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[Chaos Lord Malek]

In the next game i would welcome if we had more brothels then  just one. Its a nice way to spend your hard earned money from expeditions and dragon hunting.

I mean Kirkwall could use a few more, not to mention the only one we could visit was in High Town, and for that was pretty bad. It looked just like some generic tavern.

Besides if we get to travel around Orlei(most likely) , then every village or city should have its own brothel, or even two or three.

There could even be a questline of battle between two brothels where you could side with one and eliminate competition.

And also - like in Planescape Torment, not all of the girls should work in brothels.

[Jademoon121]

Aside from spending gold on a courtesan or consort to see a fade-to-black session, I don't see why we even need brothels unless they play some role in the story, or an interesting side-quest. Brothels were always a hotbed for politics and money.

[Maria Caliban]

Just make one combination of arena, brothel, and tavern, and rent the group camp out of it.

[CENIC]

DA2 proved that a brothel can be a good place to find... sensitive information. I think more plot-related uses could be found for brothels in the next game.

I like the idea of more than one, especially in the same city. It would be amusing if there was a rivalry between them and they fought over the main character's patronage.

[meanieweenie]

Actually, Orlais really does seem like the kind of place to have more than one brothel. One for the common folk and a "classy" one for the nobels. A place for shady deals and inside info for the right paying customer. (Now I feel like I need a bath. Do you think I need a bath? lol)

[nightscrawl]

Chaos Lord Malek wrote...

Besides if we get to travel around Orlei(most likely) , then every village or city should have its own brothel, or even two or three.

*Sigh*... Orlais has its share of simple farming communities, just like everywhere. They're not all going to have (one or multiple) brothels. A couple of girls here and there sure, but not every community would be able to sustain a full-time brothel.

Besides, variety is the spice of life, which is what DA2 was sorely lacking. If every village or city has "its own brothel, or even two or three" it would become routine to see them, and the villages would all seem the same. Where's the fun in that?

Modifié par nightscrawl, 23 avril 2012 - 07:05 .

[Xerxes52]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Just make one combination of arena, brothel, and tavern, and rent the group camp out of it.

And there has to be Spartacus style brothel scenes going on while you're sitting there talking to your party members.

Varric: Hawke, I need your help, something's up with Bartrand's mansion.

Hawke: Uh huh.

Varric: I think it's haunted, we need to go check it out before the folks I sold it to get too upset.

Hawke: Um, okay.

Varric: And I'm going to shave your dog and ride him like a horse.

Hawke: That's uh, nice. You go do that, I'm just gonna stay here for a bit.

Varric: You're not even listening are you!?

[ZtalkerRM]

"I'm the Warden Commander and this is my favorite brothel of Orlais."

Brothels are quite cool. There are unexpected things there and it's the best place to pick up rumours.
I loved how the DA2 included a script where the Templar commander and Hawke's uncle would go there as well.

[TheShadowWolf911]

good place for information, plus it would be funny to hear the comments from the party members, especially if one is a Qunari.

[Eternal Phoenix]

Depends. Brothels should only return in more numbers if there's actually good reason to go there. Bring back the Baldur's Gate drinking system where drinking bear in the tavern netted you with rumors and tips. Brothels should have a different system where the more women you **** the more rumors you get and the rumors can be different from the rumors you get in taverns.

Also include some funny side quests within.

The brothel in DA2 was terrible. You didn't even have any scene, you just ended up with Hawke zipping up his pants and smiling like a derp. They didn't even allow you to invite that **** - Isabella - into the bedroom.

[whykikyouwhy]

Elton John is dead wrote...

The brothel in DA2 was terrible. You didn't even have any scene, you just ended up with Hawke zipping up his pants and smiling like a derp. They didn't even allow you to invite that **** - Isabella - into the bedroom.

I don't think the Blooming Rose was terrible. Granted, Hawke never woke up surrounded by scarecrows, but Kirkwall is a city - not a lot of farmland present.

And I don't know that the shaming in your last sentence was necessary to make your point. <_<

[leeboi2]

+1

[LiquidGrape]

Elton John is dead wrote...

Depends. Brothels should only return in more numbers if there's actually good reason to go there. Bring back the Baldur's Gate drinking system where drinking bear in the tavern netted you with rumors and tips. Brothels should have a different system where the more women you **** the more rumors you get and the rumors can be different from the rumors you get in taverns.

Also include some funny side quests within.

The brothel in DA2 was terrible. You didn't even have any scene, you just ended up with Hawke zipping up his pants and smiling like a derp. They didn't even allow you to invite that **** - Isabella - into the bedroom.

Congratulations. You singlehandedly represent a considerable part of what is wrong with gaming culture.

Modifié par LiquidGrape, 23 avril 2012 - 12:11 .

[Fast Jimmy]

LiquidGrape wrote...

