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Baldur's Gate 3's companions were overly horny due to a bug (www.eurogamer.net)

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If you found the companions in Baldur's Gate 3 to be a little too horny, well, it turns out that was due to a bug.

Relationships are a big part of the game's appeal, but there's no denying that companions come on a little too strong right from the off.

Speaking to TheGamer, game director Swen Vincke admitted that romances were bugged at the game's launch and have since been tweaked.

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[-] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 75 points 11 months ago

I had a convo with gale at the celebration post goblin camp and he was all about inviting me to see some magic trick and I was like cool, sure why not

then I speak to asterion and he's like "so your'e gonna fuck gale huh? Good on ya man"

I was like, what?

the romance in this game is definitely forced and overly aggressive

[-] FracturedEel@sh.itjust.works 39 points 11 months ago

Yeah I just had a scene where wyll asked me to dance and I was ready to dunk on him with my skillz but instead they danced and make out and the game didn't even ask me if I wanted to

[-] ______@lemm.ee 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is the classic mass effect dialogue option meme where you pick a mellow option and then the MC lashes out.

A: "No." B: "that's a great idea"

You pick a. Then: "Why would you ever suggest that idea, that's horrible, I want you out of my group!"

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 months ago

This never stops being relevant...

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago

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[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Okay I just spent a while watching some of their videos <.<; Thanks(?) for sharing... I think... 🤔

[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Ugh, I hate bad PC writing. It's bad enough when it's "I agree 100%," "I agree 100% and wanna s your d," and "You're the stupidest, ugliest, evilest piece of absolute crap I have ever seen in my life and I'd kill you myself if it wouldn't get your blood in the carpet" but then some games just insist on somehow making it non-obvious which is which >:|

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

You might have missed a lot of signals over the years if you didn't grok that his hips weren't lying.

[-] BrandoGil@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but that doesn't mean I wanted to be water brothers with him!

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

http://thewaterbrothers.ca/ ???

[-] BrandoGil@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Sorry, no this one

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

HAHA gross but I love all the John Carter stories, I'm going to read that book for the different take on mars.

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[-] correcthorsedickbatterystaple@kbin.social 35 points 11 months ago

"hi lae'zel we just met --"

"i want your moisture"

ohhhhkay

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I literally took all the options that piss her off short of killing her and she still tried coming onto my PC.

I really hope that has been fixed.

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 19 points 11 months ago

I mean, being a combative dick to her is pretty much her aphrodisiac.

[-] pory@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Any other character I'd agree with you, but I wouldn't be surprised if Lae'zel is into that.

[-] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

Yup, sounds pretty much in character.

Spoiler

I mean she literally has you fight her as a romantic encounter, initiative roll and all.

[-] Maolmi@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

Bae'zel fucking me after I slaughtered the whole goblin camp was totally ok for her character.

[-] Trystan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The article said it was a bug remember

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[-] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 11 months ago

they've been tweaked? I started playing last week and I still feel like everyone is desperate for what's in my pants

[-] geosoco@kbin.social 32 points 11 months ago

Maybe you just know how to charm people?

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

There’s been at least one patch and one hotfix in the past week, one of them might have done it

[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

I think I have this same bug [humps comment button]

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

I thought it was a feature.

[-] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

How do I keep the bug? I like the horniness! There should be a switch in the options to enable extra horny.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

God I wish I loved this game as much as I love the headlines it makes, but my max CHA archfey warlock failing every other persuasion roll just left a bad taste in my mouth.

[-] BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one 34 points 11 months ago

Have you tried having better luck?

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

Yes, but on the way I tripped over a black cat and fell under a ladder onto a mirror, which then broke.

[-] holupwaitaminute@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

It took me til halfway through Act 2 to realize you're supposed to click on roll bonuses like Guidance before rolling in order for them to be added to your total

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

The fact that you didn't know this means you were not getting the guidance bonuses from the deity.

If that happened to me in tabletop, I'd probably go knock over some tables at their respective chapel

(Take it as in-lore and with good humor lol)

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To be fair, even with the bonuses, and karmic dice enabled, you can still end up rolling a 1 multiple times in a row.

That's why I save on the roll screen before I toss the die. Go through inspiration/tools first. Then reload if I get fucked over. Because it just sucks failing a DC10 when you can only fail on a 1, since the game does not let you just take a 10.

[-] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

Disable karmic dice and save scum before you roll.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

The save scumming is what pulled me out of the game. :( Felt like I was meta gaming and I didn't want to do that in a D&D game.

[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

My wife, a player since the early betas, was shocked that in the first 10 hours of playing after release I had already banged laezel despite my lack of interest in the romance aspect of the game.

This makes that make way more sense.

[-] JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

That makes a lot of sense.

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

Aaaw, but I liked getting jumped by everybody immediately. Made those charisma points feel earned.

[-] pory@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I've been watching a friend play and absolutely noticed that the romance stuff is a lot slower. everyone wanted to jump my wizard bones about 18 hours in, though it's very easy to just not flirt with them. Meanwhile she's 28 hours in and Shadowheart (who was trying to get me in bed with her in the first 10 hours of my play through) still hasn't propositioned her.

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[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

Sexlexia

[-] Yellingatbirds@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 11 months ago

I am pretty sure gale is still bugged. You can gain approval from him several times in a single conversation and he isn't even present for it. Everyone else has to be in your party in order to gain approval but gale apparently sees all.

It's almost a funny character trait that he is a horny dude. In one conversation you talk about him needing friends and if you say that you can be his friend he immediately hits on you. Buddy, if you didn't hit on everyone all the time then maybe you had more friends.

[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Buddy, if you didn’t hit on everyone all the time then maybe you had more friends.

Haynow, some critters respond well to that!

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 11 months ago

Seems better than Gandhi's nukes.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Yeah it felt like at that moment everyone was corrupted by Slaanesh. Was awkward just tryna forward my companion quests.

[-] circuitfarmer 7 points 11 months ago

And here I thought I was just really good at character creation.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

there goes my shot with the lizardwoman

[-] Pavidus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Funny, because the only character I'm trying to bone doesn't have any romantic dialogue, despite max approval.

C'mon Karlach, do something!

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

If people liked it, it would have been a feature. 😉

[-] ZugZug@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I need more bugs..

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, me too.

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