We've already seen they might have some non-nude nude models. Unless that was the work of a modder. If they leave the sex scenes with the same kind of censor that is currently there, the [Under Construction] card, is that the kind of fade-to-black that you're talking about, because there's a dialogue going on during most of those scenes with choices being made with unclear impact on the rest of the story.
I personally kind of like the idea of the Underdark being more R-rated than the rest of the world. I like worlds that with regions that separate into different genres, dealing with different themes and tones, so that people can choose whether or not they want to add those to their game merely by choosing where to adventure. Censoring your game might be as simple as choosing to go the overland route to Moonrise.
You commented the tavern chatter in the first games, and all I can hear in my head now is, "My hotel is clean as a Elven arse!"
It has been a very long time since I triggered any of the romances, so it’s hard to say concerning the dialogues. I don’t recall any of them being particularly important during the actual sex scene except maybe Minthara who had some choices that seemed to matter. SH was the most recent which I finally tried out upon hearing it was safe. It was still not totally well done - kinda glitch, if I recall, but I liked the concept well enough.
Either way, the Under Construction thing works okay for those encounters where it matters.
I do agree that the vulgarity is true to duergar culture. There's no doubt about that. The more I thought about it, I honestly wouldn't have had as much of a problem with it if it wasn't repeated over and over again while I'm exploring. The occasional off-handed dirty comment in important dialogue is something I can put up with easier. Hearing them repeat them again and again is MUCH harder.
But that's why it hit me. You know, I hate the Rolan trio dialogues for the exact same reason. Just allow us to cut out the repeating background convos and that would do wonders for both vulgarity and just plain sanity.
"I care about our lives - OUR FUTURES!" shutters intensely.
