SE Please Stop. Dialogue that Presumes My Sexual Orientation Breaks Immersion.

[Kasenai]

I can't even...

[CYoung187]

This is why we can't have nice things...

[Purrfectstorm]

I just posted my general opinion in the general discussion forum. People discuss all kinds of things here. I'm not terribly upset and I'm trying to be civil but just 2 pages in someone plays the "overreacting" card? Why? Because I want certain things in the game to be a certain way too? How is having an opinion about this cutscene less relevant than voice acting in a cutscene or that some armor looks bad or any of the large number of other things that are discussed here in the general discussion section?

[Deifact]

To be honest all the NPCs are fairly useless, if they weren't we wouldn't be needed. I respect peoples opinions regarding the presumed sexual orientation of their characters but what is the alternative? I'd rather have the game presume than to exclude any game content that might upset someone.

I don't particularly like my character to be presumed straight but I'd rather that than to have every quest be dull and monotonous. So my character gets boobs shoved in his face, or whores asking for his company. He has never responded particularly favourably (usually surprised) so I just treat it more like "small town gay in the big straight city" than actually get offended by it.

[Kaisha]

I sure do miss multiple-choice responses from FFXI.

[Roris]

I agree we should all donate to Feminist Frequency today to stop this problematic behavior from destroying our videogames.

No seriously, don't.

[CYoung187]

This thread went full retard. From now on all our characters will be transformed into worms to avoid hurting anyone's feelings.

[Roris]

This thread went full retard. From now on all our characters will be transformed into worms to avoid hurting anyone's feelings.

But your rights end where my feelings begin.

Anyway, it's obvious your character kneels down to sneak rather than to oogle anyone. Every time in every other past quest you and other characters always kneel down to avoid being seen, even through clearly see through bushes, and it always works. That's all there is to it.

[SulwynCaliope]

I don't think the issue is that SE is forcing you into anything but, rather than make the dialogue and interactions neutral and completely bland, they have to make a decision on these things. Clearly their decision was to go with the stereotypes. Now, if SE had UNLIMITED resources and what not, then they'd probably give players an infinite number of dialogue choices to choose from to suit your individual tastes. However, like everything else in this world, SE doesn't have those infinite resources. They make do with what they can. I, most definitely, don't want the dev teams working on superfluous things like this to ensure that everyone maintains their immersion. I want nice looking gear, more challenging fights etc...

Further more, when the devs come up with dialogue for new patches, they also have to keep in mind that their localization team is made up of SIX people. Koji told us at the Vegas fan fest that his localization team does the translation work of ONE kingdom hearts game for every PATCH we get. Them hiring more people also isn't a solution unless we players are willing to throw more and more money at them.

[Rubieus]

If we are going to start discussing things like this then, shall we just make it so we type in what our character would do? Say, for instance, my character who has beaten everything this game has to offer (save 2.4), is tired of Hildebrand's crap. So he, (being me) arcs his arm and backhands the highlander right across his smug face. Why can't I do this? Why is this not an option? It totally ruins "my" immersion, having some dimwitted fool be anyone with any more screen time than say, a coblyn who dies at the mere sight of me and my glorious Nexus.

I should have the right to decide how my character behaves around baffoons.