Just a dating sim?

[rmn878]

Or is there an actural RPG game in here too?

[Ghost]

Anyone calling it a dating sim has no idea what they're talking about.

If you took all the 'romance' scenes of all the characters and combined them, it's still only a matter of minutes in a 60+ hour game.

[Wuorg]

I would 100% play a Baldur's Gate 3 Visual Novel Dating Sim.

[GriffinPilgrim]

Tiny percentage of optional content =/= the full game.
Shouldn't need to say that.

[Salva238]

Mid bait, try again ( i am not giving you a single Award point you beggar)

[Piperbird]

It might take you 100 hours or more to finish a play through. You'll get maybe 10 or 15 minutes of 'romance' during that time. IF you choose the option that lead to it.

[Da5e]

Your mum's just a dating sim

[Wuorg]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

It might take you 100 hours or more to finish a play through. You'll get maybe 10 or 15 minutes of 'romance' during that time. IF you choose the option that lead to it.

Funny enough, there's players that would prefer the inverse of that ratio.

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Wuorg:

Originally posted by Piperbird:

It might take you 100 hours or more to finish a play through. You'll get maybe 10 or 15 minutes of 'romance' during that time. IF you choose the option that lead to it.

Funny enough, there's players that would prefer the inverse of that ratio.

That's fine, and there are romance heavy games available for them. I'm just tired of romance being crammed into every game these days. I just want to play, not 'date' pixels!

But I really appreciate how BG3 handles it. You can romance, you can skip the romance. If you choose to romance, a lot of the scenes are really well done, like the date you go on with Karlach.

As much as you see people complaining, it's very easy to start or skip romance from the dialog options.

The romance is such a tiny fraction of this game, the actual sex even smaller. It's really weird that people focus so heavily on it.

[Wuorg]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

Originally posted by Wuorg:

Funny enough, there's players that would prefer the inverse of that ratio.

That's fine, and there are romance heavy games available for them. I'm just tired of romance being crammed into every game these days. I just want to play, not 'date' pixels!

But I really appreciate how BG3 handles it. You can romance, you can skip the romance. If you choose to romance, a lot of the scenes are really well done, like the date you go on with Karlach.

As much as you see people complaining, it's very easy to start or skip romance from the dialog options.

The romance is such a tiny fraction of this game, the actual sex even smaller. It's really weird that people focus so heavily on it.

Ya, I mean, while I am sure those people exist out there, I was mostly joking with my comment xD.

You're right that BG3 strikes a great balance, though. I get the impression that the people that complain about this kind of thing would rather RPG be just "G" instead, eh.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by rmn878:

Or is there an actural RPG game in here too?

yes - there is an actual main questline game in there

poorly written and with far too many words, but it is in there

and yes, apparently "liking" someone in this game means wanting to have sex... why ?

the fact that it's so creepy is just another example of poor writing and development

[Ghost]

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

and yes, apparently "liking" someone in this game means wanting to have sex... why ?

No, it does not. Stop spreading that rubbish.

[GriffinPilgrim]

Originally posted by Ghost:

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

and yes, apparently "liking" someone in this game means wanting to have sex... why ?

No, it does not. Stop spreading that rubbish.

Performative prudishness and lying about the game is all they have.

[Wuorg]

Originally posted by GriffinPilgrim:

Originally posted by Ghost:

No, it does not. Stop spreading that rubbish.

Performative prudishness and lying about the game is all they have.

I was struggling to put it into words, but "performative prudishness" is solid. Like they are trying to claim the moral high ground before the argument even starts or something.

[Banelord]

Originally posted by rmn878:

Or is there an actural RPG game in here too?

There is RPG into it for sure. Dating sim can easily be modded out.

[RoboSauce]

There is also an approval/disapproval system, basically the companions constantly judging you which apparently doesn't matter? Its more of a soap opera with moody 20-somethings