I felt like it is the most expansive/ambitious we've seen from NTRman thus far, but sort of slips in the execution. As a Visual Novel, it absolutely carries the same top quality as any other NTRman product. Brutally lewd dialogue, jiggly animations, and juicy H sound effects. However, everything else added into the game honestly brings it down.
Extras, unlocked either by cheating (gamewise, not sexually) or getting any ending, you can customize the way the girls look in their idle positions. It's really neat and has plenty of sexy options to choose from. Unfortunately, it might be bugged on my copy, but I swear, sometimes it just refuses to work. I can have Claire be completely nude, but then she'll just randomly have whatever clothes she's suppose to have during dialogue exchanges, then suddenly become nude, then back to wearing clothes again. During my playthroughs, it generally allowed me to see what I actually designed about 70% of the time, but the other 30% being replaced in default mode regardless of my choices. Still, majority of the time it works, but it's still a bugged feature that bugs me.
As for the game itself, this one actually features gameplay! Too bad it sucks. Controlling John (you) in the overworld feels a bit clunky/slippery at times, with the mandatory minigames (Fishing, Boxing and Rafting) being even WORSE. The fighting one is a total joke, even on the hardest difficulty. Note: For my copy, the Jab (one of 3 fighting moves) is completely disabled for some reason, and even that handicap didn't do much to stop me from winning. Fishing and Rafting on the other hand are just completely busted! Unless you want to put actual time practicing these, which requires going through the same long ass dialogue and navigating the map, since you can only save at your main hut, over and over again, you ain't winning even on Easy. This would be fine if it meant nothing and just added a little something to the NTR story... But it matters, and I'll talk about that further in the SPOILERS part.
As for the ENG voices given to the three girls, only one of them is actually good, and that's your main wife, Claire. Which is good, because she really adds to the sex scenes (NTR or otherwise) and overall loose narrative. But Oluchi and the other tribe girl just don't work for me. ESPECIALLY the former. At that point, I just say screw it and turn off voices all togehter when they come on screen, which sort of defeats the purpose of adding additional voices.
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR NEXT SECTION
When it comes to the rest of the little features added, I think it was kind of a waste of time. Also quick shout out to
shin_ for their detailed review of this game, as I wish to further expand on certain aspects people should be aware of before trying to play the game, if they don't mind spoilers like me.
So, why do the minigames matter? Well, outside of different cutscenes, they also help you from potentially being cucked for once and even contribute to one of two achievable endings ! Again, good in concept, but the execution was horrible.
- If you lose the majority, or all three of the trial minigames during the three days/chances you have (9 games total), you're automatically sent to the NTR ending where you get the Red Flame on Ritual Night and ultimately doom humanity, as The Goddess possesses your wife to become the village onahole. If you like getting cucked, then this is the easiest and best way to go.
- If you win all of the tirals and get to clap the losers' daughters, you are also automatically sent to the NTR ending as well. Meaning, if you actually busted your ass trying to legitmately win those games and didn't cheat, CONGRATS! Your reward is a slap in the face for trying to win and avoid being cucked, Chuck!
- So far in my research and in shin_'s review, you must lose at least once to each opponent in order to get the Blue Flame on Ritual Night and get your happily ever after. Basically, you're getting cucked at least one way or another to avoid the ultimate "worst fate", but this was never made clear and absolutely requires trial and error. Again, which is fine, if it weren't for the mandatory controls from going to Point A to Point B and excessively long dialogue you have to skip through to try things again.
Oh, but there's more! Unlike other NTRman titles that I've tried, this also features a cool little dialogue decision making feature. They can help you earn, lose or maintain a unspecified amount of what I'll call "Affection" points. But much like Whose Line Is It Anyway, the points don't matter. It is pure fluff that's being disguised as being something meaningful. Outside of a couple line differences, they don't change squat narratively. If you keep losing the trials despite having a "high" love score from Claire, she still treats you like crap for being a total loser. Same goes for the tribeswomen, who are pretty much just mini prizes for winning the trials and nothing more, regardless of if you're dismissive of them.
Last notable feature is the little girl with the riddles... I still have no clue what the hell she is suppose to do, outside of just being there to interact with. I guess it's fine to have something random to break the tension I suppose, but since she doesn't even contribute to the sex scenes, why bother? If you're doing it just because you're bored, then why play this game in the first place? If it's curiosity, then I say eh, go for it. Not worth much, but could be entertaining for a bit.
I will probably edit this review in the future if I find something new or fix mistakes above upon replaying for further research. Overall though, this is a good Visual Novel (Excellent 5), but a bad "Game" (Terrible 1), ultimately bringing it to the closest score I can give: Average 3. If you're like me and just want to watch the porn for a quick fap, on the menu screen after the "click anywhere to begin", right click the hell out of the flying birds outside the window until you get a "Thank you for playing!" message to unlock the goodies.