Reading a few old articles concerning romance options in DA2 and the fact that there are now homosexual romance options in ME3 and the other recent forum post about homosexual being a romance possibility brought me to write this post:
I'm really glad how they approached in ME3, because it was done a lot more like Dragon Age: Origins than Dragon Age 2. In Dragon Age 2, somehow Anderson (who was hinted in dialogue to be straight) became bisexual (like Hendel somehow became straight in the abomination-to-the-series-book Deception) and so did everybody else. I understand wanting the romance options to be equal to everyone.. but, realistically, it's a pretty low chance EVERYONE is going to be bisexual and insanely in-love with the player character. However, ME3 took the approach of even making gay-only characters. Sure, it sucks that I can't get in a shower with Traynor, but the integrity of the characters themselves make up for that. And from a non-story point of view, it gives homosexual players a romance path.
In short, role-playing games should continue to make lesbian/gay characters, bisexual characters, and straight characters in a mix, not just creating a fantasy world where everyone is bisexual, as it completely rips away from what is believable. So thank you, BioWare, for opening romance option to your homosexual community without giving all your characters a mono-toned generic personality to do it.
Concerning characters' orientation
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Sen4lifE
, avril 03 2012 05:56
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Posté 03 avril 2012 - 07:12
enormousmoonboots
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Agreement, in general.
The one thing that nags me about the 'everyone's not bisexual' argument is the fact that a bunch of the romances had bisexual paths that were cut, for whatever reason. Cut content's not canon, of course, but you can't say that Tali is 'just not gay' when it was seriously considered as a character direction and she's masturbating to Femshep (LotSB) and asking to link suits.
I find it sort of weird that the aliens (with the exception of asari) are the most heterosexual, actually. If you're crossing species lines, why does gender really matter any more? You're so far out of your instinct-driven ballpark that it's all moot at that point.
The one thing that nags me about the 'everyone's not bisexual' argument is the fact that a bunch of the romances had bisexual paths that were cut, for whatever reason. Cut content's not canon, of course, but you can't say that Tali is 'just not gay' when it was seriously considered as a character direction and she's masturbating to Femshep (LotSB) and asking to link suits.
I find it sort of weird that the aliens (with the exception of asari) are the most heterosexual, actually. If you're crossing species lines, why does gender really matter any more? You're so far out of your instinct-driven ballpark that it's all moot at that point.
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Posté 03 avril 2012 - 09:49
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My maleshep just wanted Traynor.... is that so bad?
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Posté 03 avril 2012 - 10:59
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DeviousCastle wrote...
My maleshep just wanted Traynor.... is that so bad?
I like when sometimes I can't get what I want in games. It's feel more real and make other successes more satisfying.
When I can get in game everything I want then all those thing aren't that satisfying anymore.
