RPGM - Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 : The Peacekeepers [Update 16] [N_taii]

It would be better if the background could be a little more streamlined. The long background and emotional construction do help the ntr scenes, but too long makes it redundant and tiring. Some of the ntr scenes are very hot, but most of the logic of what happened still deserves more subtle writing. Of course, this work is much better in writing than the previous one.

This game has the significant problem that it's a competent RPG in terms of fetch quests and puzzles, but a terrible H-game. The scenes are all pixel sprites, when the tiddy is 3 skin tone pixels and one nipple-tone pixel how is that meant to be erotic? This could be compensated for with writing (there are plenty of excellent text based games with little to no art), but pretty much everything here is dialogue based (literally said by a character) or acted out clumsily by the character models walking around a grid and making those stupid teardrop or heart emojis appear above their heads.

So maybe there's someone this appeals to but it's a huge miss in terms of erotic content, then as for story content....there are just many better non-H RPGs so why would I spend time playing this instead of one of them

It's very hard to find games with sprites doing the sex action. Excellent game. It's fun, well done, the sex scenes are cool, the story is ok, and the mechanics are well done. Even created on an old engine, the dev took it to it limit. Congrats.
5 starts, no more, no less.

I've played countless games, but none have impacted me quite like this one. From the very start, I expected the typical NTR clichés with an unlikable MC and female characters that fail to stand out. But this game proved me wrong in the best way possible.

From the first arc, I found myself emotionally invested. The MC is genuinely likable, and the female characters each have their own depth. I usually enjoy NTR, and this game offered a unique experience that kept me engaged. The story has a wholesome charm that evoked feelings of love, care, and connection; things I didn’t expect from a game like this.

Though it’s primarily pixelated, the emotional weight it carries more than makes up for it. I’m still in the middle of the journey, but I couldn’t resist sharing my thoughts. This game offers a truly immersive experience, and I’ve learned a lot from it in ways I didn’t anticipate.

Huge thanks to the developer for creating something so memorable. It's everything you could wish for in a game! And yes, I'll definitely be playing the previous parts too now

This is my first review on this site, and oh god, I really don't know how this game has a high rating. Yes, the art is good, but that's it! The art is the only good thing about this game.

The prologue is good, but after that, it's literally just a walking simulator. The gameplay is purely a walking simulator. Yes, there's no grind, which is good, but the developer could make the world more alive instead of focusing only on the main quest. For example, they could add more side quests. The side quests are so short. The MC is a guard, so maybe add more guarding jobs. It's an RPG, not a visual novel.

Story? Ah... where do I start?
Let's begin with the fact that the MC is a cuck. No sex for the MC, no scenes for the MC. And guess what? Every man with an X and Y chromosome gets laid. Seriously, every man except the MC is a pervert who has sex every single day. I've played for 6 hours, and the MC hasn't gotten a single bit of pussy Like, what?

The story? Maybe I can let that pass, t's fine. I came here to fap, not for the story. But the gameplay? Just make it a visual novel and call it a day. Again, like I said, it's an RPG, not a visual novel. They should add more role-playing quests. The game is so focused on the main quest that it feels like a visual novel

I'll give it 2 star for the art, the rest is meh....

the writing and characters are so effective and lovable that i had to hide this thread for a good few months because remembering the story events genuinely made my chest hurt.

can't say i'm excited to see what the future updates bring, but i will definitely need whatever closure they bring

Introduction:

This dev made another game very similar to this one, Henteria 2 (the storylines are not connected) so I'll be reusing parts of my previous review and comparing the 2 games when appropriate. With that being said, here we go.

Graphics/Art: 4/5

I'm taking into account that this is a RPGM game naturally (which is an engine I'm not particularly fond of), so I wasn't expecting actual art. The game's locations are pretty and well-crafted, the RPGM assets are used well, just like the previous game, however I must say that the new character portraits are pretty ugly, in H2 (that's how I will refer to the previous game going forward to save time) they were way better. A bit disappointing tbh, it shouldn't be too hard to get 4 nice-looking little pictures for the main characters.

Music/Sounds: 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. 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.

And this game builds upon the already great sounds in H2 and makes it even better. Might seem insignificant to you, but for example there's that scene in the tavern at one point where a character opens the door to a room while he walks out of it (and some other people are fucking there) and I'm sure another game would've just left it as is. But here you can actually hear the sound getting clear for a split second, for that tiny moment the door is open, and then it gets muffled again. That's some real dedication and attention to detail there, and it isn't lost on me.

The music is great too. Some tracks are from H2, others are new and they're really nice. Great work overall

Gameplay/UI: 5/5

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. 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.

And here once again the game builds upon the very good foundation of H2 and makes it even better. One of my complaints about H2 was that you didn't get any dialogue choices at all and you only chose the ending at the very end of the game. Well now that's fixed, because this game does bring dialogue choices that also impact the ending which is the better way to do things imo.

