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[Kanear]

have to agree that I would rather like the existing LIs ongoing than having new ones.. maybe extend it to gay/lesbian (well, whats "worse"? same gender or different race??)

Tali i.e. is interested in the person, not the look of Shep.

but to the thread..

IF there are new LIs, I would think the Consort might be a good choice, also having her on the crew.. I am pretty sure she knows how to handle things, and she is the best of the best.. as Shep is. or either Aria or Samara. they are both strong enough to make it worth it.

apart from that, a female Krogan stalking Shepard sound like fun to me

[Seaohn]

Faerlyte wrote...


Well that's nice. I don't care for any of the ME1 LIs, and that's putting it lightly. They were my least favorite characters of the entire group - I can barely bring myself to like them, let alone love them. I didn't think the scene in ME1 was all that awe inspiring either, but to each their own. . 

From my own experience, Garrus' romance is one of the more entertaining and ultimately meaningful of any BioWare game romance I've experienced, because he doesn't take himself so seriously, which for me is key. Garrus is extremely charming, funny, and awkward, but sincere. I've liked him since ME1 (bias turian admirer), and he only got better character-wise in ME2, so I couldn't be happier with the outcome. 

I've not played any of the other ME2 LIs, but I understand that Thane's is also very well done. I did watch my brother romance Tali and I thought it was cute, but then I like Tali a lot because she's just a genuinely nice person with good intentions.

I love Garrus and Tali, but only as character and not as LI. And I don't understand why so much people are hatin' on ME1's LI.

But as I said before...there will still be people picking up ME3 cold turkey, having not played either ME1 or ME2, and it stands to reason that there would be new LIs for those people. It wouldn't be good marketing not to. That might not be what I want, but those players do have to be accounted for to a certain extent. 

I don't think this should be a problem. Begin a new game in ME3 and develop the romance upon the character we'll have (and I can't imagine playing the third w/o playing the previous games...).

[Seaohn]

Kanear wrote...
apart from that, a female Krogan stalking Shepard sound like fun to me

This should be interesting!! XD

[BECC4]

No new LI, I want the ME1 LI's back, adding more can only be further detrimental to the existing LI.

[UnAffectedFiddle]

My Femshep got shot down by Samara, Miranda wont swing that way (stupid test tube baby!!!) and all the other romances are meh. Does Liara still count, because she can go to hell and die after ME:2. Not that she was particularly exciting to begin with!

[Mondo47]

slicer477 wrote...

Damn I wish bioware would make a villian as good as Scorpius.

And realistically shepard would fail his mission if he exhausted himself with sex before the end battle.

Or at least not be able to run about so much... s'happened to me before now *ahem*

[vigna]

Maybe, 1 new asexual or bi-sexual LI in ME3 for LI. We had 6 NPCs in ME1 and sooooo many in ME2...do we really need more LIs???

[Barquiel]

I want Liara back...but I wouldn't mind a Shiala romance

[varel1]

Another vote to have the existing romances fleshed-out, with conflict, (where applicable), between the ME1 and ME2 choices. I found it impossible to remain faithful to Ash, and hope that Bioware gives her a chance to reclaim me from Miranda.

[Urazz]

I rather have the current LIs fleshed out more in ME3 than any new ones.

[Sialater]

Another vote to flesh out the current ME1 and ME2 LI's. Heck, even if you didn't romance them, why can't they have more background/conversations?

[RE0305]

I want more characters who aren't romancable. I hate the idea that almost every member of my squad is person who has no ambition, taste, character, backbone of his/her own. I want characters who have their own girlfirends/boyfriends out there in the galaxy to fight for and woun't agree to have Shep jump their bones with out a moments notice.



Since there are so many LI's in the game already i would like to see those build up more and not new ones added.

[royceclemens]

I'm getting the feeling that the only new real romance options will be a proper one for Kelly (by popular demand) and a do-over for Liara if you picked someone else during ME1.

[cutthecameras]

If there isn't the option of a satisfyingly hot girl like Miranda for my female Shepard my terrible, shallow self, will feel let down.

[Prophet of Rage]

Couldn't bring myself to romance the butterface, jeyzus, loli, jack or tali. Give. Me. Samara. >;(

[dou_]

Instead of 9 different love interests, I'd rather just do it 9 different times with Tali.

[Sphynx118]

Shiala ftw

[alickar]

samara,Tali,Liara,

[slicer477]

with all these LI's bioware is turning shepard into a ****.

someone had to say it.

[Collider]

Leave Mass Effect 2 romances as is, don't retcon them to suddenly like the same sex. I'd rather them just make new squad mates who are homosexual or bisexual.

[slicer477]

woooh Collider, I could deal with lesbian LI's but being a dude I would just be disgusted by gay man LI's.

[tehprincessJ]

Faerlyte wrote...

Well that's nice. I don't care for any of the ME1 LIs, and that's putting it lightly. They were my least favorite characters of the entire group - I can barely bring myself to like them, let alone love them. I didn't think the scene in ME1 was all that awe inspiring either, but to each their own. . 

