Abispa wrote...
You don't have to be gay to role play gay characters, any more than you have to have personal military or space travel experience to play Shepard.
What he said ^
Abispa wrote...
You don't have to be gay to role play gay characters, any more than you have to have personal military or space travel experience to play Shepard.
Metopholus wrote...
Perhaps this is a bit off topic but ive always found the "18% play Femshep" thing a bit suspect. the original statistics i read was this:
13% of players picked default male Shepard
18% of Players picked Femshep
87% of players picked a custom version of Shepard changing either appearance class or GENDER.
unless they cleaned it up a lot since i then i find it hard to really get much out of it.

Modifié par Luca Stern, 05 février 2012 - 11:24 .
Modifié par Luca Stern, 06 février 2012 - 12:13 .
ReallyRue wrote...
^ Presumably, that's just for people's 'main' Shepard, isn't it? They can't really account for alternative playthroughs people might have.
Collider wrote...
I don't think that means that homosexuality isn't accepted.
I'm not completely certain, but that seems flat out untrue.
Pretty sure Kaidan reacts differently to Shepard saying or doing the same thing, depending on gender.
Which means it's not just a matter of Shepard not saying certain things.
It's very possible that Kaidan had feelings for male Shepard in ME1/ME2, I just don't find strong friendship and romantic feelings during those games very believable considering how distant the relationship was in ME1. And when it comes down to it - if they decide to make Kaidan romanceable by male Shepard, it's a decision probably made during ME3's production rather than in advance. That is to say, Kaidan's interactions with male Shepard in ME1 was never planned to be romance and therefore very unlikely to have intentional homosexual subtext. Same goes for ME2.
Kaidan mentioning have had feelings would in all likelihood essentially be a retcon in the same way as Tali was. Which I understand some people didn't like (including possibly in this thread).
What isn't there matters - especially considering that it's a video game. Everything is deliberate.
It didn't sound very good to hear Kaidan talk about Kahlee being beautiful and reading novels about proving himself for the woman he loves - in a homosexual male context.
Disagree( and agree with ReallyRue:P)... I enjoy playing FemShep as much as ManShep (the first because I'm a girl and the second because he's hot!xD).. Don't really have a favourite!Abispa wrote...
ReallyRue wrote...
^ Presumably, that's just for people's 'main' Shepard, isn't it? They can't really account for alternative playthroughs people might have.
I believe that would be ALL play-throughs. What it can't possibly show is if a single player plays MULTIPLE Shepards, but it is his/her female engineer Shepard who is his/her favorite character and the others are just him/her playing around and checking variables.
Modifié par TheLastThought, 06 février 2012 - 01:11 .
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Luca Stern wrote...
Metopholus wrote...
Perhaps this is a bit off topic but ive always found the "18% play Femshep" thing a bit suspect. the original statistics i read was this:
13% of players picked default male Shepard
18% of Players picked Femshep
87% of players picked a custom version of Shepard changing either appearance class or GENDER.
unless they cleaned it up a lot since i then i find it hard to really get much out of it.
Which original statistics?
Source: IGN
That's the original as far as I know. The 18% instead of 20% are from an (updated?) fact sheet that turned up at destructoid a few months later:
"82% play as male Shepard, 18% as female Shepard"
Source: destructoid
Abispa wrote...
You don't have to be gay to role play gay characters, any more than you have to have personal military or space travel experience to play Shepard.

bas_kon wrote...
Kaidan mentioning have had feelings would in all likelihood essentially be a retcon in the same way as Tali was. Which I understand some people didn't like (including possibly in this thread).
Yes, I don't deny that. But having someone confesing the feelings, s/he has been keeping in secret to the protagonist for whatever reason, until the last part of a trilogy, is not just as bad as making an alien species have potencially deadly heterosexual sex "out of respect"/"because of a teen crush". It's not close at all, not to mention that VS' retcon kind, has being used in movies with hetero relationships tons of times.What isn't there matters - especially considering that it's a video game. Everything is deliberate.
In a videogame, a movie, a book and every story. And most of the stories have been retconned even the iconic ones (Luke, I'm your father). But here's the thing, m!shep's universe Kaidan is different than f!shep's it doesn't matter what he says to her, since she doesn't exist but in your mind, and he doesn't flirt with any other woman during ME or ME2 (since the doctor might not even exist if you didn't romance him), so he could perfectly have a crush on him and remain silent without being such a retcon.
Ricvenart wrote...
I completely
disagree with the first, whenever I see this arguement used I just
think "Did you write the entire character yourself? And more so do you
remember him explicitly saying he wasn't interested in men?", the answer
to both is no. Moreso then that ME3 isn't out yet, even the leaked
scripts are at best vague on this subject, although if that one line is
meant within the context it sounds like it seems completely reasonable,
it all depends on how they write it, if come ME3 he dumps all the
FemSheps out there so he can be with a man then yes it's a retcon, out
of character and sloppy or if it's not really hinted at and he's seems
magically interesting in men too now again it's out of character. But
theres lot's of ways and reasons round it, whether he held off on
bringing it up due to the superior officer issue, even saying he had
feelings for a long time, it works.
