Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Alienman]

Is Codex puritan central now? All this fuss about erotic scenes in games where you go on about killing people and are already directed at a mature audience is looking pretty stupid.

It just makes me wonder why? It's a DnD fantasy game. Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something? Why all these wasted resources on extremely uncomfortable sex scenes. I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Is Codex puritan central now? All this fuss about erotic scenes in games where you go on about killing people and are already directed at a mature audience is looking pretty stupid.

It just makes me wonder why? It's a DnD fantasy game. Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something? Why all these wasted resources on extremely uncomfortable sex scenes. I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

Seriously, just alt-tab to Pornhub to fill in the blanks if you want. (Imagine a mod that gave you a pornhub redirect or inserted video at the particular moment. )

 

[perfectslumbers]

if on a 1:1 effort ratio.

You got me there, maybe all we need to dethrone Skyrim's 30 million sales is a porn game with a total of 197 unique hand crafted sex dungeons...

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

Is Codex puritan central now? All this fuss about erotic scenes in games where you go on about killing people and are already directed at a mature audience is looking pretty stupid.

It just makes me wonder why? It's a DnD fantasy game. Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something? Why all these wasted resources on extremely uncomfortable sex scenes. I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

Why even write the romance? That's development time that could be used to fine tune encounters and improve animations/animation speed so that everything looks better and the combat doesn't take forever.

 

[Anonymous Wife Scholar]

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[FriendlyMerchant]

if on a 1:1 effort ratio.

You got me there, maybe all we need to dethrone Skyrim's 30 million sales is a porn game with a total of 197 unique hand crafted sex dungeons...

Skyrim already has that.

 

[Grunker]

Is Codex puritan central now? All this fuss about erotic scenes in games where you go on about killing people and are already directed at a mature audience is looking pretty stupid.

It just makes me wonder why? It's a DnD fantasy game. Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something? Why all these wasted resources on extremely uncomfortable sex scenes. I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

Seriously, just alt-tab to Pornhub to fill in the blanks if you want. (Imagine a mod that gave you a pornhub redirect or inserted video at the particular moment. )

These freaks can't use porn for the purpose they use cRPG sex. It's as much about a substitute for the intimacy they lack in their personal lives as the sex. As a BioWare Forums survivor, I can attest that these people are just as obsessed about the romance/~*feels*~ as the sex.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something?

Because normies like a cinematic experience, and this is just an extension of that.

It's the same reason we had to have VOs for every line of dialog, and then fully lip-synched dialog, and then fully-animated cutscenes for every dialog etc., etc.

I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

And yet you don't mind the gutter in Wrath of the Tranny though, right?

Maybe this isn't you, but it's funny that posters like Meredoth will sit here with a straight face and bitch about mo-cap being a waste of resources, and then go over and gush over WotT, with its cornucopia of perverse fantasies and 200 useless classes, half of which barely work.

 

[Anonymous Wife Scholar]

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[The_Mask]

200 useless classes, half of which barely work.

Better to aim at having 200 classes, and have them flawed, than aim at 10, and have them work perfectly.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

These freaks can't use porn for the purpose they use cRPG sex. It's as much about a substitute for the intimacy they lack in their personal lives as the sex.

Eh. I think you're seeing more here than there is. People want romance and sex in games for the same reason they want romance and sex in movies.

And the only reason those aren't even more graphic than they are is that there's more regulation on the film industry than the games industry because boomers still watch movies, but not many of them play modern games.

 

[perfectslumbers]

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[Grunker]

Eh. I think you're seeing more here than there is. People want romance sex in games for the same reason they want romance and sex in movies.

Again, I'm talking about the kind of cringe we see in the linked thread, not just the romance in general. Plenty of normies enjoy romance. But only those Tali-sweat weirdos obsess over the details - especially of the sex - to that extend.

 

[Alienman]

Why even write the romance? That's development time that could be used to fine tune encounters and improve animations/animation speed so that everything looks better and the combat doesn't take forever.

I don't mind a little flirting and stuff. Every damn adventure I have read have it, so it fits I think. I just don't get why so many consider it their number one priority. Like, how in the hell did that ever happen? It's always one of the first questions on any kind of reveal. "CAN I ROMANCE THIS MINOTAUR?" And now we are going to have explicit porno scenes. I just find it cringe personally.

Because normies like a cinematic experience, and this is just an extension of that.

It's the same reason we had to have VOs for every line of dialog, and then fully lip-synched dialog, and then fully-animated cutscenes for every dialog etc., etc.

Yeah, I guess you are correct. Extension of the Game of throne-syndrome. On VOs, I don't mind it, but I don't think they work too well in top-down rpgs where you still read a long with the dialogue. First and third-person stuff I think it works well and adds to the experience.

And yet you don't mind the gutter in Wrath of the Tranny though, right?

