I do and don't get me wrong there's so many mods that feel as good as official content or better and it seems like we've hit a golden age of modding. What I mean is official content is always a great initial base and it takes a little while before unofficial content reaches the same level, it also varies mods to mods romance mods can be great specifically one that add new characters but initially there not at the same level as official content.

Don't worry I love mods its just there's a certain feel and a certain advantage to having Bethesda make content that modders can build off of.

I'm not really explaining this well haha.

If they put in even a Skyrim level of Romance in-game despite it being kinda well..tacky it would provide as a type of base or template for modding/modders?

If this game really is just 200yrs after the war and basically same time as 3... Amatta is my purpouse for stealing brotherhood flying airship thingy.

Quick by the numbers extraction from that sausagefest Vault 101 Bah-Dah-Boom, Bah-Dah-Bing.

I think I understand what you mean. I'm always happiest when the vanilla game is fun to play and makes me happy without any mods. But, as someone who's favorite thing to mod is companions I'd rather have a good, solid romance platform to build off of or none at all. I'm skeptical that Beth can provide us with a good romance model.

If nothing else hopefully we can at least make set homes for our follwoers rather then the always just having the pre determined one.

I'd be fine if the trend of putting romances in games was removed simply because they seem to be a guaranteed brings out the worst in the playerbase almost on par with the casual/hardcoe player arguement. Over the years on assorted forums I've seen bickering over who's a possible romance soon as characters are announced, bickering that a stated romance option doesn't look appealing/attractiive enough, wailing over how many romance options are available or not, declarations of censorship over how intimate scenes are portrayed or not, screaming fits over everyone's respective headcanon regarding romance options, personal attacks over someone not liking a particular romance option for whatever reasons, outcries that there should be more romances taking precident over content such as worldbuilding and gameplay, and people going ballistic over how a romance plays out.

That's not even going into some of the creepier stuff done in mods or posts that make one wonder if the person posting's been hit with a restraining order or stalking charges in real life.

With all that said, I have done some romances on occasion in a couple games and they really didn't add much if anything to that particular playthrough for me.

I dont mind romances or even marriage (again) as long as it is not that cheap and tacky way Skyrim did it. It was like you got maried to a blowup doll! no depth, no building up a relationship, and in the end all you needed was a fancy sign that said "I'm available" to get a spouse. After you were maried things didnt realy go anywhere either, just some muschy "love you darling" talk.

If romances are thus added, they need more depth then currently seen in bethesda games.

If nothing else I just hope that our preset spouse dies before we wake up from our cryosleep so I can hurry and forget they exist.

totaly valid actualy, since despite having nothing against the start as a family man/women, i do not like being tied down at the start. If romances are in the game, i want to be able to act on them and not be a cheater due to having a nagging wife at home

Erm, didn't you just lose your wife and child? Plus, I've seen how Bethesda writes romance, so Skyrim is ample reason for me to say, Please, please, NO! That said, I'm sure modders will eventually create actually well-written companions with interesting romance plot lines; I'd rather wait for them than Bethesda's "Hi stranger I've never met before! I see you're wearing a special necklace. Marry me?" >_<

Yup, you fetch a few firewood/ kill some bears, and then:

"Hi I just met you, and this is crazy, so here's my necklace, so marry me maybe?"

I don't know, could work it depends the story of fallout 4 I think.

Glad I'm not the only one who made that connection.

I don't think there's gonna be any romance content whatsoever in this game.

It's so adorable when people think that romance is still important when the world ends.

It makes the psychopathic Raider in my heart shed a tear before pumping your gut with so much lead, you'll crap out paperweights.

It is. GECKS are really just condensed love.

I'd like romances to be a part of the game. If nothing else, it's just another option, and not one that requires a lot of man hours of programming to implement.

If they put enough effort into the writing = Yes.

Unfortunately I think romance has a bad rep due to the amount of people that seemingly just want to "get laid" digitally. Bioware did romance pretty well. Something similar is what I want. Romance adds a deeper level of roleplaying, and is for me more about a deeper emotional connection to said characters. For me at least - the idea of having romance, and yes six, with a companion, is about character investment an emotional connection. Which also requires good writing. Sadly people get hung up on the physical aspect like six. For me having six with a romance partner in a game (if applicable) is about connection and emotion more than the physical act.

I also find it amusing how so many call out people who like romance in games as "horny nerds", "loners" and "losers. This stereotype is facepalm-worthy from a personal perspective as I've been in several relationships and have zero problems getting laid. As well as my best friend enjoying romance in Bioware games despite her having 2 kids.

Romance is a mature theme which adds richness and depth as long as the writing is good. I won't care that much if its not in, but I can't understand the people who oppose it - the only exception being if its badly written or implemented. In which case I agree its better to leave out completely (like skyrim).

I hope so.

One of the things I really hope that Bethesda do is look at the most popular mods of Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. One of those being the Willow Companion mod.

Some people want it, some people don't, as long as it's well written and has choice in it it can only add to the overall game.

ADD SUZIE!!! THE SAPIENT FEMALE ROMANCABLE DEATH CLAW!!!!! IT WILL GO DOWN IN GAMING HISTORY AS SOMETHING EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER!!!

That's more like a romance novel than a action RPG IMO. I just want marriage to be an option in the game to fulfill role-playing needs, not actually have time spent romancing someone in the game. In this area Skyrim did it exactly right. I pick basically whomever I want to marry, takes very little effort, have a wedding, and I get someone living at home with me and some perks and that's about it.

I just finished Jade Empire this week and while I liked the romance option in the game, they were BioWare's romances, not mine. And I couldn't see having every eligible NPC available for marriage and add any depth to the romance. If I'm playing FO and want depth in romance I'm playing the wrong game. I just want marriage as a RPG element so that I can imagine the relationship the way I want it.

It's a little thing, but there was something nice about going to my house in Skyrim and hearing Ysolda say "Back from another day of adventuring I see".

You know? I've been on the forums for 5 years and I never got a fishy stick.

I totally agree. I thought Bittercup would be romancable in Fo3 for sure and Tabitha in FoNV. lol
But in all seriousness, this could make for an awkward family reunion, as well.

Oh well, http://www.uesp.net/w/images/c/c4/Fishystick.jpg .

That could be good too...

Sole Survivor: "You... you're alive!"

Spouse: "Oh god, I never thought I'd see you again!"

New Squeeze: "Um. Who is this?"

Sole Survivor: "Oh. Oh god... "

What?

Thank you for that.

Now, I am going to need a wire brush and some battery acid to scrub my brain to remove that mental image.