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[Dick Delaware]

bas273 wrote...
^ What he said.

Mass Effect 1 and 2 are my favorite games ever. If there are no romances in ME3 (I don't care about new romances, just the old ones) that would be a very bad ending to this trilogy.

Really, you missed a lot if you ignore the romances.

Imagine that someone stayed faithful to Ashley throughout Mass Effect 1 and 2 and suddenly in ME3 she dies and the romance is over. These forums will be flooded with hate topics and Bioware will receive thousands of hatemails.
So I don't think it's an option ME3 will have romances.

You're not missing a lot. The romances constitute maybe 10 minutes of gameplay, and most of them are poorly written anyways. I think it's exaggeration to say that if there are no romances to ME3, then it is a bad ending to the trilogy. That's hardly the case  considering they're optional and the game is not even about the romances.

Honestly, I would like to see a BioWare game that doesn't have romances. Or, if it does, it's subtle and never quite resolved. At the very least, it would be a different approach from a developer that plays it safe far too often for my liking with their patented formula.

[Daewan]

In all of human history, there has never been a leader despicable enough to escape some semblance of romance in his/her life. A noblewoman who skinned servants alive and bathed in their blood was happily married. A genocidal maniac had a lover who killed herself for him. Another genocidal maniac had lovers spread out over three continents. Can you name a single unmarried world leader (who didn't have something obviously on the side)?

It is thoroughly unrealistic to create a hero figure that doesn't have some kind of romantic relationship. When you are the savior of the galaxy, you get a certain aura that attracts people to you.

Sorry, but humanity says 'no.' Romantic entanglement is part of the human condition. Just because you don't want to pursue it for whatever reason is really your own issue. We're humans, we are playing a human game, we expect to be able to act like humans in it. That means checking out members of an attractive sex, and trying to arouse their interest.

[Milana_Saros]

Gust4v wrote...

It's optional.

This.

These games are ROLEplaying games. Some people find having a romance to be a central part of an action story.  If you don't like it, don't pursue it. Altough I must admit that in ME2 it's pretty hard. Pick Paragon reply and suddenly your Shep is all over the guy/gal.

[alickar]

if you do not want romance then dont romance anyone >

[Inquisitor Recon]

My Shepard is starting to get really damn paranoid these days because Liara is kinda crazy now and likely to kill you if you cheat on her. And Tali is a stalker. Plus he got a "breeding request" from Tuchanka.



Gonna have to get Zaeed to install more cameras everywhere.

[Dick Delaware]

Daewan wrote...

In all of human history, there has never been a leader despicable enough to escape some semblance of romance in his/her life. A noblewoman who skinned servants alive and bathed in their blood was happily married. A genocidal maniac had a lover who killed herself for him. Another genocidal maniac had lovers spread out over three continents. Can you name a single unmarried world leader (who didn't have something obviously on the side)?
It is thoroughly unrealistic to create a hero figure that doesn't have some kind of romantic relationship. When you are the savior of the galaxy, you get a certain aura that attracts people to you.
Sorry, but humanity says 'no.' Romantic entanglement is part of the human condition. Just because you don't want to pursue it for whatever reason is really your own issue. We're humans, we are playing a human game, we expect to be able to act like humans in it. That means checking out members of an attractive sex, and trying to arouse their interest.

My particular beef with it is if the romances are just shoehorned in there for no other reason than "Hey, it's a Bioware game, so it MUST have romances!" Love and relationships are complicated and deep, so putting in a shallow romance with cheesy dialogue is going to leave the player laughing at how ridiculous it is rather than emotionally connected to the characters.

Certainly, if it's well done, I don't have any objections to a love interest in a game. Not at all.

[DarthRomance]

If the romance is more like the ones in ME1 it will be better. Even better is if you have to kill them.



I think the romance allows a different viewpoint, same way being male or female does. If Shepard rejects all romances that is fine, he is just in it for the galaxy and his right hand which would be good enough for me if I were Shepard. But say I am on Virmire and Shepard's girlfriend is in danger, well that biases your choices a bit and creates an emotional response. I think that adds a little more to game.

[Darkhour]

EA_BiowareAccount wrote...

Yah I said it, I may be less than one percent here but I want no romances for Mass Effect 3.  Dont tell me I dont have to have a romance, just play the game.  I want my shephard knowing that no one is checking him out.  Also why can't the other squadmates date each other why does there have to be a line for just shephard? 

I"s there anyone that at least likes or is ok with this idea of no romances in Mass Effect 3?  The bottom line is that I dislike romancing, sometimes feels like cheating on real life g/f (not really)

that is all. 

I'm OK with no NEW romances.

[Crixt]

It seems like an odd thing to want to not have. I don't use the grenade launcher or the assault rifle, but I don't want a game where they don't exist. I don't play as an engineer, but I don't actively want them not to include them in ME3.



Optional is optional is optional.

[Chuvvy]

If this is the only way to get a decent amount of dialog with characters then hell yes. I want a conversation system like DAO had. I thought that was a thousand times better.

[Bugsie]

Dick Delaware wrote...

Daewan wrote...

