More handholding.

>>1125037 More games need "Wife The Villainess" as an option for solving the main quest.

>>1241782 How about I beat the shit out of the children and fuck the husband instead?

If the romance isn't part of the main story or central to the gameplay, it shouldn't be there.

>>1241782 Hags should only be desired if they're cougars and even then should be a secondary choice to actual virgin girls.

>>1293053 What about virgin hags?

>>1293053 >>1293110

>>1293110 No such thing.

>>1125037 are you sure that wasn't fire emblem?

>>1125037 >in-game dating cool >again When was this?

>>1125037 Go the Dragon Warrior route >Save princess from dragon >She falls in love with you at first sight >Take her back to her castle and get engaged with her >Now she can speak to you telepathically and act as a psychic GPS + give you other information(like how much XP you need to level up)

>>1126533 One night stands are not dating. At the very least, you'd have to start with Leisure Suit Larry 3, Leisure Suit Larry 4, and Leisure Suit Larry 5 which star Passionate Patti. Shame none of them are as good as the first. One of them wasn't even a game, it was an office utility suite which was not useful in the least for office work

>>1125274 >Force choke girl >She is now your loyal Dark Side slave Unironically peak. >>1229606 Every memory of what Dragon Age did right before it proceeded to do literally everything wrong hurts.

>>1126533 oh yeah they are delisting larry games. same publisher as the one who released the gay adom sequel btw. >>1125274 what this anon said

>>1187293 dark messiah of might and magic did it.

>>1245171 Your post is cringe kill yourself >>1187293 >Implying seeking my harem of true love is not impossible irl

>>1125274 >>1295889 >What is the gold standard for a romance in video games? Outlast 2 had short flashback segments with MC's childhood friend, who has an obvious crush on the MC. It was short, but it nailed the playful, interpersonal way that vidjya game relationships should feel.

>>1293116 You can smell the misery in that room.

>>1298589 All I smell is neglected pussy ready to be used by someone who cares.

>>1298589 Yeah, I think that misery he was smelling was coming from me. Sorry.

I really liked the dating mechanics in games like Rune Factory and Harvest Moon back when I was a kid, but I kinda feel weird getting into modern games that have that sorta stuff. I think its cause when I was young dating sorta felt like this thing that I'd do when I'm older, but now that I'm in my 30s I feel like I should be going out and dating people IRL. Weirdly enough though, I can go back to those old games and play them just fine, so maybe its just that I aged out of the demographics being targeted by that kinda stuff.

>>1299384 >going out and dating people IRL

>>1188659 I would totally be up for a romance route where the heroine is something of unorthodox beauty like Gardevoir, or beautiful in the way volcanos and thunderstorms are, and you are given magic glasses that make her appear in a more orthodox form of beauty Using these glasses actually triggers the breakup flag because she gets mad she overlooked you being a different species and you didn't

>>1321853 I just want Pokemon to embrace dating mechanics. Dating your pokemon for example.

>>1321884 GF doesn't want to open that Pandora's Box yet, even though they should for the sheer magnitude of discussion and impact.

if you haven't already, check out NeverKnowsBest's video on the genre. It's long but it's also really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVsYcYaL4k

>>1292943 >>1294705 The only decent posts ITT Ironically still no mention of the OG

>>1294705 >go to inn after rescuing her but before you return her to castle >dialog implies you have sex >go very out of your way to take the princess to the town with the groupie who will follow you around town >get her to follow as well and then go to the inn >the hero had a random threesome

>>1322035 Cheating is bad .

>>1322035 >>1321853 This + you can gift the magic glasses to her, and she's thankful, before casting them away with a declaration that she doesn't need them.

>>1125037 Let it be opt-in rather than opt-out. The most recent example for me is Baldur's Gate 3. When I do things my companions like, they all of a sudden proposition me for romance. I don't like that. I get having some be the ones to initiate, but it shouldn't be every companion all of a sudden wants to fuck me because I killed a bunch of druids and tieflings. I still like the game but the romance in it is badly done. No Wyll, I wanted you to teach me to dance, I do not want to have gay anal sex with you. Wyll's so fucking bland I thought they were trying to give him some quirk

>>1293004 True

>>1293004 This one is the only one that makes sense in a game narrative, avoids what >>1184178 describes and puts the romance to be integrated in the conclusion of the main conflict of the game

>>1293004 What about wife the villain's daughter?

>>1599255 Video game dating, not irl grooming

>romance is certain >outcomes of romance change instead any games like this?