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[Thiefy]

RinjiRenee wrote...

I'm gonna agree with the idea that making the narrator of the story a romance option would be a little difficult. "That is when we met... and this is when we fell in love! ... And this is where I became rivalry status. >( grrr"

It's probably nothing like that but there's my two cents.

P.S.  Good evening Mr. Gaider.

the romance probably wont be mentioned outside of yourself and the party member you share it with, aside from maybe a snarky comment from a squadmate, similar to DAO.

[Calla S]

Yeah, I don't think Varric would exactly spill the beans about Hawke's love life, regardless of the story he's telling to Cassandra. It'll probably be more of a suspension of disbelief when it comes to the narration.

[bsbcaer]

namedforthemoon wrote...

Dhiro wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

Xewaka wrote...
I'd bet the lap cat doubles marvelously as a blanket. It's winter and it's chilly, after all.

Once you skin it, certainly.

I don't reconize this expression. It's a good thing? Like when you scratch them and they make a happy sound?

He means like you kill it and skin it and make a blanket out of the pelt.

You do know there is more than one way to do it right? 

[Celtic Latino]

I agree with many others on this one:



Male Hawke: I think all three ladies will be romanceable with varying difficulty levels and relationships.



Aveline- Only romances a Hawke on the rivalry path (possibly opens up a different side of her)

Isabela- Romances a Hawke on both the friendship and rivalry path (she's the easy one)

Merrill- Only romances a Hawke on the friendship path (being the cute, girl next door type)

Fenris/Blonde Mage Dude- Hard to say, I could see it either way (actually hoping for Blonde Mage Dude to be the bisexual LI)



Female Hawke:

Fenris- Romances a female Hawke on the friendship path (her having to 'take it easy' on him)

Blonde Mage Dude- Can't say until his character is released

Sebastian Vael- Romances a female Hawke on the rivalry path

Isabela- Romances a female Hawke either way.

[Flashflame58]

Honestly, all six could be possible romances...and more options would be better for everyone.



Male Hawke:

-Merrill (Male Only)

-Aveline (Male Only)

-Isabela (Male or Female)

-"Anders" (Male or Female)



Female Hawke:

-Fenris (Female Only)

-Varric (Female Only)

-"Anders" (Male or Female)

-Isabela (Male or Female)

[Uhh.. Jonah]

Celtic Latino wrote...

I agree with many others on this one:

Male Hawke: I think all three ladies will be romanceable with varying difficulty levels and relationships.

Aveline- Only romances a Hawke on the rivalry path (possibly opens up a different side of her)
Isabela- Romances a Hawke on both the friendship and rivalry path (she's the easy one)
Merrill- Only romances a Hawke on the friendship path (being the cute, girl next door type)
Fenris/Blonde Mage Dude- Hard to say, I could see it either way (actually hoping for Blonde Mage Dude to be the bisexual LI)

Female Hawke:
Fenris- Romances a female Hawke on the friendship path (her having to 'take it easy' on him)
Blonde Mage Dude- Can't say until his character is released
Sebastian Vael- Romances a female Hawke on the rivalry path
Isabela- Romances a female Hawke either way.

I really like your logic.

[Alexia89]

Calla S wrote...

Tinxa wrote...
I don't have anything against Varric and Aveline it's just not all companions are LIs and I find them to be the least likely based on info so far.

The six party members featured in the book that's shown in the latest diary aren't the only companions. They're the main suspects in Cassandra's hunt for information about Hawke. That, in my opinion, casts all six of them in a potentially-romanceable light.

I find it strange that your siblings are not on that book though, since they would know quite abit about hawke.

[Naitaka]

Alexia89 wrote...

Calla S wrote...

Tinxa wrote...
I don't have anything against Varric and Aveline it's just not all companions are LIs and I find them to be the least likely based on info so far.

The six party members featured in the book that's shown in the latest diary aren't the only companions. They're the main suspects in Cassandra's hunt for information about Hawke. That, in my opinion, casts all six of them in a potentially-romanceable light.

I find it strange that your siblings are not on that book though, since they would know quite abit about hawke.

Not if they're dead. Since they probably won't have two set of cinematic just with different books, I can see how they get omitted.

[Lord Hayden]

Hey Semi-new to the DA forums. I love all the post so far! Anyway I know this will be really cliche BUT, I hope Hawke has a romancable companion that loves him/her for being His/herself. And if Hawke is happy, Isn't that all that really matters? Because now that Hawke has his/her own voice and dialogue, I think it would be cool if with one Romancable companion they were all lovey-dovey, and the other romance option will be snarky, cynical with each other, etc.



I hope your sibling can have a romance option too! I think that would be neat. (or is that asking to much? sorry i am not being sarcastic when I say, I am not being ungrateful. I am genuinely asking if I thoughts would be asking to much.)

