Love & Relationships in Dragon's Dogma 2 | Romance Overview

[@cl.freitas5633]

I remember one of my friends was so angry because in the post grigori fight cutscene his lover was that fat guy from the trials lol.

[@exxy9931]

Fournival is a necessary evil for periapt addicts. lol

[@Artemisarrowzz]

Why? Fournival is clearly the best choice lol

[@traeshyNOTtrashy]

Oh wow, he got ✨Best Girl✨ Fournival! Lucky!

[@Xxsorafan]

I got the little girl

[@Artemisarrowzz]

@@Xxsorafan FBI, OPEN UP

[@Vextipher]

The Rizzen returns.

[@davidwinnerwise1429]

Nice pun😂

[@snowpey3751]

That's awesome. Dark Arizzen

[@why9541]

Scrolling through yt comments at 3am this hit me like a flashbang

[@Maya-yt]

I chuckled at this

[@GodlsAFK]

Dont u mean the arizzen?

[@chrishunter218]

I would just like to be able to romance my main pawn…. For reasons

[@Zara-ub7hc]

stop it furry

[@jonsangels2465]

Unless they retcon the Bestowal of Spirit mechanic, things are going to become very awkward for you...

[@--ginebra3589]

It doesn't matter, just lay on bed and I'll do the rest.

[@wrestlefestivalent9144]

You wanna romance the person who has no say in following your every order??? 😂 Jk!

[@Samurai-no4wu]

@@wrestlefestivalent9144 Personally yes. IT'S ABOUT DRIVE, IT'S ABOUT POWER, LET ME LIVE MY DREAMS OF HAVING A ONE SIDED RELATIONSHIP!

[@andrewowens4421]

Pissed that we can't romance the most beautiful and intriguing female in the game. The Sphinx. The way she looks at you when you solve a riddle... she's the one.

[@RoyRezer]

100%

[@renfennell5395]

(Sees that stare) I can fix her

[@ghosttemplar6989]

​@@renfennell5395 (Hands you holy water) Good luck good sir

[@blackwing2da445]

Sphinx or bust

[@OMGOST]

Queen DISA. Probably won't be romanceable, but that won't stop me from trying.

[@LOOKATCJ233]

u a savage haha

[@MultiSuperrene]

Disa nutz

[@theunknown3269]

I’m going for Empress Nadinia.

[@kolbywilliams7234]

I suspect you will be as successful as those who tried to romance Edmun.

[@hp2546]

Most likely a challenge because already, in DD1, the game won't even let you romance The Duke. The queen in DD2 is over protective of the position just like The Duke in DD1. As a matter of fact, Queen Disa is competitive on the ruler position just like The Duke. So I am sure Queen Disa would hate the idea of romancing the arisen because if you think about it. If the queen were to marry the arisen, then that makes the arisen the king.

[@isidornimages]

Seeing Taylor Swift in the game footage will never stop being amusing.

[@JackdawYT]

hahah I'm glad that you find it funny too!

[@OnlyNolesknow]

Who?

[@melanp4698]

@@OnlyNolesknow The girl at 1:02 i guess?

[@SyrupIsWin]

@@melanp4698 nah 0:58

[@NarutoLover6219]

I just want the romancable male characters to have cutscenes. Was so unfair that all the main female love interests had unique dialogue and endings in Dragons Dogma 1. Whereas characters like Julian and Valmiro just dumbly smile and stare without a word 😂

[@anderporascu5026]

Common in a game designed by guys, especially if the wild nights mostly focus on women.

[@EighmyLupin]

Dont you know all gamers are straight males who will either play as a straight male or a lesbian lol/s

[@rainin8956]

you forgot Fournival

[@HyouVizer]

3:28 are 4 main romances, 1 dude, 3 girls...same issue yet again it seems

[@chococookie06]

@@HyouVizer so dissapointing but not surprised

[@Jordy268]

In every game with romance i just romance the first woman who even looks at me.

[@Natedog15000]

I just want more of a say in the game. For a game trying to be so immersive, the first one really took me out of it when my character would simp over multiple characters because I wanted to do all the quests. I think it would be cool if you couldn’t choose who falls for you, but you still had the final say in who you chose. It would be more immersive and more fun, since I wouldn’t get stuck with someone because I was being nice.

