Romance?

[talen]

you'd think at the possible end of the world, people would be shacking up left and right. is that an option in the game?

[Fenris]

lol, i bet on a no.

[Mr blue]

dead state had it

[Fenris]

DS ? There was only two relations.
- First was only "sex", not a relationship. It was only one conversation, so very few text about this. And the players could not see anything during the act. What's the point of having one short text just to have some (invisible) sex in a video game? It's ridiculous. And it wasn't a "romance".
- The second was with a crazy woman. And again with one or two conversations, not more. It wasn't deep and not really a "romance". But at least it was interesting for the game and its psychological part because the girl was clearly a psychopath.

If "romances" doesn't bring anything to the game, except to comfort single people in front of their screen with an imaginary and superficial relationship, I don't see the point. It's a waste of resources that would be better used in something else.

That said, personally i always bet on a no. But the devs will answer for themselves since they are the only ones who know if the game will have some.

[talen]

The way I see it, whats the point in a ROLE PLAYING GAME if you cant PLAY the ROLE of a caring friend a loving partner or a fierce rival. it makes the game feel limiting and DEAD (pun intended) it makes me feel like i'm watching someone else's world not being a part of it which should be the goal of all RPG's.

[USG_Omucupixu]

There are love/hate relations implied in the RPG, the biker faction owns a prostitution ring, but we have no plans of using sex as a main feature.

[talen]

not necessarily sex just relationship building with individual characters, become lovers or friends that kind of thing. just having your standing with certain characters evolve based on your choices would be enough.

[Crusader]

Originally posted by Mr blue:

dead state had it

Dead State did not have romance. The Devs where even outspoken about how they disliked romance in games.

[Crusader]

Originally posted by USG_Omucupixu:

There are love/hate relations implied in the RPG, the biker faction owns a prostitution ring, but we have no plans of using sex as a main feature.

How about meaningful romantic relationship building like in Mass Effect?

[Sunday Driver]

I hate that every RPG has been stained with this obsession for romances forced into them all. It's treated as if you can't have an RPG now without this dating simulator nonsense. All because of BG2 and Bioware.

[2much]

I vote no.

[Skor]

Don't waste resources on romance/relationship garbage. I'm tired of every RPG dumping time into this crap. I'm here for the bad assery of an RPG. If I want to play kissylips with a computer personality I'll go play a VN.

[Sam]

Maybe not romance per se, but it might be nice to form some sort of bond with your fellow survivors, some reason to look out for them other than inventory space and an extra combat turn.
I know most combat games tend to push the sociopath angle to the extreme but I am not sure that should necessarily be the case in an rpg, relationships aren't all romantic, in fact most are not.

[USG_Omucupixu]

One major goal of the RPG side of the game is to allow the player insight into the backstories of the main characters, hopefully breaking past the stereotype first impressions. So love/sex is a push but making friends is a core part of the story.

[arconoff]

I see no reason why love isnt possible you don't need 'sex' but love can build a bond with an npc imo

[N0thing]

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