Romance Options...?

[SmallArchangel]

Ok, so I'm lvl 28, 110 hours in (ok, so may have left CP2077 running in the background a bit), and so far I have turned down 2 women (more than once) and accidentally slept with one other.

As a straight female (like in RL) I have had zero opportunity to romance any male character so far - I know there must be at least one out there, but seriously, it is the 21st century and CDPR seemed to pride themselves on inclusivity, so why does this game still assume most of the player base is hetero male??

[ΛΞL™⚡]

What you mean? half the Romance options are LGBT and there is 1 romance option for each orientation hetero male doesn't have any more romance options than any other groups and all lack options.

[Agent Chieftain]

Straight female romance option is River Ward. To start his quest line, you must accept the job from Jeff Peralez and his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth will phone you and ask to discuss details in private. It is on this quest line you meet River.

[Dr.Abscondus]

Oh, wait until you meet River, the neediest man in the world. He so sensitive. Woman like that, right? (crickets)

[ΛΞL™⚡]

Originally posted by Dr.Abscondus:

Oh, wait until you meet River, the neediest man in the world. He so sensitive. Woman like that, right? (crickets)

Romance in this game is bad anyway it should have been like the original Dragon Age you do 2 or 3 quests in this game see a cutscene and its over can never interact with that character again in any way its linear as linear gets.

[lilin08]

River is romance option for hetero female. Didn't expect to like him. Pretty sweet guy. :) Shame that continuity of relationships (romantic or otherwise) in the game are pretty limited. I hope we get DLCs to expand on that.

[Zarinthal]

I got a really...impressive weapon after a number of casual encounters, high DPS and the batteries never seem to die

[SmallArchangel]

Hmm, so far I could have easily slept with 3 women without reference to MY personal preference or character creation choice. How is that 1 option per orientation? None of those was my 'preference' and I had to deliberately avoid them.

If I were a straight male however, I could imagine the prospect of sleeping with 3 women (regardless of their orientation) may not be an issue for me.

But 1 guy in the whole game is a bit lame, isn't it? That is truly limited - in a way that hetero guys are not (correct me if I'm wrong, but lesbian sex is not exactly an issue for most straight men - whereas for straight women, er, no thanks...)

[OH! MY CAR]

I do not like that you have to accept the relations to get the weapon.

I ran out of the room and ran back in, and was locked permanently in the room and unable to pick up the weapon, heh.

It was much funnier to run out of the room.

[SmallArchangel]

Originally posted by ༺⚜️G92⚜️༻:

Originally posted by Dr.Abscondus:

Oh, wait until you meet River, the neediest man in the world. He so sensitive. Woman like that, right? (crickets)

Romance in this game is bad anyway it should have been like the original Dragon Age you do 2 or 3 quests in this game see a cutscene and its over can never interact with that character again in any way its linear as linear gets.

Lol, isn't romance pretty 'linear' here, too? So far as I can see you sleep with a character once, and that's it. Over. Even at my most cynical I don't expect RL to be quite like that!

Originally posted by Zarinthal:

I got a really...impressive weapon after a number of casual encounters, high DPS and the batteries never seem to die

Erm, yes, my accidental encounter led to that one; not exactly my weapon of choice!! Took me right back to SR4, tbh!! XD

[SmallArchangel]

Originally posted by OH! MY CAR:

I do not like that you have to accept the relations to get the weapon.

I ran out of the room and ran back in, and was locked permanently in the room and unable to pick up the weapon, heh.

It was much funnier to run out of the room.

Lol, kind of wish I had done that in fact, ick...

[lilin08]

How did you get to sleep with three women? Are we talking about the main romance option? In game there's 4 main romance option for each orientation:
Main Romances
- Panam (Male V only)
- River (Female V only)
- Judy ( Female V only)
- Kenny (Male V only)

And there's the joytoys, I saw there's both female and male options in game. Purely physical and no questline.

[ΛΞL™⚡]

Originally posted by SmallArchangel:

Hmm, so far I could have easily slept with 3 women without reference to MY personal preference or character creation choice. How is that 1 option per orientation? None of those was my 'preference' and I had to deliberately avoid them.

If I were a straight male however, I could imagine the prospect of sleeping with 3 women (regardless of their orientation) may not be an issue for me.

But 1 guy in the whole game is a bit lame, isn't it? That is truly limited - in a way that hetero guys are not (correct me if I'm wrong, but lesbian sex is not exactly an issue for most straight men - whereas for straight women, er, no thanks...)

I know what you mean there is also a male Joytoy in the game if you can count that as a romance and i personally don't like any of the female options avaliable for straight V which are 3 if you count the Joytoy also.

[lilin08]

I have to agree that the choices are pretty limited for all orientation though. I wish they expand them a bit in the future though.

[ΛΞL™⚡]

Originally posted by lilin08:

I have to agree that the choices are pretty limited for all orientation though. I wish they expand them a bit in the future though.

They made the bad decision to tie existing romance options into the main game story so anything that they add will be either a fling or one night stands if they ever expand the game in that regard.

[SmallArchangel]

I accidentally slept with the male joytoy (no, really - I mis-clicked) so I know about him!

Originally posted by lilin08:

How did you get to sleep with three women? Are we talking about the main romance option? In game there's 4 main romance option for each orientation:
Main Romances
- Panam (Male V only)
- River (Female V only)
- Judy ( Female V only)
- Kenny (Male V only)

I turned down an opportunity to share a bed with Panam fairly early on in a motel - thank goodness that was clear enough or I would have been forced into being lesbian twice over. So yes, 3 women. If you are male and play as female (has been known!!) there is far more choice.

Have to say though, the main thing that bothers me is that we can't have any kind of meaningful encounter/ relationship with anyone, regardless; it is all one-night stands, which is kind of shallow.