@Mii_duck Thanks for your reply, Mii_duck! That means a lot to me. Growing up gay in a time where there was almost no gay representation on media except for mockery was alienating. I'm very protective of LGBT youth and want to do anything I can to make sure that they're psychologically healthy and feel confident, and like their ability to love is the awesome gift that it is instead of something to feel ashamed of. An enormous part of that is due to our straight supporters like you and @DizziParadise, so all my gratitude to you both for caring enough to make the world a better place for vulnerable LGBT youth!
@Bermanator Even if we disagree, thanks for sharing your perspective and opinions. I hope I didn't come off as too RAH with my post, and genuinely hope you're having a great weekend!
@Bermanator Sorry for the bombardment, but I just wanted to say that I find games like this and Stardew refreshing. It gets very old as a gay person to play games where relationships are an important aspect of the game, but you're only allowed to have heterosexual ones. Then I either have to:
1. Play as a guy (which I am) and be relegated to having a relationship with a woman (which has no appeal and feels completely unnatural to me) or not having relationships at all, which means missing out on a substantial part of the game.
2. Play as a girl (which I'm not) so I can have a relationship with a guy character, which is pretty unappealing too, but usually better than (1) IMO.
I'm really glad games like Portia and Stardew exist. Straight people who don't want gay relationships in their games don't have to open that door up, but for us gay people, we can, and its nice to have games to play that are fun, non-sexual, and allow you to feel like yourself.
@Bermanator What are you going on about? I didn't realize how incredibly fragile heterosexuality is if a mere video game where completely non-sexual depictions of gay people are so utterly enticing that it can completely alter a kid's sexual orientation.
So, in converse, I guess heterosexuality, by your logic, is also incredibly unappealing, given how many of us older gay people had to play games where we were straight people as kids and yet grew up gay all the same.
Take a minute and think: do you seriously believe that being exposed to gay people will make kids gay? Seriously? SMH.
Being gay is not an "adult theme" any more than being straight is. If there was sexually explicit material in the game, then that would be an adult theme. MTAP doesn't have any sexually explicit material.
Then again, you also seem to think that a woman with large breasts is an adult theme. I mean, it would be if she popped them out and made it sexual, but there are women with large breasts all over the world, and them walking around in public is not inappropriate for children. (Honestly, I can't think of any less adult themed than breasts, since they're pretty much the first thing children interact with on a many times a day basis.)
Not trying to be insulting, but as a gay person, I'm tired of being told that my mere existence is inappropriate to children or that my ability to love is a political statement. (You didn't imply the latter.)
That's cool if you think Portia is a buggy mess, and in that regard, you have a valid point. I played it on an old Win 10 laptop I bought second hand, and yeah, it was a bit buggy. A patch was released a month or so ago, though, that fixed a lot of things and made it a lot more playable and I never experienced a crash since, where before, I'd get a lot of them.
@BenVenn I love Stardew Valley and prefer it to Portia, but this game has a lot going for it, too, and is different enough that they're both fun on their own merits.
@Bobb Probably smart . I picked up Stardew Valley after completing Persona 5 because I wanted a lighthearted game that wasn't a massive time sink... 600 hours of Stardew Valley later... eep.
@Anti-Matter Right? This game is perfectly safe for kids.
The fact that you can marry characters of the same sex and - gasp - even sleep in the same bed as them apparently makes some people think that it's inappropriate for children. Apparently, children can't handle the existence of gay people. =eyerolls=
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@alecseus What??? How does this look like a gacha game to you?
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Mii_duck Thanks for your reply, Mii_duck! That means a lot to me. Growing up gay in a time where there was almost no gay representation on media except for mockery was alienating. I'm very protective of LGBT youth and want to do anything I can to make sure that they're psychologically healthy and feel confident, and like their ability to love is the awesome gift that it is instead of something to feel ashamed of. An enormous part of that is due to our straight supporters like you and @DizziParadise, so all my gratitude to you both for caring enough to make the world a better place for vulnerable LGBT youth!
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Bermanator Even if we disagree, thanks for sharing your perspective and opinions. I hope I didn't come off as too RAH with my post, and genuinely hope you're having a great weekend!
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Bermanator Sorry for the bombardment, but I just wanted to say that I find games like this and Stardew refreshing. It gets very old as a gay person to play games where relationships are an important aspect of the game, but you're only allowed to have heterosexual ones. Then I either have to:
1. Play as a guy (which I am) and be relegated to having a relationship with a woman (which has no appeal and feels completely unnatural to me) or not having relationships at all, which means missing out on a substantial part of the game.
2. Play as a girl (which I'm not) so I can have a relationship with a guy character, which is pretty unappealing too, but usually better than (1) IMO.
I'm really glad games like Portia and Stardew exist. Straight people who don't want gay relationships in their games don't have to open that door up, but for us gay people, we can, and its nice to have games to play that are fun, non-sexual, and allow you to feel like yourself.
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Bermanator What are you going on about? I didn't realize how incredibly fragile heterosexuality is if a mere video game where completely non-sexual depictions of gay people are so utterly enticing that it can completely alter a kid's sexual orientation.
So, in converse, I guess heterosexuality, by your logic, is also incredibly unappealing, given how many of us older gay people had to play games where we were straight people as kids and yet grew up gay all the same.
Take a minute and think: do you seriously believe that being exposed to gay people will make kids gay? Seriously? SMH.
Being gay is not an "adult theme" any more than being straight is. If there was sexually explicit material in the game, then that would be an adult theme. MTAP doesn't have any sexually explicit material.
Then again, you also seem to think that a woman with large breasts is an adult theme. I mean, it would be if she popped them out and made it sexual, but there are women with large breasts all over the world, and them walking around in public is not inappropriate for children. (Honestly, I can't think of any less adult themed than breasts, since they're pretty much the first thing children interact with on a many times a day basis.)
Not trying to be insulting, but as a gay person, I'm tired of being told that my mere existence is inappropriate to children or that my ability to love is a political statement. (You didn't imply the latter.)
That's cool if you think Portia is a buggy mess, and in that regard, you have a valid point. I played it on an old Win 10 laptop I bought second hand, and yeah, it was a bit buggy. A patch was released a month or so ago, though, that fixed a lot of things and made it a lot more playable and I never experienced a crash since, where before, I'd get a lot of them.
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Anti-Matter I'm not sure what you mean by "Whaaa...?!"
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@BenVenn I love Stardew Valley and prefer it to Portia, but this game has a lot going for it, too, and is different enough that they're both fun on their own merits.
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Bobb Probably smart . I picked up Stardew Valley after completing Persona 5 because I wanted a lighthearted game that wasn't a massive time sink... 600 hours of Stardew Valley later... eep.
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Anti-Matter Right? This game is perfectly safe for kids.
The fact that you can marry characters of the same sex and - gasp - even sleep in the same bed as them apparently makes some people think that it's inappropriate for children. Apparently, children can't handle the existence of gay people. =eyerolls=
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Linoshi Is it also true that none of the console ports have any voice acting? How disappointing.
Re: Hands On: Getting Our Hands Dirty With My Time At Portia On Switch
@Bermanator Is being able to get married to an opposite sex character something you'd consider "adult content?"
If not, then why is being able to get married to a same sex character "adult content?"