Best romance?

Jaal is definitely a top contender for "Who's Bioware's Best Romance" and the funny thing for me is that it contains some things I never thought I'd love in an LI. One of the big ones being that Jaal has a big family that is very important to him and they will continue being important to him. I can't see a romance with him where he doesn't end up with a family of his own, in some way. I don't go for "family types" - I'm more of a loner and hearing just how big his family was (and that they all lived together) gave me a mini panic attack when he wanted to introduce Sara to them . However, I found that I absolutely loved that aspect of Angaran culture. I actually want that for my character.

His romance also flows really well with Sara and entwines with the plot beautifully.

I love Solas, but his romance felt too "fairy-tale" to me (if that makes any sense).  I wasn't a fan of the romances in Inquisition, tbh.  If we're just going on romances for one game, it'd definitely be Jaal for me as the #1 romance they've done.... I'm just having trouble choosing if it's better than FemShep/Vakarian and I think I'd need to see the future content before making that decision. 


I love Jaal's (and the Angara's) openness about feelings and not being ashamed of voicing them.  I love knowing where someone stands and being honest is a major plus for me in any department.  And I think Jaal's sincerity is really well executed by the voice actor.  Seriously, the guy did a beautiful job with the nuances needed for the character to be properly represented and I felt everything Jaal was going through.  That's at least one of the reasons it works well, I know that much.  

Solas is too fairy-tale? Fairy tale romances are usually more like Jaal's all sugar and sweetness. Solas' romance is anything but, it is filled with angst, betrayal, and loss. The lack of mystery and drama in Jaal's romance is what turns it off for me. I like Sara paired with Reyes much better. But I have always favored the romances with the more morally grey characters; Morrigan, Isabella, Solas, Miranda, and now Reyes.

Jaal and Reyes are 50/50 in the poll!

Wow, Reyes is currently first in the poll. That's surprising, given the amount of screentime he has. I wonder if BioWare expected him to become such a popular character?

That said, Reyes is my pick as well. His romance felt very natural and, uh... my Ryder likes bad boys.

Consider me Hacked!! Oh so adorkable with enough bad just well written 😍

Reyes. Interesting character, and his romance with Ryder felt so much more natural; they had great chemistry right from the start!

It also helped that Ryder was giving as good as she got in the flirt department and didn't behave like a headless chicken while fumbling her way through awkward pick-up line after awkward pick-up line.

Ah, Cullen. That was a wonderful romance indeed!

Peebee all the way

Damn you, Reyes! I was so happy with Jaal, and you just had to happen with all your charm right in the middle on that slowly forming joyful human-alien union! What am I supposed to do now? Another run?

That's not for me - I play my characters as my avatars. But who would think straight women could get 2 great choices?

I voted for Liam. I've always loved the friends-to-lovers trope (Garrus was always my favorite Bioware romance) and Liam's definitely delivers. Really well. (Minus Shepard's creepy sexual harassment flirts. ) The romance unfolded naturally and felt sweet but realistic. It was such a breath of fresh air after all the melodrama, betrayals and emotional roller-coasters... and tragic tales and dudes with issues so prevalent among Bioware's male LIs (not to say I don't love a bunch of them anyway but... jeez, enough already). And I actually liked the couch scene - my Sara had never flirted with him up to that point so the moment was really surprising and lovely. Legit gave me butterflies.

Helps that I really loved the character. I suppose I can see how he wouldn't click for some people but I enjoyed bringing him everywhere with me. His interactions with my Sara were great. I love how supportive he was, right from the beginning. Where she's going through so much and kind of floundering to find her place, but he's totally got her back and believes in her. I wasn't sure if I'd go for Jaal or him that first playthrough but those moments early in the game really sealed it for me that Liam was her guy.

While I love Jaal (he might even be my favorite squadmate - maybe more so than Liam even) he just didn't click for me romance-wise. I tried a couple of his flirts just to see and - yeah, no. They seemed really awkward and out of character for my Sara. I'll make a character just for Jaal at some point but for this one I was like 'what the hell are these words she's saying!?' *reloads save*

On my second playthrough now and I'm going for Reyes. I though he'd be that guy I'd get around to romancing 'at some point...' but like so many in this thread he really surprised me. He's such a great character. Though my first Sara never flirted with him (an opted to punch him as a distraction ) his friendship arc was pretty cool. Haven't gone to Kadara yet, but I'm really looking forward to how his romance plays out.