Larian Studios Forums Divinity General Discussion Re: the gore/smut

I just hope the game has great cinematics. Heroic, emotional, with reasonable but not excessive sex and violence. Yes, I know "excessive" imeans different things to different people. The operation table in BG3's House of Healing sits around my personal limit over which I find the view no longer enjoyable. I'm especially hoping for good adventuring scenes, scenes that make you laugh and some that take you by the throat emotionally.

I started to play Clair Obscur : Expedition 33, and the prologue ends with a speech from one of the expedition organisers to encourage members and stay-behinders, and set the expedition off on its way. I could not but think back to the speech scene in the final act of BG3 when Beor (if I remember the name correctly) speechess to the allies that are left to resist the netherbrain -- and had to shake my head. That 3 year old BG3 scene now looks really lame compared to this "modern" E33 speech scene. (All IMO, of course) So, just hoping they make the ingame cinematics at least of that same quality allover.

https://i.imgur.com/Uz3oCTt.mp4

I agree with papercut_ninja, that the sex scenes in BG3 are not over the top and you can decide to not have any in your game if you like.

I also agree with the person who said that sex and romance was the reason for a lack of diversity in the companion cast. We should have gotten Helia the halfling (she even had voiced dialogue) and we got Halsin the (yet another) elf. And I think that attarction played a role here. Most companions turned out to be interesting anyway. Though I hope for more diversity in the Divinity game.


I think gore and smut should not be the focus, but a tool for a well written story, if needed. That scene in the trailer was a pretty effective way to deal with both of them and I'm pretty sure, that the game will not be a gore fest or a sex game, so I'm not too worried.

I'm going to bet the trailers does represent the tone but does not represent the actual "gore" and "smut" in the game.

Unless they replaced their entire writing rooster, "Larian's Whimsy" is here to stay.