Let's see...
Syri - Have to actually bond and get closer to her, do a quest for her, and get her panties before you're able to get her as crew
Kiro - See above
Paige - Plenty of bonding and intimacy before she becomes a crew member, you need to quite literally invest half a million credits in her, and when she does join she feels like a valuable member.
Bess - Has an entire arc about becoming sapient and what it means to be human and a good romance done over a long period of time.
Shekka - Need to interact with her, finish the planet she's on, and do a time consuming quest before she joins. Has fun interaction with another crewmate.
Sera - Is a fully fleshed out character with aspirations, flaws, and interests even before becoming crew. In-depth training for her to enjoy being a sub while on the ship.
Compare that to CoC2 companions:
Cait - You instantly get her at the start and the devs have not done anything interesting with her. Just a bubbly pink cat whore that gets mad at cultists and demons(but doesn't really care if you're fucking the demon queen)
Atugia - Has potential but is a complete nothingburger atm.
Brint - A generic hunk nothingburger.
Brienne - Cute character with lovey-dovey scenes, though completely uninteresting past that. Could be interesting with doubting her feelings for MC with the whole armor thing, but Wsan is never doing that.
Azy - Goes nowhere and has no depth.
Arona - Half-assed romance, completely boring character.
Agni - Who?
Vivianne - Who?
Quint -
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