Romance

[steveK]

When does this start and how ?
I am keen to start a romance with Afra but I think I may have started something with the native girl so how do I check the current romantic situation ?

[ianghorn]

You can start romances with multiple companions but only complete one so no problem there.
Unfortunately there is no way of checking how you are doing.
You advance your relationship by doing their personal quests, talking to them, and picking the right conversation choices. It is probably wise to save before talking to them as the game won't tell you if you pick the wrong choice.

[Quacksalber]

Romance in this game is very rudimentary and cryptic to trigger. Basically, after each companion-specific quest, you can ask them something about it, and you have to pick the "right" response to what they say, which will give you +2. At this point you are relying on reloading or using a guide, unless you automatically always pick what the writers considered the correct response. Other conversations you have with them that you may deem relevant actually aren't. Aphra seemed relatively straight forward to me as regards the "right" response, whereas Siora and Vasco required responses I would have considered rude and hence not have picked w/o metagaming.

[piddyx]

It is a bit rudamentary

[Baron]

I wanted to start a romance with Afra the whole time and can't because I chose the wrong dialogue option. Didn't realize I wouldn't have another chance until way later in the game, when nothing I did to help Hikmet gave me new dialogue options with her. Its especially annoying because the first time I chose to flirt with her, I actually lost reputation with her because I was too overt. And so I avoided painfully obvious flirting, figuring by the first interaction that she didn't like that. Continued to gain rep with her. Even got her to say in the end that she looks forward to being by my side in the future too and feels very close to me. But no romance.

I got ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ friendzoned in a videogame.

[Stu -1]

its definitely rudimentary but i dont know id call it cryptic. just do their quests and speak to them after each one. and then as for which option to pick i think the developers made a good effort to show how each character was.

siora likes you opening up about your own mother. she prefers you asking about her childhood rather than saying you're glad you didn't end up with her 'fiercer' sister. like that would honestly set off a real women (or man) if you said that so i think it was a good dialogue lol.

aphra likes you being inquisitive but is a low key romantic. just don't go gunning for her. she needs to realise she likes you first. if you just hit on her in the first conversation she just thinks your a f**k boy and loses interest. again, pretty sure thats extremely realistic lol.

if you're really struggling just save before the important convos. it takes seconds to reload and there's only ever like 3 options. but i think the developers did a good job with it. rudimentary. but i felt like each companion had a personality. and the only way to romance them was to comment in line with their personalitys or what they found attractive

[Benchwarmer]

If you pick one conversation choice wrong, you can't romance. Bad design choice by the devs. I recommend using guide if you want to woohoo.

[LukanGamer]

Originally posted by Benchwarmer:

If you pick one conversation choice wrong, you can't romance. Bad design choice by the devs. I recommend using guide if you want to woohoo.

its incredibly difficult to fail romance in this also this 1 year old and also 2 years old Op.

[Benchwarmer]

Originally posted by LukanGamer:

Originally posted by Benchwarmer:

If you pick one conversation choice wrong, you can't romance. Bad design choice by the devs. I recommend using guide if you want to woohoo.

its incredibly difficult to fail romance in this also this 1 year old and also 2 years old Op.

If you have saves to go back, then yes but if you pick one bad line, that's it.

[marc.sampler]

Originally posted by LukanGamer:

Originally posted by Benchwarmer:

If you pick one conversation choice wrong, you can't romance. Bad design choice by the devs. I recommend using guide if you want to woohoo.

its incredibly difficult to fail romance in this also this 1 year old and also 2 years old Op.

Can I avoid romance? I've been married for 48 years and even game romance makes me feel like I'm not being faithful?

[ಠ_ಠ]

Originally posted by marc.sampler:

Originally posted by LukanGamer:

its incredibly difficult to fail romance in this also this 1 year old and also 2 years old Op.

Can I avoid romance? I've been married for 48 years and even game romance makes me feel like I'm not being faithful?

As far as I can tell, you have to actively try to start the romance options.

[Profile Name]

I got Siora to aggree to meeting me privately for romance, and this is where all the guides I saw ended. I can't figure out what to do next. She wants to meet outside your residence the next time you're in town, I've done that with and without her in the party, day and night, nothing happens. Can someone help me with this?

[Patrick]

Romance in this game sucks tbqh

[Huntn]

Originally posted by Benchwarmer:

If you pick one conversation choice wrong, you can't romance. Bad design choice by the devs. I recommend using guide if you want to woohoo.

I agree, research it online, It’s not that big a deal, but you can miss it, You can only romance one eligible companion, and it’s best you read up in advance. This is several steps below Fallout 4 romancing companions. Playing a girl, I romanced the Naut Captain Vasco and conversations are a bit stilted imo, so it’s not as if you are missing much, There was some talk of sailing together in the future, yawn. :D I really wanted to romance Siora, but missed that because at the time, I did not realize only one companion can be fully romanced.