Any word on how the companion will play? I tend to not like pet classes much, and if it's going to be AI controlled it needs to not suck.
Hasn't been much talk of that, other than apparently it's good enough to truly fill a missing gap in your party. If you've got 2 Imperial Agent friends and 2 Sith Warrior friends, you can all bring healing companions and be fine in an instance, so the Bioware rep said.
Any word on how the companion will play? I tend to not like pet classes much, and if it's going to be AI controlled it needs to not suck.
Hasn't been much talk of that, other than apparently it's good enough to truly fill a missing gap in your party. If you've got 2 Imperial Agent friends and 2 Sith Warrior friends, you can all bring healing companions and be fine in an instance, so the Bioware rep said.
If that ends up true that will be pretty impressive.
I wonder if there's going to be a storyline romance with one of your companions, ala just about every other bioware game out there.
Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I wonder if there's going to be a storyline romance with one of your companions, ala just about every other bioware game out there.
Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I'd be nice if they included male gay romances. They were ballsy enough to do it in Dragon Age, but didn't do it in either of the Mass Effect games, sadly. I wonder if Austin studio will go for it.
I'd be okay with my Smuggler tempting a certain Jedi Knight to stray from his vows. :winky:
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I wonder if there's going to be a storyline romance with one of your companions, ala just about every other bioware game out there.
Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I'd be nice if they included male gay romances. They were ballsy enough to do it in Dragon Age, but didn't do it in either of the Mass Effect games, sadly. I wonder if Austin studio will go for it.
I'd be okay with my Smuggler tempting a certain Jedi Knight to stray from his vows. :winky:
You think Lucas Arts would go for a gay romance? I don't really know why, but they don't strike me as the type to allow risks that big.
So I kinda got petered out on this since the release was so far of, and then I watched the Hope cinematic... gah sometimes Bioware I swear you do these things and release these videos to draw my attention to your awesomeness again.
For every gay male relationship they have I would like to see two lipstick lesbian couple options. Not because I'm anti gay, I'd just have more fun watching all the women on my ship making out. I can see the slogans now. Play ToR, you can have orgies in this galaxy.
I wonder if there's going to be a storyline romance with one of your companions, ala just about every other bioware game out there.
Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I'd be nice if they included male gay romances. They were ballsy enough to do it in Dragon Age, but didn't do it in either of the Mass Effect games, sadly. I wonder if Austin studio will go for it.
I'd be okay with my Smuggler tempting a certain Jedi Knight to stray from his vows. :winky:
You think Lucas Arts would go for a gay romance? I don't really know why, but they don't strike me as the type to allow risks that big.
I'm not sure how big a role Lucas Arts has in the development of the game.
Also, I wonder if it would constitute a significant risk. Yeah, half of the U.S. categorically disapproves of gay relationships from a morality perspective, but (1) the demographic that this game appeals to is more likely to be accepting of homosexuality than any other demographic and (2) if you don't want to pursue a gay romance, you don't have to.
I suppose the only real issue for them is economic: is it worth the development time? At least, that was their justification for not including it in ME2 - they said that since such a tiny portion of the population would get anything out of that content, it wasn't worth putting in.
I wonder if there's any real weight to that argument. Do straight people experience gay content? I know as a gay man I experience some of the "straight" content in games, every now and then, just for fun. I wonder if it goes both ways.
I wonder if there's going to be a storyline romance with one of your companions, ala just about every other bioware game out there.
Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I'd be nice if they included male gay romances. They were ballsy enough to do it in Dragon Age, but didn't do it in either of the Mass Effect games, sadly. I wonder if Austin studio will go for it.
I'd be okay with my Smuggler tempting a certain Jedi Knight to stray from his vows. :winky:
You think Lucas Arts would go for a gay romance? I don't really know why, but they don't strike me as the type to allow risks that big.
I'm not sure how big a role Lucas Arts has in the development of the game.
Also, I wonder if it would constitute a significant risk. Yeah, half of the U.S. categorically disapproves of gay relationships from a morality perspective, but (1) the demographic that this game appeals to is more likely to be accepting of homosexuality than any other demographic and (2) if you don't want to pursue a gay romance, you don't have to.
I suppose the only real issue for them is economic: is it worth the development time? At least, that was their justification for not including it in ME2 - they said that since such a tiny portion of the population would get anything out of that content, it wasn't worth putting in.
