Have those of you complaining about the supposed hypocrisy of being offended by the bestiality scene vs. whatever violence scenes you are talking about ever considered that maybe we aren't all as familiar with all the tiny details of this game as you are and therefore don't already know about all of these other possible areas of concern? Well thanks for the warning that it isn't just the bestiality that is the only evil celebrated as desirable options for our characters' participation. *sigh* I was hoping for another great RPG along the lines of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and not a simulator for players to live out all of their darkest and depraved sexual and violent fantasies. As excited as I was for BG3 and having enjoyed previous Larian games, it sounds like I really may need to take a pass with this one. Not really sure what Larian was thinking here.
Then stop repeating yourself, leave the forums, and go play one of the MANY excellent games releasing soon instead already? I'm kinda tired of this discussion because no one is really having it, they're all just whining. There is no bestiality there. This is a sapient creature with free will that is of age and understands the concept of sex and so can reasonably communicate consent. While it is 10000000% realistic to be disgusted about it, many of the reactions are incredibly melodramatic. It is well established in DnD that many creatures (dragons, in particular) like to disguise themselves as humanoids and bonk other humanoids... but they are instead animal-like beings lying to you.
Frankly, I'd disappointed by both folks like you and larian for making a joke out of this, as there's a lot of narrative potential being left untapped. Imagine a centaur raised in a human village loathing his body and wishing he had been "born right" because no one treats him like a true human nor would they ever realistically consider him a romantic partner believing it's taboo, leaving him too terrified to ever coffees to his human love. You could replace this with aliens in sci-fi, like andalites.
Whether or not you agree it's taboo or believe sapience alone makes them person enough for romantic interests to overcome biological incompatibilities (cultural or otherwise), I think it'd be hard not to see this as a far more interesting direction, especially since it'd still be relatable (even among us humans, many loathe their bodies for unfair reasons) and would be more realistic in a world full of nearly infinite amounts of sapient creatures.
Fantasy ignores this aspect of culture a lot via coping out with human transformations, and I get why, but I still genuinely believe this can be explored without turning into some lowbrow porno.
Secondly, I also strongly agree that it's likely Halsin is a werebear and is simply hiding his condition as a wildshape form, because druids tend to have complete control over their magic.
Anyway, if a randamo scene you're unlikely to ever see--and one that CLEARLY has options to dislike intimacy with him in that form--bothers you this much, I'd be raising my eyebrows real high at you while wondering if you're unable to tell the difference between fiction and reality.
Either way, whining about it isn't going to help anyone, let alone you, so go ahead and remove yourself from the situation and community already, yeesy. You are the extreme minority. After the PFH, Baldur's Gate 3 jumped to 4th bestseller in the middle of a big Steam sale. Most people had a normal, well-adjusted reaction to it and laughed it off or jokingly decided to double down on lathering themselves in honey.
