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Post by vertigomez on Feb 26, 2017 8:07:33 GMT
But it's a subjective thing, is what I'm saying. The devs act like fans knowing things = BAD, SAD, & RUINED FOREVER when for a lot of people that's simply not the case. People who want to remain completely, 100% in the dark about new developments are free to feel that way - but it's their responsibility to avoid spoilers, not demand that everybody else be as in the dark as they are. From their point of view it is bad, not only from the creative view of wanting your work digested as you designed rather than piecemeal out of context but also from a commercial one because controlling information is how they build hype. Users don't have a right to demand to be spoiled either. Hard to build hype when you won't reveal anything. And they can't control how their work is digested. At best, a lot of people here are just going to put off buying the game until they know what they want to know... which... doesn't help the devs any? They act like knowing there's going to be a m/m squadmate or if Cora's bisexual or w/e is going to ruin the game.
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Post by wright1978 on Feb 26, 2017 8:08:25 GMT
The shitstorm is smaller if it's just leaked because the only ones who care that much about it are concentrated on this forum. When you say fans, you mean "very small subset" of fans, because the mass effect subreddit is not this worked up about it, and there are just as many LGBT folks there as here. Let's look at the ME3 fiasco. If they were honest about it, upfront, then I genuinely believe less people would have been upset, knowing what to expect. Yes, yes, spoilers and all that, but this is a thinking exercise and hypothetical, nothing more. Either way, people can either deal with disappointment and 'feelings of betrayal' (for lack of a better, singular term at 3 AM), or just disappointment. As my mother always said, it's better to be honest. Really I think their sales would have been hit & there still would have been a massive campaign for them to change that utter train wreck.
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Post by naytnavare on Feb 26, 2017 8:13:29 GMT
Let's look at the ME3 fiasco. If they were honest about it, upfront, then I genuinely believe less people would have been upset, knowing what to expect. Yes, yes, spoilers and all that, but this is a thinking exercise and hypothetical, nothing more. Either way, people can either deal with disappointment and 'feelings of betrayal' (for lack of a better, singular term at 3 AM), or just disappointment. As my mother always said, it's better to be honest. Really I think their sales would have been hit & there still would have been a massive campaign for them to change that utter train wreck. Instead, DAI took sales hits. And SWTOR had subs ended. DLC was skipped. Reputations were marred. Lawsuits were made. Cupcake drives, charity events, all in the name of 'F*** you.'
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Post by naytnavare on Feb 26, 2017 8:16:33 GMT
From their point of view it is bad, not only from the creative view of wanting your work digested as you designed rather than piecemeal out of context but also from a commercial one because controlling information is how they build hype. Users don't have a right to demand to be spoiled either. Hard to build hype when you won't reveal anything. And they can't control how their work is digested. At best, a lot of people here are just going to put off buying the game until they know what they want to know... which... doesn't help the devs any? They act like knowing there's going to be a m/m squadmate or if Cora's bisexual or w/e is going to ruin the game. As I said in another thread, their marketing has me feeling like the last two minutes of The Graduate.
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Post by Panda on Feb 26, 2017 8:17:03 GMT
I mean I get that devs want us to figure out romances in the actual game (cause rejection is fun I guess), but I don't get why they can't simply say yes or no to the question that is there m/m romances in the squad. That shouldn't be a spoiler?
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Post by wright1978 on Feb 26, 2017 8:19:27 GMT
From their point of view it is bad, not only from the creative view of wanting your work digested as you designed rather than piecemeal out of context but also from a commercial one because controlling information is how they build hype. Users don't have a right to demand to be spoiled either. Hard to build hype when you won't reveal anything. And they can't control how their work is digested. At best, a lot of people here are just going to put off buying the game until they know what they want to know... which... doesn't help the devs any? They act like knowing there's going to be a m/m squadmate or if Cora's bisexual or w/e is going to ruin the game. They have released several videos & as well as the briefings. in the scheme of things the no of people put off buying by not knowing romance options is a drop in the ocean. It certainly wouldn't ruin the game but obviously someone decided avoiding the everyone knows before playing (dai) is preferable.
