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Post by jrpN7 on Apr 23, 2019 8:50:40 GMT
They can keep the romances. Just cut the sex scenes. Most of the content is still there, the romance isn’t harmed, and they get rid of the most costly part. In my thirst for a good RPG due to BioWare's lack of quality RPGs, I have turned to Ubisoft and have been playing Assassin's Creed:Odyssey (never played an AC game, and yet I recommend Odyssey to you all). On my journey with Alexios, I have come across a character whom I enjoy and is also romanceable. I was authentically interested in him (from a gaming standpoint) since there was great chemistry and character development between him and Alexios. When it came time for the nakeds, it... was fade to black, and I was left feeling very unsatisfied and unfulfilled. It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away. As said, we're not after porn. If we were, we would be at Pornhub. What we're after are fulfulling, wholesome scenes centered on the love and chemistry of characters- a meaningful connection that we as players can remember. Fade to black is not that. A quick peck on the lips is not that.
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Post by seven on Apr 23, 2019 9:48:20 GMT
I guess you could always make a tick box option in the game menu (not saying this is a good idea or how it would even work correctly) for those who are not interested in the whole adult activities display -
[_] tick here for fade to black [_] tick here for "special" cuddles. (Assuming it all passes sony's specifications)
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Post by Iakus on Apr 23, 2019 13:23:47 GMT
They can keep the romances. Just cut the sex scenes. Most of the content is still there, the romance isn’t harmed, and they get rid of the most costly part. In my thirst for a good RPG due to BioWare's lack of quality RPGs, I have turned to Ubisoft and have been playing Assassin's Creed:Odyssey (never played an AC game, and yet I recommend Odyssey to you all). On my journey with Alexios, I have come across a character whom I enjoy and is also romanceable. I was authentically interested in him (from a gaming standpoint) since there was great chemistry and character development between him and Alexios. When it came time for the nakeds, it... was fade to black, and I was left feeling very unsatisfied and unfulfilled. It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away. As said, we're not after porn. If we were, we would be at Pornhub. What we're after are fulfulling, wholesome scenes centered on the love and chemistry of characters- a meaningful connection that we as players can remember. Fade to black is not that. A quick peck on the lips is not that. But if you are interested in the character, who has great character development, chemistry with the character, and I assume has other good scenes, conversation options, and a storyline, and you know they eventually get together, what difference does it make if you can't see them naked? WHat does that take away from the character's personality or development that makes the whole romance not worth it?
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Post by Ieldra on Apr 23, 2019 13:46:56 GMT
In my thirst for a good RPG due to BioWare's lack of quality RPGs, I have turned to Ubisoft and have been playing Assassin's Creed:Odyssey (never played an AC game, and yet I recommend Odyssey to you all). On my journey with Alexios, I have come across a character whom I enjoy and is also romanceable. I was authentically interested in him (from a gaming standpoint) since there was great chemistry and character development between him and Alexios. When it came time for the nakeds, it... was fade to black, and I was left feeling very unsatisfied and unfulfilled. It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away. As said, we're not after porn. If we were, we would be at Pornhub. What we're after are fulfulling, wholesome scenes centered on the love and chemistry of characters- a meaningful connection that we as players can remember. Fade to black is not that. A quick peck on the lips is not that. But if you are interested in the character, who has great character development, chemistry with the character, and I assume has other good scenes, conversation options, and a storyline, and you know they eventually get together, what difference does it make if you can't see them naked? WHat does that take away from the character's personality or development that makes the whole romance not worth it? Well....I suppose it's the "candy" in the term "eye-candy" that's relevant here - it's not like you need your sweets for anything at all, but you want them nonetheless. And, if consumed in moderation, why the hell not? It's not essential for the romance to work, but a really nice extra. The reason why I usually don't bother paying a great deal of attention to this is not because I wouldn't want it, but because either the quality is below my standards or I most often just don't like the scene. After all, this stuff is a matter of taste.
