Originally Posted by Tuco
Originally Posted by fylimar
But when you do romance them, the ones I did, were good. I think, they should go over the dialogues again and make triggering a romance by accident harder.

The default path toward any other character should be a relationship built on friendship, with the player being the one that can eventually activate the "flags" leading to flirtatious behavior and (over time) straight up romance.

Right now? The feeling is that most of your traveling companions are people that you are either supposed to ignore entirely or to fuck enthusiastically.

I disagree.

(off topic: about love in BG3 in general, not LGBT)

Firstoff: falling in love at first sight is real. When I met my wife the first time, I was struck so deeply at first sight, drawn in further at first touch, and completely lost at first peck on the cheek, and when we had the first real kiss at a later meeting, it felt like my whole world re-arranged, that I would have doubted this if I had read it in a book. But this is real (our kids are undeniable proof).

Second: I experienced many different kinds of love before meeting my wife. Though none of those led to sex. Two could have if I hadn’t said no. The most different was that I confessed my love to my first girlfriend after more than a year of friendship (though I seem to have been the last to realize the love), but it didn’t last for more than a few weeks afterwards. And the meetings after the confession felt awkward. Part of that were bad ideas about relationships on my side. And I grieved for a good year afterwards. So I think it’s great that Larian includes many different flavors.

Third: BG3 has quite a few different ways to find love. Lae’zel respects your strength and then is drawn to your body and then love develops. Shadowheart seems to partially fall for you pretty quickly, but keeps her distance and leaves you enough space that you can find another love. She’s the friend who’s interested in you but is happy for you if you find someone else. The relationship only progresses to sex in Act 3 after confronting one of her core fears together. For me that was after more than 100 hours playtime. Astarion doesn’t actually fall for you at the start but tries to use your interest in his favor. Which fails. Halsin is shown as a typical late-comer with the clock ticking.

So I’m glad that BG3 includes several of my own experiences with love and not just one path.

Though it would have been nice if a romantic relationship with Jaheira had been a late-game option. Her relaxed life-experience and joining her family — meeting her kids as her new partner — would have been a really fun plot.