For Dragon Age II on the Xbox 360, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "So I thk my character might be gay." - Page 2.
Contents:
- DRAGON AGE 2’S GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSIAL WH STRAIGHT, GAY GAMERS
- CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?
- DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR
- SO I THK MY CHARACTER MIGHT BE GAY.
DRAGON AGE 2’S GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSIAL WH STRAIGHT, GAY GAMERS
A gay character Dragon Age 2 tri to iate a relatnship wh your … * can you be gay in dragon age 2 *
A gay character Dragon Age 2 tri to iate a relatnship wh your …. The problem is that the character is gay, and that means that people who dislike gay characters gam are upset bee of his existence, and a group of gay gamers are upset over how the character is portrayed. On the official Bware fom, a gamer posted a thread claimg that Bware was turng s back on "straight male gamers" by cludg certa gay and female characters that he felt were created to appeal to different groups of gamers.
CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?
Dpe beg nearly 12 years old, the qutn on whether you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs is still a popular one. * can you be gay in dragon age 2 *
Let's take a look at his argument, where he claims that there should have been a way to remove homosexualy om the game. In Dragon Age 2, I felt like most of the panns were signed to appeal to other groups foremost, Anrs and Fenris for gays and Avele for women given the lack of strong women gam, and that for the straight male gamer, a sendary ncern.
The fact that a 'No Homosexualy' optn, which uld have been easily implemented, is omted jt prov my pot. Stop stereotypg gay characters!
"As a homosexual playg Dragon Age 2, I've wnsed the worst stereotype [of] homosexual characters this game. If you refe to make your mov on a gay character then you [receive] rivalry pots for not wantg to be gay for the character, " another gamer wrote on a petn to have Gair fired.
DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR
Could've been a uple of Gay Warns but BWare never let Alistair make the move. * can you be gay in dragon age 2 *
His issue is that the character seems to further a stereotype of gay men as beg sex-crazed and unable to al wh rejectn om straight men.
"The stereotype of homosexualy needg to be somethg that is shoved back to a closet bee mak other people unfortable is one about beg tolerated on other peopl' terms, " an article on the webse GayGamer stated. It also mistak that all gay men want to have sex wh straight men, and nnot take no for an answer—an erroneo assumptn, and is that assumptn that should be bated, which Dragon Age 2 do not perpetuate. Both sis seem to be argug that there is only one sort of gay character, or one rrect way to portray gay characters gam.
SO I THK MY CHARACTER MIGHT BE GAY.
"Wrers don't have a rponsibily to make exclively noble gay characters, they have a rponsibily to portray human gay characters, " Ken Leve, the founr of Irratnal Gam and one of the mds behd Bshock wrote via Twter, fense of Dragon Age 2. One person argu that there should be a way to disable any mentn of homosexualy the game, and not every straight male gamer agre wh that.
Another person argu that the stereotype of a gay man who hs on everythg he se and n't handle rejectn is promoted the game, and not every gay gamer agre wh that.