[@dtuitt79]

Unfortunately in life, you don't get to choose who falls for you. However you are spot on about the player's choice. We should be able to say your not interested.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

That's how it is in almost all newage RPGs. They have completely removed the ability to simply establish strong friendships with characters. Everything has to turn into a romance, whether you want it to or not.

[@dtuitt79]

@@Billy-bc8pk That's the one thing I hated about Baldur's Gate 3. Every character in the game was bi. You couldn't talk to a party member without them trying to smash. If the game was real-life, I would've told all the men, they had to go. I can't be traveling with some dude that I know wants to get down like that.

[@giantenemycrab1192]

@@Billy-bc8pk was my main issue in BG3, was just trying to be friends with characters and then all of a sudden they start flirting and it became awkward when i rejected them

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@giantenemycrab1192This. Also, once you reject them you cannot be max friends with them. It's such a silly thing. But they know exactly what they were doing, as it was designed to force people into the love relationships between two men or two women, even if all you wanted was to be friends.

[@jacobboeser]

I mistakenly made my pawn WAY too hot and it kills me they didn't add romancing at least your main pawn in the game lol

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

I just love my pawn. Why does the game deny me my true love? I made him too handsome, too wonderful, too glorious. Now I have a crush on him. And the game taunts me...lets me get my affinity high with him. He catches me when I fall from too high, and he blushes when I talk to him...but his love is denied me. Why, game? Why? Is there aught I have done to deserve this!?

[@neonthehedgehog12]

8:12 Actually, the Duchess Elinore has a "sex scene" in the original game in Duchess in destress, but it's implied (considering you can find her underwear on the same bed in the room after) and cuts to black the same way explained in the video. The thing i really wonder is if they will take a page out of the anime and let you romance your main pawn or not.

[@NotCharAznable]

The anime got almost everything wrong about DD so I doubt they take much of anything from it.

[@neonthehedgehog12]

@@NotCharAznable I know it was bad so they shouldn't. But the dragon speaking King's English came from the anime so it could happen. The one thing I liked from the anime was the pawn arisen relationship.

[@greenpieceofmind]

Cue the Daimon backstory

[@r.jensen7662]

Is it really romance between the MC and the pawn? Only thing I remember is the MC gradually lost his humanity while the pawn became more human

[@kratosgow09]

If you follow the story of Ashe/Daimon in the Dark Arisen expansion he himself fell in love with his master's pawn Olra.

[@MrGrim504]

1:09 is exactly what happened to me..i didn't know i courted the shopkeeper until the end of the game..i really do hope dd2 romance system is not so obscure like the first dragon's dogma

[@nighttimestalker]

I ended with Mercedes by accident lol

[@tropicalturtlez6988]

@@nighttimestalkerthe good ending

[@hp2546]

@@nighttimestalker If you do main quest only, then by default, you get Mercedes. Other then that, if you do all sidequest, Mercedes will be hard to please. Mercedes tend to be attracted to speedrunners.

[@rejuno1991]

​@@tropicalturtlez6988? The good ending is the shopkeeper

[@childelee2569]

Yooo I remember getting the child at Gran Soren. Every time I enter the city I would talk and give her items because I have a soft spot for kids. Then the dragon scene happened and I didn’t even think it was a romance option. Like I thought it was just sacrifice an innocent. Not lover. Anyway afterwards I head out and the child is waiting there. She jumped into my arms. Which was normal. Then it cut to the camp fire and then she jumped on top of my Arisen face on face. Lips to lips. This one cutscene ruined the game for me. My Arisen turned into a pedo within one cutscene. Like I was trying to romance Mercedes. Not some child. Then my 2nd play through was with the shopkeeper because I wanted the better armor. I kept giving him items to get a higher afinity. I was so confused so I searched it up and found out that the romance option was whoever had the higher affinity with.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

I searched online and found after a certain mission, you couldn't talk to Mercedes anymore so when I got to that point I gave her the bond ring and rushed to the dragon so her affinity didn't drop.

[@jadedj5385]

Ser Hansen would like your character to take a seat. Sorry that happened to you. Truly. Really punishing in a game without multiple saves or character files on an account.

[@CharlesVanexX]

Ewww why is that even an option??

[@plastichouseplant]

@@CharlesVanexXYou could technically make your player character a child in the first game so maybe that's why you could end up with the kid as your beloved. Although as the other person mentioned she's a minor NPC from one side quest who you would've had to keep gifting items to, not one of the more fleshed out characters the game would steer you toward. Going by the new character creator demo you can no longer create a child in the sequel, probably due to the sex worker interactions and because the Rift in the first game was full of very young looking pawns that creepy players would put in lingerie armor and I doubt Capcom wants to deal with that.

