*Romance distribution spoilers* Make your voice heard about the lack of romance options, sex scenes,

DLC romance-unless it's a free new squad member that's relevant and available at least as soon as Jaal-would not be a good solution at all. It would also have to have content on par with Cora/Peebee/Jaal. I can't see how anything else would actually fix the situation.

The easiest fix is to make Jaal bi, as to my knowledge he's the one romance option that didn't actually turn down Scott, unless I missed info somewhere? (All I've seen is there's just not a turn down moment at all)

If they hadn't made the Cora and PeeBee scenes so graphic in the first place then it wouldn't be a problem. The issue is that a ton of work went into those scenes. They could have instead dialed those scenes down and spread the cinematic love around. But they didn't. They chose to target a specific audience and it is VERY clear who that audience is.

Either way it's easier to work with a character that's already in the game then to some how try to build a place for a whole new character on the squad. That was all I meant by easiest.

^ I wished they focused more on the actual issue - that there aren't enough romances for gay men, and the ones that exist are lower quality in some areas. Not that we specifically can't romance Jaal.

And the problem of business catering to the largest number of potential consumers is...?

Sure- it might not be fair, but again.. it's not about what's fair- in the end, it's all about time and money, and Bioware/EA came to the conclusion that they could not justify the time or money to create scenes like that for every character. Better to make an 'improvement' that most players will see/enjoy (according to the developers) rather than just leave it when they clearly felt it was subpar.

It's fine to be upset, but to be on a crusade over this is a bit ridiculous. You have to take into account Bioware probably did;t do this out of malice, but out of necessity due to finite time and resources.

Edit: What you suggest Bioware to have done would be like having a European Car manufacture (that exclusively ships to Europe) spend the same amount of money and time developing an automatic version of a car as a manual version- despite the fact that far fewer people will use the automatic version. 

It just makes no sense for a company to do that, when they could invest more in perfecting the manual version that will be used far more often.

I tweeted the author and asked him if he misrepresented the situation purposefully or if it was accidental.

If you guys want to get the word out, you may wish to contact video game journalism websites about the unbalanced options.

Here's a new article from Polygon about Jaal's romance being popular: www.polygon.com/2017/3/23/15040792/mass-effect-andromeda-jaal-romance

It doesn't give a single mention about the supposed cut m/m romance.

No one is talking about rights, or even what is fair here.

It seems like people here do not have a concept finite resources.

Things change. No one said Bioware didn't try, but if they are going to fail to live up to unrealistic expectations held by fans, then better to disappoint the few than the many. The lack of male-male romances isn't disrespect by any means, to even imply that is absurd and makes me have less sympathy for your case.




Well.. one could argue that happens, just not with sex, but with traditional students and special needs students.

We are, actually, talking about what is and isn't fair.

Did you actually read what I posted? "We have a lot of fans, many of whom are neither straight nor male, and they deserve no less attention."

I'm sorry if you feel differently.


Oh no.

Perhaps I should have worded that: rights and fairness are secondary to time and resources, and thus not the issue. You need to go a step further and identify what is the issue. It's not that Bioware intentionally neglected a part of their community and lied to people by having a lack of male-male romances, it's that time/resources were not managed in a way to be able to provide the same level of experience for all players... and you know what? That's okay. Shit happens, deadlines are missed, problems arise- but you are just assuming that Bioware is out to get you.


You should read the 'things change', but why have a civil discussion when you just resort to pettiness? The fact the Bioware listens at all to people who act like you is worthy of praise.

Vicex Or perhaps, when time and resources are scarce and shit happens and deadlines are missed, gay content shouldn't be the first thing on the cutting room floor? Just a thought.