Support NeoGAF

[Draugoth]

Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, and that there would be companions accompanying us on the journey. But can we kiss those companions? Eurogamer reveals that, no, we cannot.

“I know we did some romances for companions in [Pillars of Eternity II:] Deadfire,” game director Carrie Patel told Eurogamer, “but the thing we found…is that to pay them off, you really have to invest a lot in doing them well. And you also want to balance whatever you’re putting into romantic relationships with ensuring that players who don’t choose the romance path still have a fulfilling and complete experience with those companions.”

Via Kotaku

 

[The Cockatrice]

So the companions are shit, got it.

 

[NeroDaGod]

Oh damn didn’t realise the MC was classless. Less interest from me then.

 

[Bloobs]

 

[GymWolf]

Are you telling me that i can't fuck private nauki?

Spoiler

thank fucking god

 

[Xenon]

That ship has sailed

 

[HL3.exe]

Seems like i'm in the minority, but who cares? Romancing NPCs had always been cringe unless the writing is decent enough or it figures into their characters ark, which is barely the case ever.

The last and only time I pursued this in a game was the Mass Effect games, Witcher games and Cyberpunk, and even then it was embarrassing hahaha.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

“but the thing we found…is that to pay them off, you really have to invest a lot in doing them well.

So this is what you get for overly criticising shitty romance scenes in Bioware games.

 

[AJUMP23]

What is love. Baby don’t hurt me.


No love no heartbreak.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Makes sense, they don’t want to make people not in a romantic relationship uncomfortable.

Spoiler

 

[rhodesianshepard]

This game better have more branching narratives than Baldurs-gate-3 because everything else seems super-mid. This games giving off AA+ vibes like the Outer Worlds. Shouldn't the budgets be way bigger now that Obsidian is part of Xbox Game Studios?

 

[Del_X]

Fucking good

 

[Methos#1975]

Man, Obsidian has really fall off.

 

[RoboFu]

No one will buy it. Everyone and everything is all about sex these days sadly. Games with " romance " options sell.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

​

We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character

Noo..

exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, and that there would be companions accompanying us on the journey.

Tears.

 

[balls of snow]

Not a good look after BG 3 went super horny. People like romanceable team mates in western rpg. If Bioware can do it in 2003, you can do it in 2024. If fucking Spiders can do it with a 30 man crew in Greedfall, a dev studio backed by the biggest corp in the world can do it too.

 

[Panajev2001a]

So this is what you get for overly criticising shitty romance scenes in Bioware games.

I am glad the bar we hold devs at is “hey when we do something you pressure us in doing it well, so well we will not do it, can’t be bothered”. Yeah, for GamePass effect not pushing for quantity over quality…

 

[StueyDuck]

I'm not like super stoked on this game (outer worlds was poop)

But this is a good thing. "Romance" in games is dumb shit, it's done so poorly to ever be considered necessary.

"Hi there I killed the orcs" "oh yes person i met 5 minutes ago, i am madly in love with you now, let's bang it out"

It's always so rapey...

Just focus on the stabbing and making that story good, leave romance for weebs and their picture book games.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Not a good look after BG 3 went super horny. People like romanceable team mates in western rpg. If Bioware can do it in 2003, you can do it in 2024. If fucking Spiders can do it with a 30 man crew in Greedfall, a dev studio backed by the biggest corp in the world can do it too.

They can, but the purpose of a service like GamePass which is their main internal customers needs lots of cheaper to produce titles coming in and out of the service. The idea of getting lots of AAAA with the same “low” subscription coming out every few months was never sustainable.

 

[Orbital2060]

Yeah its what out me off Mass Effect 2, and later the Witcher 3. And Baldurs Gate 3, I hear it has a lot of romancing bs and it puts me off playing the game.

 

[Ozriel]

This game better have more branching narratives than Baldurs-gate-3 because everything else seems super-mid. This games giving off AA+ vibes like the Outer Worlds. Shouldn't the budgets be way bigger now that Obsidian is part of Xbox Game Studios?

