Is your issue playersexuality and its consequent lack of agency for both the player and the companion, or are you more concerned with the appearance of gay characters in the game?

Discussions of a lack of agency or characterization due to playersexuality and the horny behavior of our companions are fair game, in my view. The harder discussion is the appearance of gay characters in the game. Yes, this game portrays more LGBT relationships than other mainstream RPGs in recent memory. However, I think it is a harsh value judgment to call this phenomenon a bad thing. Gay people are real. I fail to see how the appearance of LGBT people necessarily breaks immersion or violates a principle of realism. Saying LGBT relationships violate immersion just by existing does not make sense to me. I was walking through Soho in London the other day and saw dozens of queer couples. I didn't feel like my immersion in real life was ruined.

As to the other point, I think the benefits of player choice that emerge through playersexuality outweigh the costs, but I would like there to be more friendship options, and for the game to tone down the horny behavior of companions you are not actively romancing. The libido in this game is a bit too strong for my tastes, but that could also be my more puritan upbringing talking.


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