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Post by davkar on Feb 26, 2017 8:23:37 GMT
Announcing the romances before release would be bad. Oh sure, "yay I can plan my wedding with the *choice*" but that's it. That's the whole character after that. If they decide to reveal the orientations they might as well just post pictures of squadmates with tags. Gay, lesbian, sexypostergirlforstraights, etc. It would affect the reception of that character. Oh, s/he's not for me, I won't bother with them, moving on. Without it the focus is on the characters themselves. What's the deal with PB's raccoon mask? How will Jaal react to us being humans=aliens from his viewpoint? Cora isn't the pathfinder, will there be conflict about it? Just how far can you go with Liam's idealistic personality (we killed these aliens for the greater good... yeah, sure)? I don't want to have to know them because woooo, banging. I want to want to know them, their personality, motivations, etc. I'll be honest. I don't want a gay Liam. I want a great character Liam who can be gay. I don't want Cora to be just a new Miranda/Ash with constant butt view conversations and marketable sexy sex scene. I want conflict about the position, earning her respect and such. Besides as I said it yesterday: Cora is the only 100% confirmed straight romance, PB is 99% potential both because of the game lore. Liam, Jaal, and Vetra are still open for everyone and Cora can be lesbian option too. I wrote examples using their "has to make sense" argument. ... That's illogical, to me. Anyone who is put off even /caring/ about a character due to romance information would just do so now, instead, at launch. Not only does that argue characters are JUST their sexuality to the fandom, but it also just follows the same issue being highlighted; people want to know who they can romance. Whether I can or can't romance PeeBee doesn't mean I will or won't care about her. It only means I won't try to #prettygoodbanging her. And that’s what they want to avoid. They want players to give all the characters equal chance to introduce themselves. I plan on using Vetra and Drack as mains, because they are the most interesting ones to me, but I'll swap companions for 'fitting' missions based on skills and the character. Help people - Liam. Remnant tech hunt - PB. etc.
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Post by Dirk on Feb 26, 2017 8:30:40 GMT
I just want to chime in and say I personally don't think they're pulling anything or trying to sideline the LGBT community, deliberately or otherwise. It's really obvious the smoke and mirrors over romances is because they just don't want to deal with people like the ones on this forum. They got a lot of grief over Cassandra's supposed manliness, women who were pissy over not being able to romance Dorian, or gay guys who couldn't romance Cullen. Fights over romance were probably like 90% of the reason they shut down the old forums. The amount of shit that was thrown because of the Jaal leak is proof of how toxic this forum can be. Shit, by the way, that would (see DA:I) be thrown even if the Devs explicitly stated Jaal's heterosexuality ahead of time Furthermore, playersexual romances are not the answer. They are an insulting cop-out which only turn the clock back on LGBT representation. Like they're so afraid of offending both us and straight players that they have to pretend most of the spectrum of sexual orientation doesn't really exist in an improbably high number of people in your immediate social circle who just so happen to want to bang you. This is also a reason why I support more non-squad romances. Frankly the squad limit on romances was beginning to feel rather cabin fevery . Like, girl, there are people you can bang who don't live on this ship with you. I don't believe that there is any malice from the devs against lgbt players either, but I don't see why we can't call out the dev's preferential treatment when it comes to romance information. We definitely didn't ask for all LIs to be playersexual. We simply ask for the squad romance to be bi, and then there could be gay and lesbian on the crews or somewhere else. Hell, I would say that the best arrangement in terms on lgbt representation is 2/2/2: 2 gay/lesbian, 2 bi, and 2 straight, one for each gender on the squad mate. What we really advocate for is simply a balance in squad mate LIs. The reason people want squad mate romance is because you get to spend time with them and there is generally more content in squad mates, especially if you consider the romance content in ME3. Announcing the romances before release would be bad. Oh sure, "yay I can plan my wedding with the *choice*" but that's it. That's the whole character after that. If they decide to reveal the orientations they might as well just post pictures of squadmates with tags. Gay, lesbian, sexypostergirlforstraights, etc. It would affect the reception of that character. Oh, s/he's not for me, I won't bother with them, moving on. Without it the focus is on the characters themselves. What's the deal with PB's raccoon mask? How will Jaal react to us being humans=aliens from his viewpoint? Cora isn't the pathfinder, will there be conflict about