I do lean into yes: But frankly I have more issues with what game doesn’t have (coherent plot line, satisfying character arcs, interesting character choices) than what is has. I am conceptually against turning what used to be teen property into crude R rated sex romp, it could have worked in a narrative with more substance to it.
But I am again, complaining about narrative side, which simply didn’t seem to be priority nor focus. If BG3 was less sexualised, I don’t think it would become any better. While I always found digital dolls awkwardly rubbing against each other plainly weird, there seem to be an audience for it.
I agree. BG3's indisputable oversexualization is the least of the game's many, many glaring problems and weaknesses. But I have to wonder if that is the very reason Larian chose to add in all of the oversexualization. As others have pointed out, absolutely NOTHING would have been lost or changed in the game, especially with respect to roleplaying, if every single bit of nudity and sex in the game had been left out. So maybe all of that is there precisely for the purpose of getting people to either be distracted from the game's many very real shortcomings or not care about any of those shortcomings because ... SEX!
Thats exactly the case. There is a sizable customer segment out there who want waifus (see the success of Genshin Impact and other Hoyoverse games). Larian decided, sadly correctly, thats more profitable to reach out to them instead of focusing on hardcore RPG gamers who are less forgiving about story holes and bad mechanics.
