Homosexuality in ME3

[AD-Stu]

All I was trying to say before was that the options that I had explored in the previous games hadn't indicated any homosexual interest in the male Shepard character. Deciding to include these options in the last game of all places, comes off as just a little more tacked on then it needs to be. Take from that what you will, that's just how I view it.

Maybe not, but it's perfectly viable that someone could have played a homosexual ManShep and just not romanced anyone in the previous two games. For those players, it wouldn't be tacked on.

 

[Vault101]

From memory, the biggest complaint people had was that their Shepard might be "accidentally" homosexual.
That is, the player might inadvertently click dialogue options "a bit too friendly" and spark a love interest where it's not wanted.

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Completely off-topic, but I laughed so hard at this video . . .

I really find it hard to sympathise with that

"ahhh! no I might have to see the gaynes! ahhh! noooo! poor meeeeeee!!!! *sob*" I wonder how people would react if I was like that with some girl on girl

ok I know that seems hard but thats how It seems,

your suposed to be MEN for crying out loud, REAL MEN! can stomach the sight of anything!....ummm sorry

as for the video..it was kind of funny but felt a little random and lacking direction

Yeah, making a silly dialogue mistake really is nothing to be worked up over. Imagine the poor gay people who died when they accidentally fell into a heterosexual romance in the first 2 games D=

It's like oh no, they mistook you for gay. As if the opposite doesn't happen to gay people all the time, especially since society seems to assume by default people are straight.

I also noticed in your 4th post in this sequence(Holy quadruple posts Batman!), that you mentioned Thane as a possible love interest? I found him so... uninteresting. I forget about him all the time until people mention him.

like I said, how do you think people would rect if I was saying "uggghh I dont want to see lesbians thats disgusting!"...eh anyway

and yeah I know I kind of high jacked my own thread...

I think Thanes intended charm worked om me , though not first time around because I was wierded out by the Idea of femshep and aliens

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I really love Garrus, but yea I agree he would be a little intimidating in bed. So I guess I'll just stick with Liara. Still, some people were complaining that they couldn't bone Garrus so Bioware put it in.

 

[Zeema]

its not like it forces you into a Homosexual relationship. if you don't want to be apart of then thats fine.

 

[Vault101]

I really love Garrus, but yea I agree he would be a little intimidating in bed. So I guess I'll just stick with Liara. Still, some people were complaining that they couldn't bone Garrus so Bioware put it in.

and thats my point (also I know nothing about Turin anatomy..but uh just going by what you see of them It seems like it could be...painful)

uh as I was saying, I dont see Garrus and femshep "together" they are just freinds, and he's somone shepard trusts, somone who she would want fighting by her side

hence why my shepard never did and probably wont roamnce Garrues (well mabye, eventually)

but some people DO see them together

and Im not complaing because I CAN romance Garrus, because (surprise surprise) having the option there changes nothing

 

[Zhukov]

Romances (both kind) are there as a form of fanservice to female players. Biowhore games have tons of female fans.

Yeah, those romances totally ruined the Baldur's Gate games.

Man, they were so shit. God damn Biowhore, huh?

 

[Arkham]

I never understood what made this a big deal in the first place. The romantic relationships never seemed like a make or break feature. I'm happy that this is now an option but did it need a big announcement?

 

[Tom Artingstall]

Meh. Options are there, take them or leave them. I care less about peoples sexuality in games than I do in real life, which is to say, not at all. If it's legal, bump uglies with anyone you like. Although, a pox on anyone who says homosexual options in RPGs is destroying children's innocence or something.

To quote MovieBob: "It is the 11th year of the 21st century. If your child still doesn't know that gay people exist, that isn't innocence, that's ignorance."

 

[darron13]

I'm gay and I love Mass Effect, so of course the fact that there are finally gay MALE relationships is a great thing.

 

[Realitycrash]

You know that for every thread we start about this, either "defending" or "complaining", we are just feeding the huge debacle and controversy.
So if you feel that it shouldn't matter whether or not homosexuality is an in-game option or not, STOP CREATING THE GODDAMN THREADS AND ACCEPT IT AS A PART OF NATURE:

Seriously, for fuck sake.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

It would be fun to watch Vega (that's his name, right?) try to woo Femshep.

*Femshep enters Vega's cabin to find him shirtless and curling a barbell*
"What'cha think about that?"
*dialogue wheel: lets chose to go with the clumsy come-on*
"Sweet," says Vega "You DTF?"
*Chooses to initiate coitus. The lights dim and after the cinematics it cuts to Femshep leaving the room to the sound of thunderous snores*

As for homosexuality in ME3 I would be open to it if it was an option and not just thrown at you if you chose to be a male character. That was another thing I didn't really like about DA2 (but I don't think that writer was/is too involved with ME3). It was really off putting to get into a dialogue with another male like Anders or, whats-'is-name-Final-Fantasy-Elf; one who hints that he likes me and one who's so aggressively against me that he might as well be wearing a neon sign which reads "Please Love Me" (oh if only Varric wanted my male Hawke...)

 

[BabyRaptor]

Reading into that I pretty much got "yah but it caters to THIS group so theres no problem....but there is a problem if it caters to another group"

or fan-service is fine if its for the "young white males" but putting in some gayness that could possibly be apealing to another isnt ok

It sounds terrible to admit to but yes, it isn't ok. Simply because it goes against the intended demographic.

Only if you assume that the only intended demographic is young, straight males.

I don't know what rock you live under, but...That's not been the only demographic in gaming for awhile now. And clearly it isn't the only intended one, since the options are in there in the first place.

Check your privledge, please.

 

[Astro]

The Mass Effect series would be better if Shepard was asexual or a turkey or something.

 

[Vault101]

My biggest issue right now is, i always play FemShep. And since ME1 i've been knockin boots with Liara. But after playing the demo, and seeing the new trailer i kinda like the look of Ashley.

WHY IS PIXEL LOVE SO COMPLICATED!

as for the atcual topic, read this;

You know that for every thread we start about this, either "defending" or "complaining", we are just feeding the huge debacle and controversy.
So if you feel that it shouldn't matter whether or not homosexuality is an in-game option or not, STOP CREATING THE GODDAMN THREADS AND ACCEPT IT AS A PART OF NATURE:

Seriously, for fuck sake.

thats a little shallow dont you think?

 

[silver chocobo]

and there is no "canon"

There is Cannon, persomal cannon

Mass effect is great video gaming story beacuse it's your charactor your shepard, you want shepard to be male he is you want you shepard to female she is. you want you shepard to play by the rules s/he does be a rengade fine gay, straght into aleins humans, it's up to you as the player to choose. just because you can have a gay shepard doesn't mean you must

 

[BanZeus]

This is just like the multiplayer, people are complaining right now but once they get a taste of future man love they'll be all, "Holy crap, this is so much fun!"

Now hopefully BioWare balanced the classes cause it's no good if you have to take turns being the Sentinel.