I get what OP is trying to convey with this topic, but personally I dont look at it as "a love interest for every lifepath" because there is a huge disconnect there.
Since lifepath means little more than 'where did you came from' you could say there's 1 LI who you may share a background with, maybe 1,5 if you count Judy as a ganger of the Moxx and you'd be a streetkid ganger also.
However given the story and in what place you end up in, I view the LIs more like 'certain' people you'll cross paths with and might stick around there to stay, at which point background means nothing anymore. If anything its more so a common view of the future you might have with an LI.
I've not played as a male V to see the relationship with Panam, but she being a nomad, returning back to being a nomad has less impact for me than when I play as a V who used to be a nomad. Panam feels much more like the sister from another mother who pulled you away from the evil jaws of NC.
Pretty much the same goes for Judy with the exception that you both are looking/working to escape NC's clutches.
Both River and Kerry have an unhealthy attachment to NC my V simply could not reconsile with even if she tried, yet they aint what you could call either a streetkid or corpo.
River (litterally) is a single phonecall away from ending up in a ditch, spit out by NC as he went freefalling from detective to vigilante and Kerry is about 70 years behind living on cloud 9, trying to make NC into a blurr.
So only when you as V chose the Nomad path at the end, then you could say you have 2 LIs, but when you choose any of the other paths you virtually have none. In the Sun endings I'm not even sure who could be a logical option really, in fact I think that that ending severely lacks any potential one since neither Kerry and River make for a compelling choice. River would at best be a side hussle who would probably try to persuade you away from your legendary merc status and Kerry... I just dont know what to say there. And with the corpo path you've actually have several that COULD work, Takemura and Hanako could both work for either a female or male V (respectively).
Takemura has been asked for since day 1, and as companion of a female V they'd share quite the history and Hanako could even make sense because if she was male V LI and seduce the poor bastard, it would be the ultimate ploy for her to keep V under some form of control. You could fabricate an interesting 'relationship' there.
In general, I would surely have liked more potential LIs.
Since lifepath means little more than 'where did you came from' you could say there's 1 LI who you may share a background with, maybe 1,5 if you count Judy as a ganger of the Moxx and you'd be a streetkid ganger also.
However given the story and in what place you end up in, I view the LIs more like 'certain' people you'll cross paths with and might stick around there to stay, at which point background means nothing anymore. If anything its more so a common view of the future you might have with an LI.
I've not played as a male V to see the relationship with Panam, but she being a nomad, returning back to being a nomad has less impact for me than when I play as a V who used to be a nomad. Panam feels much more like the sister from another mother who pulled you away from the evil jaws of NC.
Pretty much the same goes for Judy with the exception that you both are looking/working to escape NC's clutches.
Both River and Kerry have an unhealthy attachment to NC my V simply could not reconsile with even if she tried, yet they aint what you could call either a streetkid or corpo.
River (litterally) is a single phonecall away from ending up in a ditch, spit out by NC as he went freefalling from detective to vigilante and Kerry is about 70 years behind living on cloud 9, trying to make NC into a blurr.
So only when you as V chose the Nomad path at the end, then you could say you have 2 LIs, but when you choose any of the other paths you virtually have none. In the Sun endings I'm not even sure who could be a logical option really, in fact I think that that ending severely lacks any potential one since neither Kerry and River make for a compelling choice. River would at best be a side hussle who would probably try to persuade you away from your legendary merc status and Kerry... I just dont know what to say there. And with the corpo path you've actually have several that COULD work, Takemura and Hanako could both work for either a female or male V (respectively).
Takemura has been asked for since day 1, and as companion of a female V they'd share quite the history and Hanako could even make sense because if she was male V LI and seduce the poor bastard, it would be the ultimate ploy for her to keep V under some form of control. You could fabricate an interesting 'relationship' there.
In general, I would surely have liked more potential LIs.
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