Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds is receiving a lot of praise from the usual suspects, but one thing that has slipped under the radar is that there’s censorship afoot. In fact, the game censors you from using certain words in the character creator. Yes, there’s a ban list that prevents you from naming your character using words that the developers have deemed unacceptable… in a single-player game that’s rated ‘M’ for Mature by the ESRB for containing “Strong Language”.

It was brought up in a Reddit thread, but didn’t receive much attention since it was perceived as negative news by the diehard fans and shills.

Reddit user ThaumicSlime posted a screenshot of the character creator preventing him from using “Mongoloid” as a name for his character.

As gamers began to discover that certain words were prohibited from being used as names, they began compiling a list.

Twitter user Ranger_Aqua came across a Pastebin that was put together by the fine folks at RPG_Codex and shared it online, which contains all the words that they won’t allow you to use as a character name in The Outer Worlds, even though the game is a single-player title.

You can view the near 500-word list below:

acoso

amariconado

amerloque

anal

arabus

arrib

aes

asfalt

asfalty

baitola

baitolas

bambo

bamboula

bambus

beaner

biba

bibas

bicha

bichas

bico

bicot

Bimbo

Bimbos

bixa

bixas

bixinha

bixinhas

bla

blowjob

blowjobs

boche

Bohnenfresser

Bohnenfresserin

boiola

boiolas

bollera

bougnoul

bougnoule

boukak

bounioul

brand

zlo

br

brothel

brudas

bujarra

bzykanko

cafuso

cafusos

cagoendios

cameljockey

cani

capullo

carajo

carapolla

catalufo

chapero

Chav

chifruda

chifrudas

chifrudo

chifrudos

chinaco

chinetoc

chinetoque

Chinks

chinol

chinorri

chintoc

chintok

chintoque

chleuh

choni

chujek

chuloputas

chwdp

ciapaty

cichodajka

ciota

cioty

cipa

cipeczka

cipka

ciul

ciup

conguito

corna

cornas

corno

cornos

cornuda

cornudas

cornudo

cornudos

criolo

criolos

crouille

crucco

cunt

cwel

cycata

czarnuch

czarnuchy

dago

darkie

detarace

Drahtler

dupcia

dup

dupodajka

dyke

dziwka

dzyndzel

ejakulat

encular

esmegma

espingouin

etarra

facha

fachiste

facho

faggot

fajfus

fa

falange

fallus

fascista

fasciste

fellatio

feminazi

feuj

fiotte

folle

franca

fryc

furcia

gabacho

gangbang

gangrape

gays

gitan

gitano

gna

gnoul

gogol

gogole

gook

goudou

gouinasse

gouine

grandefolle

greaseball

gringo

gringos

Gruppenvergewaltigung

Gruppenvergewaltigungen

guachupino

guiri

Hitler

holocausto

homo

homo-sexuais

homo-sexual

homos

homoseksualista

homosexuais

homosexual

homossexuais

homossexual

hom

Hure

Hurensohn

Inselaffe

Itaka

Itaker

italianiec

Itzig

japa

japas

japo

japoniec

Japse

Japsen

Japsin

Japsinnen

jebaka

jizz

Judenschwein

Judenschweine

judiada

julai

jula

julay

kacap

Kaffer

Kaffern

Kaffir

Kafir

Kameltreiber

Kameltreiberin

Kanacke

Kanacken

Kanacker

Kanake

Kanaker

katol

Katzelmacher

Katzelmacherin

Katzlmacher

Katzlmacherin

kike

kitajec

komuch

kozojebca

krouille

kuciapa

kurewka

kurwid

kurwiszcze

kurwiszon

kutafon

kutas

kutasiarz

lach

lach

leprosa

leprosas

leproso

leprosos

leprous

lesba

Lesbe

Lesben

lesbica

lesbicas

lesbienne

lesbijka

lesbo

lewak

lodziara

lopette

sbi

sbic

Macarroni

machona

machonas

machorra

machorras

mahomet

makaroniarz

mandril

mangiapolenta

manouche

marica

marimacho

mari

masturbacja

meksykaniec

menel

mineta

minge

Mohr

Mohren

mongol

mongole

mongolo

mongoloid

mong

moro

mosiek

murzyn

murzynek

muslim

musogiallo

musonero

naplet

napletek

Nas

cke

Nazi

naziol

nazista

nazistas

Neger

Negerin

negraccio

negrata

negre

negro

niac

niak

nia

