Warframe's New Romance System Inspired by Baldur's Gate 3
- Warframe's 1999 update will introduce a romance system.
- Arthur, voiced by Ben Starr, will be a romanceable character.
- Inspired by Baldur's Gate 3's romance system.
- Amelia Tyler will voice Eleanor, another romanceable NPC.
- Final Fantasy XIV is considering a similar feature.
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Warframe Players Have Baldur's Gate 3 to Thank for New Romance System
This winter, the sci-fi MMO Warframe will be receiving its huge 1999 update.
Over the weekend, it was revealed that the update would include the introduction of a romance system.
To make things even better, one of the characters you will be able to romance in 1999 is Arthur, voiced by Final Fantasy XVI star and internet favorite Ben Starr.
It turns out that excited Warframe fans have Baldur's Gate 3 to thank for this new romance system.
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In a recent interview with GamesRadar, Warframe creative director Rebecca Ford revealed that Baldur's Gate 3's incredible romance system and the fan reaction to it was the major inspiration behind romance finally coming to Warframe.
Ford mentioned that the team has always wanted to put some type of romance system into the game but could never find the right time to do it in its 11-year history.
The success of Baldur's Gate and their romance system was like, "okay, people do want this fantasy," Ford said.
While the team had been thinking of romance for some time, Ford said Larian's masterful RPG was the push over the cliff to get the team to finally pull the trigger.
Romance isn't the only part of 1999 that will borrow from Baldur's Gate 3.
The Warframe update will also include the voice talents of Amelia Tyler, the award-nominated narrator of Larian's RPG, as Eleanor.
As part of Arthur's group called Hex, Eleanor will be another romanceable NPC.
Tyler won't be the first Baldur's Gate 3 voice in Warframe, as Astarion actor Neil Newbon previously appeared in last year's Whisper in the Walls update.
Hopefully, we will see Newbon's character Fibonacci return for 1999 so we can romance him as well.
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Warframe isn't the only MMO with romance on its mind.
Final Fantasy XIV recently flirted with the idea as well.
During the recent Japan Expo, in response to a fan question, game director Naoki Yoshida said the team might consider letting players get more involved with NPCs at some point.
It looks like a bright future for all of us hoping to romance our favorite characters, and we all owe it to Baldur's Gate 3.
