Review

Are you ready for a new world or a new life in the virtual world? Toady I lead you into the world of Romantic Castle Online, a world perfectly integrating the game with entertainment, virtual reality, comprehensive communities, simulation management and a plenty of DIY elements.

The Chinese free-to-play MMOG Romantic Castle Online is really wonderful and playable because of its so-called "Ultra-Romantic Game Mode". The themes of "Ultra-Romantic Game Mode" are based on the ideas about freedom, innovation and construction throughout the whole game. You can not only own the proprietary land in the game, but also team up to create a private town with your friends. In this way, you can change structural landscape to satisfy your need, develop unique economic activities to attract more attention, and even build a virtual commercial community to expand your popularity. Mix different styles which belong to yourself according to your preference, and let us start our romantic journey right now.

When you are a Player…

If you are bored with playing ordinary MMORPGs, come on and relax yourself in Romantic Castle Online. When you have entered into the game for the first time, maybe you will think the game seems to be not very different from other simulation management games you have ever played. You are totally wrong if you think so.

Given up the traditional play mode based on the pursuit of leveling up, killing monsters or collecting equipments, Romantic Castle Online includes an upgrade mode of figure reputation and estate expansion. Completing daily or upgrade quests, you will be given an amount of reputation to show your achievements. With the increase of your reputation level, you will both level up and be rewarded with a peerage in the game. Once you have reached certain peerage, your estate can be expanded then. It is more playable and pleasant than other games.

Maybe you don’t like the clothes of your avatar any more after playing a period of time. Go to the system shop, and you’ll find there are a lot of choices, clothes, masks, back bags and whatever you like. Sometime, you will happen to buy transfiguration syrups from the mysterious merchants, which will make you become a little and cute dwarf after drinking it up.

Oh, why is the sky so dark? We cannot even see the buildings beyond the roads. Don’t worry. It is dark because it is in the evening at the moment. Its weather system is one of the highlights in the game. The day will get very dark in the evening, while it will break in the morning. Likewise, the weather will change according to different seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, or winter, you will experience the changes of four seasons the same as our real world in the game.

As a social game, Romantic Castle Online actually creates the chance to interact with other people. You can visit the private estates wherever you want, either acquaintances’ or strangers’. At the same time, you can also team up with other people when you are about to go fishing or mining outside the maps to share more EXP. You can show your different moods by clicking the right mouse on your avatar with a set of actions. Give your friends a hug when you miss them. Kiss the person and ask for a marriage to show your love. If you are a little tired, just lie down to have a rest. If you want to show your happiness, jump for joy with others.

In fact, the game has far more functions and gameplay than the parts I have already introduced to you.

When you are a Farmer…

Farming crops and breeding animals are two of the most important ways to collect the basic resources and support your private estate. The products can be used for both foods to refill your energy and gifts to send to your friends. They can be also sold in the temporary stand, your own supermarket or the auction shop as a source of income. Furthermore, you can gather different items you need to make upper products, like juices, wines, cuisines, and even different basic elements for DIY later.

Each seed and fruit has mixed with your sweat. Of course, you will be rewarded with some EXP after every step of cultivation, ranging from digging a hole to harvesting the products. When you have reached a fixed level, you will have the equal title to show your achievements to others at the bottom of your avatar. Have you seen the admiration from your friends? You must be proud of yourself then.

If you have fulfilled certain requirements, there will be lovely animals to come to live in your estate, such as Loyalty Dog, Fierceness Cow and Ballet Sheep. Build small houses for them, and they will be you loyal followers to bring you a set of special quests and different drawing sheets for furniture.

When you are a Fisher…

Go fishing isn’t an easy thing. First you need your fishing pole. If your pole isn’t upgraded to a higher level, you cannot catch the superior or precious fishes. And then you need to choose a right place to catch the fishes you want. Different fishes love to live in different places. Meanwhile, you will have the possibility to collect various kinds of rare shells to increase the rating of your estate. The fishing level is closely linked with a team work. If you team up with others, you will get more EXP in the same screen. The higher your fishing level is, the more easily you can catch rare fishes and shells.

When you are a Gardener…

You can plant both flowers and aquatic plants in your garden and pond. With the flowers and aquatic plants, you can make the dyestuff to dye clothes or furniture in the work house. By virtue of the seven-color flower, the goddess of flower will be attracted to come to your estate and decide to live in your home on occasion. She will stay for a time alongside the flowers, and you will have the chance to exchange rare flower seeds with her.

Besides to make the dyestuff, flowers can be also used to make bunches or send to your friends so that they will increase the points of your relationship. Different flowers have different meanings. When you send them to your friends, they will show the meaning upon the sky. For example, Simple Bunch means "I hope you can accept my apology", while Elegant Bunch means "if my love had a limited date, I hope it would be ten thousand years." If you have built a beautiful garden with an ocean of flowers, maybe there will be a love seed buried in the hearts of lovers.

When you are a Miner…

Mining is a hard work, but it is an important work. If you want to build more and more furniture or buildings, you have to collect various kinds of ores through mining. It is the same way as you go fishing sometimes. The higher your mining level is, the more previous ores you can get. It is also a patient work. Find a mining area, and every thing you need to do is to dig, dig, and dig!

When you are a Designer…

There are three ways of free design: terrain alteration, indoor decoration and outdoor construction.

Firstly, you can alter terrains of your estate. The desire for design arises in the wake of the acquaintance and growth with the game, and the terrains of your estate originally generated by system are sure to collide with your preference. Through the independent arrangement, you can have an overall alteration. From NPC of construction in the town, you can buy different terrains according to your need, including terrains of wild flower, stone, farmland, sand, grass, water, and so on.

Secondly, the game provides powerful indoor decoration, for instant, ground tiles, wall tiles and furniture. Use such abundant and totally different materials, and design your own unique and faddish furniture with your imagination. As long as you are unsatisfied with your rooms, you can change them instantly and constantly.

In my opinion, What’s the most important is its outdoor construction. As a matter of fact, DIY is a requirement of construction. Traditionally, you can build an ordinary house with the blueprint at hand. You can just use the Fast Mode to choose one type of houses you like, whether modern one or ancient one. Typically, you can design different kinds of lovely houses as below pictures. Nothing is impossible when you say "I’m possible."

When you are a Householder…

Have you ever experienced to host different activities in your own estate in the game? Romantic Castle Online makes your dream come true. Here, you can invite your friends to celebrate parties, like a campfire evening, after you have built a nice open-air place. Do you want to have a love affair or a wedding ceremony? Of course you can hold such events in your home as well. A wedding ceremony in a church you’ve built along with a romantic outdoor wedding feast, either friends or passerbys will cheer and send you their best wishes. The game takes openness without a lot of limitation in priority as one of its main functions. Therefore, you can develop the virtual world in accordance with your own willing and advancement.

Containing various social elements, Romantic Castle Online has established a huge platform of virtual reality for players. The development of your own estate will be in concert with the development of the whole game. In the process of operation for the game, the social elements have partly reflected on the real life, for example, design groups for different buildings, celebration services for parties and activities, agents for the hottest advertisement, etc. All these unique economic circles are available both in and out of the game, while they have also formed a landmark of the game. Actually, I have just mentioned a part of the game, and other parts need to be discovered by yourself.

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