I don't know what their reasons might be, Les. Just saying that I see signs. I already said something about the media campaign a few pages back. You can't deny that it did have some effect on ME 2.
And you can't just mix all EA games together. It's different franchises, different policies. It could very well be that they want to keep certain content out of the ME series, that's allowed in a different game.
Yeah, they said it would continue in ME 2 too, didn't they. Nothing continued. You might get a similarly short and odd scene in ME 3, but I would still call it "swept under the rug".
Finally, they stated before release that there would be no same-sex romances in ME 2. The Kelly thing was a bit of a surprise after that, but maybe that was their way to sneak something in that their bosses didn't want. It's not a full romance, as you certainly noticed, so legally there is "no same-sex romance", if that's what they were told. Maybe the bosses even gave their okay for this, as long as it's not a "controversial" (real) romance (with an alien).
But it's of course only speculation. I didn't even say that it necessarily would have to be just because a female Shepard can have a romance with Liara, you brought that up. Maybe there are other reasons, whatever they could be.
Modifié par bjdbwea, 30 avril 2010 - 01:27 .