(Now on my way home to brew some chocolate...LOL)
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Post by Iakus on Apr 23, 2019 14:05:42 GMT
But if you are interested in the character, who has great character development, chemistry with the character, and I assume has other good scenes, conversation options, and a storyline, and you know they eventually get together, what difference does it make if you can't see them naked? WHat does that take away from the character's personality or development that makes the whole romance not worth it? Well....I suppose it's the "candy" in the term "eye-candy" that's relevant here - it's not like you need your sweets for anything at all, but you want them nonetheless. And, if consumed in moderation, why the hell not? It's not essential for the romance to work, but a really nice extra. The reason why I usually don't bother paying a great deal of attention to this is not because I wouldn't want it, but because either the quality is below my standards or I most often just don't like the scene. After all, this stuff is a matter of taste.
(Now on my way home to brew some chocolate...LOL)
That's just it, though. The impression I got from the post is without the "money shot" as it were, the entire romance was a waste of time. Or " It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away." Which is something I find curious.
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Post by Ieldra on Apr 23, 2019 16:13:36 GMT
Well....I suppose it's the "candy" in the term "eye-candy" that's relevant here - it's not like you need your sweets for anything at all, but you want them nonetheless. And, if consumed in moderation, why the hell not? It's not essential for the romance to work, but a really nice extra. The reason why I usually don't bother paying a great deal of attention to this is not because I wouldn't want it, but because either the quality is below my standards or I most often just don't like the scene. After all, this stuff is a matter of taste.
(Now on my way home to brew some chocolate...LOL)
That's just it, though. The impression I got from the post is without the "money shot" as it were, the entire romance was a waste of time. Or " It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away." Which is something I find curious. Hmm....it does sound like that, yes. Which brings up the question of why (or if) romances are as enjoyable if the possibility for sex scenes doesn't even exist because the technology of the game doesn't facilitate them? Or whether it's just that feeling of "they could've done that but didn't so I'm pissed". Furthermore, it brings up the question of why we're playing games and engaging in fictional romances in the first place. I guess we all expect some kind of culmination of a story or a romance, but differ in our expectations as to what exactly we want. For some, a sex scene is such a culminating event. For me, it would be.....yes, most of the time, some equivalent of walking into the sunset together, leaving everything behind to go somewhere new. I recall that book sequence by Tanith Lee I read way back in the 1980s, where exactly that happened with the protagonist. That sort of burned itself into my brain. BTW, I can only recommend her old books. Nothing like today's fantasy and its entrenched stereotypes.
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Post by simit on Apr 23, 2019 21:35:34 GMT
Playing Conan Exiles the now on P4 which has full nudity an even potions of endowment 😂 for that legendary spear of shafting look 😛😛
Nobody pays it much attention, that im aware of or seen, but i have used it for the lols like when my char glitched out in the surrender animation so i stripped an got a few npc to chase me up an down a beach like some benny hill parody, you had to be there tbh 🙌
Personally seeing cassandra naked added nothing to the relationship for me an seeing peebee riding my ryder like she was on some redbull an cocaine mix only made me comfort my penis with some soathing words at the fear it felt.
Im there for the story an the dialogue between the chars, no sex scene yet has added to that, just like majority time a sex scene happens in a movie or tv show i can comfortably go pee or make a cuppa knowing i aint missing anything
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Post by wright1978 on Apr 24, 2019 9:27:00 GMT
In my thirst for a good RPG due to BioWare's lack of quality RPGs, I have turned to Ubisoft and have been playing Assassin's Creed:Odyssey (never played an AC game, and yet I recommend Odyssey to you all). On my journey with Alexios, I have come across a character whom I enjoy and is also romanceable. I was authentically interested in him (from a gaming standpoint) since there was great chemistry and character development between him and Alexios. When it came time for the nakeds, it... was fade to black, and I was left feeling very unsatisfied and unfulfilled. It feels like all your hard work in building that relationship and experiencing that building tension is for nothing and you wonder why you play the game or bother at all if these potentially memorable moments are stripped away. As said, we're not after porn. If we were, we would be at Pornhub. What we're after are fulfulling, wholesome scenes centered on the love and chemistry of characters- a meaningful connection that we as players can remember. Fade to black is not that. A quick peck on the lips is not that. But if you are interested in the character, who has great character development, chemistry with the character, and I assume has other good scenes, conversation options, and a storyline, and you know they eventually get together, what difference does it make if you can't see them naked? WHat does that take away from the character's personality or development that makes the whole romance not worth it? It's no different to gutting out other good scenes, it'll negatively affect the construct.
