How much romance/sex stuff is in this game?

[Paxis]

I want to get gold and slay orcs. Can I ignore the romance stuff or is it like half of the game?

[seeker1]

Unfortunately, while you can get gold, there aren't many orcs to slay.

Plenty of goblins, though, and a sprinkling of bugbears, ogres, hobgoblins, oh and quite a few gnolls.

[EvilDonut]

a lot of it and also over the top

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Evangeline:

Originally posted by Paxis:

I want to get gold and slay orcs. Can I ignore the romance stuff or is it like half of the game?

yes, every time you lose a battle, you'll be romanced by the enemy

I know this is a joke, but there actually IS a game that exists where this happens.

[Maj. Grumpy]

There's no romance if you don't want any,

[Woke Buster]

Check these amazing mods out:

1) NoRomanceMod
2) NoAlphabets
3) BetterAesthetics

[MachineGod]

If this game takes 100 hours I’d say 90 hours just pure sex content

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by TheArmoredTitan:

If this game takes 100 hours I’d say 90 hours just pure sex content

Damn, that's a lot of smutty mods you've installed.

[seeker1]

There is exactly 8 "sex" scenes for the romanceable companions. It would be impossible to get all of those in one playthrough, although maybe with polyamory mod. I would say the longest are about 5 minutes or so and if you're looking for porn (I'm even talking about the stuff done with 3D models, not real people) ... it's hardly that. Minthara's and Karlach's are probably the most explicit.

Then you've got some "dalliances" with Mizora, the Drow Twins, etc. Add all that up, those are usually short and around 3 minutes or so.

This'll get you to about .. what? ... an hour or so of sex/romance content in a game that can often run up to 200 hours of playthrough. But maybe 100 hours if you're racing through.

All in all, I'd say that's about 1%.

[northernwater]

The sad part is they wasted resource on this stuff while they could have used it to make a better game.

[seeker1]

People who say that often have a very poor understanding of how game development actually works.

By that, I mean, they don't get that different parts of the game are handled by different teams, and therefore just because one team is working on aspect X doesn't mean it is slowing down or hindering the team working on Y. Combat, for example, is probably being coded by a different team than the folks doing romance animations or dialogue.

So it's not like removing romance would result in better combat.

Don't get me wrong - you might hate the combat in BG3 and we can discuss that - lord knows we have - but it wouldn't necessarily be any better if they spent less time working on the romances.

[larhtas]

Originally posted by northernwater:

The sad part is they wasted resource on this stuff while they could have used it to make a better game.

It's just your opinion.

[Toaster Maximus]

Only half orcs in the game I'm sad to report. though a decent amount of romance and sex not overly much though and can be ignored outright just say no or you want to be friends or just be a real a hole to others

Sorry if its been said already

[iTemperence]

Originally posted by northernwater:

The sad part is they wasted resource on this stuff while they could have used it to make a better game.

Better game in what way? A hack and slash dungeon dive? I'll load up Diablo xyz if I want that. Just complete turn based combat with no story whatsoever? Wave after wave of enemies, drop loot, better equip, move on?

I just don't know what you guys actually think would make the game better without all the surrounding *reasons* there's a story to tell in the first place.

Originally posted by seeker1:

People who say that often have a very poor understanding of how game development actually works.

By that, I mean, they don't get that different parts of the game are handled by different teams, and therefore just because one team is working on aspect X doesn't mean it is slowing down or hindering the team working on Y. Combat, for example, is probably being coded by a different team than the folks doing romance animations or dialogue.

So it's not like removing romance would result in better combat.

Don't get me wrong - you might hate the combat in BG3 and we can discuss that - lord knows we have - but it wouldn't necessarily be any better if they spent less time working on the romances.

I had a response like this typed up earlier in the thread and gave up on trying to explain it. You put it more succinctly anyway.

Folks see something like Stardew Valley (which also has romance that isn't gender locked, btw) being coded entirely by one guy and think that's just how this stuff works. One guy working on every part of the game. Great game, he's a talent for sure, but it's not a triple-a game. Bigger projects need multiple teams with varying areas of talent, and the folks working on animations are not the same folks who wrote the engine. Usually. I mean, they *could* be, but the teams usually have some separation and work on their respective parts of the overall project.

I guess I'm just glad the devs are just trucking along and doing what they are doing, because gosh I can't imagine what a mess we'd have if they actually took some of the comments on these forums seriously.

[Ellie]

Originally posted by Paxis:

I want to get gold and slay orcs. Can I ignore the romance stuff or is it like half of the game?

This might be more your thing, hun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/102600/Orcs_Must_Die/

[Crimson Tide]

Its not half the game, but it is in your face "at times" but easily enough to shut down pretty quick. Im not big on it myself and I have over 100 hours in the game and still playing.