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« on: November 24, 2003, 04:46:19 PM »Scanning the www I am simply baffled at the importance of the romance business in BG2. This is not what makes the game tick, is it?
The answer is simple: name one adventure-fantasy book or movie which does not contain a romance. "Hobbit" comes to mind...
Romance is an integral part of any adventure, often a driving force behind it (kill the princess, marry the dragon). BG2's main attraction to many people is the “realistic” feel of the characters. And in reality people stuck with a small group united by a single goal far afield will fall in and out of love a number of times when they are young and handsome (or maybe only once?). It is natural that both people who did and did not experience it in the real life like this element in the game. Some want to re-live the joyous atmosphere of an adventure and strong, uninhibited feelings, and some want to figure out what the hell it’s all about. Realistically every BG character should have been romance-enabled - for a different PC and different romantic options.
The answer is simple: name one adventure-fantasy book or movie which does not contain a romance. "Hobbit" comes to mind...
Romance is an integral part of any adventure, often a driving force behind it (kill the princess, marry the dragon). BG2's main attraction to many people is the “realistic” feel of the characters. And in reality people stuck with a small group united by a single goal far afield will fall in and out of love a number of times when they are young and handsome (or maybe only once?). It is natural that both people who did and did not experience it in the real life like this element in the game. Some want to re-live the joyous atmosphere of an adventure and strong, uninhibited feelings, and some want to figure out what the hell it’s all about. Realistically every BG character should have been romance-enabled - for a different PC and different romantic options.