yeah, its an immersion breaker. especially sex scenes. they're just goofy! and I get the feeling they're only there to sell the game or for the trailer...
Do you feel silly romancing digital characters?
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If it's well written and you can develop an interest in the character, then it doesn't feel that weird. It it's not well written, well, then I just try to remember the achievement that will totally justify me tearing away a little bit of my dignity and humanity.
Reading this next to your avatar has made my day.Easton Dark said:
It's the best I'm ever going to get 
Though it depends on the game. Unfortunately romance is something damn hard to put into game form. Mostly because if someone could quantify realistic romance they wouldn't be wasting their time making videogames.
Though it depends on the game. Unfortunately romance is something damn hard to put into game form. Mostly because if someone could quantify realistic romance they wouldn't be wasting their time making videogames.
Not really. Depends how well written the characters are, though. I'd probably feel silly romancing someone in Fable 3, but not Mass Effect.
No, I usually don't feel silly, as long as romance adds something to my character's story. Which, I think, BioWare romances do fairly well.
Sex in games feels awkward though, they don't seem to handle it as gracefully as other media. Or maybe it's because of the player's participatory role. Because I don't feel embarrassed watching True Blood (don't flame me), but I do feel embarrassed collecting sex cards in The Witcher.
Sex in games feels awkward though, they don't seem to handle it as gracefully as other media. Or maybe it's because of the player's participatory role. Because I don't feel embarrassed watching True Blood (don't flame me), but I do feel embarrassed collecting sex cards in The Witcher.
When is it ever required? I don't remember being forced to romance anyone in any RPG I've ever played. Certainly not any Dragon Age games.
If it feels silly to me I'm either doing it for the silliness or not doing it at all.
If it feels silly to me I'm either doing it for the silliness or not doing it at all.
No part of me feels silly, it's the biggest reason (indirectly) I play Dragon Age.
I think the purpose of Role playing is entirely lost once you enter that line of thinking.
I completely shut myself out.
Once I load up that file I am Fey. I'm a well meaning, carefree, idealistic, freedom before justice, Rogue with a sense of humor and a knack for messing up relationships due to an overly romantic and selfish view of love.
Some would sooner describe me as evil, merciless, and cruel. I can't deny blood in the right color (my enemy's usually) makes my day that much better.
For that play through of Dragon Age the first:
I never took off my wedding band, it may have been an arranged marriage but I know he was a lovely man. Maybe I'm to sentimental but I felt it was more powerful than any of the other enchanted rings.
Morrigan was my best friend, like a sister I never had, we disagree on some things, she doesn't understand the way I cling to friendship and love, I know she values it though.
Alistair was my newly found compass for what I should consider right but couldn't bring myself to follow, the love I wanted but couldn't have because every choice I made pushed him farther away.
We're still good friends, being with him is great... But I can't shake the feeling that he sees a dark terrible evil embodied by the power and willfulness I command, always keeping him an arms length away.
That perhaps inside, he's afraid of me. Maybe more so because of how well I get along with him, like I don't carry a weight of guilt, or my face is free to lie straight even to those I'm closest.
I think the purpose of Role playing is entirely lost once you enter that line of thinking.
I completely shut myself out.
Once I load up that file I am Fey. I'm a well meaning, carefree, idealistic, freedom before justice, Rogue with a sense of humor and a knack for messing up relationships due to an overly romantic and selfish view of love.
Some would sooner describe me as evil, merciless, and cruel. I can't deny blood in the right color (my enemy's usually) makes my day that much better.
For that play through of Dragon Age the first:
I never took off my wedding band, it may have been an arranged marriage but I know he was a lovely man. Maybe I'm to sentimental but I felt it was more powerful than any of the other enchanted rings.
Morrigan was my best friend, like a sister I never had, we disagree on some things, she doesn't understand the way I cling to friendship and love, I know she values it though.
Alistair was my newly found compass for what I should consider right but couldn't bring myself to follow, the love I wanted but couldn't have because every choice I made pushed him farther away.
We're still good friends, being with him is great... But I can't shake the feeling that he sees a dark terrible evil embodied by the power and willfulness I command, always keeping him an arms length away.
That perhaps inside, he's afraid of me. Maybe more so because of how well I get along with him, like I don't carry a weight of guilt, or my face is free to lie straight even to those I'm closest.
The romantic in me wants to punch you for not using the word "romance" in the right context. I was all ready to make a big speech about romanticizing characters into reality.
