In retrospect, by avoiding including gay romance options until the third game and by framing Liara’s romance as a loophole, the first game in the series feels like it has an outdated view that draws a clear distinction between male and female homosexuality. However, as an asari Liara isn’t technically a female, something used to deflect controversy at the time of the original game’s release. The only partial exception is the ability of Fem Shep to romance Liara in Mass Effect 1. In the original Mass Effect trilogy, there are no gay romance options for Shepard until Mass Effect 3.
Although it may not be a problem for many players who pick up the remaster to experience the exact same story they experienced the first time around, the Renegade-Paragon system is undoubtedly one of the aspects of the original Mass Effect trilogy that aged the poorest from a roleplaying point of view. Not only that, but choosing the Paragon option almost always did lead to the most positive outcome, meaning the player rarely had to think practically or make tough sacrifices to do the right thing. The “right” choice in a given situation was always obvious, because even if the consequences were bad it still made more sense to only choose one morality path throughout the game.Īs a result, the original Mass Effect trilogy didn't give players a genuine opportunity to weigh the morality of their decisions. The result was that the vast majority of Mass Effect players picked Paragon options almost all of the time. There were some squadmate conflicts in Mass Effect 2, for example, which could only be resolved if the player had chosen a very high percentage of either Paragon or Renegade dialog options. The Renegade-Paragon system used for the first three Mass Effect games incentivized players to dedicate themselves purely to one path or the other. Though Mass Effect: Andromeda made a lot of wrong turns, removing the Renegade-Paragon morality system was not one of them.
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