Those darker elements don't simply go away now that he is going to incorporate more romance into the game...The original BB was intended for darker elements , that was what the creator intended. The earlier version(s) and creator's statements are ironclad proof .
That romance whether it exists or not is still the product of the scamming and plotting that exists in the earlier parts of the story.
Just like what is supposedly happening with those afflicted with Stockholm Syndrome...
Max (and Eric and Kira) are still corruptors...The women were still tricked into entering into the relationships they never intended to happen...
If and when they start acting romantic towards Max, it really still is the product of their total submission to the skull duggery that Max (and others) perpetrated on them earlier in the game.
Taken as a whole the game is still a corruption con and as they say...the Best Cons perpetrated are the ones where the victim is happy in the end even though they were conned!