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[bjdbwea]

Nah, my Shepard is mostly paragon, but rather pragmatic in matters such as these. It always annoys him that he allowed his personal feelings to influence such an important decision, but he just can't help it every time.

[jlb524]

Nozybidaj wrote...

Taking all the choices into account and creating unique and meaningful outcomes based on them isn't something BW has shown they are willing to do up to this point.

Yeah, Nozy, I remember you are the one who constructed that Excel spreadsheet showing all possible romantic combinations for ME3.  It was quite mind-boggling with all the possible combinations of ME1/ME2 LI's, cheating/faithful, etc.

[jlb524]

LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...


J I agree entirely. If that want to show consequences for your decision and to be "emotionally engaging", then they better damn well make players feel guilty for cheating on Liara. I really don't want her to go crazy and try to harm Shep, I want her to look absolutely distraught and emotionally wrenched at being treated that way after everything she's done for Shep. I know that sounds horrible, but I want people to feel guilty and feel terrible for trashing Liara like that, not feel some smug vague sense of satisfaction for it.

Heee heee...I don't think that sounds horrible.   They had better damn well make players feel guilty for cheating on Liara!   I think it would be a slap in the face to us Liara fans if they have her do something that could be seen as a justification for cheating on her.

[elitextrem3]

jlb524 wrote...I don't think these confrontations will be unique depending on the characters involved.  You'll just get a generic confrontation scene.  This is due in large part to the sheer number of possible romance confrontations that would exist.  I think Jack and Liara will confront you, you'll pick one, the one you pick will continue as your LI and the one you do not pick will stop talking to you.  Therefore, the Liara/Jack confrontation scene will be the same as the Liara/Miranda one and the Ashley/Jack one, etc..  This is assuming these ladies will even be around and in your party....if not this might even happen over email

Yeah that's pretty much what I thought. Oh well I will keep this play through around anyways to see what happens, after all this is not my main play through or my main Shepard for that matter.

I've been playing some FFXIII and everytime Lightining speaks I keep thinking of Liara. It is actually a pretty big distraction, I cannot take Lightnining seriously. Everytime she says something my mind creates a big picture of Liara. Even when I'm playing another game I still think about her. Kudos to Bioware for creating the most beautiful, sweet, nerdy, lovable character ever. Not even ME 2 can change my opinion of Liara. She is the best.

[JPfanner]

General Stubbs wrote...

Liarasexual is a great word, we need to contact one of the major dictionaries to get it put in there, lol.

Hell, the word D'oh is in there, why can't Liarasexuals be?

I guess FemShep would technically be a lesbian though.

Yeah, it takes some effort on my part not to always think of every Shepard as being a lesbian in a relationship with Liara (which kind of sounds bigoted, but also appeals to my sense of irony). I sometimes forget that there is even a Maleshep when talking about stuff, on top of forgetting that some people don't save the Council or shoot Shiala in the back of the head. So at least "Liarasexual" is inclusive of every Shepard capable of the sound judgement to choose Liara as a love interest. Plus it reinforces the focus on Liara; I might sneak a peak at Jack and Miranda's assets, or maybe admire the athleticism of the Afterlife dancers, but my Shepard is a one asari woman. Kind of like how people can have an effective sexuality of "married".

The only differences I can remember offhand in the games depending on your gender are Harkin's comments in ME1, the merc recruiter in Afterlife in ME2, and then Aria in Afterlife when she says something like "You need to relax, find yourself a nice man and have some fun". Which is kind of weird for an asari to be presuming the sexuality of someone else.

[jlb524]

JPfanner wrote...

then Aria in Afterlife when she says something like "You need to relax, find yourself a nice man and have some fun". Which is kind of weird for an asari to be presuming the sexuality of someone else.

I know...I always cringe when she says that.  I want to show her personally how much I don't like men...

*smacks self*

[JPfanner]

Somebody1003 wrote...

jlb524 wrote...

JPfanner wrote...
then Aria in Afterlife when she says something like "You need to relax, find yourself a nice man and have some fun". Which is kind of weird for an asari to be presuming the sexuality of someone else.

I know...I always cringe when she says that. I want to show her personally how much I don't like men...
*smacks self*

She tells you that when your a femshep?
For maleshep she says find an entertainer or something like that. Much easier to come by in the afterlife then a nice man.

I really do think both games do a great job of not making an issue of Shepard's gender outside of the romance choices. Those three examples I listed are the only times I can really remember where someone in the game reacted to Shepard being a woman. Gianna doesn't kiss a woman, but you wouldn't know she is acting differently within the context of that playthrough.
The Aria comment gives me a twitch each time as well and I always think "What would I do with one of those?" And it is the only gender comment you don't have a chance to make some kind of response to. It just struck me as being out of character for an asari in general and it looks like those presumptions don't extend to her business practice because I only see women dancing on those poles.

Modifié par JPfanner, 22 mars 2010 - 05:14 .