I feel a bit odd but mostly because of the disconnect between the character and myself. You only get one chance to romance a character then your opportunity is gone forever even if it doesn't seem like the right time to me.
I feel a bit odd but mostly because of the disconnect between the character and myself. You only get one chance to romance a character then your opportunity is gone forever even if it doesn't seem like the right time to me.
That's from Red Dwarf, right?HankMan said:
"You're a real piece of trash, aren't you?"
"I'm programmed to be trash."
i'd do it even if i didn't have to, like in GTA San AnDreas. you did'nt have to go out with the possible GF's for Cj, but i did anyway. i usually ended up killing them though... never got to the controversial "sex scene" either.... oh wellpulse2 said:
Depends on the game. DA felt just dull, like you had seen that scene play out before.
Now, something like Persona, that's a wholly different story. Those characters are all interesting and romancing them doesn't make them just like you more, it makes you stronger out of the connection you have created with them.
Now, something like Persona, that's a wholly different story. Those characters are all interesting and romancing them doesn't make them just like you more, it makes you stronger out of the connection you have created with them
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He's calibrating, sorry.D Moness said:
Pixel men are strange. I have a fangirl thing for Joker even though I have never liked rl celebs. Part of me thinks becuase he's not real he can't act like a dick and let me down. I find that comforting. Not that I'm bitter...okay maybe I'm bitter.
No.
To tell you the truth, I have an easier time becoming more attached to fictional characters than I have actually people. (I even wrote Kevin Flynn a ulogy after seing T:L, pretty sure he died.) I guess you know more about them, and it's easier to get attached to something that can only really judge you based on your in-game actions.
. . . WHAT?
C'mon, you all feel this way, admit it.
To tell you the truth, I have an easier time becoming more attached to fictional characters than I have actually people. (I even wrote Kevin Flynn a ulogy after seing T:L, pretty sure he died.) I guess you know more about them, and it's easier to get attached to something that can only really judge you based on your in-game actions.
. . . WHAT?
C'mon, you all feel this way, admit it.
Yes, god yes. To give you an example Morrigan and my character really do not see eye to eye. However, I try my best not to be an argumentative ass with her and as the game has progressed (I'm still not done with it, I'm currently trying to save the princess provided XBL ever gets my profile back.) I've come to want to know more about her character. One thing led to another in the conversation and the next thing I know I get a whopping -12 for not wanting to know her in a biblical sense. To me that's the mistake. Why not put all the effort that goes into creating a virtual date into background and developing real commeraderie or even better a way to set up you tactics preferences through the game instead? Or at least don't penalize me for not wanting to take part in it. Honestly, I'd like to see the entire system gone before I end up playing some bizarro version of Catherine meets Halo instead of the Mass Effect 8 that I paid for....pulse2 said:
Besides, don't you feel it's silly that these characters fall in love that fast! For the love of Andrastae (but not the "love" of Andrastae) drive through takes longer!
Thanks for bringing this up, sometimes I feel like changing my name to "Voice in the Wilderness."
Not usually. Once I put myself into the mindset of my character, I can ignore the uncanny valleyesque animations and things.
Oh I admit that sometimes I feel a greater attatchment to fictional characters than I do actual people. Few of my heroes are living. Just not a romantic one.Mastercylinder said:
The Heroes I have that are real, people wouldn't recognize their names anyway, why? They aren't characters, they're real Heroes that's why.
By the way, it's sweet, but why did you write a Eulogy for the User?? You can't derez a User!!
Nope. Why should it make me feel silly? Its just fiction. In the end, its all just playing out a fake story for kicks and enjoyment. I never understood how its somehow normal and cool for a fat nerd to play out a scenario where he's a badass special forces officer or space marine or whatever, yet its somehow pathetic to play out a romantic aspect of a story. Some people seem to feel that the only ones playing out romances in games are loveless losers who genuinely get sexual gratification and use the game as a replacement for real romantic interaction when thats not usually the case. Its the same kind of thinking that leads some people to claim violent video games make people violent in real life. That somehow playing out a violent game is the same as a person genuinely wishing for and contemplating violence.
If anything, I get sad, and perhaps a little jealous. I wish things went that smoothly for me in real life. Every time I try to even get a girl to just go on a lunch date so we can get to know one another, I get a wall of excuses. I would love to be able to romance in real life as well as I can in Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and other games.