Best romance option? *Spoilers*

[snowyonetwo]

Who do you consider to be the best romance option in the game?

[Ness Keyhand]

I like Saffron, the Muktuk scene was cute, but the one I think hurts the most not to do is Quinn, they just open up so much to you, and they're just kinda hopeful something will happen, rejecting them (or having someone prior) just breaks their heart (though they take it like a champ, like everyone else).
I assume most people went for Roxanne or Xid (which is understandable), though I'm a bit sad Mint isn't getting the support she deserves.
I've seen most of the lover rank 10s by now, and they've all been great!

And since romance doesn't do anything, mechanics-wise, just go for whoever you like the most, we're not judging!

[Max of the Astral Clocktower]

Saffron for me, thought she was great and I really love her character design. I plan on doing a replay soon after I've finished the last bits of my initial playthrough, and I was thinking of going for Roxanne or Mint on that one.

Honestly, the characters are so well done and incredibly animated/designed I'd play a dating sim/visual novel spin off of this game even without any of the potion crafting + shop management.

[snowyonetwo]

Originally posted by Ness Keyhand:

I like Saffron, the Muktuk scene was cute, but the one I think hurts the most not to do is Quinn, they just open up so much to you, and they're just kinda hopeful something will happen, rejecting them (or having someone prior) just breaks their heart (though they take it like a champ, like everyone else).
I assume most people went for Roxanne or Xid (which is understandable), though I'm a bit sad Mint isn't getting the support she deserves.
I've seen most of the lover rank 10s by now, and they've all been great!

And since romance doesn't do anything, mechanics-wise, just go for whoever you like the most, we're not judging!

Even if I romance Baptiste?

[Black Mage]

Switched from Mint to Roxanne, she actually has a pretty sad backstory, or at least Demons do, and her cards are pretty damn good.

[ruff1298]

Originally posted by snowyonetwo:

Originally posted by Ness Keyhand:

I like Saffron, the Muktuk scene was cute, but the one I think hurts the most not to do is Quinn, they just open up so much to you, and they're just kinda hopeful something will happen, rejecting them (or having someone prior) just breaks their heart (though they take it like a champ, like everyone else).
I assume most people went for Roxanne or Xid (which is understandable), though I'm a bit sad Mint isn't getting the support she deserves.
I've seen most of the lover rank 10s by now, and they've all been great!

And since romance doesn't do anything, mechanics-wise, just go for whoever you like the most, we're not judging!

Even if I romance Baptiste?

What's wrong with Baptiste? He's a sheltered person from a neglectful household trying to make his own path through honest labor and breaking away from his family's history of just taking advantage of their wealth through investments and landholding.

He's also handsome, charming, reasonable, and unafraid to be dumb person in the room like the question about the scorpions and the whipped cream in his boots.

He sounds like a fantastic lover.

[Atlessa]

I've skimmed this thread because I don't wanna see spoilers, but I have to ask one thing:


Why are we forced to be monogamous? This is a fantasy game, written in modern times. Quinn is a bit androgynous (when I played the demo I was sure they were female) and their pronouns are they/them...
Why can't Sylvia be Poly? :/

[Ness Keyhand]

Originally posted by Atlessa:

I've skimmed this thread because I don't wanna see spoilers, but I have to ask one thing:


Why are we forced to be monogamous? This is a fantasy game, written in modern times. Quinn is a bit androgynous (when I played the demo I was sure they were female) and their pronouns are they/them...
Why can't Sylvia be Poly? :/

The most likely answer I could find was that it's not that simple to code, unfortunately. Just like the characters know you're in a relationship and will tell you they're fine with it, I guess it's something the devs either didn't want to focus on due to the problems it could bring, program-wise? Like it'd make the game crash if there were 2 people blushing when you would go to their hangout spot, something in that vein.

[oeso0621]

Originally posted by ruff1298:

Originally posted by snowyonetwo:

Even if I romance Baptiste?

What's wrong with Baptiste? He's a sheltered person from a neglectful household trying to make his own path through honest labor and breaking away from his family's history of just taking advantage of their wealth through investments and landholding.

He's also handsome, charming, reasonable, and unafraid to be dumb person in the room like the question about the scorpions and the whipped cream in his boots.

He sounds like a fantastic lover.

Yeah, his story line reflects that. I thought he was just some super rich noble that lives another dimension of the world, but turns out he wasn't.
Actually, despite all of character starts from some stereotypes and cliche, as you go through their story, they all have their own unique tales to tell.
And the ice cream store is in good business. I will not surprise if they turned out to be a landlord.

[aesthesia]

To me, the options that felt like they made most sense in-character from the get-go (as in... "most natural romantic chemistry with" and the flirt lines didn't feel forced at any point) were Mint and Corsac, with Luna being a strong runner-up.

And if this had been an RPG where we could build our own characters, no doubt I would have gone for Saffron first, she's my typical kind of romance option.

But honestly? They all seem pretty great! All the characters are very well done, and as you progress their relationship you start to see various ways in which they all click with Sylvia (and are very interesting / endearing / attractive on their own), and since I'm having plenty fun with the game I plan to replay enough times to romance each and every one of them.

(Still wishing Boss Finn was also an option, though)

[CoffeyDude]

Originally posted by Atlessa:

I've skimmed this thread because I don't wanna see spoilers, but I have to ask one thing:


Why are we forced to be monogamous? This is a fantasy game, written in modern times. Quinn is a bit androgynous (when I played the demo I was sure they were female) and their pronouns are they/them...
Why can't Sylvia be Poly? :/

As someone who's both polyamorous and agonizes over who to go with in this game, I'm still not sure I want this. There's more to being poly than just dating/sleeping with whoever you want. It's a complicated thing to handle both narratively and systemically, and if it was implemented in the most obvious way, where you just turn the check off that locks out other relationships and called that 'polyamory', I think it would feel lazy, pandering, or both.

[snowyonetwo]

Not to mention that Sylvia being poly doesn't mean her loves will be.

[jamesrg84]

Muktuk gang. Rise up.

[kagmole]

First playthrough done with Saffron, and I was pretty happy about it! But I hesitated with Muktuk and Luna. :p

It would have been a nice touch if, in the main story, your lover/friends were more implicated. As is, they only appears in "side stories" (expect Baptiste).

BTW the Saffron romance was a bit sad. I mean, yes it ends nicely in the game, but as Saffron said she will live longer than Sylvia and will eventually see her decline and end up alone again. :(

Originally posted by CoffeyDude:

... It's a complicated thing to handle both narratively and systemically, and if it was implemented in the most obvious way, where you just turn the check off that locks out other relationships and called that 'polyamory', I think it would feel lazy, pandering, or both.

100% agree. If they went the easy way and just "unlocked" the possibility to romance everyone as is, it would feel more like a bug than anything else. In order to make it feel "intended", you would have to create scenes implying all lovers with every combination possible, which is 2^10 - 1 (no lover) - 10 (the "mono" scenes) = 1013 scenes, even more if you want to respect the order of your second lover discovering your first lover etc.
Good luck with that. A nice intern project though.

[RebirthOfJack]

I'm really conflicted between Mint, Roxanne and Saffron, even after choosing Roxanne; thinking about reloading my save file to two days earlier and go for either Mint or Saffron, because Roxanne's friendship scene (at rank 7) is honestly way more touching to me than the lovers one.

[Lywelyn]

none.

gotta sell pots, time is money