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Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:12 am

What is our life without love? What is RPG without a romance?

I would like to clarify in advance what I called an open-ended romance. This is a romance with a various outcome, e.g. you may choose a passionate sex in the bushes or you may maintain chastity and practice knightly adoration. Or whatever.
Multiple romance means you can romance several NPC at the same time risking their displeasure and reprisal or romance them one after another.
I did not include brothels because this is not "NPC romance" per se.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:19 am

Love and romance are two different definitions, entirely.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:25 am

Lady Dragonfly wrote:What is our life without love? What is RPG without a romance?

It depends on the nature of the game, particularly RPGs. Some RPGs don't even have romance at all and quite a few do. In my opinion, it really comes down to whether the developer of any RPG would want to include romance or not. It's not really like a trend to include romance/love in an RPG, at least to me.

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:02 am

DesR85 wrote:It depends on the nature of the game, particularly RPGs. Some RPGs don't even have romance at all and quite a few do. In my opinion, it really comes down to whether the developer of any RPG would want to include romance or not. It's not really like a trend to include romance/love in an RPG, at least to me.

So, what is your personal opinion?

Would you like to have a romance with NPC? There is an option to say "don't care".

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:07 pm

I don't care for heavy petting with pixels.

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:48 pm

fable wrote:I don't care for heavy petting with pixels.

:laugh: How about occasional pinch?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:59 pm

Lady Dragonfly wrote::laugh: How about occasional pinch?

My wife might object.

You work pinches into a computerized romance, though, and you'll be worth millions.

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:28 pm

...Hero enters the Temple... Heavenly music...There is a plump priestess kneeling next to a glass box with "Alms for the poor" sign on it.
Hero gives the cleric his best smile and surreptitiously pinches her butt. Then he casually pinches coins from the box while the blushing priestess is giggling...

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:30 pm

Ah, but that's not working pinches in--that's working the mention of pinches. This is one of the problems with romances in games: even if we ignore their complete and utter mechanical nature, we still can't ignore the fact that they're nothing but words. And romance thrives on the reality of touch, taste, sound, etc.

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:06 pm

...Taste? Do you mean what I think you mean?? :laugh: No, don't tell me...

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:07 pm

Lady Dragonfly wrote:...Taste? Do you mean what I think you mean?? :laugh: No, don't tell me...

I don't need to, as you've already guessed.

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:20 pm

I am sure you used to romance a cute NPC in the past (when your wife wasn't looking). Viconia maybe? Or Anomen?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:29 pm

Lady Dragonfly wrote:I am sure you used to romance a cute NPC in the past (when your wife wasn't looking). Viconia maybe? Or Anomen?

I shall pray for your soul, assuming you believe you have one.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:15 pm

Let me just say that in Fallout 2 my character was a Kama Sutra master...

But at the same time, I didn't do any of the romances in BG2...

So I have no idea what my RPG love story is.

And also Fable, let me say that you are the man/mod/god!

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:24 pm

Lady Dragonfly]I am sure you used to romance a cute NPC in the past (when your wife wasn't looking). Viconia maybe? Or Anomen?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=fable wrote: I shall pray for your soul, assuming you believe you have one.

Nah... I suspect Fable was more likely Aerie's knight in shining armor...

*coughs* Onto the question at hand though, basically I don't mind NPC romances if they have an interesting background, well thought out dialogue, quests, and add to the overall story.
As far as what I want out of it, it depends entirely on the character in question I guess.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:57 pm

Lady Dragonfly wrote:So, what is your personal opinion? Would you like to have a romance with NPC? There is an option to say "don't care".

As I said before, it depends entirely on how the game was designed. Some games are still good even though they have little or no romance/love in it. It's not like a necessity for every RPG to have either romance or love or both in order for it to be a good game. As for the option, the reason why I didn't choose 'don't care' is because I don't mind having romances in a game. If they don't have any romance, then I'll just play the game the way it's meant to be played. If they do, I wouldn't mind at all.

Back to the question. Hmm, romance with an NPC. If the romance is tacked onto a game, then I would not want to romance that NPC especially one that has little or no relevance to the plot, honestly speaking. While I don't mind romances in a game, I would rather like the romance to be part of the plot, just like Bastilla's love for Revan in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as an example. Call me a linear-game player but this is what I would expect from romances in any game that has one.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:03 am

dragon wench wrote:Nah... I suspect Fable was more likely Aerie's knight in shining armor...

How would you like a a fireball rammed up right where the moon don't shine?

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:05 pm

fable wrote:How would you like a a fireball rammed up right where the moon don't shine?

Given Fable’s fiery temperament and tendency to violence, my money is on deliciously wicked Viconia.

I also suspect that he was married to Lady Grey once.

quote:
You work pinches into a computerized romance, though, and you'll be worth millions.

I am not a technical person but I am corrupted enough by SYM to envision a wicked squishy device (size, shape and color optional) you can install the same way you install your mouse and plug in… (optional).
The games box will have a label “Pinch-toy compatible”. :devil:

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:10 pm

Lady Dragonfly wrote:Given Fable’s fiery temperament and tendency to violence, my money is on deliciously wicked Viconia.
I also suspect that he was married to Lady Grey once.

I'm not going to get away unscorched by this theme, am I?

I am not a technical person but I am corrupted enough by SYM to envision a wicked squishy device (size, shape and color optional) you can install the same way you install your mouse and plug in… (optional).
The games box will have a label “Pinch-toy compatible”. :devil:

Why stop there? Why not get an inflatable Game-Player(tm), shaped like a human (two sexes available), with all parts present and accounted for? Then mechanical, pregenerated game comments in a romance script could be felt and responded to by an air-filled object without emotions--perfect!

And you could be off enjoying some real emotions with your SO.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:40 pm

Umm, what exactly is the point of this thread? Wasn't it set up to discuss the romance/love in an RPG?

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