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

[Domi]

You can probably do an option that summarily allows the protagonsit to announce his descision to rape and pillage the community once he entered it, and then script the commoners to the chaos and trying to fight it; you can have nj NPCs running to him/her with the accusations, attacking him after that event in a big city or something; have some former innocent girl turned whore have a drunk talk in Galvena's festival or something to that extent. The thing is, that evil deeds have ridiculously little psycological consequence in Baldur's Gate. I was walking around, my reputation 5, SHar-Teel scowling from behind my back, and nobody cared that I killed out of spite from time to time; nobody accused me of killing/raping/mutilating their mother/father/brother whatever and brought the guard, or called for the city to burn me. Duke does not know about your bad fame, you are scolded and jailed for killing Rieltar, when you should have probably be called to justice way before that...

I think stealing, hurting, and killing innocents, looting tombs and betraying people who trust is enough for <CHARNAME> to act out her feelings of ill mindedness without the need of diving into the deep, dark area of sexual harassement. The latter is much too real to be included into this fantasy game, thank you very much.

I am sorry, Jastey, but I simply don't understand how rape is the no-no, when the rest is perfectly Okay in the fantasy game. Rape is a staple of the fantasy genre after all. We all know why Elrond rules alone, right? Or are you suggesting to assume that the "rapes do not happen" because "it is always the woman's fault" or some horrible excuse like that that was used for years and years and years to avoid the "embarassing" prosecutions?

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 12 2006, 06:46 PM