I love DA2 so much, but I do think Origins is better, especially when you take into account all of the DLC of both games. Romances are actually very sweet and a nice way to get to know your favorite character on a deeper level and some of them tie in well to the main plot, like Alistair. It's not weird until you get the "sex scene" those are like hella weird but everything else is actually very nice and not forced at all. I've romanced pretty much every character in the first couple of games except for Morrigan because she is super hetero and I haven't played a dude yet. Next time!