I wouldn't mind if there was no romance if they didn't very specifically promise there would be romance and didn't go miles out of their way to ensure the very title of the game and every piece of artwork related to the game didn't specifically and extremely strongly imply romance. After all that to release the game without any romance options in it would be a huge deal because it's no just another feature but something they managed to present as something of a central theme of the game.
I disagree insofar as the artwork does not imply romance to me (if romance is taken to mean a sexual relationship); neither does the game's title. I fail to see how it was promoted as a central theme of the game. I agree it would not be good to remove the feature of 'being able to end up as lovers' without a good explanation, as that would be dishonest and misleading after previous statements. However, as I've said I doubt this is actually the case as Swen's stream statement is not necessarily contradictory to known information.
* Edit to add that I certainly wouldn't define romance in terms of a sexual relationship and that indeed, the definition (as definitions are wont to do) or conception of romance is further confusing the issue here.
Last edited by Robcat; 24/06/1409:56 PM.
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