Re: Are the rumors actually true about Miranda?
Exactly. They're not changing anything because it's too sexy for 2021 (let me remind everyone that this is a game series where characters shower with their clothes on). They're changing things because the scenes don't get the desired reaction.
Just look at Fraser's reaction to the introduction to one of the villains of Mass Effect. It's supposed to be a serious scene, but the framing is inconsistent with the tone of the scene (timestamp 15:46):
Now look at Fraser's reaction during the scene everyone's talking about (timestamp 6:30):
I can't imagine that the developer's were intending for those scenes to be laughed at, but that's what people did, because the framing is hilariously poorly done. It's the same with people laughing at that bug in Cyberpunk where characters' genitals clip out of their pants. It's bad work and needs to be fixed.