Maybe this isn't you, but it's funny that posters like Meredoth will sit here with a straight face and bitch about mo-cap being a waste of resources, and then go over and gush over WotT, with its cornucopia of perverse fantasies and 200 useless classes, half of which barely work.

I do mind some of it. I have not found anything like full on sex scenes in the game yet, but the tranny stuff is just - okay, why? Reminds me of the Beamdog thing. About the classes I don't know, but there sure are a lot. I just keep to the classic roles for the most part. But I rather have semi-meaningless classes than sex scenes though

 

[S.torch]

These freaks can't use porn for the purpose they use cRPG sex. It's as much about a substitute for the intimacy they lack in their personal lives as the sex.

Eh. I think you're seeing more here than there is. People want romance and sex in games for the same reason they want romance and sex in movies..

Yep, look at The Witcher 3. A extremely popular game that has some very explicit scenes too.

 

[Anonymous Wife Scholar]

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[perfectslumbers]

Eh. I think you're seeing more here than there is. People want romance sex in games for the same reason they want romance and sex in movies.

The aspect of interacting with a companion through selecting dialogue and a custom made character makes it very different from romance in movies or tv or books, where you see two defined characters going at it. The only exception is weeb harem wish-fulfillment anime, and similar works, which always have a personalityless beta cuck MC for the audience to self insert into.

but the tranny stuff is just - okay, why? Reminds me of the Beamdog thing.

I feel like it's kinda different from the Beamdog character since it's hidden behind a sidequest and a lategame dialogue option with a diplomacy check. Rather than a random side npc instantly blurting it out at you.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Again, I'm talking about the kind of cringe we see in the linked thread, not just the romance in general. Plenty of normies enjoy romance. But only those Tali-sweat weirdos obsess over them to that extend.

Oh no, that guy is just some kind of autistic pedophile.

He wrote a roughly 20,000 word essay on sex animations with small characters, with pictures.

Clearly, it's something he's put a LOT of thought into. Even more so than your avg Tali fetishist who writes a shitpost using his STEM degree.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

The aspect of interacting with a companion through selecting dialogue and a custom made character makes it very different from romance in movies or tv or books, where you see two defined characters going at it. The only exception is weeb harem wish-fulfillment anime, and similar works, which always have a personalityless beta cuck MC for the audience to self insert into.

"Different" in that it's even less engrossing, maybe. Reading any first-person perspective romance novel is probably the same experience.

Nothing puts you in the game like a bunch of text on the screen asking you to choose what to say. The only film equivalent I can imagine would be if you turned the subtitles on for a movie you already understand the language of.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Oh no, that guy is just some kind of autistic pedophile.

He wrote a roughly 20,000 word essay on sex animations with small characters, with pictures.

Clearly, it's something he's put a LOT of thought into. Even more so than your avg Tali fetishist who writes a shitpost using his STEM degree.

That dude's manifesto is longer than most formally published short-stories.

And he made all of those posts within a single 15-minute timeframe. He clearly had all that material stored to mull over for god knows how long beforehand.

 

[GhostCow]

This entire thread needs to be burned to the ground and started anew

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Oh no, that guy is just some kind of autistic pedophile.

He wrote a roughly 20,000 word essay on sex animations with small characters, with pictures.

Clearly, it's something he's put a LOT of thought into. Even more so than your avg Tali fetishist who writes a shitpost using his STEM degree.

That dude's manifesto is longer than most formally published short-stories.

And he made all of those posts within a single 15-minute timeframe. He clearly had all that material stored to mull over for god knows how long beforehand.

The fact that he decided to publish it at all shows he's another level of disturbed.

 

[Cryomancer]

Yep, look at The Witcher 3. A extremely popular game that has some very explicit scenes too.

Well, there are a huge difference. Regardless of the player, Gerald will be Gerald. In a D&D game, you can be anything from a gnome to a half orc. And if you include non "core" races, you can be a minotaur, triton, thiefling, centaur, neanderthal and so on. Even in the same race, two human fighters can look completely different. Imagine having to animate a sex scene of a generic NPC and all of this races and variants in this races... Too much work, too little payoff.

But considering how high the production values are for Larian, who knows...

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

Yep, look at The Witcher 3. A extremely popular game that has some very explicit scenes too.

Well, there are a huge difference. Regardless of the player, Gerald will be Gerald. In a D&D game, you can be anything from a gnome to a half orc. And if you include non "core" races, you can be a minotaur, triton, thiefling, centaur, neanderthal and so on. Even in the same race, two human fighters can look completely different. Imagine having to animate a sex scene of a generic NPC and all of this races and variants in this races... Too much work, too little payoff.

But considering how high the production values are for Larian, who knows...

Sex scenes were awkward and degenerate even in The Bitcher 3. They're going to be even worse in this gayme.

 

[0wca]

Romance in CRPGs is what romantic comedies are to movie genres. It's not, nor should it be, a genre. All romance is, is a plot device to move the story forward.