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[Ymirr]

Never bought a game with that in mind, I've played plenty of times without romancing anyone. They are such a minor part usually, so I don't see how it shouldn't be fun (to play without.) 

[KainD]

Never bought a game with that in mind, I've played plenty of times without romancing anyone. They are such a minor part usually, so I don't see how it shouldn't be fun. 

 

I have the opposite problem, they are not fun because they are a minor part. 

[thats1evildude]

I wouldn't do a romance if I wasn't interested in any of the party members. Luckily, that hasn't been a problem yet.

 

Besides, I get enough of the "nomance" in RL. 

[Panda]

1) You've done a playthrough of any bioware game where you just don't romance anyone at all

 

- Yup, DAO. In ME I had unfinished romances in ME1 and ME2 cause I apparently fail much XD In DAO none of LI options just didn't connect with my warden.

 

2) Is it fun? Would it be fun?

 

- I wouldn't say that it's fun.. it's usually more fun with romance XD I think it's okayish way to play but for me it feels like your game is little unfinished, romances are big part for me at least.

 

3) How would it play in Inquisition? How would the story play out if your inquisitor never finds love?

 

- I think it'd be okay in Inquisition as well but I'm plannning pursuing romances with my Inquisitors. I prefer romance over nomance

[Cainhurst Crow]

I went through mass effect and dragon age in my first play through never romancing anyone because I didn't know you could. I talked to my companions and made good friends with all of them, but I never picked up the hints until DA2 came along,  and even then I mostly turned people down.

 

I didn't feel like my game was any more empty for doing that then it had been doing the romances. In some sense it is because you can't maximize the interaction with a certain character but at the same time you still get to the high friendship levels with them regardless  and it leads to the same outcome and emotional depth.

[Ymirr]

I have the opposite problem, they are not fun because they are a minor part. 

I meant "how shouldn't it be fun" without playing with romance. Seeing as it is only a minor part of the game.

[KainD]

I meant "how shouldn't it be fun" without playing with romance. Seeing as it is only a minor part of the game.

 

Right, miss understood. 

[CARPOOL]

In ME1 & ME2 I didn't romance anyone. (Well, unless you count attempting to romance Samara a romance, then I did do that in one play-through.) I wouldn't exactly consider it 'fun'. I considered my actions realistic based on how I felt about the characters. I don't think it really makes a difference if you do or don't other than a cutscene and some different dialogue later.

[Ymirr]

In ME1 & ME2 I didn't romance anyone. (Well, unless you count attempting to romance Samara a romance, then I did do that in one play-through.) I wouldn't exactly consider it 'fun'. I considered my actions realistic based on how I felt about the characters. I don't think it really makes a difference if you do or don't other than a cutscene and some different dialogue later.

Heh, the characters that I wanted to try to romance in the games were all un-romanceable. Samara and Aveline that is. I liked that you could try though.

[CENIC]

Spoiler because wall 'o text and Dragon Age: Origins spoilers. You've been warned! 

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I played through Origins in full three times:

Female Amell who romanced Alistair, made him King, convinced him to keep her as a mistress, and became his Chancellor.

Male Brosca who didn't romance anyone and made the Ultimate Sacrifice.

Male Cousland who romanced Morrigan, but dumped her to marry Anora and turned down the Dark Ritual.

 

The very first time I played Origins, I went in (mostly) blind. I was playing a female Amell and romancing Alistair. Imagine my shock when helping the man I loved reclaim his father's throne convinced him he had to dump me! As if cajoling him into keeping me around as a side-dish wasn't humiliating enough, then I was expected to let him impregnate another woman? No! No. I had had enough. I decided I'd make the Ultimate Sacrifice myself and be done with this cruel world. BUT WAIT! Nope, I wasn't even allowed to do that. 

 

I had to put the game down for a bit after that. I couldn't even sit through the ending cutscene...

 

I approach romances in role-playing games as part of the narrative. As an individual, I enjoy romance, though I certainly have my particulars where it is involved. I prefer romances that add something to the story, even if what it adds only enhances my role-playing experience. As such, Alistair and Morrigan's romances felt like they fell neatly into place in the stories I wanted to tell. They weren't exactly "happily ever after," but they tied major plot points, major decisions that affected the world, into my characters' personal stories, and I loved that.

