The Character Romance thread (Official)

You're correct.  That does make the OP more justified in their position.

Actually that would make sense if the marketing was heavy on the bro gamers feeling but the vibe I get from them, is more about exploration and discovery. Of course the last trailer does not help, so for now I am going to wait and see.

Of course ME track record is one of the worsts for romances that involved male characters and only a little better for female characters, so I am quite worried too. 

If so, that sucks for all the guys who wanted to romance her as Scott. 

I agree, though I said before that given the three women in the party, regardless of how many would be LI and their sexual orientation, someone would end up disappointed.

Someone that works at bioware, saw all the romance scenes with Peebee.

Also to break stereotypes, human companions would be gay/lesbian, Asari would not be a romance and the Krogan/Salarian/Quarian would be bi. 

I wouldn't rule out anything yet.  BioWare haven't said anything in regards to trying to keep the romances "even" with Andromeda.  That was an Inquisition thing, and something they failed at as well.  Giving that some orientations had three companions available, and some had one, they weren't even close.

I see no evidence so far that says anything in regards to Vetra, she might be lesbian, she might be straight, she might not even be an option, we have no idea.  I'd like for her to be available for males since females did get Garrus in the OT, and it is time for men to get some turian loving.

Yeah, and you can replace a few words in that sentence and it will apply to every option who isn't bi. Personally, all else being equal I'd prefer a human, so guys can have her

Thanks, people. Well... crap.


I mean, I definitely expected Peebee to be one of my options, but it sucks to have it confirmed. Oh well, best get it over with as soon as possible. And yeah, I also hoped they'd break the mould, especially by not making the asari a romance.

*sigh*

You're breakin' my heart here, man. [STOICALLY INHALES] But it's okay. I know, one day, Mass Effect will give me an LI that I actually want.

It's actually why I'm so vocal about Kallo right now, ya? Like, sure, maybe they didn't make Kallo a romance option [CRINGES] but if I make enough noise about him, maybe next time I'll get what I want? Actually, one moment--

[PULLS OUT MEGAPHONE] BOY IT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT TO HAVE AN EXPLICITLY ASEXUAL ROMANCE. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY TO DO WITH A SALARIAN, SEEING AS THEY ARE AN ENTIRE SPECIES OF ASEXUALS. [PUTS MEGAPHONE AWAY]

[GLANCES AROUND] They, like, come to these forums from time to time. 

If they do a fair balance sure Vetra is going to be the lesbian romance but this is ME... so I would say fair, is not on their track record. Still crossing fingers for Vetra!

Isn't it said that most Asari relationships are all mental/spiritual, the thing with their eyes?  Allowing them to meld with any race.  There is no evidence that a 1000+ pound Krogan gets on top of an Asari and goes ham on the poor thing.

I thought Bull was ridiculous being a romance option, a Krogan even more absurd.

Yes, I meant companions only in regards to Inquisition.  And I know that it being "even" wasn't planned out for companions only, but they went into it with the plan to try to even it out(including advisors), and came back with straight females getting 3 party members, gay males getting 2 party members, and straight males/gay ladies getting just one.  With the laters also getting Josephine, a romance that IIRC doesn't even involve sex or it's left up to the players imagination or some shit, I never bothered with Josephine so I don't have first hand knowledge.

With Andromeda, BioWare has no such plans, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility for males to end up with 3 this time around, especially since BioWare is well aware that male players want the turian romance.  We also don't know how big of an role the crew has, if there are a few options in there for multiple orientations, I don't even see the issue with straight males getting 3 party members.  Knowing BioWare we'll only be able to get with one per run as well(though here's hoping for more renegade Jack scenes)

That's how they reproduce. Nothing is said that they can't have see as the other species, and given Liara's scenes, I think they can have sex as we do.
As I said, I'm not interested myself in a krogan romance, so I'm not saying this as for personal reasons, but just because I think is in theory possible.

I don't think it's impossible that Vetra is a romance, but I still think it's unlikely. The fact that men wanted to romance a female turians means little, because they did pick choices that lead to some disappointment before, and also in MEA given Liam and gay men, possibly.

All I'm saying is to not get your hopes up.

Mass Effect 2 also had(unless you count Kelly) no options for a non straight player.

BioWare have since changed with their direction of romances trying to be more inclusive to other orientations, though it seems like every day somebody creates a new orientation so it's impossible for BioWare to keep up, but they're trying, doing a significantly better job than any other game developer is doing, and they still get flack for it, people just aren't satisfied.

I'm fully riding the 3+ for Ryder(male) bandwagon.