[MagneticDawn]

hhmm..... What I think...



Male:



Aveline

Isabella

Merill? (name right?)



For Females:



Varric

Fenris





Bioware doesn't the whole crew romancable... it would be a dating sim!



Although they came VERY close to it in ME2..



Excluding the DLC Characters, it was only the Robot and the very old salarian who wasn't romancable!

[SetitUP]

Well for me I think it will be...



Male Hawke



Isabella

Merril

Male Bi character ???



Female Hawke



Isabella

Fenris

Possibly Anders look-a-like



Wild Guess

[Nadia]

In my opinion I'd be a lot more fun, unique and interesting if romances were not mainly about awkward sex-cutscenes (but I don't think there was only that in Origins and still liked the romance option, but well...I felt it was mostly that).

What I'd admire more about romance options  would be different attitude from particular companion towards my character, maybe more emotional dialogs, some different dialog options etc. (ok..maybe a little non-awkward cutscene involving  kissing Sebastian ) I'd make me more emotionally attached to the certain companion and protagonist.

Must say, I don't normally find romance options important in games (in most even great games they are just absent and in ME2 I didn't find them very important/exciting...) but in Origins that kind of thing really added someting to the game-experience somehow, so I hope it'd add even more in DA2 (still, it's not a 'dating sim' so I'm not thinking of very significant changes better Bioware put majority of their time and effort to story/gameplay/dialogs/graphics etc.).
   

[DarthCaine]

Isabela

Merril



Fenris

Unannounced Male Human Mage

[0x30A88]

I hope they don't have like the conversaton with Alistair, which consists sometimes of "yes I love you." and "I ****ing hate you." wrapped in other words. Allow neutral, so it's possible to get 100 approval without romancing.

[Sabariel]

Lady Hawke:

Fenris

Aveline

Merrill

Varric

Isabela

Mage Man

Sebastian

Cassandra

Strider

Rock Wraith

Flemeth

That guy over there

The lady on the corner

You

Me

That one

The other one



Bloke Hawke:

See above

[SuchADeadlySin]

PrinceOfFallout13 wrote...

why merrill and not aveline? aveline should be the second romance for mhawke not merrill

I agree! 

[Eudaemonium]

Gisle Aune wrote...

I hope they don't have like the conversaton with Alistair, which consists sometimes of "yes I love you." and "I ****ing hate you." wrapped in other words. Allow neutral, so it's possible to get 100 approval without romancing.

You do realise there was a 'friendship' path for Alistair where you could max hs approval without romancing him, right? It was that way with all Origins companions.

[Satsuma]

SuchADeadlySin wrote...

PrinceOfFallout13 wrote...

why merrill and not aveline? aveline should be the second romance for mhawke not merrill

I agree! 

Definitely not. There's no way Aveline should EVER be a love interest for Hawke. She should be filling the same role Samara or Wynne filled.

[catabuca]

Celtic Latino wrote...

I agree with many others on this one:

Male Hawke: I think all three ladies will be romanceable with varying difficulty levels and relationships.

Aveline- Only romances a Hawke on the rivalry path (possibly opens up a different side of her)
Isabela- Romances a Hawke on both the friendship and rivalry path (she's the easy one)
Merrill- Only romances a Hawke on the friendship path (being the cute, girl next door type)
Fenris/Blonde Mage Dude- Hard to say, I could see it either way (actually hoping for Blonde Mage Dude to be the bisexual LI)

Female Hawke:
Fenris- Romances a female Hawke on the friendship path (her having to 'take it easy' on him)
Blonde Mage Dude- Can't say until his character is released
Sebastian Vael- Romances a female Hawke on the rivalry path
Isabela- Romances a female Hawke either way.

This is a nice idea, actually. That way, all (of the so-far known or almost known) characters would be romanceable, but not necessarily through every play through. If you ended up on a rivalry path with someone who required the friendship path to become romantically interested in you, then you wouldn't be able to pursue that relationship in that way. That's pretty realistic, actually. Far more so than 'you don't really like me, here, let me give you gifts, oh, what's that? You want to come in my tent?'

And omg if I hear one more person say 'this isn't a dating sim' I'm going to scream. Even if every one of your followers was romanceable it wouldn't be a dating sim. It would still be an rpg with romance options being another way of creating a link between your character and the world around them. What is it with this obsession of screaming 'OMG DATING SIM' every time someone expresses an interest in more or certain romance options?

