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{{quote|"''I love it when women fight over me...''"|'''[[Player Character|Shepard]]''', ''[[Mass Effect]]''}}
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* Bioware's first attempt at romance was in ''Tales of the Sword Coast'', the expansion to the original ''[[
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** 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).
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* ''[[Jade Empire]]'' has Dawn Star (male PC), Sky (male/female PC), and Silk Fox (male/female PC). If you want a same-sex relationship, though, you have to tell the heterosexual options that you're not interested in them (in other words, insult them). You can also apparently talk Dawn Star and Silk Fox into a threesome, but you'll end up pairing up with Silk Fox.
** You don't have to insult Sky, per se-I just avoided any conversation with him that wasn't absolutely necessary.
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** And you get Nathyrra or Aribeth (her ghost, anyway (don't ask)) for male PCs or Valen for female PC over the course of the Shadows of Undrentide/Hordes of the Underdark story arc (though none of those characters appear until about a third of the way through Hordes of the Underdark and you don't encounter Aribeth until the beginning of the third chapter).
*** 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.
** Technically, if you have [[What an Idiot!|a low Wisdom score]], you can [[Death
* 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.
** As to influence you to knock up everyone, you can get an achievement for being a part of every possible romance account-wise.
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** The romances can even take different paths depending on whether or not the romance is with a friend or a rival. A romance with a friend is fairly standard material. A romance with a rival is fraught with [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] and [[Foe Yay]].
== [[Adventure Game]] ==
* The PC game ''[[Secrets of Da Vinci:
* In ''[[Quest for Glory V]]'', the main character has the opportunity to woo and get engaged to one of the four women he encountered during the previous four games.
* A minor case in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''. One of the girls in the bazaar will develop feelings for Link, if you play your cards right.
== [[Role Playing Game]] ==
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** To a degree, this is also present in ''X'' as well. The Tidus/Yuna relationship is still central to the plot and two major cutscenes revolve around them, but by treating Lulu or Rikku well, Tidus can also develop a quasi-romantic relationship with either of them, to the point that Tidus' final overdrive where a character helps can feature any of the women, depending on who Tidus has the most affection levels with. [[Word of God]] confirms that different ending sequences if Tidus had preferred either character over Yuna were intended, but there was insufficient room on the disc for them.
*** This one is more of a friendly relationship though, as he can build relationships and alter certain cutsences. The Snowmobile to Macalrina Temple comes to mind. Depending on the players relationship with the party members, Tidus can ride with Lulu or Rikku, or the two will ride together and Tidus will drive next to Auron or Kimhari. A conversation will ensue that reveals tidbits about the character he's with.
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* The [[Ur Example]] is possibly ''[[Knights of Xentar|Dragon Knight]]'', a series of RPG [[H-game|H-Games]] that featured many romance quests that usually involved graphically explicit [[Hentai]] [[Optional Sexual Encounter|Sexual Encounters]].
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* ''[[Arcanum]]'', aside from the potential for paid sex and a few brief flings, had one potential romance, with an Elven Princess. She was a bit finicky (though somehow fell for an Escaped Lunatic,) requiring near maximum intelligence, highly good alignment, and at least average beauty. Courting her simply amounts to asking her opinion about various places in the world, and give flirty answers when she starts to appear twitter-pated. And avoid the obviously bone-headed comments.
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** Averted in [[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
* ''[[Divine Divinity]]'', an action-RPG in the mold of ''[[Diablo]]'' (but with more traditional fantasy trappings and a dash more humor) features an incredibly awkward and absurdly shallow "romance" with an elf of the opposite gender as yourself. Allegedly, this was inspired by ''Baldur's Gate II'' and the apparent elf-chick fetish on the part of whomever wrote the romance subplots for that game, and a jab in general at RPGs with shoehorned romance quests.
** To elaborate on how absurd the whole thing play out: First, the dialogue with her/him indicate that you're hopelessly smitten by first sight, and reads very over-the-top-poetry-written-by-teenager. Their response comes off as politely embarrassed and trying to get you to go away. They won't take it any further until the situation with the elf-dwarf war is dealt with. After that, they send you their father, who only agrees if you find their family heirloom... [[Snipe Hunt|which doesn't actually exist in the game]]. So instead you find a dwarven jeweller and ''get a forgery''. After that, they literally have no option but to accept you, and you can get your reward... a kiss. That's right, in order to get smoochies from a perfect stranger, whom regards you as a borderline stalker, you only have to employ deception of the basest sort and insult their family honor behind their backs. True love, ladies and gentlemen.
* The various ''[[Star Ocean]]'' games are well known for this, as the endpoint of their [[Relationship Values]] mechanic; it doesn't affect gameplay strongly, but the choices you make in "Private Actions" throughout the game (either within storyline cutscenes or in special scenes focused entirely on the task) allow you to eventually choose which of the game's [[Multiple Endings]] you get. ''[[
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* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' allows Mike to build up a potential romance with any of four female characters - Mina, Scarlett, Madison, and SIE. He can also bed all four of them in a single playthrough, earning an achievement ''and'' a perk. And no, [[Fan-Preferred Couple|unfortunately]], he can't romance Sis.
* ''[[Ar Tonelico]]'' allows you to [[Journey to
* In ''[[
* There is a quest in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]]'' called "The Bonds of Matrimony" that involves arranging and attending your wedding ceremony after proposing to an eligible NPC.
* [[Fire Emblem Awakening]] features a literal and interesting variation of this: If any opposite-gendered characters in your army reach an [[Relationship Values|S level Support]], you will unlock a sidequest chapter in which the couple's [[Kid From the Future]] joins your army. My Unit plays this trope straightest, as not only can they marry any eligable character, they all get unique [[Dating Sim]] style "confession" scenes.
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