One of the RPG’s big decisions can change your party, but some fans are holding out hope not all is as it seems

Dragon Age and Mass Effect didn’t always have flirt options that were labeled in the UI as flirtatious — instead, you’d have to simply keep your companion approval high and infer what counted as signaling your intentions. That was not always easy.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard brings seven wonderful companions for Rook to get to know and fight alongside, and while they are all interesting in their own right, some are just a tad more complex than others. This article will focus more on the characters themselves, with what they offer gameplay-wise being secondary.