Sure, I get that. It is a matter of preference. Ideally I think that there is a way to portray sex in games without just a fade to black that can work, but it needs to take into account the limitations of the medium and the tech being used.
Violence and gore are easy. Whether it is supposed to be comically or discomforting, it can be over the top and achieve whatever it’s objective may be.
Sex requires a lot more subtlety to be successful in achieving its end. When I see the sex scenes in this game my interpretation is that I’m supposed to be excited or titillated, based on the manner in which they are going about it.
But it just doesn’t work for me. The models and animations are great for their general purposes: showing turn based combat, which is already so abstracted that the presentation doesn’t need to be super realistic, or telling a story. The subtleties of intimacy are not being satisfied, however. Not at least in my estimation. Instead it seems wooden and unintentionally silly, and draws me into confrontation with the uncanny valley.
I just think this is one of those things that if it can’t be done well, it shouldn’t be attempted.
Last edited by Warlocke; 27/09/20 11:59 PM.
