Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons (www.gameinformer.com)
from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 07:55
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CitizenKong@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 11:47 next collapse

Between Fable and Dragon Age, which both look pretty good, I’m afraid this game will have problems not tanking.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 18:55 collapse

Thus far, Obsidian has been very good at creating games within reasonable constraints, which means they’re typically not overscoped relative to the size of the game’s actual audience. And they do all of this while being a multi project studio that’s allegedly good to its employees.

CitizenKong@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 11:14 collapse

Yes, I really like them as well. And I bet the game will be good too. I just worry about the game not selling good enough and with Microsoft’s current track record of shutting studios down, Obsidian being shut down as well.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 11:49 collapse

Microsoft is a wrench in the works, but they’re not building a game any larger than they’ve been doing for some years now. This is still a game that is scoped so that it doesn’t need to sell 10 million copies to break even.

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 13:42 next collapse

Good who tf cares about romancing in games. Make a romance video game then, or go get it in real life.

I just want to save the world, kill the bad guys, and have tons of fun along the way.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 22 Jun 14:31 next collapse

Don't forget "get the girl."

citrusface@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 14:37 next collapse

Good who tf cares about killing bad guys in games. Make a killing bad guys video game then, or go kill someone in real life.

I just want to save the world, romance some people, and have tons of fun along the way.

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 20:37 collapse

Yeah and? Lmao what a stupid comeback, I knew someone would try to reverse what I said with my same wording.

Do you even hear yourself?

“Go kill someone in real life”

Honestly dude… Wtf is wrong with you

citrusface@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 22:03 collapse

Do you even hear yourself?

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 22:11 collapse

🙄

Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 15:53 collapse

Tons of people. I doubt BG3 would have succeeded if it wasn’t so unabashedly horny.

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 20:38 collapse

It succeeded because it was an amazing game with good gameplay and great dialogue (or so I’ve heard, I haven’t played it yet)

Katana314@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 10:13 collapse

What I want out of romance in games is to have it take you by surprise, which often means it’s not a “romance option”. Some of the best character scenes I’ve seen wrapped some other major plot point into the fact that one person cares a bit too deeply about another, and processes it all very suddenly.

So I’m fine with this removal. All those romance choices in RPGs like Fallout and Skyrim felt ultra shallow to me. Even BG3 just seems like raw wish fulfillment from a horny cast.