“Romantic Escapades” Game Review and Guide 【Salamander】

Preface

“Romantic Escapades” is a retro-style eroge

If you like the retro aesthetic, or enjoy collecting resources in games

Then this game is highly recommended

If you don’t like grinding for resources, you can just read the article

There are masturbation options in the game, so you can handle it yourself at home

You can see the naughty scenes without relying on the plot

Thank goodness for the masturbation option

I’m so tired of grinding, but the hot scenes haven’t even started yet

Game Plot

The protagonist of “Romantic Escapades” drowns and is transported to ancient times, becoming Tie Zhu, the junior disciple at a medical clinic

Tie Zhu can pursue relationships with his senior sister Cui Ying’er, junior sister Jingjing, and the widow Auntie Tong

You can increase your affection by completing quests and giving gifts

After diligently grinding for resources, completing quests, and giving lots of gifts to advance the story

You can unlock some of the naughty scenes and get closer to the female characters

By meeting further quest conditions, you can unlock the full scenes

When the affection level reaches five hearts, you can engrave a “Concentric Seal” on the female character

Gameplay

“Romantic Escapades” is a 3D RPG

It has not only naughty scenes, but also a rich storyline

This is both a strength and a weakness, because it’s an extreme grind

The plot is very rich, with one quest chain locking another, and different female characters’ storylines will block each other

You also need to gather resources to unlock the plot

If you just want to get to the good stuff, you might not want to grind this much

The gameplay is similar to most RPGs

You can see characters with question marks and exclamation marks on the map

Sometimes, some random naughty scenes will appear, and they occasionally drop some useful small items

Just talk to them, run around, and collect resources to complete quests

Because the plot is really rich, it is recommended to complete quests with a purpose

Female Characters

“Romantic Escapades” has 7 female characters you can pursue

Senior sister Cui Ying’er, junior sister Jingjing, the widow Auntie Tong, Murong Yan, the dancer Fei Yan, Xuan Shuang, and the concubine Nangong Ling

To complete a female character’s storyline, you need to grind for resources and complete quests

It is recommended to focus on one character at a time

Map Introduction

The map can be mainly divided into the Thatched Cottage Area and the Wharf Area, and you can fast travel between them

The Wharf Area can be crossed by a bridge or swimming to the Altar Area and the Deadwood Forest Area

Press the ESC key to see the map options

On the left side, you can see the currently pending quests

Select the quest you want to do, and a small green dot will appear as a guide

Follow the guide to find the items or characters needed to advance the plot

Because you need to run back and forth to buy gifts and gather resources

Resources and gifts do not refresh instantly

It is recommended to gather幽蘭草(Youlan Grass),青楊木(Qingyang Wood), and藍礬(Lanfan) when you’re near the lake

If you are near the gift shops, buy some gifts as well

The Thatched Cottage Area and the Wharf Area can be traveled between using Soul Stones and Cheat Codes

This can reduce some of the running time

Cheat Codes

This game is just too much of a grind

The developers even provide a cheat code option

However, even with the cheat codes, it still takes a lot of time to complete one female character’s storyline

The cheat code page has various ores and tonics

The operation is very simple, you can get the corresponding items by entering the corresponding commands

But things are not that simple

Some necessary materials still need to be gathered by yourself

For example, the blue alum needed to build the medicine cabinet must be farmed out, so you just have to accept it and gather them one by one

Blue alum does not refresh instantly, so if you don’t have enough after gathering, you have to sleep and wait until tomorrow

Upgrading gathering tools requires gold ore

But the cheat code page only has silver ore, so you still have to go to the ore merchant to exchange for gold ore

To find the ore merchant and gather blue alum, you still have to run a long way and cross the bridge

Although the eggplant stewed fish can restore the stamina consumed by gathering

It cannot speed up the gathering time

It also cannot reduce the distance, you still have to cross the bridge to gather these materials

This cheat code only allows players to “ensure they have enough stamina to run over”

