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[Older Beholder]

Speculation and the relative popularity of erm sexy party time parts.

And blood and guts Bhaalists are a big part as well. Hard to do that PG.

So just vibes, no actual evidence?

 

[Zardnaar]

So just vibes, no actual evidence?

You dont have any evidence either. A more popular PG BG3 is pure speculation.

Dead 3 major plot points and Mindflayers don't scream PG to me though. And full frontal nudity and soft porn.

 

[Older Beholder]

You dont have anything evidence either. A more popular PG BG3 is pure speculation.

I never made any claims that it would be.
I'm saying we don't know.

 

[The Firebird]

I never made any claims that it would be.
I'm saying we don't know.

What data are you looking for? I guess we don't know for sure if A New Hope would have been less popular if Jar Jar Binks played a major role.

 

[Zardnaar]

I never made any claims that it would be.
I'm saying we don't know.

Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how much they have to cut to get it down to PG rating.

 

[Older Beholder]

What data are you looking for? I guess we don't know for sure if A New Hope would have been less popular if Jar Jar Binks played a major role.

I'm not looking for data. Just some honesty.
Which I got, as Zard admitted he was just speculating.

 

[DrJawaPhD]

How do we know a PG rated BG3 wouldn't have sold even better?

I seriously doubt that a PG-rated BG3 would have sold as well. A huge factor that drew so many non-DnD gamers in was the whole "you can do anything you want!" aspect. Obviously this is the norm for actual TTRPGs (to a far greater degree than is true for BG3), but BG3 goes so far above and beyond what is normal for a video game in terms of allowing the user to choose the direction the story goes in - I just don't see how you can achieve anything close to the masterclass that they provided while restricted to only PG-rated outcomes.

Obviously no one has evidence to prove or disprove a hypothetical question though, and all anyone can ever do is speculate.

 

[Zardnaar]

I'm not looking for data. Just some honesty.
Which I got, as Zard admitted he was just speculating.

You would have to cut a lot to get it to PG level.

I dont think there's to many PG ones around when you look at the "big" ones.

Witcher, Fallout, Mass Effect, Dragon Age etc.

 

[Older Beholder]

Obviously no one has evidence to prove or disprove a hypothetical question though, and all anyone can ever do is speculate.

Exactly, that's all I was saying. Speculation is not proof.

Personally, I don't think TTRPG's and Video games are an exact match for audience, etc...
Adult content in a game where it's all scripted in advance, that can be turned off at any time is very different to similar content in a TTRPG space. IMO.

 

[Zardnaar]

Exactly, that's all I was saying. Speculation is not proof.

Personally, I don't think TTRPG's and Video games are an exact match for audience, etc...
Adult content in a game where it's all scripted in advance, that can be turned off at any time is very different to similar content in a TTRPG space. IMO.

It wasn't me speculating. You did it first and are trying to pkay ah gotcha.

Most of the big RPG games are aimed at more mature audiences. Several are explicitly R18.

So my speculation also took that into account.