Did Wing Commander start the game romances trend?

[Ladonna]

I believe Siulajia is the original western waifu. That makes Treasures of the Savage Frontier the first cRPG with some kind of romantic ontent. Not counting weeb shit.

And Jarbarkas for the ladies.

Ultima: Savage Empire had a romance in it with the main chick.

We'll never see another Aryan Avatar again :sigh:

 

[Nathaniel3W]

Ultima: Savage Empire had a romance in it with the main chick.

We'll never see another Aryan Avatar again :sigh:

Huh. I never played that game. The first Ultima romance I remember was that sad girl from Ultima VII.
https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Nastassia

 

[Falksi]

The more interesting question is whether WC3 was the first game to let you choose one of multiple romance options.

Was WC3 the game that had FMV of real actors, one of whom was Mark Hamill? Funny how much I remember about that game, but I don't remember romance. I only remember Angel from the previous games, and I think she must have been in WC3 because she was a recurring character. I guess I need to go do some reading to remind myself of what was in the game.

Was there a Wing Commander game that forced you to lose the war regardless of how well you flew?

You literally got to pick which of the two ladies sitting at the bar you wanted to smooch. The other one would then storm off in a huff if you hadn't politely let her down first. Also one of them was Ginger Lynn.

That's pretty hot to be fair.

But then again, anything with Mark Hammill in is hot.

 

[Arbiter]

The more interesting question is whether WC3 was the first game to let you choose one of multiple romance options.

Was WC3 the game that had FMV of real actors, one of whom was Mark Hamill? Funny how much I remember about that game, but I don't remember romance. I only remember Angel from the previous games, and I think she must have been in WC3 because she was a recurring character. I guess I need to go do some reading to remind myself of what was in the game.

Was there a Wing Commander game that forced you to lose the war regardless of how well you flew?

You literally got to pick which of the two ladies sitting at the bar you wanted to smooch. The other one would then storm off in a huff if you hadn't politely let her down first. Also one of them was Ginger Lynn.

That's pretty hot to be fair.

But then again, anything with Mark Hammill in is hot.

Imagine mutually exclusive choices in modern games. It is like not being able to be the head of mage guild, fighters' guild, thieves' guild and Dark Brotherhood at the same time.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I only ever played the first one on SNES and the third one (the best?) on PC. For some reason I think the last mission was bugged so I never beat it.

 

[Infinitron]

Fmv games were great because of the low budget.

A low budget game with Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell?

My impression is that back in the 1990s, you could get relatively big-name celebrities to appear in your game for cheap because it was a new and interesting medium.

 

[A horse of course]