Something that completely caught me off guard in Baldur's Gate 3 was how Gale reacted when I started bumping uglies with other people in the camp — I thought we were a poly troupe of worm-brained adventurers enjoying what little morsel of life we had left before the Absolute crawled out from our skulls and turned us into big tentacle monsters. And yet, when I slept with Shadowheart, he lost his mind.
It got me thinking: what else can I do to drive a bulldozer through this party's morale? So, I got it on with the Emperor, and the disgust was so pungent that it was clear from the silhouettes of my teammates how upset they were. Then, I let Mizora take hold of me, and sure enough, Wyll was non-too-happy about that pact. My virtual D&D campaign had spiraled into a homewrecking simulator.
There's an odd satisfaction to poking the hornet's nest in a video game and watching everyone turn on you, but it's pretty rare to find when so much of romance is locked behind the guise of cozy games. Thankfully, Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe is "open" to the idea of letting you cheat on your...
