Mass Effect 3 will have gay relationships
If you so choose, you can out Commander Shepard in the forthcoming Mass Effect 3.
Previously Bioware, the developer of the Mass Effect series, hasn’t included gay romances stories for male Commander Shepard characters. However, there was a romance option for female Shepard characters and the distinctly female mono-gender alien race the Asari.
Bioware has said that gay male romances were left out of the previous two games to give the game a ‘PG-13 movie’ feel and that in Mass Effect 2 ‘we kinda pulled back and looked at where we had to draw the line in terms of how much content we make. How much can we support?’
Those quotes are attributed to the same Casey Hudson (via Destructoid) that tweeted the news that at least one male gay relationship will be possible in Mass Effect 3.
RPS also reports that PC Gamer has teased some other news from Bioware on the forthcoming (but delayed until ‘Q1 2012’) game. We’ll get to meet everyone from the first two games (or at least those that survived), and ‘Tali, Garrus, Liara, Ashley or Kaiden and a new character called James Vega are confirmed as potential party members.’
RPS also says that if you had a romance with two different characters in the two games, they’ll know about it in Mass Effect 3. Combat is also said to be ‘”quite different,” with an emphasis on special abilities such as melee-focused characters’ and that ‘there will be big robots piloted by small men’ which sounds frankly odd. Now that we’ve whipped up your Mass Effect 3 interest, here’s the slightly disappointing trailer so you can get back to whatever it was you were meant to be doing:
Before you go though, let us know whether you approve of reported equality in same-sex romances, and just how much you’re looking forward to the game even if you never opt for that storyline, let us know in the forum.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyEither do it right or not at all, which I don't think they do.
Personally I think witcher did it in a better way. Done in a completely different manner but not too much in your face and tacky.
Oops. That might spell bad news in my savegame. My Shepherd flirted the crap out fo Williams before leaving her to die. Then slept with Jack, Tali & Miranda & retired to his cabin for some sexy dancing from Yeoman Kelly.
... Thought it was a little overly convenient that nobody got cross with my "hump & dump" ways. Could make teambuilding in ME3 a bit awkward.
..... hang on, can other people see my comments on here?
Ah yes, but that gay doesn't count. Apparently.
Does homosexuality get your movie/game etc a higher rating?
Ah ha, but Asari are mono-sexual (despite looking like sexy babes), so that doesn't technically count.
Technically.
It might do in the USA; it's sure to rile up Fox News at least for some free publicity!
OK, well that covers Mass Effect. What about Mass Effect 2? :p:)
I wonder what the gay dude's going to be like - and will he proposition Mordin?
I hope not, he died in my game. I wonder what necrophilia will do to an age rating?
It's political correctness gone maaaaaad (said in an Alan Partridge-esq voice).
IMO, go gay sure why not. Make sure it works and isn't forced though. Equality yes, politically correct for the sake of it...is another story.
Do I say good on Bioware for doing this or do I shame every other developer with equal opportunity to do this but haven't? I just hope they are including it for the right reasons rather than as Baz suggested they are trying to wind up Fox news for some free advertising.
"chicks dig gay dudes"
If it's Fox, I would be surprised if they posted a picture of COD instead of Mass effect.
So, what i'm wandering is..who's 'on top'?
Depends if you max out your Paragon or Renegade meters ;).
no thanks
I don't know, but you'll be pulling somthing out of shepards when you play ME3.
Don't remember this. Still, it beats pulling Shepard out of your...oh there's my coat.
edit: ninja'd lol, I KNEW I wasn't alone.
sick minds think alike
It's political correctness gone mad. Mad I tells ya!
What the hell man.
...in the end I'm of the opinion that if a game involves something such as relationships in it's story line then the player should be able to play it out how they want if it be a homosexual one in whichever direction then it should be as possible as a heterosexual one. So i say, shame on other developers for not being as open minded and encompassing.
Not funny, you're a wrong 'un.
Rather than quoting those that don't understand and show their misconceptions as to what your implying, I felt it easier just to quote you and state what I interpret your intentions as: in memory of a horrible tragedy, showing how far we've come as a society. If we can have games that feature rather poignantly homosexual relationships (particularly those between to male-gendered people) then we've come quite a long ways from torturing and killing an adolescent who only lived according to who he was. Using his name and memory in such a way as this is a strong testament to where we should be going as a society, and is a sign that we are headed there as we speak.
I applaud such an action, and condemn those unwilling to understand the reasoning behind your decision.
Regardless of intention, it is still not in good taste.
Wait, wtf? No one was bothering when it was female shep lesing off with someone (I know the asari are mono sexual or whatever but come on they look like hot women).
If you don't want to play gay, then don't! It's not as if bioware are going to force your character down that route. They're simply giving what all gamers want (straight or gay), more choice.
Couldn't agree more, this isn't news, who gives a ****.
70 years ago today.
"New coin slot arcade game to feature black man!"
I still don't give a rats, as I am only interested in Tali. Especially as Williams is deader than a dead thing in my ME realm.
I always went for the fit women pixels and have no problem with it, I just was surprised at how many of the male characters wanted a gay relationship.
It seems like in RPGs the standard sexual preference is bisexual. :)
MFF anyone?!
Why? She never showed her face, so she was obviously a munter.
Malvolio more or less summed it up. I was going to write more. I was going to qualify that statement adding that perhaps, if this is what the designers had intended all along, the naming of Shepard probably wasn't a happy accident.
But I didn't write more. I didn't preach, figuring that I could make a more powerful point by omitting an explanation. My guess was that by leaving it ambiguous I would be interpreted as following the zeitgeist of the thread - And that I was the one who had pushed "the joke" too far...
To give those just "having a laugh" with it something to consider.
Personally I was only ever for Liara T'Soni. Still need to get the DLC to complete the romance option in ME2 actually.
I would also point out that choosing whether to have sex in Mass Effect regardless of whether it being a man or a woman is quite trivial to the overall game experience. In fable relationships meant gifts and sub stories. You don't see someone in Mass effect offering new armour for a quicky. At least it wasn't In my experience.....
It would make grinding for stuff a little more interesting ...
;)
I suppose it depends who you can get into a relationship with. I was presuming there was an option to romance existing characters (kaiden, garrus maybe?) in which case it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, if it's only with new characters however, that fits fine.
Hehe, you know it wouldn't have to stop there. You could have the option of pimping out your crew members for ship parts. Would have made preparing for the collector base way more interesting....
LOL what the hell is wrong with the people on this site? That joke was great! Stop being hypersensitive pussies.
To the story, what the hell happened to their claim that being gay didn't fit his personality? I guess that's just one more inconsistency to add to the series. Thank the gay mafia for pressuring Bioware. But I guess it's really Bioware's fault for being spineless.
Now I'm not getting angry here, but just out of curiosity, what is the joke about naming your character after a young boy who died as the result of a hate crime?
I'm fairly doubtful that this is the main reason for Biowares decision to include the possibility of a gay male relationship in the game. I don't know about you, but I don't think I saw the last include a gay shepard rally in the streets.
Either that or your back pedalling because you went too far and looked like an arse and a hater. I guess people will judge for themselves.
Knock yourself out.
I have previously opined on the topic in my post history.