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• UNRWHELMG GAY ROMANCE OPTNS IN MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA DISAPPOT MANY FANS
• "MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA" INCLUS A GAY ROMANCE, BUT GAYMERS CRY FOUL“IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE ASHAMED OF THIS KD OF SCENE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 22, 2017/3:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STEVIVOR/YOUTUBE/BWAREBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 22, 2017 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA\" INCLUS A GAY ROMANCE, BUT GAYMERS CRY FOUL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-22T19:23:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-22T19:23:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA WILL FEATURE A SEXY GAY ROMANCE WHEN BUTS LATER THIS WEEK, BUT SOME FANS THK THAT BWARE'S ATTEMPT AT LGBT REPRENTATN DIDN'T GO FAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLAYG AS STT RYR, YOU ARE ABLE TO ENTER TO A RELATNSHIP WH A CHIEF ENGEER NAMED GIL, WHICH CLUS SCEN OF THE TWO MEN KISSG AND HAVG SEX.STEVIVOR/YOUTUBE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FANS WHO WERE GRANTED EARLY ACCS TO THE GAME ARE PLAG THAT THE GAY ROMANC PALE PARISON TO THE STRAIGHT VERSNS, WH IMAG OF RYR PAIRED WH A WOMAN APPEARG TO BE MUCH RACIER THAN THOSE FEATURG THE CHARACTER MATCHED WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CORA AND RYR GET ONE OF THE MOST SEXUALLY EXPLIC SCEN A BWARE GAME TO DATE, AND WE DON'T EVEN GET AT LEAST ONE GRATUO ASS SHOT OF GIL," WROTE YOUTUBER KENDYLTV MENTS UNR A VIO THAT FEATUR SOME OF THE ROMANTIC SCEN. "IT FURTHER LETS KNOW THAT, FOR THE TIME BEG, GAY SEX IS STILL TOO TABOO FOR VELOPERS TO SERLY NSIR RPORATG A MASTREAM VIO GAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}USERS ALSO PLAED THAT THE GAY SEX SCEN WOULD QUICKLY FA TO BLACK, AND THAT SOMETHG ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE BLOCKG A CLEAR VIEW OF THE TWO MEN KISSG.STEVIVOR/YOUTUBE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDNALLY, THE GAY CHARACTER DON'T HAVE AS MANY DATG OPTNS AS HIS STRAIGHT UNTERPART, MAKG IMPOSSIBLE TO W THE TROPHY LLED "THE MATCHMAKER," WHICH YOU HAVE TO PLETE ROMANC WH THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS ACROSS ALL PLAY THROUGHS TO ACHIEVE. BEE THE GAY VERSN OF RYR N'T URT MEMBERS OF HIS STRAIGHT FIRE TEAM, 'S IMPOSSIBLE TO W THE TROPHY WHOUT EVENTUALLY ROMANCG A FEMALE CHARACTER, TURNG RYR BI THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE ALL THE CRICISM, EA HAS MA A NSISTENT EFFORT TO CLU LGBT CHARACTERS FOR YEARS, JOG A LONG LIST OF OTHER VIO GAM, CLUDG THE RECENT DISHONORED 2, THAT ARE ATTEMPTG TO BE MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU DON'T MD SPOILERS, YOU N CHECK OUT SOME OF THE GAY SCEN THE VIO BELOW WHILE YOU WA FOR MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA'S OFFICIAL RELEASE ON MARCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: GAY STAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY ROMANCE OPTNS MASS EFFECT 4?
• MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA: HERE’S THE MOST REWARDG GAY ROMANCE S ENTIRETY
• MORE GAY ROMANC
• MASS EFFECT ROMANC, BY THE NUMBERS: HOW GAY MAL HAVE BEEN SHAFTED
• MASS EFFECT: LEGENDARY EDN GETS GAY ROMANCE MOD

UNRWHELMG GAY ROMANCE OPTNS IN MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA DISAPPOT MANY FANS

OffEnglishSce was released, Andromeda has been cricized about how handl gay romance optns, particularly for male characters. On neoGAF, Redd, unofficial BWare foms, and on Twter, there are hundreds of pag of plats, wh many people accg BWare of treatg gay romance as an “afterthought.

The pair of male gay optns Andromeda clus aren’t nearly as extensive as the other romance paths. Gil Brodie, an engeer on your ship, is also gay, but, unlike many of the women and straight men available for romance the game, he’s not actually a squadmate. Gay male fans assumed this clud them too.

