Friendship without romance

[leojch]

Would it be too much to want a friendship without romance in the game? Would the developers have the ability to fix this?

I just wish there was an option for a friendship without delving into a sexual relationship or romance.

The conversations and relationships in Baldurs Gate 2 seem a thousand light years ahead and a million times more complex and well constructed. The old game is so much better written, there's no way to compare.

[Omario]

Well at least there aren’t any drag queens, so there is at least that to be thankful for.

[victorvnv]

The best romance in rpg ever done was the Witcher wild hunt. You had a lot of hot women to flirt with but to do so you and to do a lot of work for them and even then you had to be the one engaging into flirty dialogues.

In BG3 the nps especially the men always comes at you no matter what you do and it’s really annoying and makes you really dislike them.

[Donut of Doom]

Originally posted by Omario:

Well at least there aren’t any drag queens, so there is at least that to be thankful for.

Act 3 has one.

[Action Man]

Don't pick the dialogue options that lead to romance. I didn't use Lae'zel's "So I notice you've been looking at me differently" dialogue option, and I never had to deal with a romance arc. I never flirted with Wyll or Karlach in dialogue, and I never had issues.

I missed Gale's trigger, so I did have to fend him off. I didn't feel like redoing stuff just to get around that. Poor guy just had to go back to Mystra I guess. Such a shame.

Point is, you can control romance with dialogue. Don't initiate it.

[Omario]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

The best romance in rpg ever done was the Witcher wild hunt. You had a lot of hot women to flirt with but to do so you and to do a lot of work for them and even then you had to be the one engaging into flirty dialogues.

In BG3 the nps especially the men always comes at you no matter what you do and it’s really annoying and makes you really dislike them.

Quick question. Witcher 3 is one of many in my GOG/Steam backlog. Are the sex/romance options in W3 mandatory or can you avoid them if you aren’t interested?

[leojch]

I just wish it had an absence of doctrine or ideology. Just something neutral and realistic, based on the reality and complexity of relationships.

[DontMisunderstand]

You can. Literally just tell them you're not into them like that. If you reject their romantic advances, they respond accordingly.

[OyajiBR☕]

People either don't notice the FEW suggestive dialogues, hence the surprise, or ONLY pay attention to them.

[Fortus Victus]

No such thing. Every character in Larians' Forgotten Realms is simultaneously Bisexual AND extremely horny. They will go from meeting you covered in blood to sleeping with you in about 2 in game days on average.

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by Omario:

Originally posted by victorvnv:

The best romance in rpg ever done was the Witcher wild hunt. You had a lot of hot women to flirt with but to do so you and to do a lot of work for them and even then you had to be the one engaging into flirty dialogues.

In BG3 the nps especially the men always comes at you no matter what you do and it’s really annoying and makes you really dislike them.

Quick question. Witcher 3 is one of many in my GOG/Steam backlog. Are the sex/romance options in W3 mandatory or can you avoid them if you aren’t interested?

All sex scenes are optional and you have to actually work for them which means you need to do long quests, and even then it’s not guaranteed as you are the one who should initiate flirt options .

But also the sex scenes there makes sense as you get through alot together with each possible woman so it all feels natural.

In BG3 you just do dialogues with random NPCs and of the people in your camp like what you do in those situations, then they automatically assume you are into them no matter of your gender or sexual preference.

I’d say the romance with Shadowheart in BG3 , the way how it develops over time is the closest one to how most Witcher romances are done except that there you have like 6-7 hot chicks while in BG you have mostly gay options and some freaky muscular women lol

[AnvilShock]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

they respond accordingly.

actually this is the one thing larian got super on point, every time you turn down one of the homoerotic relations with a companion they throw a hissy fit and barely want to acknowledge you going forward. Exactly like IRL.