I understand why you would say this. But one of the things they were pushing about the game since the beginning is the player's complete freedom in who they romance. Now the romances weren't very deep compared to say, a Bioware game, but they allowed the player control over their avatar's sexuality. Now along comes this DLC which forces the player into a heterosexual romance. It kind of spits in the face of what Ubi was advertising, and it astounds me that this got past the brainstorming session it came out of.
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That's the thing. It isn't even the case anymore. Since Origins, they only need a DNA sample of someone, the Animus user doesn't need to be a descendant. In AC Origins, they just used a DNA sample from Bayek's mummified remains.
Okay, then I am not sure why they made the DLC like this. My first thought was they went "oh shit we need a kid stat" and made this post haste but it seems they are just fucking around.
Yes. This is the thing. The game forces your character to show romantic interest. Personally, my Kassandra is bi, but if she were to have a child, it wouldn't be with that fucking goofus.
But bloodlines will be a plot point in the next episode, or next DLC.
Does it really hurt them though? I mean, at the end of the day it's a video game. There are much more real and serious issues in this world plaguing the LGBTQ community. This really seems like making mountains out of mole hills.
Yes, Darius have a son if you're Kassandra, or a daughter, if you're Alexios.
I think this is the problem, the forced affection.
Yes?!? Representation matters a lot for us marginalized groups, so to see a game that represented us turn around and stab us in the back fucking sucks.
I get that. I guess I've just never projected myself onto a video game character, so I've never felt "betrayed" because the story takes a turn I don't agree with. Even when I finished Mass Effect 3, all I thought was "huh, well I would have done that differently". The blowback that game got was nuts.
We don't know yet, but the director confirmed that the bloodline impact the Assassins in some way.
And Bioware said all choices would matter in the end, when in reality it came down to 3 colors (not that I complained at the time, since it was all about the journey and lead-up for me).
And neither are you?
Thanks. I already expressed this is about artistic cowardice to me and not about whether there should be representation. You are straw manning me.
no you clearly aren't fucking listening! Cuz if you were you'd understand I'm saying they should commit and just make a protagonist gay! A blank slate anything to anyone approach is just a half measure, and pleases no one. Which clearly is accurate because look at the problem we are running into now.
Yeah that's kind of what I meant I guess. It's the idea of giving a false impression that it was left up to the player.
Fine. Either way this is why I hate blank slate characters. I would much rather get well written characters that the writers thought long and hard about, than a smattering of everything. It never turns into good writing. To have no limitations is a limitation itself.
You are telling me something as informative of our identities and who we are as sexual identity and gender identity can be picked on the fly and it doesn't in any way effect how the character interacts with the world other than who they fuck isn't a blank slate?
There are fictional monsters and magic in this game.
by the time this DLC takes place the player character will have interacted with a shit ton of ancient race magitech, including a tool they can use to live forever. Setting aside their knowledge of this, the game could have given you choice in who you produce progeny with. It could make made it seem like your character wasn't enjoying it. It could have let you straight up choose not to continue your bloodline. The base game already lets you directly affect exactly which of your four family members survive the whole game. It sets up that expectation of control over your destiny.
