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In DAO gay romance was extremely aggressive with hall Zevran trap, which made you wonder why am I being punished for not being gay and wondering about the agenda of the hall thing.
In DA2 hall thing is toned down, though it is still advantageous to engage in at least bit of flirting, depending on your class, group set up, unlocks; you simply get more points for it and get faster to friends status then you would playing it "straight".
On the other hand as compensation to hall toned down thing the volume of the content has increased. Depending on how you see Marill (kid sister, teen boy) you might consider it even greater then straight romance content. Indicative of this is the fact that the gay elf prostitute is the only one marked in the brothel, as I read online there a unmarked madam walking around the crowd as well but I did not find here, though I did not spend 2much time looking for here. At very least she deserved a mark as well so you could find here. For a while there we though he was the only option and was astonished and was wondering where are the girls? Had to google it in the end to figure it out.
I understand Bioware wants to be edgy, innovative, hall thing is a PR stunt to bust sales or there is internal or external lobbying going on or what ever the reason content is still in in you face and forced onto everyone.
Content is still in you face, force fed to you. As some of you might argue in your response, in DA2 you do not have to engage into flirtation with the same sex and its clearly indicates what conversation option is for that.
That is beside the point (thus it is only toned down bit from DAO) just the fact that the option exist in the conversation wheel, the hints in the conversation by itself is more then enough; for the realization that there is sexual tension between your character and another character of the same sex.
The fact that that gay character find you attractive, has sexual innuendo, changes that way you see that character regardless of your own preference. The demeanour of the character changes and he is not the same as the others that do not have that same innuendo.
The content is enjoyed by a small number of the gamers/customers, good for them I say. Some may support it, like the fact that is there and presented as it is for various reasons though they do not engage in the content itself. Majority is indifferent to it or endures it.
Now to make things perfectly clear here so this thread does not get hijacked, misinterpreted or that sentences do not get taken out off content and used for someones personal agenda I will use an analogy. Firstly I have nothing against the content itself! I just have an issue with its presentation that is the fact that I am forced to consume it, even by just acknowledging its presence while I play.
Now for the analogy. Its like having a favorite colour. Lets say the colour is blue and you are buying a car. You want you car to be painted in your favorite colour, blue. You have nothing against any other color in the light spectrum, you just prefer blue. Regretfully the car manufacturer sells that particular model of the car in 2 tone, red and blue. Without an option for a solid paint job in blue!
Thus here is the most important part of this thread. My suggestion for DA3! As we all know well games have came out in the past that ask you when you start the game for the 1st time to turn on or off mature content. That is what I would like to see in DA3. Anyone reasonable among you without his or here agenda can agree with this without reservation, giving people a true option, not as thing stand an illusion of an option.
So what I would like to see is an option in game options to turn on and off gay content. It simply enables/disables certain conversation lines. It is like that companion or NPC has installed "gaydar" as soon as he see you in the game he know you are gay or not gay depending on your selection in potions and acts accordingly. Simple and fair to all without forcing any preferences.
I can not see anyone reasonably arguing against this, giving people an option in not participating in something that they do not want to especially when its is a matter of sexuality, instead of having it spoon fed to them through the game.
Now I tired to tread lightly thus the wall of text, because I know this thread is sensitive in nature.
I fully understand the vocal minority will hijack this thread and all I wrote is Sizif's job.I just wanted to open a mature discussion about it, without and prejudice. If you do not know who Sizif was I will use another analogy. Don Quixote vs windmills. If you still don't get it can't help you there.
Modifié par Akitainu28, 12 mars 2011 - 10:41 .
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) I still use it every time this comes up. Showes what's wrong with that way of thinking.
