And, of course, they all have to be pansexual and attracted to everyone, so that whether you're a dwarf with a giant blue beard or an 8 foot tall dragon lady, they're all ready to go. I can understand an RPG wanting to give the player the maximum possible choice for their romances, but sexuality should be a significant part of a character's personality.
This is what you fuckers wanted
When everyone's just playersexual, there's no real representation at all. I much preferred the approach of the Dragon Age games, which canonised certain characters as being straight, gay, bi/pan, completely uninterested, or even having specific preferences for certain species. Not only does it make the characters feel like they have more agency of their own and allow for more substantive LGBT+ representation, it also creates a far more believable group dynamic than having to turn down the advances of every one of your friends until you get to your favourite one.
Cue the articles complaining about how x character should be totally non-straight
I can appreciate as well that the game disrupts the usual problematic structure of romance in games—of slowly increasing someone's love for you with gifts and correct dialogue choices, before being "rewarded" with a bonk towards the end of the game. Baldur's Gate 3's messier approach is more true to life—but it feels like all subtlety has gone out of the window in pursuit of that.
Nigga it's just a game, it's a fantasy. If you want real romance, unironically go outside and get it.
I honestly agree with the article, is the hypocrisy that I hate. Maybe you should not have every character be incredibly horny all the time.
That and I hate how camaraderie is completely foreign to the devs. Most times guys have a very close relationship without being sexual.
The problem of these kind of "dating sim" systems is that they run the risk of spending resources on dialogue and scenes not a lot of people will watch.
You can't really have a deep friendship and horny mode for every companion. Is just not doable.
That's why most modern games build romance along with the story, which this author condems as "problematic"
There is an easy fix to that, the way DA:O had, you had straight characters. alongside the bisexual ones. So you had your bro dude and something for the sodomites.
I can appreciate as well that the game disrupts the usual problematic structure of romance in games
Yes it's so much better that characters I never talked to and barely take with me keep propositioning me for sex like some thirsty hormonal teenagers.
Instead of the traditional quests where you affect major events in these people's lives.
Romance is meh to shit depending on the character in BG3 and after all their talk about how much better it was than standard games they should be ashamed. Give me Pathfinder's host of canibal females any day of sexual harassment tiefling.
Think Gale might be the only character I don't find completely annoying and shouldn't be romancable (or at least exceptionally hard) considering what he did before the start of the game. Still don't like any of them though.
This is what you fuckers wanted
Cue the articles complaining about how x character should be totally non-straight
Nigga it's just a game, it's a fantasy. If you want real romance, unironically go outside and get it.
I honestly agree with the article, is the hypocrisy that I hate. Maybe you should not have every character be incredibly horny all the time. That and I hate how camaraderie is completely foreign to the devs. Most times guys have a very close relationship without being sexual.
The problem of these kind of "dating sim" systems is that they run the risk of spending resources on dialogue and scenes not a lot of people will watch.
You can't really have a deep friendship and horny mode for every companion. Is just not doable.
That's why most modern games build romance along with the story, which this author condems as "problematic"
There is an easy fix to that, the way DA:O had, you had straight characters. alongside the bisexual ones. So you had your bro dude and something for the sodomites.
Yes it's so much better that characters I never talked to and barely take with me keep propositioning me for sex like some thirsty hormonal teenagers.
Instead of the traditional quests where you affect major events in these people's lives.
Romance is meh to shit depending on the character in BG3 and after all their talk about how much better it was than standard games they should be ashamed. Give me Pathfinder's host of canibal females any day of sexual harassment tiefling.
Think Gale might be the only character I don't find completely annoying and shouldn't be romancable (or at least exceptionally hard) considering what he did before the start of the game. Still don't like any of them though.