I wonder if there's any real weight to that argument. Do straight people experience gay content? I know as a gay man I experience some of the "straight" content in games, every now and then, just for fun. I wonder if it goes both ways.
I have to disagree with you on points 1 and 2. To say the people buying MMOs and SW MMOs aren't full of silly geese that throw bad words around and are more inclined to be accepting of the gay lifestyle without any numbers to back it up is a tough call. But I'll give you, that it's usually not allowed to harass people in these games without being banned etc so you don't really see it. Second, the you don't have to if you don't want to is true except for you to know an option they have to heavily imply it at some point. I played Dragon Age and was a little put off by the gay character, just seemed to come on strong. When my answer was basically, "I'm cool, but thanks" I get negative reaction points with him. Felt like that if I wanted to pursue this character at all it would have to be through a relationship. I guess in Video Games the Just Friends option doesn't work out either.
I have to disagree with you on points 1 and 2. To say the people buying MMOs and SW MMOs aren't full of silly geese that throw bad words around and are more inclined to be accepting of the gay lifestyle without any numbers to back it up is a tough call.
I'm assuming the game is trying to reach the young adult male demographic, and they have the highest approval of homosexuality right now, according to Gallup.
Wow, very nice. I'm suprised but then realized that adult game men make up the whole of the gay male demographic. But I'm just being a smartass. And you being gay, might notice any anti gay comments in these settings where I might not. If you say that you've never been offended then I believe you. I'm just thinking of times I've seen the words and played with imature players. I'm all for gay relationships in games.
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Hasn't been much talk of that, other than apparently it's good enough to truly fill a missing gap in your party. If you've got 2 Imperial Agent friends and 2 Sith Warrior friends, you can all bring healing companions and be fine in an instance, so the Bioware rep said.
If that ends up true that will be pretty impressive.
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Which has some interesting possibilities behind it, as far as what they could do with it.
About a month ago they talked about companions and they said some of them can be romantic options. Some of them can also become your enemy, depending on how you play out your story.
I'd be nice if they included male gay romances. They were ballsy enough to do it in Dragon Age, but didn't do it in either of the Mass Effect games, sadly. I wonder if Austin studio will go for it.
I'd be okay with my Smuggler tempting a certain Jedi Knight to stray from his vows. :winky:
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
You think Lucas Arts would go for a gay romance? I don't really know why, but they don't strike me as the type to allow risks that big.
We talked about this in the last TOR thread and there is a gay Mandalorian couple with an adopted daughter.
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I'm not sure how big a role Lucas Arts has in the development of the game.
Also, I wonder if it would constitute a significant risk. Yeah, half of the U.S. categorically disapproves of gay relationships from a morality perspective, but (1) the demographic that this game appeals to is more likely to be accepting of homosexuality than any other demographic and (2) if you don't want to pursue a gay romance, you don't have to.
I suppose the only real issue for them is economic: is it worth the development time? At least, that was their justification for not including it in ME2 - they said that since such a tiny portion of the population would get anything out of that content, it wasn't worth putting in.
I wonder if there's any real weight to that argument. Do straight people experience gay content? I know as a gay man I experience some of the "straight" content in games, every now and then, just for fun. I wonder if it goes both ways.
:winky:
I've done lesbian romance options, but never male gay romance options. Probably indicative of the majority of straight males there.
I have to disagree with you on points 1 and 2. To say the people buying MMOs and SW MMOs aren't full of silly geese that throw bad words around and are more inclined to be accepting of the gay lifestyle without any numbers to back it up is a tough call. But I'll give you, that it's usually not allowed to harass people in these games without being banned etc so you don't really see it. Second, the you don't have to if you don't want to is true except for you to know an option they have to heavily imply it at some point. I played Dragon Age and was a little put off by the gay character, just seemed to come on strong. When my answer was basically, "I'm cool, but thanks" I get negative reaction points with him. Felt like that if I wanted to pursue this character at all it would have to be through a relationship. I guess in Video Games the Just Friends option doesn't work out either.
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I'm assuming the game is trying to reach the young adult male demographic, and they have the highest approval of homosexuality right now, according to Gallup.
Here's the numbers to back that up.
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What the hell, Americans?
Probably a good idea.