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

[Sikret]

Perhaps an example can be helpful here:

"Villain A" and "Villain B" are both evil characters. They both seek entrance to planar sphere and hence they seek Valygar. However, they have different personalities. Let's see how:

(I) Villain A finds Valygar in his cabin. Valygar is in sleep. Villain A doesn't kill him in sleep. He awakens him and asks him to help his evil cause by following him to planar sphere. Valygar rejects. Villain A warns him that he will kill him if he rejects. Valygar reminds him that it will be an evil task. Villain A agrees that he is evil by Valygar's standards. Valygar rejects to help. Villain A allows valygar to write a will. Valygar writes a will about his household in the docks district. Then Villain A asks Valygar to follow him out of the cabin and invites him to a fair one-on_one duel (combat). He kills Valygar without degrading his honour. Takes Valygar's body and on his way to planar sphere, he also goes to Valygar's house to accomplish Valygar's will.

(II) Villain B, on the other hand, finds Valygar sleeping in his cabin. Fastens him in sleep and defiles his honour by raping him and then kills him with unnecessary pain.

I think it is beyond question that these two evil characters have different personalities. The latter has a cheap personality, the former a great and respectable one. One can be evil without being cheap and dirty and this is the sort of evil character I like to play, if I ever choose to play an evil PC.

Now, if anybody wants to play a cheap PC in BG2, nobody can prevent them from making such a module for the game, but the result will be a cheaper PC and consequently a cheaper game. I will not say anymore on this topic.