some of these games really turn out to be quite dark... or really sad 😢

Keep it up gang

Deep Rock Galactic uses light as part of the game mechanics, you have to use flares and flare guns to light up the caves aside from the tiny area your flashlight gives off. Aside from those the game is extremely dark normally. Thats the only one i can really think of.

Lol. This is actually a pretty good video man.

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Excellent. Great swan dive! I notice almost no one says “God I’m so sick of guitarists using the same 12 chords!” Or “I’m so sick of 95% of songs having a chorus and a musical break!” And that’s been going on for thousands of years. Good things become traditional because they’re good. Climbing towers is a great idea. But joining hands with other haters to say “I’m too smart to fall for your tricks! You’re SO stale. I’m SO over you” makes idiots feel clever😁

I feel like Greedfall deserved an honorable mention. I loved the romances in that one, it was minimal but very well written and paced for my taste.😊

DOS:2, Fallout: 4 and Technomancer have some awesome romances in them. DA:O and BG3 are the absolutely gold standard though. I love them so much. For me romance options are pretty much essential. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay, combat, greater story and world building must also be good... But nothing will EVER convince me that a bunch of 20-40 something heroes in forced proximity and high stress, perpetual life and death situations for months or even years, would NOT need to (at LEAST) blow off steam. Romance NEEDS to be seamlessly and artfully woven through the greater story though. That's why I wasn't as fond of DA:2 onwards and Mass Effect 2 onward (at least as far as the romances go). The way it was done in Skyrim and Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire however? Nope. One was literally just a token effort (like literally, they swapped tokens and that was it!!) and the other had most romances poorly and grudgingly written with a mountain of haze thrown toward players who wanted romances in the game. It needs to be authentic, it needs to be something the writers WANT to include, and it needs to be well woven or it should be left out - and if that means I don't buy it that's fine. Rather lose a couple of customers than ruin an otherwise good game!!

Very few games do romance well, but the best "romance" I ever experienced was in Disco Elysium. There is this fisherwoman you can go on a date with, she rejects you even before you actually go and doesn't change her mind, but it's the most wholesome and lovely experience of romance I have had in a video game that goes beyond wish-fulfillment and "do quest > have sex > profit". This made me realize how shallow a lot of video game romances are and how artificial they sometimes make their characters feel, but it's not because of the romance itself, but the fact it's built around the player and player's fantasy and not around the character and their preferences. This goes beyond character's sexuality if that is what you're thinking, very few games actually take into account players actions, even games that do actually fail at this, because they don't track what you actually did, but rather a change of "approval" that occurred when you did something. There's another layer to this as well. When you decide your characters are romanceable you already limit yourself and what kind of characters you can create in that box, notice how Veilguard and BG3 cast of companions is mostly composed of conventionally attractive individuals, even those who might seem niche or stray a bit out of bounds of being "conventionally attractive" are still rather attractive, this also limits the type of personalities you can make, because all your characters need to be appealing as romance options. I love romance in RPGs, but I feel like it's time to make it more interesting and complex than the classic BioWare formula. This probably won't be a lot of people's cup of tea, but I'd like to see more real characters who are not created to cater to player's needs and who are more their own people.

Obsidian Alpha protocol wheel is great it just give you a tone agressive, professionnal, charming, bored... Some people like when you are charming, some straigh to the point... and it works even because sometimes they don't like it in some situation. I don't do romance most of the time, but i like to play the matchmaker between companion if i can.

different for every person. i like to beat game developers meaning i like to beat their games in ways they didnt intend.

I enjoyed this content. Keep up the good work 👏 This came up in my suggested vids, so you're on the right track

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Imteresting. Your video quality is good, your next step is to figure out what I never could. How to get people to actually find your videos. Best advice I can give is look for forums, subreddits, and the like that relate to game design as that's where your most likely to find people who would appreciate your content.

as always, amazing effects, almost real 5:47

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I somewhat agree and don't. I think a nice and sweet romance has the potential to uplift a game but by no means are they important. Recent examples of romance in videogames (BG3) have been really uncomfortably written in my opinion. I was really taken aback by how forward Karlach was in my first playthrough when I was trying to romance Gale. I really don't like it when a character I'm so certain I showed no interest in and was just being nice ,aggressively says they want to ride me... like woah hold on there. You know it seems like games are kind of treading that fanfic/p*rn animation territory with BG3 and I don't really know what the purpose is like I am sitting down with a game to have fun I'm not going to jerk it to Gale's weird spirit in the sky sex scene like who is this made for? I hope the romances in DAV are more normal but there's only 1 hot guy in Veilguard anyway and none of the women interest me like Morrigan did so I will probably not interface with the romance at all.

