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[Fushichou]

 You know, the thing about Dragon Age (and Mass Effect) is that your character is forced to be a bastard as new content comes out. If you are interested in the romance storylines, chances are you have noticed that none of your options made any appearance at the slightest in Awakening, and Mass Effect isn't much less guilty of this.

If (and I hope it is) Dragon Age 2 is being made, INCLUDE Leliana's return at the very least. The issue with a lot of RPGs that have romances is that your character suddenly forgets about your previous lover, and suddenly the entire point just seems to get into someone's pants, which entirely contradicts the whole idea of a hero.

[David Gaider]

I think fanart/fanfiction is great. It's quite complimentary to think that someone has been inspired enough by a character or story that they make it their own and add to it. *I* can't look at that stuff (not yet, anyway) but I appreciate the fact that it exists.

Insofar as continuity for romances goes, if it makes sense to the project we'll happily include it. I don't think we would ever base a project (like a sequel or an expansion) around continuing romance plots, however.

[David Gaider]

Anima03 wrote...
While I agree with you on making the continuity of romance the focus of a large project like an expansion or sequel being foolhardy, what is your or BioWare's position on the extenstion or addition of romance through smaller dlc like that of RTO or DSC? If instead the focus wasn't on adding new items or new areas but companion interaction?

I like the idea, personally. I think the point of DLC should be to focus on those niche groups that are particularly committed towards a character or a plotline-- especially the later the DLC comes out after release. Your more casual players, after all, probably aren't still playing the game at that point anyway.

I'm less enthused about the idea of adding romances/plotlines to already-existing areas, however. That gets complicated, depending on how integrated it's intended to be. If it's an add-on DLC rather than an add-in it seems more likely to happen.

Either way, it's not up to me what DLC gets made, so my opinions are just that.

[David Gaider]

Patriciachr34 wrote...
Mr. Gaider, I'm personally glad the the storyline is the main focus of the Dragon Age Franchise. Although I love the Alistair character to death, if his demise meanings furthering the story I can live with that. The story is so well written to date I wouldn't want anything to detract from the level of excellence you have already established.

I'll always include romances when I get the chance. I actually like writing them. But if it's between doing romances properly and giving them short shrift, I'd rather not do them at all.