Yea i think your right, and consdiering how these paths, not just Romance ones, i think we only seen the tip of the ice berg, this is a alpha, a test for us to play around and give Larian data... i think we are going to see paths, ROmance included only grow... and like Normal Larian taste their going to give us it, be it goody, dark evil or romancable, and lol how many of you think anything in a alpha or act1 is the peak of anything ?... *smirk* I think we will see lots and lots of more of EVERYTHING.
I certainly hope you're wrong and we don't see lots and lots of more of EVERYTHING.
This is what I believe. If they do more sex and vulgarity without a way for players to censor it, and without some seriously good game play and story to temper it, BG3 will be like Episodes 8 and 9 for Star Wars. It will tank the Forgotten Realms video games and Larian and leave fans utterly disgusted.
Here's my observation. Most TV shows and games try to add more sex to sell their product, but the end result is they die instead. Why? Sex sells, but only for a hot minute. People who love sex in stuff quickly get tired of the medium that has presented it. They get their jollies from it for the first couple of times through it, and then they're off to find another medium to satisfy their desires, forgetting all about the source because it's now old.
If sex is added to a game or show as flavor sprinkled on top of a good story, and it isn't a primary focus, it may last, but if there is too much it fails. I tell you the truth, if they aren't real careful with this aspect of the game, this could bomb the whole project and it could take Larian with it. They need to take it REAL serious.
And you never know who will try to play this game and what reviews they will give it, and how powerful their sway is. Sometimes one nasty review can destroy everything.
Wtf are you even talking about? Sex and vulgarity didn't tank Star Wars 8 and 9. Bad writing and an incoherent narrative ranked it critically, but it was still a financial success. Forgotten Realms was founded in sleeve and raunchiness. Gary Gygax was far more inspired by Conan than he was LotR. AD&D even had an official Red Sonja module.
Media franchises don't fail because of sex. Sex is basically the only saving grace of Overwatch and the only thing keeping Blizzard alive. Franchise fatigue and hack writers with screenplays no one will pick up who hate the media they adapt and use it as a veneer for their failed screenplays is why media fails. You think Skyrim would have 20 billion re-releases if CBBE didn't exist?
"Go Woke Go Broke" is a myth, and the majority of people like to be horny. Puritans are the minority.
