Most well-written game romance?
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I always thought FFX got a bad rap. The plot was great and I enjoyed the romance with Tidus and Yuna, which was really well played out. The problems it had was it came out at the start of voice acting for video games, and the voice acting in this game is absolutely terrible. And it was the first FF game without full world travel so I think a lot of fans were mad at that. So no flame from me. THe romance was one of the best things done in the game.gmaverick019 said:
I liked the Tali and Garrus romances. Garrus and Tali have both been with Shepard from the start and both have made their sacrifices. I like the idea of the relationship coming from working through hardships together. Yes, there were other romances, but it didn't really feel the same with other characters. Miranda only existed to be sexy.
yup good thing you never told her what really happened to khalidgaiusimperator said:
for me when i was younger anyways aerie from Bg2 was the real standout relationship, you could go through so much with her depression, duels to the death, her death, subsequent bout of vampirism, gettin knocked up, plus she was so needy.. which is ironic because now i think that would drive me insane.
Well played though Bioware talk about invested writing
ME romances felt pretty good they are not only well written for a RPG but voice acting is also very good. My femShepard is in a relationship with Liara, I didn't start any relationships in ME2 and now in ME3 we are still together and if Alenko asked me about my feelings I felt kinda bad when I told him I'm not interested in him.
Disagree respectfully. The first Witcher game had so much dialogue (not all of the voice acting was good mind you), but it knocked my socks off. Major characters like Triss, pretty much always had something new to say after small plot advancements. It was insane. I wish the second game followed up on it.Devoneaux said:
I think that romance isn't well suited for RPGs because it becomes a stat to level than a depiction of social interaction.
The dialogue for the Mass Effect romances was okay but I never liked the fact that it never affected the game. It seemed like once you got the congratulatory cut scene, that was it for actual affect on the game. It never seemed to progress beyond a simple achievement. What's worse is that it kinda feels forced to fall for a member of the crew. I felt it rather uncomfortable that I could kill Liara's mother in front of her and she was still was a romance option.
The best romance depictions are the ones where the romance is taken out of the player's hands. Games like Shadow of the Colossus tell a much more compelling narrative involving romance than Sheppard and his space harem.
The dialogue for the Mass Effect romances was okay but I never liked the fact that it never affected the game. It seemed like once you got the congratulatory cut scene, that was it for actual affect on the game. It never seemed to progress beyond a simple achievement. What's worse is that it kinda feels forced to fall for a member of the crew. I felt it rather uncomfortable that I could kill Liara's mother in front of her and she was still was a romance option.
The best romance depictions are the ones where the romance is taken out of the player's hands. Games like Shadow of the Colossus tell a much more compelling narrative involving romance than Sheppard and his space harem.
It's pretty easy to see a trend here.
People either like choice in their romances, or they prefer the scripted ones.
Where the scripted ones are generally (And I put that GENERALLY in capital letters) better written, the choice ones give the player the power to...well, choose.
And therein lies the crux of the issue. If you make long, branching dialogue trees that all have to tie together somehow and offer various relationship opportunities, you cannot go to the same degree of depth as a scripted storyline. Why? Because of choice. Because you need the player to be able to pick their LI otherwise they get frustrated.
That's my theory at least.
People either like choice in their romances, or they prefer the scripted ones.
Where the scripted ones are generally (And I put that GENERALLY in capital letters) better written, the choice ones give the player the power to...well, choose.
And therein lies the crux of the issue. If you make long, branching dialogue trees that all have to tie together somehow and offer various relationship opportunities, you cannot go to the same degree of depth as a scripted storyline. Why? Because of choice. Because you need the player to be able to pick their LI otherwise they get frustrated.
That's my theory at least.
I'm also in the kotor camp in greatest game romance ever category. carth was a sweetheart, and no matter how many times i replay kotor i can't ever go dark because of my fangirlish sense of dread that would come if i betrayed him. now that's good writing!Jackalb said:
Best one I've ever experienced is the Zach and Aerith love story from Crisis Core FFVII. It's just super well done, sweet, well paced, with a tragic end...but then they hook up in the Lifestream so it's all good!
Also, I'll agree with the guy saying Red Dead. Loved the marriage relationship. Very sweet.
I still need to finish Enslaved. :\
Also, I'll agree with the guy saying Red Dead. Loved the marriage relationship. Very sweet.
I still need to finish Enslaved. :\
