Did anyone like how romances were done in the Mass Effect series?

[Villentretanmerth]

Did anyone like how romances were done in the Mass Effect series?

I remember liking it at first because I wasn't used to that in games, but my view on it now is that it's handled extremely shallowly.

After 3 games, you would think they would be talking about intimate things, but instead it feels like they're still flirting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwl4z6K_Mc

1 thing I'll give them credit for, is the amount of characters you can romance

 

[eskiMoe]

Nope.

 

[gregski]

No.

 

[Kinley]

Nah.

 

[KingHochmeister]

Yeah they were too shallow for me ....



No.

 

[AserPik]

It moves the phrase "Id tap that" to "I've tapped that"


Even with a garden hose, Shepherd's fucked it..

 

[BrutaLLegenD]

Ne.

 

[MrMida]

Only in ME (1) was it done acceptable.

 

[CostinRaz]

No. I liked Tali as a character but the way romances were started just felt weird.

 

[Sirnaq]

no

 

[alextyc1]

Its Even worse in DA2 (that andres creeps me out...)

 

[Boreas_Mun_bg]

No,too shallow.

 

[Babli.480]

I dont like Bioware games. Too queer for my taste.

Spoiler

 

[Geralt_and_Ciri]

 

[gedierond]

I´m going to throw a Combo Breaker here and say that I liked them.
Sure, they could have been more fleshed out, but they fulfilled their purpose (from my point of view, at least), which was to make me care more about the characters.

 

[octavian123]

I liked Tali and Garrus, maybe Liara as well. The rest were ok.

 

[ATiBotka]

Nay.

 

[Nerevar.220]

Liara´s was more or less OK across the 3 games besides how fast she falls for Shep (not that she´s the only one), ME2 felt much more like fanservice (Tali was 22 in ME1? Suuuuure), closer to ST Kirk than ME1, and there was some very bad writing involved so you´d move to the new LIs.

 

[Fandango9641]

Honestly, given the importance some people now place on the inclusion of romance in their videogames, I wouldn't be in the least bit bothered if the Wild Hunt did away with them altogether. That said, Mass Effect 3 handled things well enough I suppose.

 

[octavian123]

Liara´s was more or less OK across the 3 games besides how fast she falls for Shep (not that she´s the only one), ME2 felt much more like fanservice (Tali was 22 in ME1? Suuuuure), closer to ST Kirk than ME1, and there was some very bad writing involved so you´d move to the new LIs.

Of course she fell for you. She's basically 18-21 at most in Asari terms plus she's very naive, even for her age.

Honestly, with the importance some people now place on the inclusion of romance in their videogames, I wouldn't be in the least bit bothered if the Wild Hunt did away with them altogether. That said, Mass Effect 3 handled things well enough I suppose.

I agree, I think Yennefer and Triss should be the only ones in TW3. I'm a bit skeptical about Triss though. Alongside Dandelion she was the least interesting character in the game. A little too naive (to say the least) and sexualized for my taste.