Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Love scenes and animations(NSFW)

I would just like more romance with the scene with Gale. Its just a small chatter and then bed, and then black screen. While with the waterdeep one, you get to see Gales world and home, and you literally bond in the weave which is..how romantic is that? To literally fuse your soul with someone else? It just makes the other version seem so lackluster in responce.

I like the sex scenes to be thorough and correct, because i see it as a chance to bond with your companion. Id like to see the lead up to it and finally the consummation to be a reflection of it.

To add to that, Im aware Astarion has many scenes already, especially in comparison to other companions, and I do agree that we need to focus on the other companions first before we get back to tweaking Astarion's, but id like to eventually see ..something more int he second lovemaking scene with Astarion then him just saying he hoped the player would come.

We got a very sweet boat scene with Gale in his second bonding experience with the player, id like something similar, instead of just a short conversation and fade to black. With Astarion's route its mostly about him after all, and the scenes of helping him with Cazador and what you can do for him. Which is fine, because its part of his personality and slowly letting TAV in. Id just like to see a second intimate scene similar to that of Gale's, where it feels like its more than just about him and is dedicated to you BOTH instead.

So if people are making new wishlists for romance scenes for companions, then I'd like to see something for Shadowheart, too. Compared to the others, she doesn't have any romance specific scene in act 2 at all. Then her act 3 scene is also pretty mild compared, to say, Karlach, because it's all fade to black.

True, but if you play as Durge, in Act 2 you get a Durge-specific scene with your love interest that scratches that itch slightly. Shadowheart also has smaller/hidden special interactions throughout the game, so that helps make up for it a lot. She does ultimately ask to be a couple in Act 2 as well. So I’m happy with how things are now. But I wouldn’t say no to more Shadowheart content.

Not everyone plays Durge and I don't want to be forced to play it just to have some extra scene with her. Other LIs have it too, so it's not really making it up to her lack of content. Small interactions are here and there, but they're again, not romance specific. And she only asks us to be a couple at the end of act 2, so yeah... That's really not great either.

She needs something in act 2, for romance only, just like other romance options.

Glad to see people agreeing for the most part! Not gonna lie, when i first created the thread, I braced myself for the inevitable "sEx vErY eVil aCT!!1!" or "go touch grass" kind of answers. Reading civilized posts about this subject is a pure joy.

On the other hand, with 9 out of 10 clicks leading to 504 gateway errors, accessing Larian's forums feels like playing blackjack at the moment.

The only thing I want to add is that I'm 80% sure the Karlach scene is meant to be like that with female and male body types alike. The cast even made a joke about it at one of the cons.

Nothing wrong with liking or wanting more intimate scenes, despite what other people might think. Its not all about watching someone put slot A into slot B. I think for most people it has to do with bonding with their chosen companion and sometimes for some people that includes physical intimacy.

All these suggestions are great honestly, I hope people keep it going.

You're more likely to run into those people on Twitter, you won't get any that grass touching nonsense from me, besides I have no shame nor guilt, I'm a pervert, I'm proud of being a sexual deviant, I don't mind letting other people know, I don't masturbate, I just can't, I gave up on it, when couldn't get it to work properly during my teenaged years, I may have gave too much information, oh... well,

so I guess we can go back to the main topic of anatomically sex scenes, isn't weirdier that that none of the male characters have erections during the sex scenes, there's barely any twitching in the lower area, I'm a guy, I should know, it twitches a couple of times before a full erection,

As for the site it's tricky like that, I just wait a couple of hours before attempting again,

Agree. There's a lot of 'shaming' going on when it comes to sex in general or wanting to see some well done intimacy in games. So I can't blame OP for being afraid to post something like this. I'm so done with people who say all the time 'if you want sex go watch porn' or 'do it with your bf or gf' or 'why do you wanna see pixels fucking'. It's one thing to want to see nice, improved intimate scenes and another thing to be literally obsessed in every sense of the word. What's next, gonna shame us for reading erotica books or fanfiction?

Anyway, glad to see this thread being made for some suggestions regarding certain questionable positions when it comes to intimacy scenes in the game as some don't fit the sex your character is, at all.

And of course the suggestions made about Shadowheart, Gale and -if I may add- Minthara who (on good path) has no intimate lovemaking scenes unless you play murderhobo and get the act 1 scene.

I think that any kind of intimacy added to a game can greatly improve the whole experience itself, if done properly.

