But apologies, I think this thread is more about the actual sex scenes rather than the relationship that brackets them so I’m probably off topic.
Well it was supposed to be about the potential of what could come with the inclusion of genitals, but sometimes people are unable to separarate nudity and porn so it devolved into sex, whereas I was looking more for the realism potential the game might be going for
Such as there being mangled/dismembered/defiled nude bodies, similarly to what Diablo 2 has in ACT 1 of Andariel's Cathedral where all Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye members were tortured, quartered, dismembered and so on... to fully illustrate the corruption of Andariel.
Also since there are slavers in BG3, there might be chained up slaves being beaten to a pulp without clothes to illustrate the hardship of Faerun. Also as I mentioned in the OP, there might by dryads/nymphs which are forrest women and are usually fully nude. Moonrise Towers in the trailer also seems quite a morbid place, there might be a lot of corpses, monstrosities turned out of human bodies to portray the horror that might be going on there. The possibilities are endless to make the world more gritty and dark.
Nudity is not just used for sex, it's used to really kick realism and horror into overdrive when it comes to illustrating a dark and gritty world. It is an 18+ rated game afterall, which is why I found the news very interesting and wondering what they might do with it.
That's the thing though. I love romance in RPG game, but not explicit sex scene. And everything you listed there doesn't require the explicit aspect.
I love romancing companions, what happens before and after, knowing that they are about to have sex and that I get to learn more about the characters. But, again, I don't need to see in such details how they have sex. What we have in EA is enough (well, mostly, there are some missing bits and fixing needed). To me, it's not because I find it "cringe" or whatever. It's because it's just not my taste and breaks immersion.
Understood. I believe they most likely will be including some sort of "No Nudity" option, as there are already signs that lead me to believe that. And sex scenes most likely will be a fade to black which will then continue after the deed is done. Though I still think it would be a good idea for people who would like to skip such scenes to write a suggestion on the forum to include an option to do so.