It's gotten out of control, one is not allowed to be-friend the companions anymore, and the male companions are viscious in their attempts and have to be repeatedly shut down. Astarion for instance is hard to get approval on, and most of ones dialouge option with him is flirting or insulting on the checks where approval +/- is possible. And Gale has to be rejected atleast 3 times, and even then he will take you to the dream where you sit together holding hands looking each other deep in the eyes and smiling creepily. Even if you never flirt the entire cast will throw themselves at you after dealing with the druids one way or another. It also takes away from their character and turns them inconsistent, every single one of them are actual harem anime girls that throw themselves at the player for no apperent reason. The player should be the one initating romance not the other way around, it's fine having one or two horndogs as companions but when every single one of them is player sexual without any prefrences it makes them shallow characters. If the player could play as a pixie Halsin would still shove his footlong in. In conclusion, the level bg3 took it was creepy, and nobody asked for it. The game itself is great but the sexual and romance part of it I feel was horrible. I'm aware I'm in the minority. If people thought like me there wouln't be countless animes coming out every year that has a bland un-interesting main character with a flock of people throwing themselves at him.

Its true that no romance in an single player rpg heavily tips the scales against me playing. But, I might still go for it anyway. In more recent years, I want my gay romance option. But, I didn't get that until Mass Effect 3. Although, its worth mentioning I played Dragon Age Origins before I ever got into Mass Effect. Admittedly, if the hetro romance is the only option, I skip it. I like what I like.

I disagree. I won't deny that romance is a pretty big part of the human experience, but it's not the only important part, and it's fine if a game chooses to focus on something else. Tyranny provides a fascinating look into power and complicitly within an authoritarian system, and I don't think its examination of those topics would be improved if they added an option to romance Verse. But on the topic of romances, for games that do include them, one thing I want to see more of is having choices within a romance. In most RPGs, the only real romance-related choice you make is in which character to pursue. I'd prefer it if, i.e. you had multiple different "flirt" dialogue options with an NPC, each of which could take the romance down a slightly different route.

While I don't think romances are absolutely necessary in RPGs, I am always glad to see them included. In the end, I like Obsidian's approach: If your heart's not in it, you're just gonna half-ass it.'

Who's "we"? Romance in RPGs is goofy. Y'all need to get laid.

Honestly no romance is a dealbreaker in single player games for me. But I still enjoy games without romance as there is not too many good rpgs with romance.

I'll be honest... I'm not sure how I feel about romance in RPGs personally? But that's mainly because I am, myself, aromantic. I know the writing of the characters in baldur's gate 3 is really damn good, but if I'm honest... It just feels so alien to me. This is a problem I've had often as a writer and solo game developer, to be honest. I think that romance should be included in these games, and I've found the stories really interesting from a writer's point of view, but all of the actual, like... Romance, and sex, and whatever. It just feels alien to me. I feel like it should be done, but it should definitely be an optional mechanic to engage with. With BG3, even though the game was otherwise really well done throughout, I just didn't ever feel comfortable progressing my relationships with any of the companions beyond a certain point because, at that point, I just no longer felt I could understand or relate to them. Edit: Oh, and by the way, holy shit this is some great quality content. I'm surprised more people haven't seen it.

Love is the ultimate prize, after all. Wealth and power means nothing in a fantasy world if you're still an incel, lol. People want something to protect, something to fight for, something to make them feel not so alone in the world. An RPG without romance is like... cookies without milk, peanut butter without jelly, salsa with no chips.

my biggest problem with romance in video games especially the newer games (and especially baldur's gate 3) is that it feels obligatory, it's not a question of if you're going to romance a character but who. gale was trying to fuck me within 5 minutes of meeting him after barely talking to him and after saving the druids all of the companions were inviting me to spend the night with them. this is my main concern with veilguard, romance seems to have gone from being an optional part of the game to being the game and if i don't want to romance any character i'm screwed.

I Really like romances as an option in RPG games, its part of the life and If I would be in danger bc of my job/role etc I would seek comfort in my relationships and very easy to fall in love when you are vulnerable.

epic video! i always loved the romance on my games because i love a good romance story, and having romance is a decision changer for me to buy or not a game, like i was really hoping avowed had romance but size it won't going to have i won't get anymore. romance is part of lots of people life so when i see a company saying ''it won't have romance to focus on friendship'' or something like that, i only can think why not both? romance isn't the end is only the beggining.

