Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose original concept. 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. Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose is a 2001 video game. The game revolves around the hijinks of swashbuckling rogue Giacomo Casanova in Venice, Italy during the Enlightenment Era. 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
Giacomo Casanova is a fool". Verbal communication is essential—"without speech, the pleasure of love is diminished by at least two-thirds"—but words of love must be implied, not boldly proclaimed. Mutual consent is important, according to Casanova, but he avoided easy conquests or overly difficult situations as not suitable for his purposes. Casanova valued intelligence in a woman: "After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms." His attitude towards educated women, however, was an unfavorable one: "In a woman learning is out of place; it compromises the