Romance really isn't all its hyped up to be. You might think you want it but it's pretty much a hollow feeling. It's fake. Lust is much more honest, it's instinctual. It doesn't pretend to be anything else.
while i dont agree with this for most cases, when it comes to porn games, unless its a 1 girl focussed game, romance ends up feeling like its air inside a chips package, just there to take time. specially because you are porking half a city...
for something like TT, romance IS overrated. neither the mc, nor the situations really give any sense of romance, specially when all he needs for them to fall for him, is lower his trousers...
that doesnt mean we cant have some light romance, with dates and the like, just that, it doesnt need to be anything beyond that(here).