In Baldur’s Gate 3 it is possible to enter into relationships with companions, flirt and have sex. So that the spicy scenes are not unpleasant for the actors and actresses who do motion capture, the developers relied on professionals from film and television.
Two of Baldur’s Gate 3’s voice actors and actresses, Jennifer English (Shadowheart) and Devora Wilde (Lae’zel), spoke to the BBC about their experiences with the intimate scenes in the game.
The two also take on the role of a “motion capture” artist in game development. Because their movements are synchronized with the game so that they look all the more realistic in the game.
The fact that the developer Larian hired specially trained “Intimacy Coordinators” was a great help for her (via bbc.com).
In Baldur’s Gate 3 there should be very few limits when it comes to finding a partner:
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“The game never went too far”
What are Intimacy Coordinators? These are professionals in the film and television industry whose job it is to choreograph scenes with sexual content or other sensitive content and accompany the actors.
This ensures that the personal boundaries of the actors and actresses are protected and that they are comfortable. The risk of border crossings should be minimized or avoided with the help of “Intimacy Coordinators” (via kmkb.de).
So far, the “Intimacy Coordinators” have not been associated with video games. According to the BBC, Larian believes they are one of the first development studios to use the professionals in a traditional video game. The studio also hopes that others will follow their example.
Why is this a theme in Baldur’s Gate 3? Romance, emotion and lust play an important role in Baldur’s Gate 3 – so there can also be intimate scenes in the game. Jennifer English told the BBC that while there were some oddities during the recording, the game’s story never went too far (via bbc.com).
“I’ve never felt gross in any recording session. And my ‘nasty threshold’ is pretty low,” says Jennifer English. She plays the half-elf cleric Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3.
According to the BBC, Devora Wilde finds it amusing that Larian was banned on TikTok for the spicy scene in which a vampire has sex with a druid in the form of a bear. “It just goes to show how crazy this game is in the best possible way,” says the Githyanki warrior actress Lae’zel.
MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya, on the other hand, can no longer say that she wants to play the druid in Baldur’s Gate 3:
Within seconds my favorite class in Baldur’s Gate 3 was destroyed