In an interview with The Gamer, Brian Kindregan, lead writer for Jack, placed blame for her same-sex scenes being cut on Fox News. Jack, a female character, was intended to be romanceable by a female Shepard, while Jacob, a male character, could be romanced by a male Shepard.īoth romance options were ultimately cut before the game released, leaving only female-female same-sex romances with other characters and no male-male romance options. Critically-acclaimed game franchise Mass Effect had two same-sex romances cut because of criticism from Fox News, according to two designers who worked on the series’ second entry.Īction role-playing game Mass Effect 2 originally included additional same-sex love interests for main character Shepard, who can be either male or female depending on the player’s choices.
