Jaal was originally coded to be bisexual

So as it turns out, EA/Bioware never actually went that far out of their way towards making Jaal bisexual... as that is how he was originally coded.  Should Bioware be commended for listening to fans and re-enabling Jaal's bisexuality, or should inquiries be made into way they would turn off one of the few gay romance options in the game for Scott Ryder?  At the very least, this is a blow to anyone that thinks Bioware went out of their way to code a new romance into the game from scratch.


"What's as common as criticism after a game's release? Poking around and uncovering secrets before it. Pre-release, dataminers revealed through some careful code-digging that Jaal's romance path - for both of them, Sara and Scott Ryder - appeared locked down, and fan anticipation rose accordingly. But upon release, no Scott romance. The romance was apparently scrapped at the last moment.

And some remnants (ha) remain - like this recorded but never-implemented audio. And in-game, Jaal's interactions with Scott are virtually identical to his dialogue and blocking with Sara, and even in her finished romance scenes, Jaal consistently uses very gender-neutral wording. The only difference between the two (or the mined data) is that Scott Ryder's flirt option is gone. The datamine and interaction comparison suggests that this was done because if asked, Jaal wasn't programmed to turn Scott down. The only way to make him a straight romance is to remove that opportunity.

Therefore, the source of fan frustration comes from the implication that Jaal's sexuality has already been changed - from bi to heterosexual - leaving the vestiges of his original orientation behind, just blocked without explanation."

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