It also adds those little indicators in the MC room that show you if a scene is currently happening with one of the characters without actually telling you the location (unless you ask it to) which is a very nice NTR-themed gameplay element, I definitely welcome that.

And this game also has its own card minigame, I won't play it because frankly it bores me and I don't care, but I appreciate the effort that went into making it, I didn't even know you could do shit like that in RPGM.

Story/Writing: 3/5

It was almost flawless so far, well just like in the H2 review this is where things will sour. I usually don't do this but here I will actually separate my review into multiple subsections ( 1 for each character) and give a separate grade for each, because the difference in quality between them is just too great.

Main story: 5/5

Not much to say here because I don't want to spoil anything at all. The main story was great in H2, just as great in this game. Not some tolkien level shit, but more than enough for a sex game.

"Mom" character: 5/5

First I must admit that I'm personally a big fan of mom NTR trope so I might be a bit biased here.

So we have a pretty basic setup (on the surface at least, we'll probably get more information later in the main story) and yet it works great. The pacing is right, the female character's transformation is noticeable but not over-the-top and it feels pretty natural. Remains to be seen what this will look like in the final version of the game of course.

Princess character: 4/5

The whole thing about magic through sex (I won't get into specifics to avoid spoilers) feels a bit contrived and clearly is set up that way for the purposes of the main story, but I guess you can dismiss it as being part of a fantasy magical world anyway, so I guess that's not that big of a deal. The storyline itself is solid, good sex scenes too.

Sister character: 3/5

I'm not a fan of the female character and the male that seduces her having a preexisting relationship, especially here with the male's character's past and what that implies (I won't spoil, you'll see what I'm talking about when you play it).

The NTR feeling imo is more intense when it's the MC that had that preexisting relationship, and that was potentially leading up to something greater, and then the other character takes that away from MC, it adds that "unfair/evil" aspect to it which I think is key to achieve the proper NTR effect.

H2's story nailed that side of things imo. So in that sense the H2 "sister" storyline was stronger than this one.

Friend (lily) character: 0/5

What is this character even doing in the game? She's supposedly just a friend of MC, they never even had a relationship. Why should MC even care about what she does or who she has sex with? That's her private matter, this isn't NTR at all.

I've mentioned before that the strenght of the preexisting relationship between the characters is what makes good NTR, and this goes completely against that rule and predictably it falls flat. And taking a quick glance at the other reviews seems like I'm not the only one to think that.

I hope that the dev didn't add her in just to have an even number of female characters (4) because that would be a very silly reason and completely unnecessary. I'd much rather have 3 strong storylines and remove that 4th useless one.

Conclusion:

So as you can tell this game is far from perfect, however I've played quite a few NTR games on this site and I simply haven't found anything better. The main story is actually good while most other NTR games don't have one at all, the music is solid, the graphics are solid. The feeling that the game creates when you really get into it is simply delightful. So until I find something better I'll leave it at 5 stars, and I'm certainly looking forward to future updates.

Game is great, huge improvement over 1 and 2. The buildup is done very well, visuals are pretty nice too for pixel art, the animations might be simple but they add a lot. I like seeing dialogue options in a game like this, I know they don't affect anything but the ending, but its still nice that the player can determine the MCs attitude to things. I really like just how much stuff is there to be found in the background or when you're just wandering around, probably one of the best aspects of the game IMO.

The POV option was very interesting, which I played with. I was kind of surprised at how much you still get to see, especially considering the MC seems near clueless about what's happening. Only when I finished the game (update 12) and watched the scenes I had missed did I realise just how much the POV mode cuts out. I suppose one criticism I would have is that the POV feels a little half baked, there are tons of things you get to see that the MC is couldn't possibly know, and the scenes you miss out on are pretty substantial. As someone who really enjoys the POV mechanic in concept, I wonder if more can be done with that, or if it would be impossible/unrealistic at this point in development.

The only other things I don't like are purely subjective and not real criticism. I don't find Lily's story/scenes that interesting or appealing. I like Rose a lot but not a fan of the ugly bastard trope with the Duke. I know the MC is meant to be blank on purpose, and thats fine, though personally I would like it to be a little more clear what he's actually aware of.

As of right now, update 12, I think the games in a pretty good spot, looking forward to whats to come.

Tbh, I'm just in this for the Haylen but the overall story is also pretty good.
There is no art obviously but pixel art is as good as it gets. There is MC perspective action and what not as well and the girls are very different from each other and pursue very different storylines

CONS: Character info screens could be made better with just a bit more updating info , Dress changes can be more improved on. Dress changes should be shown in dialogue character faces as well. These are all just small things that dont negatively affect the gameplay but could be nice improvements imo

Forgot I have not reviewed yet.
Another amazing game from the henteria series. The dev is getting better with each iteration and it is very apparent with this one. The production value is larger, with many great custom pixel art and even really nice bust art, which sets the theme.

