Best Romances in Games

Oh my god someone else who read Fata Morgana! I can't agree with you more on the romance in it, it's... it's something else

Doki Doki Literature Club just Monika immo

To the moon

The first thing that popped in my mind was Player x Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins. That one made a really big impression on me.

Most Final Fantasy games, but VIII is my favorite, so I'll pick that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlfH3r780So

Geralt -> everything.

Deponia? Costume Quest? Portal 2? Woodle Tree Adventures?
Eh, I got nothing. I guess I haven't played many any games that feature an actual romance.

Of course, one of the most expected answers is To the Moon.

The Liara romance was surprisingly good in Mass Effect, especially if you select to pursuit it in each game on one continuous character. To this day this is my favourite cRPG romance plot, thanks to the dialogue at the end of the lair of the Shadow Broker DLC if the player managed to decide to keep an ME1 save file romance active throughout the game.

The one in FFVIII is smushy as hell and it carried some of the more facepalm-worthy moments of all teen romance stories, but it was generally well done. (Although for me the real strength in it comes from the backstory of the kids' parents and how fate played a rather interesting game in two generations.)
On the other hand, Tidus can go and fuck himself on a rusty spike. I know they wanted to do another love story with him and Yuna, but both of them feel so empty-headed that I seriously cannot imagine anyone over the age of 5 not rooting for a meteor to smash at least one of them. (At least Yuna turned into a real character in X-2.)

Although it is a mod, but one of my favourite ones is the Imoen Romance mod for Baldur's Gate 2 (one which took almost 11 years to complete and the only reason I will need to play the old warhorse jut one more time, eventually).

Geralt and Yennefer. I can totally understand the Team Triss side, but no mission with Triss beats the one Geralt had with Yennefer on Skellige.

You and teacher from highschool romance.

To be honest I can't remember a great romance from a game. Most romances of games I played existed for a level then died for a shitty heartfelt moment. Dom and his wife was the only one of those that actaully worked.

Steins;Gate with Okabe Rintarou and Makise Kurisu <3

The first one that comes to mind is definitely the bittersweet love story between Johnathan and River from To The Moon.

The one that pops up to my mind is from Baldurs Gate 2 and that is player with Viconia; also the main vilain Irenicus and Ellesime.

Trails in the Sky has an excellent central romance that I really didn't want initially, but it won me over with how well it was written.

I rather enjoyed the romance with Leiliana from Dragon Age: Origins. That's the main one that comes to mind.

I love Transistor so much. Agree with you!

ShepxLiara from Mass Effect.

The Darkness II's romance was incredibly well written, especially if we consider that it's "just" a FPS game. Had a lot of silent connection instead of being lavish, and made it so much more deeper.
Maybe I'll remember another one later

The Boss and Keith David in Saints Row 4

Can't think of any I thought were that good.
Seen FF8 and Trails in the Sky brought up, but didn't particularly like the way either was done. In fact, the second one was more sick then it was romantic (I mean, they're adoptive brother and sister).

Maybe the opera scene in FF6? Oh Maria :p

If you like To the Moon than try Last Day of June