GI article Nov 18th: Andromeda's New Approach to Buttsecks

Yeah, I agree. I wish bioware would stop shoehorning straight romances to fill a token role and get back to making the three dimensional queer characters we all know and love 

Lowering the salt levels for a bit, but I'm always super wary of the whole "sexuality has to make sense for the character" because like, at least in my opinion, that sort of thing isn't visibly tied to a person's background or personality. It's like, there's nothing stopping the by the book military commando from being just as gay as the smarmy red sand smuggler. Things like why a character might be slow to trust should reasonably make sense - have a reason - for being so. Why a lady prefers other ladies, not so much.

Of course I'm saying this as a person who isn't privy to BWs character writing secrets, so I just don't know the process of how they decide on these things. But they have a track record when it comes to who's straight and who's queer. And while I do associate the whole "Queerness has to make sense for a character'' thing more with DA, which definitely has a type when it comes to sexuality, hearing this on the ME side of things isn't so heartening. Considering that ME2 had only one token pan mini romance out of 6 hetero options and it took until ME3 for mlm to have anything, I'm not sure I fully trust the ME team's sense. I'm gonna be miffed if there are no dudes for my broRyder to kiss because it "didn't make sense".

Of course this is about romances, but I'd absolutely love more queer characters who aren't romances, especially within our squad. Maybe that'd help to make the queer romances less token.

At any rate, I hope that I'm wrong on these points, and looking at their tweets I'm sure that I am, especially if a new team made up of fans of the original trilogy are able to point out its flaws so they can fix them. \

I obviously care too much about this.  

This thread title, tho. Every time I read it, I think: "from the front?"

This whole "new approach to relationships" is one of the things I'm most looking forward, really. Granted, it's not like we know enough about the game to be excited about something else, but knowing characters is possibly what BioWare does best, this should be good.

You and 90% of Bioware's current fanbase, unfortunately. No offense.

None taken. I've got no problem to admit that relationships, be them romantic or not, with NPCs are one of the things I enjoy the most in RPGs, which is I was initally drawn to the genre by BioWare games.

You and 90% of Bioware's current fanbase, unfortunately. No offense.

Yes, I get that. The NPCs are one of the big factors for their games. It's just that DAI boards burned me out regarding all the topics over romance. I made a bad assumption once I saw your avatar. Apologies for any harm.

The only harm done is that you quoted me before I could edit in the "why" my previous post is lacking. 

Seriously though, I understand what you mean, sometimes people can go a bit over the edge with romances, but let them enjoy themselves. I'm actually more excited about the (allegedly) more shooting bottles with Garrus moments than actual romances.

Eh, I was part of those discussions, especially mages/templars. They were almost often heated   .
True about the endings. And the ME3 romance boards were closed for what some fans call the Mirandalorians Civil War.

From what I saw, there were and are always people that have romances as their main or one of the main reasons for play Bioware games. I don't think there's nothing wrong with that. People prefer different stuff and play games for different reasons.

The main problem, in my opinion, was the lack of moderation. Hopefully this board will do better then the game will be released (not only about romances,  but the whole game experience).

Ahh, there is no shame in liking romances, checking out the nookies, and the like in the video games. One does't really have to throw a veil of being an affecianado of art and character development over it. Guys, it's fun, it was always fun, and it always will be. But, by its nature of dealing with the individuality, it is a hit and miss. No need to try to imply that other players are somehow inferrior in their tastes because you have not stumble on your je be sais quoi in a particular digital story. You might in the next. I hope you do, because when it clicks, it makes the story even more awesome.

BioWare was committed to improving the npc dialogues feature since the first snippets of banters incited a wave of fan love in 1997. If it were possible to be head over heels with an npc (and vice versa) on the strength of a soundset and a paper doll with a portrait, it is that much easier with all the contemporary bells and whistles.

So, it's all cool beans, and no accounting for tastes, and all going to be well, no need to pre-emptively place blame on other players for something you do not expect to get or get too much of.