Subj : Avowed director says the team 'are building thoughtful relationsh
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Feb 02 2024 10:30:05

Avowed director says the team 'are building thoughtful relationships' with 
companions rather than romance options

Date:
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:27:53 +0000

Description:
The game director of Avowed has confirmed that the game will not feature 
romance paths with companions.

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Carrie Patel, the game director of upcoming Obsidian Entertainment 
role-playing game (RPG) Avowed , has confirmed that the title will not 
feature any romance options with its companions, and has explained some of 
the reasons why. 

In a recent interview with IGN , Patel stated that the developers are 
building thoughtful relationships with our companion characters, but that 
romance isnt on the cards right now. 

I personally am a fan of making that an option, but I feel like if youre 
going to do it, you really have to commit and make sure that youre giving all 
to fulfilling that in a way that feels both true to the character, but also 
creates an engaging player experience, Patel explains. [Its] not something 
were doing for Avowed , but I wouldn't say never. 

She went on to suggest that adding a romance system to such a 
narrative-driven game would be a huge undertaking, requiring many complex 
systems and a variety of possible paths to fulfill player expectations. Even 
so, its undeniably a little bit of a let-down that such a major RPG wont 
offer some kind of option for those who are romantically inclined. 

Its hard to ignore the fact that Baldurs Gate 3 has been causing waves with 
its plethora of detailed romance paths, with players particularly enraptured 
by the likes of Shadowheart and Astarion (sorry Gale) and fawning over them 
with thirsty posts all across social media. 

Even an older RPG title like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim , which was first 
released in 2011, offered a very limited set of romance options by allowing 
the player to marry a roster of eligible characters. 

Whether or not players will find themselves quite as, please excuse the pun, 
engaged with the wholly platonic relationships in Avowed has yet to be seen, 
but Im interested to see what the game has in store when it releases later 
this year on PC, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S . 

 For more on RPG games, see our guide to the best RPGs right now or read 
about the best single-player games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/avowed-director-says-the-team-are-building-th
oughtful-relationships-with-companions-rather-than-romance-options


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