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So does anyone not do the romance subplot in Mass Effect 1 anymore?

Uzumaki Goku

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Because let's face it, your choices are very limited in that game, either Kaiden/Ashley or Liara, whereas in 2, you get much more options (and much better options) for both Male and Female Shepard. It's part of the reason why in my inevitable Mass Effect videos... (might be my next Rise and Fall series) why I'm considering just skipping the romance for the first game.
 
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Never liked either of them so I never did. Always been a Jack lover
 
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I always romance liara, partially because she has one of the best romance arcs throughout one, lair of the shadow broker and 3. But i think next time im gonna skip romance in one and go for miranda in 2 and stick with it in 3. I always break her heart
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Ashley was my pick throughout the trilogy the first time I played it. But they did her dirty, especially in 3.
 
Nigel Tufnel

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Liara is hot archaeologist and it turns out her species are nearly immortal sex goddesses, so its going to be hard to convince Mass Effect found a better choice.


I can understand those that go for Garrus, though.
 

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Considering that they only had straight options for male Shepard, and their excuses for it were extremely offensive homophobic bullshit, yes, I skipped the "romance" sub-"plots".

That part of BioWare can eat my entire ass.
 
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I see you are a man of culture as well
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It's been a long time, but I'm pretty sure I didn't romance anyone the first time I played it. I set up a tragedy where Shepherd grew attached to Kaiden, but then he sacrificed himself on Virmire for the cause.

Then I boned Garrus. Again and again.
 

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I don't recall doing any romance stuff in any of the Mass Effect games (maybe there's some non-optional stuff I'm forgetting). It's just not appealing.
 
Charlotte Lucas

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I have never done it. I don't like Liara and Kaiden always bites it.

I would have chose Ashley if she was available for femshep, but she probably would have gotten dumped anyway for Garrus.
 
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Buttzerker said:
Never liked either of them so I never did. Always been a Jack lover
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And I'll hate Bioware forever for not making her romanceable as FemShep, even though Jack states she's into women as well. ME2 is such a clusterfuck in so many areas...

I used to romance Liara in ME1, but then her character was butchered in ME2 and I just stopped caring. I'd give Ash a shot if Bioware hadn't made her available exclusively for MaleShep out of cowardice (I mean, the lines were there, so obviously they feared backlash). Her character grows a lot through the trilogy, and being potentially bi could add some kore depth as well.
 
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Kaden is bae. Too bad he's only available for FemShep.

If they ever remaster the trilogy, I hope they retroactively include same-sex options in the first two games. Since I tend to role-play as an extension of myself, romance is something I can't pursue in the first two ME games. Still did, anyways, but it was a lot less fulfilling.
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I prefer the "kill insufferable racist with a nuke" subplot.
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Every time.
 
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Phellps said:
Kaden is bae. Too bad he's only available for FemShep.

If they ever remaster the trilogy, I hope they retroactively include same-sex options in the first two games. Since I tend to role-play as an extension of myself, romance is something I can't pursue in the first two ME games. Still did, anyways, but it was a lot less fulfilling.

Every time.
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He becomes romanceable for MShep in ME3 at least.
 

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Since I'm usually using FemShep, and Garrus isn't romanceable in the first game... yeah, completely skip it.

Just for have a good laugh, I start a romance with Kaidan and then kill him. No regrets.
 

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The tragedy of my Shepard is that she started something with Kelly in ME2, but Kelly died before it got serious enough for a trophy to pop. Traynor came along and things were consummated there (i.e. trophy popped). But before Shepard could work out whether it was genuine or if she was just projecting her unresolved feelings for Kelly onto her new PA, she committed genocide twice.
 
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Liara was just fine as a romance option in my opinion. Got with Tali later in the series and stayed with her. But by the end of ME3 I was wishing I had stayed with Liara.
 
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Liara is probably the most developed character across in whole the series. You can feel she was a favorite inside Bioware. She is worth the romance in ME1 just to round out the story. The other options are a little empty in comparison.
 
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I wish I could just kill off both Ashley and Kaiden because they are both trash. Liara is really the only true, decently well written romance option until 2.
 
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Back when I was in the closet I always picked Kaidan but when 3 came out I greatly regretted that and wished I had romanced Liara. Now I always pick her because I'm a Proud Gay^tm
 
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devSin said:
Considering that they only had straight options for male Shepard, and their excuses for it were extremely offensive homophobic bullshit, yes, I skipped the "romance" sub-"plots".

That part of BioWare can eat my entire ass.
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Years later I'm still kind of stunned they got away with that, even if it was "back then." Their excuse for accusations of hypocrisy (that they allowed a lesbian romance because that's "hot" but avoided gay relationships for MShep for two games), was some horseshit posted to the BioWare forums (that I can no longer find, so I can't remember if it was a BW creative proper or a community manager or whatever) about how asari aren't "actually" women because their species has only one gender, so technically romancing Liara as FShep isn't gay.


Speaking of Liara, it's really funny how Lair of the Shadow Broker is obviously written based on the assumption that the player romanced her in ME1; the only real difference is that a few lines of dialogue and the ending will directly address it if you did, but even if you didn't, the writing acts like you have some deep emotional connection that everyone else respects (your current love interest will even silently leave the room to let you and Liara have a moment together at the end) and they act like lovers having a tiff during the shuttle chase scene. Again, this is even if you completely shut her down all through ME1.
 
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Honestly the only ME characters i really wanted a relationship with were Miranda which never happens because she's not a gay option and Vetra in Andromeda which DID happen and was very cool.
 
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Maxey said:
I prefer the "kill insufferable racist with a nuke" subplot.
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Phellps said:
Every time.
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Uzumaki Goku said:
I always pick Kaiden to save.
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I'll never understand how people can play a game(let alone a trilogy) multiple times and willingly choose to ignore 10-20% of the content and not try to explore 100% of their options just for curiosity sake.
 
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ThreepQuest64 said:
Maybe she's just not into femshep!
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Also I'm pretty sure the thing is, she wasn't actually bisexual? She [reluctantly] slept with both members of a hetero couple because she felt like she owed them and they took her in, but she never actually professes women beyond that and seems regretful about her time there.

I always got the sense less that she was bisexual and more that she had been guilt-tripped into sleeping with both members of the couple, who were huge assholes.
 

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Played through enough times to romance every straight option as Male shep.

When I replay ME1 typically I romance both Ash and Liara. Pop Ash's trophy and then sacrifice her rather then dump her.

I'm such an ass
 
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Maxey said:
I did do a playthrough where I saved her just to see what happens, but it was mostly not worth it.
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Unless you did something wrong, if you simply talk to her enough and save her she ends up not being a racist anymore. She is a person who's had bad experiences with other races(aliens) which led to a mindset that you can eventually talk her out of. I've met people like that in real life. Sometimes all it takes is a conversation. There are worse characters than that in both sequels (such as Mordin) and people champion them (mainly because they're quirky, funny, or sing). Shit is weird to me.
 
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Crushed said:
Years later I'm still kind of stunned they got away with that, even if it was "back then." Their excuse for accusations of hypocrisy (that they allowed a lesbian romance because that's "hot" but avoided gay relationships for MShep for two games), was some horseshit posted to the BioWare forums (that I can no longer find, so I can't remember if it was a BW creative proper or a community manager or whatever) about how asari aren't "actually" women because their species has only one gender, so technically romancing Liara as FShep isn't gay.
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The mass effect team avoided gay male shep for so long. Which was especially ridculous since Jade Empire had a gay option before ME1 and DA:O did afterwards.

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Your thoughts on Mordin?
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Or Garrus.

Or Tali
 
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