[@CharlesVanexX]

@@plastichouseplant gross

[@videogamehero950]

Day 1 purchase for me! I’m excited! This right here solidified that!

[@aerinpage]

I've beaten DD on PS3, PS4 and PC multiple times since I first played it in 2014. Out of all my games I think I romanced Julien, the blonde knight, in at least 85% of all my playthoughs, majority being on PS4. Him and that one Arisen of mine are stuck in a never ending loop of falling in love with each other over and over again (because I don't like anyone else).

[@Spacecorgi]

I just couldn’t get over my sexy badass knight acting like a damsel in distress during that one cutscene where goblins hassle him lol

[@aerinpage]

@@Spacecorgi I love me a man whose a bit girlypop so honestly, I loved it

[@lodunost]

Lets hope that since you have so much knowledge that you get Isekai'd there. My fate is probably gettin Isekai'd into Elden Ring. I will be pretty screwed but Hey I can't help it. Ranni is the one.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

Isn't he like partially evil or something? I remember him planning some things in the shadows. It's been a while since I played.

[@Ol_Bron]

@@GoldenLeafsMovies He was doing it for his kingdom, From what I remember He was sent to disrupt Grand Soren. none of the neighboring countries trusted the Grand Duke.

[@Spacecorgi]

Gonna make Sven call me by his name.

[@chief_mourner]

😭

[@ParagonBourne]

💀💀💀

[@refumei7847]

Based

[@misherunn1480]

CRYING 😭😭😭💀

[@saery4523]

Lmao I didn’t know you could romance him until he started blushing when I talked to him after reviving him

[@noldorwarrior7791]

All right. This time i WILL pay attention to the romance system so i dont get any extremely awkward surprise cutscenes like in Dragon's Dogma 1

[@Tabnito]

I had madeleine as mine for my first run. Last I saw her was after giving her 50k, then she showed up at the final fight, and then she professed her love in my house and lived with me. Im happy the perceived narcasistic gild digger turns out to actuslly fall in love with you and be genuine, bonus points that she acts like you tease her for it woth some of the things she says.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Yeah, that's what I did on my more recent playthrough. First one I got was Selena though, and that's because I had her make me a LOT of that Ale over the course of the game. If memory serves, it was a fairly decent healing item or something, but I'm not sure I remember that right.

[@Nagram_]

I am so excited to find out how they may have teaked romance and if the majority of characters are romanceable.

[@exxy9931]

It kills me we're still stuck to a single character slot. The only real gripe I think I'll have about the game.

[@JackdawYT]

Honestly same, I'm already planning a female archer next but I don't want to delete my first playthrough to start her

[@Powerofcreation-m4o]

Just make multiple psn accounts and enable console sharing in the settings. That's how I always get past this

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

I made 2 humans (1 main and 1 pawn) and 2 Beastren (1 main and 1 pawn) but dunno what to choose for the actual game. The 2 humans I made in the likeness of my characters in the first game, but I want 1 Beastren in my party to see how they play.

[@cherdnad2630]

Make a different account and add that to family sharing. Or if you're on PC, there's most likely gonna be a multiple saves mod.

[@b.heaven9234]

Ow that sucks. I'm guessing there's a technical limitation to that, like how your Main Pawn is being borrowed by everyone else so things are gonna get bonkers if they see your account having more than one Main Pawn.

[@ManserXD-0]

i remember my first Playthrough not knowing there was romance in dragons dogma 1 so every time i was at the city i would give my crap to some old man near the black Smith, then i accidentally gave him the ring and he showed up at the end making grunting sounds 😂

[@reveredrogue9725]

Even before i learned that their was such a thing as romance in Dragon's Dogma, i interacted with Aelinore because i was playing my character as Griffith. The whole getting caught, imprisoned and tortured only added to continue playing my Arisen as Griffith.

[@greenpieceofmind]

Doireann all the way! The setup is perfect; Your introduction to her seems to be to rescue the Elven damsel in distress from a troll, and carry her to safety.

[@julialuna1]

Me: a jealousy system?? 😋😋😋 Also, great video, Jack!!!

