Male Romance Options

The reason why male characters are so self-effacing is because otherwise they'd eclipse the male PC. Your perky sharp and bossy female companions make males swoon, but try a rival male in a party, and even your quiet gaming nerd will find that inner alpha male... and that is why I'd rather see a full out of party romance with a grand and interesting plot-important male character, than get a watered down guy without ambitions or much talents or if he has ambitions, he'll end up potentially betraying the PC, like Bishop, Atton, Zevran, Quinn, etc, while all those female characters will stand firm behind the PC.

Male players hated even Zenith despite BioWare carefully restricting his personal ambitions to a very local political control of Balmorra. But he was vocal about it, edgy, made descision and had a flashy intro. The result? One of the most hated characters in SWTOR cast. Was Zenith a female, I bet you dollars to donuts, she'd be a fan favorite.

Garrus is notable as the most successful attempt at a character that is a bro to the male pc, and a lover to a female one. A non-sucesful one is exemplified in Corso, who swings between these two states in fits of a character schizophrenia.

To be fair, Jaheira's husband Khalid was the first casualty in BioWare romances in Bg2. Anomen had a dead sister, and then most of the men with romances sported a dead important female as a part of their backstory. Anomen, Carth, Atton, etc.

They are also almost never mages, and, notably, not one Jedi/Sith in SWTOR. Yep, in the SW game, in 8 class stories, out of 40 companions and numerous out of party flirts, a female PC never gets to flirt with a dashing Jedi knight or a dangerous Sith Lord. Not once.

Female gamers' lot much improved over the years, and did so progressively. We are way better off than in Anomen's era. Let's hope Andromeda does not dissappoint.

I get a very strong sense that Liam is going to be bubbly at the beginning but toward the end will become embittered and Ryder will have to 'save' him. You know, a typical trope.

Anyhoo, I have the most hope for a Liam romance. I actually want Sara's and his personalities to clash - having arguments that eventually turn into banter, different viewpoints, etc. I think that would be a great love story for the two and provide some dimension to Liam. I agree with previous posters that alot of the male LIs did not have as many dimensions as some of the female ones, and as much as I loved Kaidan, i just wanted.. more.

Hopefully Andromeda will provide that. 

You sure didn't make this easy for me to reply to your replies to me, did you?

1. No, despite the name Jellyfish are not actually fish. Fish are of the phylum Chordate, where Jellyfish are of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are related to sea anemones and coral.

2. Salarians are amphibians, not reptiles. This is even said in game. They are basically super advanced salamanders, even having a similar name. 

3. Now you know.

4. Maybe, but they could be doing more. I hope more than just the 2/2/2 scenario. I'm hoping for at least a 2/4/2 setup among the main romances. Otherwise the romance I'm hoping for will probably be a minor one or a fling. 

Salarians are amphibian, not reptilian


Well, that certainly fits the description (Well, outside of not being black )

Nah, he doesn't sound british (IIRC...I didn't play overwatch very long ) and I wasn't criticizing it, I was surprised how well that fit the description

fair enough

Sorry

1. Huh. They don't seem like anemones or coral to me, but I suppose having no (standard) brain or blood might account for that.

2. Of course! Silly of me... I forgot. Although I tend to think of amphibians as reptiles, which is undoubtedly inaccurate I'm sure.

3. Yes indeed, seems obvious in hindsight. Also, in case you haven't noticed, biology isn't my area despite having a passive interest in it.

4. To get back on topic, I agree completely, even about thinking that if I do like a romance, it'll end up being a minor one. I'm trying to temper my expectations, hence the 2/2/2, since that's the minimum Bioware will probably have now. But 2/4/2 would be great!

Scott's so hot I do t know if I need to choose an option. Just install a ceiling mirror over my bed.

I absolutely agree with you, but I hope it counts for gay/lesbian gamers as well. I don't want something minor like Steve again and always envied females for having Solas. I really love story relevant romances and couldn't enjoy the game, because he wasn't available to my gender but the most important character (together with Cassandra). I hope it's more balanced this time, and that we'll finally have an alpha male. Though to be honest, I doubt it. From hat I've heard I think the bossy sharp character will be female again (i get a Morrigan vibe from Peebee) and Vetra seems to be quite strict and strong too. Liam on the other hand tends to be a more unexperienced character. But I still hope for the best...

I have a feeling that Liam will be reminiscent of Koth Vortena in SWTOR, as they seem to cross-pollinate character concepts once in a while, and Koth did not get a lot of audience since he was in one of the later story segments of the game, that most BioWare players did not really get to. I am actually curious how much they will reuse, but not curious enough to pay for the later SWTOR chapters. Or even play through the ones I own, sadly.

I'm expecting to have the same number as Inquisition, what with the similar scope and development time, and inquisition had 4/2/2 if I remember correctly. I'd expect it to be distributed a bit more evenly this time, though. 

I'm not sure if they include 'fling' type options in that statistic. When I read "light romances" I read it as more Scout Harding style. Where you can get a proper relationship but there isn't as much content or scenes as the others. There's a lot of middle ground that could be explored as well. 

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