Love Story?

I'm disappointed that no one mentioned ICO. The horned boy protagonist is imprisoned in a castle, and can escape easily on his own. Yet he sacrifices every opportunity at a quick escape due to his resolve to protect a mysterious girl prisoner whom he literally just met and freed from her cage. At one point, he literally gave up his one chance to flee all because he prioritized the safety of the imprisoned girl, despite knowing little about her (and being unable to communicate with her due to a language barrier).

It's a beautiful, mysterious love story that unfortunately slips past many gamers (and reviewers).

Also noteworthy is Shadow Of The Colossus. Wander, the protagonist, goes above and beyond what any mortal would face in order to save his loved one, to the point of sacrificing his own soul and humanity. Now that's dedication.

Surprisingly, both games are produced by Team ICO, and they seem to show an exemplary quality at creating great art pieces for love stories in a game.

[QUOTE="Gamer4Iife"]Shadow of the Colossus. :)finalfantasy94

Man thats commitment to a girl. If some strange voice was like "ok to save her you must face multiple HUGE giants" I would have said meh we werent that close anyway.

LOL, you sir, just made my day :lol:

Well besides Shadow of the Colossus, i'll say Final Fantasy VIII and of course Crono Trigger.

Shadow of the Colossus. :)Gamer4Iife

I'm disappointed that no one mentioned ICO. The horned boy protagonist is imprisoned in a castle, and can escape easily on his own. Yet he sacrifices every opportunity at a quick escape due to his resolve to protect a mysterious girl prisoner whom he literally just met and freed from her cage. At one point, he literally gave up his one chance to flee all because he prioritized the safety of the imprisoned girl, despite knowing little about her (and being unable to communicate with her due to a language barrier).

It's a beautiful, mysterious love story that unfortunately slips past many gamers (and reviewers).

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Also noteworthy is Shadow Of The Colossus. Wander, the protagonist, goes above and beyond what any mortal would face in order to save his loved one, to the point of sacrificing his own soul and humanity. Now that's dedication.

Surprisingly, both games are produced by Team ICO, and they seem to show an exemplary quality at creating great art pieces for love stories in a game.

Brainhunter

[QUOTE="ace52387"]

I would pick FF8 for a lot of reasons but I thought that squall's inhuman denseness kind of made it awkward. FFX's developed a little on the quick side.

Valkyrie profile has a couple of very romantic einheriar stories, but most end tragically given the fact that they have to die.

FF7's love story is pretty nice (the part involving the past). Jealousy and self loathing, what good is a love story without those things?

MGS (Sniper wolf) haha I just thought this was hilarious and touching at the same time.

Solid_Link22

A spoiler warning would have been nice :( Now I wont play the game anymore.

Well it's no real spoiler...I mean the setup of VP is that every character you recruit dies, which is how you recruit them...it just so happens that some of those deaths involve romance.

[QUOTE="Wiishy"]What videogame has the best love story? All I can think about on my list is Final Fantasy X.DontBeHatin1983

Kingdom Hearts has the best love story. Shame on some of you for rooting for robot love in Halo. CleanPlayer

Shadow of the Colossus. :)Gamer4Iife

Yep, hands down.