Romance in the Cyberpunk? Yes. But there are some conditions.
Firstly it can't be a "system". It has to be a part of a plot or a major sub-plot. It doesn't have to be obligatory part - I guess several different roads might lead to the games finale. The love interests can't be interchangable. They have to be well established characters that you can actually care about.
An example from my own experience. Years ago I played this MMO called "9 Dragons". Nothing special, a grind fest, really. Spoiler alert
But in one factions starting area there were this girl NPC. She wasn't even meant as a love interest (or if so I haven't progressed far enough to find out). She was anoying and obnoxious and, since she was the only quest giver, you were basicly her bitch - go there and kill this, go to town and buy me a drink etc. And ever so often she would drop in some tidbits of her past in the dialogue. And her attitude would change little by little towards something of a camaraderie. And then she just went off and got herself killed. I was surprised how upset I got when I learned about it. And then even more surprised how happy it made me to hear that she was alive afterall.
Few good lines of dialog and some good dramatic timing made me care about this (probably) throw-away character.
Secondly it has to be gritty and at least a little dark. There are no happy ends in Cyberpunk. Remember the story of Johnny Silverhand and his girlfriend Alt?
Or who have seen "Ninja Scroll"?
Or anything Kilravok wrote few posts earlier.
Firstly it can't be a "system". It has to be a part of a plot or a major sub-plot. It doesn't have to be obligatory part - I guess several different roads might lead to the games finale. The love interests can't be interchangable. They have to be well established characters that you can actually care about.
An example from my own experience. Years ago I played this MMO called "9 Dragons". Nothing special, a grind fest, really. Spoiler alert
But in one factions starting area there were this girl NPC. She wasn't even meant as a love interest (or if so I haven't progressed far enough to find out). She was anoying and obnoxious and, since she was the only quest giver, you were basicly her bitch - go there and kill this, go to town and buy me a drink etc. And ever so often she would drop in some tidbits of her past in the dialogue. And her attitude would change little by little towards something of a camaraderie. And then she just went off and got herself killed. I was surprised how upset I got when I learned about it. And then even more surprised how happy it made me to hear that she was alive afterall.Few good lines of dialog and some good dramatic timing made me care about this (probably) throw-away character.
Secondly it has to be gritty and at least a little dark. There are no happy ends in Cyberpunk. Remember the story of Johnny Silverhand and his girlfriend Alt?
Or who have seen "Ninja Scroll"?
Or anything Kilravok wrote few posts earlier.