This is crazy

Is it so difficult to just play an eroge Orz

Adult Magazine

The adult magazine can skip to a specified time of day

But you can only skip forward, not backward

For example, in the morning’s Chenshi, you can skip to the evening’s Xushi

There is only one adult magazine, but it can be used repeatedly

You must use it carefully, as some plots require a specific time of day to be completed

For example, to deliver the late-night snack to your senior sister, she will only eat it in the evening, at least Xushi

If you have nothing to do in between, use the adult magazine to skip to the evening, finish the plot, and then go to bed to become the next day

Gift Shops

The gift shop is an essential part of the game

Giving gifts is the secret to getting a good response from the female characters

The cheat codes have a command to add money

The money you can add is unlimited

Don’t think that if you have enough money, you can buy whatever you want

The number of gifts you can buy in a day is limited

After buying everything, you have to wait until the next day for it to refresh

There are two gift shops, one for low-grade gifts and one for high-grade gifts

The wharf merchant sells low-grade gifts, with fewer types and less affection points

But eggs will be one of the quest items, so you can buy them in advance

The high-grade gift shop is very far away, at the Altar Shop after crossing the bridge from the wharf, which takes a long time to run to

It is recommended to buy everything when you go there, and buy the maximum amount of everything at once

Buy both expensive and cheap items, every little bit helps

Just buy, buy, buy, buy

This way, you will have enough gifts to increase your affection

Clothing Store

In the naughty scenes, you can put specific clothes on the female characters

These clothes can be bought at the clothing store

If you have the need, the clothing store is right across from the gift shop, also in front of the Altar

You can buy clothes when you buy gifts

Just use the cheat codes to get money, so you don’t have to worry about not having enough money

Bathhouse Bathing

The bathhouse is also one of the main quest steps

Taking a bath in the bathhouse can restore stamina and consume half a Shi Chen

But it is recommended to just use the cheat codes

Just eat a bowl of eggplant stewed fish to restore stamina

Workbench

The workbench is in Tie Zhu’s house and can be used to upgrade and craft items

It is recommended to use the cheat codes to get a lot of copper and silver ore in the early stage

Upgrade all your gathering tools to silver

After going to the ore merchant and exchanging silver ore for gold ore

You can then upgrade all your gathering tools to gold

Masturbation Interface

The purpose of the single bed is to sleep and masturbate

The bed in Tie Zhu’s room has a masturbation option, which allows you to enter a usable naughty scene

“Romantic Escapades” is a big grind, and in the early stages, besides the masturbation scenes, there are not many naughty scenes

If you have a practical need early on

You might as well just give up on grinding for resources

It’s fastest to just go to the bed and masturbate

After you get off, you can continue grinding

（If you are purely playing for the plot, you don’t know how long you’ll have to grind before you can finally get off）

Torture Interface

The torture interface will be enabled when your desire reaches 100%

Before completing the quest, I thought the torture scene would be a usable naughty scene

But after entering the torture scene, I realized it might be a little difficult

The female character will have circles of different colors on her body

The player needs to match the colors and connect the current color circle to the next color circle

The more you connect, the more affection points you get after the torture

Because there are so many circles on the female character’s body, she looks like a human circle monster, which looks very strange

（She looks like she has multicolored circle hives）

A few very horny and not picky players might be able to use it

For players who can’t get off with it, it is recommended to treat the torture part as a connect-the-dots mini-game

Don’t have too many expectations, it’s more practical to go home, wash up, and masturbate

Game Guide

Auntie Tong’s side quest is easier to complete

But because the plot of this game is so well-written

It feels like one quest after another, and one resource after another to gather

It’s a total grind

To complete Auntie Tong’s storyline, you still need to complete the basic quests and the senior sister’s main storyline

Basic Quests and Senior Sister’s Main Storyline

After waking up from drowning, the first quest is “New Arrival”

It lets the player get to know the master, Auntie Tong, the senior sister, and other main characters

After completion, other quests will appear, and you can complete the senior sister’s questline first

First, help the senior sister with the quest of cutting trees to build a medicine cabinet

