Commander Shepard has the option to pursue heterosexual romantic involvement with a human squad member — male Shepard with Ashley Williams , female Shepard with Kaidan Alenko — or xenophilic romance for either gender with the asari squad member, Liara T'Soni. Regardless of gender, Shepard can also have a sexual encounter with Sha'ira , an asari consort. Note: As part of a workaround for a programming issue, Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale voiced all of the lines for both human romances in Mass Effect even though the romances were intended to be exclusively heterosexual. A soldier who served as a gunnery chief on Eden Prime.

I mentioned whoopee-making in the title so you know this post is about the barneymugging. So, fair warning and all. Lets talk about sex, baby! Recently I was replaying through Mass Effect again. However, this time I started being bummed out by most of the romance options.

I've played the original trilogy more times than the average bear, with at least hours in each of the three games. Nasty, alien sex. Ah, but now, dear reader, things get interesting. I understand the appeal of Thane—so gentle, but so unstoppable; so kind, but so deadly; so spiritual, but so steeped in sin.