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[Kevtones]

Accept no substitutes.

Yeah this one and Deadly Premonition.

 

[shoreu]

Dom and Maria from gears of war

 

[Ray Down]

Sora and Riku. He found Kairi and it was business as usual, but Riku? He got on his knees and started crying.

Naruto and Sasuke syndrome

 

[asagami_]

First post nail it.

I want say Persona 2, but it's half-true. Eternal Punishment spoilers incoming

Spoiler

Ulala and Baofu relationship was hinted, but it was never confirmed. They have great chemistry each other so it's very likely they pursued the relationship.

 

[Newtype-001]

Zidane and Garnet

I like Shulk and Fiora too

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Celes and Locke.

Elena and Nate.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time with a fantastoc ending.

 

[Inferno313]

Yup. There's probably no better game about love and relationships than Catherine.

 

[Wulfram]

Shepard/Garrus

For all it's faults I enjoyed DA:I Female Eleven Inquisitor and Solas. Wouldn't call it the best but one of the more recent ones that I thought was kind of nice.

I'll wait and see how they manage to handle it in future games before I judge that. That's got big unfinished business, and with Quizzie going NPC they could really screw it up.

 

[petran79]

Song of Saya
Best love story in the worst possible scenario

 

[Mephala]

Prince of Persia 2008

Legend of Heroes Trails in The Sky

 

[system11]

jackie and jenny from the darkness

This was my initial thought. It's such a simple scene.

 

[Shtof]

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Prince of Persia 2008 reboot

Both tell essentially the same tragic story, and me being this hopeless romantic love those games.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

Fei and Elly (Xenogears), Crono and Marle (Chrono Trigger, although it's only implied).

 

[Red Devil]

Xenoblade has a good love triangle between Shulk, Melia, and spoilers

Spoiler

Fiore

.

And the best girl won in the end. HAH!

 

[Waji]

That would also be my first choice.

 

[JusDoIt]

Samus and Baby.

 

[Falchion]

WOLFENSTEIN The New Order

This is a really good one and one of the reasons I'm most excited about New Colossus. The fact that you get to

Spoiler

listen to audiotapes about her exploits before she met you is fantastic as well.

In terms of the best game at exploring an existing relationship, I'd have to go with Uncharted 4. Never seen a marriage be focused on in a game quite that way and it was genuinely touching.

I'm playing through Catherine right now so we'll see how that turns out but it's certainly interesting so far.

 

[perorist]

There are love stories in video games, and then there is Xenogears. The relationship is central to the plot there in a huge way.

First reply nails it. Everything else feels shallow in comparison.

 

[Taruranto]

Fata Morgana or Deadly Premonition probably.

Most gaming love stories are pretty badly done.
Steins;Gate's was actually pretty good. Uncharted's was largely good, if sometimes frustrating in Uncharted 4.
Beyond that? I'm not sure. Tidus and Yuna? I feel like a good story has to make you feel something, and should make you root for it. Games are bad at that.

EDIT: the fact that a lot of answers are fan ineterpretations (Life is Strange) or joke posts kind of proves my point.

Games are real bad at romance.

? LiS has a real romance(s), depending on your in-game choices. Though I prefer it the friendship version myself and had Max kiss Warren.

 

[Safros]

Xenogears is the first thing that came to mind. The scope of Fei and Elly's relationship really surprised me and won me over.

 

[Disgraced]

Spoiler

I haven't finished it but there's evidently no romance in 2 since they didn't want the only female character in a relationship with the PC—which I respect—especially after how they treated women in the first game. However, Marcus and Sitara have such good chemistry that I'm just going to assume they got it on post-game.

 

[Jiraiza]

I'm going to get ahead of myself and add 2B and 9S from Nier Automata.

 

[Alby Duckett]

Life is Strange

*chants* not my canon not my canon not my canon

Spoiler

Jk it was totally my canon too.

 

[WhateverItTakes]

Agree with all the Nate and Elena posts jere, and that's mainly basing it upon Uncharted 4. 2 and 3 had the relationship as an okay backdrop but 4 got me super invested over the course of that game. That or I've become more of a sap as I got older.

 

[Isotropy]

I don't care what anyone says, I really enjoyed the love stories in FFVIII/IX/X.

