EnderAndrew Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 [Give the rock the Hoff treatment] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Hay guys! Horns or tails? (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 Not a big fan of the fanbois of the Bastila Lover's Club??? "The 'Lovers and Apprentice' lines are some of the best in gaming history" ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 One of the reasons internet refuses to swallow nowadays. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordrian Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 The only great romance was the one in Bloodlines. Keep the bitch on a leash, and make her pay for you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroinOfDespair Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 To quote Al Pacino from Devil's Advocate, "chemically love is no different from consuming mass quantities of chocolate". It is another lie we swallow down, sucking at the teet of false hope, only so long as the other person does not inconvienence us, and is willing to service us regularly enough for us to remain faithful for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 The only great romance was the one in Bloodlines. Keep the bitch on a leash, and make her pay for you love. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you referring to your Ghoul? I wouldn't really call that a romance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroinOfDespair Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Many so-called romances are similiar fascimilies there-of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordrian Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 The only great romance was the one in Bloodlines. Keep the bitch on a leash, and make her pay for you love. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you referring to your Ghoul? I wouldn't really call that a romance... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What are you talking about!? She loved me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroinOfDespair Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Love is never having to say you're sorry. Owning a slave is never having to say you're sorry. Yeah, that's about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakron Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 There are no romances in Bloodines, Heather is like all ghoul jukies looking for their next fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 The only decent or loving thing you can do with Heather in Bloodlines is tell her to go away and get on with her life, although I think she ends up dying anyway (bizarrely enough). I have sympathy for designers who take the easy way out and have no romance option in their games. Nothing is as cheesy as a cheesy love story. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I've never been an addict, or really done any drugs, but there was a woman who made me feel like I junkie. I wrote some lengthy, screwed up poem about her that would make Groin happy (relatively). In it I used the line "my veins itch for you". Maybe it was that kind of romance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tingeling Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 The only decent or loving thing you can do with Heather in Bloodlines is tell her to go away and get on with her life, although I think she ends up dying anyway (bizarrely enough). I have sympathy for designers who take the easy way out and have no romance option in their games. Nothing is as cheesy as a cheesy love story. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How so? I don't think she's mentioned at all in the game after you send her away. :/ "McDonald's taste damn good. I'd rtahe reat their wonderful food then the poisonous junk you server in your house that's for sure. What's funny is I'm not fat. In fact, I'm skinny. Though I am as healthy as cna be. Outside of being very ugly, and the common cold once in the blue moon I simply don't get sick." - Volourn, Slayer of Yrkoon! "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque "I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 How so? I don't think she's mentioned at all in the game after you send her away. :/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that even if you sent her away, she was still killed in the Sabbat HQ just the same as if you 'adopted' her. The only time I sent her away was my first playthrough, so I could be wrong, but I remember watching her die and thinking 'Hmmm. Who's that? Oh, her. What's she doing here?' "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I thought that even if you sent her away, she was still killed in the Sabbat HQ just the same as if you 'adopted' her. The only time I sent her away was my first playthrough, so I could be wrong, but I remember watching her die and thinking 'Hmmm. Who's that? Oh, her. What's she doing here?' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's a lovely thought for when your supposed romance interest dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laozi Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 To quote Al Pacino from Devil's Advocate, "chemically love is no different from consuming mass quantities of chocolate". It is another lie we swallow down, sucking at the teet of false hope, only so long as the other person does not inconvienence us, and is willing to service us regularly enough for us to remain faithful for the most part. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So what is "chemically" the same as adhering to a wornout stereotype? As for romances, I remember at the end of BG2 ToB and reading the Viconia ending with the romance and all, I got a somewhat similiar feeling as I had when I read For Whom The Bell Tolls. A bittersweetness, but maybe it was just the fact that I had completed a couple hundred hrs. of gameplay. Where as it certainly wasn't anywhere as powerful, just the fact that I was reminded about of it, to me, was an achievement. Most rpg romances are pretty lousy though. I would like to see better romances, but most likely won't. People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 That's a lovely thought for when your supposed romance interest dies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was my first playthrough. She was a minor character who I'd given blood to, who then approached my once and who I told to go away. I didn't even learn her name, I think, or that she was supposed to be a love interest. It would be like the Sabbat trying to get at me by brutally murdering the twit who said 'Awww maaaan!' all the time. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tingeling Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 How so? I don't think she's mentioned at all in the game after you send her away. :/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that even if you sent her away, she was still killed in the Sabbat HQ just the same as if you 'adopted' her. The only time I sent her away was my first playthrough, so I could be wrong, but I remember watching her die and thinking 'Hmmm. Who's that? Oh, her. What's she doing here?' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm rather sure she only dies when you've taken her in. By the way, if you give her blood, you cannot send her away at the time you two meet (outside LaCroix's) regardless of what you say (or so I recall). You'll have to return to the hideout and kick her out. That might have been what you missed on your first playthrough. "McDonald's taste damn good. I'd rtahe reat their wonderful food then the poisonous junk you server in your house that's for sure. What's funny is I'm not fat. In fact, I'm skinny. Though I am as healthy as cna be. Outside of being very ugly, and the common cold once in the blue moon I simply don't get sick." - Volourn, Slayer of Yrkoon! "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque "I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 That's a lovely thought for when your supposed romance interest dies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was my first playthrough. She was a minor character who I'd given blood to, who then approached my once and who I told to go away. I didn't even learn her name, I think, or that she was supposed to be a love interest. It would be like the Sabbat trying to get at me by brutally murdering the twit who said 'Awww maaaan!' all the time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Poor Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Heh Heather was okay. I liked to see her reactions when the blood bond deepened. She was believable and that's all that mattered to me. I mean; the character is a freakin' monster. Whys hould he romance anything? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fishboot Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I'm rather sure she only dies when you've taken her in. Same. Although, thanks for spoiling me, thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Hi, long time lurker - very bored and had a thought on romances, so I'd thought I'd break the silence. I can't actually remember playing a game where you started in a romance and then had to take it from there, but I think that would be interesting. For example; In Jade Empire, you and the girl next door ghost seeing girl (I forget her name) have some history, but it still takes the same amount of time to develop as if you pursue something with Silkfox (Think that's the correct name). Perhaps if we're thinking of where romances could go, then that's a great example of a missed opportunity. Had you been involved (or had the option to state you were involved, ala what happened to Revan in TSL), then either remaining loyal to her despite other characters advances or breaking up with her and making off with others would have been far more interesting than having to work at getting to a smooch. When we have romance options, it really is just courting options, but that's perhaps only 1% of what relationships are really about. Yes, probably a lot harder to write and implement, but still - working at getting just one kiss is really where romances are becoming stale. Maybe explore other aspects of them? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I think romances can add to a game, assuming they're done right. I admit I had fun with the Bastila romance, especially all the teasing and her reaction to it. But as long as the romance doesn't take away the focus of the actual game, I think adds to the flavor of the whole package. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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