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The whole purpose behind the "sanity" aspect was to demonstrate the sheer horror of these otherworldly abominations; that simply laying eyes upon them an ordinary person could be driven to madness. Anyone with a modicum of common sense realizes this.
Anime News Network has zero credibility & clearly projects their agenda onto Japanese media. They're unable to recognize that fiction and reality are separate entities and fail to see the entire world isn't interested in pandering to their sensibilities.
The only acceptable response to censoring games to meet modern social sensibilities under the guise of "localization":
The only reason to have the time machine would be to go back and prevent this from existing.
Can't use a "social credit score" against me if I don't care about my reputation.