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[marcelo caldas]

It would be nice to see one familiar face, as fan service, maybe Shiala, Preitor Gavorn, that asari cientist who ware allways on the wrong place or the Patriarch, someone who knew Shepard in a way

[Hanako Ikezawa]

It would be nice to see one familiar face, as fan service, maybe Shiala, Preitor Gavorn, that asari cientist who ware allways on the wrong place or the Patriarch, someone who knew Shepard in a way

Personally, I would like Maeko Matsuo as a companion.

 

 

She is a familiar face so creates a connection with the Shepard Trilogy, always alive so doesn't go against player choice, has a military background and is a skilled soldier so makes sense to bring along, and well-liked by fans. 

[dreamgazer]

Personally, I would like Maeko Matsuo as a companion.

 




 
She is a familiar face so creates a connection with the Shepard Trilogy, always alive so doesn't go against player choice, has a military background and is a skilled soldier so makes sense to bring along, and well-liked by fans.

Didn't realize there was much of a fan feeling about her one way or the other, but there's enough potential in her prior military career and her heritage to build up an interesting character.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Didn't realize there was much of a fan feeling about her one way or the other, but there's enough potential in her prior military career and her heritage to build up an interesting character.

True, BSN doesn't mention her much. But that tends to mean the character is well-liked by BSNers since it means no one is being negative.

 

On other sites and circles I've been at people seemed to unanimously like her. 

[SofaJockey]

... I totally agree that gay/lesbian/bi characters should be included, but 2 options for the majority of the players to play a 80hours game isen't enought. More options actually increases replay value. ...

 

The 'majority' argument doesn't really hold water any more. If a game is tailored so that different people can enjoy the romance options, then why should any segment of players get hugely preferred treatment?

 

Golf clubs are made for left handed golfers, should they be restricted to using less number of clubs because there are statistically less of them? I don't think so. If a game makes play options available to a group of players, then they should be equally catered to.

 

In any case two options is the recent base choice in most BioWare games even if that hasn't always been achievable for everyone. If you want more romance options, play as different genders and orientations to explore those romances, it is a role playing game after all.

 

And finally, BioWare have commented before that from their telemetry, the number of players pursuing same sex romances in their games significantly exceeds the proportion of gamers whose personal romance orientation is same sex.

[Phoenix_Also_Rises]

Didn't realize there was much of a fan feeling about her one way or the other, but there's enough potential in her prior military career and her heritage to build up an interesting character.

 

I am a bit hazy on my ME1 (it's been a while) - didn't she die? I'm pretty sure I shotgunned her to death on an occasion.

[Xerxes52]

I am a bit hazy on my ME1 (it's been a while) - didn't she die? I'm pretty sure I shotgunned her to death on an occasion.

 

That was Kaira Stirling. Matsuo met you at the starport on arrival then again when you fought the Geth in the garage.

[_Ares_]

I'm good as long as Blasto is one of the squadmates and I'll get to bang some babbys.

[BraveVesperia]

I fail to understand this, 3% of World's population are considered homossexual and bissexual, ingame its 33% each. Come on, at least they should make it 4/2/2.

In other words I want 4 Mirandas to choose from lol

Where is that percentage from? Homosexuality is still illegal in many places, and elsewhere not everyone is out, so it can't be very representative.

 

If the breakdown of 4/2/2 is 3 straight women, 1 straight man, 1 bi man, 1 bi woman, 1 gay man, 1 lesbian... then that seems quite excessive. Especially considering that straight male protags already got the best deal in the ME trilogy.

 

Ok, lets "round" that up to 50%/50%, still my request makes sense.
I totally agree that gay/lesbian/bi characters should be included, but 2 options for the majority of the players to play a 80hours game isen't enought. More options actually increases replay value.
I had at least 9 playthroughs in ME2.

The DA series has only ever had 2 options for straight men, and it hasn't harmed the series at all.

Six options already is quite a few options. Straight guys could always play the other six romances for replay value. I know that's what I do, regardless of my real world gender or preference.

 

Think about it this way - what if in ME2, one of the female LIs had been lesbian? It would never have been Miranda, since she's the obvious candidate for straight male players. Would that situation really have been so bad?

[daveliam]

I think it's unrealistic to expect a romance distribution that doesn't include at least two options each for straight males, straight females, gay males, and lesbians. DA2, ME3, and DA: I all had this, so I'd expect if in ME4 as well.

That being said, the ME team always favored straight male romances and actually offered more than 6 romances in ME3 (even though most were import only), so maybe they will have more than that for some demographics? Who knows? But I think we can all expect at least two options for those demographics that I mentioned.

[Antmarch456]

Well, it would make sense to have at least one human as your squadmate. And since everyone doesn't want a generic human-being, the human squadmate needs to be really interesting, like Kasumi. I wouldn't mind a character similiar to her. Hell, I wouldn't mind if Bioware practically copy and pasted Kasumi. Who doesn't love a Japanese thief as their squadmate?

Then we got "Cora". I'm pretty sure she's going to be an asari. I think most asari names have ended with "a" (Liara, Shaila, Samara, "Morinth"), so it'd sort of make sense. Now to be creative, Bioware should not make the asari a scientest or a justicar (or even a serial killer). So maybe "Cora" can be a mercenary? Like the bad-girl (renegade-girl) in the group, perhaps?

Then we got that Dagnak krogan. Probably going to be your bro like Grunt or Wrex. This krogan cares for a downed krogan ship, so maybe he's diplomatic? A humble krogan? A poet, perhaps? But I liked Grunt's personality, so fingers crossed for another badass krogan.

