How can this game have no romance?

[RuberFF]

I'm in the beggining of the game and I've already seen a ton of flirting and after a quick search on google I've discovered that this game have no romance. HOW?

[-|Nur|-]

Because Cloud is on the spectrum and has no idea what's going on.

[Balmung]

Maybe it will happen in Part 2. Depends in which direction the game will go because it is not 100% like the original on the story side.

[Danny]

Originally posted by Balmung:

Maybe it will happen in Part 2. Depends in which direction the game will go because it is not 100% like the original on the story side.

Only if I'm allowed to date Vincent! I hate the Cloud X Vincent pairing from the bottom of my heart, but if you guys want to force a romance system on us I want to date his pretty ass! D:

[RuberFF]

Originally posted by Danny:

Originally posted by Balmung:

Maybe it will happen in Part 2. Depends in which direction the game will go because it is not 100% like the original on the story side.

Only if I'm allowed to date Vincent! I hate the Cloud X Vincent pairing from the bottom of my heart, but if you guys want to force a romance system on us I want to date his pretty ass! D:

What the hell are you on about?

[Blackdeth]

Go play a hentai dating sim if you want that. The day they add "Romancing" into ff7 is the day it really is dead. The game should focus on the characters and overall plot. Not a bunch of desperate weebs pretendning to not be desperate weebs.

[Balmung]

Originally posted by Blackdeth:

Go play a hentai dating sim if you want that. The day they add "Romancing" into ff7 is the day it really is dead. The game should focus on the characters and overall plot. Not a bunch of desperate weebs pretendning to not be desperate weebs.

Really? Romance = Hentai?

[The Grumbleskull]

Originally posted by Blackdeth:

Go play a hentai dating sim if you want that. The day they add "Romancing" into ff7 is the day it really is dead. The game should focus on the characters and overall plot. Not a bunch of desperate weebs pretendning to not be desperate weebs.

Exploring different actions/paths with different characters is part of a traditional rpg experience. It doesn't have to lead to anything perverse, even in a romantic scenario. Instead it can more often than not, just reveal backstory/immersion info and that makes the player's actions feel more impactful on the game's world and story. Alternatively you can get scenarios like the night out with Barret in the original game, which if anything was a comedic easter egg hidden strictly within the "romance" mechanics.

Personally I suspect the shallow nature of character to character interaction in remake is due to regional censorship/ideologies. There are probably a lot of people out there who would unironically get into petty arguments about things like whether "Dating Barret should be an actual date and not treated like a joke" or who/what should be romanceable. It's easy to assume the devs were able to see that and just wanted to nip that problem in the bud before people want to date every party member and background npc.

[Conmigo_Es_Simple]

toda la razon, patricia bullrich comparte

[Skutes]

Originally posted by RuberFF:

I'm in the beggining of the game and I've already seen a ton of flirting and after a quick search on google I've discovered that this game have no romance. HOW?

Because considering the choices everyone would go problematic yuffy.... or Barret ... mmmm yum, Barret.

[RuberFF]

Originally posted by Blackdeth:

Go play a hentai dating sim if you want that. The day they add "Romancing" into ff7 is the day it really is dead. The game should focus on the characters and overall plot. Not a bunch of desperate weebs pretendning to not be desperate weebs.

Get off your high horse pig.

[Balmung]

Originally posted by Skeith:

Originally posted by RuberFF:

I'm in the beggining of the game and I've already seen a ton of flirting and after a quick search on google I've discovered that this game have no romance. HOW?

Because considering the choices everyone would go problematic yuffy.... or Barret ... mmmm yum, Barret.

No one said that players should be able to bring any characters together. It is already romance if two specific characters coming a bit closer together in a romantic way. What for example would be very easy for Cloud and Aerith. There are already scenes that are very close to that.