I sincerely hope Obsidian knows who their real fans are. Imagine if they'd had to censor New Vegas. Oh, you can't have prostitutes because that's "triggering". No women can get hurt. Slavery is offensive, so the Legion can't have slaves.
Shirts should be available for sale after the Kickstarter ends. I've pledged as much as I can afford off my October 15th paycheck, but would be very eager to order a shirt with my October 30th check.
Obsidian's writing is light years ahead of Bioware's. Compare Kotor 1 and 2. I don't doubt that the COULD write a decent romantic subplot, but I can almost guarantee they will not. Good riddance too.
Wow, did my previous post get deleted?
Let's not take the Mass Effect route. If you want a dating sim, by all means go out and play a dating sim, but in this genre romance isn't really appropriate.