it? Just how far can you go with Liam's idealistic personality (we killed these aliens for the greater good... yeah, sure)? I don't want to have to know them because woooo, banging. I want to want to know them, their personality, motivations, etc. I'll be honest. I don't want a gay Liam. I want a great character Liam who can be gay. I don't want Cora to be just a new Miranda/Ash with constant butt view conversations and marketable sexy sex scene. I want conflict about the position, earning her respect and such. Besides as I said it yesterday: Cora is the only 100% confirmed straight romance, PB is 99% potential both because of the game lore. Liam, Jaal, and Vetra are still open for everyone and Cora can be lesbian option too. I wrote examples using their "has to make sense" argument. I would have agreed with you if they didn't release any information regarding romance at all. But then Cora and Scott happened. And then Vetra and "sexy time" comments happened. And then we knew that Peebee is LI. And then after the previews, we know that Sara can romance Jaal. All these things point to a preferential treatment against gay players. It's quite a straw man if you think that people who want to know romance info does not care about other aspects of the characters. I am gay, but that does not mean that I will not want to know more about Cora, Peebee, and Vetra. Also I could not see differences between gay Liam and Liam who can be gay. If Liam is gay, then he is. It's a part of him, important or not. It does not say anything else about him.
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Post by naytnavare on Feb 26, 2017 8:41:19 GMT
... That's illogical, to me. Anyone who is put off even /caring/ about a character due to romance information would just do so now, instead, at launch. Not only does that argue characters are JUST their sexuality to the fandom, but it also just follows the same issue being highlighted; people want to know who they can romance. Whether I can or can't romance PeeBee doesn't mean I will or won't care about her. It only means I won't try to #prettygoodbanging her. And that’s what they want to avoid. They want players to give all the characters equal chance to introduce themselves. I plan on using Vetra and Drack as mains, because they are the most interesting ones to me, but I'll swap companions for 'fitting' missions based on skills and the character. Help people - Liam. Remnant tech hunt - PB. etc. People are going to drop characters, regardless. What does it matter if they do it now, versus then? The only difference is that people won't feel let on.
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Post by davkar on Feb 26, 2017 8:44:38 GMT
Announcing the romances before release would be bad. Oh sure, "yay I can plan my wedding with the *choice*" but that's it. That's the whole character after that. If they decide to reveal the orientations they might as well just post pictures of squadmates with tags. Gay, lesbian, sexypostergirlforstraights, etc. It would affect the reception of that character. Oh, s/he's not for me, I won't bother with them, moving on. Without it the focus is on the characters themselves. What's the deal with PB's raccoon mask? How will Jaal react to us being humans=aliens from his viewpoint? Cora isn't the pathfinder, will there be conflict about it? Just how far can you go with Liam's idealistic personality (we killed these aliens for the greater good... yeah, sure)? I don't want to have to know them because woooo, banging. I want to want to know them, their personality, motivations, etc. I'll be honest. I don't want a gay Liam. I want a great character Liam who can be gay. I don't want Cora to be just a new Miranda/Ash with constant butt view conversations and marketable sexy sex scene. I want conflict about the position, earning her respect and such. Besides as I said it yesterday: Cora is the only 100% confirmed straight romance, PB is 99% potential both because of the game lore. Liam, Jaal, and Vetra are still open for everyone and Cora can be lesbian option too. I wrote examples using their "has to make sense" argument. I would have agreed with you if they didn't release any information regarding romance at all. But then Cora and Scott happened. And then Vetra and "sexy time" comments happened. And then we knew that Peebee is LI. And then after the previews, we know that Sara can romance Jaal. All these things point to a preferential treatment against gay players. It's quite a straw man if you think that people who want to know romance info does not care about other aspects of the characters. I am gay, but that does not mean that I will not want to know more about Cora, Peebee, and Vetra. Also I could not see differences between gay Liam and Liam who can be gay. If Liam is gay, then he is. It's a part of him, important or not. It does not say anything else about him. Vetra '"sexy time" comment still doesn't confirm Ryder's involvement. Sara-Jaal is just flirting. Or was there a fully detailed scene description? Still, that would just confirm Sara, not a Sara-only romance. And that's just one site riding the Jaal hype, not BW having an agenda against gays. Gay Liam. There is. Cortez vs Dorian.
