The romances of various RPGs of the past few years, from fallout to baldur's gate 2, to KOTOR, have been nothing but entertaining to me. In fallout I enjoyed getting caught comitting abhorrent acts of sodomy with the farmer's son, marrying him at a shotgun wedding, and then selling him out as a fluffer in new reno. In baldur's gate I enjoyed the character development aspect it brought in, same for KOTOR.
I have never encountered a CRPG with a poorly done "romance" aspect, primairly because i've never played a CRPG featuring romance that wasn't done by black isle or bioware. Fallout 2 had the most simple one, but it made up for that with the versatility and sheer hilarity.
I don't know where some of you aquired this notion that people who want to see more of this kind of character development "don't have lives". It's just a game, "romances", especially comical same sex romances, contribute greatly to the immersion, as long as it's well done. And I fully expect a team with the fantastic resume that obsidian has to pull it off with flying colors.