Useless vanity feature.
There are a thousand-and-one more important ways to spend money on an RPG than trivial and unnecessary things like romances. And with a budget (comparatively) so small, it would be shameful to spend a cent on them than on actual RPG elements; quests, dialogue, NPC's, world map, items, spells. Everything is a sacrifice, and no game can be perfect, so any time and money spent on one feature means another features lacks.
So do people think there is any element less important in an RPG than romance, because I can't think of any. Even graphics are more important.