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Post by wright1978 on Feb 26, 2017 8:57:37 GMT
I mean I get that devs want us to figure out romances in the actual game (cause rejection is fun I guess), but I don't get why they can't simply say yes or no to the question that is there m/m romances in the squad. That shouldn't be a spoiler? I sorta agree but then I can sort of see them behind the walls of bioware thinking once we budge at all there's going to be a deluge of tweets expecting the next concession.
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Post by Dirk on Feb 26, 2017 9:06:14 GMT
I would have agreed with you if they didn't release any information regarding romance at all. But then Cora and Scott happened. And then Vetra and "sexy time" comments happened. And then we knew that Peebee is LI. And then after the previews, we know that Sara can romance Jaal. All these things point to a preferential treatment against gay players. It's quite a straw man if you think that people who want to know romance info does not care about other aspects of the characters. I am gay, but that does not mean that I will not want to know more about Cora, Peebee, and Vetra. Also I could not see differences between gay Liam and Liam who can be gay. If Liam is gay, then he is. It's a part of him, important or not. It does not say anything else about him. Vetra '"sexy time" comment still doesn't confirm Ryder's involvement. Sara-Jaal is just flirting. Or was there a fully detailed scene description? Still, that would just confirm Sara, not a Sara-only romance. And that's just one site riding the Jaal hype, not BW having an agenda against gays. Gay Liam. There is. Cortez vs Dorian. Regarding Jaal, one preview said this (the previewer is playing Sara): "I was talking to a... cat-squid dude. I guess. And he seemed to indicate that he would be down to get freaky with me, but I couldn't work out how to go to bone town with him. Is that just not implemented in this build yet, or had I not put enough work in, or… because, I was all "How about it?" and he replied, it was pretty awkward dialogue, which was good because it reflected my attitude to the situation. Anyway my character said "wanna do it?" and he was all "yeah sure let's go," but I couldn't work out how to make it happen." I didn't say BW has an agenda against gay players, and I would appreciate if you don't assume I think that. I just say that romance information so far reveals that straight Scott and Sara have their squad mate options, while we don't know much about gay or lesbian squad mate options. I criticize this unbalanced and seemingly unfair information, not about the actual LI distribution just yet because we don't really know. And yes, that's why we are asking for more squad mate romance. We want more of Dorian (not the same copy, mind you) with more fresh-out romance content and importance in the story, rather than Steve.
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Post by lurkinganon on Feb 26, 2017 9:21:40 GMT
I have a question:
Did any of these people play as Scott or was it all Sara Ryders? Was there even a choice or was she preset into the Demo?
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 26, 2017 9:26:34 GMT
I have a question: Did any of these people play as Scott or was it all Sara Ryders? Was there even a choice or was she preset into the Demo? It seems some had the options, others didn't. Keep in minds that not everyone played the build in the same city, they had multiple press events. That's why some played one hour and half and others even 5. I think the recent tweets hinted that they'll show the full crew before release. Which is good.
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Post by Dirk on Feb 26, 2017 9:26:44 GMT
I have a question: Did any of these people play as Scott or was it all Sara Ryders? Was there even a choice or was she preset into the Demo? A lot of previewers play as Sara, but some do play as Scott. I don't think they had access to character creation. Edit: ninja'd
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Post by lurkinganon on Feb 26, 2017 9:35:53 GMT
Hmmm.
Because if we were told Scott could flirt with Jaal, Liam, Kallo, Drack in addition to Gil like Sara can to Jaal, Vetra, Kallo (Still Yay!) and Pelessaria I think that would have really eased the tension these leaks brought up.
We still wouldn't have known for sure if they were real romances but having been told Scott could flirt with them and see who flirts back would have helped.