IX's probably holds up best on repeat viewings.

 

[Reedirect]

Most gaming love stories are pretty badly done.
Steins;Gate's was actually pretty good. Uncharted's was largely good, if sometimes frustrating in Uncharted 4.
Beyond that? I'm not sure. Tidus and Yuna? I feel like a good story has to make you feel something, and should make you root for it. Games are bad at that.

EDIT: the fact that a lot of answers are fan ineterpretations (Life is Strange) or joke posts kind of proves my point.

Games are real bad at romance.

I sort of agree. Although, Life is Strange is probably more than a fan interpretation, despite the optional romance storyline being one of the worst parts of an otherwise exceptional game.

 

[lawnchair]

is this "shipping" ?

 

[Weltall Zero]

http://freebirdgames.com/system/wp-content/uploads/to-the-moon_OST-cover-300x300.png

That's my choice as well. Lets repost that as an image rather than a link.

Second place goes to the often mentioned Xenogears, where my username comes from.

 

[Raven117]

Agree with all the Nate and Elena posts jere, and that's mainly basing it upon Uncharted 4. 2 and 3 had the relationship as an okay backdrop but 4 got me super invested over the course of that game. That or I've become more of a sap as I got older.

Nah, the relationship was a bit more "real" in 4.

 

[Ceadeus]

does it count?

Yes. The only answer.

 

[Neoleo2143]

Pandora's Tower is probably the most meaningful to me.

 

[Knurek]

Song of Saya
Best love story in the worst possible scenario

This.

 

[rahji]

Steiner and Beatrix from FFIX. beautiful behind the scenes romance.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Geralt and Yennefer (that whole Last Wish sequence is excellent)

Estelle and Joshua (And so the Dream Continues...yes, the dream continues...)

Don't know the middle one, but these are excellent choices.

Hehehehe

 

[eyeball_kid]

You don't believe me, as in you never played Catherine, or you don't agree?

The whole game is about love and relationships and making choices within that context. It's one of the few games that treats love between two people as an adult concept and not a YA novel.

 

[Raven117]

That's my choice as well. Lets repost that as an image rather than a link.

Thank you! I'm a bit rusty with my forum codes.

 

[OMG Aero]

Steiner and Beatrix from FFIX. beautiful behind the scenes romance.

Don't forget the other important couple in that game.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Max Payne and Mona Sax.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

I liked Welkin and Alicia's story in Valkyria Chronicles.

*Ending spoilers* Especially how it ended. *Ending spoilers*

 

[Malawhur]

Max Payne and Mona Sax.

I was just about to write this, haha
This was definitely a good one

 

[TannerDemoz]

Steiner and Beatrix from FFIX. beautiful behind the scenes romance.

This so much.

In fact, FFIX in general. Everything is so damn beautifully tragic!

"What irony. To find the man about whom I have dreamt endlessly... only to discover that he cannot even remember who I am!"

 

[the_sun_king]

Much as I love the game & like the two, Squall & Rinoa's relationship was more "cute" than anything; the actual emotionally moving relationship in FFVIII was

Spoiler

Laguna & Raine. And it all pretty much comes down to that beautiful ending scene.

 

[v0yce]

I really enjoyed Virgil/Febronia in Xenosaga III

 

[IzzyF3]

This one all the way.

Not going to explore more of this thread since it's full of spoilers. Lol

 

[L Thammy]

My favourite video game love stories are from Quintet.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

It's Shadow of the Colossus. Love that will stop at nothing... to overcome and succumb. A tale for the ages that renders love transcendent.

 

[Gulz1992]

Doomguy and his BFG.

 

[ronaldthump]

Joel's fatherly love for ellie.

 

[mcw]

Absolutely. Rin is #1.

Agreed. The only romantic relationship in any game where I could actually relate.

 

[Holundrian]

I'll wait and see how they manage to handle it in future games before I judge that. That's got big unfinished business, and with Quizzie going NPC they could really screw it up.

Fair view. For me even if what comes after is garbage I won't be that affected.
Because honestly I can see the Trespasser ending as a good ending point to that story.

Spoiler

Basically it wasn't meant to be between the two.

That felt like a good and fitting ending for me, even if they decide to continue it in a meaningful way or let it be something that slides into the background.