You'll really really like it if you're in to this sort of thing.
(Note: a fair percent of game reviews in general feel like this to me.)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Hey. I Liked The Romance Options in Mass Effect 2.
...why didn't you?
By "you," of course, I mean... the mainstream blogosphere. I don't mean the fans of the series, who are writing about them furiously on wikis and posting countless videos to YouTube, enough that I can easily browse through the options I am missing by playing female Shepard.
But generally it seems like the critics didn't like them. I guess "why didn't you" is the wrong question because I do know why. Because you can't be gay. Or you can be at least a gay female, but not gay enough or consistently gay. Or the romance options are "grotesque" aliens.
But I am a little voice in the darkness! I liked the romance options and I wonder if that makes me "a fangirl" or something and not a serious business game design critic thinking about serious social issues and the implications on gender or race or society etc. As a feminist who takes a lot of other minor things almost way too seriously, I guess I just thought that the romance options were at least friendly toward straight women and rather charming, even with, or especially with, the alien men.
There are some spoilers here, so I'll be polite and cut. Also, a small confession - I'm not entirely finished with the game, but I am pretty close to the end now I think based on how many missions are left to do on my map. I've recruited all party members (save of course Kasumi, who only started existing today).
By "you," of course, I mean... the mainstream blogosphere. I don't mean the fans of the series, who are writing about them furiously on wikis and posting countless videos to YouTube, enough that I can easily browse through the options I am missing by playing female Shepard.
But generally it seems like the critics didn't like them. I guess "why didn't you" is the wrong question because I do know why. Because you can't be gay. Or you can be at least a gay female, but not gay enough or consistently gay. Or the romance options are "grotesque" aliens.
But I am a little voice in the darkness! I liked the romance options and I wonder if that makes me "a fangirl" or something and not a serious business game design critic thinking about serious social issues and the implications on gender or race or society etc. As a feminist who takes a lot of other minor things almost way too seriously, I guess I just thought that the romance options were at least friendly toward straight women and rather charming, even with, or especially with, the alien men.
There are some spoilers here, so I'll be polite and cut. Also, a small confession - I'm not entirely finished with the game, but I am pretty close to the end now I think based on how many missions are left to do on my map. I've recruited all party members (save of course Kasumi, who only started existing today).
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