If you don’t want to know who you can woo in Dragon Age: Inquisition, look away now. Bioware’s Mike Laidlaw has revealed the romance options for male and female inquisitors.
He also discusses the way Bioware approached romances in Inquisition, and how it differs from what they’ve done before.
”First, we want to offer choice to our players,” explains Laidlaw. ”This doesn’t mean that all choices are available to everyone’”it means that no matter what type of character you choose to play, more than one possible romance option will be available.”
”Second, we want our characters to be internally consistent. Every major DA:I character has a story arc, personal goals, and thoughts on how your journey together has evolved; sometimes a romance arc doesn’t make sense for them, sometimes it does.” That means that several characters you might have expected to have a romance sidequest in fact don’t - they’re just not looking for either love or sweaty fumbling right now.
“Finally,” continues Laidlaw, ”a character being eligible for a romance doesn’t necessarily guarantee that they will be successfully won over.”
Characters have their own agendas and attitudes, and if you manage to get on their bad side by making them do things they disagree with, you’re unlikely to win them over. So if you want to get off with someone, try not to stand for everything they despise. That’s good advice for real life too, actually. Without further ado, here’s the eight romance options in Inquisition (no Varric???).
- Cassandra is interested in male characters.
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Blackwall is interested in female characters.
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Josephine is interested in both male and female characters
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Iron Bull is interested in both male and female characters
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Sera is interested in female characters.
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Dorian is interested in male characters.
There’s also two additional romances that don’t have quite the same level of content as the others. These were apparently added thanks to Inquisition’s lengthier than anticipated development time. “They are more limited in scope, largely for reasons directly related to their story arcs, but are otherwise the equal of the other options,” explains Laidlaw.
- Cullen is interested in female elves and female humans.
- Solas is interested in female elves only.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is out this November 18 in North America and November 21 in Europe.
