I think a meal and 100 coins a day is so shallow, well also they say hello my love or something like that and the fact that you can get a free house from some of them. Apart from those four things there is nothing else. Its seems like such a pointless thing to add. Do you think Beth will expand in the future? Anyone else think the same? Well, perhaps a little bit of RPing.

I guess you're not married... *rimshot*

Just kidding.

Seems the days of CRPG romance are gone. Anyone here remember Baldur's Gate, with Jaheira and Aerie and Viconia? Those were like the best game romances ever. Dragon Age (Origins) did a good job, too - I liked Morrigan and Leliana, but in DA2, it seemed like everyone was bisixual, which was awkward - it made everyone (except Isabela (*ahem*)) undesirable to me... Now if you just want to fornicate, get the Witcher. That guy just drinks and screws between killings.

But here, you're gonna get nothing more than another glorified housecarl and a Bond of Matrimony.

Who are you to decide is I can get married or not?

Huh?

I'm not sure to whom you're responding, but if it's me, you may have misinterpretted my post.

I want Bethesda to expand this feature. I mean, there is so much we could get out of this feature...

At least Jenassa doesn't nag me to take out the garbage.

I didn't, just posted. That's how I role.


I agree, marriage is lame in this game.

Well, there is roleplaying... Sort of...

Blend in with other npc hmm btw everything doesn't need to have a point it can just be that's pretty much what i thought about it.

Get gold every day.
Get a home cooked meal every day.
Go home oh look I have I wife at home.
I have a follower too...
Wait for bethesda to improve this idea of theirs. Bethesda does small steps not leaps like bioware.

It's not there "for" anything - it's there because people have been asking for it for years.

Oh, I remember Baldur's Gate.... and the absolutely stupid romance crap they wrote into it. I really REALLY dislike that sort of thing in the games I play - to get AWAY from real life I might add. IRL I've been married since I was 19 (which means for the last 40+ years, I've had to deal with all of that). I do NOT want romance and marriage appearing in games. And goddess save me from "role-playing" sixual encounters. *rolls eyes*

And yes, this is simply my own opinion. Probably no one else feels this way. I just ignore the romance and marriage stuff, but I still wish the game devs would leave it out.

Oh, man, that hurts *clutches chest and staggers* - I loved that crap in Baldur's Gate!
Lol re: your real-life rationale. For me, as part of totally living vicariously through the game, I enjoy getting all the stuff (murders, being a killing machine, magic-use, relationships I have but don't really have any obligation to, hoarding vast amounts of wealth) that doesn't happen for me in real-life (again, murders, warrior-hood, magic, relationships without any real responsibilities or consequences to my behavior, wealth - you get the idea).

The point of marriage in Skyrim - None.

Its only there for the RP aspect.

I decided to give it a go w my assassin for RP. The idea was a dual identity type of deal. Small time guy, low key existence...I married Camilla from Riverwood to help out her brother. Promised to trade as much as possible...invested in his store...She has a separate store...

It really added a LOT to that play. So much so, that my Mage decided to pony up for Orla this go round....first four characters never considered a spouse...

There's also one thing more: If you choose a right person to be your spouse you are always able to trade in your own house at anytime of day. (I have Camilla Valerius in my Breeze home and so Riverwood traders selection and amount of coin is always available for trading when I'm at home)

I wonder if it's bc u r in the same hold? I'm pretty sure having her in Riften changed her inventory...she definitely never had the 10k to trade with

I also feel this way!

It can't just be me who cringes at the thought of romance and six in games with a code-bound NPC!? If I think about it too much I feel kinda insulted by games that attempt to romance me with the inevitably shallow dialogue and interaction. They turn out to be annoying or unintentionally funny.

Having said that, I just don't play the kinds of RPGs that have relationships between NPCs and PCs as a major part of their games. Skyrim is the first game I've played with this sort of thing, and I am glad Bethesda didn't attempt to make marriage anything more than what they have. People who enjoy creating relationships between their characters and NPCs can take the basic set up Bethesda has delivered and role play, or else go all out and mod in just about anything at all.

The beauty of the marriage system in Skyrim is that it's completely optional and non-intrusive. They've managed to satisfy both sides in that an amulet controls whether or not marriage dialogue even comes up.

Right. You don't have to do the marriage thing if you don't want to and it never intrudes into the game. You have to go out of your way to make it happen.

I personally like it but I'd like to see it fleshed out a little more. It's kind of like becoming guildmaster of X guild. Once you attain the position that's it. You never have to worry about it again; and I don't like that. You should be called back once in a while to be able to retain your title. Same with marriage.

On one character I was married to Ysolda. So we get married and I don't open up any dialogue with her for a long time. When I finally do, she gives me over 5,000 coin. I hadn't spoken to my wife in almost 2 months! There should be more to it. You should have to do something to maintain the relationship. But whatever, if they ever do something more with it, cool. If not, that's fine too.

You obviously never played the Mass Effect games. The romance subplots in that series could literally be a game in and of itself.

To be honest though, BioWare is about the only company that has put any real effort into romance subplots in their games, which has pretty much been all of them since the days of Baldur's Gate.

Ive played all 3 mass effects many many times with both sixes and every character class. The "romance" subplots are crap fullstop. All you have to do to get someone in bed is use paragon persuasion options every time you chat. By the time your done you can have a bloody que of people wanting to share a night in the captains cabin. They are one dimensional stories, and wouldnt stand up in anything else as a "plot" because they are pathetic and badly written.

Eye candy, It's so nice to come home to a dashing warrior with big arms and an even bigger ...hehee.....claymore.

Lol, I see we do have something in common after all, the civil war notwithstanding. I also prefer the big two handed weapons.

A real nord uses both hands for his weapon.

*cough*