ComradeGoby

Ehh you feminists won't be laughing so much when then Imperial Fascists come into power

... Who loots underwear? The charcter I roleplay as. The underpants gnome. But still brothels and protitutes with bikinis are immersion breaking

Because it's generally childish and gratuitous and thus comes off like fanservice--something that doesn't belong in an immersive role playing game in my opinion. I'd rather not Lollipop Chainsaw up my RPG's if I can avoid it. Violence can certainly reach gratuitous proportions too. I'm not saying it can't be done properly, though I admit I'd still rather not have my wife come in and see a a topless elf on my screen People aren't usually looking for nudity in games in order to contribute to the plot or ambiance of the game. Yes but still having it is good. Why so prudish aboust such a basic thing? It'd be like not having blood. Why is it good to have it? Brushing one's teeth is a basic thing too, but I don't see anyone arguing that it would be good if that was included in the game. How about a laundry mini-game? Would you care that that was included? The reason most people want nudity in games, the reason sex sells, is precisely because it's not "basic". It's not an ordinary, run of the mill thing, it's exciting for very particular reasons, and reasons that typically have zero to do with the game itself. As such it tends to break immersion in the game. Sure, games are essentially about escapism and out-of-the-ordinary excitement anyways, but I want it to be a coherent, focused escapism, not a hodgepodge of whatever the developer feels might appeal to someone out there. If video games want to be seen as a valid art form rather than crass consumerist drivel , it needs to be more Dostoyevsky (or perhaps Tolkien in the case of fantasy RPG's), and less Penthouse. Each aspect of it must serve the whole in some respect. Again, I'm not saying it can't be done legitimately, and I'm not expecting any game to be a momentous artistic achievement or for the game to be entirely humorless and take itself absolutely seriously at all times, but I do hope the developer's perspective is "content first" as Ieo said. I don't know about you, but in my opinion many of the very best games ever made were made back in the 80's and especially the 90's, and very few of those had gratuitous sex, violence, or even language in them and yet they managed to be extremely coherent and compelling. Many of them still managed to be "mature" games in content without checking off many boxes on the ESRB's list. In contrast, I would say many games (and other media) that get a "mature" rating today often are anything but. I don't mean to advocate for a G-rated game, just that this type of content should be in service to the plot, rather than added for cheap thrills. Becasue when I loot a character and take everything they own then I should take everything they own. Or when I enter the whorehouse or brothel having them in bikinis is stupid. The good things about games like these are that they can let you push extremes through text.

Because it's generally childish and gratuitous and thus comes off like fanservice--something that doesn't belong in an immersive role playing game in my opinion. I'd rather not Lollipop Chainsaw up my RPG's if I can avoid it. Violence can certainly reach gratuitous proportions too. I'm not saying it can't be done properly, though I admit I'd still rather not have my wife come in and see a a topless elf on my screen People aren't usually looking for nudity in games in order to contribute to the plot or ambiance of the game. Yes but still having it is good. Why so prudish aboust such a basic thing? It'd be like not having blood.

I don't know what kind of life you live but where I come from your actions are judged by your peers, and past deeds are not forgotten. Telling someone off is likely to anger the recipient and temporarily/permanently lower my standing in his eyes, doing so repeatedly would most likely cause an altercation. That altercation would most certainly influence anyone in our presence at the time, either putting me in bad light or good light depending on if I was justified to tell him off to begin with. Actions in real life have consequences, so why would they not have that in game. Yes but if you do something with no observers then there is no cosmic force that makes a note of your alignment or judges your actions.

Yeah man The Witcher 2 totally didn't have loads of nudity

Maybe you should play Planescape:Torment or Mask of the Betrayer or KOTOR 2 to get an idea of what they mean. Although rape should be included in games like this. It fits the medieval setting of most of these games and if you want to play a really reprehensible character why not allow it? Fallout had child killing and slavery

I think smaller is better. I'd rather have 4 or 5 great charcters than many mediocre ones

There should be no system jsut like in real life. Unless this game has gods in the story then good and evil should just be your point of view. I hate when games say something is evil when I wouldn't see it as evil. Party influence systems are good though especailly if low influence can lead to things like betrayals and arguments.

Skrillex

I think romances can work as long as they fit in with the charcter and story. Just becasue Bioware made them terribly doesn't mean the whole concept is shot.

Nudity should be included though (for both sexes). Pasted on underwear for men and women is the worst. I don't understand why American games run away from nudity like it's satanism.

Oh great just what a game needs. Strong "womyn" who no need no man