is taking the Baldur's Gate 3 approach to romanceable companions: you can fall in love with (smooch) them all, regardless of the player character's gender. A former lead has now chimed in on the decision, explaining that while it's "unsurprising," romance arcs can fundamentally change characters. Since Dragon Age: The Veilguard's big reveal, developer has confirmed that all seven companions will be both romanceable and pansexual in that they can be wooed by the player no matter your gender.
This isn't a huge left-turn for the series since every Dragon Age 2 romance option was also pansexual, though not every companion was necessarily romanceable. after all, as creative director John Epler says. Now, former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider has taken to social media to explain that the fandom "is pretty split" between those who "just want whoever they want, and not getting to romance them is tantamount to a slap in the face," and those who enjoy characters with "more agency.
" "Nothing wrong with either desire, honestly," Gaider adds. "It all depends on what you want out of your game. We're not all here for the same reasons, OK? The only unfortunate aspect, in my experience, is that these two approaches are more or less diametrically opposed, from a design standpoint.
The [Dragon Age] writers realized, eventually, that as soon as you make a character romanceable it limits the type of character they can be and the types of stories they can tell. They become beholden to their r.