Seems quite clear a lot of you have no idea what distinguishes an AA game from an AAA title.

 

[Senua]

"Hi there I killed the orcs" "oh yes person i met 5 minutes ago, i am madly in love with you now, let's bang it out"

It's always so rapey...

Wtf...

 

[Heisenberg007]

With each new statements that comes up, it seems like this is not going to be a deep RPG game at all.

• Avowed won't have romance options.
• Avowed won't have classes.
• Avowed won't allow a pacifist run.
• Avowed won't have a companion approval system.

 

[StueyDuck]

Wtf...

Real life does not work like that.

Hello there colleague, I did the task for you at work and now we are in a room so we must sex and you are madly in love with me because I did task

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Real life does not work like that.

Hello there colleague, I did the task for you at work and now we are in a room so we must sex and you are madly in love with me because I did task

Get me into any of your workplaces and I garuntee i'll romance all your colleagues within the week

 

[StueyDuck]

Get me into any of your workplaces and I garuntee i'll romance all your colleagues within the week

It's just a 25% chance of getting your dialog choices right. Choose the correct of 4 responses and other human becomes instantly horny

 

[kyussman]

Thank fuck......given the people making this probably believe there are 100 genders,keep that shit out.

 

[Moses85]

And what about

 

[Wastelander92]

Meh the characters look too ugly anyways.

 

[xrnzaaas]

So the companions are shit, got it.

Yep, pretty much another case like The Outer Worlds. You wouldn't want to date people in that game even if it was allowed.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Complistic]

That's a choice. They can be cringe for sure, but cheese can be fun too.

 

[Rubim]

With each new statements that comes up, it seems like this is not going to be a deep RPG game at all.

• Avowed won't have romance options.
• Avowed won't have classes.
• Avowed won't allow a pacifist run.
• Avowed won't have a companion approval system.

Pacifist runs are retarded in nature.

 

[Flabagast]

There was already no romance in outer worlds if I remember right.

No big deal, only CDPR does them well in RPGs anyway. BG3 is excellent but its romances were really cringe and fake

 

[John Bilbo]

Romance is dead they say

 

[Filben]

Yep, it's the same reason they gave on why Outer Worlds doesn't have it. They simply don't want to invest in that.

I'm okay with that. It's okay to not have companions who want to fuck.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Not even asexual lesbian romance?

 

[Toots]

They won't enable the player to force themselves on npc who are but lines of code and therefore cannot give consent.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

is this the game pass effect?
how long it will be, 8-10 hours?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Romantic relationships in these games were always stupid and cringe anyway. It's a good thing they're not wasting their time with it.

 

[Astray]

Everything I see about this game is about how it doesn't have one thing or another.

It's like they are trying to build anti-hype

 

[dem]

 

[Sweden85]

Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, and that there would be companions accompanying us on the journey. But can we kiss those companions? Eurogamer reveals that, no, we cannot.



Via Kotaku

Lol, sounds like they didn't want to spend time to make it happen..GP-title

 

[adamsapple]

With each new statements that comes up, it seems like this is not going to be a deep RPG game at all.

• Avowed won't have romance options.
• Avowed won't have classes.
• Avowed won't allow a pacifist run.
• Avowed won't have a companion approval system.

"Deep" RPG game ?

 

[splattered]

I have a wife in real life, I'm good.

Ive always thought people that get really into in game relationships or obsess over game characters' looks need professional help haha

 

[SportsFan581]

Probably for the best, I haven't played a game yet where this angle wasn't the cringiest part. I guess some players like it though.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

"Deep" RPG game ?

Deep like how far Phil goes down your throat

 

[Heisenberg007]

"Deep" RPG game ?

Yeah, you're right. Let's correct it: it seems like this is not going to be an RPG game at all.

 

[midnightAI]

No one will buy it. Everyone and everything is all about sex these days sadly. Games with " romance " options sell.

Sarcasm?

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah, you're right. Let's correct it: it seems like this is not going to be an RPG game at all.

Yes, let's call it ... 'internal, select' RPG.