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[NonCanon]

Blasto the jelly wrote...

I just want to clarify something i like romances in bioware games but they said its about Thedas not who u had a romance with soo please stop abusing me or im gonna cry

Dragon Age may be about Thedas, but when you're playing Origins or when you will be playing DA2 it will be about the character you create, their choices, personality, friends and enemies etc.

[Onyx Jaguar]

slimgrin wrote...

DarthCaine wrote...

lol, how the heck would romancing someone impact an entire world !?

That was my question. Romance involves decisions that impact your character, which is the whole point of an RPG.

I thought the point of a RPG was to take out an armored target

[lv12medic]

What is the point of romance?

Peter Thomas wrote...



That's a plot/story related question.

[Inquisitor Recon]

The terrible truth is that people wanted to romance hanar and no doubt Blasto.

That is some horrible people out there...

[tuppence95]

 Are you still going on about this?  You've gotten your answer many times, but are refusing to see it.

What world do you live in?  Isn't there any romance in it?  Does it ever affect anyone in your world?

This getting boring.    Goodnight.

[AndrahilAdrian]

slimgrin wrote...

DarthCaine wrote...

lol, how the heck would romancing someone impact an entire world !?

That was my question. Romance involves decisions that impact your character, which is the whole point of an RPG.

well, it could make you willing to engage in a sex rite with your love interest, which allowed you to take the soul of the final boss and stuff it into your unborn child, creating a demon-baby with the powers of a god, then you and your love interest go into a magic elven mirror which leads to another dimension where you raise the demon-baby to be a weapn against your love interest's mother, who happens to be an evil body-snatching spirit by the way...

[Shad0wOGRE]

Romance can change the geo-political situation dramatically when we're dealing with people who have the level of influence that the Warden and Hawke have. For instance my human noble male rogue Warden didn't like Morrigan (was too much of an emotional cripple for him), Leliana (a religious nut), or Zevran (had the wrong plumbing was also a psychotic killer). But he liked Anora (she was intelligent and pretty hot) and he thought Alistar was weak. So my Warden killed his companion to be with Anora and give Ferelden a strong king. Now granted there wasn't really a romance with Anora (though there should have been) but "romance" just ended the line of King Calanhad and started a new Cousland dynasty.



Another Warden fell in love with Morrigan (saw her emotional baggage as a challenge) and he put Alistar on the throne then left to find her after killing the archdemon.



Another warden fell in love with Leliana and out of his love for her convinced his friend Alistar to father a god-baby with Morrigan just so he could have what years remained to be with Leliana. Which means that the king of Ferelden has a bastard child with an apostate mage and the child just happens to be an old god given human form.



My dwarf noble sacrificed himself to give Alistar and Anora a chance to rule Ferelden together and maybe find some happiness along the way. He did that because he saw Alistar as a surrogate brother and while it wasn't a romance it was out of a sense of brotherly love that he gave up his life.



And these are just examples of how love can change a fictional world. There are plenty of examples in real life of how love or lack of love can change the world. A recent example would be Princess Diana is dead now because she and Charles weren't in love. And Charles will likely never wear the crown because he loved Camilla and the people loved Di (that and his mother the queen is a werewolf who won't die).



Henry VIII loved Anne Boelyn so much more than Catherine that he broke from the Church and created the Church of England.



Men and women have killed for love. People make sacrifices in their careers for love, who knows all the ramifications that has caused.



When the developers talk about Thedas being the main character they aren't talking about a ball of rock, they are talking about the people, the nations, the religions. And romance can change all of those things.

[Collider]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Blasto is dead and so are his children

That's cold man. Ice cold

[Onyx Jaguar]

lv12medic wrote...

What is the point of romance?

Peter Thomas wrote...

That's a plot/story related question.

What is the point of romance

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

That's a plot/story related psuedo-statement

[Pseudo the Mustachioed]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

DarthCaine wrote...

lol, how the heck would romancing someone impact an entire world !?

That was my question. Romance involves decisions that impact your character, which is the whole point of an RPG.

I thought the point of a RPG was to take out an armored target

Had a good laugh at this. Well played.

[Orbweaver]

*Coughs* Cleopatra in particular had a romance arc that changed the fate of her entire nation, not just her own fate. There are stories out there that feature romance and relationships rather heavily as influencing the fate of a nation.



In DA:0, the influence of a romantic arc on the overall arc came into play not from the companions/warden, but from what Arnora did after Loghain (albeit indirectly) killed Cailan. As I recall, Lady Isolde's actions for the love of her family had a rather large impact on how the Arl of Redcliffe story arc went.



Romance, and what people will do for it or because of it, do have actions that are far reaching... and often unforseeable. Even Wynne noted this. "What you have may not last forever; death and duty may part you, but love's worthiness is not diminished because of that. I should have seen this before. Instead, you learn to cherish every precious moment that you spend together, knowing that it may be the last. And for those of us watching... well, it brings warmth to these old bones to know that something so beautiful can be found in the midst of chaos and strife."



There is another reason romance is included in the games. Wynne also elaborated on it. "If your actions affect you, and you alone, then you may do as you wish. But if you have power and influence, then your actions are as ripples in a pond." Which isn't the exact quote, but you get the gist- that every action you take in Origins, while it might not have immediately apparent consequences, can absolutely affect how the story will play out. Who knows? Maybe there will come a story (or a bit of downloadable content) in which Romance is a central part of the arc.

[DarthCaine]

ReconTeam wrote...

The terrible truth is that people wanted to romance hanar and no doubt Blasto.
That is some horrible people out there...

[Mallissin]

Humans enjoy three things; food, sex and competition (often violent).



Movies and computer games can't feed you, so they have plenty of the other two.

[DarthCaine]

tuppence95 wrote...

 Are you still going on about this?  You've gotten your answer many times, but are refusing to see it.

What world do you live in?  Isn't there any romance in it?  Does it ever affect anyone in your world?

This getting boring.    Goodnight.

Several people already answered him and he ignore them. He's just a troll

[Inquisitor Recon]

You guys are missing the obvious.

Hesh wants sex!

[Saibh]

Blasto the jelly wrote...

lv12medic wrote...

What is the point of romance?

Peter Thomas wrote...

That's a plot/story related question.

NOO whats the point of romance in DAO or DA2 if it does'nt affect Thedas like one of the devs said  DRAGON AGE IS ABOUT THEDAS NOT ROMANCE!!!!

I pointed out to you that there's so point to companions except Alistair, either, or approval systems, or, for that matter, why doesn't everyone just be an Arcane Warrior, since the game is virtually the same anyway, no matter what you pick.

[St. Victorious]

That might be the most disturbing thing I've ever seen on a forum.

[Merlin Dawnweaver]

casedawgz wrote...

Well, DA2 is about ten years in the life of the Champion of Kirkwall. He wouldn't be the total champion package if he went ten years without getting any.

That is the funniest thing I have ever read on a forum. 
Merlin Approves +50.