When did they add Anomen or Her'Dalis? Is that in the extended version?
Granted I only played male characters but as I remember the 3 elves are the only options in the original. As for the rest
Jahiera was the tough, independent woman but she also loved her husband very much. In fact her romance line ends abruptly because of that. I found that to be a nice touch and very much in-character for her. I also had her and her husband in the party in BG 1, so it felt very uncomfortable to have a romance with her.
Aerie was a soft, fragile spirit that as you mentioned, leads to having a child. I found her to be a bit annoying at times but she was the main choice and a great character to have in your party, she had high int and wisdom so she was ok with wish spells.
Virconia, was heavily implied it was in to BDSM, I liked her as a companion but not as a romance option. When I took her I just disabled her romance line in shadowkeeper.
Overall it just seemed like the doctors had a elves fetish, way better then gay bears.
I do like how romance was done in BG2, you had to do dialogue options and form a connection over time. Now in kingmaker you talk a couple of times and bang they instantly hit on you or poe 2 where you get asked for butsex several times.
Romance was a thing in KoTor 1? I remember having some connection to Bastila but was so vague, was it a full romance? Granted I did no romance in KOTOR2 either but I assume you could with the blind chick or the white haired fighter cultist one.
Anomen was the female romance option. The only female romance option, because the devs were evidently expecting mostly guys playing male characters back in 2000 when the games originally came out.
There weren't many non Elf options companion wise.
Nalia was likely too tied up in being a noble what with her quest chain there, one that may have likely required the player to be a martial class in the first place so you actually get the keep where the chain then takes place.
Mazzy would probably have been a very popular choice, if just because her VA is Jennifer Hale, although shortstacks in general are liked.
The only other option is Imoen, who for plot reasons is off limits.
Overall it's not a big part of the game and can be ignored if players choose to, but I've always done it when playing, although with the mods fixing things because that bit you mentioned about Jaheira ending abruptly I think was one of the many broken scripts. Luckily you don't need the EE for those fixes.
KotoR romance was quite binary, you either romanced Bastila if you were a guy, or Carth if you were a girl. Canon player is male though so Bastila is the canon route what with the fact several descendants exist in later material such as Satele and Theron.
KotoR 2 was more nebulous because nobody actually really mattered. Canon wise The Exile was female which meant you options were Atton Rand, or the male Jedi Mical you get in place of the Maiden if you were a male character. Males got the aforementioned Maiden, Brianna, or Visas Marr, the blind Miraluka.
Unfortunately as with lots of KotoR 2 the romances were cut content wise so not much actually happened with them, regardless of improved gameplay when compared to things like Baldur's Gate style games.
When did they add Anomen or Her'Dalis? Is that in the extended version? Granted I only played male characters but as I remember the 3 elves are the only options in the original. As for the rest
Jahiera was the tough, independent woman but she also loved her husband very much. In fact her romance line ends abruptly because of that. I found that to be a nice touch and very much in-character for her. I also had her and her husband in the party in BG 1, so it felt very uncomfortable to have a romance with her. Aerie was a soft, fragile spirit that as you mentioned, leads to having a child. I found her to be a bit annoying at times but she was the main choice and a great character to have in your party, she had high int and wisdom so she was ok with wish spells. Virconia, was heavily implied it was in to BDSM, I liked her as a companion but not as a romance option. When I took her I just disabled her romance line in shadowkeeper.
Overall it just seemed like the doctors had a elves fetish, way better then gay bears.
I do like how romance was done in BG2, you had to do dialogue options and form a connection over time. Now in kingmaker you talk a couple of times and bang they instantly hit on you or poe 2 where you get asked for butsex several times.
Romance was a thing in KoTor 1? I remember having some connection to Bastila but was so vague, was it a full romance? Granted I did no romance in KOTOR2 either but I assume you could with the blind chick or the white haired fighter cultist one.
Anomen was the female romance option. The only female romance option, because the devs were evidently expecting mostly guys playing male characters back in 2000 when the games originally came out.
There weren't many non Elf options companion wise.
Nalia was likely too tied up in being a noble what with her quest chain there, one that may have likely required the player to be a martial class in the first place so you actually get the keep where the chain then takes place.
Mazzy would probably have been a very popular choice, if just because her VA is Jennifer Hale, although shortstacks in general are liked.
The only other option is Imoen, who for plot reasons is off limits.
Overall it's not a big part of the game and can be ignored if players choose to, but I've always done it when playing, although with the mods fixing things because that bit you mentioned about Jaheira ending abruptly I think was one of the many broken scripts. Luckily you don't need the EE for those fixes.
KotoR romance was quite binary, you either romanced Bastila if you were a guy, or Carth if you were a girl. Canon player is male though so Bastila is the canon route what with the fact several descendants exist in later material such as Satele and Theron.
KotoR 2 was more nebulous because nobody actually really mattered. Canon wise The Exile was female which meant you options were Atton Rand, or the male Jedi Mical you get in place of the Maiden if you were a male character. Males got the aforementioned Maiden, Brianna, or Visas Marr, the blind Miraluka.
Unfortunately as with lots of KotoR 2 the romances were cut content wise so not much actually happened with them, regardless of improved gameplay when compared to things like Baldur's Gate style games.
You forgot the best female companion, Edwina. While not romanceable by the player, Misc does try.