Romance options speculation (Official Thread)

Yes that'd be one of the motives I wouldn't be happy with such a surprise, not only because I want to, but because it stated in the lore they don't have a preference and can have babies with any species. I mean, they could make her have a preference because of her personality or something but personally I wouldn't be very convinced.

Well I guess I expressed myself badly, I meant that since that it's stated they can have babies with any species it's indicated they don't have a preference when it comes to the physical aspect of their partner, not necessarily gender (be it female or male, or any race), of course maybe they do each have different kind of preference, but I think it was never really addressed, Aria kissing femShep longer on the Omega DLC counts? Maybe they prefer females in general? Maybe it's just her? Still she does kiss maleShep too, so she isn't against the idea? I have the impression they are generally not against trying a relationship with different species, but maybe it's all in my head

I'd put money on it.

Criticism? I thought Dorian was well liked, and Cortez's story was more about recovering from bereavement.

Yes, there are some voices about Dorian's behavior and backstory (from me as well), but they was absolutely in minority, but I think the most people loves him, and also his story. (Nevertheless, it should not be repeated... – my opinion.)
Steve's character is good, as I see, the problem is, that he's not a squad mate, so he have less content.

A gay KISA would be nice, especially to break down the stereotypes...

I suspect that the "always choosing Kaidan" thing is simply due to his being one of the many people who find him boring or just liking Ashley a lot. Not to mention that not everyone who replays these games is looking to experience as many alternatives as possible; some just go with the same choices most of the time. I don't see any need to come up with sinister reasons for his approach.

Personally I played the trilogy twice, first with Kaidan and then with Ashley. My general impression is that she is the better character in the first game while he is much more preferable in the third game.

Many straight men play as female characters though. I think that's always considered as well.

Yep, always been my preference  .
My daughters think it's odd but there it is...

Not completely different staff and writers though. Also I think we can say the entirety of Bioware has the progressive, diverse, etc. mindset and not just the DA:I writers.

I also don't think they sat down and said "we'll give straight females 2x as much LIs" The sexualites definitely made sense. I'm just saying they'd have no problem not giving straight men the most LIs in me:a.

Well I can't think anyone from DAI team that is now writing ME:A though there might be someone. Main writers have always been different though.

ME team has given straight male characters most options this far unlike DA team, straight male characters had same amount LI's as straight female characters in DAO and DA2. Actually straight female characters had one more if you include Sebastian from DLC. So teams have had different takes, I don't really think DAI's situation can be compared to ME:A's.

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But this is true. Because he got less content. This was the problem with him: simply they don't spent enough time on his character, sadly. Also I hope we will get more nuanced gay characters, but I don't find him so bad...

Mass Effect was developed at a time when the developers concentrated mainly on the romances for heterosexual men. You also notice this in games like Kotor or Jade Empire. Compared to Ashley, Miranda, Bastila or Silk Fox the male characters (Kaidan, Jacob, Carth and Sky) were just slightly more boring. But that has changed in recent years. Dragon Age is the first series, where developers increasingly focused on romances for heterosexual women. I think that this change will also be apparent in Mass Effect Andromeda. I guess we're going to get a similar scenario to DAI in terms of romance options. It is a good thing if not only the heterosexual men will get story relevant romances, and if male figures (for example Solas) are now more prominent in Bioware games (in past games the female characters had always been more relevant). But personally, I would be happy if at least the story-relevant romances were bi-sexual. Because, unfortunately, it is still the case that homosexual players are always at the back of the line. If not all characters are bisexual the developers will tend to make the story relevant options heterosexual. That's my problem with set sexualities.