Originally Posted by Nicottia
Originally Posted by Tzelanit
I like the romances as they're done now and don't really need them expanded out.
I'd rather see resources put into even more regular interactions and conversations with my companions that comment on what's going on in the moment than play a mini-game where I have to say the right thing to get the approval of a pile of pixels with the hopes that I get an awkward cutscene of plastic bodies tangled together like I'm at the Twister National Championships for Action Figures.


Err, twister national olympics can happen regardless of romance. laugh

Here's proof:
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@Vamathi ... please forgive me if I don't massively quote and respond to every point like I did before, a bit too tired for it right now, but overall, I agree, Astarion is a manipulator. All our current companions are, minus Wyll I'd say.

And yes, unpopular opinion, but I find Shadowheart to be quite manipulative too, not on the lvl Astarion is, but she's close enough. Anyhow, after Anders from DA2 and Solas from DAI, I'm hella paranoid of all possible romance options in games. And with popularity of GoT (like I mentioned in previous thread), I really think we're in for some interesting plot twists. Not necessarily regarding Astarion, but the other companions, especially Shadowheart, are on my radar... and Gale. I've come across this entertaining conspiracy theory on reddit about Gale being truly evil. It's an interesting read for sure: https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/jlu5yh/ruminations_whats_your_crazy_theory/


Now that was an EXTREMELY interesting thread.

... I feel like I actually like Gale better now - who does not enjoy a little depth and plot! Still not romancing any of the options though. I really feel like NONE of the available characters suit my ranger lady, even a tiny bit. <.<

Regarding romances, I have an anecdote I'd like to share;
during my first playthrough, I didn't romance anybody (like mentioned above). When we had the celebration at the camp after saving the refugees, Astarion wanted to talk to me (as you all know here, sleep with me) - I told him no and went to check in with all other companions. ALL of them acted as if I had said yes to Astarion. Wyll wanted to toast for us, Gale told him Astarion was a lucky man, Laz snorted at me that my actions had made her run hot, but that I already missed a chance with her cause I promised my body to Astarion, and finally Shadowheart was just being... Shadowheart. And I was just left there being very confused. XD This must have been a flag-bug though, I had a friend experiencing the same - but another friend also tried going non-romance, after hearing of our experience, and he didn't suffer the same issue. Did this happen to anyone else who didn't care for a romance run yet?

Hoot hoot, stranger! Fairly new to CRPGs, but I tried my best to provide some feedback regardless! <3 Read it here: My Open Letter to Larian