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Post by flauntyquill on Apr 24, 2019 12:52:00 GMT
Here is the thing. Sony, is imposing limitations on acceptable sexual explicit content for Playstation games. This may or may not impact DA4, depending on the studio's vision of the end-game romance whirlwind.
Will Microsoft follow suit? Or, will Bio simply animate another scene for the PlayStation leaving the real goodies elsewhere?
Comments?
It's not that there will be a lack of nudity that is the problem. The scary part is what are they going to censor next? Will it be presenting different faiths? No more religious inspired content in games? Or maybe we'll go back to games where 90% of the characters are white males? Once a censorship has begun it keeps going. Like a snowball turning into an avalanche.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 24, 2019 13:03:23 GMT
But if you are interested in the character, who has great character development, chemistry with the character, and I assume has other good scenes, conversation options, and a storyline, and you know they eventually get together, what difference does it make if you can't see them naked? WHat does that take away from the character's personality or development that makes the whole romance not worth it? It's no different to gutting out other good scenes, it'll negatively affect the construct. Is any romantic arc in a movie, book, or tv series negatively affected if it doesn't include a sex scene? Is Casablanca "gutted" because Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart keep their clothes on?
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Post by decafhigh on Apr 24, 2019 14:24:20 GMT
Is Casablanca "gutted" because Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart keep their clothes on? Now you are putting the image of an Ingrid Bergman full frontal in my head, and yes I would say we missed out royally there.
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Post by wright1978 on Apr 24, 2019 15:05:57 GMT
It's no different to gutting out other good scenes, it'll negatively affect the construct. Is any romantic arc in a movie, book, or tv series negatively affected if it doesn't include a sex scene? Is Casablanca "gutted" because Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart keep their clothes on? i'd argue not representing the sexual aspect of romances that get to that stage would negatively affect. Isn't the whole thing about Casablanca the tension of a former couple resisting.
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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Apr 24, 2019 15:56:37 GMT
It's no different to gutting out other good scenes, it'll negatively affect the construct. Is any romantic arc in a movie, book, or tv series negatively affected if it doesn't include a sex scene? Is Casablanca "gutted" because Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart keep their clothes on? Nope, they can be better in fact.....but such arcs require good writing. It's so much easier to just take their kits off and have sexy times.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 24, 2019 15:58:28 GMT
Is any romantic arc in a movie, book, or tv series negatively affected if it doesn't include a sex scene? Is Casablanca "gutted" because Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart keep their clothes on? i'd argue not representing the sexual aspect of romances that get to that stage would negatively affect. Isn't the whole thing about Casablanca the tension of a former couple resisting. And as Casablanca (and many other stories) demonstrates, such tension can be demonstrated without graphic sex scenes or even nudity.
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Post by 10k on Apr 24, 2019 17:31:14 GMT
So far these restrictions have only been present in Japanese games. Most of them have been "Fan service" novel games. Until Sony have censored a game from the west I'm not really concerned. They even reversed the lens flair in Devil may cry 5 back to normal.
