Morons upset about catering to sexual orientation don't get it. The Witcher 2 isn't about catering to the largest group. It's about the character. Geralt is a womanizer and 100% heterosexual. But he's not limited to race as he will seduce elves and other non-humans.

Arguing about pleasing sexual orientation is moronic in this situation. What you think every author of a novel from now on will write 5 different books to please the sexual orientation of every reader?

Please. Just admit your stupid and your dumb and stop posting your dumb arguments.

some people dont look at it on a sexuality threaten point..they look at it at a spiritual sense aswell..theres alot of large religious groups or people with these religious backgrounds that believe involing themselves with certain materials is a very bad thing.

the norm isnt homosexuality.. why can someone go out of there way to buy something than demand it be changed ? why cant they simply not buy it and leave it alone as it was intended..

should all movies based in the norm be changed to cater for homosexuality ? books ? and all forms of media ? no.. u just avoid the product if it doesnt cater to u.. i dont go buy brokeback mountain than complain i want it to be hedro..

They already do that. In the Witcher, they have to accept that any relationships are heterosexual, because Geralt is an established character, and that's fine. I don't think many gay people have a problem with that, they probably view it pretty much the same way I do. But if a game developer (or author, screenwriter etc.) writes a game/bookmovie that has gay characters, then straight audiences either have to deal with it or not play/read/watch. It's that simple.

i dont think the main population should have to be forced to see stuff like that... it should be an option not something we have to deal with..

or are u saying the norm majority should not buy the gay product and move onto something else ?? if that was the case..than the product wouldnt exist because there isnt enough gays to support the companies wallets lol

This. Er, +1 or whatever.

Or you simply don't play. If there was a game that had a lot of sexual situations in both verbal and graphic detail of homosexuality, I wouldn't play it. I have no interest in role playing as a homosexual.

That applies the same to homosexuals or whatever sexual orientation someone is. If the role playing doesn't appeal to you or don't like it, just don't play it.

There are just too many good games out there for people to whine and complain about something like this. Find something else to play. No one has the right to impose their view and force game developers to cater to their specific needs. That's just selfish and in my opinion, being a terrible human being.

These are games and forms of art. This isn't like the workplace where some workplaces opt to provide gender neutral bathrooms and have to abide by anti-discrimination laws. Plus it's not the intention of the author of Witcher literature of the game developer to be discriminatory. This is just who Geralt is. Plain and simple.

its a huge topic that will be debated forever id imagine.. good points on both sides.. but neither side will ever agree... id imagine though the the norm thought so badly off it they would simply just pirate the game out of protest and bankrupt the company as the majority market is the norm..


so we just wait and see what the future holds for people with alternative sexual preference :)

thanks to the people who actually discussed it instead of randomly throwing up stupidity :)


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No one has the right to impose their view and force game developers to cater to their specific needs. That's just selfish and in my opinion, being a terrible human being. **

Amen :)

I seem to remember Brokeback Mountain was fairly popular, imagine that... Batwoman's doing well, Apollo and Midnighter were the most popular characters in The Authority, Will and Grace was popular while it was on, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was popular, Glee is popular, etc. It's not just gay people that go see movies/books/games or whatever else that has a gay relationship, you know. there are LOTS of straight people that don't have an 'ewwww! gross!' reaction to 2 men kissing.

I just remembered his, and think it's relevant:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8768-Extra-Punctuation-Roleplaying-Homosexual-in-Dragon-Age-2

That's an article written by Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation fame, writing about how he, a straight man, roleplayed his Hawke as gay.

Please don't feed the troll!

I know this is severe necrobumping, but I saw this thread and I wanted to clear something up.

I am a gay male player of The Witcher game series, and I have always been fine with Geralt's heterosexuality because that is just who he is. Oh well. That is not an issue for me. The abundance of female T and A is kind of boring for me, but I just ignore it. The only thing about Witcher 2 that bothered me when it comes to the topic of sexuality is how Dethmold was portrayed. He was evil and creepy and perverted, and part of what made him creepy and perverted was his gayness. I really could have done without that. Especially given how he was then dispatched.

And for those complaining about how it seems like you were "forced" into bed with Anders, I know that my Geralt is certainly in bed with Triss near the start of The Witcher 2 and there is nothing that I can do to change that, should I want to, so I could easily perceive that as having been "forced" into bed with her. Exposed boobs and all, with my character feeling her up and slobbering all over her. Just not enough of a bad thing to make me reject the entire game, however. And to me that is quite a bit more intense than heart dialogues showing up as conversation *options* (as in "not required and can be ignored entirely") in DAII on occasion when talking to Anders.

unfortunately yes "the gays" will get their way in there being representation every now and then in games and other media. However, "the gays" have been forced over and over again to watch and play as straight men flirting with teasing and doing women for years now and, trust us, nothing happens.



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