Why is there such a fixation on romance in video games nowadays? It used to be exclusively limited to a small selection of RPGs where it was a sideplot at best, and now, long-arching romances and tension is not only expected, it's the norm regardless of genre. Why is this?
>>729145309Simps, low T, cucks galore, incels culture, etc
People like to have a hot girl say she likes youDoesn't matter though, a good vidya romance hasn't existed since Monster Girl Quest
>>729145309>long-arching romances and tension is not only expected, it's the norm regardless of genre>regardless of genrelol
Same reason the most popular tv shows involve an affable plain jane romantic interest
>>729145689call of duty players were crying because their villainess who had the hots for the player got her brains blown out
>>729145309Losers.It can't be said enough how badly the average gamer, especially those that interact with "romance" in games are just losers. For them, a NPC in a video game is the closest thing to romantic feelings they've experienced. Just look at the profiles of people online talking about them, you can tell very quickly that they're categorically losers.
>>729145309Increase in women and "women". As such, they like to focus on romance and personal drama more than big picture issues a man would.
>>729145309romance sells.it's why people lauded BG2 (which introduced romance to CRPGs), people are still obsessed with FF7 (which had a love triangle, and influenced BG2), and a cripple dating sim is still the most talked about video game of all time on /v/.it's why almost every sitcom resorts to will-they-won't-they subplots.Else you get Obsidian RPGs. sometimes you get hits like New Vegas, but a lot of people forget them since Josh Sawyer hates romances in games.
>>729145641Panam is the best vidya romance ever
>>729146315We got an alpha male over here!!
>>729148312I can't look at your profile because we don't have one on 4chan but the fact that you're strawmanning me as somebody who'd think "alpha male" isn't gay as fuck, basically paints a profile of yourself.Yes game romance is for losers anon. You'd never tell anybody respectable that you care about their opinion of you, about how you've chosen to romance different characters in a video game. You know it's shameful.
>>729148505>immediately wants to look at my "profile"Not only an alpha male, but a redditor too? What a stud!
>>729148580Retard my original post directly stated that by looking at somebodies profile online you can tell they're a loser.Now whether you're a flaggot, she/her, tranime profile picture, autism, mental health list, pronoun website link and or something else is up for debate.Anon you saw a random 4chan comment in a dead thread that nobody replied to, and had such an emotional response to it that you couldn't just move on.
>>729146548Funnily enough David Gaider who wrote BG2 dislikes romances in RPGs and was sure it would be a failed experiment in BG2. He then proceeded to reluctantly include romance in other Bioware games that followed, and those romances seethingly written by a literal faggot are still better than any romances in post-Gaider Bioware games.
>>729145309>fixationI don't see how. I see a lot of hysteria about romance here on /v/ instead. Like you retards call baldurs gate 3 a porn dating sim but romance is barely 5% of the game and is entirely optional
>>729145309Zoomers in general despise romance and erotic elements in their game, they're anti gooners.
>>729148902Holy shit he's a psychologist too.
>>729145309It's like a design test for developers. It's "are we good enough at writing and interactions, that we can make a believable love interest that players will feel invested in" and to this very day, the answer is No, they cannot pull it off. just 1's and 0's
>>729150347Absolutely delusional
>>729150347They're based chads who want to get to the point and explore. Millennials just want more soap operas and movies.
>>729145309Because people are lonely nowadays thanks to social media
>>729145309Modern people are sad and unfulfilled
>>729146315> a NPC in a video game is the closest thing to romantic feelings they've experiencedLiterally me
>>729146548I don't think its all losers, it's just taste in videogames. I don't really think every single person playing dispatch was a loser
