It's not the merciful lying I have a problem with, it's the fact that i sex with the elf afterwards. We take advantage of the situation.
That way I'm not a hero in the game, I'm a vile, spineless bastard. Thank you very much. (No.)
I thought that's not what this game was about.
There are games where your character is clearly a rapist, sadistic, psychotic worm. But those games openly build on such fetishes, not forcing the player to identify with human rats.
Do you understand my problem?
I completely disagree with you. Life goes on even after the death of someone close. Everyone has needs, and sex is a need, just like food and water. The elf is a vulnerable person, and if she is told the truth, she will not stand it and will kill herself. And if a guy and a girl want sex, is that bad? Even in times of war, people had sex when they killed people because they loved each other. The protagonist didn't do anything wrong, he just didn't tell the truth to save the elf. He saves her. And the fact that there is a spark between him and elf is not bad. These are mutual feelings. But if our main character killed her mother himself, and then had sex with an elf, then that would be bad. But he didn't kill her mother. He wanted to save her.
I will calm you down. The story with the elf is not over yet. There will be 1 quest, and after it there will be sex.
You don't understand, I'll try another way. (What I write is purely my personal preference.)
Having sex with the sleeping nun is unacceptable to me because she did not consent to it. (Yes, she wants to have sex. Probably with the hunter. But she didn't agree to it because she's not conscious.)
If the elf knows that her mother has died, but decides that life goes on, fine. (As you wrote, it has the chemistry, it has the needs, etc.) This is her decision.
But she doesn't know the truth, or she would decide otherwise. (and she would die) So, I'm not having sex with the elf yet. I don't feel it's fair. That is why I want the opportunity to save the elf's mother. (Yes, It's your story, your game, your choice.)
Look, you're a really great developer. The art is beautiful, the writing is correct, the game is good. But even the greatest sometimes make mistakes.
So if sex is not acceptable with a sleeping nun, why do you choose to "Go into the room" and why do you go to her every night, because sex does not happen on the first night, but on the 4th.
She does not know the truth, but someday she will know it. The fact is that at this very moment she would have died, but at another moment, when she would feel safe, she would not have taken such a step.
Have you watched Game of Thrones? They killed the main characters and it looked strange, but only when the series came out in its entirety, it looked brilliant. Do not judge the game by one moment.
They probably just clicked because they wanted to see what you guys had made, since consent is present in the rest of the game. Personally, I wasn't expecting he would touch her while she was sleeping, and definitely not go as far as raping her while she was unconscious and then celebrate that he was lucky he wasn't caught.
If you don't think the scene is offensive, but recognize it is rape, maybe you could add a penalty to a player who chooses to rape instead of just covering her up, for example, which is a reasonable option to add in my opinion.
