Hiya @Buttercheese! Nice to have you in this forum. Haven't seen you in the Beamdog forum in a while.
Re. romances, I'm afraid I've always been of the mind that romances in RPGs are a waste of valuable writing and programming resources that could've been spent on other core elements of the game. However, I fully understand that romances are something cherished by many other people, and unlike some on this forum I believe in games being enjoyable to as many different people as is reasonably possible, and not just enjoyable to me. So I'm good with romances in BG3 so long as they've been done well.
I agree that the DA games did romances very well, but also think the BG games did them well too. Specifically for me, romances done well means (a) they are subtle and not thrust into your face or otherwise forced upon you, and (b) there are no consequential costs to you in terms of story, XPs, cool items, etc. if you opt to not pursue any of the romances.
