Favorite Mass Effect 2 Romance Storyline

[Ink Asylum]

There was a good response from the loyalty mission a while back, and now that a lot of people have gotten a chance to do multiple playthroughs I was wondering what people thought about the romances. This isn't a poll about which ME2 character would you want to personally romance, but which subplot was the most entertaining, emotional, etc.

I included Kelly and Morinth because they can be seduced, with interesting results for each.

[LarsenNET]

I only did one playthough so I only did Miranda's (pun intended).

[TrackZero]

Garrus or Tali, went with Garrus though as his plotline there gives more depth into his personality and made me laugh. Though I've yet to see the "proper" Jack romance line (where you don't just screw her at the game mid-point and she stops talking to you), so I can't judge on it. Seen all the others.

And Miranda, just....no.

Edit: I'd also argue that Samara does have a Romance storyline. You just don't end it physically (in this game).

Edit Edit: And I'd say Morinth has no Romance storyline. She's literally just a free fuck who kills you, there's next to no romance involved.

[Farsight]

You do realize Tali's a Zoidberg under that mask, right?!?

[civil]

I consider my wooing of Miranda equal to any of my real life romantic conquests!

[Ink Asylum]

Edit Edit: And I'd say Morinth has no Romance storyline. She's literally just a free fuck who kills you, there's next to no romance involved.

You could almost consider the Samara loyalty mission as romancing Morinth. You spend time in the bar having to converse with her in order to seduce her. I know a lot of people enjoyed that quest so I included it, since depending on how you roleplay your Shepard you could say you were seduced by Morinth and actually get to consummate it, though it doesn't end well.

I picked Tali, although it was a tough choice between her and Garrus. Both have very emotional conversations with characters you've spent two games getting to know. I suppose I found Tali's more important for her. Garrus seems to have had his share of romance, but Tali confesses that she's pretty much never even kissed someone else. Plus her confession of having a crush on Shepard, and her later rambling during the payoff, is incredibly adorable.

[Jason]

Can't vote yet since I haven't done all the romance storylines yet. I've only done Tali's and Miranda's. I've gotten Jack up to the point that you had to choose between her and Miranda, but chose Miranda.

[Mattism]

I did Garrus and thought that it was a good one. Garrus has some good lines during the process that made for a good laugh.

[Dukefrukem]

My avatar tells my vote.

[Narradisall]

Really? Miranda is leading? I found hers to be so.... dull and uninspired.

I'd say the best two where Garrus of Tali. Garrus' had some hilarious one liners, but Tali's had some really good, grounded awkward moments.

[ClannerDelta]

Really? Miranda is leading? I found hers to be so.... dull and uninspired.

I'd say the best two where Garrus of Tali. Garrus' had some hilarious one liners, but Tali's had some really good, grounded awkward moments.

No worries! I equalized for Tali!

[Ink Asylum]

"Your hair is nice. And your waist is very supportive."

[Hotcod]

I've only done Miranda's so far, only 'cus Tali turned up to late for me to roll play a change of heart in my good guy :) I may have to replay a paragon and go with her before ME3 comes out... for now it's time to have fun as a female renegade and pretty much try and screw every one ever.

[Ink Asylum]

I'm glad no one chose Jacob yet. Man, he was insufferable.

[ClannerDelta]

I've only done Miranda's so far, only 'cus Tali turned up to late for me to roll play a change of heart in my good guy :) I may have to replay a paragon and go with her before ME3 comes out... for now it's time to have fun as a female renegade and pretty much try and screw every one ever.

Roleplay a Pro-Human Shepard with a soft spot for Tali.

I'm glad no one chose Jacob yet. Man, he was insufferable.

Just boring. I feel sorry for the voice actor. Up against Mordin, Tali, Garrus, and Zaeed.

[Ink Asylum]

If you want to see Jacob at his worst start the romance plotline with him, get it to the point where you're committed, then tell him you have second thoughts. He doesn't take it well.

[Wolvie]

I went with Thane because it was so different then the other missions. Jacobs was different, but not very fun. I liked Tali's as well, because she is my favorie character in the game, and I liked the mistery you have to unravel. I almost voted for Tali's because of that, but Thane's mission was the coolest IMO.

[Hotcod]

Roleplay a Pro-Human Shepard with a soft spot for Tali.

