spacehamsterZH wrote...
I don't like the idea of characters being intentionally changed to appease the part of the fanbase that mistakes these games for dating sims. I feel the same way about Tali and Garrus suddenly being "revealed to be" attracted to their respective opposite sex Shepards. It cheapens not only these characters but the game as a whole because I'm left with the feeling that there's really no particular vision behind who these characters are and they'll be changed for stupid reasons. Sorry. I wouldn't have one bit of a problem with the idea of any of these characters being homosexual or bi if it had always been an established part of their personalities, but if it's tacked on after the fact because people are demanding it, it feels to me like the writers don't really give a damn who these characters are.
Or how about the idea that Ash and Kaiden had worked with Shepard on the Normandy prior to Mass Effect? We don't know how long they'd been in the same crew together, we just know where the story picks up. Tali and Garrus are perfectly logical romance options AFTER Mass Effect, because you (playing the character of shepard) not only recruit and spend the entire game with them... but you know them since their introduction into the mythos. Thus, when you die and return... it allows for the ability of romantic feelings to have developed upon seeing one another again, fighting for life of death, and finally realizing that in a whole galaxy of chaos... this is the one person you've been able to count on for two games now. I think it doesn't cheapen the character at all, if anything it makes them stronger. By making them go for either Shepard, it allows this sort of depth on both sides of the spectrum, rather than having people go: "oh! oh no, he's completely straight..." or "no way would she be into women!" May I ask why? It's freaking space! If we're tolerant (as a majority of people seem to be) of s/s relationships, in our current day world, then why would a world so much more advanced... why would it be so repressed? I see nothing wrong with it.
As for people confusing it with a dating sim? Well that argument carries just about as much weight as the "Avatar was a crappy film" argument. You can say it, but results say otherwise. Now can it be improved upon? Of course... no denying that. However, Mass Effect is far better written and takes care with this notion far better than many other games out there.
End of my two cents... and a half pence just for the heck of it.
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"Porn simulator!" You have have completel control during the sexual acts! Its lewd and explicit! 
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