As a Huge fan of the first one, let me say, people are gonna want to romance the demon.
Think about it.
That being said, I have not played the demo yet.
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I'm still writing the chapters, so we'll see where it goes. I can't promise anything, that's why I didn't list him as a romance. I don't think he can take any human woman seriously now, as he's older and more mature (or bitter) and he knows they will die on him and he'll end up alone. If I force myself to write something I don't feel like, it's going to show. Also, he is their captor, and having him on the main character's side would break the story. He has someone above him, though, so he might not be torturing the characters because he wants to, and might help a little in some sneaky way.
If I may?
I just want to say for those of you who are disappointed that Raze is not a romanceable character again…
It’s refreshing to have a change of pace including the lack of a demonspawn love interest, not that I dislike romancing them but each game shouldn’t be focused on dating goat-legs. Instead, the narrative should be centered on expanding the world, legends, and history within the series. Without the passion to drive the story it would become an empty shell of its former glory and thus lack the elements that we love about it in the first place. Plus, it allows for different perspectives and insight on the decades that have passed since Bright’s role.
Demonheart is a story and not a demonspawn dating simulator after all, that means meeting new characters and being introduced to more of the dark lore and dangerous encounters that we hold dear to our “hearts”.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the dev had already anticipated people’s reactions (hence why you can flirt with the captor but not touch) and is probably putting extra care and detail into the two romanceable options to win you over. Remember humans are unpredictable therefore, just as capable of acting demonic, and love crazy as a demonspawn, perhaps even worse. (Definitely worse)
I am sure the two humans/demonhearts will more than make up for the absence of wings, hooves, horns, and tail if you gave them a chance. Who knows maybe if we are lucky, perhaps we will even get some extra steamy scenes. (Hint hint)
I feel there is a lot of inspiration put in by Lamb here to make something special and it would be a shame if the story was sacrificed for the sake of fan-service.
I implore you to try out the demo if you still haven’t already before you place any further judgment. Keep in mind that this is a death game and what appears to be an expansion of the demonheart and hunter plot so it might not rely heavily on demonspawn at all or could be introducing new elements to the story.
Perhaps we will learn more about demonhearts and the many questions that surround them.
What is the true purpose of demonhearts? Are they truly of their own free will or do demonspawns and demons have some influence that we are not yet aware of?
Is there some truth to the prophecy? What does their heart taste like, chicken?
This game might be a bit of different approach from the others but it welcomes new adventures and experiences. If Lamb wrote the same story repeatedly, always including demonspawn love interest than it would get boring, so try something new and you might be surprised.
What mysterious and lies do we have yet to discover? I hope you all are as excited about seeing how everything unravels as I am.
You just don’t know where the story will lead and that is what makes it fun.
I will end it here as I still want to open up a new topic later to share my thoughts, excitement, and review of the demo for the upcoming game. I wish you all luck at the trials!
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I just wanted to chime in with agreement on these points.
Also, it's Raze, not just any demonspawn. He had his very important romance arc with Bright if you chose him as a LI; or he was betrayed by her when he was trying to find some sort of redemption/understanding through her after all the trauma he went through in his childhood. This game takes place a century after the original events, if I'm understanding the timeline properly from things said so far. If Bright was romanced and managed to live a long life thanks to her demon heart keeping her in better health than most humans, and given she was 18-19 during her games, she's likely only been dead from old age a couple of decades. For some, that might be enough time to grieve- but for someone as emotional and attached as Raze was, who couldn't imagine a life after her and didn't want to think on it, he'd likely still be in a bad headspace during this installment. Which might contribute to his current actions (though I'd hope after the BS with big brother Thayne and his lies- and real!Raze going apocalyptic in rhetoric, he's learned his lesson about other demonspawn with grand designs). If he was unromanced and betrayed by Bright, well then he's likely to be very bitter towards humans. Neither option spells romance potential for him, especially when there's no mental health services to try helping him; and he really needs to be shown working out his mental shit first. There's a wide world of demonspawn running about to ask for romancing potential with, it's indicated in Hunters that Raze and Thayne's father was particularly prolific in spawning and they have several other brothers, but I don't think Raze himself is a great option at this time.
I hope Lamb sticks to what feels right when writing this story. Would a demonspawn be nice to romance? Yes. The potential new stories that could unfold are always intriguing. But I'd rather have a well written story with a great deal of choice within the options for romance offered than something shoehorned in for fan service. Trying to force fanservice moments that go against the creator's intended narrative is what deteriorates a series in quality, it can undermine the overall world built. There's always potential for a next installment to have demonspawn romance shenanigans, while this one does its own thing and expands the world/lore of Demonheart in hopefully satisfying ways.
But a (hopefully helpful) suggestion for Lamb- as a demonspawn, especially Raze, is not among the featured LIs, maybe contract a cover art picture that features the protagonist and/or her actual love interests. Having Raze front and center as the face of the game, pleasing as he may be to look at, may lead folks to have false expectations about just how much they'll get from him in romance potential and lead to disappointment/negative feedback. I know artwork, especially quality artwork, is an expense not lightly overlooked in the development process (particularly for smaller developers), but if it helps avoid confusion and downvoting on the game, it might be worth it.