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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9105257" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I was trying to work out why in the Witcher 3 I didn’t find it as jarring. I’m kind of at the place where I think it might just be a quantity thing- where the sexy times were not only was less frequent but also more subtly woven into the various character storylines in Witcher 3.To an extent I get why they have done it - they don’t want there to be gender restrictions the way there was in Witcher which is laudable. But way they have implemented it means there is this barrage of horniness coming of the NPCs. I’m on my third play through now and this time round now I’m aware of it, it is super jarring.I’ve also reflected on why I’m bothered enough to post several comments on the subject. I think I’ve been used to a certain stigma around role-playing over the years. It’s a hell of a lot more popular than it was but it’s debatably mainstream and definitely not ubiquitous. Certainly in the UK announcing you’re a role player can still get a bemused look. The language doesn’t help - the word roleplaying is probably more familiar to average Joe as an erotic term than a gaming one. As is even the word Fantasy. I don’t really want the showcase computer game for DND and roleplaying games in general being even more associated with grown men (and women) acting out imaginary kinky sex fantasies. There is a big difference between reading something in a book or watching a film rather than having to respond to this stuff in a game. Some media you are an observer and in some you’re a participant.i appreciate these are my own hang ups and it may be a generational (and male) thing but nonetheless I don’t think I’m alone. Particularly where IMHO it’s not justified by some other creative requirement. I am definitely am uncomfortable with a computer game that I would be acutely embarassed about if my family (adults, not children) walked into the room.Baldur’s Gate is a long time franchise and if the company that makes it is going to add some pretty substantial tonal differences then I don’t think it’s unreasonable to push back on that.</blockquote>

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