 

Yet, my rogue Brosca didn't romance anyone!

 

This was partly because I based his design off Varric (he didn't have a beard, he used a crossbow, and he preferred dwarven ladies) and partly because I already had a save game where Morrigan had been romanced, I was satisfied with that story and didn't want a second take, and I felt that Leliana and Zevran didn't have as much to offer to the narrative as the other two options. This was, of course, my opinion, and given Leliana's appearance in Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition, it would seem I wrote her off unfairly. 

 

I don't dislike my Brosca save because he didn't romance anyone, though. The personal story I conjured up for him felt just as compelling as the other two that did involve romance. He cared deeply for his sister, and resisted joining the Wardens (despite the promise of death!) because he didn't want to leave her alone. Given her assurances that her new suitor would care for her, he threw himself into the Wardens' cause (the only one of my characters to do so) and came to appreciate the fellowship and sense of purpose it gave him. When he returned to Orzammar and reunited with his sister, he gladly backed Bhelen to protect his sister's (and infant nephew's) positions as well as improve life for the casteless. Rather than forcing his friend Alistair to wear a crown he didn't want, he backed Anora's claim so Alistair could remain with the Wardens, and in the end he sacrificed himself to the Archdemon, feeling that he had done all he could for the people he cared about. Rica's speech at his funeral, about the Assembly granting him Paragonhood, his nephew having both a claim to Orzammar's throne and his own noble house, and plans for his body to be returned to Orzammar for burial, was, in a lot of ways, more satisfying to me than the epilogues my other Wardens had.

[BigEvil]

I do multiple playthroughs of most games if there is different content to see, or choices to make. I've done a couple of playthroughs of Bioware games without romancing anyone. They were fun for the most part, although ME2 is a bit bad for not romancing anyone if you talk to the squad a lot. You can quickly run out of conversations if you don't try to space it out a bit.

 

Personally I'd like to see more of a friendship route if you're not romancing characters but talk to them regularly. You shouldn't get half way through the game and have them essentially go "No, no, we're done talking now. Unless you want to bone."

[General TSAR]

First off, I'm not asking whether this will be possible, because I know you can easily just not pursue a romance.

 

I'm wondering from you guys if

1) You've done a playthrough of any bioware game where you just don't romance anyone at all

Yep, Dragon Age 2 with my Canon Hawke

2) Is it fun? Would it be fun?

Not having to endure BioWare's cringe-worthy foreplay? Yep.

3) How would it play in Inquisition? How would the story play out if your inquisitor never finds love? 

He'll be a happy man who gets to keep his keep and not have to pay child support. 

[MrMrPendragon]

Well I didn't romance anyone in my ME2 playthrough, but that's only becuase I already romanced Liara in the first game, so I'm not sure if that counts.

Anyway, while DA characters may not be perfect, there are always little things that bring out some appeal, so I never really had a playthrough without romancing someone.

[Celtic Latino]

Personally I like my characters to have romance in their lives, but I have done it. Just rarely. The idea of a forever alone character just makes me too sad to subject them to it.

 

Usually its either a Shepard who's waiting for a specific character (had one Shep who didn't romance anyone in ME1/ME2 but went for Cortez in the third, another who didn't romance anyone in ME1 but had Jack in ME2), more of a late romance than no romance.

 

My Dwarf Noble didn't romance anyone however, aside from the three-way he had with the noble hunters. He has no interest in human or elven women, not even a Dark Ritual (he convinced Alistair to go through with it, being the stubborn dwarf whose culture and upbringing die hard).

[AkiKishi]

Personally I like my characters to have romance in their lives, but I have done it. Just rarely. The idea of a forever alone character just makes me too sad to subject them to it.

 

 

 

I don't think that applies since the LI is just as likely to leave you anyway.It's only a snapshot of the characters life. In many ways if the character is older, then them not already being in a relationship is more odd.

