Favorite Game Romance

[ShotgunSmoke]

Male Shepard/Miranda Lawson. They have an amazing love/hate relationship. The attraction between them almost burned my PC. The most badass romantic duo EVER. The badass hot-head/the cold *****. I have no idea how you can choose any other romance. The sexual tension between them is painfully obvious. Whenever I imagine the innocent, awkward Tali next to my Shepard, I fall off my chair from laughing.

Max Payne/Mona Sax. Tragic, fatal and unquestionably amazing. Those two complete and break each other at the same time.

Nathan Drake/Chloe Frazer. Oh god, I hate Elen. Drake/Chloe for the goddamn win. They can't have a normal conversation for two minutes without throwing in a sexual innuendo. How can you not love that?

Male Grey Warden/Morrigan. Those two were attracted to each other from the very start. The bastard and the *****. Goddamit, Morrigan, I WILL find you.

 

[FoAmY99]

Shepard and Tali.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

The romance sidequest between a female Commander Shepard and Garrus in Mass Effect 2. I've never been so touched by something in a game, especially a romance sidequest.

Spoiler: Spoiler

The fact that they may never be able to consummate their relationship the normal way is even more saddening. Bonus points if Garrus died while on the suicide mission...

 

[Redem]

As per multiple posts:
Tidus X Yuna
Squall X Rinoa
Cloud X Tifa (though I liked Aerith better)

Not so good:
Any "romance" in DA:O.
Feeding gifts to party members seems forced and contrived.
But if I had to pick a favourite there, it'd be Leliana.

I thought you were suppose to give gift to your girlfriend

 

[Plurralbles]

Army of two.


hehe, had to go for it.

 

[no3]

Max Payne and Mona Sax. I played the game several times just to see the ending.

 

[Jaranja]

CloudXTifa's

it was just touching at moments

I'd have to go with CloudxAeris tbh because, well, because it's Aeris, and Cloud is so passionate about avenging her, after, well, you know, the saddest moment ever in videogames.

Really? I laughed when she died just because i hated her that much

That's what I was gonna say! It was funny as hell.

I'd say Tali and male Shep or Yuna and Tidus.

 

[Punisher A.J.]

Male Grey Warden/Morrigan. Those two were attracted to each other from the very start. The bastard and the *****. Goddamit, Morrigan, I WILL find you.

Not if I find her first wahahah......I found her.

Spoiler

In DA:O 2 the son of the witch. THAT WOULD BE EPIC! Because he would be even more overpowered than her... and an archdemon.... and is decked out with wolf fur and evil black armor... And can use Giant swords and magic.

Spoiler

I can dream can't I..... Oh and he is (a) God, like Morgan Freeman

 

[Uilleand]

KotOR II: F!Exile/Atton...including cut dialogue, thankyouverymuch -_-

Dragon Age: PC/Alistair

Mass Effect 2: Joker/EDI Heyyull yes...

 

[Punisher A.J.]

Army of two.


hehe, had to go for it.

HELL YEAH....... Rios will go to town on THAT panda.
[sub] and salem will bust his ass out of jail[/sub]
Oh and doesn't Murry in the second game look like (have the face of) Micheal Cera?

Spoiler

like the part where you find Alice tied up and the camera zooms up at the side of her face... it look like him with long hair.

 

[xyrafhoan]

CloudXTifa's

it was just touching at moments

It was touching to begin with, and then it all went downhill. I really wanted to slap Tifa for her independance breakdown.

I like to infer my own romances in games, or I play games that let me pick romantic choices. However, I absolutely love Elincia x Geoffrey in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. I'm glad he's the only romantic option for Elincia, seeing his selfless devotion towards her as a knight.

 

[Rhade]

Crono and Marle, as well as Lucca and Robo in Chrono Trigger. Yes it's really old, but the storytelling was quite good for the era it came from.

I find it amusing to play though Kingdom Hearts II and pretend Kairi doesn't exist and scenes with her simply did not include her. And then to do your own version of Unskippable over scenes with Sora and Riku.

"I've told you for the thousandth time, Sora, I'm not gay and neither are you...I think."

"Yes, but I'm so dripping with emotion for you (and technically everything, but a ton for you) and oddly intrigued by all that horrible fan fiction and art about us....*angst*."

 

[FoAmY99]

Joker/EDI Heyyull yes...