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Post by slayer299 on Apr 24, 2019 19:17:55 GMT
I don't need to see the characters naked, tbh. ME1 minimized it. What was in DAO and DA2? Can't remember. DAI was, IIRC, the one with the most nudity. I didn't especially find it gratuitous. People get naked when they have sex. Usually in these games they are full-on romances. It's normal behavior to have sex with someone you love. The opposite is abnormal unless you happen to be asexual. And, really, can everyone be catered to? As for as LGBT content, think of it from a developer perspective. The majority of players are straight men and so the content mirrors it. I know I tend to be a minority here, but I don't need my protagonist to be 100% gay. Like Shepard, Ryder, Inquisitor, the Warden and Hawke. Their particular sexuality is irrelevant since you can have them romance any romanceable character who would be interested in your gender. That's actually a hell of lot. As for me, live service is a deal breaker. Did Anthem even have an RPG aspect? If not, don't expect any romances in a live service DA game. I am a straight guy but I usually play a female protaginist if I am able. Also I think the model that they market the games towards straight men only is wrong now. While straight men may be the largest group in the market they now share a good amount with everyone else. Women are playing games in greater and greater numbers and the LGBTQ community probably does as well. Plus ALOT of straight guys have no problem with lesbian romances. Actually alot of straight guys have no problem with gay romances either. Personally I like a mixture of straight and gay characters since it gives me a reason to play as the male and female PC. I would never have played as male shep more then once if I could have all the romances be with fem shep.
DAO had the horrid underwear sex scenes and DA2 usually had a little scene of them kissing or something and then a fade to black and them talking in bed or in the bedroom.
I thought DAI and ME1 weren't graphic or unneccesary sex scenes. I had no problem with MEA sex scenes either but I will say cora's scene was pretty graphic. and that is what I was referncing when I talked about MEA having the most sex content
Numbers pretty much show that the majority of female gamers are playing mobile games, not PC/console games although there are more female gamers now than there were 5 years ago. As for LGBT, do you have anything other than anecdotal evidence that that is true beyond the conversation here or Twitter or the ever so reliable gaming media?
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Post by wright1978 on Apr 24, 2019 19:45:15 GMT
i'd argue not representing the sexual aspect of romances that get to that stage would negatively affect. Isn't the whole thing about Casablanca the tension of a former couple resisting. And as Casablanca (and many other stories) demonstrates, such tension can be demonstrated without graphic sex scenes or even nudity. I don’t see how Casablanca demonstrates anything other than the resisting attraction of 2 people not in a relationship. It doesn’t say anything about representation of sex in a relationship. i’ve never Argued representation has to be a graphic, though equally I find it comical that graphic violence is ok but graphic consensual sex isn’t.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 24, 2019 19:53:26 GMT
And as Casablanca (and many other stories) demonstrates, such tension can be demonstrated without graphic sex scenes or even nudity. I don’t see how Casablanca demonstrates anything other than the resisting attraction of 2 people not in a relationship. It doesn’t say anything about representation of sex in a relationship. i’ve never Argued representation has to be a graphic, though equally I find it comical that graphic violence is ok but graphic consensual sex isn’t. Because there are scenes in Casablanca where they ARE in a relationship (all the stuff in Paris). But really, you can swap out any story where there is a romantic plot or sub-plot where clothes stay on as further examples. You don't need to portray sex to get a good romance story. It doesn't preclude the possibility. But asserting that such romances are childish, "Disneyfied" or unfulfilling is, frankly, mystifying to me. I don't care for graphic violence either. So...yeah. I'd appreciate more RPGs where we can be more than murder hobos too while we're at it.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 24, 2019 21:41:29 GMT
