Bioware’s role-playing games are known for their various love affairs. In the Mass Effect trilogy alone, there is already a whole range of potential partners with Ashley Williams, Liara T’Soni, Garrus, Kaidan and many more. But one fan favorite is missing: Jeff Moreau, better known as the Joker.
The humorous pilot of the Normandy just doesn’t want to succumb to our charm and prefers to go out with the artificial intelligence EDI in Mass Effect 3. If, after ten years, you still long for a romantic story line with Joker, you can fulfill this wish with the Mod The Hatboy Project
But if you still haven’t touched the Mass Effect trilogy, don’t fear the game. Our author Adriane only dived into the sci-fi world with the Legendary Edition this year and was pleasantly surprised:
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What’s in the mod?
You can get the mod over NexusMods download. Unfortunately, the fan extension is not available for all games, only for the original version of Mass Effect 3
This gives you access to some new dialogue options between Joker and Shepard, which can lead to intimate bed scenes in addition to a committed relationship with the pilot. That doesn’t get in the way of the general plot though: the conversations between Joker and EDI, for example, are also rewritten so that their relationship is purely platonic in nature.
The following trailer for the mod offers a foretaste of the conversations:
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Are there about the same voice actors at work? No they are not. The voices were created using an AI, but are surprisingly close to the originals. Of course, this is only the English version. The entire mod can only be enjoyed in English until further notice.
By the way, you can only use the romance option with Joker if you play the female Shepard. According to the modder, implementing the male Shepard with all the dialogues and animations is too much work.
If you’re still not sure whether you should choose Joker or one of the many other potential loves, take a look at the results of our poll:
Have you been longing for this mod forever because Joker has already wrapped you around his finger 10 years ago with his charm and excellent piloting skills? Or do you want a completely different romance option? Write it to us in the comments!