I did a male paragon female renegade in ME and i'm doing the same here so no tali tail until next time

[Dukefrukem]

Talis is awesome too. I found her to be so respectful.

[Ink Asylum]

Talis is awesome too. I found her to be so respectful.

Respectful but also clearly dying for it. The way she tackles you the moment her face mask is off is sexy.

[Wolvie]

Oh yeah I am doing a Tali romance this time for sure... tempted to go after Kelly just for grins, but I think Tali will win this time.

I wanted to post a slideshow pic of Tali without her mask(a joke one), but couldn't find it. :(

[Ink Asylum]

I'm pretty sure I know which one you want, Wolvie, though I don't know where to find it.

[BlackPete]

Tali for me all the way, although it was a bit mean on Bioware's part to still not show her face. :D

I also did Miranda and while she has a sexy body, I found her romance plot to be fairly meh.

[Farsight]

Really? Miranda is leading? I found hers to be so.... dull and uninspired.

It allows you to vicariously romance Yvonne Strahovski. For those of us with a severe Strahovski deficiency in our daily lives, it's not a difficult choice... though it is a hard one.

Tali for me all the way, although it was a bit mean on Bioware's part to still not show her face.

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[Paradox Symphony]

Kelly is NOT romance.

And you forgot Samara. I liked Samara, even though she rejects you. It's not because I have a fetish for lesbianism(though I do), and there was no Liara action in this game, but because the game makes you think you can easily get anyone to fall in love with you. But she rejects you so easily. And at the same time, you can just feel it that she wants to relax and settle down from being a Justicar, but she doesnt. Very intresting.

I also liked Garrus. It was very touching and sweet.

[Ink Asylum]

You can get a lot farther with Kelly than you can with Samara. Kelly openly returns your flirtations, has dinner with you in your cabin, and post-game will come up and cuddle with you or dance on the table in very sexy clothing, implying that you got a lot farther than just dinner.

[Paradox Symphony]

You can get a lot farther with Kelly than you can with Samara. Kelly openly returns your flirtations, has dinner with you in your cabin, and post-game will come up and cuddle with you or dance on the table in very sexy clothing, implying that you got a lot farther than just dinner.

Oh come on, you know it's boring and the least bit emotional.

[Ink Asylum]

Oh come on, you know it's boring and the least bit emotional.

It's more emotional then Jacob's conversations. He's clearly just in it to get laid and if you even try to get him to open up emotionally he calls the whole thing off. If he counts, she counts.

[Paradox Symphony]

It's more emotional then Jacob's conversations. He's clearly just in it to get laid and if you even try to get him to open up emotionally he calls the whole thing off. If he counts, she counts.

Fair enough, but I still say you left out Samara.

Can I get a video or script of this Jacob breakup? I wanna see how bad it is.

[Ink Asylum]

You can confess a romantic interest and she quite clearly shoots you down. Perhaps she'll be more open in Mass Effect 3, but in ME2 it's clearly a one-sided relationship.

No video for a bad Jacob conversation that I've seen. If you push his emotions he says he told you he didn't want to talk about that and says this probably isn't going to work out. If you romance him until he's ready to go then turn him down he bitches about how you went from hot to cold.

[Paradox Symphony]

You can confess a romantic interest and she quite clearly shoots you down. Perhaps she'll be more open in Mass Effect 3, but in ME2 it's clearly a one-sided relationship.


I could argue about that one but at the moment I need to hop on the internet and hunt down that Jacob breakup...

[Farsight]

You can confess a romantic interest and she quite clearly shoots you down.

In my playthrough, Samara expressed strong interest with little prompting, but it seemed that spawning a devil-child turned her off on sex in general. Her loss.

No one was pulling me away from Miranda anyway, not even, "Hi, I'm Yoeman Kelly and I'll fuck anything!" Feed my fish, indeed.

[Paradox Symphony]

I think.... I think I'm going to get back into this game. Watching some videos after getting intrested from talking about it...

I was about ready to burn it after my third playthrough, lol.

[Doogie2K]

I'm glad no one chose Jacob yet. Man, he was insufferable.

So far, he's been the only one to say fuck all to me. I've actually stopped talking to him because I want to do Garrus's.