Elton John is dead wrote...

Depends. Brothels should only return in more numbers if there's actually good reason to go there. Bring back the Baldur's Gate drinking system where drinking bear in the tavern netted you with rumors and tips. Brothels should have a different system where the more women you **** the more rumors you get and the rumors can be different from the rumors you get in taverns.

Also include some funny side quests within.

The brothel in DA2 was terrible. You didn't even have any scene, you just ended up with Hawke zipping up his pants and smiling like a derp. They didn't even allow you to invite that **** - Isabella - into the bedroom.

Congratulations. You singlehandedly represent a considerable part of what is wrong with gaming culture.

I don't know... hedonistic sex and the devaluation of women as sex objects and gossip hounds isn't ALL that bad, its...

Oh, wait. You're right.

If Bioware thought this would be a good idea and did implement it, I thin it would be hilarious that while the more women you sleep with gave you access to more rumors, it also increased your chance of developing a... unsavory, shall we say... medical condition. That caused a permanent reduction in stats or skills unless you completed a side quest. 

The Quest for the STD Salve!

[whykikyouwhy]

Fast Jimmy wrote...

LiquidGrape wrote...

Elton John is dead wrote...

Depends. Brothels should only return in more numbers if there's actually good reason to go there. Bring back the Baldur's Gate drinking system where drinking bear in the tavern netted you with rumors and tips. Brothels should have a different system where the more women you **** the more rumors you get and the rumors can be different from the rumors you get in taverns.

Also include some funny side quests within.

The brothel in DA2 was terrible. You didn't even have any scene, you just ended up with Hawke zipping up his pants and smiling like a derp. They didn't even allow you to invite that **** - Isabella - into the bedroom.

Congratulations. You singlehandedly represent a considerable part of what is wrong with gaming culture.

I don't know... hedonistic sex and the devaluation of women as sex objects and gossip hounds isn't ALL that bad, its...

Oh, wait. You're right.

If Bioware thought this would be a good idea and did implement it, I thin it would be hilarious that while the more women you sleep with gave you access to more rumors, it also increased your chance of developing a... unsavory, shall we say... medical condition. That caused a permanent reduction in stats or skills unless you completed a side quest. 

The Quest for the STD Salve!

Do you mean degradation, not devaluation?

Why is the assumption made that all of the brothel workers would be/are female? And to add a risk of a medical condition based on the number of women your character slept with...??   <_<

Modifié par whykikyouwhy, 23 avril 2012 - 12:28 .

[LiquidGrape]

liesandpropaganda wrote...

True, dwarves would give you the highest information access level

Especially male dwarves

It's the chest hair. It is the Thedas equivalent of a usb flash drive.

That is why Varric chooses to have his exposed at all times, because it optimises his information-gathering efficiency.

So you can just imagine the stuff that would stick in a dwarven gigolo's curls!

[mousestalker]

LiquidGrape wrote...

liesandpropaganda wrote...

True, dwarves would give you the highest information access level

Especially male dwarves

It's the chest hair. It is the Thedas equivalent of a usb flash drive.

That is why Varric chooses to have his exposed at all times, because it optimises his information-gathering efficiency.

So you can just imagine the stuff that would stick in a dwarven gigolo's curls!

Varris wears a chest wig. Fact. :innocent:

[ShadyKat]

Needs more transgender elves!

[Nerdage]

Deal-breaker, right here.
Unless Bioware want another Retake movement on their hands, brothels must improve!


Honestly I'm a little surprised both games have even had a brothel each, do they need to be a feature? If I had to complain I'd suggest they were a bit.. twee, for a "dark fantasy" series, as though all the employees are perfectly content with their lives and it's all in good fun. Themes like slavery may not leave much room for bawdy 'Carry On Cup Your Joining' style comedy, but I'd kind of expect them.

[Das Tentakel]

Done well, a brothel can have interesting narrative and even game-mechanical aspects.
But DA so far has mostly used them as a way of telling (occasionally funny, sometimes cheesy or simply awful) sexual jokes.


Which sort of distract from the serious tone of DA, brothels aren't exactly funny by themselves.
Besides, as mentioned before, any additional stuff present in them in terms of quests and NPC's and rumours can be done just as well in taverns. Those aren't too lively in DA:O and DA2 anyway and can use the additional content.

Personally, I'd rather have them put in more effort in gameplay, lore, graphics, art style, landscapes, taverns, player choice etc. rather than brothels, unless they are integral to the plot/setting.
Personally I doubt we'll ever see a DA3 (or DA4?) in which you can play an origin story as, say, a courtesan/spy/assassin in an upper class brothel a la Monica Bellucci's character in Pacte des loups ( www.youtube.com/watch )
But hey, you never know.

Modifié par Das Tentakel, 23 avril 2012 - 01:54 .