I don't expect there to be romance in every game I play. In the BioWare games I've played, however, the stories have revolved around forming emotional attachments to the world around you, through making friendships, having a stake in certain outcomes, through being able to shape your character's personality and responses to various issues - be them political or frivolous - and through having the option to start a romantic relationship with someone. I won't deny there's something rather thrilling and lovely about seeing your character fall in love or lust with someone, but it goes further than that. It adds another layer of complexity to their character and to the way they experience the rest of the game. Romancing Alistair had huge implications for the way my characters made decisions later on in the game, for example. Choosing not to romance someone when there are romance options available has a similar effect - in that the motivations for your characters actions might now be based on their own will rather than with any complicated tie to others.

BW games are so rich in their storytelling, it makes them all the richer, in my mind at least, when there are romance options, because of that extra layer it adds. Real life isn't a 'dating sim', but my romantic relationships shape who I am, the things I do and think, and add complications as well as joys to the rest of my life. There is no shame in hoping for (not demanding, but hoping for) more options for romance in a game, because all it does is add to the possibilities and multiple permutations of gameplay and the depth and richness of the world.

[arcane-weirdo]

I hope Fenris is the s/s LI, I just like him lol

I don't get why the touch=pain thing would be a big deal, wouldn't it be a great romance story if you can't have sex with him for a long time, but still convince him that you love him. And then when you encounter his forer master, he can undo Fenris' pain and he asks you to have sex with him(Fenris, not the slave master lol).

And this I pretty much know for sure:

Isabela is the female bi LI

Merril is LI for males only

Aveline is not an LI

Varric is not an LI

Mage guy is LI (bi if Fenris isn't)

[obnoxiousgas]

Sabariel wrote...

Lady Hawke:
Fenris
Aveline
Merrill
Varric
Isabela
Mage Man
Sebastian
Cassandra
Strider
Rock Wraith
Flemeth
That guy over there
The lady on the corner
You
Me
That one
The other one

Bloke Hawke:
See above

Pfft, that's so unrealistic. My immersion will be completely broken if I don't get to romance Hawke's siblings.

[Naitaka]

obnoxiousgas wrote...

Sabariel wrote...

Lady Hawke:
Fenris
Aveline
Merrill
Varric
Isabela
Mage Man
Sebastian
Cassandra
Strider
Rock Wraith
Flemeth
That guy over there
The lady on the corner
You
Me
That one
The other one

Bloke Hawke:
See above

Pfft, that's so unrealistic. My immersion will be completely broken if I don't get to romance Hawke's siblings.

AT THE SAME TIME TOO! Even while they're dead.

[Nadia]

catabuca wrote...

And omg if I hear one more person say 'this isn't a dating sim' I'm going to scream. Even if every one of your followers was romanceable it wouldn't be a dating sim. It would still be an rpg with romance options being another way of creating a link between your character and the world around them. What is it with this obsession of screaming 'OMG DATING SIM' every time someone expresses an interest in more or certain romance options?

I don't expect there to be romance in every game I play. In the BioWare games I've played, however, the stories have revolved around forming emotional attachments to the world around you, through making friendships, having a stake in certain outcomes, through being able to shape your character's personality and responses to various issues - be them political or frivolous - and through having the option to start a romantic relationship with someone. I won't deny there's something rather thrilling and lovely about seeing your character fall in love or lust with someone, but it goes further than that. It adds another layer of complexity to their character and to the way they experience the rest of the game. Romancing Alistair had huge implications for the way my characters made decisions later on in the game, for example. Choosing not to romance someone when there are romance options available has a similar effect - in that the motivations for your characters actions might now be based on their own will rather than with any complicated tie to others.

BW games are so rich in their storytelling, it makes them all the richer, in my mind at least, when there are romance options, because of that extra layer it adds. Real life isn't a 'dating sim', but my romantic relationships shape who I am, the things I do and think, and add complications as well as joys to the rest of my life. There is no shame in hoping for (not demanding, but hoping for) more options for romance in a game, because all it does is add to the possibilities and multiple permutations of gameplay and the depth and richness of the world.

I feel I definitely should say that you convinced me to share most of your opinion on this subject now.
Choosing to romance some character or not might have (and often has) large implications for many later decisions and the way we experience rest of the game in Dragon Age (don't agree it's the same in me2) so it's not a shame to hope for more romance options and it wouldn't make DA a 'dating sim'. 

However, due to limited amount of sources developers can probably put in making lots of romance-related things in game I'd prefer they add more 'depth' to them (f.ex.the way I wrote before-more dialogs,emotional reactions etc.) than make simply more romance options (which may consist mostly of one cutscene and a few new dialogs)- but I know it'd be a tough decision. Can't please everyone as they say.

Anyway, my guess is that there will be: Isabella/Merrill/some male character for male Hawke, and Fenris/unnanounced male human mage/ Isabella for female Hawke. Really hope Sebastian would be a love interest, but I have some sad doubts:( due to him being a dlc-character.