Why is everyone (DEVS included) so obsesed with the romances in this game

[Oh!Zulkazkah]

Im totally ok and like romance/love stories if theyre decent enough in video game stories, but I don't understand the obsession with flirting and romancing fictional characters. You know they're not real, yeah?

Im not againts the option, but why this game seems to centered arround this option? They even asked me to create a horny female for me in character creation, wat? This is Baldurs Gate, just want an epic adventure, not a romance sim.

Someone who loves this romancing things please enlight me, want to see opinions and understand it.
Pd: Leave the bear thing out of this.

[RealDealBreaker]

Because bear sex is cool! ;p

[Jon]

People wish for which they lack the most? Who knows.

[Lord Adorable]

They're not? And it's a small part of the experience?

[Leo]

Because people like it. They have done so since the dawn of time, it's why roleplay in the bedroom exists, it's why erotica and romance novels sell like hotcakes when spicy enough, because people don't want just cheap pron to get off to, they want a good story to enjoy along with their adult themes.

Tell me, did you also ask this question when Game of Thrones had its myriad of very explicit sex scenes including incest?

Romance in RPGs is one of the most heavily anticipated things for any title because it appeals to a whole big demographic and is always optional, it's not hurting you any for other people to enjoy and the game is not 'CENTRED AROUND IT' stop being disingenuous.

[ExcaliburV]

I like romances as a tool for character exploration, but a lot of people are more... voracious than me, I think. I remember once the devs at Owlcat made a joke about how they could just stop doing the RPG thing and make a dating sim and they'd probably get just as many sales.

I dunno. Gamers be horny? Beats me.

[Dr. Raven]

If you don't like romance then just don't engage with that part of the game. Dragon Age & Mass Effect had a very intricate romance system but it wasn't the focus. Same thing here. Romance is as much a part of the game as everything else is.

[Worm🐛]

It's probably not going to be anymore of the game than any other CRPG. People like romances, they sell games. I don't mind them if they're written well, but it's just a few extra cutscenes in addition to their personal quests most likely.

[Izuzul]

The dream character is part of the story and does not have to be female.

[Aldain]

No clue honestly (specifically some players, the devs not so much).

Especially when a lot of video game romances are either severely undercooked or supremely tacky.

[Faefu]

This is gonna be one of them games where someone enters the room at the wrong time

I think romance is fine, it is an epic fantasy role-playing experience where you the player get to play out your DnD fantasies that the table would find hard to continue.

[Wanderer]

dnd and rpgs seem to be very sexualized ( or romanticed? ) rrecently, more so than the past. personally for me i enjoy having romances in rpgs because they easily add another level of depth and immersion to the game. i dont require it though, but i hate if im obviously forced to like someone

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Sex sells.

Also, you're the one who is overemphasizing romance in BG3.

It is 100% optional and they've even added a maturity filter.

Just because e'erbody's talking about it right now doesn't mean it's "central" to the game. It's a part, one part.

[Hobocop]

It was a small fraction of what was shown and discussed at the Panel. Hardly obsessed, tbh.

[Dragon Protector]

I want female chonky/fat dragons! Or female plump/fat humans or dragonborn!

[Super_]

romance was only one of the features they showed lmao