[@jockpackage1770]

yeah romance in the original's story was a cool idea that fit the themes and what the plot was trying to do. as for the characters, even if you don't have a clue about the system and romance someone by accident... well my first accidental beloved says it best, "they're master works all, you can't go wrong." legitimately, if you have multiple people that are flagged as full affinity which was indicated by a sound effect and pink aura around their head every time you talked to them, even if it never switches this effect still happens, the last person it pops up for at the deadline is your beloved and there's no turning back... until new game plus i guess where most thing are turned back, curiously, your affinity with npcs is not one of them so people can be romanced without helping them or giving a gift so long as you got there last time and didn't switch. in another playthrough i accidentally chose an asshole of a Frenchman cause i wanted his unique shield, if you know you know lol. incidentally, this was the run when i found out how useless the arisen's bond was, yeah a maxes out affinity but does not lock it so if there's more than 1 that rule of the last one you talk to still applies. yay! so we won't have less writing if we go the Ushiyama rout, horny for the proprietress lmao ah so one of them is your Quina equivalent, of course, will she venture in dangerous territory for our sake with... not the best results too? yeah i know he likely meant "come to play" as a joke or a sensored version of a date but it still made me laugh, as i considered the possibility of a dev making a joke about jealous friends that duel for you even if none of them have romantic intentions yet. after all, they may be enemies already and want you to scheme with them rather than your enemy so this could make sense but the idea of blood thirsty yandere npcs, so thirsty for 2 liquids, was insanely funny to joke about. there are totally going to be players starting One Piece esc harem wars, trying to ramance as many people as possible to expand such blood baths.

[@bunnerkins]

Just realized that the first Dragon's Dogma had the same relationship system as Red Dwarf did when it selected Rimmer as Lister's shipmate.

[@trappedkitty5335]

You deserve a LOT more upvotes for this deep trivia cut. XD

[@bunnerkins]

@@trappedkitty5335

[@bunnerkins]

@@trappedkitty5335

[@bunnerkins]

[@kvvmryn]

Ulrika or Doirianne seem like really wholesome romances based off their depiction so far

[@LandofBrickForests]

Yeah, especially Ulrika. She's so gentle and soft spoken with the arisen. She's gonna be a popular one, I can tell.

[@touvampire]

Romance Ulrika because compared to most I’ve seen, her character model is really pretty.

[@nealgray2744]

I preordered the deluxe edition for this game and i am so excited for this game. The hard part is waiting i wish the 22nd would just come already. It will be worth the wait though.

[@JBMorris9]

People are still pre-ordering games in this day and age where companies keep releasing unfinished games?

[@autisonm]

@@JBMorris9I got faith Capcom wont deliver an unplayable game like many western companies do.

[@nurelljucida962]

​@@autisonmagreed, they always deliver. Especially for this series, they took their time sculpting this one i feel

[@Norinia]

@@JBMorris9When the original released, so few copies sold that the publisher initially cut the cord on any further releases. Dragon’s Dogma exploded in the last so many years, which finally spurred Capcom into giving the dev one more chance, and it’s been looking to be a legitimate chance. People are here and pre ordering for HIM, not Capcom. If the game flops, he won’t get that support in the future. But even if the game succeeds, that doesn’t promise Capcom any further success as we are all here SOLELY for the guy *THEY screwed over all those years ago.* (In case you didn’t know, they massively rushed the development of the original game, to the point 3/4s of the game was chopped off, and Dark Arisen, which points to future material, never saw any sequel material. That’s what Capcom did to the developer (I forget his name but he also does the Devil May Cry series. Really good story writing :) ))

[@NostalgicRemedy]

who cares? worry about yourself@@JBMorris9

[@finixfire8323]

I wish there were more male romance options, they just feel very lacking. Though I didn't care about the romance in the first one cause I enjoyed the exploration and fighting. But after coming from BG3, I'm like eh I guess I'll romance a female character through friendship again cause they have more content in general

[@snake5solid]

All I hoped is that we'll be able to "lock" the romance so we don't end up with a blacksmith or a merchant again. I'm glad they decided to make this system more sophisticated so romance actually matters a bit.

[@Peenorse]

more like "The Arizzen" am i right bros 👉👉

[@UNSCMarine117]

Haha!

[@akikokazama3122]

& sisters xD

[@seancouger007]

do u know its not even 24 hours oout and people are review bombing the crap out of this game even thou it was told that fps wasnt going ot be on par yet, things would seem lower than 30 fps.. oh and the hidden microtransactions (which can be earned by playing the game) but again tons of people are review bombing this game for all the wrong reasons

[@buttergolem8584]

My "love" was some random ass little girl I don't remember. Maybe it was the shopkeeper kid you can sell stuff to.

