Ok, I won’t lie: I’m a sucker for romance. I love it in books, in movies and yes, in video games. So I decided to compile a list of all the games I’ve played that have romantic elements to them.
The list!
Grim Fandango
Planescape: Torment
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (the original has a slight mention of romance too — but VERY slight)
The Last Story
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic II (albeit a bit subdued)
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Baal (continuation of the BGII romances)
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (also, you have TONS of NWN modules with romances in them)
Neverwinter Nights II
Neverwinter Nights II: Mask of the Betrayer
Final Fantasy X
Resident Evil II
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (I do believe there was a bit of romance there!)
StarCraft (undertones)
StarCraft II (bit more obvious that in SC1)
Dragon Age
Dragon Age II
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Baten Kaitos: Origins
Eternal Sonata
Brutal Legend
Full Throttle
Starfox Adventures (essentially, romance for furries. But it’s sweet nonetheless)
Heavy Rain (BADLY DONE)
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
Beyond Good and Evil (Oh, come on, there was something there!)
The Darkness
Deadly Premonition (and, I’m not joking, it’s AMAZING)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (highly subdued and arguable, but still…)
L. A. Noire
Max Payne 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (one can argue about this one, though)
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Shadows of the Damned
Alan Wake
Sonic Adventure II: Battle (yup… I played that)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
The Witcher
Star Wars: The Old Republic
And that’s all I can think of right now. If you have additions, please comment! I’d love to have a complete list of games with romance!
Added by other people:
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Radiata Stories
Chrono Trigger
Stubbs the Zombie
Silent Hill 2
Disgaea 1&2
Metal Gear Solid (series)
Xenogears
The Witcher 2
Psychonauts
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Skyrim (not really “romance”, per se, but you can marry)
Fable II (like Skyrim)
Grey Matter (scientist trying to communicate with dead wife… yeah)
Broken Sword (series)
Uncharted (series)
Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time
Super Paper Mario
Assassin’s Creed 2
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Shadow of the Colossus
Alpha Protocol
Catherine
Persona 3 & 4
Valkyria Chronicles
Ar Tonelico 1/2/3(PS2/PS2/PS3)
Arc Rise
Fantasia
Odin Sphere
Gearing Up to Get An Agent
Xenogears!
Most sane and less “Hollyhood’y” romance in a game I played. And coupled with a “destiny always brings us together” and “we also fell in love in our past lives” makes the whole package pretty nice.
Added. How’s ME3? And Deadly Premonition?
wish you’d give a rating out of 10 for how romantic the game was.
That’s a great idea. I might do it when I’m less busy!
Damn, might be a bit late
But a few that weren’t on the list:
Alpha Protocol
Catherine
Persona 3 & 4
Valkyria Chronicles
Ar Tonelico 1/2/3(PS2/PS2/PS3)
Arc Rise Fantasia
Odin Sphere