Was just talking about this with a couple friends and I'm curious to see what people think about adding more love interests into the game since I think the Witcher did the same thing (not sure on this as I haven't had a chance to play it yet).
I used to think that it wouldn't be possible because if they add more love interests, people who have already locked into romances can't swap if they want to and it may mess up people's saves, but then I realized that it wouldn't due to how romances work. You can romance all interests, but your choice won't be locked in until after the Point of No Return (who you call during decision-time locks in your love interest for the ending), which means that it's entirely possible for the devs to add in more love interests in vanilla and for players to still try and romance them.
With that being said, what kind of love interests would you want? Existing characters or introduce new ones? When I was talking with my friends, we talked about potential existing characters that may work as love interests that also won't uproot the entire story (sorry, Evelyn and Takemura fans, don't think these will be feasible).
The other method would be just to introduce new love interests during Xpacs instead of DLC, which then introduces a new issue of whether or not you want to break up with your current love interest if you haven't already.
Whaddya'll think? Is adding love even possible or wanted? I personally want a new gay option for female V (I may be the only person in the world who found themselves not being able really want to hook up with Judy, lol; not that I don't like her, just didn't really click for me romantically / not my type).
I used to think that it wouldn't be possible because if they add more love interests, people who have already locked into romances can't swap if they want to and it may mess up people's saves, but then I realized that it wouldn't due to how romances work. You can romance all interests, but your choice won't be locked in until after the Point of No Return (who you call during decision-time locks in your love interest for the ending), which means that it's entirely possible for the devs to add in more love interests in vanilla and for players to still try and romance them.
With that being said, what kind of love interests would you want? Existing characters or introduce new ones? When I was talking with my friends, we talked about potential existing characters that may work as love interests that also won't uproot the entire story (sorry, Evelyn and Takemura fans, don't think these will be feasible).
- One is Sandra Dorset, who not only matches V's apparent attraction to any 'rebel-types' as someone who fights against the big boys, but offers a netrunner / corpo perspective on it all. The only issue I see with this that you can end up killing her in her side job, which may cause some people to miss out. Though since you can let River die in his side quest, might still be possible?
- Iris Tanner, that netrunner(?) who Dakota asks you to rescue in one side gig. She sorta matches the rebel-type since she refuses to work with fixers and rather set her own rates. Also she won't die no matter how you do the side job. She also tells V to hit her up sometime if they ever need help, but she doesn't show up in the Star ending missions. May be something more, even if she isn't a love interest?
- Max Jones, the media that Regina asks you to save. Having him as an LI would offer a media perspective on all things, which would be interesting, though runs into a similar issue with Sandra as he may shoot himself if you don't choose the right dialogue choices. Also I don't know if he matches V's type all that much, though I guess he's rebelling against his
mommentor?
The other method would be just to introduce new love interests during Xpacs instead of DLC, which then introduces a new issue of whether or not you want to break up with your current love interest if you haven't already.
Whaddya'll think? Is adding love even possible or wanted? I personally want a new gay option for female V (I may be the only person in the world who found themselves not being able really want to hook up with Judy, lol; not that I don't like her, just didn't really click for me romantically / not my type).
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