Mr. Woo first let me thank you for your time to discuss this topic with the fans, and I truly think the amount of passionate debate concerning this topic should convey to you the depth we the faithful fans feel towards your art. I am 43 y/o male I have been married for 15 years, while I agree I am not your target audience, I am none the less a fan. You folks at Bioware make great games that challenge the player both in game and in philosophy. I have had some of the most moving discussions concerning the morality of the decisions you force the player, sometimes provoking their ire, to make, that is a good thing. I believe that is why a lot of us come back to Bioware again and again, and why your forums are alive with passionate exchanges.
No matter how hard you try the societal leanings will always work its way into the game because that is who WE are. In our society we adorn ourselves in clothing to conveigh status, pride, assert our individuality, protect ourselves from the environment, and to hide our vulnerability. Love is built upon trust, and how two commited people express that trust is by how vulnerable we will allow ourselves to be when with that person, both emotionally and physically. The love scene in ME hit that mark in a tasteful, artistic way that allowed the player to feel the shared vulnerability of the two characters. The tasteful depiction with the partial nudity WAS necessary to truly express the depth of feeling that exchange of vulnerability these two characters shared.
The story changed in ME2, the LI was no longer avaliable for the PC to confide in and be vulnerable with. The LI in ME2 was portrayed more as a diversion, a relief from the stresses of command. You changed the story, you took the PC’s shelter away, and in doing so changed the nature of the liaison from a sharing of vulnerability to a more casual animalistic exchange for stress relief, a “booty call” if you will, and I think that is what has folks perturbed. Not so much that you changed the story but that you failed to accurately depict that change with the scene. The scene should have more closely mimicked “Nine and a Half Weeks” with Mickey Rourke and Michelle Pheiffer, for example. I am not calling for full blown out porno, although I will go as far as your willing to go with it, even at extra cost, I think I speak for quite few of us in that we feel like you were pressured by outside forces to tone down the controversy this time, and to a degree feel betrayed by it.
We support your art because we understand what art truly is, freedom of expression of both the artist and the viewer. Art is supposed to provoke an emotional response, no one has said what that response has to be, awe or revulsion, in either case the artist has done their job. We buy your games because we want to be challenged, physically, emotionally, and philosophically. We buy your games because your company IS different, it is where we can get a more mature experience, where I can get a more mature experience.
I will agree game design is a dictatorship, and your are the king in your kingdom. I am also a king in my financial kingdom and it is also a dictatorship in that I will spend my money on what I choose. This by no means is a threat just a reminder of proper perspective, you NEED me but I CHOOSE you. All dictatorships function by the leave of a powerbase, in this kingdom, your kingdom, WE the fans are your powerbase. We feel we are a part of the game, thanks for letting us in on the process, by listening, discussing, and in some cases granting what we want. We really want you to be true to yourselves, and to us, with out each other life has just become a more mundane experience.
Sincerely
Asai
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