[@Ch4os4ever]

On DD1 I always went for Madeline, you get a free shop with unique wares living at your home. I also completed the witch sidequest to get her to move in with me for her potions.

[@ミシェル-k3l]

In DDDA I romanced Julien but in beloved cutscene against Grigori Caxton appeared and then at the end of the game Julien appeared at the beach

[@RebaHashiri]

I didn’t know you could romance anyone in the first Dragons dogma! I ended up with the Duchess twice on two play throughs. I just assumed the duchess was the default route, since I had to save her from bringing strangled to death by the king

[@Justanobody8472]

Will be dissapointed if i cant rizz my pawns

[@wisereaper4747]

I don't see how that could work, both mechanically and within the games lore. Pawns are not people, they are flesh constructs with no emotions. Selene was an exception becaus her arisen had completed the Bestowal of Spirit and selene was a human at the end

[@Justanobody8472]

@@wisereaper4747 so you're saying there's a chance?

[@cherdnad2630]

Might have a chance? There are Arisens who have romanced their pawn in lore. Also the fact people like to recreate their SO as their pawn. So maybe Capcom added an option?

[@wisereaper4747]

@@cherdnad2630 again don't get your hopes up for it, if it does, that's great and a welcome surprise for sure, but don't go into the game expecting it as you are more than likely to be disapointed.

[@gooderambles]

Eww! Pawns can't consent

[@GeeGe.]

Wilhelmina gang rise up. She wins by far, barely a competition

[@asheglenn]

Definitely read that wrong

[@burnt-croissants]

she’s an absolute baddie. reminds me of yennefer

[@smoklares9791]

She looks like remake Ada Wong ❤❤❤

[@jboogi90]

Yall all wrong that inn keeper at the secret arbor looks better than Ulrika amd wilhelmina.

[@BloodRawEngine89]

Ulrika be cute ngl, and it's definitely a strong rapport you make with her in the start. I'm hoping characters and arcs re more involved this time around considering it felt like only a handful of romanceable options had much in the way of substance to any questlines involving them. I won't expect anything Mass Effect or Baldur's Gate 2 level of course, but we'll see Kinda interested in that Doireann girl meself.

[@WyattPrice-un7xr]

But...Can You Romance...Grigori...I Mean He Did Steal Your ❤ Jk lol

[@hp2546]

Unless you were one of the NPC living in the olden times where Grigori was an arisen in human form, then it is possible to romance Grigori. After all, Grigori did have to start out as an arisen. How any arisen becomes a dragon is simply lose to Seneschal.

[@theshnorbix6603]

not being able to make your SO as a pawn and have a romance there whilst in the first game a literal child is romanceable is crazy tbh

[@yosz9746]

Well DD1 had a very obvious sex scene at the end of the game if u chose to go back to your lover instead of fighting the seneschal, she jumps on you kissing u and the screen fades to black

[@hp2546]

The only kissing scene you get is after slaying a dragon. Arisen in DD1 does not ever get a 3rd kiss. The arisen can receive a kiss twice. One is from Aelinore. The other kiss is anyone of your choice. If you don't fight Seneschal, all you will be doing is enjoying a false peaceful life. No romance scenes. The game won't give you an option go back to your beloved once you are in the post game. If you beat Seneschal, it is your pawn that takes your body and your identity.

[@dlazyace9116]

I now see why the character creator is top-notch quality. 😮

[@Doku71]

I had no idea what I was doing. I only learned about this after, again like in the first, getting a random achievement for raising affection to the maximum. I didn't even know I was basically courting Ulrika. I was just trying to complete every quest and explore Vermund.

[@kildaver]

Modders...you have a job to do. One that will correct an egregious oversight.

[@tinyjester27]

Bro.... I had one playthrough where my final choice was Montebank. The Black Cat forger lol.... I had given the Arizzen bond to Selene, but? I was on a forgery mission. Made so many copies of rare items, preserves, potions and the like. I was like.... Lmao! When he showed up in front of Grigori.

[@Silkylobster]

Who else is going to Rizz up the elf sister? I know I am.

[@Ravagerblade]

If by playing a female and still doing so, yes. Also please stop using that work... It's dumb. One new word I cannot get behind.

