Originally Posted by Ixal
Originally Posted by DumbleDorf
Yes theres some bugs in the game, some such bugs stopped me from being able to complete Act 3.

But it still has far less bugs on release than any other AAA game for a long time (lol Starfield).

I've put it aside for now and went back to replaying BG2.

As for the adult material, I never hear any complaints bout games or movie that are rated 18+ purely based on violence. Its the same old prudish nonsense from the same old people, and kids shouldn't be playing violent games in the first place.
The problem with BG3s overreliance on sex is not that it offends prude people, but the effects on the industry as sex (and designing characters as waifu/husbando) seems to be a easy and cheap way to create hype and hide problems.

The same was Mass Effect caused most RPGs to include romance after the same formula, the danger is that BG3 causes publisher to add the same shallow softcore experience to their games.

Well the issue is in all entertainment industries, sex sells. The game reaches a wider audience. People complaining about it generate more interest and free publicity, so even more people buy it.

E.G I wouldn't have ever have heard of Sam Smith if it wasn't for the barrage of videos hating him. I wouldn't have even bothered to click to listen to any of his songs otherwise. I didn't like any of the songs and just thought 'meh, its just a male Madonna, who cares'.

Likewise loads of people would have never heard of this game without the twitter bear sex scene controversy. It doesn't need to be in the game at all, but all the backlash generates more views = more sales.

Last edited by DumbleDorf; 11/09/23 02:43 PM.