Game recommendations

Seconding the recommendation of Shadowrun: Dragonfall.

If you don't mind some older games, the old point and click adventure The Longest Journey has a very likeable heroine, interesting world building, some adorable humor and just a dab of romance. No modding though.

Divinity: Original Sin has two customizable protagonists (who can argue with each other), some really involved quest lines and humor aplenty. Didn't notice any romance though, but then again, I haven't finished it yet.

Two protagonists, one male, one female, lots of crazy )if sometimes dark) humor, great characters voiced by people like Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, and Nolan North

Obsidian Entertainment (Tyranny, in particular)

Dark Souls

Divinity series

Dragon's Dogma

Dungeon Siege

Kingdoms of Amalur

Bound by Flame

Shadowrun series

Torment: Tides of Numenera

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Analogue: A Hate Story

Long Live The Queen

Transistor

Diablo III, since it is still getting support and the Necromancer is coming to the game soon. I highly recommend it.

Good choice! If you end up digging the game, there's Trails in the Sky SC and Trails in the Sky the 3rd to play after it, and not only that, but a sequel "arc" is coming to steam as well (Trails of Cold Steel I and II, and possibly III).

Also forgot to mention that Trails in the Sky has a Final Fantasy VII materia-esque magic system as well.

Enjoy the shadowrun games!  I can personally recommend all of them, though they really improved from dragonfall onwards.

They really need to come out with a definitive edition of Persona 3 that combines the perks of FES and Portable.

I should try and speak a case for Tales of Berseria and why mousestalker should play it.

The thing about the Tales series is that there is a lot to like about it, if you're BioWare fan, or at least I thought so when I played Vesperia. When the games are good, they are good and will probably sit right with people who like BioWare. It's not because of a romance angle, but because of the "skits" and the interesting characters and how the story is generally built around them and their actions.


The skits are essentially the equivalent of "banter" in BioWare games, where the characters in your party will and assess their current situation or converse about something completely irrelevant. This can range from humorous to dramatic, sad and all other ranges on the emotional spectrum. It builds character and makes it easier for you to care about these characters and what happens to them. In Vesperia's case, it was the characters that made up for the otherwise inoffensive story. Berseria presents a nice balanance of a dark, grim, revenge story and shady, morally questionable but still likeable main characters.

The most morally questionable of them all is its female protagonist Velvet, who despite her ridiculous outfit, is a really interesting character. What happens to her and how she develops are among the cornerstones of what is great about the game. The combat is easy and accessible for people new to the series as it can be customized however you want it. If you want it to be really easy and just enjoy the story you can do it like that.

All in all, I'd advice to check it out!

You better.

Another pro of the Trails in the Sky trilogy is the music, I've just gotten to the final dungeon in the third game and the theme is audio bliss.

You should check the two Drakensang games, The Dark Eye and The River of Time.
You can play female, they are party based, they offer engaging stories, memorable quests, nice lore and very likeable companions.
Unfortunately there isn't any romance but you can still grow very attached to some of them.

Moreover if you like games that can be played in many ways you will love them since there are so many options available, both for combat and for character progression/customization and you can choose between different ways to finish every quest according to which one fits better your character.

The first game, The Dark Eye, is a little linear perhaps while the second one is semi-open world. Both of them are composed by big contained areas, full of side quests but in the first game every time you choose to leave one of them you must be sure to have finished everything since they are closed forever after the main quest is done. In The River of Time, at the opposite, they remain open and you can come back from time to time in order to pick new quests and so on.

I think they are among the most underrated (if not the MOST underrated) games ever.