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Originally Posted by Lady Dragonfly  How mush sex and violence in RPG is sufficient to qualify as "mature" and "realistic"? For example, is it enough to feature just one bordello (like in G2 or Fable)? |
That depends on the setting and the implementation. Gothic, for instance, could have more of both if you asked me. Sometimes you don't feel like you're in a prison camp surrounded by killers and thieves. Sex was only mentioned at the beginning of the game during the intro, when the narrator explanes what happens to women that are thrown into the colony. I found that more explicit than the bordello scene in Gothic 2. Rape is a tad worse than prostitution in my book - even if it's not visually presented. Still, Gothic was rated T and Gothic 2 M.
Enough is when the implementation is plausible and when I don't think that something is missing - or that something is overdone only to seem more mature (see Fallout 2 - being able to become a pornstar in a wasteland was just laughable at best).
Yes, it's subjective. But if a developer tries to make a realistic setting and looks at reality for inspiration I'm sure he'll come close.
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Can you think of any taboo?
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Not really. In reality there aren't any taboos either. There are delicate issues such as rape, child molestation, torture and what not, but I don't think those should be taboo without exception. If the writer is able to implement it tactfully into a game and shows the horrors those issues stand for, then why not?