The romance ability between all the various characters is neat. It allows you to get a good idea of who each character is, see their story a little, and of course, provides very valuable allies for the end game. It's just one of those things that, even if you don't necessarily need to do any of them, taking the time for them makes a more immersive experience about the world of Cyberpunk and its people.
However, once you've completed a storyline... that's it. That is about all the interaction with the romanced characters you can get, period. At this point, if you're like me, you've probably worn out all the various side conversation dialogue options between Judy, Panam, River, and/or Kerry depending on your play through(s) and decisions made during it/them. This, personally, doesn't sit too right with me; you've essentially just spent time that V prolly coulda used not dying to learn about and enjoy the story of the four of them, only to have little to nothing in return other than a new Apartment and an achievement for completing the storyline.
I propose a simple solution, even if it comes in the form of a DLC that you can choose to install/enable at your own leisure if you so choose; the option to speak with a romanced character and do a minigame of some form with them fitting of their characters, e.g.;
You could also give the completionists a cool thing to keep track of if you provide a "leaderboard" of sorts; get a good score in any one of the "minigames" and you could get an in-game something-or-other or an achievement.
However, once you've completed a storyline... that's it. That is about all the interaction with the romanced characters you can get, period. At this point, if you're like me, you've probably worn out all the various side conversation dialogue options between Judy, Panam, River, and/or Kerry depending on your play through(s) and decisions made during it/them. This, personally, doesn't sit too right with me; you've essentially just spent time that V prolly coulda used not dying to learn about and enjoy the story of the four of them, only to have little to nothing in return other than a new Apartment and an achievement for completing the storyline.
I propose a simple solution, even if it comes in the form of a DLC that you can choose to install/enable at your own leisure if you so choose; the option to speak with a romanced character and do a minigame of some form with them fitting of their characters, e.g.;
- For Panam;
- Time in the Rouge Raxxa in the form of a "hit the targets" shooting game similar to the "tutorial" you get in Queen of the Highway,
- V and Panam can meet with Cassidy for a shooting-range-like game similar to Stadium Love or We Gotta Live Together,
- For Judy;
- Possible simple swimming game a la finding things in whatever water, likely Laguna Bend considering,
- Something potentially regarding braindances? Unsure how this would go, providing the nature of BDs in general, but could be worth something,
- For River;
- Joining him and Joss' kids in more AR games,
- Potentially having him assist in some Gigs? That might be a little more doing but could be cool,
- For Kerry;
- Assuming something music related; maybe a rhythm game,
- Something something "let's get Kerry to his old self" a la Rebel! Rebel! and so on, having him join in Gigs.
You could also give the completionists a cool thing to keep track of if you provide a "leaderboard" of sorts; get a good score in any one of the "minigames" and you could get an in-game something-or-other or an achievement.
. It would be a good thing. “Options”. But first thing is first making sure everything is perfected. The yin and the yang.