I am now about 10 hours into Dragon Age 2 at the time of this writing, and I believe I have met and befriended all of the possible companion character. All of them are great characters with relatively deep back stories and complex problems. However the male on male romantic interaction is a little too intense. Now I know that may seem homophobic, and I really do applaud Bioware for including the option for such interaction, and I think every RPG that handles romance should incorporate these interactions, however I think there needs to be work done on the creation of the dialogue, because right now it sets up the interaction in a rather raunchy way.

I understand this is a role playing game, and I do have to roleplay by removing myself and my own sexuality from who I think this character is. Aside from the fact that I am somewhat biased towards one due to the pressures of society, still I cannot see these words being spoken. Hawke, the main character is for more aggressive towards the males then the female companions. If a game has me play as a character with a set orientation I am fine with that, hell a game that forces you to be homosexual would be amazing, if done well. But that is not the case here. What is happening is a writer with a negative slant towards homosexuals is portraying them as over zealous sex hounds, and to be honest, in a medium all about escapism, this bias is somewhat hurtful.