Not sure I agree totally with the sex part but certainly I agree with the companions and relationships part. Larian didn't start this but RPGs are on the slippery slope of dumbed-down, pap for the masses, lowest common denominator tripe. The direction the D&D rules are going in is part and parcel of this.
Isn't that what D&D always has been? It's an horrendous monster of Frankenstein stitched together from leftover bits of fantasy pulp. At least sex is something realistic, instead of humans mating with dragons and producing beings with human bodies and dragon heads, looking like low budget movie monsters from eighty years ago.
I can see little difference between D&D and the moronic Star Wars franchise, for example. Both are plainly catering for children, but are adopted by grownups that have enough time on hand to get in touch with their inner child. Nonetheless, it is all very nonsensical.
Being afraid that the genre will be dumbed down is an irrational fear, I think. There is not much deeper to sink, after bunny humans. Still, I am glad it is possible to make interesting computer games based on such inane foundations.
