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[InfiniteAndBeyond]

Please take into consideration the quotation marks around best, as it is entirely subjective, and it depends on what you are saying it is the "best" of.

 

A few years ago before I ever played a BioWare game I was told by a friend that their games contain a selection of romance options, said friend compared it to dating simulators. I thought it sounded shallow, and scorned the very idea. Eventually, do to receiving them as gifts, I played both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect. Although I ridiculed the idea of romance options I decided to explore them. I was curious about their appeal, and thought that I might as well commit to it since it was an option in the game that the developers had apparently put effort into. 

 

I'm sure it's obvious by the title that I did grow interested in the romance options. The characters were so fully fleshed out and well written that I felt the need to know as much about them as possible. In every game thus far I have played through every romance at least once and I feel as if I understand each romance optional character better for it.

 

I have just finished all my play throughs through Trespasser, and I now feel the need to express my own opinions on the merits of each of the romances available to you in Inquisition.

 

Cassandra was the first romance route I took. She seemed plot important and I had already created a male character who shared similar views with her. I'm letting it be known she was the first because I think there is a certain amount of bias you may have towards the first character you choose to romance. All my first discoveries were with Cassandra, and my first character is usually the one that is most like me. I like Cassandra, she may be my favorite romance, but I would not consider her romance the best of every category.

 

For best, as in the most romantic romance I would choose Cassandra's.

 

For the funniest, most light-hearted romance I would choose Sera's.

 

For the most interesting romance I would say that would have to be Solas's.

 

For the most realistic (as in could possibly work out in the non-fictional world) romance, although it was close with Cullen, I chose Josephine's.

 

I would say for the ones not mentioned that Dorian's real world connection made his romance very emotional, that The Iron Bull's surprised me with how deep it was, that Cullen's was sweet and I was glad to have given that man some happiness in one of my play throughs, and that although Blackwall's reveal didn't surprise me, his redeeming qualities did.

 

I did not dislike any of the romances, and I believe each of them has their own charm and would recommend you attempt to play through all of them. It certainly brings a new light to certain characters, and fleshes out the ones you already know well.

 

 

[Fredward]

Thread doesn't have enough Dorian

 

Dorian THE FABULOUS                            Dorian

 

                  Dorian

                                                          Dorian!                                  Dorian                           Dorian

          Dorian                    Dorian

  Dorian the Quarian                                                         Dorian

                                                                                                                              Dorian the Mandalorian

                   Dorian

                                                                 Dorian the Thorian

                              Dorian

                                                                                             Dori~an

 

 

There. I made it better.

[caradoc2000]

Thread doesn't have enough Dorian
 
There. I made it better.

You forgot hunky-dor-ian.

[GoldenGail3]

CULLEN! Runs in with a flag bearing his name. You forgot about Cullen! Don't forgot about him! He's also grand and awesome! Dorian is too, it's just this thread needs more Cullen in it.

[nightscrawl]

Thread doesn't have enough Dorian

 

Dorian THE FABULOUS                            Dorian

 

                  Dorian

                                                          Dorian!                                  Dorian                           Dorian

          Dorian                    Dorian

  Dorian the Quarian                                                         Dorian

                                                                                                                              Dorian the Mandalorian

                   Dorian

                                                                 Dorian the Thorian

                              Dorian

                                                                                             Dori~an

 

 

There. I made it better.

 

I've finally come to understand what it is about the Dorian romance that draws me to it every time. I really like the man himself, of course -- all his flaws and virtues -- but I think the opportunity for it to be a healing relationship, to show him that this IS something he can want and have, that the very fact of wanting doesn't make him selfish, is what keeps me picking it again and again. And then by the time Trespasser rolls around you can see that he is completely confident in the relationship, even enough to have two significant kisses and public and drop the big "L word." It's just all really great.

 

(There is some deeper RP stuff related to my Inquisitor as well, but that is beyond the scope of this thread.)

[BansheeOwnage]

This one! I'm too tired for further explanation

 

[Andraste_Reborn]

Blackwall is my personal favourite so far. He's a giant slab of angst wrapped in a beard and a northern accent and that's just what I wanted . I'm not even upset that he died at the end of it. (I knew that was a possibility when I sent him to the Wardens; just glad he lived through the Joining and got another year with the Inquisitor.)

