maybe that's a consequence of trying to "up the ante". i wasnt a fan of the dungeon of chapter 3, it was interesting, but having to go back down every day was a bore, at least it had some focus on it. here, the "world" doesnt feel that interesting.
i think it should've been like the seven bladed sword, a single blade with small horns growing from it, instead, it was closer to a fan blade that keeps spining in random directions.
Book 2 was the perfect amount of simplicity while still being extremely good. The grinding with the fights against Earthbenders wasn't bad, I was literally never lost or unsure of where to go next, I had meaningful choices to make and my abuse of Azula was nightly and paced well. Side girls were almost entirely optional, and the content with them was fantastic and expansive (Ty Lee had like 20 scenes)
Book 4 has a dozen girls with 1-3 scenes each that are almost all mandatory. Many of the side girls are nameless randoms than actual characters from the show. Its a huge change in style.
Korra's abuse is what I hold the biggest issue with though, and my issues with it are expansive. How did we never convince her that she needed to keep meditating while we slapped her with our cock? Or put it in her mouth? I figured that's where allllll that meditating from the start of the chapter was going, but that was dropped entirely after we got her naked.
Then there's the "Chakra training" where we get to grope her tits, squeeze her nipples, slap her udders around... If she fell for that, how about convincing her that sucking dick is chakra training? Or a handjob and the cum will empower the Chakras in her hands? Or that we need to open her pussy chakra next?
No, instead we catch her masturbating way out of left field. How about letting her "accidentally" see us showering so there's a reason for it? Nope, just going to use the Amon blackmail and force her to let us watch. She doesn't protest, she doesn't even try to talk to MC about it and doesn't realize that all of MC's actions are exactly what Amon wants.
Next we unlock a titjob... Not a handjob, not a scene where we take our dick out first or even an attempt to relate any of it to bending... Just a scene where we demand it and she doesn't even argue because of Amon's illogical blackmail. Is Korra brainless?
So we finally twist around like a flag in the wind through the "story" of her becoming a "slave" until we're spanking her as punishment for her attitude. This spanking FINALLY gives us our first bit of penetration, as we finger her. There's zero buildup to this, Korra barely reacts to you sexually assaulting her during a spanking, and then the scene is just repeatable with no variation. No hard dick pressing into her stomach, no anal play, no fucking dialogue even, just Korra moaning???
However... We STILL don't try to get our dick wet with Korra's holes... probably because we've already fucked Pema, the Chief, the random nameless redhead in the ally, the Asian girl, Asami, our fucking DAUGHTER sucked us off, a random 3 girl team of pro-benders let us smash in the middle of the park... But if I walk into my SLAVE'S room at night I still can't demand a blowjob or to fuck her ass.
Then the Amon blackmail blowjob and rape, which I LOVE, but they undermines the entire point of a slave route. Dressing up as someone else to fuck your main girl borders on NTR content. If Mity wanted Amon to be the first to fuck Korra's holes, he should have made Amon the MC.
We get the Korra and Asami 3 way stuff next, but that REALLY feels like its love route content. Korra is literally in love with Asami in the scenes and barely cares that the MC is there. Again bordering on NTR, even if its with a female.
