Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 mod that censored a queer romance removed following backlash Larian StudiosA Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 mod that deliberately turned one of the game\u2019s female characters into a male has been removed by Nexus Mods. The intent of the mod was to erase a queer romance by turning it into a heterosexual one. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is a game that encourages an astonishing amount of freedom and creativity. Its players are certainly inspired by this encouragement and nowhere is that more clear than in the game\u2019s modding community. Of course, being the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community, one of the first things they did was adjust the size of Half-Orc genitals. Since then though, numerous fantastic mods that vastly improve the gameplay experience have been added like quadrupling your party size or having those party members controlled by AI for convenience. Unfortunately, a Reddit user discovered a package of mods that the creator insisted \u201censures that the gender and sexuality of world NPCs match medieval status quo\u201d. The numerous mods are designed to remove queer characters and characters of color from Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. A post on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Subreddit sparked massive outrage at this erasure and was chiefly concerned with the \u2018Ser Aylin\u2019 mod. The mod in question gender-swapped Dame Aylin and used AI to give her a male voice to disguise her lesbian relationship with Isobel. Nexus Mods has responded to the backlash by removing the \u2018Ser Alyn\u2019 mod and banning its creator. A Nexus Mods spokesperson said that the \u2018Ser Alyn\u2019 mod violated the site\u2019s rules for \u201cappearing to reduce diversity in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 by taking a same-sex couple and swapping the gender of one of the partners to make them heterosexual.\u201d \u201cWe are for inclusivity, we are for diversity. If we think someone is uploading a mod on our site with the intent to deliberately be against inclusivity and\/or diversity then we will take action against it. The same goes for people attempting to troll other users with mods deliberately to cause a rise. We aren\u2019t the authority on what users can and cannot mod. Us removing a mod only means it cannot be found at Nexus Mods, nothing more, nothing less. As a private business, we have a right to choose what content we do and do not want to host on our platform. Respect this right the same way you want respect for your rights.\u201d An excerpt from Nexus Mods\u2019 response Most players of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 don\u2019t seem to take issue with developer Larian Studios\u2019 commitment to include characters with a diverse range of sexual orientation, gender, and racial identity. It has certainly not impeded the game\u2019s massive rise in popularity. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is set for a massive showing at The Game Awards 2023 with eight total nominations including Game of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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