 

Its not like being fresh out of Candle Keep and having incestuous thoughts about your sister.. 

[Loup Blanc]

I honestly believe that if you do not romance anyone, well the experience loses some of its impact. Romancing a char makes it more personal.

[Knight of Dane]

I did play through DA2 once without romancing anyone. Basically he was in love with Aveline and super jealous of Donnic, he didn't help her wooing him so she never got married though.

 

I also played through Mass Effect 1 once without a romance once, but only because I wanted to romance Miranda "cleanly" in 2.

 

EDIT: Thanks Loup Blanc :3

Modifié par Knight of Dane, 03 juin 2014 - 01:44 .

[Loup Blanc]

You mean DA2.

[VelvetStraitjacket]

My male Shepard never romanced anyone, ever, and I can't say it took anything away from the game.

[Tootles FTW]

My issue with the "no-mance" route thus far is that it not only cuts you off from companion content, but also content for your PC.  Usually it's during romance scenes where you get to have any sort of vulnerable dialogue choices; whether it's misgivings before the final battle, or confessions of self-doubt.  This might not be to everyone's tastes, I get that, but I like being able to express a fragility to my otherwise butt-kicking PC.

 

That being said, I've only no-manced in Mass Effect 1, but even that was in service to a greater romance goal of shacking of with Garrus in ME2 sans baggage...so...yea...ahem.

[Gtdef]

I've played ME1 without romance when ME2 was about to hit the stores and since I didn't like Ashley or Liara very much I thought I'll just ignore them and go for Miranda in the next game. But I actually found it anti-climatic. I tend to be friendly to my companions and support them even if I don't agree completely with them, and sometimes the "turning down" is not like the way I'd handle it. For example in ME1 you reach a point where the only way to actually turn off the romance with Ashley is to be rude to her about her grandparent.

 

The way I see it, you have to really dislike a character to turn him/her away and usually for me every character has an interesting quality, either the attitude, the looks or sometimes their vulnerability.

[KC_Prototype]

NO!

[javeart]

From time to time I choose not to cheat on Kaidan in ME 2 (though I don't think it's really cheating). Other than that, in BW games I always romance someone, even in ME where I don't find any of the LIs available to femshep attractive and their romance arcs mostly just "meh" 

[SilkieBantam]

1. Yes. The first time I played Mass Effect I romanced Kaidan out of curiosity but upon replaying I chose not to as I didn't like him very much and I liked Liara even less. I didn't like any of the LI's in DA2 with the exception of Isabela so I've had one file where I've romanced her and the rest of my files my Hawke has flown solo. 

 

2.There's nothing wrong with not romancing someone, it's much better to be alone than to be forced into a romance subplot with a character you don't like. Not romancing Anders and Fenris was more fun for me because it meant I got to interact with them less. So yeah, much more fun.

 

3. That greatly depends on who the LI's are. Right now Cullen and Cassandra have been announced, I have no interest in Cullen but that could change when the game comes out, I dunno. I only play female characters but if she's available for women I'd like to romance Cassandra. I really want Varric as an LI and so far I'm not really invested in any of the other characters as LI's. If I like the LI's available for a female Inquisitor then I'll definitely romance them, if I don't then I'm not going to suffer through them. 

[Conquerthecity]

I once got through Jade Empire without romancing anyone. But I'm not sure that counts because I intended to romance Sky as a male, but apparently I was too nice to Dawn Star and Silk Fox so I never triggered Sky's romance dialogue. It was substantially less fulfilling for me. I like the romances. I like the Finding Love in Adversity trope that occurs so frequently. 

 

All that said, I might go romanceless with a Dwarven Inquisitor of either gender. Unless, of course, Varric is only available for Lady Dwarves. I might need to raise my flame shield, but I romanced Morrigan as a male Dwarf Noble in Origins once and that was weird for me. Aside from the height issue, I just couldn't imagine that Morrigan was really attracted to my gruff, super-bearded Dwarven Warden. Anyway, if my Dwarven Inquisitors are alone, I'll just RP them as extremely dedicated to their cause, so much that there's no time for any romance.