Originally Posted by Crimsomrider
As far as I recall, romance already is only started by the player. [...]
Not exactly. While the player always is the final decider for whether sex happens or not (hopefully this continues to be the case throughout the game o.O), often the companions initiate romance by propositioning the player. And unfortunately, they can all decide to do it on the same night one after the other, which feels weird and super sex-gamey to play through.

Originally Posted by Piff
I do get what you're saying, and I think the ability to opt out of romance should be an option, but you realise that this is the game where we were promised fully rendered and animated sex scenes by the dev team? The over-sexed nature of our companions is 100% intended. No amount of explanation for their actions seems totally believable, because it's not meant to be, the characters aren't that deep.
Why should we want BG3 to be over-sexed, having fully rendered and animated (and often super cringey) sex scenes? Why do we need to concede that this is a good design decision on Larian's part?

At the very least, there should be the option to turn off sex scenes (fade to black or remove them entirely) in the game settings for e.g., youtube streamers, playing with friends or family, to be more ace-friendly, and just anyone who doesn't want them in their game but still wants to initiate a romance with a companion for any extra dialogue/etc.