I agree with a lot you’re saying here but I see another way of getting there without having to start “splitting the endings” way too soon.Hard disagree. In fact I think you are the one comparing porn-games to other games. You dragged this whole point about how porn games are "just" porn games and not comparable to other media into this debate.
I am of the strong opinion that each form of media is art, that includes porn, especially so if it is drawn or written (if it was filmed then it would be in the realm of "performing arts"). But like I said, you are the one taking that statement of NTRprofessionalconsumer about the pacing and narrative and start the comparison by saying "this is just porn, dont pretend its another form of media". And then you back that point up by listing all of the natural constraints that the genre comes with, namely suspension of disbelief and an overfocus on sexual content. I think though what everyone else in here is doing is not compare the narrative of a porn game to other media, but rather rate it within it's own genre. Looking down upon a piece of work just because the primary goal is masturbation is stupid. Equally so, skill is required to strike the balance between making people exited, aroused, interested in the characters and world and to keep a proper pacing to let the narrative come to fruition. These are the kinds of (rare) games that you come for the "plot" but stay for the plot, and you play the game to the end and ideally you leave satisfied, maybe even come back every once in a while.
Anyway, all that stuff aside.
I agree with some here who say that Leto is too "uninvolved" (so far), especially considering I would say we are at least 50% through the game. My favorite subgenre of NTR is hidden cheating and corruption, so HC perfectly hits my spot. But I agree that the way the narrative is going so far, there is little (even indirect) antagonism between the "villains" and Leto. All of that can still come ofc, but the bread crumbs hopefully start falling soon, just to nudge him in the direction of "something is going on". I think it would be dissatisfying and way too simple to end this game on the conclusion of "and Leto never knew anything till the very end, the Duke has the Kingdom now, Ulrod has a high position and is with Cyanna, lots of people are suffering, bla, bla, bla.
I would see the best course this game can take and still keep an authentic NTR experience in a phyricc victory kind of ending, where Leto stops the plot that grips the Kingdom overall, but maybe looses the girls (or some of them depending on the specific ending you get).
Ofc we can also include a super-bad ending where basically everything falls to ruin, leto gets chased out the country or never realizes anything and is the hero under the duke and whatnot while rose gets screwed and he finds out years down the line, then a plot where its middle of the road, as well as a "happy end" or a "revenge" end, etc. etc. But that is unrealistic. Too much work, too much resources, too long a time it would take, and many more reasons why not.
It would be to have Leto start realising there’s something wrong and act on it, and have some setbacks (and even maybe a rare win) in doing so. For instance he sees Brutus act too aggressively towards a fellow guard and warns Cyanna she should keep her distance. She rankles at this (“stop trying to protect me Leto”) but decides to challenge Ulrod anyway. He shows her that despite her protests she likes his forcefulness. He makes her admit that she feels protected around him.
Or he warns Rose about the Duke, but she tells him he doesn’t understand the sacrifices it takes to be Queen. I don’t have a satisfactory way for the Duke to turn that scenario totally around, but that’s why N_taii is a better writer than me.