Julia_xo wrote...
mnomaha wrote...
From my dear friend Jenova...
There was an interesting comment I read somewhere, an observation.. that the ME2 LI's were never meant to be long term because the clues were all there - Thane - Dying, Miranda - works for terrorists, Jacob - same, Jack - bat**** crazy and off the rails... you were only supposed tempted by them, not love them, with the exception of Tali/Garrus but they don't count because they are from Mass Effect and were not created FOR the suicide mission. That coupled with the fact that you could allow ANY of these characters to die on the SM, was BW's way of saying - not really a LI... :/
If you try and find a solid reason for ME2's existence it gets tricky 
The only reason that jumps out is that they promised a trilogy and a trilogy they delivered.. they were too busy playing with their new shooter mechanics and combat to worry about anything else
Anyway, yeah.... they trolled us, basically.... xxx
I was thinking about this while writing my PAX letter. Half FemShep's straight relationships were put on the chopping block in ME3 (Thane and Jacob). I think the real reason might be due to the statistics BioWare collected from people playing ME2 which indicated that only 20% of players play as FemShep. The other 80% play as manShep. Meaning the FemShep exclusive relationships weren't getting experienced as much in comparison to ManShep's romances.
FemShep players are a minority so they probably felt like it was ok to "cut corners" by axing two of her relationships. It's probably also why they didn't add a new one like Vega or whoever. This is just my theory and the thought really upsets me. I don't know if it's their actual reason for doing what they did, but it makes more sense than the ME2 LIs just being 'flings'.
Afterall, you can still choose to stay with Jack and Miranda and you still get the achievement with them. Their roles weren't that great, true, but they still "count" and their romances can be continued unlike Thane and Jacob. 
Interesting thoughts from you friend @mnomaha. Strangely, even though I can see the logic, I never read those romances that way. I always saw it as they are a challenge, and with more of them to choose from than in ME1, the challenge can then make for interesting RPing. Lets face it, the LI's in ME1 were some what limited (and not just on numbers). I do really like Liara, but she was ready to "get with you" no matter what. They wrote (IMO) Kaidan and Ashley, with a little more depth.....forcing your Shepard to make a bit more effort to get to know them, but still, it seemed a bit lacking....again, just my opinion.
So when you look at the LI's in ME2, many of them have issues and pasts that you have to learn about. The LM must be completed, and they of course will make you choose, if you flirted (even accidently) with another LI (and yes, I realize that it was the same in ME1, just that there weren't as many LI's to get flirty with). Take Miranda; my Abel Shepard (my first finished play through in ME2), started flirting with her as soon as the option became available. Since I was playing the game without previous knowledge, I lost her loyalty after doing Jack's LM, so she cut the romance off. Eventually Abel ended up with Tali (not sure how that happened).
It is also interesting from a gaming mechanic point when it comes to Tali. If you start to engage in a romance with her, you will eventually get the "are you sure you want this" dialogue. Funny enough, the choice to stick with her and "get busy" with her, is in the bottom right of the dialogue wheel........place reserved generally for Renegade choices.
Makes ya think!
Considering that they gave hints at Thanes life extention/cure, Miranda and Jacob will quit Cerberus under certain circumstances, Jack will open up, and reveal a completely new side of her (which they seemed to have taken advantage of in the third game), and even Garrus and Tali have some minor personality changes based on a romance.
Anyway, just my observations......bah......need more coffee!
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