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I'm human. I'm definitely not immune to turian sex appeal (wait, did that make sense?)
But depending on their personal values and committments, people might have different feelings about when and how it is best to have sex with someone you're dating, and it's nice to have the autonomy to portray these very important personal decisions at critical points in an RPG romance. It's the kind of thing that has the potential to feel really uncomfortable when played agaisnt one's real life values.Most RPG romances are extremely frustrating to me in that I get involved with a character, only to end up faced with a choice of [have sex with the charcter] or [dump them]. It's so rare to have a truly meaningful option to continue a romance without having sex either depicted or irrefutably implied. And the truth is, I (personally) get a little squicked watching the sexier love scenes because that's the point at which my characters start to feel like real people a bit too much for my comfort.
The great thing about the Garrus love scene is that it was charmingly chaste without being prudish, sexy without being cheap, and romantic without being treacly. Seeing the other romance love scenes (even if I thought they were good) has only deepened my admiration. It depicted a relationship of mutual dedication and trust in which the physical attraction, though definitely present, was not the only or primary reason to get more physically and emotionally intimate. During our travels we've seen badass Garrus and beat-people-to-death (including himself) Garrus and awkward Garrus and funny Garrus and even sexy Garrus. This gives us the honest, upright, and respectful Garrus we've always known coupled with a new sort of tenderness and vulnerability. I knew he was awesome, but after all the comical flusterings and scary vengeful drama, even I wasn't prepared from him to have as much depth and beauty of character as he did. Steel youself to reject him in an alternate save to see what happens, and he's definitely an honorable chap.
So touching faces isn't immediatly sexy. But I can testify that it can definitely be a very intimate, even somewhat frightening moment for two people getting cuddly. (Seriously, I've had awkward RL lovers nearly freak out inside over rubbing noses and fingers on faces). Symbolically, that now iconic headbump seems to suggest "meeting of minds" as well as of bodies. These two are equals and partners. Even their arm movements end up mirroring each other's.
(I've also enjoyed the comments of fellow Garrus-fans on these forums comparing it to the sight of birds billing. I am a friend of several parrots. Garrus reminds me of those famously cuddly cockatoos, and I find that adorable the way the cat people see feline traits in turians. My FemShep wants to pet him under his crest.)
Having the freedom to imagine as much or as little as I liked made it possible for me to "go along" with the romance more than I ever have in a game. Some days I think FemShep and Garrus spent the night snuggling in silence. Sometimes they drink, talk, or even cry. Sometimes I even think they had hot sex (however that works). But most of the time, it's as if it's none of my business what they do, and they have the freedom to do whatever they want.
Of course, not *all* of the romance was exactly chaste, and I admit I had fun with that, too, even if it made me squirm and facepalm. Most of the lead-up was oozing with innuendo, especially if Mordin was involved
, so there's no lack of solid "evidence" if one wants to assume sex was the intention and end result. FemShep's blatant pickup lines ... well... make us nerds sound smooth. (Although I understand the need to make things obvious in a video game: in ME1, my FemShep once got "accidentally" and unexpectedly kissed by Kaidan 
and then had to be a b**** to make him back off, all because I had been so nice and polite in all the convos.) In the end, though, it was empowering to have the final say over one's personal romance canon.You know what was really brilliant about that Mordin talk? There was actually an option during the awkard and hilarious Mordin sex ed talk to claim that FemShep wasn't intending to have sex with Garrus! Yes, I, the player, was actually given the choice to say that, and to play it any way I wanted - earnestly, or as an embarrassed fib - either way, it dovetails into the final love scene. Laugh at my scruples if you like, but that option to clarify FemShep's motives made it possible for me to relax as a player and go for it with Garrus in good faith. Genius.
So thank you, Bioware. Keep up the good work in ME3.
Modifié par JulianP, 17 juillet 2010 - 06:13 .
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), BW did a great job making them all unique. I'm curious to see what they'll come up with in ME3.
