@puddingbrummsel: Agreed, though i thought The Fountainhead was actually ok. Fun Fact: Ayn Rand wrote much of Atlas Shrugged under the effects of amphetamine!
Gonna be a bit crass here, but generally in Bioware and Bethesda games, the relationship mechanic is really just about boning, plain and simple. Which, to me, is as one dimensional and flat as it gets. Yes, I know ME2 had LOYALTY missions, but that's not really relationship building, now is it? Oh, I'm also gonna make some blanket-y generalizations, just cause I'm in a hurry. Sorry.
The idea to me of either a visceral connection between me and a character or a slightly removed visceral connection between my character is better at evoking the feelings and realities of relationship and camaraderie. Growing up, my friends and I would, regardless of gender, hug...cuddle...perhaps even give sholder rubs, to show our connection to and affection of one another. I miss those days, and the openess and innocence of platonic affectionate touch. Just realized that.
Cincinnati chili is deliciouse when made with chorizo. Only way I'll eat it. And the writers of Gremlins (if i recall correctly) did NOT want to make a sequel, the studio insisted, so said writers set about putting a knife in the idea which was Gremlins.
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