thebrute7 wrote...
I felt like the bi scheme was forced in DA II. I would much prefer them to write it into a character rather than to just flip the bisexual switch on everyone. Your character should be able to hit on anyone of course, but it shouldn't lead anywhere on a non bi- or ******- sexually written character. That's just me though. I feel like the some companions should be straight/gay/bi whatever instead of making them all one of the options.
I don't mind it so much in DA2 since we have such a small pool of LIs to choose from. If there were a dozen characters you could have a full relationship with it would be much easier to have some of them exclusive to one gender.
But when you've only got four LIs to choose from - half of which will be practically off-limits to a large number of players anyway - it makes sense to give the player as many options as possible. If it comes at the expense of the story or characterisation it's unfortunate, but I'd much prefer that than to have options taken away.
Given that they didn't really address Fenris or Merrill's sexuality in DA2, we can't say for certain which way they would swing without Hawke's influence. Fenris defaults to Izzy, but is that because he's straight in those games, or just because Izzy was the only one who showed an interest?