Mass Effect News Thread

and about da, da2 was the best in romance department for me, idc about playersexuality or whatever i could romance anyone i want. with inquisition while i liked cass, dorian and josey it was still a fail for me. cass-straight, dorian - suffering gay who wants acceptance and joseys content was little since she wasnt a companion, sorry sera who? the fact that she was written by a straight male is enough reason for me to stay away. but i understand straight ppl compaining about this game too. 

sry thats the last of that now.

Ah, the passive aggressive response, always work when you are unable to rationally answer the post.

Yas 'Feimorgan' Lana @yas_lana

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@yas_lana aarynflynn yes. More on that soon!

I will try and give a rational answer.

And I swear, this will be the last time I post on this thread regarding this issue.

I don't know about everyone else, but for me this has gone beyond an issue of me being disappointed I can't romance the character I want to.

For me, based on what we know, has been leaked etc. it seems that there isn't going to be an equal balance of love interests for everyone. BioWare has every right to not do that. They don't have to ensure everyone gets an equal number of squadmate LIs and NPC LIs. But BioWare's LGBT fanbase has every right to be let down by the fact that a developer who includes LGBT romances, still heavily lean towards the straight players having more options and usually one could argue the better options as well. 

It's very easy for straight players to get tired of all the posts people like myself and others make about wanting to see an equal distribution, and a feeling we are being valued and treated equally in regards to the romances. Straight players have the satisfaction of knowing already a character they can romance, and the assurance that either way they will have usually a good number to choose from, squadmates and non-squadmates.

At the moment it doesn't seem that way for other people. Once again it seems that the straight male gaze is being favored again. Likely more than one squadmate to choose from, as will straight players playing as Sara who want to pursue a romance with a female character. It's been like this in the past with ME, and based on what is known it looks like it will be the same again.

I'm tired of arguing this to be fair, because a lot of people who can rest easy knowing they will be catered for either way and don't really have anything to worry about are getting upset when other people like myself are expressing our right to be upset that we are yet again an afterthought.

As a disclaimer, this is still all conjecture on my part regarding the LIs. I could play the game, and end up wrong. But I posted this as a response to the fact that some straight players are getting responsive to the fact some LGBT players are upset at the possibility we aren't getting an equal treatment in regards to the romances and numbers etc.

There, I'm done.

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i said i liked da2 romance system yes, but im ok with different sexualities in game as long as they have as more content as straight ones gosh i talk that much and ppl still dont hear me.

Why should they have as much content as straight ones?

Games are predominantly designed for their largest demographic, because their largest demo are who support them most (by means of buying their product) and without their support they would be in trouble. Studios need their games to be popular to ensure that they still have a job, thus they will inevitably focus more of their efforts towards pleasing the majority of their fan base... usually deemed to be straight males. That's just how mass media works.

That is really not the kind of thing you can accuse Bioware of, they have not been shy on showing sexual diversity on their games.

ps: Women really aren't a minority of gamers.

Guys, is there another thread for this or something? I've seen many such arguments in the Twitter thread and they often go on for pages. Might I request you move it elsewhere?

well im sry that underdogs spam about their problems, i guess we should just go back in the closet and expect small things from mainstream media and dont believe their speeches how progressive they are. 

so ok, im straight now....aaaaah cora pebeee my scott is such a lucky man who knew those two would be romanceable by a straight male!! cora seemes a bit manly though, girls with such wide jaws dont exist come on, glad they made peebee more pretty she was ugly before:P and sara and liam such cuties adorable im gonna squee all over them, cause hes my knight in shining armor, and they dont touch dude's whinnies eww(aka kaidan, why did they ruin him!!) but i hope hes not like jacob cause all black ppl are the same and hes gonna cheat on me and dump me in the next game "cries".

i know this thread is not for such things, but posts talking about "dating sim" started here, so im answering them here too. the actual romance thread discussion is actually civil and i dont see a point in arguing with ppl there. 

Discussions (even when argumentative) about gaming culture and diversity and representation are important to have and should be encouraged.

But they do not belong in the Twitter thread.