[@brayenstekkel7185]

Its just charisma but short, its alright

[@Ravagerblade]

@@brayenstekkel7185 All I hear is excuses. It's just so cringy to hear somebody say it.

[@Noizzed]

​@@Ravagerblade I like women so what's better than a woman? Two women.

[@whatTFchronic]

@@Ravagerbladeboo hoo

[@LilPorcelynDoll]

Glyndower will be added to my Elven husbandos collection lol

[@eastbow6053]

[@Shananaigans12]

@@eastbow6053you love to find fellow solasmancers in the wild

[@lcicada]

Fenris, Zevran, Astarion, Tamlen, the Egg.... I might have a type

[@AstarionWifey]

@@lcicadaI think we all did 😂❤

[@Maya-yt]

Oh for sure! He’s precious.

[@kalinaanne748]

as long as the romance is actually better in DD2 than it was in the 1st one. The only "Real" romances you could have were female characters which was pretty lame. The original dragons dogma 1 story was pretty generic for most of it and you could tell was written for a male protagonist only. I'll wait and see- because they use alot of the original models from the 1st game as well as weapon skins and animations. Did they also use the same formula for the story/ romances? tons of hot waifu's with interesting romance scenes but only 1-2 ugly husbandos with no romantic cutscene? Why can't they seem to shake things up by giving you a male counterpart to Ulrike? Are the developers once again forcing a female romance relationship onto you? It's really off putting if they are.

[@hp2546]

You cannot claim DD2 don't offer your arisen a chance to be bisexual. I mean in DD2, you get to use the brothel service where your arisen gets to have sex with multiple men and women. Only difference is the arisen pays money for sex. Wiliehmina and Ulrika's sidequest is where you just get an automatic sex scene but you also have options to have sex with more then 2 NPC. If you play DD1, your arisen only gets to have sex 2 times only. After your arisen have sex with the duchess, then your arisen will later on have a chance to have sex with a man or woman or stick to a same duchess where it is only 1 person. If you were to play DD1, part of doing all sidequest will include having sex with the duchess regardless of the arisen's gender. Only difference is in DD2, sex will only be casual hook ups. No marriage. No strings attach, and no commitment. It just proves that in both DD1 and DD2, the arisen is normally expected to have sex with a woman but also have options to have sex with men as well.

[@Crim_Zen]

I just finished carrying Glyndwr's lifeless body from his training field to the first city because a chimera decided to spawn on top of him and I didn't have a wakestone... Hopefully I don't end up with him as my "romance."

[@AschaVovina]

8:15 Slight correction-if you rescue the Duchess in the first game there’s a fade-to-black sex scene.

[@C0ldFlame2682]

Oh.... i gave the pendent to an elf so my main pawn could get the ability to translate elvish... i guess I'm going to end up with an elven tavern keeper 😅

[@TheFallen3]

OH SHIT ITS MARCH

[@jadedj5385]

Felt that.

[@WaSheLey911]

bruh, my heroine at the end is Vergil. then the dragon ask me if i will fight him or sacrifice vergil. and i was like "nah, you can have him." Is that a bad ending? im the sovran now.

[@tiredfox77]

Calling kissing and rolling around the bed or laying in nudity a sex scene is halarious. Anyone whom paid for the prostitutes are getting robbed 😂.

[@macksauce7481]

There was romance in DD1??! Don't even remember it

[@sleepycatzz]

yeah there was and mostly few npcs actually had quest/scenes for it but mostly u can literally romance every single npc out there

[@theydisintegrate]

I noticed today after i gave my main pawn some upgraded gear she was blushing and had a smile and at first i thought maybe she had dragon plague lol, but i really think she was just happy i got her new stuff

[@robertkarp2070]

I've had my Pawn question me as to why I have jumped her bones yet and then be interrupted by the pawns waiting outside before any conversation can start. I've also had a scene where some courtesan takes me to the side and kisses me, to keep me from getting discovered by guards, while trying to leave after obtaining evidence from Allred's quarters.

[@canariawing]

disappointing there's only one male main character romance option compared to three women. guess i shouldn't have expected any different

[@SuckSeed-wn4xn]

It’s miserable appeasement. Apparently women in gaming are still considered a minority.

[@Sakisasvictorianmask]

But is it conformed these are all the romancable characters we get? Seems like they were only examples, no?