 

I've also romance Dorian, Josephine and Solas and liked all of them so far, although Josephine's romance is a bit slight and the good parts of the Solasmance are all at the end during the break-up and Trespasser (IMHO). Looking forward to Sera next, then Cassandra, Bull and Cullen at some point ...

[Donk]

Sera.

 

Only done that romance and Cassandra's, and had to bail out of that playthrough after Crestwood cause it just didn't feel right.

 

When a fictional, pixel character makes you feel like that.. you know it's good.

 

I suppose I should elaborate on it.. when I first fired up the game, I got this doom and gloom vibe from every single person I talked to. Cassandra pissed me off at the beginning (relax Cass fans, she grew on me a lot and is now a favourite) Solas bored me to death, Varric was depressing.. go to Val Royeaux and everybody there are acting like idiots. Get a strange arrow with a message, followed the instructions.. and there she was. A very cute elf with an attitude that made me laugh.

 

And then the first chat at Haven.. beyond that seemingly "uneducated" or "immaturity" was an intelligence that not even wise old Solas could match. (Just my opinion, don't wanna get into an argument with the haters, this thread isn't about that) I prompted her with the dialogue option, "Usually people pick a side. Which one are you on?"

 

Her reply: Right there in the friggin' middle like everyone else.

 

It was that conversation that I, or rather, 5 inquisitors to follow, became whipped. She is right, as unlikely as her opinion becoming fact was; the mages and templars need to get over their bullshit and look at the bigger picture.

 

So from then on I found myself making decisions that she liked. Luckily, she agreed with most anyway. I would panic if I even got one slightly disapproves.. I just couldn't make her unhappy!

 

The romance itself was very cute. The journal enhanced it and gave it a sense of realism, as well as the funny banter which often had a lot of dirty comments. My favourite had to be the one with Bull though. "Shut up, this is important." (when he jokingly implied that she is using the Inquisitor for power).

 

Come Trespasser.. I fell in love all over again. Her marriage proposal was sweet, and the dialogue response to it was spot on. "A thousand friggin' yeses". And I don't even like marriage.

[SomeoneStoleMyName]

As a straight white male I must say that there was not a single fulfilling romance.

 

We have 2 options. Cassandra looks beautiful + she is strong willed, but she is too religious and too good-hearted. Josephine is ok but,,, just ok. Kinda "middle of the tree". Also Josie is not a companion and that hurts the situation a lot for obvious reasons. 

[Pensieve]

I found Cullen's romance a bit disappointing. It's too romantic for my taste, I thought the insecure stuttering inexperienced boyish Cullen was too different from brave Commander Cullen. And I'm sure that could be great if you're into love stories about brave knights who turn out to be truly romantic souls when they meet the right woman, but I'm just not into that So I'll go with Dorian. Although in the looks-department Cullen definitely wins

[sylvanaerie]

I've done Cullen, Blackwall, Dorian and am in the middle of Cassandra's now.  I enjoyed them all.  

 

So far leaning toward Cullen's though.  Just the right amount of angst and sweet and the marriage was really nice with my Dalish mage.  Since my 'canon' warden is a Surana female, there was that elf-mage connection--he even commented on the HoF and how he regretted things he said to her during the Broken Circle.  He will probably be my 'canon' inquisitor romance.  Though I thought it would make a difference in my enjoyment, I didn't mind that I couldn't take him with my inquisitor everywhere.  Besides, KISA's are my favorite romantic Archtypes.

 

Blackwall's was good, but too much angst for my taste.  Plus, the whole 'lying about who he was' really didn't sit well with me.  On my 'canon' run my Inquisitor out and out freed him--usually I send him to the wardens--and him owning up to his proper name in Trespasser was a nice touch to his characterization.

 

Dorian's was fantastic.  He and Cass are my favorite companions.  I like an intelligent, charming foil to challenge me and apparently so do my PC's!  Plus, bubble-butt.

 

In the middle of Cass' romance now.  She's such a soft, squishy romantic under that hard exterior.  

 

That's all I've been able to do so far.  I am enjoying all of them.  My kid romanced Bull, so I've seen that one enough that I don't really need to play it myself.  I plan on doing Sera and Josephine at some time, just have to make appropriate characters for them.  No desire to do Solas, but I've Utubed it.  The parts I've seen were good, just not into the angst overload.

