Zevran was funny enough that the fans liked him. The only part of the reception I thought odd was the occasional comment by a male player who felt "tricked" into having sex with Zevran.
"You mean... that part where he invites you to his tent for a sensual massage?"
"Yes! I was expecting a massage!"
"You mean... that part where he invites you to his tent for a sensual massage?"
"Yes! I was expecting a massage!"
Comments
"Well he wasn't clear enough!"
This is where I first came to the conclusion that a certain number of our players just don't know how to people. And that maybe an adjustment to the way we approached the messaging (or massaging lol) of romance was in order.
The tone icons undid that, which is unfortunate.
As a quiet queer his openly sensual and flirtatious demeanor makes me adore him even more. Absolute darling💚
Maybe I'd remind the systems team Zevran should really be able to pick a lock. And maybe not allow him to die. We had no idea we'd need to import these choices into the future - we kinda thought DAO was "one and done". Not so much, as it turned out. 😁
Seriously though, Zevran is my fav from DAO. I love characters that outwardly seem one way but there are really a lot of layers to that onion. Zev is 100% one of those.
I had no trouble identifying what Zevran implied when he said on the first encounter he could warm my bed, with witcher 1 I managed to get every "sex card" by accident, I quickly learned "let's get to know each other better" is code for sex. XD