It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
General discussion (archive)Your opinion on games focused on sexual content(195 posts)(195 posts)
(195 posts)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
This is my favourite topic
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
timppu: Hmm, now I am pondering, if your BG2 main character is female and has a romantic relationship with some male party member, can _you_ become pregnant too?
A friends wife complained back then that there was only one romantic option for female characters and that he was an utter bore of a paladin. I'm not sure if it ever managed to got that far..
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
RaggieRags: Friend, I'm afraid you misunderstood my post.
I didn't. It's not my fault that you made a statement that sounded more like an assumption than a personal opinion.

avatar
RaggieRags: Let me try to further elaborate on the point of my throwaway comment since it's so upsetting to you and derailing the whole thread.
It's not upsetting or anything. I just wanted to know why you made that assumption in the first place.
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
Reever: ...and their distribution on "more mainstream" platforms.

I stumbled upon this article here and I asked myself what you guys are thinking about games with sexual content and if they have a place on mainstream distribution platforms.

Some analogies made there were pretty interesting, what with "50 Shades of Grey" not being much less graphical, but nobody even batting an eye at it being a best-seller (or at least not at it being able to be sold everywhere :D).

Now, as far as I know, this game isn't pure porn. So I'm not saying every hentai-type game should get on Steam, or whatever, but just wondering if games who're more focused on sexual themes (as opposed to violence) deserve to be held away from Steam.
it depends whether the game itself is good. if so, i don't have any problem with it. not like "bmx xxx" or something like that.
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
timppu: Natural as it is, it would still feel odd and out of place,
Could it be that it would feel odd simply due to the fact that you see it so rarely, rather than the subject itself? For me, it feels odd when sex isn't part of stories, as it seems conspicuously missing. I really dislike all the permanent underwear that games give characters, as that really stands out to me, much more so than an orc army, a starship, or a wizard casting spells. The Better Bodies mod which added genitals to Morrowind was a breath of fresh air to me. It wasn't because it turned me on or served as wanking fodder, but because FINALLY I could see normal looking people. The underwear, and the censorship it represents, detracts from games for me personally.

In a similar vein, never mentioning sex, never making sexual jokes or comments in dialog, never having anybody express sexual attraction to another NPC is a constant reminder to me of the politics and pedo-paranoia and censorship that dominates US media, and inhibits my suspension of disbelief. Because I can't really immerse myself in the game world, it is less enjoyable to me. Still enjoyable, don't misunderstand me, but less than it could be.
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
BlueMooner: served as wanking fodder
Sorry, you make a good point, but that was a delightful phrase :)
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
Dzsono: Sorry, you make a good point, but that was a delightful phrase :)
Did it... excite you? : p
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
Dzsono: Sorry, you make a good point, but that was a delightful phrase :)
avatar
BlueMooner: Did it... excite you? : p
Linguistically, semantically, dialectically, etymologically, lexically and syntactically, yes :)
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
Walen: I think this pretty much nails the problem. Valve is an american company, is it not?
Still they have no problem selling this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209340/
Here's how the game thinks sex looks like:
- Character beats the hell out of some guy (like, stabs him, breaks his neck or something like that)
- Wife \ lover \ victim of that guy takes your character to bed.
- They make out, still fully clothed, making awkward faces. Often in the same room where her former partner's corpse is.
- The girl disappears, your character continues the level like nothing happened.
Posted January 20, 2014
avatar
Walen: I think this pretty much nails the problem. Valve is an american company, is it not?
avatar
Novotnus: Still they have no problem selling this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209340/
Here's how the game thinks sex looks like:
- Character beats the hell out of some guy (like, stabs him, breaks his neck or something like that)
- Wife \ lover \ victim of that guy takes your character to bed.
- They make out, still fully clothed, making awkward faces. Often in the same room where her former partner's corpse is.
- The girl disappears, your character continues the level like nothing happened.
At least you´d have to continue the level with a quarter stamina :P
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
LoboBlanco: At least you´d have to continue the level with a quarter stamina :P
You mean you played it? :)
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
Walen: I think this pretty much nails the problem. Valve is an american company, is it not?
avatar
Novotnus: Still they have no problem selling this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209340/
Here's how the game thinks sex looks like:
- Character beats the hell out of some guy (like, stabs him, breaks his neck or something like that)
- Wife \ lover \ victim of that guy takes your character to bed.
- They make out, still fully clothed, making awkward faces. Often in the same room where her former partner's corpse is.
- The girl disappears, your character continues the level like nothing happened.
That's exaclty the things I despise. Sex as a reward (as awkward and out of place as it may be represented) and not as a plot element or intrication of characters on an affective level. In my opinion, sexual relations between characters is so more complicated than dialogue trees that I don't think any company would make the effort to create something of good taste when they can go with the gratuitous approach and please the masses with it.

Art versus business.
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
Novotnus: Still they have no problem selling this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209340/
Here's how the game thinks sex looks like:
- Character beats the hell out of some guy (like, stabs him, breaks his neck or something like that)
- Wife \ lover \ victim of that guy takes your character to bed.
- They make out, still fully clothed, making awkward faces. Often in the same room where her former partner's corpse is.
- The girl disappears, your character continues the level like nothing happened.
avatar
Potzato: That's exaclty the things I despise. Sex as a reward (as awkward and out of place as it may be represented) and not as a plot element or intrication of characters on an affective level. In my opinion, sexual relations between characters is so more complicated than dialogue trees that I don't think any company would make the effort to create something of good taste when they can go with the gratuitous approach and please the masses with it.

Art versus business.
Well some sex can be easier in real life than a conversation tree.
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
pimpmonkey2382: Well some sex can be easier in real life than a conversation tree.
A sexual relation is not just sex ;)
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
pimpmonkey2382: Well some sex can be easier in real life than a conversation tree.
avatar
Potzato: A sexual relation is not just sex ;)
Should show up at a bar here sometime. lol.
Posted January 21, 2014
avatar
Potzato: That's exaclty the things I despise. Sex as a reward (as awkward and out of place as it may be represented) and not as a plot element or intrication of characters on an affective level. In my opinion, sexual relations between characters is so more complicated than dialogue trees that I don't think any company would make the effort to create something of good taste when they can go with the gratuitous approach and please the masses with it.

Art versus business.
I really liked how Downfall handled a sexual encounter. I felt so shit about that quick sex with a stranger it forced me to reload. All it took was a single line (memory of a kind) of the character.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
This is my favourite topic
Community
General discussion (archive)Your opinion on games focused on sexual content(195 posts)(195 posts)
(195 posts)