any romance?

[TysonL]

asking since its a rpg game :)

[Xengre]

I don't think we know yet based on the trailers so far. If you want a romance JRPG Grandia I has romance as a fairly core element of the plot. Tales of Arise recently released and also features romance, for several characters actually. The Agarest War games feature romancing your waifus as a core element of the game and as you progress you end up playing your descendants and helping them romance their waifus of your choice.

[TysonL]

Originally posted by Xengre:

I don't think we know yet based on the trailers so far. If you want a romance JRPG Grandia I has romance as a fairly core element of the plot. Tales of Arise recently released and also features romance, for several characters actually.

yo thank you for the recommendation. i appreciate any and all rpg's with romance options. i check it out and add to wishlist. plan to grab lot of comes for xmas sale.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by TysonL:

Originally posted by Xengre:

I don't think we know yet based on the trailers so far. If you want a romance JRPG Grandia I has romance as a fairly core element of the plot. Tales of Arise recently released and also features romance, for several characters actually.

yo thank you for the recommendation. i appreciate any and all rpg's with romance options. i check it out and add to wishlist. plan to grab lot of comes for xmas sale.

In that case also check out Agarest Wars above, I mentioned it just as you posted so you missed the edit. Mind you Agarest Wars is kind of grind/combat heavy tho.

If you haven't already tried the classics Final Fantasy VIII has particularly excellent romance and story while FFIX is a good story with okay romance. If you got a PS2 the Ar Tonelico I & I (never played 3, yet) feature excellent romance, in particular Ar Tonelico II. FFX is solid and story focused but a bit shorter for a Final Fantasy game.

The Legendary Heroes series features romance and the series comes in numerous arcs all supporting one large world building saga. I've only done the Trails in the Sky arc so far, but it was solid tho a bit slow paced. Female MC really starts to grow into her own in Second Chapter (its the 2nd game hence name) in particular. Cold Steel is very popular, too, but I haven't gotten to it, yet, to comment.

Final Fantasy VII Remake comes out today at some point on Epic as another option.

Sakura Wars are high quality dating sim strategy RPG games if you have any of the platforms they release on. My personal fav was Sakura Wars: So Long My Love.

One of my all time fav JRPG franchises is Growlanser and it features multiple story routes/romantic interests as well with the story ending being based on who you chose and stuff.

[TysonL]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Originally posted by TysonL:

yo thank you for the recommendation. i appreciate any and all rpg's with romance options. i check it out and add to wishlist. plan to grab lot of comes for xmas sale.

In that case also check out Agarest Wars above, I mentioned it just as you posted so you missed the edit. Mind you Agarest Wars is kind of grind/combat heavy tho.

If you haven't already tried the classics Final Fantasy VIII has particularly excellent romance and story while FFIX is a good story with okay romance. If you got a PS2 the Ar Tonelico I & I (never played 3, yet) feature excellent romance, in particular Ar Tonelico II. FFX is solid and story focused but a bit shorter for a Final Fantasy game.

The Legendary Heroes series features romance and the series comes in numerous arcs all supporting one large world building saga. I've only done the Trails in the Sky arc so far, but it was solid tho a bit slow paced. Female MC really starts to grow into her own in Second Chapter (its the 2nd game hence name) in particular. Cold Steel is very popular, too, but I haven't gotten to it, yet, to comment.

Final Fantasy VII Remake comes out today at some point on Epic as another option.

Sakura Wars are high quality dating sim strategy RPG games if you have any of the platforms they release on. My personal fav was Sakura Wars: So Long My Love.

One of my all time fav JRPG franchises is Growlanser and it features multiple story routes/romantic interests as well with the story ending being based on who you chose and stuff.

i wish final fantasy 7 remake let us romance. i always like Jessie and Aerith, over Tifa. I wish the remake was different in that regard.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by TysonL:

Originally posted by Xengre:

In that case also check out Agarest Wars above, I mentioned it just as you posted so you missed the edit. Mind you Agarest Wars is kind of grind/combat heavy tho.

If you haven't already tried the classics Final Fantasy VIII has particularly excellent romance and story while FFIX is a good story with okay romance. If you got a PS2 the Ar Tonelico I & I (never played 3, yet) feature excellent romance, in particular Ar Tonelico II. FFX is solid and story focused but a bit shorter for a Final Fantasy game.

