Love in games

[dany28]

What do you think about love stories in games ?

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

I play many games JUST because of the love story. I'm a romantic bitch

 

[TheOneEV]

I don't mind it, as long as the story beat doesn't feel forced upon the story.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

I enjoy it as long as it's not too forced. I'm a hopeless romantic at heart.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Most of the push for me to buy the original Switch was just the VN exclusives to preserve them. Safe to say I love a good story and will pay for love stories.

 

[Antilocal123]

Find them boring, I’m a simple guy, I could care less about the relationship in comparison to the action or comedy.

 

[RustySK]

Hmm, I think in theory I'd appreciate a good romance plot, but I don't think I've as yet played a game that had a believeable romance in it that resonated with me or captured any real emotional connection. I can think of a couple good friendship stories at least.

I've kind of given up on looking for a good story in gaming in general though, so I'm definitely not exactly casting a wide net in that regard.
Now you have me curious though - would anyone on here happen to have a recommendation for a game with a well-written, believeable romance in it?

 

[Antilocal123]

Hmm, I think in theory I'd appreciate a good romance plot, but I don't think I've as yet played a game that had a believeable romance in it that resonated with me or captured any real emotional connection. I can think of a couple good friendship stories at least.

I don't really go into games looking for a good story anymore though, so I'm definitely not casting a wide net in that regard.
Now you have me curious though - would anyone on here happen to have a recommendation for a game with a well-written, believeable romane in it?

Super Lesbian Animal rpg /j

 

[RustySK]

Super Lesbian Animal rpg /j

I really should not be surprised that a game with this title actually exists, let alone that it actually seems to have some quite high-effort sprite art in it.

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

Hmm, I think in theory I'd appreciate a good romance plot, but I don't think I've as yet played a game that had a believeable romance in it that resonated with me or captured any real emotional connection. I can think of a couple good friendship stories at least.

I've kind of given up on looking for a good story in gaming in general though, so I'm definitely not exactly casting a wide net in that regard.
Now you have me curious though - would anyone on here happen to have a recommendation for a game with a well-written, believeable romane in it?

Relationships in Cyberpunk 2077 are very complex, very short, and very mixed. You probably have to play the game to understand what i mean, lol

 

[Cheela]

Honestly? i am such a sucker for cute couples :3 Most of fire emblem gameplays i try to made new pairs of characters and read cute supports. Also one of my favorite anime is actually based in visual novel and LOVE IS IN THE AIR
well, i am very romantic person soo what can i do about it >.<

 

[RustySK]

Relationships in Cyberpunk 2077 are very complex, very short, and very mixed. You probably have to play the game to understand what i mean, lol

I played quite a lot of that game, but I mostly did sidequests and the like. Never actually got far into the main storyline or the romances - I'll put it on my list again!

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Super Lesbian Animal rpg /j

I'm convinced at this point that you speedrun this game every single night.

 

[ciro64]

I think they're cute!

CUTE!

>.<

 

[Faust03]

I only care if it's canonical that characters are in relationships with each other, otherwise I'm fine with mindlessly killing things

 

[ATenderLad]

Speaking plainly as a kaiju moderator? I *love* love.

Not that I can think of a ton of games that fit the bill for what I like....actually, wild card!

Days Gone is a pretty mediocre ass game. The depiction of Oregon is faithful and gorgeous, but you don't have a ton to actually *do* in that world. The plot is a bit underwhelming, the open world stuff is cookie-cutter, and for a game about a guy repping an MC, there isn't much customization of your bike. It's also the slowest paced game of it's genre I've ever played, hands down. The single best gameplay element - exterminating massive hordes of zombies in various locations around the map - is mostly locked until you've damn near finished the story. (You *can* attempt them, but all the fun tools and the actual quest objectives don't show up till the endgame).

Allllll of that said? They *fucking* nailed a romance....somehow. Getting into the details requires spoiling some things, and it's already hard enough getting through the boring ass, uh, 20+ hours of buildup as is. I'll just say I'm surprised how much I was rooting for these idiots by the time I finished.

 

[Cheela]

Speaking plainly as a kaiju moderator? I *love* love.

Not that I can think of a ton of games that fit the bill for what I like....actually, wild card!

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Days Gone is a pretty mediocre ass game. The depiction of Oregon is faithful and gorgeous, but you don't have a ton of actually *do* in that world. The plot is a bit underwhelming, the open world stuff is cookie-cutter, and for a game about a guy repping an MC, there isn't much customization of your bike. It's also the slowest paced game of it's genre I've ever played, hands down. The single best gameplay element - exterminating massive hordes of zombies in various locations around the map - is mostly locked until you've damn near finished the story. (You *can* attempt them, but all the fun tools and the actual quest objectives don't show up till the endgame).

