
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is taking the Baldur's Gate 3 approach to romanceable companions: you can fall in love with (smooch) them all, regardless of the player character's gender. A former Dragon Age lead has now chimed in on the decision, explaining that while it's "unsurprising," romance arcs can fundamentally change characters.
Since Dragon Age: The Veilguard's big reveal, developer BioWare has confirmed that all seven companions will be both romanceable and pansexual in that they can be wooed by the player no matter your gender. This isn't a huge left-turn for the series since every Dragon Age 2 romance option was also pansexual, though not every companion was necessarily romanceable. "Romance is absolutely a Dragon Age thing," after all, as creative director John Epler says.