Larian has opened the Pandora Box with patch 6. That doesn't surprise me.
Depictions of (s..) abuse, especially in the way it was done, always pose a risk. I will not go on further in this. I haven't seen the changes of the facial expressions yet (can't say whether they look well or bad), but it seems to look consensual, and that's the right thing. I can only suggest Larian to keep inconsistent non-con out of their game now respectively handle non-con or dub-con with a lot of care.
I don't want to get too deep into it here, but to me these new faces are incredibly triggering, as it feels too much like they are turning a serious situation into something simply kinky and making light of it, in a way. Seeing Tav be forced to react in those ways felt horrible to me. I had a similar kind of visceral reaction to seeing them as other players had to Patch 6.
Tl;Dr: My character should not be smiling for things I’d be breaking up with my partner IRL for doing to me without my express consent. The fact that these facial expressions just decide my Tav is ok with it is gross and triggering.
You're free to suggest whatever you desire, at the end, it is Larian's decision. But can you please refrain from trivializing real victims of PTSD episodes? You've already called for adding negative traits for Spawn Tav and a bad ending for the romance in the Discord suggestion channel several months ago. I would assume that the majority of players of a romance (it doesn't matter the companion) don't agree with changes in a negative way. Such subsequent changes always involve risk.
At no point was the narrative “kinky bdsm uwu”. I can’t choose how to react to the event because Larian is deciding that for me by forcing my Tav to enjoy being pushed around and made to do embarrassing things.
Some feedback is good. Some ruins the game by inserting personal kinks into the narrative. The story, including the cycle of abuse, should come first. Unfortunately...
O thanks for kink shaming! (not)
I am grateful for the scenes (loviatar, kneeling, etc.) and would appreciate it, if we could refrain from posting these provocative posts in the patch 7 closed beta Feedback thread. Please let also players post about patch 7 beta issues, bugs, etc.
Beside of that, some of the new evil endings seem to look pretty good. One scene I've seen I love it - well done Larian! Thank you so much! If I get a chance to test the beta by myself, I'll come back to this thread. In any case, I am looking forward to this patch.
