Annoyed Player: there are far more heterosexual couples than homosexual in this game. And we non-male, non-straight players had nothing for years of gaming. Now we get finally recognised along side you straight males and you get mad, really classy
I mean, as a heterosexual male, I couldn't be more happy for you. Truly, games like BG3 are really good in terms of representation. And I am happy that more players can feel more like themselves in the game.
That being said, my only complaint about romances is how forced they all seem. It looks like ALL the party members are bisexual and statistically that's just not likely. I can see why the developers did it, as they wanted players to be able to romance whoever they wanted. But this took away from character believability. Everyone just offers themselves to Tav, even if he/she/they are already involved with someone else. I wish we could pick our sexuality at character creation thus eliminating unwanted passes from all the characters. That way everyone would be happy.
The easiest way to change that, would be to put a line in, that shows, you are interested, like they did with Shadowheart and Astarion. If you don't use the lines, you get the friendship path and if you use the line, you get the option to start a romance, problem solved. In a way I think it's the case with Lae'zel too. I think you have to use the ' You seem to look differently at me lately ' line in order to let her make her move. Halsin is a whole different problem on himself, as the many threads about him show. So I would say, at the moment, he is a menace for everyone. I would personally prefer the lines, because I play romances normally for content, not because I find xyz hot. So yes, I do play male romances sometimes, if I see, that it would work with a certain character ( like Astarion with resisting Dark Urge), so I want to have the options open. And it works well with some of the characters, so I don't think, it would be too hard to implement with the others. For example Gales Weave scene: if you cut it short, it means, no romance, he won't come at you. Wyll: don't know, what triggers his tbh, but maybe a line about he is like a brother to us. Karlachs first romance scene is actually not a romance scene, just her being lonely. And it can end in a nice friendship talk and she will see you as a friend for the rest of the game. Apart from Halsin, who is just ... problematic, I'd say the two problems are Wyll and Gale and that might indeed be a problem with the flagging.
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