Romances should be like in the Pathfinder games, something you had to build up on throughout the course of the whole game.
D:OS2's issue is that it just suddenly showed up out of nowhere before the final act with zero warning, so it just ended up being comical. BG3's issue is the opposite, in that the intimacy happens way too soon. The latter would be improved by making it clear that it's likely to be a one time fling unless the player makes a serious commitment to following up on it as you proceed into the later parts of the game.
Exactly. Thank you.
My problem especially with Minthara's is that I felt like my guy should be "Oh yeah, I was so hot, this super wicked tough Drow chick who kills at the drop of a hat suddenly loves me. Dang! I'm good!"
She literally went from ravenous wolf to little puppy overnight. Suddenly, she can't bring herself to kill my character. Man! That was some POWERFUL love making.
