In the United States, the game was given an RSAC Rating Level 4 (of 4) for its sexual content and a Level 3 for its violence and language. (see: LGBT characters in video games)ĭue to its amount of sex and violence, A Puzzle of Flesh was heavily censored in UK and banned in Singapore and Australia, although a re-cut version was eventually made available in the latter. Several reviews have praised A Puzzle of Flesh's treatment of a homosexual character (and his relationship with heterosexual characters), portraying him in an earnest and natural way, while most video games at the time still depicted gay characters as over-the-top stereotypes. One of the characters in the game, Curtis' best friend Trevor, is openly gay, and it is later revealed Curtis harbors feelings for him (All sexual scenes are however reserved for male-female encounters only). One notable aspect of the sexual aspect of the game was the bisexuality of Curtis Craig, making A Puzzle of Flesh one of the few computer games to feature a playable character with such a sexual orientation. Various death scenes include graphic images of gore, including disembowelment and exsanguination, and A Puzzle of Flesh was also rated harshly for strong language, including two uses of the word "fuck", which in 1996 was a rare occurrence in video games. Though Phantasmagoria was controversial for its use of graphic violence and a rape scene, in A Puzzle of Flesh sex was considerably more explicit: as sexuality plays a major part in the game's plot, which includes four sex scenes featuring bare breasts, bondage, sadomasochism, public sex and offscreen oral sex. My heart became ice cold./I can't control the beast that is my anger./It burned all my bridges long ago./Its hunger grows with every passing hour devouring my pity now./Strychnine is the nectar of this flower./Now you will see all the anger in me./A curse will be upon my name./There's no room in my heart for forgiveness now./There's only room for rage!/Society has got no place for monsters such as me./A killer's not the kind of thing a child grows up to be./Now my innocence is dead and my faith has been destroyed./Now I drift in pain through the endless tumbling void./I can't control the beast that is my anger./Its fangs will drip red when I explode./Now you will see all the anger in me./A curse will be upon my name./There's no room in my heart for forgiveness now./There's only room for rage!/You're up on your feet again/Now you're down on you knees again/You're up on your feet again/Now you're flat on your back again/Faithless Christian pointless Pagan life without direction./At last I've found Religion through my hate and disaffection./Death will be my god, blood and fear will be my passion./Bow your head and grieve when I take my righteous action./I weep when I consider all the crimes I'll be committing./Manson will be jealous of the lives I'll be omitting./I was never human to begin with: I'm a freak./Look into your mirror you'll be staring right at me./Now you will see all the anger in me./A curse will be upon my name./There's no room in my heart for forgiveness now./There's only room for rage!/You're up on your feet again/Now you're down on you knees again/You're up on your feet again/Now you're flat on your back again.Is the version of Phantasmagoria 2 that GOG sells the uncensored version of the game? Info from wikipedia: The lyrics are: You're up on your feet again./Now you're down on your knees again./You're up on your feet again./Now you're flat on your back again./I understand that evil thoughts are part of human nature./The monsters in my head have supplanted my creator./There's nothing human 'bout the things I'm thinking now./My nature's boiling over with pain my sacred vow./ I can't control the beast that is my anger./Its fangs will drip red when I explode./Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are in my head and screaming./They're telling me that murder's easy, wake up from your dreaming./Bring forth unto this rotting world an evil unforetold./My blood began to boil.
The end credits song is called "Rage!" with lyrics by the game's composer Gary Spinrad and its writer Lorelei Shannon.
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