Allllll of that said? They *fucking* nailed a romance....somehow. Getting into the details requires spoiling some things, and it's already hard enough getting through the boring ass, uh, 20+ hours of buildup as is. I'll just say I'm surprised how much I was rooting for these idiots by the time I finished.

love is truly in the air <3

 

[psvitaforever]

I'm a simple one as well and I like love stories, especially the ones with good endings :)
Of course, they must have their place in the plot (game, movie, book, whatever story they're in).

About games, I liked a lot making videos with clips from FF8 (Rinoa x Squall) and FF10 (Tidus x Yuna), focusing on their lovestories; I also enjoyed scenes of Nobunaga x No from Samurai Warriors, though that's another kind of love (more dangerous, perhaps?). Oh, and what about the romantic scenes of Oswald x Gwendolyn in their routes in Odin Sphere?

 

[ciro64]

If we're going with a little less strict definition of love, I'd say that Portal 2 pretty much is one

 

[DanCalibur]

I'm a simple one as well and I like love stories, especially the ones with good endings :)
Of course, they must have their place in the plot (game, movie, book, whatever story they're in).

About games, I liked a lot making videos with clips from FF8 (Rinoa x Squall) and FF10 (Tidus x Yuna), focusing on their lovestories; I also enjoyed scenes of Nobunaga x No from Samurai Warriors, though that's another kind of love (more dangerous, perhaps?). Oh, and what about the romantic scenes of Oswald x Gwendolyn in their routes in Odin Sphere?

I really liked the Laguna/Julia/Raine side story from Final Fantasy 8, but I'm a sucker for tragic love crap

 

[Graw]

I liked the marriage and love story stuff in Dragon Quest V. That's probably the only game I've played where I really cared about any kind of romance stuff at all.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Hmm, I think in theory I'd appreciate a good romance plot, but I don't think I've as yet played a game that had a believeable romance in it that resonated with me or captured any real emotional connection. I can think of a couple good friendship stories at least.

I've kind of given up on looking for a good story in gaming in general though, so I'm definitely not exactly casting a wide net in that regard.
Now you have me curious though - would anyone on here happen to have a recommendation for a game with a well-written, believeable romance in it?

I'll be honest this answer really struck with my own core of always needing a story to unwind with no matter if it's one I'm drawing up with my head or trash to laugh it to hide it's thinly veiled horny plot and appeal that I rearranged my Steam Library to try to find a recommendation. So far probably mature and thoughtful forms of writing with romantic elements would be Snoot Game (not on steam) and it's unofficial but official sequel I Wani Hug that Gator. There is also Angels with Scaley wings which is more packed with elements I don't want to spoil on. Uuultra C is probably the last and dubious thing I can mention here as it's a pure Kinetic Novel experience but what it makes up for in choice and sprites it certainly makes up for presentation reading more like a manga than a proper VN. 2 things to note is that it is a BL novel and it has sexual scenes and while most BL would be a turn off due to it's depiction of relationships with little respect to proper gay representation I don't see it as BL novel but more character studies separated by 3 main characters each with their own chapters as they tell a greater story of Kaijus and heros that fight them all in Japan's 70's Showa period. As for romance the only good and healthy one would be in the first chapter which is roughly 4 hours? It's short and I desperately wanted more of their daily lives but I enjoyed their dynamic when it appeared.

This dig has lead me to re-evaluate some as if you were just looking for romance would be easy but many romance titles usually leave a lot to be desired or just feel less shallow than a kiddy pool when they try investing in their world when it's not a modern setting. I can give you the best of those shallower titles but I tried to recommend my general best and Steam accessible.

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Oh I guess I could have mentioned Farming Sims like Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon tend to be my favorite as I live out that romance long after the heart scenes end.

 

[Jediuser]

They can be done well. For some examples, theres YunaxTidus in FFX, SquallxRinoa in FFVIII, 2Bx9S in Nier: Automata.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I don't care.
Only "couple" i was a bit fond of was in Solatorobo.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Depends. If anything, I kinda wish more games went all in on the idea like Disgaea 2 does

I feel like too many kinda get shoved to the side as optional content (Persona), it happens offscreen (applies to a lot of media), it’s always played for laughs because one of them is a massive perv, or the characters don’t have good chemistry so it’s forced (again, happens everywhere). Or it’s just harem stuff, which is more formulaic than a piece of white bread cause they all copy each other’s homework, barely develop the options, end up ditching the harem anyway, and never do anything interesting.