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  • Of the Air (cele/celes)
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    6 days ago

    Exactly this. We want to see more complex relationships in games rather than how they exist right now, discussing boundaries, showing actual care for others, more than just one sex scene especially if they can be controlled by the player(s).

    The best example we can personally think of is Cute Demon Crashers for this kind of thing, though arguably it’s only one such scene the consent and getting to know the demons are wonderful and a lot more games could learn a lot from it on consent.

    Then there is Haven, the only game we can think of about a pre-existing relationship where the characters are still together at the end and have grown from the experience.

    Mainstream AAA games though seem to find thinking about actual relationships instead of getting to know you fantasies that result in the ‘reward’ of sex difficult and this bothers us a lot.

    We long for more diverse and meaningful experiences where it’s not just put Kindness Coins (another great game that is a reversal of that trope) in and sex or a relationship falls out.

    • squirrelOPM
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      6 days ago

      Yeah, I totally agree and it’s a shame that the awesome games you mentioned are all indies most people probably never heard of. I was particularly amazed by “Haven” and it made me realize how rare such relationships are - not only in games, but in other media too. Two protagonists who are clearly in love, going on an adventure together and being sexy and flirtatious while at it. It should not be that rare, but somehow here we are…