Less rapey than previous games? I wouldn't call the NTR in HC2 particularly rapey outside of the high elf character. Well, not any more than it is in HC3 for the most part. I feel like the difference here is that the motivations for it are better. With Rose you've got a princess who just wants to protect her people, do right by her parents, and fulfill her obligations as sovereign. She's clearly being taken advantage of by the Duke, but when it all comes to a head and Leto confronts her she won't be able to deny that she was a willing participant from day one even if it wasn't something she wanted to do at first. With Cyanna she's motivated by guilt, self loathing, and to an extent jealousy of Rose and Leto's relationship. She's not as willing a participant as Rose, but she's got way more wrapped up in all of this emotionally than previous HC heroines. With Lily it's desperation to see her family and classism that are involved in her story, which is makes her a lot more sympathetic, it also makes her positioning as the seeming BDSM themed character a little ironic. The only one where it feels fairly bog standard is Haylen, but that's not necessarily a problem since a chaste nun falling victim to the passions of a good dicking is a classic.