TL;DR: Video game actors being told to mo-cap sex scenes without being told beforehand

6 points
*

I am an adult. Im not prudish. I watch porn. And whenever I see a sex scene in movies/tv shows/games I cringe.

They are usually most unnecessary to the story, and IMO a good movie makes you know it happened without showing it happening (without at least wiping the cock afterwards of course).

This made me hate Game of Thrones for example. I simply referred to it as midget porn. I even hated on it in front of my friends, they put it on to prove me wrong and lo and behold a midget is fucking a whore on screen.

Yeah, I know where to find porn and they even show genitalia there, thank you very much.

permalink
report
reply
-8 points
*

You sound prudish. Some story tellers prefer to show not tell. That’s why they aren’t writing books ya dimwit.

Edit: /S. I was just making a joke cause GoT is based on books lmao

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

What do you think these movies or shows are doing when they let people know without showing the sex scene? You think the narrator is just saying “then they had sex” and describing the sex while the screen is blacked out?

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

I shoulda added a /s. I was just memeing cause GoT is a book series at heart lol

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

I agree. I typically skip sex scenes in movies. Those scenes very seldom add anything to the story imo.

Unless it makes sense. In “What Women Want” with Mel Gibson, I believe that is a great example of a sex scene adding to the movie. The whole premise is him reading women’s minds, so him having sex with Marisa Tomei and hearing their thoughts while in the act added to the premise.

So when I see a movie that is just like “hey these people are hot and we should film them go at it” is just boring imo.

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Meh, some of my favorite shows and movies have a lot sex scenes. Sometimes, they just add realism or contribute to aesthetics. Other times they show personality, relationship dynamics, are symbolic of other things, or are important to the plot.

I don’t see sex scenes as any different than other potentially “unnecessary” scenes, like a long shot of a dripping faucet, for instance.

But, yeah, most sex scenes in games make me cringe.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I feel like some nudity and sex scenes when it’s appropriate are better than not. Really ruins my sense of immersion when there’s a naked person with a random potted plant conveniently blocking your view of their bits. Either commit to them being naked or don’t have them naked at all is my take

permalink
report
parent
reply
61 points

Sex scenes are common in modern games - and are often made by filming human actors who are then digitised into game characters.

Is “common” referring to cringey low budget Steam games? I don’t think I’ve seen any sort of on screen simulated sex in a game, ever. Granted I tend to only play well publicized indie games and larger releases. But how common is this? Am I out of the loop?

permalink
report
reply
5 points
*

Tell me you’ve never played a Witcher game using a whole paragraph.

permalink
report
parent
reply
17 points

Accurate, but one series does not make something common.

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

I only played partially through the first and the most graphic sexual thing I remember there were the little cards you’d get, which don’t require any actors.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

By number 3 there were extended scenes. No penis or vulva.

permalink
report
parent
reply
102 points

Mass Effect, The Witcher, San Andreas Hot Coffee Mod, Sega Bass Fishing 2, Cyberpunk 2077.

It’s pretty common.

permalink
report
parent
reply
41 points

The Witcher and Cyberpunk I’ll give you, but Mass Effect definitely fades to black before getting to actual sex, the other two are mods. I wasn’t saying sex in games doesn’t exist, but if we’ve gotta go back several decades for a handful examples, that doesn’t feel like something that’s “common.”

permalink
report
parent
reply

BG3. The sex scenes in that are just a slight camera angle away from full blown porn. And it’s also incredibly new.

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

If I’m not mistaken the Hot Coffee mod restores content made by Rockstar that was cut last minute.

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

Mass Effect Andromeda had one or two fairly graphic sex scenes. Nothing more than what you’d typically see in an R rated Hollywood movie.

Unfortunately the scenes were with the most human characters. Imagine my disappointment when it just did fade to black with the Turian girl…

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

I think “common” here would refer to having to produce them, over the actual explicitness of the scene. Whether Mass Effect fades to black or not isn’t really the point when the voice actors still have to record the lines that play while the screen is dark.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

ME is like cuddles that fade to black, The Witcher is funny little drawn cards you get after a fade to black, San Andreas was a mod as the actual function was never part of the released game - and those animations definitely were not mo-capped, no idea wtf a fishing game has, CP2077 kinda the same as ME but a bit more raunchy I guess. But even those very non explicit examples are a tiny fraction in the grand scheme of things, even among “adult” games.

