Skullgirls bombarded by negative Steam reviews after devs alter old artwork they felt was in 'poor taste'

pcgamer.com:

Decade-old fighting game Skullgirls has been hit with more than 600 negative Steam reviews in just 24 hours because of a patch that mostly tweaks and removes artwork that the developers say doesn't reflect their «values» or «broad vision» for the future of the game. The overall Steam rating for Skullgirls remains «Very Positive,» but its recent review average has tumbled down to «Mostly Negative.»

The Skullgirls Content and Revisions Update was deployed on June 26, and affects the PC, console, and mobile versions of the game. The changes are summarized in a forum post by game director Charley Price, and target three aspects of Skullgirls:

Some of the tweaks only affect artwork seen in galleries, where four pieces of fanart were removed and 15 official illustrations were modified, but a number of adjustments were also made to in-game animations and story mode art. The Black Egret armbands were removed wherever they appeared, for instance, and a story mode illustration showing Black character Big Band being beaten by police was removed. 

Some non-artwork was changed, too: A «Soviet Announcer» voice pack was removed (there are a few possible reasons for this, but it isn't obvious which it is), and the combo counter phrase for 18-hit combos, which had been «Barely Legal,» was replaced. The full changelog can be found here, and the video below from LalitoTV documents the art changes with before-and-after comparisons.

In many cases, the alterations are so minor that they're hard to notice unless pointed out. Some illustrations were tweaked to obscure a character's underwear without substantially changing the sexual content of the scene, for example.

In his explanation of the tweaks, Price suggested that the core Skullgirls