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[Feybrad]

So, I am getting a little worried these Days. Or Hours. Whatever.

Because, as I thought about it, I wondered if the Romance(s) with Advisors have an equal "Amount" of Content dedicated to them as the "true" Companions have. I know, this might be very nitpicky, but it is something I like to determine my "Choice of Romance" on, which can prove to be quite the important part in the Game Experience.

 

I am someone who likes to get the most out of the Game I want to play. This extends to the Romance Content and there I stumbled upon some... worrying Assumptions. Since, in my opinion, the Appeal of the Romance Content in Dragon ge (and Mass Effect, to a lesser extent) derived from little additional Interactions such as Party Banter regarding specific Pairings or one or two Lines of additional Dialogue in specific Situations, I wondered if the Advisor Romances could deliver these just as well as the "conventional" Companion Romances.

 

So far, I can describe how I perceive this possible Difference only by comparing the Companion Romances of Mass Effect 3 to the Crew member Romances. And while I don't think any of the suffered from lesser Quality in terms of writing or Execution, I still had the Impression that the Romances of the Crew Members were somewhat inferior because they lacked much of the smaller Interactions littered troughout the Game.

 

Since I interpreted the Advisor Romances to be intended as full fledged Romance options (unlike, say, Kelly in Mass Effect 2) I now fear that they might be unable to hold up against the Romances of full fledged Companion Characters. Do you think they can? Do you think, that this Concern is justified? How do you think the Developers have found a Way to make these Romances truly equal (if you think so)?

[EmperorSahlertz]

Considering that it seems that our advisors do tag along certain quests, I don't see any reason as to why they wouldn't be of equal quality to the other romances.

[Dean_the_Young]

Can? As far as I'm concerned, yes. Companion banter can still reflect it. Post-mission dialogue can reflect it. Character arcs can embrace it. The only thing it can't do is have the advisor there beside you as part of the party- but I think that's not only a fair (and obvious) tradeoff to make, but a factor that had little actual impact when the Bioware LI's were in the party. LI's rarely addressed you as such in-mission.

 

Will? Not sure. I doubt I would mind the difference.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I think they can be equivalent in content as the companion romances, yes. 

[AresKeith]

I think they can since they are gonna play a significant role in the game

[Sir Froggie]

In all honesty, I've found that I don't ever bring the love intrests with me all the time anyway. So for me it wouldn't be a big deal.

[KC_Prototype]

Yeah, I believe it won't be like ME3 NPCs. I think the content will be there for Adviser lIs

[KirstyLionheart]

Personally I enjoyed dragging my LI along with me everywhere I went. So I feel we'll definitely be missing out in that sense.

However I have great faith in the writers. I think we're going to be pleasantly surprised with advisor romances. If not, I'll eat my hat. (Or Cole's).

[mordy_was_here]

I think they can, if done right. Bioware seems to recognize the fear most people have that these advisor romances won't stack up to the companions, and I believe they're taking that in to consideration when writing them. 

 

Personally, I think the "something to come home to/something back home to fight for" angle could be intriguing, and one we haven't been able to fully explore yet. That alone is enough for me to consider going for one of them on my first playthrough. 

[Conquerthecity]

While I'm sure adviser romances have an equal amount of content in comparison with companions, nothing will beat taking my love interest everywhere. Eventually I'll probably romance Cullen and Scribbles, but they're not a very high priority. 

[DarkKnightHolmes]

Considering Steve had more content (in terms of romance) than most of the other squad mates in ME3, I'd say yeah they can keep up.

[godModeAlpha]

Personally I enjoy taking my LI along on quests. So I would not feel an advisor romance is equal to a companion romance.

There is a lot of banter that happens during quests with my LI in the party.

[fizzypop]

I don't know. In ME non-squad members weren't as well together as squad members. But it would seem they are playing a larger role than non-squad members in ME verse so who knows? It is something I worry about too.

[duckley]

I sure hope so. Frankly the ME NCP romances were pretty flat and uninspiring to me.

[Nocte ad Mortem]

I like to take my LI everywhere with me, so NPC romances don't sound nearly as appealing. Having them just show up sometimes in specific quests isn't the same. If there's a decent m/m NPC relationship (obviously it would have to be Cullen lol) then I will give it a try. I don't know if Cullen will even be available for m/m, though, so it may be a moot point for me.   

[BobZilla84]

I think the Advisor Romances will be good but I dont think they will compare to the Companion Romances as others have said because our Advisors dont travel with us.

 

There will be no unique Romance Party Banter unless the others just gossip about the Inquisitors Love Life.

 

I do believe the Advisor Romances will be great but they will be limited I just hope they are not like Diana Allers but instead are like Cortez/Traynor/Chambers but better alot better. 

[Fizzie Panda]

Yeah, Cullen was outside in like the forest in one of the trailers, and Leliana was in Redcliffe, shooting ppl. So they should be able to keep up

[Jedi Master of Orion]

I really enjoyed the Kelly romance, even if I wish it had a few stronger parts, so I don't see any problem with npc romances.

[Zatche]

I loved the Traynor romance...

 

And it looks to me like the advisors will be pretty significant. Leliana (though not a romance) seems to have a strong part in the E3 demo mission. Cullen and his Lion mask in the E3 trailer leading the troops on a mission with you or something...

[jncicesp]

At least One out of three of them are romances at most two out of three. and I think they'd be more important to the Inquisition as the Inquisition than any or most of the companions in dragon age inquisition... Soo yes I think they can be as good but different than companion romances, but at the same time I think they'd be the more boring set in stone characters with not a load of depth or allure to them.

so I kinda feel like they shouldn't even have romances at all, or its just something I wouldn't like if how I think they'd be like is correct.

 

and I never liked any of the crew members that much in mass effect. as neat as they were..

[rapscallioness]

I hope they keep up. Sigh. It's just something abt having my LI there fighting at my side. Traveling into the deepest darkest places. Being smothered in nutella together. Watching them do that Final Slo mo Kill  move.  And saving my azz in the process.

 

They do seem to show up on some quests. And they also Seem to be able to meet up with you at a scouted campsite--which could lead to fun things.

 

But I do feel we may be missing out on banter and such. Not that it was that much in DA2. Although in DAO it was more on mission banter abt the LI and all that. Like Alistair asking Leli for advice in love. Or Wynne speaking abt how Alistair was watching my Warden's hips sway. They're small bits, but.....they were special small bits.

 

Also hearing what they had to say abt a mission or the place we were at. About the choices we were confronted with. Spontaneous stuff.

 

It is what it is, though. So, yeah.

 

I think they'll definitely be better than the Mass3 npc stuff. so, there's that.

[Maria Caliban]

No, but I'm open to BioWare making me eat my words.

[Vaseldwa]

Well I have always dragged my LI around with me (DAO-Alistair, DA2 Fenris, ME& 3- Kaiden), so when it comes to romancing an NPC/non-companion I don't have any experience. But as big as this game is said to be and as good as bioware is with details (imo) I dont doubt that the romances will be good! 

[Jedi Master of Orion]

Personally, being able to take my LI around with me is less important to me than still actually getting a reasonable amount of content and dialogue with them at enough certain times over the whole of the game.

[KainD]

They can keep up in the amount of romance specific dialogues, but not other dialogues.