Gender-locked romances can be good for RPGs, but they can also limit a player's romantic possibilities. Only a male Shepard could romance Cortez and only a female Shepard could romance Traynor. It took until Mass Effect 3 for players to meet same-sex gender-locked romances with the introduction of Steve Cortez, who is gay, and Samantha Traynor, who is a lesbian. In RPGs, there tends to be a skewed ratio of straight gender-locked romances to same-sex gender-locked romances. For example, only a male Commander Shepard can romance quarian Tali’Zorah in Mass Effect.
When a romance is gender-locked, only a certain gender can romance the NPC at hand.
RELATED: How Mass Effect's Samantha Traynor Romance Influenced LGBT Representation There are some overlap options, but not a lot. However, a lot of romances tend to be gender-locked, meaning players must be male to romance some characters, or must be female to romance other characters. The Mass Effect series and Dragon Age series both have dedicated fan bases because of the quality of the games, but part of this quality comes from the games’ romantic storytelling. Another draw to RPGs comes from romantic storylines that allow the player character to fall in love, and players get to see a typically sweet story come to life because of their actions.īioWare tends to have a big reputation for romance, even though they’ve had some fumbles in the past. Sometimes, RPGs allow players to create their own character and mold the personality however they wish, and other times players are presented with a pre-made character, though they still control their actions. Typically, RPGs are very good at world building and immersion, making players feel like they’re right in the middle of a new environment.
There’s quite a draw to RPG style games for a variety of reasons.
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