@Nykara360 wrote:
@Rappeldrache wrote:
Nykara360 wrote in an other thread:
"Well overall us straight gals are generally a little more polite and less raging. Also less vocal in general but maybe it's time we upped our game on that to be heard, I'd rather not though.
Just because we don't rage as much, or flip our lids, doesn't mean we feel any less cheated on the romance front.
I also totally agree - everyone has different character preference- make all the romances equal. Then everyone gets what they want and the char they want with a equally fullfilling romance."
Thats it, I think. When Girls / Ladies play the game and if there is something we don't like, we tend to do nothing. ☹️ We don't write angry letters to Bioware / EA, we don't go into a forum .... Bioware could have the impression there are no females playing this game. I have no other explanation why they gave us sutch horrible romance options, with sutch ugly humans / alien.
After DA:I there have been a lot of girls who wanted to start playing SF Bioware games like Mass Effect Andromeda. I don't understand why Bioware dit not take the chance?
(Sorry, I hate the romances in MEA: Horrible, ugly guys and short un-inspired romances. Just my personal opinion! I don't want to insult somebody.)
And have you seen what further plans they have for patches / DLC's? They want to make the Romances for the male Ryder (!!) better and give them more possibilitys. Just great! I fell so ... important .... Thanks Bioware.
The notes when I read them said the male romance options for male ryder was going to be looked at - trust me, they have it the worst, straight females come second on that front. Im glad they are looking at the m/m romances, someone needed to.
I also remain hopeful they will do the same for us.
"Girls" like me started playing BW games long before DAI. Get attached to BW when I did my first NWN run. Admired my Revan, felt in love with Jade Empire. Died when my Shep died. Maybe not the longest history but a history in gaming. My first PC game ever was Drakan and since then I'm hooked to PC gaming.
The problem is that we tent to be quiet. Why so? I guess it has a lot to do that there were times when we raised our voice we were told to shut up because we are a minority or feminists or SJW or whatever insult was on the "in" list. And I have to admit I am surprised how civilized a discussion like this is handled in this forum. Actually I was expecting worse and believe me, I know what I'm talking about, I had a lot of "funny" moments in other forums.
Back to the topic. It is hard to make everyone happy. And it's also hard to write a good romance story that makes everyone happy. What one might like will be too cheesy for another. Would have Evfra been a better romance? Probably, maybe. Is Gil a bad romance and is Dorian written so much better? Probably because Dorian is a main char in DAI. That doesn't mean there aren't people who enjoy a romance with Gil. See, I know I have to romance Liam in one of my playthroughs to get my trophy but honestly he's not "my" kind of guy. That's ok, it's like in RL. I don't have to like everone and that's perfectly fine. Diversity. And more believable than NPCs who are everybody's darling.
Is everyone ugly? I don't know, I think they are "believeable" good looking. And for me it's more important that someone has a interesting nature or charisma. That attracts me more than a nice face. I wouldn't date an a..hole just because he looks handsome. But that's just MHO of course.
What I don't like is that we have a class system. "Good" and "unimportant" romances you could call it. Everyone should have the same quality in story, cinematics. No matter if it's a m/f, a f/m, a f/f or a m/m romance. No matter if it's a "main" NPC or not. BW offers them as romance so BW should tread them equaly. Certainly it's matter of budget, time and development but well, then make less but make it worthwhile and good. Give me the feeling this is something important and growing, not just the typical one night stand before the great showdown. I love BW for giving us romances and I'm thankful but it needs more work. And if that's not possible then ok, no romances at all. It would be sad but better without it than with exactly the same "running gag" in every game.
@friffy wrote:
And if that's not possible then ok, no romances at all. It would be sad but better without it than with exactly the same "running gag" in every game.
To be honest, I'd personally not be playing these games, if it wasn't for the romances. That's what I find the most appealing about Bioware games, strong storylines and romances with depth 🙂
