And from what I can gather prior to this topic... no one knows what they want. Some people point to other games (Witcher 2's sex scenes used to get a lot of point-tos but I found those scenes a little laughable and I thought it only ever worked with the pool scene and that's because it had a great sense of humor). Others have pointed to the soft lighted not-porn of Mass Effect 1 as what's a good sex scene.
But I can't really see what people are looking for here.
I assume it's not a desire to be aroused. That's my assumption and I may be wrong with a few gamers out there. So showing more skin can't be the thing we're looking for right?
I'm also going to end this by giving my two cents. Romances in BioWare games... I do them... I think because they're there. I've never stood in line with a copy of the latest BioWare game in my hands and was giddy about how I'd be able to romance NPCs. That doesn't mean I'd like to see them cut out of future games. I think they do add to the game, no one could say otherwise if they played Lair of the Shadow Broker with a Shepard that romanced Liara. That was fantastically well done and it even changed my opinion on Liara (I thought she was boring beforehand).
That said I think my favorite romances (sex scenes) so far have been Dragon Age 2's. Isabela's made me chuckle as they gell onto the bed and in their urgency Hawke got stabbed by yet another hidden dagger on Isabela. Fenris's forceful fight/romance (especially when Rivialed) was really fun. Merrill's was so sweet it can give people diabeteis just from watching it.
...I don't romance Anders. I'm incapable of doing it.
But the reason I liked them more than their other games was the humor of the scenes. And that's what I'd like to see them carry forward. Making them not so uber serious or over the top cheesy.
As for what I consider their worst... Origins had the weird sheer underwear humping to over the top music but it wasn't so bad. And I honestly enjoyed the fact that you could do it anytime you wanted in camp or kiss them when out adventuring. Like if you were in the Deep Roads and you kissed Morrigan in front of Leliana to hurt her feelings because you lead her on while romancing Morrigan. I mean that's a moment they wrote for and I laughed at because I'm an evil bastard, apparently.
But I'd say their worst was Mass Effect 2. The scenes (other than Garrus) had no real humor to them and the worst (in my opinion) was Miranda's... where she stradles Shepard while half naked in the drive core. It made me laugh because of how weird it all looked and what a weird location to choose (for those who didn't play it there are three beds in the entire ship: Shepard's bed, Miranda's bed, and Jack's tiny ratty cot).
So what do you people think. What do you want in a sex scene?
Modifié par Foolsfolly, 16 septembre 2012 - 01:35 .
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