I normally like the characters who most people wouldn't think of as romance options, and in games, they're the ones I want to pair my characters with most of all. From the moment Tali appeared on screen, I thought she was perfect for the MaleShep in my first playthrough. It was the same way with Garrus - he was perfect for the FemShep I had in mind while going through ME1 as that MaleShep who wanted Tali. And then there's MainShep, who loves Saren. Well, two out of three getting their wishes isn't bad at all.
I think BioWare's latest romance options are better designed for the characters I play though. Seriously, it's amazing how much difference there is. I didn't care much for the ME1 and DAO LIs, but I liked Garrus/Tali/Thane/Jack in ME2 and Anders/Fenris/Merrill/Isabela in DA2. It's becoming a pattern.
shygravel wrote...
And yes, agreed all around, Surana, Saren n' Eradyn. But here's the thing: Is any one else concerned that ME3 will fall back - hard - on the idea of one particular 'mate being the 'ideal' LI choice? It was there in ME1. It was there in ME2. In neither did it seem to be Garrus. Which we all liked! But at the same time it did mean that Garrus' convo's/polish kind of fell short. They were great in and of themselves -- but not as many in number/length.
Now here comes ME3: In one of the artbook pages it's mentioned that Ashley, Kaidan and Liara where always intended to be love interests throughout the triology, with mention of revamping them especially for their return after a games-worth of absence. Many of the other ME2 LI's seem to be largely sidelined. I'm glad that doesn't seem to be true of Garrus (or Tali for that matter) and feel bad for die hard VS/Liara fans in ME2 and diehard ME2-LI fans in ME3... but I hope we truly do get more in-depth encounters with Garrus. And not even just on the romance front... the guys been loyal and badass for three games now. I hope that gave Bioware incentive to really polish up the details of Shep/Garrus interactions and not sideline him to 'well, he's awesome -- but he's been in all three games'. Does that make sense?
Have you read the spoilers? Nothing to worry about, Garrus has plenty of romance content.
I would guess that the main "intended" LI is still Liara, and possibly James for FemSheps because he's the new guy. I hope not though, because I was looking forward to having another friend squadmate around on my first playthrough, but if the worst happens (forced flirty lines), I'll just avoid everyone except Garrus and Tali. I just try to ignore comments like "these characters were always intended to be the LIs", and hope that they only meant it as "we planned for these characters to be romances since the beginning, and these other options were added later" rather than suggest that certain LIs are "the right choice" while others are not.
Wow, lots of air-quotes in my last paragraph. Just imagine the turian councillor saying it.
Jaulen wrote...
After the romance 'scene' with Garrus.....am I glitching or did I do something wrong? Cause even after, go talk to him all he keeps saying is "Are we crazy to even think about doing this?" and all I can keep thinking is "I was that forgettable? We already did!!!!!"
It's a common glitch. Garrus has no new dialogue for after the suicide mission, so that's what he says to a lot of people. In my case, he uses the "I haven't forgotten what we talked about" line, which works perfectly even though it's a repeat.
And I'm glad you're enjoying the spoilers.
I also read them the first chance I got.
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I'm kind of guessing they'll make Kaidan the "love interest" in the video, if they're even going to do something like that, because I think he's going to be in it instead of Ashley. I'm hoping Garrus will make a prominent appearance, though!
My heart is filled with sadness over that. And agreed: I hope, hope, hope he's in the trailer somewhere.
You did wonderfully 
... but now the song is gone. Let's keep it that way. *pointer-and-middle-fingers point at eyes and back in Eradyn's direction* Watchin' you.