And how is Tali's romance a
retcon in anyway, shape or form? In ME she hadn't been though enough
with Shepard to even consider a romantic relationship with him,
something that is highly difficult and valued to the Quarians, to
remotely consider abandoning her Pilgrimage and fleet, there is no post
game where she comes up to Shepard to say after all that she respects
him enough and even if there was she needed to spend more time with him
and have the freedom the fleet had granted her in ME2 for it to happen.
Unless it's something from the additional story part (comic/books etc)
I'd love to know why her developing feelings over time for Shepard is a
rewrite of character, just because the relationship didn't develop in an
instant of ME1 it means it was never meant to happen, this also works
with Kaidan/Mshep.
The second I agree with and it's not mutually
exclusive from the first point either, if they provide the option it's
up to you to take it or keep in your head that he's a womanizer
(although that is something explicitly stating he's not like), What
happens in one persons ME universe doesn't have to happen in the other,
if it did they might as well remove all choice and renegade/paragon
replies so that everyones Rachni queen was killed with acid etc.
Maybe
I'm just more bias then I realise, but I've yet to hear a decent reason
for excluding m/m romances and keeping it that way or how it's
impossible for certain characters to be interested in the same sex (with
the exception of Jack, sounds like she's been there done that and
didn't like it so never would be interest in women too). If Kaidan's
character does change, if he became interested in MShep, then I'd be
angry about it too but the game isn't even out yet. I doubt it'd happen
tbh, so frankly it feels like I just typed out alot for pointlessness
but so does the judgements on how they are betraying thier character
they wrote without seeing it.
Modifié par bas_kon, 06 février 2012 - 12:35 .
There's no telling whether that's because men are generally more distant in the ME universe (which I don't really find a definite fact), it's simply designer negligence/overlooking, or it's actually just part of Kaidan's personality.But I never said anything about homosexuality, I said men in ME are more distant with each other than with women. It has nothing to do with sexuality, just cultural behavors. Thus Kaidan and m!shep are more distant than K and f!shep.
To me, it's hard to argue that there's subtext if subtext was never intended. You can imagine it, but ultimately the writers did or did not put it there purposefully/in general. And they probably didn't.That said, the perception of his relationship with m!shep, either with or without homosexual subtect is subjetive, no one will agree, because everyone feels and plays the game differently.
It's not just what he says to female Shepard - it's also what he doesn't say to male Shepard. As I said, there's no equivalent conversation for Kaidan unromanced where he says how much he respects or appreciate Shepard - like every other squad mate has. Including male squad mates to male Shepard.In a videogame, a movie, a book and every story. And most of the stories have been retconned even the iconic ones (Luke, I'm your father). But here's the thing, m!shep's universe Kaidan is different than f!shep's it doesn't matter what he says to her, since she doesn't exist but in your mind, and he doesn't flirt with any other woman during ME or ME2 (since the doctor might not even exist if you didn't romance him), so he could perfectly have a crush on him and remain silent without being such a retcon.
Meant to say Rahna instead of Kahlee - probably been following the Deception debacle too much.Does he mention Khalee in ME1?? I don't remember that. But I meant, we don't need to be reminded every convesation that we are playing a male PC romancing another male, because we can actually see it.
And as a bisexual man I can tell you that I treat men and women exactly the same. I wouldn't do anything for a woman that I wouldn't for a man. And if I had to prove myself for the man I love I'd do it just as gladly as I'd do it for a woman. So it doesn't seem weird to me if Kaidan did it.
Modifié par Collider, 06 février 2012 - 04:11 .
Hey, never said I liked that either.Ryzaki wrote...
Eh Collider I didn't find Tali's or Liara's "YAY SHEPARD!" very believable either with my renedouche who completely ignored them if he wasn't insulting them.
Collider wrote...
Hey, never said I liked that either.Ryzaki wrote...
Eh Collider I didn't find Tali's or Liara's "YAY SHEPARD!" very believable either with my renedouche who completely ignored them if he wasn't insulting them.
Modifié par Ryzaki, 06 février 2012 - 05:01 .
Abispa wrote...
Game_Fan_85 wrote...
The thing that annoyed me in my replay is that the first time around I saved EVERYBODY, all crew and squad mates yet this time Mordin diedas well as every single crew member but the doctor. I have no idea what I did wrong the second time. Maybe all that time I spent mining after getting the suicide mission is what made the crew die? I never knew it was time based.
I'm not sure about the EXACT magic formula, but, as I understand it, the more squadmates you have, the more "badass" characters you need to leave behind to ensure all those who "cover your back" survive. So if you have Legion and the DLC guys, you need more than one "bad ass" character to cover them. It MAY also depend if you made their special abilities geared toward killing or survival.
I know Grunt and Zaeed are "bad asses," and I am kinda sure that Garrus and Jack are, too. Just to be safe I leave Miranda behind. The only times I mysteriously lost Tali or Mordin were when I took her with me and sent Garrus or Zaeed back with the Normandy survivors.
Modifié par Luca Stern, 06 février 2012 - 09:22 .
Indigo the Cat wrote...
Mordin Solus will even tell Shepard, even Male Shepard, that "if I wanted to try human, I would try you."
ElitePinecone wrote...
Indigo the Cat wrote...
Mordin Solus will even tell Shepard, even Male Shepard, that "if I wanted to try human, I would try you."
I'm pretty sure that was intended as a joke
Speak for yourself. KirraheLuca Stern wrote...
Most importantly the demand for a Salarian romance is limited.