Yeah, that poor artist happens to be part Larian team
Which makes his objections to the change worse, not better. I would never take it as a personal affront to my freedom if my boss (in any job I've ever had) told me that my particular image/proposal could not be used unmodified to be the immediate representation of a product that the future of the company was dependant on.
Originally Posted by Kein
and have the userbase like "this" who sent threats over artistic expression.
Threatening messages would be wrong, regardless of the motivation. Since the artist in question did not accurately describe either the objections to the image or the image itself, I have very little confidence that the description of the reaction is accurate. For example, if you have a gaming website and choose not to cover a particular game because of the cover art (whether you think it is ridiculous, sexist, too childish, too gothic, etc), it is not "blackmail". You may miss out on some good titles that way, but if you have a ton of games to write about and limited time/space to do so, first impressions matter, and if a company chooses an inaccurate representation for their game (whether it be cover art or a trailer or demo), then they should expect the possibility of that causing problems.
