Avowed doesn't have romance options in the traditional sense, despite featuring a massive(ly sexy) fishman companion played by Garrus' voice actor. There is one companion you can confess your love for at the end, but otherwise, Obsidian Entertainment's newest RPG takes a notable swing away from Baldur's Gate 3's horniness and the game's director has now stood behind the decision post-launch.
Avowed game director Carrie Patel told IGN that "obviously, there are skillful ways to do it," but romance in roleplaying games has the potential to "undermine that core experience" because players will often try to cheese and minmax relationships. Patel didn't want players to pursue every possible conversation and hoard gifts "in the hopes of maximizing a relational meter of some kind."