Oh well though.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 26, 2017 9:43:28 GMT
Hmmm. Because if we were told Scott could flirt with Jaal, Liam, Kallo, Drack in addition to Gil like Sara can to Jaal, Vetra, Kallo (Still Yay!) and Pelessaria I think that would have really eased the tension these leaks brought up. We still wouldn't have known for sure if they were real romances but having been told Scott could flirt with them and see who flirts back would have helped. Oh well though. Sadly, not everyone spent their time focusing on companions, or would flirt with every character.
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Post by davkar on Feb 26, 2017 10:11:40 GMT
Vetra '"sexy time" comment still doesn't confirm Ryder's involvement. Sara-Jaal is just flirting. Or was there a fully detailed scene description? Still, that would just confirm Sara, not a Sara-only romance. And that's just one site riding the Jaal hype, not BW having an agenda against gays. Gay Liam. There is. Cortez vs Dorian. Regarding Jaal, one preview said this (the previewer is playing Sara): "I was talking to a... cat-squid dude. I guess. And he seemed to indicate that he would be down to get freaky with me, but I couldn't work out how to go to bone town with him. Is that just not implemented in this build yet, or had I not put enough work in, or… because, I was all "How about it?" and he replied, it was pretty awkward dialogue, which was good because it reflected my attitude to the situation. Anyway my character said "wanna do it?" and he was all "yeah sure let's go," but I couldn't work out how to make it happen." I didn't say BW has an agenda against gay players, and I would appreciate if you don't assume I think that. I just say that romance information so far reveals that straight Scott and Sara have their squad mate options, while we don't know much about gay or lesbian squad mate options. I criticize this unbalanced and seemingly unfair information, not about the actual LI distribution just yet because we don't really know. And yes, that's why we are asking for more squad mate romance. We want more of Dorian (not the same copy, mind you) with more fresh-out romance content and importance in the story, rather than Steve. Again, this is just a ~semi-confirmation of the Sara-Jaal. This doesn't imply that Scott can't have him. Using their "has to makes sense" argument Jaal is a perfect candidate for...pathfinding. PB is lore lesbian. Cora could be, she spent 4 years with the asari. Liam is still a 50-50. Ultimately it will come down to a gay vs straight women battle. But his is a squad design 'fault', putting more female members in the team and one unlikely (Drack) option. No arguments against Dorian, I liked him. Cortez could have worked if they merge him with Vega. He was a pointless squadmate, would have preferred a returning one from 2 instead. VegaCortez: self blaming for the failed mission (choosing the intel over him - extra drama!), guilt over losing the husband instead of the constant crying. Mild hate against Shep for not defeating to collectors sooner. etc. Just imagine a midgame-midromance sparring session similar to the Vega start. Affection mixed with the blaming. Now that would have been an interesting character!
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Post by Dirk on Feb 26, 2017 10:35:07 GMT
Again, this is just a ~semi-confirmation of the Sara-Jaal. This doesn't imply that Scott can't have him. Using their "has to makes sense" argument Jaal is a perfect candidate for...pathfinding. PB is lore lesbian. Cora could be, she spent 4 years with the asari. Liam is still a 50-50. Ultimately it will come down to a gay vs straight women battle. But his is a squad design 'fault', putting more female members in the team and one unlikely (Drack) option. No arguments against Dorian, I liked him. Cortez could have worked if they merge him with Vega. He was a pointless squadmate, would have preferred a returning one from 2 instead. VegaCortez: self blaming for the failed mission (choosing the intel over him - extra drama!), guilt over losing the husband instead of the constant crying. Mild hate against Shep for not defeating to collectors sooner. etc. Just imagine a midgame-midromance sparring session similar to the Vega start. Affection mixed with the blaming. Now that would have been an interesting character! I like your argument, and I agree Jaal is a perfect candidate for bi squad mate. Yes, Steve romance bothers me a bit. It feels inappropriate how I approach him when he still mourns his husband. Still in ME3, I am happy with Kaidan romance. About Vega, he's an established character in ME:Homeworld, Paragon Lost, and Conviction. So I am not sure if his sexuality is already established in these or not.
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Post by lurkinganon on Feb 26, 2017 10:49:16 GMT
We have a blue squidlike Female Alien that's an obvious Bisexual Option.
