t even occur to me that it could be a KKK thing.
Maybe it’s because I’m a Brit maybe?
I think people nowadays (not you) just look to be outraged about anything.