The sickle is behind the junior sister, and cutting trees consumes stamina

You can open the cheat codes and use eggplant stewed fish to replenish stamina

It is recommended that after you get the sickle, you go home and use the cheat codes

Use the workbench to upgrade all your gathering tools to silver

Cut more trees this time, because later quests will also require wood

The senior sister will give you a new quest, asking you to find ancient book fragments

The ancient book fragments are scattered on the second floor, and you can give them to the senior sister after finding them

Then the senior sister will say that Auntie Tong is looking for us, so we go to find Auntie Tong

Auntie Tong says she sees the senior sister is not in good health, so she wants to make fish soup for her, and she needs a fishing net to catch fish

Directly use the cheat codes to jump to the wharf

There is a wharf merchant nearby, where you can buy low-grade gifts and eggs

There are also some services you can use

Just buy everything from the shop, eggs and gifts will be used later

The fisherman is near the wharf and will give you a quest to find fishing nets

The three fishing nets are all on the boat next to the wharf, and after finding them, you return them to the fisherman

The fisherman gets them, he will ask the player to build a fishing net, and after building it, you can get fish

But building a fishing net will require wood (that’s why you should cut more trees at the beginning)

If you don’t have enough wood, and you don’t have a Soul Stone yet, you can only run back

Since you’re at the wharf, you might as well repair the bridge

Go to the other side to find the ore merchant, and use the cheat codes to get silver ore again

First, use silver ore to exchange for gold ore, so you can upgrade your tools when you go back to the Thatched Cottage

It’s best to exchange for a lot of gold ore at once, as it will be used in later quests

Gather some blue alum, and buy some gifts and clothes

Also, gather some幽蘭草(Youlan Grass) next to the prayer tree, and pick some醒神草(Xingshen Grass) next to the palace, which will be used in later plots

Resources do not refresh instantly, so if you come across them, gather some in advance, so you don’t have to come back the next day

After getting the fish, give it back to Auntie Tong, who will make the late-night snack for the senior sister

After returning home, you can upgrade your gathering tools, all of them to gold

The late-night snack is, of course, for the evening, so if it’s still daytime, use the adult magazine to skip the time directly to the evening’s Xushi

After delivering the late-night snack, you will learn that the senior sister has a strange illness and is forgetful

The next day, you go to ask about the senior sister’s illness, and a strange old lady with constipation appears

Tie Zhu uses “Thousand-Year Kill” to cure the old lady’s constipation

The senior sister is surprised for a moment and then disappears again

The quest is triggered again to find the senior sister

Directly use the cheat codes to fast travel to the wharf area, cross the bridge to the other side, and you can find the senior sister

This time, you can also buy gifts again, and also gather some青楊木(Qingyang Wood) and藍礬(Lanfan)

You can also visit the clothing store and buy some black stockings in advance

Then go find the senior sister again

But the senior sister suddenly jumps into the water

Is this a scene from Titanic

The farmer-style flower picker suddenly turns into a deep-sea romance

It’s nothing, it turns out the senior sister wants to find some excitement

The senior sister says that exciting things might help with her illness

（Then how about we do some exciting things）

Tie Zhu and the senior sister agree to some exciting interaction

The next day, you go to ask the senior sister if it’s time for some excitement

The player with foresight can now take out the gifts they bought

Directly give gifts to increase affection to do the exciting things

Then the senior sister will ask us to find a memo again, and the memos are all in the senior sister’s house

After finding them, return them to the senior sister, and the quest “Night Visit to Senior Sister” is unlocked

The senior sister is on the second floor of the Thatched Cottage, and you can finally unlock the naughty scene

The senior sister is naked by default

If you want to play with the senior sister in other clothes, remember to buy clothes at the clothing store when you buy gifts at the beginning

The next day, the senior sister doesn’t recognize you, and after waking up, the senior sister is gone

Tie Zhu is also locked in a wooden barrel

The master also agrees that doing exciting things can help with the senior sister’s illness

So he cuts off Tie Zhu’s root

The senior sister can then do it 100 times a night, move on her own, and cure her illness by herself