From my own experience, Garrus' romance is one of the more entertaining and ultimately meaningful of any BioWare game romance I've experienced, because he doesn't take himself so seriously, which for me is key. Garrus is extremely charming, funny, and awkward, but sincere. I've liked him since ME1 (bias turian admirer), and he only got better character-wise in ME2, so I couldn't be happier with the outcome. 

I've not played any of the other ME2 LIs, but I understand that Thane's is also very well done. I did watch my brother romance Tali and I thought it was cute, but then I like Tali a lot because she's just a genuinely nice person with good intentions.

I wasn't talking about the ME love scene per se, I was talking about the build up to/and the romance itself. Not so much with Liara, I guess, but with Kaidan and Ash there's the bit about saving them from the beacon in the beginning, then the cute little comment when you visit the Citadel wards and you first get the hint that they're interested. When Liara comes on board there's always tension from either Kaidan or Ash, depending on Shepard's sex, in the comm room, and then there's the (I believe) 4 different convos in which it's clear that you are trying to build some kind of "after the mission" together.

Garrus's romance starts out of nowhere with a story about him screwing some chick who he was evenly matched with before some past unexplained mission. Then you can say, "Hey! You and I should go have sex now!!! " Again, I love Garrus. Just... like a brother, I suppose. I'm not sure how I'd feel if he'd been an option from the start, but since he was around while Kaidan and I made goo-goo eyes at each other, I just don't see it happening. At least, not for my Shepard.

Thane's story is touching, but rushed, and the culmination - him coming to your room and crying about the fact that he's afraid to die, just makes me uncomfortable. Of the 3 ME2 options, he's my favorite, but again, his "romance" consists of like 2 extra lines out of him, and an explaination of his pet name for you (he still calls me Siha even when I stay away from that "I want you" line).

I was put off by a couple things as far as Jacob is concerned. When you start to get flirty with him for the very first time, he gives this bored "I've never thought of you like that" line that sounds way too sincere. Honestly, if I ever found myself in that situation, I know my interest in said person would die a quick death. Second, I was bothered only a little by the fact that him and smoking-hot-Miranda have what seems like unfinished business. But after his loyalty mission his "she requires a better man than I," just pissed me off. This is what I got from that: Miranda's too good for me, but I guess you'll do.
So, no Jacob. I tried to like him. I really did. But ultimately, I almost feel like maybe he and Miranda do belong together.

Haven't gotten passed the fling with Jack with my male Shep yet, but then, I usually flirt with everyone when I RP a male hero. So we'll see as far as the female LIs. But I did notice that Tali is very, very sweet this time around, even with my femShep.

[Macq Daddy]

There'll definitely be new LI's in ME3, because the game will again be designed so that players that didn't play the first two still have a good chance of getting into it, and they won't have the attachment/connection to the previous characters that veteran ME players will. They'll have to have at least ONE fully in-game LI for each gender. Though admittedly it could be with a previous LI and just presented as a "second chance" if you didn't romance them in a previous game.

[cutthecameras]

slicer477 wrote...

woooh Collider, I could deal with lesbian LI's but being a dude I would just be disgusted by gay man LI's.

Then don't talk to the gay dudes...simple enough imo.

[jillyfae]

Seaohn wrote...

tehprincessJ wrote...



Although, I'll be honest and admit that I can't bring myself to romance anyone in ME2. I'm still hung up on my ME LI. They just did a better job making it feel like "love" in that game, I guess. Everything "romantic" in ME2 felt either rushed or just a bit too casual.

I quote every single word!! I loved the "love moment" in previous BioWare games (beautiful in Jade Empire and Dragon Age), but in ME2 everything seems too casual! Everything ends up with a rough sex scene (but I loved Miranda's... wow!)

I have to agree with this, pretty much. While I found Thane intriguing, and the relationship there actually developed pretty well, there was no real 'romantic' build up. For me, I enjoyed the Kaidan romance more because they did a better job (imho, etc.) in showing the physical awareness of each other, possible awkward moments, and some flirty bits before the final romance scene. (So, my current favorite for ME2 is Kelly, because again, there's actual romantic/flirty set-up.)



So, while I'm sure Macq Daddy is right, and there will be new romances for the theoretical 'new players' for ME3, I really hope there's some proper focus on the old LI's next time around. (Though, maybe they'll manage one that I find more romantic next time? And am also a fan of a full same-sex romance, rather than the half a one with Kelly and the none available for male-Shep. One can hope.)



The possible character development throughout the trilogy was part of why I was so interested in the original ME to begin with, and we only got a bit with Garrus and Tali this time. I want MORE of that, not less.

RE0305 wrote...



I want more characters who aren't romancable. I hate the idea that almost every member of my squad is person who has no ambition, taste, character, backbone of his/her own. I want characters who have their own girlfirends/boyfriends out there in the galaxy to fight for and woun't agree to have Shep jump their bones with out a moments notice.

And I've always wanted this. More squad interaction w/o Shepard. Let them argue, but also some scenes where they're getting along, or an inter-party romance, or have one who wants to use the comm room to call his/her family/LI, etc... they had lives before Shepard, (and hopefully afterwards, if you don't get them killed) and I like the idea of expanding on that too.