Romance Sidequest: Difference between revisions

 

Related tropes are [[Relationship Values]] that are sometimes interchangeable with (or a prerequisite to) a [[Romance Sidequest]] and [[Optional Sexual Encounter]] which this sidequest ''can'' but might not culminate in. Also related is the [[Match Maker Quest]], when the PC does this for out of party [[NPC|NPCs]].

 

== [[Bio Ware]] ==

** It IS possible to love more then one woman at a time, using a means that is or isn't a gamebreaker regarding on your views. You simply need to be too far away for your conflicting love interests to converse with you when the one longest along asks you to be hers alone.

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' has Bastila for male PCs and Carth for female, as well as a hidden ([[Hide Your Lesbians|and very abbreviated]]) "plot" with Juhani for females. The sequel doubles the number of love interests (Visas, Handmaiden, Atton, Disciple) but downplays the "romance" part a great deal, instead opting for [[Relationship Values]]: in the final cut, there's not even so much as a kiss there. In the cut ending, the romances were supposed to play a greater role (such as making your chosen love interest sacrifice themselves for you or two love interests fighting to death over Exile).

** ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' takes it [[Up to Eleven]]: [[Fan Nickname|MaleShep]] can choose among Miranda, Jack, and [[Boldly Coming|Tali]]; FemShep is offered Jacob, Thane, and [[Boldly Coming|Garrus]]; both can go for a (female) [[Anything That Moves|omnisexual]] Kelly Chambers, Samara (if Paragon), and {{spoiler|Morinth}} (though that would be greatly [[Out With a Bang|inadvisable]]), though the last three don't net you the Paramour achievement. All permanent squad members require completing their Loyalty Mission before romance is unlocked. In addition to the new romances, there are three that can carry over from the first game if you pursued them and the game registers whether you stay true to them: Ashley or Kaidan, with whom {{spoiler|you only get a single dialogue in the game}}, and Liara, the only old flame with whom romance can be consummated, if only at the end of the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' [[DLC]] storyline.

** ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'' lets you continue most of the romances from the previous two games, adds three new romances among the Normandy staff (two exclusively same-sex, one bi) and allows male Shepards to romance Kaidan.

*** You can actually end up with both Aribeth and Nathyrra. Steps: Fix the bug in [[Hot U]] stopping your True Love being Aribeth, then flirt and be nice+understanding to both of them, step 3 [[Save Scum]] until Aribeth is your True Love, and then if you have a high enough persuade/Charisma score you can end up with both of them. Win.

* There is also a sort of romance with Annah in ''[[Planescape Torment]]''. Though the only tail you get is the one she wraps around your leg, all too briefly, while you make out. Grace, on the other hand, doesn't give or get even that much...what with being a succubus.

* In ''[[Sonic Chronicles]]'' you could enter a romantic subplot with Amy Rose. And no, there was no sex scene.

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', there are ''four'' romance options among the recruitable NPCs: Alistair, Morrigan, Zevran, and Leliana, one each heterosexual male, heterosexual female, bisexual male, and bisexual female. So that's three out of four options (two of the opposite gender and one of the same) no matter ''what'' gender your character is. And as if this wasn't enough, there are several minor NPCs in the game that you can unlock one-night stands with (but only one if you're female--this is made up for the fact that every single Origin has a romantic interest; also, [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|Bann Teagan]]). And as if ''that'' wasn't enough, one of the visitable locations in the capital city is a whorehouse, and yes, you ''can'' sample the wares this time.

** In fact, [[Hundred Percent Completion]] (self-designated, open-ended games) usually involves marrying a secret option.

** Many players do, in fact, 'level up' their relationships with all potentials because it [[More Friends More Benefits|carries certain benefits to do so]]. The end result of the choice, however, does not usually change gameplay significantly.

** Also, since there are in fact rivals, many players take it upon themselves to initiate those events as a [[Match Maker Quest]]. These virtual people are, after all, apparently close virtual friends and deserve virtual happiness.

 

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