Kindegran didn't agree with the change, but told The Gamer that it was done in an attempt to 'minimize the amount of critique that would be directed towards the community by outlets like Fox News again.' 'The development team of Mass Effect 2 was a pretty progressive, open-minded team, but I think there was a concern at pretty high levels that if Mass Effect, which only had one gay relationship, Liara - which on paper was technically not a gay relationship because she was from a mono-gendered species - I think there was a concern that if that had drawn fire, that Mass Effect 2 had to be a little bit careful.”
