And we gave them something which feels like it's from the tradition of CrackFic and present it as if it's a mainstream game feature. And then you feel like all the time you spent horny queer shitposting with your friends in your Discord is validated. It is real. It is a wonderful way of engaging with the game. It's seen. And how many other games on this sort of scale have made you feel that way?»
youtube.com/watch?v=tPkQaza1hqM
Time of the cited quote: 15.10
Well, that rather shocked me to be honest. I had argued earlier in this thread that I didn't see the game so much as over-sexualised but more that the relationship aspect of the romances had been neglected. Leading to most NPCs wanting to have sex with Tav so quickly it was a bit surprising (and then very disappointing when interaction with NPCs fell off a cliff in Act 3).
You’re generalizing from one scene to the whole game.
If you watch that video up to 20:44, you’ll see the much wider perspective they had.
They wanted to show a variety of relationship styles, among them ones that turn out badly.
Having a CrackFic scene was just one of many very different kinds.
Including a scene where when you push for sex, you realize in the morning that you acted as predator, hurt an already traumatized partner, got sex — and lost all.
(besides: thank you Marielle for sharing the video!)
With Lae’zel, there’s no cliff in Act 3, because even the Orpheus decision is relationship-relevant, though the sensual parts sadly end much earlier, but in my second playthrough — this one with Shadowheart — I feel that cliff. After the lake scene, and maybe the dark elf siblings, the relationship is rather dead.