The Legendary Heroes series features romance and the series comes in numerous arcs all supporting one large world building saga. I've only done the Trails in the Sky arc so far, but it was solid tho a bit slow paced. Female MC really starts to grow into her own in Second Chapter (its the 2nd game hence name) in particular. Cold Steel is very popular, too, but I haven't gotten to it, yet, to comment.

Final Fantasy VII Remake comes out today at some point on Epic as another option.

Sakura Wars are high quality dating sim strategy RPG games if you have any of the platforms they release on. My personal fav was Sakura Wars: So Long My Love.

One of my all time fav JRPG franchises is Growlanser and it features multiple story routes/romantic interests as well with the story ending being based on who you chose and stuff.

i wish final fantasy 7 remake let us romance. i always like Jessie and Aerith, over Tifa. I wish the remake was different in that regard.

I haven't played the remake, yet, but I believe Jessie gets a bigger role and doesn't die in the remake if I'm not mistaken (perhaps you've already played and know better than I). I've heard the developer is putting special effort to make Tifa on par with Aerith as a character, too, so maybe Jessie might also get additional attention in later episodes considering her surprising popularity.

[TysonL]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Originally posted by TysonL:

i wish final fantasy 7 remake let us romance. i always like Jessie and Aerith, over Tifa. I wish the remake was different in that regard.

I haven't played the remake, yet, but I believe Jessie gets a bigger role and doesn't die in the remake if I'm not mistaken (perhaps you've already played and know better than I). I've heard the developer is putting special effort to make Tifa on par with Aerith as a character, too, so maybe Jessie might also get additional attention in later episodes considering her surprising popularity.

sadly i need to wait for a steam release. so maybe next year or 2 years i can enjoy FF7 Remake. i hate epic.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by TysonL:

Originally posted by Xengre:

I haven't played the remake, yet, but I believe Jessie gets a bigger role and doesn't die in the remake if I'm not mistaken (perhaps you've already played and know better than I). I've heard the developer is putting special effort to make Tifa on par with Aerith as a character, too, so maybe Jessie might also get additional attention in later episodes considering her surprising popularity.

sadly i need to wait for a steam release. so maybe next year or 2 years i can enjoy FF7 Remake. i hate epic.

I can't stand Epic either. Waiting on some other games like Hitman 3, too. :(

Of the mentions though Ar Tonelico II and Sakura Wars are especially very romance heavy games. Very good but they are not on PC. They're on PS2 and other classic platforms.

[Vechernyaya]

Originally posted by TysonL:

asking since its a rpg game :)

Fixed female character rarely have romance. In RPG where you create your character and choose the gender, they can't only provide romance for male character, so the female have their, but strong heroine almost never have romance : Lara Croft, Aloy, Cate Archer, Amicia, Jesse Faden, Amanda Ripley, Faith Connors, Marianne (The Medium), Lightning, Jade (BG&E), Rayne, Velvet Crowe, Miriam (Bloodstained), ... While in games with male protagonists, there is often a beautiful woman that want the character.
But female heroine have to be available otherwise, most male player would feel rejected.

[TysonL]

Originally posted by Vechernyaya:

Originally posted by TysonL:

asking since its a rpg game :)

Fixed female character rarely have romance. In RPG where you create your character and choose the gender, they can't only provide romance for male character, so the female have their, but strong heroine almost never have romance : Lara Croft, Aloy, Cate Archer, Amicia, Jesse Faden, Amanda Ripley, Faith Connors, Marianne (The Medium), Lightning, Jade (BG&E), Rayne, Velvet Crowe, Miriam (Bloodstained), ... While in games with male protagonists, there is often a beautiful woman that want the character.
But female heroine have to be available otherwise, most male player would feel rejected.

i hate that cause lets be honest most "create character" is female over male. female shepard > male shepard was most picked.

