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Will "Neverwinter" feature romance options between "Henchmen" and player characters in game???, please reply today.
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It is a holiday weekend I doubt any Cryptic staff will reply, but as far as your question goes nobody knows.
No idea.
We know very little about how the 'henchmen' will work in-game right now, just that they will exist to help fill a party for those times when you don't have 5 actual people playing togethor.
I have to admit though that I somewhat doubt it. Since henchmen are ultimately an optional thing (if you have friends to play with, you'll never need to use them to fill out a party) writing content around romancing them might be a little odd as you may never otherwise actually need to use them or interact with them.
Best case, they are similar to bridge officer from STO,
worst case, like sidekicks/henchmen from CO.
For those not in the know, bridge officers on Star Trek Online are customizable and equipable,
persistent parts of the character's crew,
while sidekicks in Champions Online are pretty much just pets with fixed equipment, looks and powers.
Even worse, CO-sidekicks are temporary items with 1 hour of continuous usage.
(but they can be toggled off, and don't lose time while off)
My guess is, though, that Neverwinter's henchmen will be more like bridge officers than sidekicks.
But we'll see, in due time.
I'll leave it at that.
Aha, so that's what all this infatuation with NPC romance is really about, the age old fear of rejection. Well, apart from Viconia DeViir in BG2 I guess, that girl was pretty hard to get (how many people reloaded after making a huge mistake in that romance story arch, honestly?).
Now, in the event that they do decide to incorporate it, I wouldn't mind seeing it done in a way that deviates from the usual model, which seems to be "agree with me enough times and we can hop in bed before the final battle." That's all fine and well for players who just want an easy path to unlocking the racy cinematic, but there's so much more potential. Love triangles - jealousy - enemies becoming lovers and lovers becoming enemies - teammates that loathe each other completely until the right moment - from the bad influences to the best friends, let's see some variety. Let's see options that take the whole story in a different direction. And let's not restrict it to sexual attraction. Like someone else said, let's have bromances. Partners in crime. Hetero lifemates.
Mind you, I dont know whether or not I want to see all that in THIS game. But when the subject of romance options comes up, I always wonder why it's handled like a butt-kissing minigame, and not as the powerful and gripping subplot that it is.
:rolleyes::rolleyes:
Altough I vote that our henchmen personality won't go beyond 2D optional secondary, I would like them to have some meat over their bones. Some personality, some stuff related to them like quests so they add to the game and to use them sometimes (completionists, go!). And yes, that include romance possibility if it makes sense. Ignoring BioWare's late steps of "lets show sex scenes" (later changed to "you imagine them now") and "everybody is a freaking <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> because we must please a whining group about they being able to romance anyone they want", romance as any other story related stuff is interesting as an option and it adds value.
But this is not BioWare, this is a co-op RPG and not single player (even if you can play it solo) so it won't be happening (speculation but probable one) and Foundry-wise, we will see what happens.
That is because Chris (who is an awesome writer) does not get the whole attraction of in game romances.
That said he did include them (in a way) into Alpha Protocol. Well more like you can hook up a few times.
I think the really odd/bad romances in NWN2 was more because of the whole Obsidian lack of Project Management that led to so much needing to be cut and/or rushed to ship. Which is a shame really, as they have such awesome talent, I really wish they would get into the groove and live up to their potential.
Oh gods above, let's not and say we did. I was just teasing. Butch and Sundance, Murtagh and Riggs, Tango and Cash, et al. Oh sure, they may be considered bromances by todays young hipsters, but it'll still get them a punch in the face if they were to say that to anyone old school. Now there's an idea for a module. Create the D&D equivilant of hipsters that need to be hunted down and exterminated. I even have a riddle for it.
Q: How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Oh, it's kind of an obscure number. You're probably never heard of it.
Tell me about it...try explaining to your wife why the naughty male Elf is hitting so hard on you....:rolleyes:
They will be doing the same thing in TOR which means I'll probably pass.