Elephant in the Room

Lol.

Beauty is a cultural thing.



That's not how their skulls grow naturally. That's what they turn them into because they think that is beauty.

And there's people that elongate their necks, put huge disks in their lips or ears and many more 'strange' practises. Things you could've known if you got out of your tiny bubble of a world for once.

Especially considering these factors:

1) Suvi was the "stereotypical" attractive female but could only romance other females.

2) Cora while attractive to me, does not fit the social standards of female beauty with long hair, makeup, and feminine personality.

3) Bioware seemingly went out of their way to "downgrade" the appearance of Sara Ryder compared to her RL model whereas Scott Ryder was near similar to his RL model.

I knew I'd seen this subject before.

I know it's not the point but I love that Easter egg. I have to do it in each play through.😁

Hey, I tried to warn people.

That's retarded. Forgive the language, but it's true.  Don't make the mistake of making dumb statements just because you think the opinion you're disagreeing with is wrong.  I'm a married man, and so are several of my friends and family who like to play BioWare games.  And we all thought the romance options for DA:I were subpar compared with what was offered in the past.

I hope BioWare makes some more beautiful women in their next game.  I'm tired of shaved heads, the side shaved hair styles, hair cut with a dagger, and short manly hair in their companions.  They're seriously projecting their desires instead of getting a feel for what people actually want. 

...but i prefer women With shorter hair styles. Attractively speaking

I try to have a little fun around here without getting serious.

I'll agree to the point that including a 'classic' beauty as a bangable option makes gamers less on edge.

Okay but then shouldn't all straight men, by this logic, be defending da2? I mean isn't Isabela *the* most attractive available female character Bioware has created? And why does me3 get so many hateful comments while it has so many conventionally attractive female characters?

I'm kidding, obviously. But do I think a lack of long-haired women in da:i caused a backlash against me:a? No. Even among the most vocal and unreasonable haters of the game this isn't the issue I've heard the most. If anything, wouldn't it be more likely that me3's ending primed people to hate this game, rather than Cassandra's jawline?

Now should Bioware be mindful of including LIs straight men will find attractive? Yes, because they clearly see the romances as a selling point of their games, so obviously they should include LIs for all demographics. Of course then you can argue, what is a LI who would be universally attractive to straight men? And has Bioware not already tried to do that, after all they clearly did consider straight males for the Cora and Peebee sex scenes, and maybe a lot of men already feel they got what they wanted in da:i or me:a.

Also I agree that the short hair is definitely partially influenced by Bioware's... well let's say stylistic choice to not include long hair on any characters. (Seriously I can't think of any da:i or me:a characters with long hair - unless it's tied in a bun, which doesn't count.)

It's funny that now TW3 'gave men what they want', because I've seen a lot of complaints about Yennefer, which kinda shows that's it's all subjective in the end.