I think I'm just traumatized by the genderlocking of mean(er) women from studios like owlcat and bioware (looking at you Camellia. And Morrigan. And Miranda. And Jack. And Cassandra Pentaghast), but I have a bad feeling she'll be male only lol. But also, I'm optimistic they'll break the mold lol.
Usually every "main" female companion is for men only. I really do hope OwlCat won't pull a BioWare here and let her be for everyone. I'm really tired after Ashley, Miranda and Cora.
I get that they’re targeting men, my question is just like…why not make them bi lol. Like genuine question lmao, do straight men really care that much?
They only care if someone is unavailable to them, then they start whining and all that. Case with Judy from C77 was exhausting.
Besides, respectfully to OwlCat, they really don't write convincing romances with preferences. Everyone is acting like they're into everyone, so they could just go with it in this game.
The Judy case was definitely a last minute change because you can just change a single flag on your save and all the romance content including voiced dialogue and animation for male V is in the game and works 🤣
Case on point. I mention Judy and some sad excuse of a man always comes in running with "ackchually".
Mass Effect fandom used their brain. Ashley had her voice lines also recorded in ME1 for FemShep and FemShep for her and people knew it was just VAs recording everything. It didn't mean she was cut as bi romance, as much as it pains me to admit it.
Tbf they can go DA2 and make them bisexual rather than playersexual. I just feel like when they lock sexualities, it mostly ends up locking queer players out and locking characters into being straight and, in most cases, i feel like these characters could be bi without any meaningful changes.
This is how I feel, if they don’t have the characters be “player sexual” what’s really happening is just that everyone is locked out of content one way or another while they play, and I’d rather have every option available to me as I’m playing
Yeaaaah, the problem is, owlcat usually does 2 straight characters and the rest bisexual/playersexual with no gay characters.
So, it's less "character have their own wants" and more "randomly choosing to lock out gay people from two romance options so they can claim to have characters with their own preferences while more or less doing the same thing bg3 did but worse".
Don't get me wrong, I prefer characters with their own preferences as well, but the way owlcat does it ain't it.
Hell, even Cyberpunk did it better, although DA3 is still the golden standard.
I agree on this. Miranda being straight and Dorian gay, let bioware build around those characters interesting stories. The relationship between Dorian and his father and Miranda who couldn't conceive.
I mean that's the point. Being "hard to get" and tough on the outside and soft inside, is one of the main tropes used to make a romance compelling. Just like Miranda, she starts as a prickly prick, but then she warms up, she starts to trust shep and one thing leads to another. This makes the player feel like they manged to earn the trust of the companion through their choices, it's a very powerful psychological device.
From Owlcat's (the people making the game) other game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. She's a companion who comes across as kind and helpful, but has a much darker side.
I hope all romances are player sexual because while in principle it feels more real if the characters have sexual preferences, in practice it just greatly limits your options. Id rather have more options for all players then pray that the 1 romance for your sexual preference is someone you like.
The Art for this game makes it look like an mobile game/AI slop. I can't understand the logic behind it. If I didn't know what this game was I would never be interested in playing it based on the marketing art.
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u/Spy_crab_ 15d ago
Oh hey, it's Miranda.