[Knight of Dane]

I have done all of them except for Solas, my rating would be:

 

1. Cullen

2. Cassandra

3. Sera

4. Dorian

5. Iron Bull

6. Josephine

7. Blackwall

 

Cullen and Cassandra are both filles with a lot of sincerity that makes me beleive in the attraction between them and the Inquisitor. On top of that Cullen's addiction theme also feels more personal because your choice in that regard is incorporated directly into the romance and its following scenes. Cassandras in a similar fashion bases itself on some of the scenes you already get about fluffy poetry.

 

Sera and Iron Bull are the most fun. Sera was the first one i did, as an elf, and I felt like it was harder for me to justify that relationship when she taunted the Dalish all the time. Still she is a fun character and a truthful one when you can decipher her rambling. Iron Bull is mostly just about sex, it was decently fun but I felt like it needed some added actual *romance* in comparison it sounds like, from banter, that his possible relationship with Dorian is more romantic.

 

Dorian was okay. I thought it had an average level of everything compared to the other four I have discussed. Fun times and fluff, he is that sort of character.

 

Josephine and Blackwall I did not like. Josephine's was too "neat" for my tastes. I don't need a sex scene for the romance to make sense, I felt like she was very far from my Inquisitor when I romanced her, in the sense that I did not really understand the attraction between them besides *small ship with family crest* I don't feel like the romance was built on anything in the same sense as Cassandra's poetry fluff and Cullen's addiction drama to give it character.

 

Blackwall I just disliked from the start. He kept calling himself "unworthy" which really nudged me off of him. I could have understood it as a theme here and there, but it became annoying when he kept saying it for the fifth time, I just felt like leaving him then. His romance does have a better ending that that though, sticking with it through his pq feels slightly rewarding because it fits his theme of atonement for the Inquisitor to forgive him.

 

There you have it.

[Dani100]

Have to admit that I don't see Sera's romance as lighthearted, funny yes, but not lighthearted. Sera cares deeply for her honeytongue and her romance can be anyway you desire, from the physical attraction of a qunari to the angst filled elf romance. No matter what you choose though she is deeply in love with Inky and in both the main game and Trespassers, she shows just how much she cares. Her confession of love scene in the main game was quite beautiful and her proposal in Trespasser was just so damn adorable. I'm doomed to never see another romance (in game anyway, I've seen most on YouTube) as Sera has ruined me from trying any other. She's just adorable.

[DogMeat312]

Dorian was my first romance, i loved it and thought it was very sweet and romantic...up until trespasser? I know the slides at the end imply differently but i just feel like he dumped my inquisitor to go be a magister? i just cant shake that feeling 

 

Still on my second playthrough, romancing Cassandra this time, although i kind of wish i had went with Blackwall

[stop_him]

Romances in order of preference:

Cullen x Lavellan

Sera x Lavellan (people who call me a hater can suck it. 2nd most enjoyable romance to me, despite my personal feelings about Sera)

Dorian x Cadash

Cassandra x Adaar (Divine Cass)

Josephine x f!Adaar

Solas x Lavellan (I like Solas as a character, but am not fond of his romance. My Lavellan got angry at him at breakup, and will not "redeem" him)

IB x f!Cadash (killed Chargers, IB betrayal)

Blackwall x Trevelyan (sent Blackwall to Wardens, Trevelyan alone at end)

[Emerald Rift]

In the DA games I tend to pick two options and stick with them.

 

In DAI, Solas and Blackwall (who both go well with my elf characters) I liked the idea of Cullen but it's too boring for me plot-wise.

[Ryzaki]

I guess I should make my list.

 

IB (though it felt barebones and sparse on the actual romance bit. But that's what headcanon is for!)

 

Cullen (Yaaassssss) This romanced has everything a wee bit of angst, romance, hurt comfort, addiction, marriage and a dog Couldn't have asked for more really.

 

Josie's was cute but felt barebones (except unlike Bull I couldn't fill my hc with kinky things to make up for it)

 

Blackwall (uh no thank you)

 

Cassandra (If I play a dude I'm romancing Bull...there's just no other option. Hell it's even getting to the point where if I play a female I'm romancing Bull Cullen's puppy eyes aren't working like they used to. Halp.)

