Relationships in skyrim

[M-E-D The Poet]

This sounds very similar to the system in Fable 3.

In other words: I. SO. F*CKING. CALLED. IT.

Sucks though that it's really on that level.

No, see its worse than the system in Fable. At least in Fable you had to work to make you're spouse like you (presents and such). I basically bought a partner. I hired them to be a bodyguard and then proposed to them and apparently after the three seconds of being my bodyguard they knew I was the love of their life.

There is no sense of satisfaction to getting married. Despite having an accomplishment/trophy tied to it, it doesn't give you any real sense of accomplishment. All you find yourself saying is "I'm married... so what?"

Oh, but it does give tangible gameplay benefits. You can go to your home and your partner can cook you a meal. Yeah, that's enough to endear to them. Remember kids, food is love!

well if they function as your bodyguard... may I ask...

Don't your ears start bleeding of the "love spamming" on every turn?

 

[Mr.Wizard]

I thought it was kinda hilarious how you don't say more than a few words and BAM married. At least you can get some extra money out of it from your spouse's shop, but that's all they are; a tiny bit of additional funds for you to take.

Quick question: Can you get.... intimate with your wife/husband?

Nope. Although you apparently get a bonus or something for sleeping in the same bed as them. I'm a werewolf, though, so I don't get the bonus.

Actually, it's logic because they say it at the ceremony

"Marriages in skyrim are not that much about love because everyone is always so busy fighting and working and thus nobody has the time to court someone in the usual way"

paraphrasing

That's not logic, that's the devlopers excuse for having such a crappy system. If anything war and strife tend to make people more romantic in the few moments they're not fighting.

To put it in gamers terms, there is no end game in marriage in Skyrim. Yes I can get married. What then? I can't have a conversation with my spouse, I can't ask them questions about themselves or the lives they lead before they met me. All I can do is tell them to get back in the damn kitchen an cook me dinner...

Wow, sounds a lot like my parents marriage. Good work Bethesda.

 

[Eric Lemaire]

There are ways to making the romance more worthwhile. The sister of the shop owner in Riverwood seem quite interested in me. The more I walked in the store and talked to her the more things she would tell me and the more she flirted and showed interest. Now if I get that amulet you guys are talking about, I'm sure I'll get more dialogue options and when I pop the question it won't seem soo "fake" because I've technically been romancing her for a while now even before I got the amulet to work on her. I guess what I'm saying get a girl to befriend you slowly and then she'll imply that she finds you attractive AND THEN use the amulet and I think it will feel more natural. I've befriended several people so I can tell that there are potential romantic relationships out there.

 

[Poradicus]

I thought Skyrim was not only going to be immersed in fighting, killing your enemy foes, but also dive into romancing npcs. I don't feel like Bethesda touched more on romancable feature and learning more about the NPC you married. I feel like they rushed that feature into the game. Now don't get me wrong Skyrim is an awesome game, I love the questing, the story, the adventuring, etc. But there is no kissing, hugging, sex, etc. I guess we have to pretend and imagine, but I don't have a great imagination so it won't work. Also you don't learn much about your partner you married, all you can is have them make food for you and thats it.

I feel like they left the romancing to the people who can produce mods for it. I have a feeling a couple of months from now some modder is going to create something to add to romancing feature. I don't think the developers cared much for it in the game since they want to gear it more to fighting. I was not hugely let down, but I guess Dragon Origins has WON hands down for showing more romancable features than any other game out there.. I was hoping Bethesda would blow Dragon Origins out the water with this....

 

[hazabaza1]

Elder Scrolls is a solo affair for me anyway, so I'll stick to being alone.
[sub][sub]Sounds like my real life too![/sub][/sub]

 

[Megawat22]

Maybe she married you so quickly because she figured your love of fighting Dragons and pissing off Mountain Giants would have you dead within the week and she could collect the life insurance.

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Screw marriage. I just came across a hunters camp with two lovely ladies skinny dipping in a pond. I take it all back Bethesda, you can do no wrong.

 

[Suzzie Gulledge]

I have to admit that although I cannot bang my husband or wife, Marriage has been awesome for me, I married the mercenary in the Riften tavern this time around. He is handy with magic, bows, and weapons. He wears what I give him to wear, He opened a store and follows me, so when I am over encumbered, All I have to do is talk to him sell him the crap I dont want. If I run out of scrolls, or potions, hes always got some to sell. I can do all this in the middle of the battle. and he can carry stuff that's heavy that I want to keep. He also cooks me a homecooked meal every day and gives me a share of his store profits every day. So yeah typical marriage isnt here, I cant hug kiss or bang him, But he has certainly proved to be useful. Same goes for camilla in riverwood. she has the same things going on just without the magic.

Instead of complaining. Try a few different options there is someone for everyone in Skyrim.

 

[FallenDragonQueen13]

Hey I was always curious... Can you marry NPCs like Ulfric Stormcloak or Tallius (the Imperial leader guy)? Disappointing as the system sounds, I'm still interested in that. It would be funny. Plus during the whole time that I was playing the game the first time around (I was a Stormcloak), I kept thinking 'Come on Ulfric, flirt! FLIRT!' I always liked it when your character had a romance with one of the 'famous' NPCs of the game.