Wow when did the RPS newsbot return, fuck yeah I missed it
[quote][b]Bioware’s David Gaider on romance in RPGs:[/b]
“I dislike the idea of every character being sexually available to the player. Not that it cheapens them, necessarily, but it would lend itself towards their objectification. Take the first Witcher game, for instance— I enjoyed many things about that game, but the collectible sex card mechanic? Ultimately it rendered every female character in the game into a puzzle to be solved. What do I do to sleep with them? How do I get their card?”[/quote]
Why is this even called romance? I never got why it's called "romance" in Mass Effect when it's basically just
"Eyyyy you wanna hear my backstory?"
"Well I do love me some lore!"
"...and that's it. So. Ready for a mission on my behalf?"
"Well I do love me some side-missions that flesh out world and characters!"
"...and now that that's over with, which condom color?"
"Wait wat"
There's just zero chemistry and it's all laid out to lead to sex. It's like an alien read about human relationships on 4chan and started making videogames.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;39289359]Why is this even called romance? I never got why it's called "romance" in Mass Effect when it's basically just
"Eyyyy you wanna hear my backstory?"
"Well I do love me some lore!"
"...and that's it. So. Ready for a mission on my behalf?"
"Well I do love me some side-missions that flesh out world and characters!"
"...and now that that's over with, which condom color?"
"Wait wat"
There's just zero chemistry and it's all laid out to lead to sex. It's like an alien read about human relationships on 4chan and started making videogames.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, Alpha Protocol did it well by having a sense of jeopardy with each conversation and only allowing romantic encounters if you played your cards right (y'know, kinda like real life. not the jeopardy in each conversation part though unless you have an anxiety disorder). Also like real life you could be friends with people of the opposite sex without them inevitably falling on your dick after a set period of time. It's probably why I and no-one else found Tali a refreshing character in Mass Effect 1 because of the lack of romance, and why I and no-one else thought she lost something in ME2 when she became another different coloured receptacle for shepard's space-cock.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;39289359]Why is this even called romance? I never got why it's called "romance" in Mass Effect when it's basically just
"Eyyyy you wanna hear my backstory?"
"Well I do love me some lore!"
"...and that's it. So. Ready for a mission on my behalf?"
"Well I do love me some side-missions that flesh out world and characters!"
"...and now that that's over with, which condom color?"
"Wait wat"
There's just zero chemistry and it's all laid out to lead to sex. It's like an alien read about human relationships on 4chan and started making videogames.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much this. Just use the "good" option in all dialogue with them and eventially you'll get to bone them. At least in the Witcher it actually IS a puzzle.
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