Introduction:
Edit:
So I had initially left a pretty scathing 1-star review for this game, that was more emotional than rational really, because the ending (the NTR ending that is) was dogshit and it pissed me off.
Now a few months later, I'm increasing it to 4 stars. I still think the ending is dogshit, but I don't think it ruins the rest of the game if you just don't pay too much attention to it. Everything I initially said about the game being overall high-quality is still valid, and I'm struggling to think of a full NTR game on this site that would be objectively better than this one.
I'm probably going to give it another playthrough soon, which is something I don't often do for sex games, and I'll just ignore the ending and enjoy the rest of it.
Graphics/Art: 4/5
There is no "Art" per se except the portraits of the main characters, however those are pretty good (there's multiple versions depending on the context) and we must also take into account that this is a RPGM game, not a VN, and I must say that the use of RPGM assets here is really nice.
The Village (where you will spend 90% of you time in-game) is beautifully crafted, you can tell how much care went into making every single house and landscape to make it feel pretty and welcoming. It's exactly the right size too, it doesn't make the same mistake that other RPGM games have when you get this massive map that's completely soulles ans low-effort. It really gives you this cozy, almost fairytale feeling, and you really want to get lost it in and feel at peace.
It truly makes RPGM shine like no other game has done ( for me at least, I'm not a fan of RPGM usually so I haven't played many of these)
Music: 5/5
About the sound effects first: they're quite basic but used perfectly. Do not underestimate the importance of sound effects in a NTR game: because you dont "see" what's happening most of the time (or at least you character cannot) you rely on them a lot, and a muffled moan or a wet sound at exactly the right moment can be crucial and cause such of whirl of emotions precisely because you're in that "NTR" state of mind. The volume is important too: just loud enough to be heard, to make the character wonder what's happening, but not the same volume as if you were actually there. This game nails all of those aspects imo.
The music is good too, decent enough variety and it helps a lot with the overall atmosphere of the game. That moment when the epic music kicks in when the MC is
I have to admit it blew me away, I wasn't expecting that. Not that it compares to some actual composer music, but I was really pleasantly surprised.
Gameplay/UI: 4/5
There's nothing extraordinary about the gameplay of this game, but once again we have to take into account the context of RPGM (did I already mention how much I hate that engine?) and here the game stands out because unlike most other RPGM titles this game understands that the whole leveling/combat/inventory aspect of RPGM is extremely fucking boring and it makes the wise decision to get rid of it entirely, replacing that with some little mini games.
Now there's nothing particularly good about those, and I have to admit that I still skipped 80% of them because I'm just not a patient person, but I'm not holding that against the game because that's my personal bias.
I truly do think this is the right formula to make RPGM fun and enjoyable, frankly it made me reconsider my opinion about RPGM which is something I thought would never happen.
No choices of any kind until the very end though, not even minor dialogue choices, and although that's RPGM, I still have to remove a point because if that. It just objectively makes the game worse.
Writing/Story: 3/5
First of all I have to admit that this game does have a high-effort, big-scale, engaging main story which is quite rare for a NTR game. Most NTR games out there have only a very superficial main story, and I wont even get into the "mom fucks you bully" cringe festival.
On the surface it frankly looks top-tier, and for the first few hours of gameplay it actually is, but then you start to notice an increasing number of plot holes (by that I mean objectively bad writing) although it's true that it can be difficult to disentangle that from your own personal bias, so here's a few examples. These do contain minor spoilers (nothing about big main story secrets or anything like that) but that's inevitable to explain my point:
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I'm not gonna give any more examples because this is getting extremely long already but there's like at least 5-6 obvious plotholes (that I've noticed, and I've skipped a lot of content) and although I tried at first to ignore them and continue to enjoy the game it really becomes unbearable at some point.