Do you pursue romance in RPG's?

[SHR-51]

Yeah but in movies it's real people, not digital constructs—so you know they're not faking it…

Well, they're acting, so they are faking it. Or what do you mean?

 

[Brian Boru]

what do you mean?

Don't mind me, just being a Zed

 

[SHR-51]

Don't mind me, just being a Zed

I feel like I'm taking things too seriously, as usual

 

[Grizfarb59]

In all the RPGs I've played, romance never feels authentic or, for lack of a better word, 'real'.

Well that's because it isn't real, it's a game, that can be taken two ways
But running around slaughtering people (NPC's) isn't "real" either, so I find it a nice break, some games I romance the same NPC, some games I switch up, just depends if I am using a male or female PC.
My Wife asked me once why I would play a Female PC and I replied it was much nicer than staring at Male Dragonborn's Butt all day!
I have to say to each their own, it is not my way or the highway.
Nice reading a different opinion even though I don't know some of the games listed.

 

[Zloth]

My Wife asked me once why I would play a Female PC and I replied it was much nicer than staring at Male Dragonborn's Butt all day!

Well switch it to first person!! Of course, if you were taking lots of pretty screenshots, that would obviously be a different matter.

 

[Adeptus]

Recently I liked the originality of the romances in the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Especially "the evil" ones, because untypically You could play them as not redemption arcs but as "let's be even more evil than before, together!".

 

[Rataplan]

I´ve played the Mass Effect trilogy 2ce and there are indeed romance options. As well heterosexual, homosexual and even with aliens, i don´t know the word for that.

But you can see them coming from far away and are easy to avoid. So why would it bother you?

Me personally had a romance both times I played it, once with a female and once with an alien, just out of curiosity of what would happen. And in fact nothing happens. Once she enters your room they start kissing and the screen turns black. 2 seconds later you are back alone in your room and the game continues. It´s like a little optional sidequest with no reward. You can simply ignore it if you don´t like it.

What i do find very interesting in the story line is that that Asari(alien race) all look like kinda attractive human womans. But when other alien races talk about them they appear to look like attractive females from their race. So they are passive shapeshifters. They look different depending on what alien race look at them. They also all female and their are no Asari males. The only way for them to reproduce is to mate with the other alien races. I found that very clever and original.

 

[Zloth]

What i do find very interesting in the story line is that that Asari(alien race) all look like kinda attractive human womans. But when other alien races talk about them they appear to look like attractive females from their race. So they are passive shapeshifters.

No need to shapeshift if you can get into people's minds! I don't remember if that's what they did, but I do remember that the mating is very much a mental thing.