Originally Posted by Rotsen
I can't speak for others but for me the problem isn't in the amount of sexual encounters this game has but in the way it was all handled. When I play BG3 I cannot but feel its overreliance on sex/sexuality while not deepening other aspects of the game and human relationships/interpersonal dynamics like Zerubbabel mentioned in one of their previous posts.

Maybe it comes from Larians lack of subtlety mixed with not so stellar writing but outside of the main quest everything comes of as a joke. Its serious moments, its deeper moments are overshadowed by the constant barrage of sex jokes/sexual innuendos.

Add to that the mistake of making all of the companions player sexual and you've got yourself a sexually charged mess.

Romances have their place in RPGs but doing them the right way is not going to be easy, they are complex and if you ignore that you end up with what Larian gave us.

Papercut_ninja - I don't think the issue is with flirty banter or the player driven brothel scene in itself but more with that flirty banter happening after the relationship between the MC and the companion was already established and the words spoken during the brothel scene.

As for your statement of liking/wanting companions to be slutty and horny all the time lol, I think we're gonna disagree on that one but more power to you laugh

I am over in the camp where in an imaginary world you can have both sexual tension as well as other deep story arcs and relationships. Whether the writing did that well or not I guess is up to personal taste. I can roll with having a character that is sensitve, romantic and horny at the same time.

Last edited by papercut_ninja; 11/09/23 09:55 PM.