My main issues are that potentially triggering content in this route is not obvious to the player beforehand, and that players do not have the freedom to choose how they want their Tav/Durge to react. I think those two things are very serious, and I've seen the negative impact it had on myself. Larian cannot warn players of every possible trigger beforehand, but many people do see AA's added kisses as rough. I think player safety needs to be prioritized in this case.
If the issue is the kisses being too rough for some players, then would having a toggle to turn off the current kisses and replace them with the gentler kisses from earlier patches work?
Personally, that would work for me. I'm not sure if it would be hard for Larian to do or not, but that would also make me happy. Perhaps "Kiss me and make it hurt" versus "KIss me gently?" Mirroring the options the player has in the turning scene. I think at some point someone said they roleplayed their character as naive and happy in the relationship at first, but then later growing unhappy. I wouldn't want to shut off that role-play, which can logically flow from the story of the route. So I'd have to think more about that. But I do like the bones of this idea.
Yeah, I’m not sure how the coding / toggle would work either, but I like your suggestion a lot! I suggested that as an opinion though since I’ve seen a few say that the kisses being rougher was triggering (and then the facial animations seem to either make that worse or better depending on the person). It is a change from the Act 2 kisses, and may catch people off guard.
I’m not sure if it’s any consolation, but I do think some modders have been trying to change some of the kisses available. I think the Nightgale mod used a combination of different character kisses, and have had some friends use that since they didn’t like the rougher kisses. Hopefully, we can continue to get more mods like that too. It be nice if console players had this options though without mods.
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Perhaps "Kiss me and make it hurt" versus "KIss me gently?" Mirroring the options the player has in the turning scene. I think at some point someone said they roleplayed their character as naive and happy in the relationship at first, but then later growing unhappy. I wouldn't want to shut off that role-play, which can logically flow from the story of the route. So I'd have to think more about that. But I do like the bones of this idea.
