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[Queen Skadi]

It seems most of the exclusive content is locked away and is only viewable by those who choose to pursue one of the romance options while those who choose to go solo get shafted, it is as if Bioware is trying to say that the highest level of personal growth in the player character's character arc is to enter into a committed relationship with one of the crew, however I think it would make a strong statement if Bioware had a character arc for the protagonist where she comes to the realization she can be happy without a man in her life.

 

Instead of the awkward scenes where the guy tries to awkwardly flirt with the protagonist they could have a couple of scenes where the protagonist learns to love herself for who she is, maybe gets a few dozen cats and just before the final mission the player is treated to a scene where the protagonist locks herself in her quarters with a copy of Magic Mike.

[Fade9wayz]

None of my FShep had a man in their lives. I had some have a relationship with other women though, and I didn't feel the least shafted, as you put it, for the FSheps I chose not to engage in a relationship with anyone. I don't see why there should be any more statement to be made.

 

Besides I got lovely fishes and a space hamster who showered my FShep with love. I wouldn't mind the possibility for my Sheps to buy sex toys though, all in the spirit of learning to love herself.

 

Edit: By the way, I did buy a Fornax magazine while on Omega. But then, where the hell did it end up? Never got to leaf through it.

[ThomasBlaine]

Heh, the option of becoming a crazy cat person as an alternative to romance would be hilarious. I think it's unnecessary though. I've had multiple Shepards of either gender, as well as characters in other games(Inquisition most recently) for whom I decided that falling in love just didn't make sense or wouldn't be appropriate, and each time the simple fact of staying professional instead of trying to engage anyone has added a layer of character that I found satisfying in itself.

 

For example, I had a Shepard who kept a personal distance from Kaiden, Ashley and Liara out of professionalism in the first game, had a great chemistry and flirted a bit with Miranda up until the impulsive kiss in the second, then discussed it with her and agreed to call it off for practical reasons.

 

I had a Dalish warden who grew very friendly with Morrigan and Sten as the other practical people and social outsiders in the party, and when Morrigan wanted to make the relationship physical he refused because human women weren't really his thing sexually or romantically, which infuriated her for reasons that became obvious in hindsight. That caused tension between them for the rest of the game and seriously colored his reaction when she finally revealed her agenda. My dwarf Inquisitor was also only attracted to his own kind, and Harding was a direct subordinate and too valuable at that to risk fraternizing with.

 

It might be a bit tame to say that the reward for emotional self-containment is role-playing, but I'd argue that romance in Bioware games is so often served on a silver platter that the refusal of it is actually deeper storytelling than pursuing it is. It's never felt like I missed out on any content unless I set out to pursue a romance and botched it somehow.

 

Come to think of it though, the first ME-series playthrough I did with a female Shepard who didn't romance anyone was also the first one where I really started paying attention to the aquarium and ship collection in the Captain's quarters, so i guess she might have turned into a fish-and-ship collector out of loneliness.

 

I don't really see what exclusive content would make sense for a single protagonist and wouldn't for one already in a romance either. A string of guilt-free high-profile one-night-stands?

[Lady Artifice]

I wouldn't exactly be surprised if there is exclusive non-romance content, because it wouldn't be something new. The Mordin non-romance specific scene in in ME2 was fun. 

[Obliviousmiss]

There was a couple of exclusives in the Citadel DLC....one where you could have a one night stand with James.....or....Javik. That. Was. Hilarious.

 

But I get what you mean. Forever alone- Shepard needed to show us what they did in their spare time. Oil paintings? Weaving? 

[Helios969]

Huh, you know I never really thought about it but I guess you do sort of get "punished" when you don't romance...which I do quite often since it seems more natural not to given all the responsibility heaped on you as the galaxy is annihilated.  As much as I love the Citadel DLC, I honestly find a difficult rationale for going on shore leave and having a big soiree in the middle of all the chaos.

[Battlebloodmage]

A lot of characters only open up to you if you're in a relationship is a wrong way to approach it like with Jack who is only show her vulnerability in a romance or Solas who has gameplay content gated in his romance as well as story content that is not even related to romance. I wouldn't mind friendship alongside romance. 

[VillainQueen]

I would love to see that you could get some "best buddy" content. Tali was somewhat that for my Shepard as she was present in all games and they trusted each other, it would have been nice if there was some extra scene. Like you just get it with the crewmate you chose to take along the most but you are not in a romance with. So far Bioware has written good dynamics between crewmates and shepard. I mean the Wrex and Shepard friendship, or how Grunt became some sort of child for my shepard. This stuff should become available after you complete their questline in some way. Or maybe your relationship becomes bitter if you do it a way they are not fond off. I had the feeling that in ME2, it didn't really matter how you complete the Loyality mission, as long as you do. I would rather see that some like, maybe only the renegade way and will form a friendship only with that kind of protagonist instead, while others only get along with the paragon. Because it was really strange that at the end of ME3 I had a good relationship with all of them (while Kaidan was still a bit salty). I wouldn't have mind that some actually despise my way of handling things. Just don't do rival-romance like in DA2, that was so weird doing everything a character hates and my Hawk still bangs them, make it non-romance exclusive please.

