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Sex In Video Games: What Bioware Could Learn From The Witcher 2

Geek Revolt writes "The Witcher 2 came out yesterday (in America)—but it’s love scenes are already floating around the Internet. The scenes are risky, yet they’re far from pornographic. They raise the bar for sex in video games, especially in RPGs. This brings us to Bioware; their video games feature a lot of sex (or implied sex). Unfortunately, they’re not getting the most out of these scenes, here are a couple of things they can learn from CD Projekt Red’s approach to sex in video games."

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gillri4725d ago (Edited 4725d ago )

sex in games = lame

just imply it please, and then cut to sexy woman putting her bra back on and the bloke putting 'the boys back in the barracks '

Croash4725d ago

So sex in books = good.
Sex in movies = good.
Sex in paintings = good.

Sex in games = lame?

Uhhhh.
Hey, breaking news, video games = art.

DeeZee4725d ago

Yeah, it can add to the game if it's done right, and not just for cheap thrills. It's only lame if the developers make it that way.

tehpees34725d ago

Bioware should just say "scru u fox newz" and go all the way

digitaleraser4725d ago

It depends entirely how it's done...sex in books, movies, paintings, and games can be artistic, or it can be tacky. Too often it ends up tacky.

Also, to the article writer: I think you meant to start that second sentence "the scenes are risque..."

gillri4725d ago (Edited 4725d ago )

So what good sex scenes have you seen in movies?
Or what truly brilliant have sex scenes in them?

they dont, and thats for a reason...sex is better when its implied

they can work in books, and I dont know what painting you have been looking at but the actual act sex is rarely portrayed in paintings again because implying it is ultimately far more satisfying

sex in movies isnt right IMO and in games its worse

reznik_zerosum4725d ago

guys go and see user negative reviews in Metacritics - Hilarious !!!

quotes :
"CD Project releases another misogynistic jaunt into the Mary Sue world of 'the witcher

"I'm Commander Shepard and this is NOT my favorite game on the citadel."

"You play a badly scarred grey-haired old man in leather trousers, to whom a procession of identically-shaped redheads surrender themselves sexually after three lines of astonishingly bad dialogue."

"My PC couldn't even run it. " IMAO

"This is worse than the origional Witcher, which as we all know was a trainwreck of a game."

ROFL this is fucking sad,trol fucking world !

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yamzilla4725d ago (Edited 4725d ago )

bioware just needs to take notes from the witcher 2 on EVERYTHING CD Projeckt have done

The graphics make dragon age, mass effect even running on a high end pc look 5 years old

The gameplay is deep, complex, strategic, but still full of action, dragon age 2 has decended into a button masher

The Story is wide, dark, mature and full of emotion, the characters are complex and well developed, bioware is still pretty good in this regard.

The DLC is FREE, FREE!!! Suck on that EA/Bioware

All in all when you put Mass Effect1,2,3 Dragon Age 1,2 and inevitable 3 next to witcher 2...Witcher 2 is the only one left standing in a room filled with corpses of Bioware's Folly

TheoreticalParticle4725d ago

Here's why I hate games that have sex but no nudity. It reinforces the image that there is a line in video games that video games should not cross. Games like Rumble Roses and Dead or Alive Volleyball where they tiptoe up to the line and repeatedly refuse to cross it only serve to say, "Look, this is as far as we can go. We can't go any further. Nudity's just not allowed."

So, kudos to CD Projekt Red for pushing an envelope that needed to be pushed.

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BioWare Could be Working on More than Just Dragon Age Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4

Earlier this year, BioWare was hit with layoffs as part of a downsizing of parent company Electronic Arts, but fans have been reassured that the next Mass Effect game hasn’t been impacted. Likewise, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s development is still churning along, with BioWare putting it at the forefront of its focus and rumors suggesting that it could launch sometime later this year. Fans might be getting another look at the long-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf at the Summer Game Fest in June.

If the recently posted job offering for a temporary development manager is any indication, BioWare could have yet another surprise up its sleeve for when Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are nearing completion. This mystery BioWare video game could truly be anything, from another spin-off of its two major properties to something entirely new. All there is to go on at the moment is a vague mention in the job posting, and it might still be some time before BioWare is ready to confirm any new games in its pipeline.

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just_looken23d ago

So a studio that spent years on anthem then this dragon age thing is now also working on another ip along with mass effect,

You think they would be worried that there brand has been on 3 major screw ups

Dragon age 3 launched broken with the frostbite engine yes its a good game but you can see in the late game how rough it was

anthem......

Mass effect 4 well that dev team was fired so yeah.....

They should make sure this new dragon age is a goat instead of putting more work on the table

bababooiy22d ago

Bioware today is like 150 poeple i dont see how they are seemingly working on all these projects at the same time.

Michiel198922d ago

Inquisition wasn't broken, it just had some flaws and on the contrary it also had some strengths. If you call inquisition a major screw up then idk what to say.

That said with what happened to the study since then and now, I'm not really confident that their next game will be any good.

just_looken22d ago

If you played it fully to get plat like me back in its novemeber launch window you had that castle with empty area's endgame missions not there or working and a mp that was made around loot box grind like the mass effect mp.

Its hard to explain to those that played it years later after they tossed out the dlc/patch's

Michiel198922d ago

entitled much? I played it at launch too. Why you even platted it if it was a "major screw up"?
It was good enough for you to sink 100 hours in but also a complete fuckup at the same time, make up your mind.
So either you like shitty games or you're just talking out of your ass.

RaidenBlack22d ago

Well just wanna say, Archetype Entertainment is the new BioWare, composed of mainly ex-BioWare vets.
And they're developing Exodus (starring Matthew McConaughey), a new sci-fi RPG (spiritual successor to Mass Effect, dare I say?)

CantThinkOfAUsername23d ago

I hope it's a single player game with Anthem's gameplay mechanics.

Becuzisaid23d ago

They're owned by EA. What makes you think that they wouldn't publish for PS5? Shoot, if your fridge could connect to your bank account EA would try to release it for that if they could!

Double_O_Revan23d ago

How about they focus on those games and not over extend themselves? We don't need another Anthem.

Becuzisaid22d ago

Bioware died after Inquisition (some would even argue after ME3). They are no longer the same company.

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Mass Effect Writer Reveals Why He Left BioWare

During a part of his interview with Minnmax, Mac Walters gave details of why he chose to leave BioWare.

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New Mass Effect Game Teased for N7 Day, and It Shows a Mysterious Individual

Today is known as Mass Effect N7 Day, and BioWare has released what looks to be teasers for the new Mass Effect game.

Snookies12169d ago (Edited 169d ago )

We really need another solid Mass Effect entry. It's a real shame that such a legendary franchise was left off with such a blemish to its overall astounding track record. Andromeda was just not it, don't know what they were thinking there.

-Foxtrot169d ago

Surprised it got a subtitle

I thought after Andromeda they’d have kept to the numbers so people wouldn’t think “oh another spin off”

Unless Shepard returns

Obscure_Observer168d ago

"Unless Shepard returns"

After ME3, Shepard should f* off

Stanjara168d ago

Put a chick in it and make her gay.

Ethereal168d ago

Yes! One of my all time favorite trilogies. Hopefully they do ME justice. Andromeda was passable and had bones of a good game but just lacked the depth and intrigue that the originals had.