Now, since we are exploring a new galaxy, we would probably need some smart-ass in the group. A salarian! And not just a salarian, an aesexual/aromantic salarian! I think it would be interesting to romance a salarian, since they don't tend to have any sexual behaviour.

I guess we can have a pure "Andromedan" as a squadmate. He'll probably have strict (not too mich) morals like Javik. Wait...maybe he can be an Andromedan-variant of Javik! Antrolledan, anyone?

Then we need an unusual squadmate (with the exception of the Andromedan)...an AI! A geth! But...what if they get destroyed...crap. Oh well, let's just say they don't. Again, I wouldn't mind if Bioware copy and pasted Legion.

The final squadmate should be a turian or a quarian. I don't mind either. But it would most likely be a turian, since we already have a geth on board. Maybe we can have a Turian Cabal, preferrably female? Nyreen was cool, so I'm sure this would be interesting.

[My Ideal Squad]
-Another Japanese Thief (Human)
-Renegade Asari
-Brotastic Krogan
-Aesexual/Aromantic Salarian
-A pure "Andromedan" that likes to troll people
-Seriously Awesome Geth
-Chill Turian Cabal

[Nitrocuban]

[My Ideal Squad]
-Another Japanese Thief (Human)
-Renegade Asari
-Brotastic Krogan
-Aesexual/Aromantic Salarian
-A pure "Andromedan" that likes to troll people
-Seriously Awesome Geth
-Chill Turian Cabal

 

Sounds reasonable.

But I still hope for a badass Batarian and a Vorcha, even if they just are DLC.

And a funny Volus sidekick plus somethin totally unexpected like a Thorian walking tree thingy.

[Han Shot First]

Personally, I would like Maeko Matsuo as a companion.

 

 

She is a familiar face so creates a connection with the Shepard Trilogy, always alive so doesn't go against player choice, has a military background and is a skilled soldier so makes sense to bring along, and well-liked by fans. 

 

I'd be okay with her returning as a major character so long as her dialogue is written differently than it was in ME1. All that "Shepard-san" and "Benezia-sama" stuff was face palm worthy. I've lived in Japan before, and never met anyone who spoke that way outside of situations that might call for an excess of formality. She was kind of a walking stereotype.

[Steppenwolf]

She was also entirely forgettable. I wouldn't have remembered her.

[von uber]

Think about it this way - what if in ME2, one of the female LIs had been lesbian? It would never have been Miranda, since she's the obvious candidate for straight male players. Would that situation really have been so bad?

Miranda being a lesbian would have been an excellent design decision.
Would have made her a much more interesting character.

[Krudus]

Well, for better or worse, they will probably try to have at least one human romance option per gender, so at least 2 of the companions will probably be human.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Well, for better or worse, they will probably try to have at least one human romance option per gender, so at least 2 of the companions will probably be human.

Unless they are important NPCs instead of companions. Bioware has been doing that more lately. 

[Pasquale1234]

Miranda being a lesbian would have been an excellent design decision.
Would have made her a much more interesting character.

Especially in that outfit with those camera angles.

Can you imagine the outrage?

[Nitrocuban]

Well, you can't deny that sexual tension between Miranda and Jack, can you?

[Steppenwolf]

Well, you can't deny that sexual tension between Miranda and Jack, can you?

 

Deny it? I've embraced it at least a dozen times, if you know what I mean. 

[Han Shot First]

Well, you can't deny that sexual tension between Miranda and Jack, can you?

 

I don't think there was any in Mass Effect 2. They legitimately didn't like each other.

 

As of ME2 that was nothing more than a popular fan ship, but it wasn't in the actual dialogue for the characters. The CItadel DLC in ME3 however gave it a nod, but that was a response to that fan shipping rather than a continuation of anything that went on in ME2.

[Krudus]

Honestly, i would really want a hardcore, romanticized, stereotypical russian human male in the team. For all the talk of exotic races, i think it would be refreshing to bring someone like that in. Equal parts sneaky and ruthless, he should be pragmatic but fairly simple when it comes to the big questions; people who try to be too deep annoy him. Oh, and dont forget the accent. Id like to see someone like that square of against the unknown races of a new galaxy, as well as with the known races.

[von uber]

Especially in that outfit with those camera angles.

Can you imagine the outrage?

 

I was more coming from the fact she was supposed to be genetically engineered by her father to use (inpart) sex appeal to use men for whatever end; having her as a lesbian would be a nice twist to 1) confound the stereotype she falls in to 2) show the flaws in her dad's ambition.

Having her knowingly be able to use her attractiveness on men but at the same time not having any interest in them would have added another dimension to her (not necessarily a nice one but not everything has to be nice).

[Pasquale1234]

I was more coming from the fact she was supposed to be genetically engineered by her father to use (inpart) sex appeal to use men for whatever end; having her as a lesbian would be a nice twist to 1) confound the stereotype she falls in to 2) show the flaws in her dad's ambition.

Having her knowingly be able to use her attractiveness on men but at the same time not having any interest in them would have added another dimension to her (not necessarily a nice one but not everything has to be nice).

 

Women using their sex appeal to get what they want from men is already a trope, isn't it?  I'm not sure it would make a huge difference if the woman happens to be a lesbian - a character who does that would not necessarily be sexually interested in her victims, anyway.

 

Your other 2 points sound interesting.