If we look at games not just as entertainment but as a nice little escape from reality, then it's normal to expect a deep and good experience instead of some boring and cheap written game. If, like in this case, romance is part of the game, then any intimacy helps building the relationship, it's like in real life, if you love someone, you are likely to have some kind of sexual desire (unless you are asexual, if I get it right) and in getting closer to someone physically, you just give in to the desire and that's fine and healthy.

So there is absolutely no point in 'shaming', unless (and I have to add that) people get really obsessed with it so they spam about it or even raise their IRL standards to match a game, which is something I don't see as healthy anymore, but that's just my opinion (not attacking anyone).

The romance content in general gets a lot of hate for being frivolous and not adding anything substantial to the game and story. Though, especially after seeing Gale's new kisses at the morphic pool, I strongly disagree. Those animations do such a good job in conveying the state of mind he is in, that I'd argue they are quite meaningful - and beautifully animated. The facial animations of the embrace one are marvellous.

I would love to have more small interactions like you can have with Shart for the other companions too. An option to give the chance to have his portrait painted to Spawn Astarion for example.

Softcore is more than fine for video game related sex scenes. With a good animation and a few good camera shots, you can create beautiful and spicy sex scenes without directly showing penetration. Astarion's is the most daring one so far. Fully animated implied penetration(hip movement and everything), but the private parts cleverly hidden behind a candle item. Still a lovely scene.

Nah, assuming we speak for the same Youtube video, the cast was simply watching the cutscenes of their in-game roles. There is no voiced dialogue during the infamous ''pegging'' animation(as the community refers to it jokingly). What really happened is that Larian created the female/female version, which looks fine, then used it on the male/female version of the scene. Maybe to save time, budget, or both. Maybe some of the companions had a specific sexuality at first(gay-straight-bi), changed to 'Player-Sexual' later in development, forcing Larian to recycle the sex animations? Lots of maybes here, but the point still stands. Some of the love scenes deserve a second pass.


PREACH IT!

+1

After the first little romance scene until way into the end of Act 2 there is almost nothing for her; (Selunite "kiss me like you hate me" and Night Orchid interaction notwithstanding). It kind of makes sense, given her internal struggle being a Sharran and her Dark Justiciar ambitions. I think she is worth the wait, but the gap from the Underdark, Rosymorn Monastery and Shadow-Cursed Lands is huge. She has a little dialogue that shows her conflict but a couple of small intimate moments could go far here.

Still looking for the new Act 2 banter when she's romanced that the patch notes mentioned.

Not weird. An M rating would never get away with that; it would be rated Adults Only, which would significantly impact it's ability to release globally, and of course players that would buy it. Most things rated A are basically just porn.

She is absolutely worth the wait, but she still needs something in act 2, even something small for romance path. Shar Idol and Night Orchid aren't romance exclusive either, so... yeah.

Crossplay should be a priority for Larian Studios and not small details like these animations.

I play on Xbox SX and would really like to play with my friends on PS5 and PC, but they are waiting for crossplay so they can buy the game.

Many also want crossplay in the game.

This would result in a huge increase in sales of the game and obviously the Baldur's Gate 3 community.

I'm hoping Larian Studios wakes up to life.




Sorry for my bad English, I'm Brazilian.

It’s not either/or, they can have a variety of priorities going at once. And while I am happy with Shadowheart’s romance as it exists in game, I would also fully support adding another romance scene in Act 2. I will never say no to more Shadowheart content, as long as it’s done well. I would hate for them to add a new scene and botch the animations or something.

looks like it's pretty good English,
yeah, Kink Shaming is pretty unhealthy, like why do these weirdos stick their nose in other people's businesses, these sick people want invade your personal space and your privacy just to tell you what you do in your free time is wrong and disgusts them, like if someone is into feet, I'm not going to shame them, even though I think it's a weird fetish, I'm going to let them enjoy it because it's something they like, I tolerate them and show them mutual respect like a normal person.

Most gaming studios are divided in departments and teams. You have coders and programmers, animation teams, 2D concept artist, 3D artists, shader and fx artists, writers, etc.

Only Larian knows what's priority and what not, not you. And they know what they find important the most at this moment and as Dimos said, they have teams for that and they don't work on one thing only.

Animation is not a 'small detail' as it requires a lot of work and it is equally as important as everything else in this game and can even improve the quality of the game.

They're doing great work so far and a LOT more than most other companies do. I'm actually in awe with how they improved the game since EA.

Patience is a virtue.

Edit: also wrong thread to post this, you could've just made your own thread instead of posting here and call this feedback 'small detail'.