[Draining Dragon]

Exclusive content?



Say no more, say no more...

[SwobyJ]

I would really like this.

 

ME3 was interesting in being just about the first (compared to ME2, DA2) in giving a bit of unique content for not romancing particular characters (see: Tali and Garrus, though that was more a carryover from actions done/not done from ME2 or a default state), and Citadel DLC outright gave certain outcomes, strange and even off putting as they were, based on not having romances triggered.

 

Wouldn't be surprised is that was testing for this sort of thing happening in MEA.

 

Personally I'd like to go further and have something like a romance greatly improving relationship with a character but also hurting relationships with others, others that would be more neutral/positive if you didn't do the romance. This shouldn't be an outright punishment anyway, since romance stories are a specifically-sought reward in themselves.

 

Example: If I romance an AI (HEY JUST SAYING), I shouldn't be surprised if anti-AI characters get hostile towards it, or even towards me in general about it. Maybe let me persuade them away from it if I'm persuasive enough though. Maybe.

[SolNebula]

You do get exclusive content in ME3 if you don't romance anyone as Femshepard......you get some Prothean fun! That's pretty exclusive if you ask me.

[ABASOVA]

You do get exclusive content in ME3 if you don't romance anyone as Femshepard......you get some Prothean fun! That's pretty exclusive if you ask me.

This time the same should happen to the male protagonist too, with a male companion (maybe the krogan squadmate), who like Javik was just playing a joke...lol, it would be so funny, right?

[Sifr]

You do get exclusive content in ME3 if you don't romance anyone as Femshepard......you get some Prothean fun! That's pretty exclusive if you ask me.

 

Let's just hope that despite being a member of a precursor species, Javik's performance in the sack didn't also have him...

 

Actually, to avoid being hunted down by the Prothean avatar of vengeance, I'll let everyone finish the rest of that joke in their own minds.

 

[Midnight Bliss]

One night stands and BJs for all the single people!

[BloodyMares]

What would be nice is the ability of being friendly to other characters without setting them for romance. No ninjamancing. I mean, I understand that Jack in ME2 would react to a good treatment with suspicion but there wasn't a way to tell her that you're just being friendly. Same goes for other characters. It looks like they suddenly become colder to you once you reject the romance. The only 2 characters who behaved like real friends are Liara and Garrus. Others are just teammates; they respect you, they can have fun with you and are ready to risk their lives for you but they aren't really supportive of you.

[Linkenski]

Would be interesting, but I can't stop thinking about budgetary issues either getting in the way or being misused on things like this rather than the linear critical path story.

 

You gotta wonder if Bioware are consistnetly given more and more money for voice acting and lines of dialogue with each game or if they're cutting corners to achieve them at this point. I think it's the latter, which is why I always hesitate to crave more and more inclusivity. It's already fine in ME3 in terms of romance options, no need to expand and make it bigger... instead sacrifice something and make it more focused IMO.

 

Of course, there needs to be a lot of room for roleplaying left, but I just don't wanna see Bioware games completely reduced to character/romance simulators at some point. DA:I was really, really cutting it close.

[Donk]

Oh FFS

[SolNebula]

This time the same should happen to the male protagonist too, with a male companion (maybe the krogan squadmate), who like Javik was just playing a joke...lol, it would be so funny, right?

 

You bet it! That will teach those asexual people from making silly demands.

[NM_Che56]

A box of Kleenex?

[AlanC9]

It seems most of the exclusive content is locked away and is only viewable by those who choose to pursue one of the romance options while those who choose to go solo get shafted, it is as if Bioware is trying to say that the highest level of personal growth in the player character's character arc is to enter into a committed relationship with one of the crew, however I think it would make a strong statement if Bioware had a character arc for the protagonist where she comes to the realization she can be happy without a man in her life.

If a player chooses not to do optional content, she needs to be rewarded with more content?

Can I have a reward for blowing off the UNC missions in ME1?

[mopotter]

Not all of my Shepard's had a relationship and it would be nice to have a better friendship path available.  I like the idea of some content being tagged for a love interest relationship, maybe they can talk about their future, but friends share some things also and having the option not to become friends is always there also.  

 

ME3, I loved being Steve and Sam's friend.  James was ok, but something between the total acceptance of the nickname and the total shut down would have been good. And in ME2 I liked that you could flirt with Garrus but then decide you would just be good friends  who blew things up together.  

 

Not necessarily content you only get if you don't romance them, but definitely content you only get if your friends.  

 

Of course, I'd also like some NPC's to dislike my character depending on personalities and choices.  

[NM_Che56]

Exclusive content...


Unlock this as an exclusive poster in your crew quarters.

[Guitar-Hero]

Ryder sitting alone in a room wanking and crying.

[Panda]

I don't see point in this- as long as Bioware makes friendships good as well you will only be missing romance content if you choose to not romance anyone.

[slimgrin]

Space hookers.