Dragon Age 2 is apparently too gay??

[jesskit]

yes you heard me, i just stumbled across a post that well, go read,

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108722-Dragon-Age-2-Lead-Writer-Blasts-Homophobic-Fan

honestly while this guy tries to dress it up nicely he really is homophobic. It is interesting to note that he simply chooses not to entertain romances (not having played DA2 I dont know how in your face they are, but seriously. There is only one thing in all his threads that I could possibly agree with. The fact that most of the relationship options are bi. It was posted somewhere that knowing they are bi is more metagame knowledge but it is still there. Extra Credits did a good article on sexuality in games and one of their points was that there should be strong characters regardless of gender or sexuality, but that simply making the option of being romanced by any character is a little weak unless it is their character.

It would be nice to see in games characters who regardless of the PC, are themselves, if they are gay they are always gay, if they are straight they always are. If they are bi pan or anything else then make that part of their character and not just simply a metagame peice of knowledge. Im not saying have a huge banner over their heads but it just be a natural part of who they are. Same goes for trans characters.

 

[swooshmeister]

Dude... the Dwarf hooker wanted to carve a path in my Deep Roads!!!

I cant remember if it was the Human or Elf male that said ''I'm a repeatable instance!'' I didn't know if I should laugh or weep for putting Hawke through that Thank jeebus for savegames... memory wipe!

Needless to say they did go a bit overboard with such... sexual references..

 

[gabe12301]

I still think there would be a way to turn it off.It gets creepy.

 

[BENZOOKA]

You could've just posted that on the original thread, instead of begging for attention with making another thread about the same thing.

Just stating the facts, nothing more, nothing less.

OT: True.

 

[Flauros]

Besides the homophobia, I find it kind of weird theres people saying that theyre angry they dont have complete control over everybody. "that girl needs to do anything I want, at ALL TIMES. And this NPC is not living how i want him too"

Feels a bit control freaky....

Theirs enemies that dont like you, and theres people who may like you too much. Live with it.

 

[BonsaiK]

yes you heard me, i just stumbled across a post that well, go read,

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108722-Dragon-Age-2-Lead-Writer-Blasts-Homophobic-Fan

I agree with you, but this didn't need a new thread. You should have posted this as a response to the original article.

 

[Alexnader]

Dude... the Dwarf hooker wanted to carve a path in my Deep Roads!!!

I cant remember if it was the Human or Elf male that said ''I'm a repeatable instance!'' I didn't know if I should laugh or weep for putting Hawke through that Thank jeebus for savegames... memory wipe!

Needless to say they did go a bit overboard with such... sexual references..

"This encounter will have a high challenge rating big boy."

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[jesskit]

I agree with you, but this didn't need a new thread. You should have posted this as a response to the original article.

I admit it could have been in the comments of the original, however I was trying to create a discussion about how perceptions of sexuality in characters are portrayed by this situation, what was good in this example and a discussion on how it could possibly be done better.