[@jackratscratpack9323]

@@SuckSeed-wn4xnit’s the true demographic men are more fans of games like this than women men are the majority and women are the minority and the majority of women that play these games like it just for the same reason the men do so why change something that’s worked from the beginning

[@webringthebooms]

Didn't he just say that everyone in the story was available?

[@xaphelion]

@@Sakisasvictorianmask There may be more options but obviously those 4 being highlighted means they’ll have the most “fulfilling” and rounded-out romances.

[@KaffeboysDru]

Reminds me of Fable where you could marry and have children with any NPC

[@joellachmann1529]

If i cant romance my pawns, i will be mad.

[@palamedes4740]

You can't wtf is wrong with you? It's in the name. They're pawns, they have almost no agency. Foaming at the mouth for a flesh sex doll is degenerate behavior.

[@revelation9125]

Pawns aren’t people it’s weird but romancing them wouldn’t make much sense lorewise

[@avalokiteshvara113]

Guess you will be mad, weirdo

[@PKFl4sh]

Considering pawns are generally sort of... slaves to the Arisen without their own free will, I dunno if that's a great idea.

[@PainfullySoberAndUnhinged]

99.9% chance you won't be able to, but Mods exist! Not as good as real thing and won't be a day one thing though

[@geert574]

I always ended up with Fournival as my lover, I needed his 999 periapts

[@AIWboojum]

Thank you for the vid! It was a little unclear, is it confirmed in the Japanese IGN interview that you can once again romance any npc? I absolutely loved that feature in the original, I’d always make sure to end up with some rando Cassardis villager. If that feature comes back for the sequel I’m gonna be even more excited.

[@darkyouth2005]

the only romance I want is with my hot amazing pawn that I customize for myself LOL

[@jamesthrice2253]

Best romance in DD1 was Ophis as a dude. Worth it for the memes alone.

[@broderick2424]

Thought I was the only one

[@AlbinoMothDragon]

Gigachad move

[@r.e.z9428]

Yes but do we get a goth tree witch in the sequel though? If not, then Ill settle with the Sphinx.

[@StyleshStorm]

Wasn't she 14 or something? Kinda suspicious. ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

[@Silkylobster]

She was really old. She was a pawn originally and took her Master's form when they first met.

[@Zero-Descent]

​@StyleshStorm no she was pixels on a screen that were a concept taken from another man's imagination so if anything it's slightly gay? I mean, he likes what came out of a guy's head. Sounds kinda gay to me.

[@MrBats]

@@StyleshStormNah mate it's tooootally fine, she's just a thousand years old!

[@NarutoLover6219]

Can’t seem to find anything in game or online about male choices? Were we tricked about two male ones being available?

[@JackdawYT]

Literally, I feel like we might have been. I still need to research and find out myself - but it looks like it currently

[@NarutoLover6219]

@@JackdawYTwhat a shame… I hope it’s not the case and I just need more time to search… but I am not very hopeful.

[@prime1773]

If I can't romance my pawn, I'll take Wilheimina

[@wildmike5707]

It was weird that quina keep calling me cousin after accidentally making her my beloved

[@hp2546]

Almost every resident living in Cassardis calls the arisen cousin. So it is most likely that if the resident is in their 20s, then they call the arisen cousin. Any resident in Cassardis who is a teen would not call the arisen cousin. Even residence that is a senior citizen also calls the arisen cousin. Even residence old enough to be the arisen's mother or father calls the arisen cousin.

[@anderporascu5026]

Just wait, mods will make the sex gratuitously saucy as a Game of Thrones episode or as explicit as Cyberpunk 2077. As for the rest, the pawn and open romance systems feel revolutionary to me. Especially how they don't restrict what your character can be class wise, the whole class blender thing is a decade beyond most past RPGs.

[@AlbinoMothDragon]

that's the thing, capcom don't want you to mod the game, at all. they're putting in mod breaking software in it for that reason

[@anderporascu5026]

@@AlbinoMothDragon Well then they'll need to thoughtfully tailor the game to the tone they want it to have and make it perfect as can be so that mods are redundant.

[@MortSalazar]

I just hope it's not as insane as the first game where a person i didn't care about at all was kidnapped and marked as my relatioship completely skipping the one i constantly gifted things simply because i completed the questline of the first person i guess(which i did for the other one too)

[@willows4769]

It seems there's only one main male RO? 😢

[@willows4769]

Oh there's two Brant and Sven... I'll probably wait for reviews first.

