There's been some great commentary in this thread, so I'll simply tack on a couple observations from my comparatively limited experience --

My character has been romancing Karlach, because I think she's terrific and luckily for my guy, she returns the interest. However, as Niara and others have pointed out, the "relationship" developed remarkably quickly because...that's how it was written. I didn't realize it at first since her voicing and mannerisms were so engaging, but we seemed to go from travelling companions to dedicated love interests in the span of a few evening conversations. Is this oversexualization? I don't feel like it is, as even though things escalated quickly, there was at least some ongoing dialog that had laid narrative tracks in that direction.

Now, when the game makes multiple obvious attempts to set the stage for a hookup with Gale simply because I made small talk with him one time? For me, that's when it begins to feel a bit overeager.

On a related note, even on my comparatively tame monogamous playthrough, there was a moment that did strike me as perhaps an indicator of oversexualization:

In early Act 3, after a cute segment involving 'date night', the scene shifted to a rented room where Karlach appeared to be *ahem* digiting my male character whilst he went off to la la land.

Now, maybe I'm more prudish than I realize, but this sequence just seemed jarring -- like they had recorded a graphic scene intended for different gender models, but placed it there anyway. If that was the case - that Larian just threw that together for sake of having something, anything graphic appear on screen - then I could consider that oversexualized.

In all, though, the story has jarring tonal shifts all over the place; we go from epic to dramatic to absurd to grimdark and more. Perhaps we're to understand that one of those tones is very intentionally hypersexual.

Last edited by Levghilian; 26/11/23 10:05 PM.