I’ve never signed in here before and I am now purely to upvote because of this sheer disappointment and ridiculousness. The romances already lack an astounding amount of depth compared to all previous games and then they lock one of them like this? Especially one of the likely most popular ones? A lot of people play these games specifically for the companion relationships, platonic or otherwise… that they dropped the ball on them so spectacularly is kind of mind blowing?? No walk up cutscenes, a la Cullen or Dorian? No extensive trees exploring their background and opinions/feelings on everything?
This is a Spanish/Italian coded lover and assassin… it lacks the passion you’d think would be present. Tbh, I think what a lot of people expected or would like to see are those scenes that were cut. A romantic gondola date, a little kinky weapon play, a night swim love scene etc… fun, sweet, spicy things that make it feel intimate that are entirely missing. Without them it feels very unfinished like the last half of his romance is gone.
Now, it’s completely understandable if you don’t help Treviso to harden him and it to be more of a slow burn as you gradually need to win back his trust. That is actually a great set up for the angsty types of situations I usually go for! (MageHawke x Fen being the best, Solavellan, etc The player character waited multiple years in game for those payoffs.) It feels like there’s tension when they speak or even when Lucanis has reasons for avoiding Rook initially, mutual pining, unresolved issues etc… good things we love to see lmao it really could’ve been a wonderful set up…. If it was executed properly. And now, if you were even allowed to continue.
But, yes, as everyone seems to agree it’s not fair to lock Lucanis when Neve doesn’t. And even worse him to get with Neve who did the same thing when he has no apparent time for Rook romance. (They’re cute I have no issue with this if Rook locked in another choice)
I think SD Rook especially shouldn’t be locked. Perhaps it would make sense if a Crow Rook was locked as it’s more of a betrayal? But leaving it as is just puts a bad vibe on the whole thing unfortunately. I really hope they listen to all the feedback and patch it up. I’m very happy with the combat (aside from wishing I could play a healer) and character creator, but please fix the relationships, the one thing people assumed they’d get right lol
Listen I'm even fine with Lucanis being relatively tame. Exploring a bit deeper into his reluctance to be in a relationship, actually engaging with the slow burn by showing that he does WANT it, even if he's scared to take it, would make it so much better. I actually love doofy, domestic, inexperience Lucanis, but some of his scenes are SO bad. The commitment scene makes me want to die.
Oh for sure, I mean I’ll take anything really, which shows how desperate I am lmao And yes ofc sweet, domestic assassin bf is chefs kiss <3 Inexperience in all forms can be pretty cute ngl but overall it just feels lacking as is. Even if they just unlocked it and added a scene you could visit them for cuddles or cooking together or a kiss would be really nice.
Was talking with my partner about this last night, and really it feels incredibly silly that the Lucanis Fade sequence is locked off to files where you save Treviso? Those events are so far removed from each other, the Fade sequence doesn't feel romance-specific, and it adds some much-needed depth to Lucanis that apparently isn't there if you save Minrathous. There's some easy ways to add depth to Lucanis for every player.
But end of the day, yeah, Lucanis really needs some completely updated scenes. Actually acknowledging the romance and adding scenes where it develops (even if it's only Mutual Pining for a while) would be amazing.
