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Sentinel it's from Beneath a Starless Sky https://www.shacknews.com/article/1...y-and-the-infinity-engine-era-of-rpgs?page=15
Honestly I just gave you that rating to make you waste time digging up the source. I don't really care.Sentinel it's from Beneath a Starless Sky https://www.shacknews.com/article/1...y-and-the-infinity-engine-era-of-rpgs?page=15
Wooooooosh Roguey, lol.“When I think of it today, I wonder how well that would have gone over,” Gaider says. “Because the fans of Planescape: Torment are the most hardcore of the hardcore. Would they want their baby to be touched by the guy who did the romance stuff?”
I know Chris Avellone would no longer want this dishonorable coward sullying his work.
I can't honestly remember if Gaider was always like this or if working on DA2 broke his mind and turned him into w/e he is today.Kind of weird to hate romances and writing them but then every character you write is defined by their sexuality and not their personality.
The context is that Gaider destroyed a 20-year friendship because he actually sided against Avellone when Karissa (falsely) accused him of sexually assaulting her when Gaider was right there with them. A betrayal worse than Feargus because with him it was just business.Wooooooosh Roguey, lol.
The context is that Gaider destroyed a 20-year friendship because he actually sided against Avellone when Karissa (falsely) accused him of sexually assaulting her when Gaider was right there with them. A betrayal worse than Feargus because with him it was just business.Wooooooosh Roguey, lol.
And what are those games with good romances ?Romance in video games is great.
It's plain old hilarious seeing if the writers will screw it up.
Usually the games with good romance have great everything else, because the good writers *have their schtick together*.
Not really. Baldur's Gate 2 established a template for how subsequent RPGs would handle romance, with multiple romanceable companions, as well as the romance being central to the companion's character arc and something you pursue throughout the game. PS:T does neither. There are some romantical interactions with Annah, but it's a minor part of the companion interaction in PS:T.I think it's hilarious that Gaider was probably thinking of Codexers when he said that. Still haunting @Dgaider's mind all these years later.
But it's kind of a weird statement since PS:T had romances too?
The context is that Gaider destroyed a 20-year friendship because he actually sided against Avellone when Karissa (falsely) accused him of sexually assaulting her when Gaider was right there with them. A betrayal worse than Feargus because with him it was just business.Wooooooosh Roguey, lol.
Sure, but also totally unconnected to Gaider's more subtle sentence.
Romance is very integral to Torment's themes. Ravel does what she does because of her unrequited love for TNO. Deionarra was a former lover you betrayed. Annah and Grace are the Veronica and Betty of the story (Avellone outright said this, and that he also cribbed the dynamics from Harlequin romance novels) who have some strong scenes, especially with the ending. As Ed said in his latest video, Torment has a very male-centric plot. The story as is wouldn't work if you just copy-pasted a woman in the leading role.Not really. Baldur's Gate 2 established a template for how subsequent RPGs would handle romance, with multiple romanceable companions, as well as the romance being central to the companion's character arc and something you pursue throughout the game. PS:T does neither. There are some romantical interactions with Annah, but it's a minor part of the companion interaction in PS:T.