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Witcher 3 and cp2077 definitely had what i’d consider full sex scenes. Like, you don’t have full on piv, but it’s about as close as, say, TV typically gets.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

One of the new Wolfenstein games too.

I don’t think you can count hot coffee, though. That was cut before release.

What was the first video game with a sex scene? Custer’s Revenge?

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

It was shot and produced no? That’s literally what this thread is about.

permalink
report
parent
reply
86 points

Sega Bass Fishing 2

Sorry, what ?

permalink
report
parent
reply
88 points

I don’t recommend it, but going bass-to-mouth was a very popular and hyped feature addition for SEGA Bass Fishing. I’m surprised this is the first you are hearing of it

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

Dragon Age, too. Then ask the Fahrenheit line of games. There’s a lot overall.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

TLOU 2

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

Baldur’s gate 3

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Pretty cool of them to mocap a real bear :D

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Actual sex scenes are incredibly rare. In most cases, which are still rare, it is implied with some cuddly scenes that fade to black. I think the most “explicit” sex scene I’ve seen in a regular game was in TLoU Part 2.

permalink
report
parent
reply
34 points

Sex scenes in games (and movies) are useless 90% of the time

permalink
report
reply
0 points
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

Yep, these scenes are either meant to be titilating, and are hamstrung by the rating to be “softer” so what is the point, or meant to convey things about character relationships, where usually a fade to black gives you enough for plot.

Like I can understand the desire to see a character or actor/actress nude, but still. Therecs better ways to do “eyecandy”, better ways to titilate, and better ways to convey plot and character development even working with the topic of intimacy.

There are incredibly few sex scenes in non-porn media that are actually done well enough to be worth it. Just go watch some porn and have a wank, or find a better writer to convey your plot and characters so you don’t need the sex scene crutch.

permalink
report
parent
reply
18 points

Yep. It’s usually always cringe fan service. The sex scenes in cyberpunk are awful.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

I don’t even understand who enjoys them. Just go on the internet for your smut!

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

And also largely nonsensical in how they occur and are written. It’s so boring. I mean I would love an actual intimate relationship to contact such a broken world but the devs of course won’t let me, instead I get fanfic writing.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

The remaining 10% being games that exist solely for the purpose of being interactive porn.

permalink
report
parent
reply
23 points

Hot take but I wish sex scenes were just eliminated from games entirely. A nice fade to black is a million times better than awkwardly watching some 3D models gyrating along with weird exaggerated “this is what sex sounds like” acting.

permalink
report
reply
16 points

Should just be an option in the settings.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

There is accessibility settings for everything. Why not for this?

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

I’ve definitely seen some games that do have an option for this.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

The devs feel a moral obligation to show you Yennefer’s tits

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Or a simple quick choice during the cutscenes, the first time that kind of scene comes up. Brutal Legend does this in such a great way.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-4 points

I have no idea what game has a realistic rape scene in it. All I could find for her credits in video games was this:

– Unknown9: Awakening (Video Game)/ Casting Director – full performance capture cast & all additional voices./ Dir. Damien Goodwin.
– Peaky Blinders (VR video game)/ Casting Director – full performance capture cast. / Dir. Kate Saxon.
– Warhammer 40K: Battlesisters (VR video game) / Casting Director – full performance capture cast. /Dir. James Horn.
– The Witcher Series 2 (TV) / Casting Associate for VFX & SFX with Sophie Holland Casting.
– Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (video game) / Casting Director – motion capture cast. /Rocksteady Games.
– Little Hope (video game) / Casting Director – motion capture cast. / Dir. Nick Bowen.

permalink
report
reply
21 points

Did you read the article? She stood up for herself and it wasn’t filmed

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

The fact that the scene wasn’t mocapped doesn’t mean it wasn’t in the game at all, or that they didn’t get someone else to mocap it instead.

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

If i had to guess it would be Little Hope. It is a horror interactive movie and the games by that team tend to be pretty edgy for a modern dev.

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

Well, she didn’t do the scene.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-8 points

So the entire game was scrapped?

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

Think about why a game she refused to do wouldn’t appear on her acting credits.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Games

!games@lemmy.world

Create post

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

Community stats

  • 9.2K

    Monthly active users

  • 4.4K

    Posts

  • 92K

    Comments