[Vigil80]

I enjoyed finally being able to woo Tali in ME2, but I was pretty disappointed when they didn't show her face. Unravelling some of the mystery was part of the attraction! And I think they could have taken it farther in general in terms of story and character development, too. The romances, entertaining as they may be, are definitely sidenotes.

[Hotcod]

The way I'm seeing it ME2 is really just the "build your team" part of ME3. So all the character and realtionships we've built will be carried on in more meaningful way in the next game. The romances I'm presuming will have some impact on that, they may even move in to a "relationship" stage which is something we've not really seen yet in bioware games which are mostly about getting some one in to bed and not much else.

It explains why ME2 is so character heavy in terms of game time, there's in fact very little main plot missions even when put up against ME1 and the meat of the game is in the loyalty quests. The only reason to do this, in my view at lest, is so that you don't have to do it yet again in the next game. It would be really dumb to have to get a new ship team romance again in the next game.

I've said it before that ME1 was set up so that it could be self contained with the "kill shep and bring him back" plan in place from the start as a way they could move on with the game if it was a big enough hit. If it fell flat on it's face it would just be it's self and not "one part of three" but it didn't so they hit the "kill him" button so they could reset the party/ship/mission button.

Since they know that ME2 was going to be a hit they know they are going to make ME3 so they can be two parts of the same story arch instead of each having to be utterly self contained like the first. In this case they seem to have made the choice to use that to do all the "grunt" work with setting up characters and the ship and party and the playing filed for the end game... so that in ME3 they can open up the universe have more random quests and much more main story content with out having to messing around with team building.

[Farsight]

I enjoyed finally being able to woo Tali in ME2, but I was pretty disappointed when they didn't show her face.

http://futuramaxxx.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1_small5.jpg

[Zanzibar]

I chose Miranda for one reason:
http://gallery.strahotski.com/galleries/video-games/mass-effect-2/strahovski-mass-effect-2-026.jpg

(Okay, TWO reasons.)

[Dorkandproudofit]

Jack was interesting. She initially comes off as a total bitch, but peel back the layers and she reveals a much more vulnerable side.

[Karmakin]

I only did Tali's, but I was happy with that choice. As other people have said, it was just so adorable, and with that sudden swerve into sexy right at the very end.

[Lithium Flower]

Didn't romance anyone. Romance options for femSheps were still meh. The only one I think my character would actually consider bedding, would be Zaeed but he wasn't an option. I hope that changes for ME3.

Garrus is sorta subordinate-zoned even though I adore him as a character. Thane is reptilian and Jacob is boring and a little whiny (not as whiny as Kaidan though). Samara isn't interested. The girls are all straight. I think Zaeed was such a natural choice for a renegade femShep and the britishness is hot! Disappointed he wasn't romanceable.

[Paradox Symphony]

I know already said this in one thread but ZAEED IS AN OLD HAG

[Xydarc]

Garrus is sorta subordinate-zoned even though I adore him as a character. Thane is reptilian and Jacob is boring and a little whiny (not as whiny as Kaidan though). Samara isn't interested. The girls are all straight. I think Zaeed was such a natural choice for a renegade femShep and the britishness is hot! Disappointed he wasn't romanceable.
I thought Yeoman Kelly was the lesbian option?

Edit: I need to play through this again and romance Miranda. She looks like fun!

[Lithium Flower]

I know already said this in one thread but ZAEED IS AN OLD HAG

Well, femShep isn't exactly a spring chicken - nearly 35. And renegade Shepard is a douchebaggery Torfan/Battle of Citadel veteran too. I wouldn't say no to Sean Connery because of his age. :p

Besides, Samara is a 900+ year old matriach. Shepard can proposition her. And even Liara has a few years on Zaeed!

I think they should make every single companion character romanceable or at least propositionable. It's only a couple more lines of dialogue and it's guaranteed to make everyone happy.

[JRR006]

Jack had her way with my male Shepard after the game ended. I was afraid of what she'd do if he turned her away so he said something nice, then she started crying, and then they had sex. I don't know why she didn't take the hint earlier when I assured her I wasn't interested. She even sulked for awhile, but after the game was over... yeah.

Still didn't feel the need to romance any of them, and there were no male options, but having to shut Tali down broke my heart a little.

Mordin letting me down easy was hilarious.