In all of human history, there has never been a leader despicable enough to escape some semblance of romance in his/her life. A noblewoman who skinned servants alive and bathed in their blood was happily married. A genocidal maniac had a lover who killed herself for him. Another genocidal maniac had lovers spread out over three continents. Can you name a single unmarried world leader (who didn't have something obviously on the side)?
It is thoroughly unrealistic to create a hero figure that doesn't have some kind of romantic relationship. When you are the savior of the galaxy, you get a certain aura that attracts people to you.
Sorry, but humanity says 'no.' Romantic entanglement is part of the human condition. Just because you don't want to pursue it for whatever reason is really your own issue. We're humans, we are playing a human game, we expect to be able to act like humans in it. That means checking out members of an attractive sex, and trying to arouse their interest.

My particular beef with it is if the romances are just shoehorned in there for no other reason than "Hey, it's a Bioware game, so it MUST have romances!" Love and relationships are complicated and deep, so putting in a shallow romance with cheesy dialogue is going to leave the player laughing at how ridiculous it is rather than emotionally connected to the characters.

Certainly, if it's well done, I don't have any objections to a love interest in a game. Not at all.

Romance and love in real life is hard, confusing and doesn't always end satisfactorily.  I like to make my gaming life easy, so give me cheese and shortlived gratification everytime and I'll be satisfied  .

and to the OP I think your percentage is more like 0.01%

[OneDrunkMonk]

If ME3 had no NEW romances I'd be cool with that. There is already enough to work with. Whoever you chose or not in ME2 is what's carried over. People get all wrapped up in romances they forget...THE REAPERS ARE COMING!



I wouldn't be surprised if BioWare comes out with a full on romance orientated RPG soon considering how much "romancing" is discussed on their forums. Call it "Love Quest"

[Shazzammer2]

OneDrunkMonk wrote...

If ME3 had no NEW romances I'd be cool with that. There is already enough to work with. Whoever you chose or not in ME2 is what's carried over. People get all wrapped up in romances they forget...THE REAPERS ARE COMING!

I wouldn't be surprised if BioWare comes out with a full on romance orientated RPG soon considering how much "romancing" is discussed on their forums. Call it "Love Quest"

lol that sounds more like a dating simulator than anything else .

Japan got them beat already.

[KOKitten]

I don't want romance to be eliminated but I can understand part of what OP is saying. There are some squad conversation options that just end if romance is not taken.

Garrus, for example, only has three conversations with male Shepard: the first when he comes aboard; the second when he asks for help with Sidonis; and the third when he talks about "reach and flexibilty." If you're a FemShep you get an extra opportunity at that conversation to let him know that you're interested in "relieving stress" together. If you're not interested in pursuing a romance with Garrus, your conversation options are over and it's back to calibrating.

Considering that Garrus has a history with Shepard, three conversations over the course of the game is pretty poor.

I'd rather the conversation system be broadened to include both romance and other topics. So if FemShep doesn't want to romance Garrus, perhaps there is another option on that dialogue wheel which allows the conversations to go on.

Dragon Age had a lot more party member dialogue. If you didn't want to romance one of the party members, you didn't have to. However, you could still interact in camp with that party member as long as there were still topics to be discussed. Party members such as Leliana had tons of dialogue as you could ask her to tell you stories all night.

I don't think that your choices should be limited to "Romance said squadmate" or "End Conversation."

[smecky-kitteh]

Shazzammer2 wrote...

OneDrunkMonk wrote...

If ME3 had no NEW romances I'd be cool with that. There is already enough to work with. Whoever you chose or not in ME2 is what's carried over. People get all wrapped up in romances they forget...THE REAPERS ARE COMING!

I wouldn't be surprised if BioWare comes out with a full on romance orientated RPG soon considering how much "romancing" is discussed on their forums. Call it "Love Quest"

lol that sounds more like a dating simulator than anything else .

Japan got them beat already.

are you referring to this. the tali mancer reputation fails in comparison.

[RyuGuitarFreak]

It's optional dude.

[GodWood]

I'd like ME3 to have no new romances and to let us simply continue our old ones...

Unfortunately I don't think thats likely.

[AnathamaDye]

Your opinion...and i'm going to say it. It's optional, don't know why it's a big deal. It's kind of a signature thing for bioware now.

[AntiChri5]

I definately agree with those who want more dialouge with a non LI. Every love interest should have two different dialouge paths. Romance, and Just Friends.

[Massadonious1]

AntiChri5 wrote...

I definately agree with those who want more dialouge with a non LI. Every love interest should have two different dialouge paths. Romance, and Just Friends.

Indeed.

Romance is optional, but apparently having buddies is not.

[SuperMedbh]

Well.....as annoying as I found () a certain ME2 character's inability to be "just friends", truthfully, who hasn't had that sort of thing happen to them in real life?  But most NPCs should have a "no romance" path.

Still, I would be disappointed if there were no romance options in ME3.  I still remember my reaction to DA:O--  ZMOG, it's like JRR himself wrote a paranormal romance!  (even cooler was the fact that I  hadn't read the reviews [rec by a friend], so didn't see it coming)

Modifié par SuperMedbh, 08 mai 2010 - 06:09 .

[Someguy101]

i actually like this idea.