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The 14 best videogame couples

Who says games can't deliver great love stories? Not these star-crossed duos

Words: on February 12, 2010
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  • psycowolf - February 14, 2010 3:30 p.m.

    @ xboxrules DUDE STFU OMGOW!!!!! we effing get you love you xbox. it is an ok system but it still has a shit load of hardware problems. and all the games can be played on PC so, wich as better graphix

  • darkvare - February 14, 2010 5:16 a.m.

    i hated jenny in the game she was much more cooler in the comics and jackie got reduced from a powerful and awesome playboy to a dumb and boring errand boy also why is mark silvestri never mentioned in the game?

  • lovinmyps3 - February 14, 2010 3:48 a.m.

    Chloe may or may not have walked away empty-handed. Sully did run after her at the end, so she may have ended up him. Gotta love that arse!! ;)

  • GameManiac - February 14, 2010 3:15 a.m.

    What the hell motivates Mario to rescue Princess Peach thousands upon thousands of times?

  • sazzrah - February 14, 2010 2:07 a.m.

    Spoilers for Ico ahead so don't read if you don't want to know - but I read an extract of article published on 1UP which featured an interview with Ueda. They asked Ueda what was going on at the end with Yorda and Ico on the beach and he says that it is Ico's dream - his wish to see her one last time as he drifts away in the boat. Basically, she dies when the bridge collapses and I suspect Ico dies in the boat too. The "happy ending" is all in Ico's head. It's a tragic ending to their tale, and a tough one to swallow if you have spent the last 10 or so years believing they had their happy ending! Quite sad really.

  • TheWebSwinger - February 14, 2010 1:33 a.m.

    Starting with #1? Listing Dom and Maria as #2? Oh GR...not your best work.

  • flaminninja - February 14, 2010 12:01 a.m.

    @ JackSkellingtonsSkin While I do see your point, Ubi ruined the Price of Persia series long before the 2008 game (Warrior Within anyone....) I personally loved the new direction although, in all fairness it probably could have been made better. Sure you can play the whole game leaping and slashing all the way to the end (not being able to die doesn't hurt either), but it was the interaction between Prince and Elika that gave depth to both the characters. Taking the time to talk to Elika not only fleshed out the backstory, it made both characters feel real. As for your 'prince' argument, if you're old enough to have played the very first Prince of Persia (DOS 1989)game, then you'll know that the very first 'prince' was a commoner. 'Princeness' comes from within dude....

  • Hunter2458 - February 13, 2010 8:33 p.m.

    FFFFFFUUUUU I WANT TO PLAY ICO SO BAD, I had it in my gamefly queue for like a month and it never got sent to me...Sony needs to make it their first Downloadable PS2 game.

  • gopikmin - February 13, 2010 8:03 p.m.

    @scruffy35 no that was pauline. and that was not in the mushroom kingdom by the way i think peach is gettting always captured is b/c a Toad doublecrossing the mushroom kingdom. if you look at him up closer in the early super mario bros. games(i can't remember which 1) he sticks the middle finger out at mario.

  • scruffy35 - February 13, 2010 7:38 p.m.

    didnt mario first meet peach saving her from donkey kong

  • arobotelephantshootingaballatyou - February 13, 2010 6:30 p.m.

    My girlfriend says: "WHat!? No Mr and Mrs PAC-MAN?!"

  • Yeager1122 - February 13, 2010 5:44 p.m.

    What about beatrice in dantes inferno i mean he fights through hell to save her.

  • jamieparker19 - February 13, 2010 4:18 p.m.

    Should have thrown in Zidane and Garnett(Dagger) from Final Fantasy 9 :) I did like you threw in Ryu and Irene from Ninja Gaiden :) Awesome list Gr

  • JackSkellingtonsSkin - February 13, 2010 2:44 p.m.

    @flaminninja Because that relationship made no goddamn sense. The Prince just threw Elika around the entire game. The new Prince Of Persia had nothing compared to The Sands Of Time which is the game that convinced me video games could do intriguing stories. And has anyone else noticed that in the ne POP he's not even a prince, he's a graverobber. Makes me think that Ubi will just turn it into a different series.

  • gilgamesh310 - February 13, 2010 2:25 p.m.

    Where's snake and the boss from mgs3!?

  • Conman93 - February 13, 2010 12:53 p.m.

    No Sly and Carmelita?? I thought that was an obvious one!

  • flaminninja - February 13, 2010 6:23 a.m.

    Hey where the hell are that anime Prince guy and Elika. The guy unleashed a demon god on the whole freakin world to bring her back to life.....the world people!!! Thats true love

  • ThisIsEpic - February 13, 2010 5:56 a.m.

    Dammit Nate, why couldn't it be Chloe ?

  • icantbelieveitsnutbutter - February 13, 2010 4:57 a.m.

    Guybrush and Elaine! Best couple, from the best game series. Ever.

  • smallberry - February 13, 2010 4:55 a.m.

    " First-person shooters have been around for a long time, but it wasn’t until The Darkness that one of them asked us to interact with a woman in a believable, relatable way." Duke Nukem 3D.

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