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

[Rabain]

You cannot have it both ways, which is essentially my argument against this kind of extremity in the game. The PC is not the most powerful being in the world in SoA, at the beginning you are apparently taken unawares by Irenicus. Forget about Irenicus raping Imoen, what happened to you while you were unconcious? If you want to rape someone in the game, learn to live with being raped too.

The option is only being entertained because as a modder you could possibly add this to the game, that does not mean you should and it would not make the game more real either. Lets create a mod where the PC has a 9-5 job and has to pay rent, tax and living costs. After that we will talk about realism as I am sure 99% of the population of Faerun work most of the day much like anyone in the real world. Carry out your rapes and murders in your spare time (if you have any) and try to avoid Johnny Law each time. That would add real realism alright.

But I think that if we were restricting ourselves to what there already is in the game, we would be still romancing Anomen.

There is a slight difference between adding something new to the game and adding the option to rape whoever you wanted. I think you would agree with this, no? It was an interesting conversation either way!