[Vechernyaya]

That's true even when you just choose between 2 characters : Kassandra > Alexios
Or when you don't choose at all : Ciri > Geralt, Fiona > Rhys

[Minabe]

If you want a great RPG with romance i recommend Star Ocean The Second Story, really big world, multiple (40+) endings, a LOT of secondary characters which depends on your actions to even meet them and it's from the time big games came in multiple CDs (PSX era). One of the best jRPGs if not the best one with it's RPG focus, definitely better than Chrono Trigger in that aspect.

FF8 imo has a better love story than FF9 and it's basically what the whole game is about, specially the ending, which is why the game's logo is Squall+Rinoa as a couple.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Minabe:

If you want a great RPG with romance i recommend Star Ocean The Second Story, really big world, multiple (40+) endings, a LOT of secondary characters which depends on your actions to even meet them and it's from the time big games came in multiple CDs (PSX era). One of the best jRPGs if not the best one with it's RPG focus, definitely better than Chrono Trigger in that aspect.

FF8 imo has a better love story than FF9 and it's basically what the whole game is about, specially the ending, which is why the game's logo is Squall+Rinoa as a couple.

Agree on both points. Star Ocean Second Story and Till End of Time are both good, but Second Story has superior romantic element especially with the main female.

FFVIII romance is definitely better than IXs as IX is more about the world and its various cast, only touching on the romantic elements at various moments. FFVIII also has Laguna's (no spoiler), Squall's/Rinoa/Seifer, Irvine/Selphie (or whatever her name was I forget), Cid and spoiler so no mention.

[Minabe]

Second Story was even remastered for the PSP as "Star Ocean Second Evolution" with added content and also has an anime which tells the canon story of the first half of the game (first cd) called "Star Ocean EX".

Personally i'm a fan of "the chosen one" trope and really liked the "because destiny says so" theme the story starts with, as shown by the stained-glass at the end of the anime opening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMH7V5Yxbc

Overall a very wholesome story, unlike most games nowadays.

[Vechernyaya]

Since you're speaking of JRPG romance, I need to mention Valkyrie Profile, one of the rare strong female protagonist with a romance (in fact one of the only two that I know of in JRPG, the other being Persona 3 Portable, and like all romances in the Persona franchise, it's not really satisfying).

I also like Shadow Hearts, it's all about the romance if you play the first game with the normal ending, then Covenant, and again the first game, but with the secret good ending. Touching story.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Vechernyaya:

Since you're speaking of JRPG romance, I need to mention Valkyrie Profile, one of the rare strong female protagonist with a romance (in fact one of the only two that I know of in JRPG, the other being Persona 3 Portable, and like all romances in the Persona franchise, it's not really satisfying).

I also like Shadow Hearts, it's all about the romance if you play the first game with the normal ending, then Covenant, and again the first game, but with the secret good ending. Touching story.

I particularly like Shadow Heart Covenant's breaking away from female romance trope handling of the female at the end during the big subtle reveal, and it is a great twist for not upsetting people who are fans of the first game.

You could try Xenosaga which has Shion and Kos-Mos as the core leads. Shion has a lot going on here and KOS-MOS, originally relatively emotionless, develops as the story progresses and is a big element of the ending of the trilogy. Both are very strong female leads, too.

Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC is split between Estelle and Joshua as dual leads with Joshua, due to his past, often covering for Estelle's inexperience and less skilled capabilities but we see her grow significantly in the course of the game. Then stuff happens and SC she becomes the primary lead and very rapidly develops and is capable enough to reach the legendary heights of even her famous father. Lots of romance there as a core plot element, too. Bit slow paced though.

Final Fantasy X-2 is somewhat along these lines but, imo, not the best JRPG out there.

Ar Tonelico, mainly II, shares the MC role between the male MC and the female you choose (choose from two early, the other becomes a secondary character, and later if you haven't progressed enough with your chosen and do things right there is potential for a 3rd girl who takes over). It features strong, but also the vulnerable side and very well done at that, of these women. Not actually a fan service/harem game, but actually a rather serious romance story despite the hilarious reviews out there indicating they didn't play and just copy and pasted reviews from a single bad review source. Probably has the most well fleshed out female characters and romance of any JRPG to date. Gameplay is kind of twitch heavy combat so may not be for everyone, tho there is some balance issues with healing cheese one can rely on and later on mod effects to make it easier for those lacking the necessary twitch reflexes.