Profanity in mods, [split by Baronius; Domi's request] Options

[Domi]

BG1 is a PG13 game, so the developper to start with did not intend it for children. There are characters in BG1 that say stuff like "Will one of you rugged adventurers give me a good, hard shag?"

The mods/mods components are sometimes rated as well (for example some of BG1NPC Romances are rated R for language or adult situations), while the mod itself is the same as the game, to avoid embaracing the selective players. It will be nice, if people used the rating system more vigorously.

I guess this is why most sci-fi/fantasy tv creates new profanities - frac, frell etc

And that is why the authors who have guts to carter to adult audience and have no pangs of guilt about it, read so real and have their own appreciative following. (Points to Martin).

In other words, do what you feel is right, just warn the consummer about it. I always make a point of explaining that Martin is gritty, uses the obscenities and does not draw curtains when his characters decided to make love, when I recommend his books. Yes, I love what he does. No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me that it is how it should be done.

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 9 2006, 09:03 PM

[Galactygon]

Profanity *is* neccesary, because it can be used to show that a character is stressed, aggressive or plainly primitive.
A lot of criminals, policemen, soldiers and students use obscene profanities so often that they become interpunction marks because they are often in very stressful sitations, so I think that similiar characters in fantasy world should also use a lot of obscene profanities.

To a certain extent, profanity is necessary to add realism to the game when interacting with the lower reaches of the society (peasants, farmers, soldiers, guards, etc.) or with those with lesser intelligence who can't come up with better words to express their opinions. Profanity should not be overused, as Rabain said, since it usually brings the game to a lower level.

I don't mind when human waste is used profanely or as an insult; however I dislike it when sexual words are used profanely or as an insult (that includes homosexuality).

-Galactygon