niaq

niewydymka

nigga

nigger

Niggerin

Niggerinnen

nimfomanka

nioul

noiraud

noiraude

Notzucht

Nutte

ob

obszczany

odbyt

onanizm

Paki

Pakistani

panchito

parch

pedale

ped

pederasta

pedo

pedofil

pedofilo

pedofilos

pedofulo

pedofulos

pedophile

Pedophiler

pedzio

fil

fil

ful

ful

pepik

picz

piczka

Piefke

pierdolnik

pierdziel

pier

dz

pinda

pipa

plemnik

pochwa

pojeb

Polacke

polentone

preta

pretas

preto

pretos

prostitute

prostytutka

przechuj

dal

doph

ras

qrwa

queer

racaille

race

rape

raton

Reisfresser

Reisfresserin

retard

retardada

retardadas

retardado

retardados

retrasado

reubeu

rital

romanichel

romano

rosbif

ruc

rusek

ruskof

russkof

Saftneger

Saftnegerin

sapata

sapatao

sapatas

sap

sap

Schlampe

schleu

Schlitzauge

Schlitzaugen

Schwanzlurch

Schwanzlutscher

Schwatte

Schwuchtel

Schwuchteln

Schwucke

Schwucken

semen

siurek

nia

slag

slavo

slut

sodomita

sodomite

Spaghettifresser

Spaghettifresserin

Spasti

Spastiker

sraczka

srom

stulejarz

subnormal

sudaca

szczyna

szkop

szparka

szwab

tafiole

talib

tantouse

tantouze

tapette

tarlouse

tarlouze

terroncello

terrone

tiraflechas

tortillera

tranny

trans

transexual

transgender

transgendered

transseksualista

transseksualna

transseksualny

transwestyta

travelo

travesti

triso

Tucke

Tucken

Tunte

Tunten

turas

twat

UncleTom

UncleToms

veadao

veadinho

veadinhos

veado

veadoes

veados

ve

ve

vergewaltigen

Vergewaltigung

Vergewaltigungen

viadao

viadinho

viadinhos

viado

viadoes

viados

vi

vi

viol

vivafranco

wagina

wetback

whore

Wichser

wkurw

wpierdol

Wucherjude

Wucherjuden

Wuch

Wuch

dinn

xifruda

xifrudo

xifrudos

youpin

zdzira

zingaro

Zitron

ens

ttl

Zitron

ens

ttle

lte

chtac

nia

boj

This is very similar to the banned word list in Mortal Kombat 11, where they prevent you from using certain words for your customized variation sets.

In this case, using the above words as a name for your character in the creation suite is prohibited. Others have been posting up images of them attempting to use certain words and the creator blocking them from doing so.

So this isn’t an isolated case or just a one-off instance.

There are various people on Twitter criticizing Obsidian for the blacklist of names that they won’t allow you to use for your custom character in The Outer Worlds.

Outer Worlds, a singleplayer RPG, has a cute banned name list. Brand, macarroni, race, and nas(Network-attached storage) are all banned names. At the very least I can continue the adventures of Niggly Wiggly in space.https://t.co/qw9RJTK3DF pic.twitter.com/eCVHLn5H9h — T̨he͟H͘a͠d̕d͏o҉c̴k͘ba͢ńk͢e̡r (@haddockbanker) October 26, 2019

But wait… it gets worse!

Some users pointed out that not only are you prevented from using certain names for your character in The Outer Worlds, but you’re also prevented from rebinding certain keys on the keyboard for the PC version of the game.

Why? We don’t know.

What we do know is that certain keys are permanently affixed to certain actions and they cannot be changed.

YouTuber Gopher bewailed at the inconvenience and Obsidian’s decision to restrict PC gamers from rebinding certain keys.

It’s not looking as if The Outer Worlds is off to a good start, especially when there are already reports about censorship and control limitations circulating the social media sphere.

If you want a more in-depth look at the game and its features, its content, as well as what some of the Social Justice elements are like, Kevin provided a very detailed article giving his impressions on The Outer Worlds.

The game is currently available right now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

(Thanks for the news tip Sharkz, Extreme Machine 3002 and AgentBJ09)