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Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose

Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose
Developer(s)Arxel Tribe
Publisher(s)Wanadoo Edition
Platform(s)Windows
Release1 June 2001

Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose is a 2001 video game.

Plot

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The game revolves around the hijinks of swashbuckling rogue Giacomo Casanova in Venice, Italy during the Enlightenment Era.

Gameplay

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The interface using the keyboard and mouse. Players control the character movement using the arrow keys. They aim and fire their crossbow with the mouse. Adventure puzzles are solved through an inventory of items and character conversations.

The game contains a "seduction-based interface".[1]

Production

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The game's Lead Game Designer was Bostjan Troha.[2] Arxel Tribe invested $2m to finance the project, though company founder Guillaume de Fondaumière commented that developers in the United States might pay twice that; this meant they had to sell 500,000 to 2 million copies to break even.[3]

By August 2001, Arxel Tribe was finishing up production of the title which was scheduled for European release in September by Wanadoo, however no US publisher or release date had yet been announced.[4]

The game was released on April 16, 2003 in Poland.[5] It was distributed in the Czech Republic by Dynamic Systems.[6]

Critical reception

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Pilou of JeuxVideo said that while the game didn't live up to its contemporaries from a technical perspective, it was commendable for being based on an original concept.[7] Adam Rodman of Just Adventure thought the game would appeal to male players who wanted to virtually charm female characters, but asserted that it didn't offer quality adventure gaming.[8] 4Players deemed it a very conservative, unoriginal adventure.[9] Multiplayer thought Casanova was a ridiculously amusing name for a video game.[10] Przygodoskop noted the game's renaissance soundtrack.[11] Igromania felt that the game was a middling project, but better than the work coming from Arxel Tribe and Wanadoo.[12] Gamesurf felt the sound was the weakest quality of the game.[13] Evolver felt the game's combat was instigated by plot contrivances.[14] Sector thought the game had an interesting conclusion.[15] Tiscali said that the experience felt like "walking through the game" without anything challenging or interesting happening.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Gestalt (13 August 2001). "Casanova". Eurogamer. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "FAUST, chat with Arxel | HALL OF FAME | GameBoomers Community". www.gameboomers.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ Guardian Staff (21 October 1999). "Playez-vous Francais?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ Walker, Trey (28 August 2001). "First look: Casanova". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Casanova PC - wymagania, premiera, opis | MiastoGier.pl". www.miastogier.pl. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose". iDNES.cz. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Casanova : Le Duel De La Rose Noire - PC - Test avec JeuxVideo.com". 17 September 2001. Archived from the original on 18 February 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Casanova - Just Adventure + Review". 13 February 2002. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Test (Wertung) zu Casanova (Adventure) - 4Players.de". 4Players (in German). 26 October 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Casanova: the duel of black rose". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Casanova - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop". www.przygodoskop.pl. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Краткие обзоры. Казанова: все соблазны Венеции". www.igromania.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Casanova: Il Duello della Rosa Nera - Recensione PC". Gamesurf (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Evolver Review - CASANOVA: DAS DUELL DER SCHWARZEN ROSE". www.evolver.at. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Casanova : The Duel Of The Black Rose - recenzia - hra". m.sector.sk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  16. ^ Tiscali. "Casanova - recenze". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 February 2019.