Why not have the pink squidlike Male Alien be a Bisexual Option as well?
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Post by Panda on Feb 26, 2017 10:52:41 GMT
Again, this is just a ~semi-confirmation of the Sara-Jaal. This doesn't imply that Scott can't have him. Using their "has to makes sense" argument Jaal is a perfect candidate for...pathfinding. PB is lore lesbian. Cora could be, she spent 4 years with the asari. Liam is still a 50-50. Ultimately it will come down to a gay vs straight women battle. But his is a squad design 'fault', putting more female members in the team and one unlikely (Drack) option. No arguments against Dorian, I liked him. Cortez could have worked if they merge him with Vega. He was a pointless squadmate, would have preferred a returning one from 2 instead. VegaCortez: self blaming for the failed mission (choosing the intel over him - extra drama!), guilt over losing the husband instead of the constant crying. Mild hate against Shep for not defeating to collectors sooner. etc. Just imagine a midgame-midromance sparring session similar to the Vega start. Affection mixed with the blaming. Now that would have been an interesting character! I like your argument, and I agree Jaal is a perfect candidate for bi squad mate. Yes, Steve romance bothers me a bit. It feels inappropriate how I approach him when he still mourns his husband. Still in ME3, I am happy with Kaidan romance. About Vega, he's an established character in ME:Homeworld, Paragon Lost, and Conviction. So I am not sure if his sexuality is already established in these or not. It was quite same with Thane actually. Although his mourning isn't as .. fresh, he still clearly mourns after his wife. Especially with Drell flashbacks. And then you have pretty much heart options middle of him talking about his wife that died. I definitely think the writing would have needed more tact.
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Post by zaefkol on Feb 26, 2017 10:55:46 GMT
Announcing the romances before release would be bad. Oh sure, "yay I can plan my wedding with the *choice*" but that's it. That's the whole character after that. If they decide to reveal the orientations they might as well just post pictures of squadmates with tags. Gay, lesbian, sexypostergirlforstraights, etc. It would affect the reception of that character. Oh, s/he's not for me, I won't bother with them, moving on. Without it the focus is on the characters themselves. What's the deal with PB's raccoon mask? How will Jaal react to us being humans=aliens from his viewpoint? Cora isn't the pathfinder, will there be conflict about it? Just how far can you go with Liam's idealistic personality (we killed these aliens for the greater good... yeah, sure)? I don't want to have to know them because woooo, banging. I want to want to know them, their personality, motivations, etc. I'll be honest. I don't want a gay Liam. I want a great character Liam who can be gay. I don't want Cora to be just a new Miranda/Ash with constant butt view conversations and marketable sexy sex scene. I want conflict about the position, earning her respect and such. Besides as I said it yesterday: Cora is the only 100% confirmed straight romance, PB is 99% potential both because of the game lore. Liam, Jaal, and Vetra are still open for everyone and Cora can be lesbian option too. I wrote examples using their "has to make sense" argument. This doesn't quite make sense to me.
First, how does revealing information about who can romance who reduce characters to simply being love interests? Sure, players can plan out who they'd like to romance, but the characters themselves don't change. They still have the same backgrounds, the same personalities, the same drives. They don't somehow become either more or less interesting depending on their status as bangable or not.
Second, if, for some strange reason, there are players who reduce characters to nothing beyond their status as love interests, there is nothing that Bioware can do about that, and those players will view the characters in that way regardless of whether the information is released now or if it comes out later.
Finally, I think I understand what you mean when you say, "I don't want a gay Liam. I want a great character Liam who can be gay." You want Liam to be a fully formed character first, before anything else. You don't want an inartfully written character who exists to pander to the player as the gay squad romance. But the thing is, Liam is already written. His character is already complete. Revealing whether or not he can be romanced by Sara Ryder, Scott Ryder, or both will do nothing to change that. He won't suddenly change from fully formed character to pandering love interest or vice versa.
