Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Romance Survey (2024)

Owlcat Games posted a new survey for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous:

Participate in The Romance Survey!

And tell us who do you love

Hello, Pathfinders!

With The Last Sarkorians DLC recently released and a new romantic option that appeared in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, we got curious how much did you enjoy the romances in our game, including the recent addition of Ulbrig.

So please follow the link below to take part in the Romance Survey and tell us who do you love?

Click here to start!

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Thanks Redglyph!

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Lolozaur said:

I finished the demon playthrough last week and true-romanced Wenduag, really really complex stuff, impossible without google, one wrong dialogue choice and off the path lol.

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That sounds a bit silly to be honest.

I guess I am one of the few people who hates romances in games in general. The only time I like them is when they are truely meaningful and they have to make sense. My favourite writer of romances would be Chris Avellone. He is one of the few game writers who really gets it. Ravel Puzzlewell in Torment loves the Nameless One and the love stretches across the countless lives of the Nameless One. You find references to it in the lore and cryptic references to it in dialogues. She has seen him die multiple times and everytime she tries to help him it never works out well for her.

DA:O did an okay job with the Morrigan romance but the other romance options didn't have the same meaning and things quickly went downhill in DA:2. Mass Effect was a bad offender, the payoff was basically a sex scene. Unfortunately the unwashed masses seem to like that.

I generally like romances in RPGs. Trying to find a romantic partner is deeply rooted in human nature, so it should always be possible (but not mandatory) in games where you play a human(-like) role. And Yes, I also think that humans would try to find a partner in a zombie apokalypse or some other dystopian setting. Perhaps especially then.
(I don't need sex scenes though and I consider them a cheap way in video games to show that a final romance relationship status has been achieved.)

WotR was the first game where I tried to persue a romance but failed. I still don't know if it was due to a bug or if I somewhen picked a wrong dialogue option. If it was the latter, it's really bad design. The game should communicate it better or give ways to go back on track.

If you do not care for spoilers, just look at this https://www.neoseeker.com/pathfinder-wrath-of-the-righteous/guides/Romancing_Wenduag lol, so many flags and paths, impossible without this guide, but overall the romance was very well written.

I like a game that makes me care about companions, which is probably the best way for it to be memorable. It adds stronger threads to a story construct than any depth of lore could hope to achieve for a solitary main character. For me at least.

So I appreciate romance in an RPG or any story-based game with enough depth, when it's well done. I like when the relationship is deserved and leads to more content, but more importantly, makes me care even more for that particular companion by letting me in more than the others do. Who doesn't like feeling special and gaining more access?

It doesn't really need to be a romantic relationship though, earning a more friendly or faithful companion is a big plus too.

What I don't care for is one-night affairs or artificial romances that are presented as achievements but lead to nothing else. Unfortunately, it's often the case.

purpleblob said:

They did similar survey last time on discord, and Arueshalae was a clear winner. I voted for Daeran

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Well, she's the most vanilla out of all possible romanceable female characters. The other choices are a sociopath, a workaholic, and an edgy masoch*st.

LoneWoof said:

Well, she's the most vanilla out of all possible romanceable female characters. The other choices are a sociopath, a workaholic, and an edgy masoch*st.

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When a demon is the most vanilla choice, you for sure don't have an easy time romancing.