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Romance wouldn't salvage a mediocre and infantilizing game. It couldn't salvage The Veilguard. Similarly, BG3 would still be a great game even without the romance. We are grateful to the Astarion sisters for contributing to the success of what they see as a vampire dating sim, but there's more to "the Lord of the Rings movies of video games." Even if the swine is too stupid to articulate why, beyond mentioning the atmosphere of the city or making Astarion rape jokes.