Thankfully, Auntie Tong comes to rescue Tie Zhu, and the quest to find the senior sister in the Deadwood Forest is unlocked

The senior sister’s quests in the Thatched Cottage area are over

You can then complete the basic quests to unlock the quest to investigate with the Black Impermanence

The quest to make egg custard for Auntie Tong, help the master cultivate the medicinal field, and ask the junior sister about Auntie Tong’s illness

After triggering the junior sister’s night investigation plot, the Black and White Impermanence will appear

You can then continue the senior sister’s questline

Deadwood Forest and Concentric Seal

To go to the Deadwood Forest, you need a sachet

The sachet needs to be made with醒神草(Xingshen Grass) and暗幽草(An’you Grass)

If you gathered enough before, you can use them directly, if not, you have to run back and forth again

（It’s really exhausting）

After getting the sachet, you can go to the Deadwood Forest to find the senior sister

The senior sister has forgotten everything

Is it because Tie Zhu didn’t perform well enough and wasn’t exciting enough

The affection points you have built up will also go from four hearts to one heart because the senior sister forgot

After taking your gifts, she forgets everything, this woman is really cruel

But you have to get to this point in the senior sister’s questline

To trigger the Black Impermanence’s Concentric Seal plot, which allows other female characters to be completed

So you still have to give gifts to the senior sister before

If you didn’t complete the junior sister’s night investigation and trigger the Black and White Impermanence plot before

You will have to do it now

Guide to Engraving Auntie Tong’s Concentric Seal

The junior sister will ask us to help pull the potted plants in front of Auntie Tong’s house

Then this questline will run

Tie Zhu will then plant eggplants in front of Auntie Tong’s house

What is the purpose of planting eggplants, and the eggplants will disappear

Who stole the eggplants and used them

It turns out to be Auntie Tong！！！These eggplants are very important to Auntie Tong

Continue this side quest

After helping Auntie Tong find her jade bracelet and giving gifts to increase her affection to 700

The quest to build a screen will be unlocked

Only then can you visit Auntie Tong at night again

Auntie Tong is still using eggplants

The natural eggplant cannot compare to Tie Zhu’s natural Tie Zhu

Triggering Auntie Tong’s full naughty scenes

Then it’s the gift-giving cycle again, and you can only engrave the Concentric Seal after maxing out her affection

Finally, you have completed Auntie Tong’s questline

Game Review

“Romantic Escapades” is an eroge that is stronger in its plot and weaker in its practical use

When you play it, it feels like a real game, it’s not a game that is just for sex

From this perspective, “Romantic Escapades” is a good RPG

Some players may like the feeling of different female characters’ plots being connected and having to complete quests everywhere

This game is a huge grind

The resources are a certain distance from the quest points

The resources are also limited and do not refresh instantly

You spend time gathering resources, but you may not be able to gather them all at once, and you have to go back to sleep and come back the next day

The masturbation scenes are what they are, and you might not want to look at them after a while

You will only want to go to sleep quickly, get to the next day quickly, and complete the quests quickly

（But after you wake up, you have to watch the intro video over and over again）

The gameplay requires constantly repeating buying gifts and gathering

Tie Zhu can eat eggplant stewed fish to restore stamina

The player’s exhaustion from gathering resources and building affection cannot be saved by cheat codes

But for players who want a primary RPG and a secondary naughty scene experience

Or players who really like grinding and love a very long plot

This game is highly recommended and very good for killing time

If you really like picking flowers in games, then “Romantic Escapades” will be a great fit for you

Game’s Weaknesses

“Romantic Escapades” is a strange eroge

It makes you forget that it is an eroge

While you are constantly grinding for resources, such as mining, cutting trees, swimming, and building bridges

You will temporarily forget that it has naughty scenes

It’s clearly an eroge, but the feeling of playing it is a super grind

（It should have been other things that were very big）

For players who don’t like grinding and whose purpose for playing eroge is for the practical scenes

The process of grinding might be a little painful

Game Info