Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 dev explains game design reasons for \u201cThe Realm of Naked Men\u201d Larian StudiosAfter Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players noticed nude character models offscreen during character creation, Larian Studios has explained the technical reasons for \u201cThe Realm of Naked Men.\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is full of secrets and mysteries to uncover, though not all of these are ones developer Larian Studios probably expected players to find. One example is the swarm of nude character models (joined by one fully dressed default Dark Urge) players have noticed standing just off-screen during character creation. Though normally not visible, those who encounter issues with the game and mods are transported to what fans have dubbed \u201cThe Realm of Naked Men.\u201d Now, after joining in on the fun on social media, Larian has explained why these character models are there. Baldur\u2019s Gate\u2019s nude character creation models are there for technical reasons After responding to a tweet pointing out the so-called \u201cRealm of Naked Men,\u201d Larian actually explained the game design reasons for all the off-screen character models. Speaking to GamesRadar+, the developer revealed these men are a technical necessity. \u201cPrimarily, they are used as VO dummies,\u201d Larian said. \u201cWhen you select your voice in the character creator, it needs to be assigned to a physical dummy character in order to play. So, one of these random naked dudes will pipe up from the shadows, playing samples of your chosen voice.\u201d Larian also explained the secondary purpose for the men is to \u201chave a physical avatar assigned to the player in the background, while the player creates their own Tav.\u201d None of this explains why the character models are naked, why there\u2019s a default Dark Urge among them, or why some have genitals while others look like Ken dolls. Still, Larian\u2019s explanation does give some interesting insight into game development and the technical details studios need to accomodate for that players normally don\u2019t get to see. If you liked this, be sure to check out the rest of our Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 coverage, which includes the latest news, guides, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 dev explains game design reasons for \u201cThe Realm of Naked Men\u201d Larian StudiosAfter Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players noticed nude character models offscreen during character creation, Larian Studios has explained the technical reasons for \u201cThe Realm of Naked Men.\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is full of secrets and mysteries to uncover, though not all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}