Like I said, the sex was always there. Hells, even the whole concept of the story was that a diety went on and sired tons of children. There are ways to skip the scenes and I hope there will be a toggle for those of us who won't want to watch it for whatever reason. If not - no big deal for me personally, I have both hands on the desk and can skip either with a keyboard or a mouse if needed
This. Earlier games didn't have these kind of scenes because the technology to create them did not exist. Go back and watch the intro for BG1 with Sarevok in the tower if you need a reminder of what was possible back then. Not to mention there have been numerous mods to expand the romance options for the first two games, which didn't happen because nobody wanted it. The whole premise is asinine; if you don't want to see it, skip it. If you're worried about a young family member seeing it, you made a choice to give them access to a game with an 18+ rating and that is on you, not the developer. For example, my father did not watch Terminator 2 in the lounge at 1pm on a Sunday when I was young. He did not keep books with adult themes on shelves I could reach as an 11-year-old. My mother used to check what videos I got from Blockbuster on the rare occasions she wasn't with me in the store when I rented them. If I ever have a niece I would hope to spend our time together doing something more social than playing computer games in another room; but if I do, there is a very wide range of games I can play without fear of the sound of the doorknob...
Do I think a filter button to fade to black instead is a bad idea? Absolutely not, for all kinds of reasons. But an argument that the developer shouldn't make the game they want to make because of your subjective, inaccurate nostalgia for a 20-year old prequel? It's unlikely to get any kind of response that you are looking for...