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I just finished Shadowheart's quest in act 3 and had a little scene with her at the statue. And it felt really awkward while romanced. She started crying and my character just stands there and watches? Not even an option to hug my GIRLFRIEND after all that's happened? After her parents died?
Is this serious? I could hug Karlach after her engine got fixed in act 2, but there's no way to hug my girlfriend when she needed it most? This isn't the first disappointing situation with SH romance. There are barely any romance dialogue options in her romance throughout the story and most of her scenes don't look different from normal, friendly path. Can't even tell her that I love her or express any sorts of feelings and from what I gathered, it was her last scene in act 3.
Can we PLEASE at the very least get an option to hug her during that one scene? Her romance is already very lackluster compared, to say, Karlach, but in that moment it felt like a slap in the face.
It felt like writers forgot that basic human interactions exist. Hugging, kissing, anything.
EDIT: typos.
Last edited by The Red Queen; 13/08/23 03:02 PM. Reason: Added spoiler tags
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I just got that scene yesterday, so it's nice to see others getting to the same point. I also have to wonder about exactly how many people have even seen that scene, since the decisions you need to make to get there are not straightforward.
Personally, I think they're trying to place the focus on Shadowheart's pain and sorrow, so it's meant to feel awkward for the player character rather than romantic...but yeah, that would be a reasonable and very human option to have. At least giving her a hug in that moment.
Did you already finish the game? I'd like to know if we get anything in conversation about the relationship during the ending or epilogue. If you're still together or if she leaves, etc.
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I just got that scene yesterday, so it's nice to see others getting to the same point. I also have to wonder about exactly how many people have even seen that scene, since the decisions you need to make to get there are not straightforward.
Personally, I think they're trying to place the focus on Shadowheart's pain and sorrow, so it's meant to feel awkward for the player character rather than romantic...but yeah, that would be a reasonable and very human option to have. At least giving her a hug in that moment.
Did you already finish the game? I'd like to know if we get anything in conversation about the relationship during the ending or epilogue. If you're still together or if she leaves, etc. I understand it was meant to show her sorrow, but it feels really out of place to just look at my girlfriend while she's crying and not have an option to do anything at all. It's just wrong on so many levels. I'd understand if the option was missing in a friendship path, but romanced one is just... awful. And it's not just that one scene. We didn't even have any scene with her in Act 2 like every other companion had. Act 2 spoilers - Of course she had her Nightsong quest, but still, no romance dialogues during those moments either As for your question, yes, I finished the game last night. There's one very short scene with her after the ending. Ending spoilers about the scene: Tav and SH stayed together, trying to find themselves some place to call home.
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For all the sex/raunchiness in BG3, there really isn't a lot of good romance. It's a shame, the romances in wotr were better done imo.
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For all the sex/raunchiness in BG3, there really isn't a lot of good romance. It's a shame, the romances in wotr were better done imo. They were certainly done better in both Pathfinders. Larian hyped romances so much and yet there's barely anything for SOME romances. Certain love interests get more content than others. Unfortunately, Shadowheart is the latter.
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I just got that scene yesterday, so it's nice to see others getting to the same point. I also have to wonder about exactly how many people have even seen that scene, since the decisions you need to make to get there are not straightforward.
Personally, I think they're trying to place the focus on Shadowheart's pain and sorrow, so it's meant to feel awkward for the player character rather than romantic...but yeah, that would be a reasonable and very human option to have. At least giving her a hug in that moment.
Did you already finish the game? I'd like to know if we get anything in conversation about the relationship during the ending or epilogue. If you're still together or if she leaves, etc. I understand it was meant to show her sorrow, but it feels really out of place to just look at my girlfriend while she's crying and not have an option to do anything at all. It's just wrong on so many levels. I'd understand if the option was missing in a friendship path, but romanced one is just... awful. And it's not just that one scene. We didn't even have any scene with her in Act 2 like every other companion had. Act 2 spoilers - Of course she had her Nightsong quest, but still, no romance dialogues during those moments either As for your question, yes, I finished the game last night. There's one very short scene with her after the ending. Ending spoilers about the scene: Tav and SH stayed together, trying to find themselves some place to call home. Thanks for the details! It might not be much, frankly, but personally I'm glad the game acknowledges the relationship at the end. For Act 2, it's true there wasn't any explicitly romantic scene (well, unless you find the flower and give it to her) because Shadowheart was more focused on her Shar-related personal quest...but I felt that, at least implicitly, the game did a pretty good job of portraying the tension and conflict within her, especially when it came to how those quest decisions could have an impact on the relationship. All the same, I would appreciate an expansion of those conversations and maybe an extra scene or two for any "definitive edition" of BG3.
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I just got that scene yesterday, so it's nice to see others getting to the same point. I also have to wonder about exactly how many people have even seen that scene, since the decisions you need to make to get there are not straightforward.
Personally, I think they're trying to place the focus on Shadowheart's pain and sorrow, so it's meant to feel awkward for the player character rather than romantic...but yeah, that would be a reasonable and very human option to have. At least giving her a hug in that moment.
Did you already finish the game? I'd like to know if we get anything in conversation about the relationship during the ending or epilogue. If you're still together or if she leaves, etc. I understand it was meant to show her sorrow, but it feels really out of place to just look at my girlfriend while she's crying and not have an option to do anything at all. It's just wrong on so many levels. I'd understand if the option was missing in a friendship path, but romanced one is just... awful. And it's not just that one scene. We didn't even have any scene with her in Act 2 like every other companion had. Act 2 spoilers - Of course she had her Nightsong quest, but still, no romance dialogues during those moments either As for your question, yes, I finished the game last night. There's one very short scene with her after the ending. Ending spoilers about the scene: Tav and SH stayed together, trying to find themselves some place to call home. Thanks for the details! It might not be much, frankly, but personally I'm glad the game acknowledges the relationship at the end. For Act 2, it's true there wasn't any explicitly romantic scene (well, unless you find the flower and give it to her) because Shadowheart was more focused on her Shar-related personal quest...but I felt that, at least implicitly, the game did a pretty good job of portraying the tension and conflict within her, especially when it came to how those quest decisions could have an impact on the relationship. All the same, I would appreciate an expansion of those conversations and maybe an extra scene or two for any "definitive edition" of BG3. As far as I know, everyone can give her that flower, so it's not romance specific. Every companion has their personal quests and yet, they had some scenes in Act 2... except Shadowheart. I absolutely loved her character, her romances even though she had it less than other LIs, so don't get me wrong. I only wish devs could expand it at least a little, because right now I have flashbacks from Mass Effect where devs cared only about one or two romances and the rest was forgotten, giving the fans a middle finger.
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Yeah, gotta say that there's far too few options with your romance. Why can you not hug your love? Why can't you give them comforting words? Why can't you act like a romantic partner would?
You get a couple of scenes... and that's about it.
There should be VASTLY more "romance" content. More conversations. More interactions. More little things like comments while running around the world or in combat (saying "We should come here to watch the sun rise" when you're at some beautiful clifftop... or "nice hit love!" when you smack something in combat). SOMETHING.
Right now the "romance" seem to be part of a separate game that's not tied into BG3.
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