Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback WOW so Baldur's Gate has gone from fun GAMe to borderline cartoon porn?

Well this thread seems relevant again after Larian's latest "gameplay" showcase.

Adults don't need a modesty filter lol.

I just don't think customizing your genitalia, nude character models and explicit sex scenes belong in a D&D CRPG. In a Baldur's Gate game it's just stupid and distracting. Like if a Forgotten Realms novel suddenly started describing a sex scene in great detail. Badly written or directed soft porn in your face when you're not expecting it. Would be nice to hear from Larian why they think this is a good idea. I'm sure people who want a fantasy dating sex sim will find better options elsewhere.

I'm gonna be honest, i didn't enjoy watching that scene on stream. Not at all.

But i definitely enjoy the fact that people WHO DO ENJOY and DO WANT TO have the option to do so...

So come on now people...
In case you didn't notice this is a ROLE PLAYING game. Which is also ESRB rated 17+ M for Mature (Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence)
The devs are giving you options. That doesn't mean you HAVE to have sexy times with a bear, a man, a woman, a lizard or a three headed baloon monster.

Since when is given the options to do whatever you like in a role playing game a bad thing? You can be an aloof adventurer, a sex fiend, you can have a super tight romantic relationship, you can just friendzone everyone and be buddy buddy with em, you can make everyone an enemy OR you can just be indifferent.

You can be a murder hobo, you can be a paragon of virtue, you can be deceitful a trickster a clown or you can just be... you.

Are we gonna be complaining about everything now? Is this the new meta?

TL;DR nobody is forcing you to do anything. You can actually choose how to play your campaign . The options are pretty clear.

This gif perfectly captures the film Inception

Are you some sort of a representative of all adults on the planet?

I do agree with the idea that doubling down on sex is not really interesting in a CRPG. It made me cringe hard in DOS2, and I guess it will make me cringe even harder in here. I want to play romances because they are cute and romantic, not because they are explicit. I guess it's all about the context, when I'm playing I'm not interested in kinky stuff. It's the same reason why I literally unistalled FF7 remake during the massage scene (It was already boring me anyways), it cringed me into oblivion.

I think that Mass effect and Dragon age (Sera <3) were perfect in that sense.

That said, Larian provided us a modesty filter, which is amazing, so I guess I'll just play with it turned on. You can bitch discuss about "They are waisting money in these things instead of X thing that is important to me", but they are making the game they want to make and we should respect it.

EDIT: bitch were a poor choice of words

I share the view that the sex scenes are more cringe than shock. The OP described it as "Cartoon Porn" and I tend to agree. I have no moral opposition to anything presented, it's just that the presentation is poor and completely lacking any erotic quality. In every romance scene I have experienced the writing is not bad, however my character constantly throws the goofiest looks and grimaces that are equal parts absurd and embarrassing. The cinematics inevitably show major shortcomings and come off a bit janky.

I would like to know more about the modesty filter. Does it simply blank the screen whilst the audio is left to play out in the romance scenes? Does it cut out parts of the story or other visual effects, and language? The romance scene with Lae'zel is written somewhat erotically and is an interesting addition. However once the visuals are complete I have no doubt the writing will be overshadowed by more facial tics and janky body movements.

In lieu of the filter one can always skip the scenes quickly using the spacebar.

I have to admit that I find the whole Bear sex thing an amusing exploration of taking things to their logical end. I mean if you think on it if a Druid loses control while extremely aroused they very well could transform mid-coitus, it's kinda funny. It's not like the idea has never been explored, The Boys (TV show) showed what would happen if a superhero lost control (though that scene was decidedly less funny and more really gross).

Anyway, I don't mind sex, even somewhat graphic sex, in a game as long as it's not required to advance the story. Personally I think it was well done in the original Dragon Age and Mass Effect and it did add a level of interaction in a CRPG that felt cinematic and appropriate. It wasn't anything more graphic that one would find in an R rated film of the time. Where we are now is a bit of a stretch of what is appropriate, IMO, but this is an opt-in kind of scene, you are very unlikely to accidently get to this (and probably other) scenes. All I would recommend is to be careful of the Mods you choose...

Again... Its all about choise... if you find it cringe and goofy, do your best to avoid it... i think at this level, the amount and spectrum of choice all players will be faced with, i think all of us wil have to navigate things we like more and less... and stating that just couse you like something less its poorly spent money and development time... that is simply a matter of perspective, and a entrily subjective argument, what i dont like, someone else will like, and vice versa... imagine people having fun on things i dont like, how dare they !

There was an interesting observetion in TheGamer on that topic: ""I know I’m the weird one for getting bent out of shape about a bear sex scene that I’m never going to play myself anyway, but it’s the latest symptom in our culture leaning away from emotional impact. Everything is detached and ironic, everything is a joke."

Judging the whole game from one route taken in an out of context scene in one of the romance lines, with a character who may well have been made a full companion because he's a meme, seems a little premature.

Fair enough, although it's not just one scene. Let's wait and find out.