Western RPG. Like how Japanese RPGs are called JRPGs. It's talking about the style of game moreso than place of origin, they just happen to align most of the time.
That was more of a cool mechanic than anything. A macro thing that was a neat addition to an RPG, because their friendship or relationship values would affect optional scenes you'd see, how likely they were to get pissed if the other fell in battle and so forth. It was one of the things that drew me to it as well, and it's completely different from the marketing, and the game itself, revolving around badly written romances specifically written for players (specifically females and gays) to get their rocks off.
(Edit: By 'macro thing' I mean you were sort of managing the relationships, you weren't down in the trenches.)
Why do games need relationship options at all?
Because to many WRPG players, having sex is just as fantastical as casting spells or slaying dragons.
WRPg?
Western RPG. Like how Japanese RPGs are called JRPGs. It's talking about the style of game moreso than place of origin, they just happen to align most of the time.
I can't knock it, since that's what got me to play Star Ocean: The Second Story, one of my favorite RPGs of all time.
Anyone can be shipped with anyone else.
But that was a Japanese game.
That was more of a cool mechanic than anything. A macro thing that was a neat addition to an RPG, because their friendship or relationship values would affect optional scenes you'd see, how likely they were to get pissed if the other fell in battle and so forth. It was one of the things that drew me to it as well, and it's completely different from the marketing, and the game itself, revolving around badly written romances specifically written for players (specifically females and gays) to get their rocks off.
(Edit: By 'macro thing' I mean you were sort of managing the relationships, you weren't down in the trenches.)