Damn i can't believe i forgot that one. their "relationship" is hysterical.

 

[Void(null)]

Joker/EDI Heyyull yes...

Damn i can't believe i forgot that one. their "relationship" is hysterical.

EDI is one of my favorite characters in ME2.

"I love to see humans on their knees... That was a joke."

 

[Alarien]

Joker/EDI
Krogan Poet/Asari

These two probably win the award.

For my own part, I actually enjoyed:
Squall and Rinoa (FFVIII)
Main Character and Viconia (Baldur's Gate 2)
Main Character and EVIL Aribeth (NWN: Hordes of the Underdark)
Exile and Visas Marr (KOTOR 2)
TNO and Annah (Planescape: Torment)

My wife always complains that the female romances are always god awful in Bioware games and she's right, but I guess if you are playing a female:

Main Character and Vhalen was not bad (NWN: Hordes)

I mean, really, Carth and Disciple? Kaiden Alenko? That Paladin in BG2? Wow, come on guys.

 

[Axeli]

-Revan 'n' Bastilla: KotOR 1- i don't know if it really counts, but as somebody who always plays rpg's under the guise of "what would i do in this situation (if i had these powers, could hold my own in a fight, and wasn't a complete batman-obsessed-out-of-shape-nerd)", it made complete sense to me to side with the girl instead of the two jedi who were tellin' me how i have to "Keep my emotions in check".....here was a woman who wanted us to "embrace the power of our passions"....now THERE'S A KEEPER!!! I was damn-near the pinnacle of "Light Side" up to that point, then dropped to the dark side like a stone...ah, memories....

Meh, always liked Fem-Rev more, even when it comes to Bastila... The romance with her felt just forced (heh...), but I loved the dysfunctional pupil-master relationship between them when they have no romantic tension (her habit of annoying the hell out of Bastila seems actually genuine, instead of just teasing the girl you like).
It actually felt more significant at the end than the romance, when the moronic padawan she was supposed to look after comes to save her from herself... And kicks her ass a good couple times while at it. I just loved that dynamic.
(That is if you went Light Side, naturally.)

 

[Uilleand]

EDI is one of my favorite characters in ME2.

"I love to see humans on their knees... That was a joke."

"This is all Joker's fault. What a tool he was. Now I have to spend all day computing pi because he plugged in the Overlord."

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Joker/EDI

My wife always complains that the female romances are always god awful in Bioware games and she's right, but I guess if you are playing a female:

Main Character and Vhalen was not bad (NWN: Hordes)

I mean, really, Carth and Disciple? Kaiden Alenko? That Paladin in BG2? Wow, come on guys.

I quite like Kaidan...*cough*...maybe it's just because he's Canadian.

Also...I totally forgot about Valen! LOOVE him!!
"I have a sudden urge to kill everyone and everything about me, but that's nothing new"

 

[Erja_Perttu]

CloudXTifa's

it was just touching at moments

I'd have to go with CloudxAeris tbh because, well, because it's Aeris, and Cloud is so passionate about avenging her, after, well, you know, the saddest moment ever in videogames.

Really? Passionate about avenging her? I dunno, I haven't played the game for a while, but I was under the impression that by the end of things he was closer to Tifa and was more interested in saving the planet, avenging Aeris being the side effect of doing so.

Besides, it was the part of Cloud that was Zack which made him love her, not himself, and she liked him because he reminded her of Zack. Not the best way to start a relationship methinks [and boy was it confusing].

I'll go with Yuna and Tidus, FFX being one of the first videogames I played (after Sonic on the megadrive, teehee) so I'll always remember those two fondly (some odd voice acting quirks aside).

 

[presidentjlh]

I don't really have any as I never really was interested in the romances between characters. Often, I would find female characters that were romantically interested in my character to be either:

A) Over the top romantic, and therefore annoying.
B) A complete prissy ***** that secretly liked me, but was still annoying
C) Just annoying.

Then again, I probably am just bad at finding the good romances in games because I myself, in life, have become bitter towards the opposite sex for always rejecting me...always.

I can't tell you how many girls I tried to get to know, but I can tell you that I was shot down in flames every time with the classic "I like you as a friend" joke. If another girl says that to me, I will have an aneurysm.

 

[Optional Opinion]

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles if there isn't sexual tension there then I'm a goat.