Romances are not a very strong side of Obsidian (or they just don't want to waste so much time on fanservice like Bioware), I only somewhat liked them in their NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer, so no need to bash them for not wanting to put them PoE. Besides, from what I've seen of this game, it resembles BG1 more than BG2, and BG1 had no romances.
Sorry but not putting fanservice in a game is like not putting icing on a cake. Why the hell would you not do it? Giving the fans what they want is supposed to be what it's all about. It surely doesn't have to be a BioWare level of relationship building and all that, but just something would be nice.
I also recall on this forum the question coming up about same-sex relationships and that came back as a yes.
