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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way.

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I just want RPGs to be sexless.

Edit: fucking chicoms splitting the thread.
 
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I just want RPGs to be sexless.
And perhaps violenceless?
Cool down Disco Elysium, this ain't about you.
It's not that.

I simply mock Ameritard approach according to which a game can have all the gore in the world and its ok, but a mere suggestion of sex is a big no no.

I think it was GRRM who said that a penis entering vagina is much more natural than an axe entering skull. Hence American priorities in this regard are pretty fucked up.

Alas, what can you expect from a country set up by guys calling themselves 'puritans'.

Here in Europe we've got a much more healthy approach.

Btw, there's plenty of violence in DE. You can even shoot a child, which was unheard of in gaming since the early Fallouts.
 
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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way. It's never about two people in a committed relationship reproducing; it's either done for adolescent giggles or it's pornography for lonely people.

Violence, on the other hand, is usually depicted in a healthy way. It's shown as heroes stepping forth to rid the world of monsters and save the day. If we go with the idea that media influences human behaviour, this is actually behaviour that we want to promote and encourage.
 

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Btw, there's plenty of violence in DE. You can even shoot a child, which was unheard of in gaming since the early Fallouts.

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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way. It's never about two people in a committed relationship reproducing; it's either done for adolescent giggles or it's pornography for lonely people.
For example BG2, Aerie could even have a child, I think.
 

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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way. It's never about two people in a committed relationship reproducing; it's either done for adolescent giggles or it's pornography for lonely people.
For example BG2, Aerie could even have a child, I think.
And then you carried it around in your inventory, and into the fray.

I'm curious if Aerie commented on the fact if you misplaced the child and left it on the floor. Or if a character carrying it got disintegrated with his or her inventory.
 

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RIght! Forgot about that scene from Invisible War.

Though in truth, many people forgot about this game and not because of its robust childkilling options.
You can also kill children in Baldur's Gates and Pathologic.
But can you fuck somebody (preferably adult) in Pathologic?

If the answer is no I will consider Russians as retarded as YankeePuritans.
 

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RIght! Forgot about that scene from Invisible War.

Though in truth, many people forgot about this game and not because of its robust childkilling options.
You can also kill children in Baldur's Gates and Pathologic.
But can you fuck somebody (preferably adult) in Pathologic?

If the answer is no I will consider Russians as retarded as YankeePuritans.
None of IPL games has sex or even refers to it, despite The Void having lots of eroticism.

BTW the gameplay of Cargo! is about kicking babies.
 

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If we go with the idea that media influences human behaviour, this is actually behaviour that we want to promote and encourage.
Fuck that idea btw. Just set the right age restrictions and let the players go wild in any regard. This is exactly what SJWs are trying to do and I don't want the same but reversed or whatever.
 

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I'm curious if Aerie commented on the fact if you misplaced the child and left it on the floor. Or if a character carrying it got disintegrated with his or her inventory.
replaced with turnip and no one noticed
 

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RPGs should be like a Conan story. You fight monsters, defeat the big bad, steal treasure, and shag beautiful women.

Of course, modern video games need to put in the beautiful women first.
 

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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way. It's never about two people in a committed relationship reproducing; it's either done for adolescent giggles or it's pornography for lonely people.

Violence, on the other hand, is usually depicted in a healthy way. It's shown as heroes stepping forth to rid the world of monsters and save the day. If we go with the idea that media influences human behaviour, this is actually behaviour that we want to promote and encourage.
“committed relationship reproducing”.
Tbf in rpgs its almost always the start of a romance, where the emotional porn (100% correct on that btw, i add the qualifier “emotional” because no one does romance for the steamy sex scenes, well not until bg3 i guess) would be at its highest. It is rare for any game, let alone an rpg to go past that and explore what the hero and his waifus relationship would be like postgame once the honeymoon wears off and they have to deal with the mundane frustrations and questions typical with coexistence, let alone approaching talk of kids.

The closest to the example you seek i can think of would be dragon age origins where a particular relationship is important to the plot and is 100% motivated by reproduction. The resulting offspring gets a more dignified treatment then being an inventory item too.
I also recall at least 1 ps1 jrpg involving successive generations of a lineage where hooking up with companions to breed the next protag you play was a mechanic so that might fit too.
 

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I can't think of a single RPG that depicts sex in a healthy way. It's never about two people in a committed relationship reproducing; it's either done for adolescent giggles or it's pornography for lonely people.

Violence, on the other hand, is usually depicted in a healthy way. It's shown as heroes stepping forth to rid the world of monsters and save the day. If we go with the idea that media influences human behaviour, this is actually behaviour that we want to promote and encourage.
“committed relationship reproducing”.
Tbf in rpgs its almost always the start of a romance, where the emotional porn (100% correct on that btw, i add the qualifier “emotional” because no one does romance for the steamy sex scenes, well not until bg3 i guess) would be at its highest. It is rare for any game, let alone an rpg to go past that and explore what the hero and his waifus relationship would be like postgame once the honeymoon wears off and they have to deal with the mundane frustrations and questions typical with coexistence, let alone approaching talk of kids.

The closest to the example you seek i can think of would be dragon age origins where a particular relationship is important to the plot and is 100% motivated by reproduction. The resulting offspring gets a more dignified treatment then being an inventory item too.
I also recall at least 1 ps1 jrpg involving successive generations of a lineage where hooking up with companions to breed the next protag you play was a mechanic so that might fit too.

Lufia 2 always comes to mind about this. Childhood friend follows you around having a crush on you, realizes you have different destinies and lets you go be a hero, hero falls in love with adventuring woman, they get married, die together. As I recall, I played this game like 30 years ago.

Still, it's literally the only thing that comes to mind about representing a fairly grounded relationship arc in gaming/RPGs.
 

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As a rejection of backwards American puritanism, I watch "Ass licking Butt Sluts 8" with my family at least once a week. My grandma hates it.
 
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My team has the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit.
None of IPL games has sex or even refers to it, despite The Void having lots of eroticism.
Might be a Mandela effect, but I recall my teneeage imagination effectively equating sharing colour with s*x.

Also, there were some jRPGs and Fire Emblems where the characters could have kids and these were then actors in later parts of the story.
 

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As a rejection of backwards western puritanism, I watch "Ass licking Butt Sluts 8" with my family at least once a week. My grandma hates it.
It's not western puritanism. Most of the west isn't as retarded in this regard as American puritans.
Oh, sorry I'll edit my post with this important distinction.
The rest of your post was rubbish anyway. I'd delete it and spare you the embarrassement.
 

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