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Dragon Age: Inquisition: First "Fully Gay" Male Love Interest Revealed
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What you basically just did was demonize any group of people who would want such things in their games.
So if they are catering to straight men then it should be added.
If they are catering to women then that's sexist.
If they are catering to the LGBTQ community it has to be about representation vs tokenism.
but again, if it's straight men then it should be added.
My idea? It's that the creators of the game wanted to add it because they aren't just monkeys who turn cranks and turn out video games. They are artists, creators, writers, etc and they have something to say and they are saying it through the medium they work in.
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You don't see that happening to a lot of games, do you? Talking about agendas...
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I keep hearing and reading about this 'agenda.' Where do I sign up to find out about it? I haven't received any newsletters about it, or even e-mail! In this day and age there is simply no excuse for this. It's not like it would cost them money for a postage stamp to keep me informed on the latest happenings with said 'agenda.' As a gay man I find this unacceptable.
You guys are the reason we need more of this. Even if, as Lok touched on, it's tokenism. Maybe in 20-30 years when people have become more accepting I may find gay tokens something to get offended about but not today. The exposure is needed that much.
Well, you can skip that stuff while playing a video game. In fact you can skip this character completely just like other BW characters. I think some people are upset simply because it exists. Kind of like real life eh?
Completely agree, and we can blame the media for that. Do a google news search for "Dragon Age". Every headline about this new game is pretty much "Look! Dragon Age has GAY!" It's done to get one side cheering and the other side seething. It's good for traffic, good for hits. It's trolling at its finest. Had every single headline not been regurgitation of the "fully gay" (what does that even mean?) PR message, you wouldn't ave the response you have.
I can totally see why some people might be expressing objection and YES, it's a knee-jerk reaction on their part, but it's the DA PR team and the gaming media that are swinging that little hammer with a message intended to incite them. Why? It's free advertising for one and good for site traffic for the other.
Im with you. For the simple fact that for all we know, this could end up being a complete 180 to what some folks are thinking. It could end up being a slanted parody of what bioware "thinks" is a fully gay person (yes what the hell does that mean anyway?) and it could end up pandering to all the homophobes anyway. Could end up being 100% marketing. Could end up whatever. We just dont know yet.
The whole Christianity thing someone brought up is hilarious.
One thing that bothers me about people complaining is in all the bioware games that add this type of option, you have to actively pursue it to make it happen. Even if you took this gay mage and got his affection level to max, at some point the dialog option will come up where if you pick one you enter the romance chain, if you pick the other he just becomes a companion that trusts you etc. It's not FORCED on anyone.
The option has always been there in every one of these games to not do the romance. So really this is all just people getting offended because someone else might pick it.
some people think it's contagious
that playing a 'gay guy' will make them gay
stupid is weird like that
Hey! It's just a game...
... and marketing...
Because LIFE has romantic love in it. You will find some sort of reference to it in gaming as a whole. Don't like it? Stop gaming
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Hmm... the push for adding gay relationships into BW characters didn't just conjure up out of the blue. The complaints and offended flowed in both directions...
Makes sense. I'm looking forward to a future where the reaction to "Look! A fully gay character!" headline is "Why is this news?"
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Call me what you want to empower yourself or feel good...my point still stands...it's just a game...
Men like romance options as much as women do, it's alot like watching soccer or, having a fat lover or, riding a moped....
a fun ride till your friends see you doing it...
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This is so brilliantly stated. Why are the ostensible wishes of "straight men" the only ones that should be honored?
Additionally, why is this, an optional portion of the game so controversial? Romance in general, and so-called "gay" romance in particular, are not required to progress the story. It is a fully optional portion of the overall game. For those who wish to save the world as a single unattached character, brilliant. For those who choose to save the world as a romanced character, brilliant as well.
What Bioware has done is bring a reflection of the real world into its roleplaying game. Believe it or not, most of us actually know people who are gay or lesbian. Why is having a representation of that fact in DAI a bad thing?
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Gosh, gay people exist! Gay people exist in games, JUST like real life! Amazing!!!! Gay developers, artists too! Stop the madness!!
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A homophobe race. I don't think you know what the word means. On a less idiotic note, they tackled racism so they might do the same with homophobia.
No... I am sad to say that you and your friends will be discriminated in this regard. You will simply have to be content in yelling at your monitor and send the character in question in to die first.
Fortunately for you, reality has a much higher amount of the kind of people you are looking for... by now i am sure there is a facebook group you can join if you dare to stand up for your opinion.
This have been a good conversation
I wish devs would stop forcing romance down our throats.
Keep it as an option? yes
Give the PLAYER the option to roleplay whatever lifestyle they wish for their characters, instead of pre-cooking choices I may not even not be interested in making, in a game?
Congratulations! Celebrate! Throw a parade...a pep rally! 1's and 0's has joined the fight!
The announcement is not that serious... it's shouldn't even be news. It's a game, not a statement platform. Play the game, enjoy the content, beat it, move on...
Well for one thing: If their hyper patriarchal heteronormative relationships they have historically done in their previous games are any indication of the treatment they will give a gay relationship, I am already cringing.
But like I said earlier, lets see how they actually handle this before rushing to judgement.
If you played a Bioware game before you should already know that it IS optional.