This is something both Larian and some of Larian's fans need to realize ASAP - freedom is bullshit. Even in a dnd session with a human DM there are rules and restrictions, otherwise there was no point in creating Dnd in the first place, and people would roleplay however they want.
If we zoom in to a video game setting, there is no freedom. You can romance whoever the developers say you can, and unless the game is extremely easy to mod any other option is impossible. There are a select few NPC's the designers decided would be rommanceable and either way you have limited options. Creating 8 herossxual companions is just a lazy way to give us "freedom". Since it fits the rest of Larian's design philosophy it's not surprising but super lame. Nothing wrong with aspiring to give the player as much freedom as possible within the boundaries of the game, as long as you are willing to acknowledge these boundaries and work within them, something Larian doesn't do.