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"IT FURTHER LETS KNOW THAT, FOR THE TIME BEG, GAY SEX IS STILL TOO TABOO FOR VELOPERS TO SERLY NSIR RPORATG A MASTREAM VIO GAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}USERS ALSO PLAED THAT THE GAY SEX SCEN WOULD QUICKLY FA TO BLACK, AND THAT SOMETHG ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE BLOCKG A CLEAR VIEW OF THE TWO MEN KISSG.STEVIVOR/YOUTUBE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDNALLY, THE GAY CHARACTER DON'T HAVE AS MANY DATG OPTNS AS HIS STRAIGHT UNTERPART, MAKG IMPOSSIBLE TO W THE TROPHY LLED "THE MATCHMAKER," WHICH YOU HAVE TO PLETE ROMANC WH THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS ACROSS ALL PLAY THROUGHS TO ACHIEVE. BEE THE GAY VERSN OF RYR N'T URT MEMBERS OF HIS STRAIGHT FIRE TEAM, 'S IMPOSSIBLE TO W THE TROPHY WHOUT EVENTUALLY ROMANCG A FEMALE CHARACTER, TURNG RYR BI THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE ALL THE CRICISM, EA HAS MA A NSISTENT EFFORT TO CLU LGBT CHARACTERS FOR YEARS, JOG A LONG LIST OF OTHER VIO GAM, CLUDG THE RECENT DISHONORED 2, THAT ARE ATTEMPTG TO BE MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU DON'T MD SPOILERS, YOU N CHECK OUT SOME OF THE GAY SCEN THE VIO BELOW WHILE YOU WA FOR MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA'S OFFICIAL RELEASE ON MARCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: GAY STAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

”Unable to know specifics, fans latched onto offhand Tweets, like one posted by Tom Taylorson, male Ryr’s voice actor, which seemed to suggt there would be male gay alien romanc:“Normally I’d say would be silly to spoil thgs about characters before the game’s even out, but they add the factor of teasg and I thk that’s what mak the difference, ” said Zunnoab, a also looked at BWare’s wir track rerd, which clus Dragon Age: Inquisn, and assumed that, like that game, Andromeda would also offer ep romance optns for all sexuali.

“BWare has a reputatn of cludg qualy reprentatns [of] gay and bisexual characters their gam, and ’s up to all of BWare to uphold that reputatn, ” fan Chris S. In Mass Effect 3, there was a [gay male] optn that was a squad mate and uniquely signed, somethg not Andromeda. Details like those, bed wh their sparse plotl, also ntributed to the fandom’s fear that gay romance optns weren’t given much the release, fans poted to -game that allegedly suggts Jaal, one of the new aliens, appeared to have l referencg a potential gay romance route:We n’t verify that this actually refers to a gay romance, but thgs do change durg velopment: that’s why velopers often don’t talk about specifics regardg what is or isn’t gog to be a game.

I reached out to BWare to ask about Jaal’s romance, and the wir outcry about gay romanc, but did not hear back time for publitn. Straight, bi, and lbian players n plete the achievement whout wadg outsi of their sexuali, but strictly male gay characters n’t. As I mentned my review, animatn shortgs stand out the most durg timate scen, but that issue is pecially bad for gay players.

GAY ROMANCE OPTNS MASS EFFECT 4?

If you look at the other romance scen, you’ll note weird gaps where gay characters hold each other, as if the game do not acunt for the ia that two women or two men might be rsg each other.

The unrlyg animatn appears to treat all romance as if is lookg beyond such surface-level tails, the specifics of the male gay romanc aren’t hearteng eher. In the real world, some people treat homosexualy as “unnatural” bee of how affects reproductn, so the unrcurrent to the storyle felt unfortable to some of the players.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA: HERE’S THE MOST REWARDG GAY ROMANCE S ENTIRETY

“You don’t ci to have a baby together bee you’ve veloped a ep and mted relatnship and cid to take to the next level by startg a fay of your own- but rather a women who sists on highlightg that beg gay means robbg the world of reproductn opportuni. )Spoilers, though, players feel hurt about gay romance rout bee they really love BWare, and don’t want to be treated as, the words of at least one fan, send-class cizens. “Mass Effect 3 showed me a world where gay men uld be hero who saved the world, ” said Brendan Routh, a BWare fan.

MORE GAY ROMANC

”“[Romance olr BWare gam] ma me feel acknowledged as a gay gamer, ma me feel unrstood and ls alone but most importantly, gave me a bigger sense of self-rpect and self-worth bee showed me that, y, I as a gay gamer was worth velopg ntent for that was jt as good and substantial as everyone else’s, ” said Stefan, another fan.

“[BWare] gam tght me that I didn’t have to feel ntent wh game velopers treatg me like a send-class cizen jt bee I was a gay man.

MASS EFFECT ROMANC, BY THE NUMBERS: HOW GAY MAL HAVE BEEN SHAFTED

Like Dragon Age: Inquisn before , Bware mted to makg a few strictly gay characters. For all the Mass Effect fans upset that Jaal n't be gay, this is the clost thg they'll get to an Angara/Male Ryr pairg. Others are exced but are still on the fence nsirg the seri homophobic past.

MASS EFFECT: LEGENDARY EDN GETS GAY ROMANCE MOD

But ’d be wrong to ny that the Mass Effect seri hasn’t had some posive impact on gaymers.

Steve is the first gay love tert for Male Shepard.

Introduced Mass Effect 3, Steve Cortez is the very first gay love tert for a Male Shepard. Gil is gay, and as such n only be romanced by a male Ryr.