I don’t see how Casablanca demonstrates anything other than the resisting attraction of 2 people not in a relationship. It doesn’t say anything about representation of sex in a relationship. i’ve never Argued representation has to be a graphic, though equally I find it comical that graphic violence is ok but graphic consensual sex isn’t. Because there are scenes in Casablanca where they ARE in a relationship (all the stuff in Paris). But really, you can swap out any story where there is a romantic plot or sub-plot where clothes stay on as further examples. You don't need to portray sex to get a good romance story. It doesn't preclude the possibility. But asserting that such romances are childish, "Disneyfied" or unfulfilling is, frankly, mystifying to me. I don't care for graphic violence either. So...yeah. I'd appreciate more RPGs where we can be more than murder hobos too while we're at it. Yeah I love series like Deus Ex where you can play the whole game without even killing a single person let alone graphically.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 24, 2019 21:53:52 GMT
Because there are scenes in Casablanca where they ARE in a relationship (all the stuff in Paris). But really, you can swap out any story where there is a romantic plot or sub-plot where clothes stay on as further examples. You don't need to portray sex to get a good romance story. It doesn't preclude the possibility. But asserting that such romances are childish, "Disneyfied" or unfulfilling is, frankly, mystifying to me. I don't care for graphic violence either. So...yeah. I'd appreciate more RPGs where we can be more than murder hobos too while we're at it. Yeah I love series like Deus Ex where you can play the whole game without even killing a single person let alone graphically. Still can't do the helicopter crash nonlethally in DXHR. But to protect Faridah, I'll make an exception
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Post by wright1978 on Apr 24, 2019 21:54:32 GMT
I don’t see how Casablanca demonstrates anything other than the resisting attraction of 2 people not in a relationship. It doesn’t say anything about representation of sex in a relationship. i’ve never Argued representation has to be a graphic, though equally I find it comical that graphic violence is ok but graphic consensual sex isn’t. Because there are scenes in Casablanca where they ARE in a relationship (all the stuff in Paris). But really, you can swap out any story where there is a romantic plot or sub-plot where clothes stay on as further examples. You don't need to portray sex to get a good romance story. It doesn't preclude the possibility. But asserting that such romances are childish, "Disneyfied" or unfulfilling is, frankly, mystifying to me. I don't care for graphic violence either. So...yeah. I'd appreciate more RPGs where we can be more than murder hobos too while we're at it. Asserting that they aren’t likely to come off as unfulfilling and disneyfied is mystifying to me.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 24, 2019 21:57:52 GMT
Yeah I love series like Deus Ex where you can play the whole game without even killing a single person let alone graphically. Still can't do the helicopter crash nonlethally in DXHR. But to protect Faridah, I'll make an exception I was so proud of myself when I did it. I wish we saw her in the sequel. Maybe next game when they make it since canonically she is alive.
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Post by dirtydiscolux on Apr 24, 2019 22:04:34 GMT
Ok. Well. I'm paying DAI again and romancing Josephine for the second time and IMO, she's the best romance in the game for me, even better than Cullen, which was sweet. It's hard to put my feelings about Josephine's romance into words. There's no sex, not even a fade to black, but my GOD the way the lines are delivered is a direct hit to my heart/feels/romantic notions. Josephine: I...suck talk. I am quite overcome. Inquisitor: Should I stop? The way Josephine says it, and then the way my Inquisitor (female for me) softly delivers her line is amazing!
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Post by Iakus on Apr 24, 2019 23:22:05 GMT
Because there are scenes in Casablanca where they ARE in a relationship (all the stuff in Paris). But really, you can swap out any story where there is a romantic plot or sub-plot where clothes stay on as further examples. You don't need to portray sex to get a good romance story. It doesn't preclude the possibility. But asserting that such romances are childish, "Disneyfied" or unfulfilling is, frankly, mystifying to me. I don't care for graphic violence either. So...yeah. I'd appreciate more RPGs where we can be more than murder hobos too while we're at it. Asserting that they aren’t likely to come off as unfulfilling and disneyfied is mystifying to me. And asserting that they ARE likely is just as mystifying to me. Ultimately, it's the writing that matters.
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Post by biggydx on Apr 25, 2019 0:04:28 GMT
Still can't do the helicopter crash nonlethally in DXHR. But to protect Faridah, I'll make an exception I was so proud of myself when I did it. I wish we saw her in the sequel. Maybe next game when they make it since canonically she is alive. Have you played the DLC for Mankind Divided? I've been thinking about purchasing it, since I have Mankind Divided, but wasn't sure if it was worth the money.
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