I’m asking this somewhat weird question because I found a nexus collection built upon loverslab stuff with like 200 unrelated mods that are awesome together. It’s amazing until I encounter any of the sex stuff. Dongs of Skyrim is just funny af and I don’t count it. The physics alone lmao.
Mostly though, it’s male gazey, objectifying (every woman is a potential partner and an install option allows the user to have guaranteed suave charm that can’t fail), BUT it’s all optional and if the creator hadn’t merged a bunch of stuff to get past some technical hard mod limits and conflicts I would be able to remove them. Outside the sex stuff, it’s deeply immersive and atmospheric. I just, feel bad, every time I realize that yes I’m playing a mod pack for fetishists that turn every npc into a potential sex slave. Its…. Gross.
I don’t know, I guess I’m asking what thoughts are on the game equivalent of separating art from artist in terms of avoidable mechanics that provide a problematic tint to the whole thing nonetheless. It’s hardly a pressing moral Issue, but it made me curious to see if anyone here had thoughts on the whole thing.
Can't you disable the bad sexy mods in your mod manager?
The only games I've ever bothered with modding are Bethesda games, and it seems meaningful that most mods for those games are about making the women rail thin with beach ball breasts and lordosis with a collection of 150 gimp suits and well over 500 different sets of lingerie.
Anyway, there are only four good skyrim mods: Ars Metallica, Realistic Female Armor Overhaul, Hunterborn, and Dragonkiller Cart Reloaded. If you're really feeling fancy, get one of those immersive survival mods. I've never done the ones that massively overhaul the combat system, but I'm sure they can be fun. Oh, and the mod that lets you tell the Blades to chill out.
The bolded part is the only thing I take issue with. I will have you know those gimp suits are available for every conceivable and inconceivable body type