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That's more or less how I view it as well. I'm indifferent towards romances and sort of just accept them as being one of the features people 'expect' to be present in RPGs.
I just think it's odd that they are accessible this early into the game.
Maybe they want deliver some more "realistic" ones, I mean in most games culminative (sex/kiss/whatever) point is somewhere at the end. It makes relationships quite short. People used to have waiting.
I was gonna say that then i thought about it and was surprised to find that no, not really. Of the games that i can think of only the Mass Effect trilogy handled romance like that. In DA:Origins they all start way before the endgame, same for 2 and Inquisition. Also Witcher, Andromeda and even BG2 itself(not 100% about the latter).
I think what's off is the presentation. Like, a feast in the middle of Act 1 after accomplishing a pretty easy task that culminates with the companions standing in line and having to pick one to have sex with. Then Halsin being all 'yo bro' and shit. It's all very awkward.