[DarthEmpress]

Solas, obviously.  I would say it's the best written and most emotionally moving/heart-breaking/beautiful/hurtful romance in the series.  So many kokoro feels.

[Mrs_Stick]

Just finished a romance with Blackwall. It was very sweet how it ended in trespasser. Currently working on a Dorian run though should be interesting as the inquisitor will be a Templar. Very First romance I did was Cullen and I loved every minute of it. Lost that save file so did not do Trespasser with him. That is the next one I have planned.

[BansheeOwnage]

As a straight white male I must say that there was not a single fulfilling romance.

As a lesbian, there were also no fulfilling options for me either.

 

Any yet, I love Cullen's romance. How that happened, I'm still trying to figure out

[vertigomez]

I thought Sera's was the most thorough and well-developed.

If I were the self-inserty type, however, I'd probably go for Bull. Because kink.

[YourFunnyUncle]

As a straight white male I must say that there was not a single fulfilling romance.

 

We have 2 options. Cassandra looks beautiful + she is strong willed, but she is too religious and too good-hearted. Josephine is ok but,,, just ok. Kinda "middle of the tree". Also Josie is not a companion and that hurts the situation a lot for obvious reasons. 

 

As a straight white male I found Sera's romance very fulfilling. I'm also looking forward to trying Dorian's too. I did however find Cassandra''s to be quite shallow and unfulfilling by comparison to Sera's, even though I love Cass as a character.

[Abyss108]

Solas. 

Most connected to the main plot, most interesting character in the series, and I also think he cute.

 

I don't even like romance, but the Solasmance just works for me. (Been playing since Baldur's Gate and the only other romance I like is Garrus)

[Ghost Gal]

Solas, obviously.  I would say it's the best written and most emotionally moving/heart-breaking/beautiful/hurtful romance in the series.  So many kokoro feels.

 

And it's the best tied to the plot. 

 

Since Solas is so central to the main story, and since revelations about elves are a huge part of the whole second half the game, most of the climax, and 2/3 story-based DLC (Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser), romancing Solas enhances the whole roleplay experience, and makes your romantic feelings that much more tied to the main plot.

 

(And I'm speaking as someone who romanced Solas first, but has since romanced Cullen, Dorian, Bull, Cassandra, and Josephine. While the rest of them are all nice, after how emotionally engaging and integrally tied to the main story Solas is, the other romantic sidequests feel like that: romantic side quests. Like I could have opted not to romance them at all and it wouldn't have changed my overall experience of the game any. But with Solas, I do feel like the overall story is different without love for him than with, and it is lesser.)

[InfiniteAndBeyond]

As a straight white male I must say that there was not a single fulfilling romance.

 

We have 2 options. Cassandra looks beautiful + she is strong willed, but she is too religious and too good-hearted. Josephine is ok but,,, just ok. Kinda "middle of the tree". Also Josie is not a companion and that hurts the situation a lot for obvious reasons. 

It seems one of these comments must appear in every post regarding romance. Here, I will humor you.

First, why does the fact you're white have any baring at all on the romance options?

Second, this is a roleplaying game so what you are in the real world doesn't conform you to who you play as in the game. 

As for my last point, I found both Cassandra and Josephine's romance very fulfilling. I thought having romance options outside of the companions was clever, and it realistically made sense.

 

Have to admit that I don't see Sera's romance as lighthearted, funny yes, but not lighthearted. Sera cares deeply for her honeytongue and her romance can be anyway you desire, from the physical attraction of a qunari to the angst filled elf romance. No matter what you choose though she is deeply in love with Inky and in both the main game and Trespassers, she shows just how much she cares. Her confession of love scene in the main game was quite beautiful and her proposal in Trespasser was just so damn adorable. I'm doomed to never see another romance (in game anyway, I've seen most on YouTube) as Sera has ruined me from trying any other. She's just adorable.

I did not mean to imply that Sera's romance was shallow or that genuine love couldn't be found in it. When I said lighthearted I was comparing it to the much more drama and angst filled romances such as Blackwall's or Solas's. It was lighthearted in the way that it didn't life altering drama to work well and be charming.