>I just want a friend, not a gay relationship.
To "those people" every show of affection between two people MUST mean sexual tension, ESPECIALLY between the same sex. Coombrains ruined writing.That's a wide problem with modern games. I commented on it in other threads here before. The combination of romantic options and gay companions has destroyed friendship in RPGs. Which kinda sucks, I've yet to see a good romantic companion arc in a game, but friendship ones used to be great.
I'm surprised this thread wasn't moved to Gaming Drama as the typical damage control maneuver for freshly released games, lest potential buyers get scared.
I'm surprised this thread wasn't moved to Gaming Drama as the typical damage control maneuver for freshly released games, lest potential buyers get scared.
Right, because potential buyers first source for information is the codex.
"Hey, there's this new game out. I wanna check out how it is. I ignore all the youtube videos and head straitgh to that old ass message board. Let's see what their monocled takes are:"
"Nigger nigger faggot faggot muh western civilization is doomed. I gonna dooooom."
That's how games always fail financially. Because "potential buyers" go here for advice.
You clearly don't know how our Beneficent Hebrew Overlord acts.I'm surprised this thread wasn't moved to Gaming Drama as the typical damage control maneuver for freshly released games, lest potential buyers get scared.
Right, because potential buyers first source for information is the codex.
"Hey, there's this new game out. I wanna check out how it is. I ignore all the youtube videos and head straight to that old ass message board. Let's see what their monocled takes are:"
"Nigger nigger faggot faggot muh western civilization is doomed. I gonna dooooom."
That's how games always fail financially. Because "potential buyers" go here for advice.
Yoooo, anyone remember Baldur's Gate?
I waited all my live for an aryan Übermensch specimen like you to enlighten me about said topic. Can't wait.You clearly don't know how our Beneficent Hebrew Overlord acts.I'm surprised this thread wasn't moved to Gaming Drama as the typical damage control maneuver for freshly released games, lest potential buyers get scared.
Right, because potential buyers first source for information is the codex.
"Hey, there's this new game out. I wanna check out how it is. I ignore all the youtube videos and head straight to that old ass message board. Let's see what their monocled takes are:"
"Nigger nigger faggot faggot muh western civilization is doomed. I gonna dooooom."
That's how games always fail financially. Because "potential buyers" go here for advice.
Romances also push the dialog to become an endless therapy session and because every companion must have a dark secret/insecurities healed by the power of love, so on BG 3, of course, you are basically a psychologist that bang everyone of your weirdo clients.
It is like Thai massage but instead of the happy ending, you get a horny gay bear if you raise your approval rating too much.
I dunno fellas. I rejected Astarion's sexual advances, pushed him to become worse every time he opened up with some insecurity, and now we are cool bros swearing eternal partnership to take over the world. Gay vampire is by far the best bro in the game.Romances also push the dialog to become an endless therapy session and because every companion must have a dark secret/insecurities healed by the power of love, so on BG 3, of course, you are basically a psychologist that bang everyone of your weirdo clients.
It is like Thai massage but instead of the happy ending, you get a horny gay bear if you raise your approval rating too much.
Companion relationships in BG3 are awful and worse than any BioWare game I've played.This is every bit as bad as anything Bioware has ever done, if not worse.
Romances don't automatically push the dialog to be that.Romances also push the dialog to become an endless therapy session and because every companion must have a dark secret/insecurities healed by the power of love, so on BG 3, of course, you are basically a psychologist that bang everyone of your weirdo clients.
"Hey, there's this new game out. I wanna check out how it is. I ignore all the youtube videos and head straight to that old ass message board that smells like fart. Let's see what their monocled takes are:"
"Nigger nigger tranny tranny faggot faggot muh western civilization is doomed. I gonna dooooom."
It's also prejudiced against Asexuals (the "A" in "LGBTQIA+")...To "those people" every show of affection between two people MUST mean sexual tension, ESPECIALLY between the same sex. Coombrains ruined writing.That's a wide problem with modern games. I commented on it in other threads here before. The combination of romantic options and gay companions has destroyed friendship in RPGs. Which kinda sucks, I've yet to see a good romantic companion arc in a game, but friendship ones used to be great.
My gut thought was "they should put more of those in games instead" but then I thought about it and you'd have to listen to them drone on and "educate" you about asexuality and tell you all about their asexual backstory and they'd chime in with asexual puns/jokes/observations all the time which would be just as insufferable.It's also prejudiced against Asexuals (the "A" in "LGBTQIA+")...To "those people" every show of affection between two people MUST mean sexual tension, ESPECIALLY between the same sex. Coombrains ruined writing.That's a wide problem with modern games. I commented on it in other threads here before. The combination of romantic options and gay companions has destroyed friendship in RPGs. Which kinda sucks, I've yet to see a good romantic companion arc in a game, but friendship ones used to be great.
You're absolutely right.My gut thought was "they should put more of those in games instead" but then I thought about it and you'd have to listen to them drone on and "educate" you about asexuality and tell you all about their asexual backstory and they'd chime in with asexual puns/jokes/observations all the time which would be just as insufferable.It's also prejudiced against Asexuals (the "A" in "LGBTQIA+")...To "those people" every show of affection between two people MUST mean sexual tension, ESPECIALLY between the same sex. Coombrains ruined writing.That's a wide problem with modern games. I commented on it in other threads here before. The combination of romantic options and gay companions has destroyed friendship in RPGs. Which kinda sucks, I've yet to see a good romantic companion arc in a game, but friendship ones used to be great.
Take a look at any of the sword and sorcery or more pulp scifi serials, specifically Conan and John Carter. They're basically all romances for men.Romances don't automatically push the dialog to be that.Romances also push the dialog to become an endless therapy session and because every companion must have a dark secret/insecurities healed by the power of love, so on BG 3, of course, you are basically a psychologist that bang everyone of your weirdo clients.
Only badly written ones do. Modern cringe writers have no idea how to write a normal romance in the context of an adventure story. Countless adventure stories have romances, not one of them includes extended scenes of talking about emotions and issues.
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Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to with "normal romance in the context of an adventure story".Take a look at any of the sword and sorcery or more pulp scifi serials, specifically Conan and John Carter. They're basically all romances for men.