TeenZombie wrote...
Hmm...I was just thinking about people who chose Kaidan as an LI in the first game and got mad at him in the second, and whether there was anything he could do in the third game that would make those people want to choose him again. I doubt there are many people in this thread who are in that situation, so I thought I would put the opposite scenario out there as a topic of discussion: if Kaidan *doesn't* have a satisfying role in ME3 (small cameo, still doesn't trust Shepard, is indoctrinated by Reapers, etc...) would you go back to ME2 and choose another LI? Or go to a different LI in ME3, if one is available?
I honestly don't know what I would do in that situation. If the story is great, and the rest of the squad is well developed, but Kaidan has been mauled yet again as a character, I may stay away completely, out of bitterness. But if something did pull me in, despite my favorite character being minimalized, I guess I would just not have a LI for the third game. Maybe I'd check out what they do with Liara, but other than that, I don't see them creating another love interest I'd prefer.
I have a split opinion about this. I think I would be greatly disappointed if they totally ruined the romance between Shep and Kaidan, either by removing it or turning it into something bad. This is mostly because of the minimized role Kaidan had in ME2 where us Kaidanites got shafted big time and because of the comments Casey made about the reason why the ME1 LI's were reduced to cameos. Because of this I have built high expectations about the romance in ME3. I want to be rewarded for staying faithful. If they do the ugly with the Kaidan romance in ME3 I think it would demotivate me greatly and how I feel about the games in general.
I don't really know what to do. If they did do the ugly I would like to show my disappointment, maybe by not buying the game. In the same time, I don't want to spoil myself by reading any reviews or so in before. I want to be surprised and go wow. It might be worth it just for the great gameplay.
My Shepard would definately stay single. I don't like the idea of this really professional marine hitting on everything that moves. That is my major reason why I dislike the romances in ME2, too straight forward. In a professional environment I'd rather have the characters being subtle about it trying to fight their own emotions because it's inappropriate, but failing in the end.