I am amazed this is still a topic of argument when it's been stated from the beginning that BG3 was going to have sex scenes. Don't want a game with sex scenes? Go play an E rated game. I'll take the belligerent stance of "Screw it, Pornify this game as much as you can just so the people complaining about it leave." We have enough sanitized games out there that you don't need to look for more than a nanosecond to find 100s of RPGs that won't offend your puritan sensibilities.
And that's what I mean by "a schism in entertainment". Go play an E rated game? Do you know of any good RPGs that are E Rated? And again, lots of REALLY bad RPGs exist, sure, but not very many are actually good.
BG1 and 2 and IWD were good. Neverwinter Nights was good. KOTOR was AWESOME. Sex scenes in those? Nope. None. Some naughty characters like harlots, but not sex scenes sold a gazillion copies too, proving GOOD RPG does not NEED sex to sell.
Solasta is good and Pathfinder. 100s though, that are good games? Hardly. I've been starving for another good Turn Based RPG, especially 5e, and there's Solasta and BG3. That's it. Not 100s.
So yeah. It's frustrating when I finally get a 5e game that is turn based, and there's content that is, imo, totally unnecessary. Some don't think it's unnecessary, but whatever. The point is, I finally get a good RPG to rival KOTOR after a decade or whatever, and it has stuff that makes my stomach churn and I have to grit my teeth and bear it. It seriously hinders my love for the game.
Interestingly, in spite of my preference, I'm not saying, "Screw all your naughty fantasies. Larian should just totally cut all sex from the game. Who cares what you think or like?". I'm just asking for an option and hoping maybe they'll give it to us - an option to shut off sex - to skip the raunchy bits so I can ALSO enjoy the 3rd installment of the series to the fullest.
Also, do you even know what a Puritan is? They are REALLY strict Christians who would never be caught dead playing a video game of any kind, let alone BG3. I'm a FAR cry from a Puritan. I don't agree with having these explicit sex scenes, but I'm not condemning anyone. I'm not even demanding that they remove the content so you who enjoy it can still do so. I'm just asking for an option.
