Forced Polyamory / cucking?

[Teodor]

I've only played the game in the early stages, enjoyed the combat and tone and decided I will wait till full release before I start playing it for good.

Been perusing the forums and saw a few posts that say that you can get in a relationship with a character and then, they will cheat on you with someone else from the party?

Is that true? As petty as it sounds that is a deal breaker for me. Don't want to waste hours appeasing and building relationship with a party member and then be forcefully cucked.
If you are into that stuff good for me, but that ♥♥♥♥ is not for me, hence why I would like to know if this is true or not.

[Tweetums]

Shadowheart will cuck you 100% because she's the straight white male option, can't have that in current year.
The Drow is a slut anyway so don't have any expectations there.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Tweetums:

Shadowheart will cuck you 100% because she's the straight white male option, can't have that in current year.
The Drow is a slut anyway so don't have any expectations there.

Who is the Drow?

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by EH!:

Originally posted by Tweetums:

Shadowheart will cuck you 100% because she's the straight white male option, can't have that in current year.
The Drow is a slut anyway so don't have any expectations there.

Who is the Drow?

Minthara

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Lucifer:

Originally posted by EH!:

Who is the Drow?

Minthara

Oh - I think I saw her in the recent stream - did not know she was a potential companion. (I haven't got very far in the EA yet, as is obvious lol)

[nyanko]

I was thinking about a threesome with shadowheart and minthara actually. Hope polyamory is in and it doesn't end up like in the witcher 3.

[Avetheropoda]

im %100 sure there is NTR, Lae'zel sleeps with half of the camp and when u travel almost every companion flirt with each other. so yeah u wont be the only one sleeping around, remember ur not officially together yet tho, idk if things will change after dat.

[Arani]

The people here don't seem to be getting the issue at all. Being cheated on is something I really hope you people don't have to experience, because it can be extremely traumatic and one of the highest forms of betrayal a person can feel. In real life it can cause lifelong trauma and need for therapy, trigger massive depression, even suicide, and many other things besides. That this feature even exists in a game is not something I'm at all happy about either. There are some things about real life that we just really, *really* don't need to be in games. Most of us don't play games to feel traumatized, betrayed, used, abused, or violated. And I imagine even those who do, would at least like to know in advance what they're getting into.

You people who come here sayin stuff like "you don't buy a game for romance" are not getting it. It's not about that. Of course you buy the game for everything that's in it. The characters, dialogue, story, combat, choices, the customization and ways to express yourself and experience life as someone else in an RPG set in a beautiful fantasy world. But romances are a part of that.

OP, the devs have been deliberately vague about this and have said that *some* companions might sleep around, but afaik the only one we know to do this is Lae'zel, the Githyanki woman. Though it's my understanding she will do this at a relatively early stage of your relationship, it's not like they will swear their loyalty and love to you and you to them, and then they'll just stab you in the back. Like others have said the rest of the companions will get to know each other and might form relationships around the camp too if you haven't started anything with them, but it seems most of them will be faithful to you if you are to them.

And while we know some polygamous relationships are possible, we don't know how they start, with whom, and whether that's with your consent or not. For now since nobody has played the full game through, we just don't know all the details.

[Stankyarmpits]

Don't even own the game. What a troll.

[Arani]

Originally posted by Stankyarmpits:

Don't even own the game. What a troll.

They asked a question about the game. They made very clear in the OP already they had only tried a little bit of it ages ago (probably at a friend's or refunded). If you stalkers have nothing to say, it really is ok to just not say anything at all.

[geeb]

Originally posted by Arani:

Originally posted by Stankyarmpits:

Don't even own the game. What a troll.

They asked a question about the game. They made very clear in the OP already they had only tried a little bit of it ages ago (probably at a friend's or refunded). If you stalkers have nothing to say, it really is ok to just not say anything at all.

Not exactly stalking. You get a lil icon next to your name if you own/have played the game.

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by Arani:

Originally posted by Stankyarmpits:

Don't even own the game. What a troll.

They asked a question about the game. They made very clear in the OP already they had only tried a little bit of it ages ago (probably at a friend's or refunded). If you stalkers have nothing to say, it really is ok to just not say anything at all.

He said what he wanted to say

[jcw163]

Originally posted by Teodor:

Originally posted by jcw163:

This is probably the weirdest issue I've seen raised so far

People not liking being cheated on is a weird issue to you?

They can't cheat on you because they are characters in a story in a video game

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by jcw163:

Originally posted by Teodor:

People not liking being cheated on is a weird issue to you?

They can't cheat on you because they are characters in a story in a video game

Bro are you stupid it's rpg Role play Role play what do you not understand might as well not play game if it's not real why does story matter for you your character actions also count in story

[Actalo]

Getting cheated on, dumped, cucked (lol), and/or rejected would be rather true to life. Just about everyone who didn't life-pair in high school has experienced or done to someone, along those lines.

I suppose it would break the idea of fantasy - I mean, it's not escapism if it's true to life. But still, it would be nice to have npc's reflect their alignment - for instance, if you try to romance an evil or neutral aligned character, don't be surprised when they do some evil or morally dubious ♥♥♥♥ to you in the romance department.

Hell, sounds like fun!

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by Actalo:

Getting cheated on, dumped, cucked (lol), and/or rejected would be rather true to life. Just about everyone who didn't life-pair in high school has experienced or done to someone, along those lines.

I suppose it would break the idea of fantasy - I mean, it's not escapism if it's true to life. But still, it would be nice to have npc's reflect their alignment - for instance, if you try to romance an evil or neutral aligned character, don't be surprised when they do some evil or morally dubious ♥♥♥♥ to you in the romance department.

Hell, sounds like fun!

I think they are actually like that i don't think it's going to be simple romance with them without some drama that's for sure