What I'm trying to say is that releasing information about romance options won't change who the characters are, and, for the vast majority of players, it won't change the degree to which they are seen as fully formed characters. The few players who will view them differently aren't worth worrying over because their view will change regardless of when or how they get the information.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 11:09:20 GMT
Ryder meets their greatest challenge in Andromeda... having to deal with HR.Nexus: Ryder, please sit down, we need to talk. Ryder: Is something wrong with the mission? Nexus: No, I'm afraid we've had a lot of complaints from the Tempest crew. Ryder: Oh. Nexus: You've been accused with sexually harassing everyone on the ship? Ryder: Seriously? Nexus: Even SAM filed a complaint that you said you "wanted him inside you". Ryder: That was a joke! He is inside me! Nexus: And the other complaints? Ryder: *Sighs* I didn't realise Drack was fixing up his armour when he wanted me to give him "a bone". I thought Peebee was Asari slang for DTF. You try not staring at Cora's ass when she insists on wearing clothes with a butt-window. And as for "Doctor Sexi", don't blame me for saying what everyone was thinking! Nexus: You're saying these reports are true? Ryder: Hey, you sent me out there without knowing who was available to bang? What was I supposed to do? This is the best thing ever, on any thread, on these forums. I want this on a T-Shirt I'd think the devs would find this really funny since, let's face it, it is near darn accurate
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 11:18:43 GMT
FemRyder and her meeting with HR
Nexus:Ah Sara Ryder, Scott's sister? Sara:Yup Nexus:We have received equal reports tantamount to the ones we've received on your brother. Sara:Those being? Nexus:Complaints, that you and your brother seem more focused on sexually harassing anything that walks on the ship, rather than focusing on your duties. Sara:Complaints? Really? Nexus:Yes, the Tempest pilot, Kallo Jath, reports that he was seriously impeded in his ability to successfully fly the ship with you... ahem, "hugging" him constantly. Sara:But have you seen Kallo? He's too precious, I don't want to see him get hurt. Nexus:How do you explain the other complaints? Sara:Well, ok, Liam seemed pretty hot under the collar about a lot of things, I thought when he offered a chance to "cool off", I thought, well, you know, I mean, he's gorgeous, but turns out he just meant cracking open a few cold beers and talking about... I don't know, "bro" stuff. Don't look at me about Drack, that was all Scott. Jaal though, I mean, again, have you SEEN HIM! HE IS A SQUISHY CAT SQUID ADONIS! I digress. Nexus:And the pyjak? Sara:Hey! Me and my brother were both jettisoned off into the great unknown, without knowing who we could bang? We needed to know what our options were. All of our options. *folds arms, sly grin* I regret nothing. Nexus:*sighs* Does this... particular proclivity run in your family or something? Sara:I don't know. How is my father doing by the way? Nexus:*blushes*
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Post by Dirk on Feb 26, 2017 11:32:56 GMT
FemRyder and her meeting with HRNexus:Ah Sara Ryder, Scott's sister? Sara:Yup Nexus:We have received equal reports tantamount to the ones we've received on your brother. Sara:Those being? Nexus:Complaints, that you and your brother seem more focused on sexually harassing anything that walks on the ship, rather than focusing on your duties. Sara:Complaints? Really? Nexus:Yes, the Tempest pilot, Kallo Jath, reports that he was seriously impeded in his ability to successfully fly the ship with you... ahem, "hugging" him constantly. Sara:But have you seen Kallo? He's too precious, I don't want to see him get hurt. Nexus:How do you explain the other complaints? Sara:Well, ok, Liam seemed pretty hot under the collar about a lot of things, I thought when he offered a chance to "cool off", I thought, well, you know, I mean, he's gorgeous, but turns out he just meant cracking open a few cold beers and talking about... I don't know, "bro" stuff. Don't look at me about Drack, that was all Scott. Jaal though, I mean, again, have you SEEN HIM! HE IS A SQUISHY CAT SQUID ADONIS! I digress. Nexus:And the pyjak? Sara:Hey! Me and my brother were both jettisoned off into the great unknown, without knowing who we could bang? We needed to know what our options were. All of our options. *folds arms, sly grin* I regret nothing. Nexus:*sighs* Does this... particular proclivity run in your family or something? Sara:I don't know. How is my father doing by the way? Nexus:*blushes* Thank you for these. They are hilarious. Now imagine when Alec hears these complaints.
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