Mass Effect 3 to (Finally) Support Same-Sex Love Interests

HOMOSEXUALITY!

W@DemiGodRaven said:

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Fuck yes.

This is gay.

Finally Bioware has decided that maybe same sex relationships aren't nearly as taboo as inter-species ones. 

Kaiden, more like GAYden… right?

it sucks

As long as they don't make every bi like in DA2.

do i have to kill you again, kaidan?! gtfo my mass effect!

I'm taking the approach of going all self reinforced story canon on ME3, so that if I never had relations with certain characters before I'll never try to have relations with them in ME3.

I will in replays after my first playthrough, but not until I've completed it with my own canon version of the ME universe save done and completed first.

It's gonna be really weird to tell Liara that I'm gay now.

A same sex relationship was available in the first Mass Effect title. Complete with copulation. 

I never really cared much for the relationship thing in Mass Effect. I was connected to my characters, but I didn't feel compelled to do that sort of thing. I never do, unless it's for some easy "romance" achievement.

Not to open a can of worms but I still think this is silly, Shepard has never been a blank slate and people who were expecting to be able to engage in same sex relationships were expecting too much from a character with an established identity that merely allows for some wriggle-room.

Ultimately though if this makes more people happy then it's probably for the best. Whether I thought the initial demand for same sex relationships in ME was slightly unreasonable or not the inclusion of such an option isn't going to effect me at all so it's pretty much a non-issue.

Of course the inclusion of these options isn't likely to prevent there being some kind of shitstorm on release, people will always find a way to complain.

So tired of sex in games being newsworthy. It was interesting, now it's just dull. Seriously. Who gives a flying hows-your-father about this?

#ME3!!! Tweet ur arse off

What?! i thought that was in the previous games.
But then again, i didn't have a reason to try.

Who is that guy on Shepard's right?  Is that Kaidan?  He looks awesome now, compared to the last two games.  New haircut does a lot.

If it forces Shepard to be bisexual then it gives the player less choice. They need to have him state through a dialogue choice what he's in to. "No, I'm not into men/women. Go away."

Finally, my dream of space lesbian Shepard has come true.  Travelling the galaxy having lesbian sex with space ladies, and kicking space bitches out of space windows.

Space.

Mmm....

Not to open a can of worms but I still think this is silly, Shepard has never been a blank slate and people who were expecting to be able to engage in same sex relationships were expecting too much from a character with an established identity that merely allows for some wriggle-room. Ultimately though if this makes more people happy then it's probably for the best.

I'm not interested in my male Shepard getting it on with another man. I just can't really imagine it. Female Shepard MAYBE, but not male.

Can I still be straight? Also, people sure throw the word "love" around, now it's in games.

Wow! I didn't expect this much negative feedback. They aren't forcing you to be gay in the game. You have the option.

Seriously people, it's the 90's!

Lol great, a more developed dating sim. Now ME3 is perfect.

 @S0ndor said:

@Mowgers said:

So tired of sex in games being newsworthy. It was interesting, now it's just dull. Seriously. Who gives a flying hows-your-father about this?

Romance, not sex

My Fem Shep is already lesbefriends with Liara.  You can tell anyway because she has a shaved head.

It's kinda sad that Male Shep felt he had to hide his sexuality for the last two games.

 The crap in DA2 was just silly, there should be characters that are GAY and that are STRAIGHT and are BI, not all one big happy orgy group of "I'll screw anything that moves."

@Mowgers said:

So tired of sex in games being newsworthy. It was interesting, now it's just dull. Seriously. Who gives a flying hows-your-father about this?

Romance, not sex

Wow! I didn't expect this much negative feedback. They aren't forcing you to be gay in the game. You have the option. Seriously people, it's the 90's!

That's great!

I'm hungry.

Im going to bone the fuck out of the galaxy.

Cool.

Nice but all I care about is my sweet Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

Finally! The Garrus action I crave has finally arrived, this is great news. All the fanfics that have been written with Garrus and male Shep in mind are officially canon.

People actually cared that there was no gay love in ME? I was mostly offended when I got hit on by another dude in DA2...stay in the closet, Bioware!

Nah, I'm cool 'bro.

I have a Female Shepard anyways.

I'm in space! ...

I don't see whats the big deal for a lot of people. I only played ME 2, but even then, I never thought you could get forced into a relationship without you even knowing... even more, I always used the option to put off some option because I didn't tried to ruin it trying to have the cake and eat it (and ended up being kinda bitchy to all my options but one).

Besides, same sex love interests were available in ME 1 too, and not many people complained...

People actually cared that there was no gay love in ME? I was mostly offended when I got hit on by another dude in DA2...stay in the closet, Bioware!

@hermes said: 

Besides, same sex love interests were available in ME 1 too, and not many people complained...

Interest, not plural.

Oh yes, finally...
What we've all been waiting for.
Uhhhh...

@BibleDoctor said:

@hermes said: 

Besides, same sex love interests were available in ME 1 too, and not many people complained...

Interest, not plural.

Just for the sake of "political correctness", there was the possibility or there was not. Whether it was one option or hundreds, its not the point.

@hermes said:

@BibleDoctor said:

@hermes said: 

Besides, same sex love interests were available in ME 1 too, and not many people complained...

Interest, not plural.

Just for the sake of "political correctness", there was the possibility or there was not. Whether it was one option or hundreds, its not the point.

That isn't what the majority of the people arguing about this are worried about. Liara was scripted as a 'bisexual' option, what they hinted at doing now implies the plan on altering characters that they have spent two games building into the same ambiguous sexual orientation that all the romance options in DA2 were. In addition to that distaste, the way the romances in ME2 were handled it adds another fear. If you shot down a character who expressed romantic interest in you during ME2, there was no more dialogue after that. There were no more scripted conversations, and the development stopped at pretty much the 'no' coming from your characters mouth. The worry is that Bioware will throw the blanket of the ambiguous sexuality over every character who you've spent two games getting attached to, and then have their dialogue and your interaction with them cut short when you shoot them down.
It isn't that people don't want homosexual romance options in the fucking game. I'd love to see a gay male or female character, who isn't some strange sexual orientation that relates only to the PC, but as strong homosexual character. Who is written as such. It's lazy writing, especially in regards to how important the interpersonal relationships are in the Mass Effect games, to just opt out of giving the character an orientation.

 Some game sites saying "previously straight chars now available for both m&f chars" not necessarily true. Will have some new LI's in #ME3

This is so stupid. I think it hilarious that he put finally in brackets as if it should have been in there in the first place. I think the sex in dragon age and mass effect should be taken out completely because it is really nothing but pointless and annoying. It seems like some kind of weird, awkward, nerdy thing thats in there for people who want to see their video game characters get it on with each other for no real reason. I have played both dragon ages and mass effects, and I always found the sex stuff to be silly and ridiculous. If they could find a way to make believable romantic relationships that contributed to the game in a meaningful way than id be all for it, but as of now its just this crazy thing they throw in there that does nothing but cheapen the characters in the game and the believability of the world.