Yeah, I never ever could have my character alone. If there's romance options, there's a 100% guarantee my character will be with someone.

I dont see the point when theses games wont give U more choices.

I dont know why, but 2 relatively old and unknown Overlord games had simple and short romance like systems as mistresses. Which i wierdly enjoyed them a lot more than Dragon Age 2 or Inquisition characters. 😂 I find myself going back to old games and finding similar stuff. Additionally, i would add, Neverwinter Nights 2, Spiders Studios games, VTMB, Hunted Demon Forge etc. And i haven't played, but perhaps Sacred series, Dungeon Siege 2, Spellforce series, Elex, Risen, Silverfall, Drakensang, Pathfinder series etc,..

I'm personally a big fan of romances in RPGs as well! And BG3 has by far been my best experience with it.

This man is clearly a Witcher, that's Witcher hair just look at it 0:35

I got very touched by the Karlach romance in BG3

I think you're... right... generally. Inquisition almost let me down, but Cassandra managed to make for a good romance, even if I personally didn't find her attractive enough. I think Veilguard is going to be the real problem though, especially since BioWare confirmed there will be no romances outside of the party members. From a statistical standpoint, Veilguard has only 2.5 romances for straight males, since Taash looks too masculine. I count Harding as half a romance, not because I'm trying to say something about her height, but rather because she can be technically romanced already by the Inquisitor, which should logically lock her out in such a worldstate. I was planning to romance Neve, but her voice, personality, and now the redesign on her appearance has me doubting that. If I play Veilguard at all, then this might be the first time my protagonist goes without a romance. Or I might just headcanon that he's already married. As for my other two protags, my Cousland played the long game and married Anora, whose romance is actually not well defined, but I enjoyed the subtle nature of it. As for Hawke, I think Hawke is BioWare's character, not the player's, so I just played the default Marian archer and had her romance Sebastian, another undefined romance without much content to it. But I think these are the best romances for the characters. In each example, my straight characters chose straight romances, which is important for compatibility. Neve being bisexual, or "pansexual" as BioWare is calling it, is also a negative trait that puts me off wanting to romance her with Rook. I think the best solution for these types of games is to have a customized romance option, where the player can create a romance for their custom protag. This means making the romance ideal in terms of appearance and voice, and also choosing from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Then the romance appears as an NPC in a certain part of the world and it is up to the protag to find and romance that character. But, the game can also have programmed romance characters too. But then things get tricky. You would need a variety of female and male characters who are straight, bisexual, and homosexual for players to choose from, and that seems like a drain on resources. I understand the want for detailed romances, but if the resources can't be spared for those, then I say just have topical romances and let the player roleplay by having a wide variety to choose from, even if those romances are shallow.

The most hoarding I've ever done in a video game is definitely Ancient Domains Of Mystery (ADOM)! Playing as a magical class and casting Strength Of Atlas lets you carrying an incredible amount of luggage with you, so much so that if the spell wears off while fully loaded you can actually crush yourself to death under the weight. Page after page after page of inventory items! And still it's not enough, I have stashes in the dungeons for even more mountains of stuff!

I have a pathological need to pick up every pickable thing in games. God bless those rare devs who make bottomless inventories!

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That Smaug bit.... Oh, that's why skyrim is so popular to this day. Dragonborn is a dragon soul in human body, so it makes perfect sense that DB will hoard treasure. And gamers also like hoarding. It's a perfect match on any level. Which makes me want to play skyrim again. I'll wait until all the beyond skyrim provinces get released.

I think it's better to draw the line that separates them in aesthetics rather than some logical categorization. Tech is often interchangable with magic, but they're always different in how they're presented.

Are you a Witcher?

Size matters) By the way, your sword-I can't quite figure out which universe it's from. It looks like a mix of a dragon slayer and the Buster Sword.

The second part is very cool by the way😊

I would love to have a pack of "Netflix and chill" pills. Great depiction))

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thanks for the video dude)

Fantasy makes you feel nostalgic about places and times you have never seen. Meanwhile, sci-fi becomes closer to us every day - you just have to live long enough.😏

This is one of the reasons AI will outsmart us inevitably... 🥲☺

I think that science plays the same role in science fiction as magic does in fantasy, but if most fantastic technology could theoretically be developed in the future, magic is not available for our civilization, so fantasy will forever remain something unattainable)