What is the goal of these sex scenes in BG3? What does Larian want to achieve that fading to black wouldn't? And is it worth the time/effort/money they're spending making these scenes, that could otherwise be put into other aspects of the game?
Originally Posted by 1varangian
The sex scenes in this game with stiff animation combined with detailed positions are very cringe and borderline comedy. And the fact that all companions basically wait in line to throw themselves at you feels like poor writing. Any excuse to trigger those scenes will do.
I just wish the devs didn't go there. Tilting the camera up after the first kiss or whatever and leaving it up to the player's imagination would work much better than trying to craft virtual sex scenes in a game engine. It's like some cringe juvenile fantasy come to life with clumsy game CGI. And I have to wonder who is this soft porn in a game for?
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Originally Posted by Niara
...poor choreography and porny scene direction aside, lack of pacing and bland expression and action aside... In a game where we are playing our own character, whose personality we decide on, if we have intimate scenes that are actually shown, we must have some leverage over how those scenes play out; some choices we can make to tell the game what our character is like or wants in this deeply personal moment - this really matters, for the scene to fly, and land, properly, even if we assume the other elements are all improved. [snip]
...a way to at least partially indicate what sort of a scene our character would pursue. If we don't have that, and our character has a pre-scripted sexual encounter that runs like clockwork and does things that our character might not want or might not be into, etc., that's destructive for immersion and a time where character immersion should be a priority.