[@Deadmare]

Well im going to be playing as a small female elf mage, hope there is some handsome badass knight dude or princes

[@mangakdramagamer1153]

How about pawns can we romance them

[@kennylaysh2776]

I missed Ulrike completely, lmao. I didn't know about going back to Melve for that one dragon fight, so I never fought the gross dragon, and never got her to like me. I went back to Melve WAY too late, maxed her affinity, but she doesn't do anything but blush and say "good luck!" basically. So, I have some things to still do in NG+

[@Marcustheseer]

In dragons dogma 1 it was silly you get the romance with the person you talk with the most,for me that was always 1 of the 2 merchants,i want to choose who it is

[@PhaethonCrafts]

Yeah I was so mad in the first game when I learned my lover was Madeline and not Aelinore, all because she was the last person I spoke to before going to the final boss as she was escaping town. Like I was so mad, I spent so much time trying to rescue Aelinore and everything and that gold digger ho shows up. I got so mad I considered deleting my save and the game from my Switch, never to touch it again.

[@jex8885]

Haha, imagine the horror of the people that got Caxton or some other random merchant tho. 😂

[@obituscat]

​@jex8885 Literally me. I got Caxton. I was confused at first when I saw him near the dragon. Then, during the kissing scene, I immediately closed the game. I was so mad.

[@frederickkriesel2724]

Nah imma naturally rizz up the Armor/weapon enhancer in the capital thank you very much.

[@IPFreelly]

My god Wilhelmina is gonna be a popular romance, she's literally just Yennefer

[@shd_samurai9676]

If I can't date the Pawn from the trailer what reason is there to live.

[@JakDarckner]

Blonde Elf Lady

[@ittoarataki347]

I'm gonna romance the sphinx. Chances are low but never zero.

[@syrienangel4137]

Godspeed

[@styan9]

I forgot about romance in DD1 and ended with a guy I gave a knife to because I thought he would lower the bridge if I have a better relationship with him. Ughhh.... Killed him with Arc of Devastation afterwards...

[@boopagm8275]

now.........can we romance our main Pawn?

[@Silvotic]

The real question.

[@ThatPikminOrchestra]

My boyfriend created himself as my main pawn so I hope so too xD

[@gooderambles]

Eww!

[@AlbinoMothDragon]

@@gooderambles eww yourself, why would you romance any other character? letting you make the ideal partner and not allow them to be wed is the biggest flaw DD1 had, during their creation, you had the option to give them the personality of "the perfect spouse", for what reason other than marriage would that be in there? the only characters worth romancing are one's that help you on your journey, through thick and thin, in weakness and in strength, through defeat and into victory, and there is only one character in the game that does that. if ashe gets his pawn as his beloved, we deserve the same right.

[@moniquethemedic5786]

​@Mailynn393 my husband and I made our characters our cats, and our pawns ourselves 😂

[@lordcockula683]

unfortunately it's still just as horrible as before

[@sageky]

I'm ground for poundi'n DD2's version of Feste, or even Feste himself! If he returns to part 2.

[@Jaysunn]

bro you're going to say you're against preordering, then suggest a preorder for THAT???

[@LandofBrickForests]

If i'm gonna romance anyone in this game, it's definitely ulrika.

[@kratosgow09]

The aRIZZen

[@redsaaryn3832]

if im able to romance and marry my cat people pawns then this is an absolute W

[@jennyjoot9184]

Lmao i remember a video of some guy romancing the jester

[@sheldonmustdie2]

Thank you for this 🙏

[@JackdawYT]

You’re welcome 😊

[@TwoHams]

You telling me the Arisen has an infinate isekai harem and hes out here chasing women

[@ombra711]

Neh, I wanted to romance the Dusky skinned French accent gal, I fought hard not to have some weird mechant be my love interest😅

[@Zathurious]

This iteration of a romance system sounds very interesting. I could see myself enjoying it. Unfortunately, it's in a game I probably won't play. You have fun, though.

[@darthsmeagol1990]

Romance sphinx patch when?

[@ImJEllisAF]

I want a unique experience so I probably won’t pick the low hanging fruit. I wish you could just hook up with those characters

[@shadypielover]

I made my guy 7 feet tall and super attractive so I hope it’s real life accurate and I get all the 10’s in the game

[@nickhatfield3038]

Wait did the developer confirm housing in the game? Or was that just an example