All the characters are fun. Especially compared to henteria 2, which had too many side characters that most people just did not really care about. Here the game centers around 4 heroines and each one of them is interesting and fun to watch get corrupted. I think that 3 - 4 central chars is really the golden number.

I cannot wait to see where N_taii brings the series next.

Review updated on Sep/24 - Based on Update 15
[My review has some comparisons, so it may be more useful for those who played Henteria Chronicles: Chapter 2 , aka HC2]

Like its predecessor (HC2), HC3 has, so far, a good NTR/Corruption story for the multiple characters. Although, it's fair to say I much prefer the main character's story (Rose) over the others.

The game has no CGs, but you can take a good look at the art in the title screen and in the "characters profile" (in-game menu). Then you can use the high quality elements of the game like the pixel art, the characters portraits, the sounds and the dialogues to guide your imagination of the scenes.

I'm not a fan of the many side characters scenes (maids, random citizens, guards, etc.). Without a portrait or a profile picture, these scenes are almost useless in my opinion. But I think there's less side characters scenes now, compared to HC2.

The quest system is way better now compared to HC2 (there's less walking and no puzzles). Sadly, the dev decided to keep the annoying "Day of the Week" system. A simple day/night cycle with a sleep-to-next-day system would be better.

More review details about the Day of the Week system:

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I really hope the author give us an option (a separate route/ending) to completely avoid "sharing/swinging" between the couples in HC3 (at least for Rose pls!) Because this was quite a turn-off for me during HC2 final scenes...

Overall rating: 7/10

Gameplay - 0/5
Doesn't exist. This is not really a fault as story is the main focus.

Graphics - 1/5
Horrendous. The RPGM style is nice when walking around and such, but the H scenes are like watching Conway's game of life. A black screen with just the text would be so much better. I hate seeing the duke's 16 pixel ass shake in my face.. it's a turn off man.
(P.S. Maybe put those wonderful character portraits you commissioned to work, n_taii? Why are they only visible in the menu? You have beautiful full body pics, but limit us to seeing only their faces while playing. Have them come up on the side like other games lol.)

World - 3/5
Pretty interesting when it is first introduced. Unfortunately, that introduction is all you will see of it.

The MC - 0/5
Horrible character. Actually, he is not a character. He is not a human being. IT is a cuck. THE cuck. IT'S sole purpose is to be cucked by any means necessary.

Heroines - Overall 4/5

Rose - 5/5

Cyanna - 4/5

Haylen - 5/5

Lily - ?/5 (not much has happened with her yet... A bit of a prideful fool.)

Story - 1/5
Bad. It has good "raw materials". Good characters. A good world to hold them. Unfortunately, none of that matters. This is a PORN game. An NTR PORN game. As such, the great characters and interesting world are secondary to mindless cuckholdry.

Haylen's content is the most blatant example of this. It is completely unbelievable and is being handled attrociously. Haylen has been faithful and pure for decades, but of course, she falls to the first degenerate who tries something because it's an NTR game. Jayzon walks all over her and everything she cares about, but she'll still somehow end up getting fucked by him. Mindless cuckholdry.

As porn , it's as good as anything I guess. A cheap and fleeting pleasure.
As a game, and as a story, it sucks.

Current Review is for Update 8.

Short review: Overall 4/5.

1. Story: Not as strong as Chapter 2, but it is still a very good NTR story so far. Cautiously optimistic for what's to come.
2. Characters: Characters are well fleshed out and you understand everyone's motives and relationships. However some of them are getting corrupted far too quickly despite all of them being strong characters.
3. Fappable: Pixel art is an acquired taste, and the developer is very well-skilled in it. There's a variety of kinks to enjoy.

Longer Review:
The first act is always the most important part of the story to make an NTR feel like an NTR, and this game has properly established that by digging into the backstory and relationships of each of the main characters. Without that backstory, you can't deliver a good NTR, and the developer fully understands that and it is evident across all three of their chapters. Speaking of Chapters, I can't help but compare this story with Chapter 2 (I didn't enjoy Chapter 1 nearly as much as 2 or 3), so here are my comparisons:

• The story in Chapter 2 is much superior and more impactful than Chapter 3. You still don't really understand where the story is going even after 10 hours in Chapter 3, but you understand it very clearly after the prologue ends in Chapter 2. In this game, you know what's happening, but you don't know why, and that could end up being a narrative disaster if the payoff doesn't live up to expectations.
• The characters and relationships are well written and I am very well invested in the main cast in Chapter 3 than in Chapter 2. Each of them have their own tropes and are unique from each other without much overlaps in characteristics and interactions. The main character also isn't utterly useless like in previous installments, so he is slightly easier to relate to than previous main characters.
• Chapter 3 has much better UI and graphics, and the quests are relatively shorter and streamlined than Chapter 2.
• The Quest indicator on the top-right is a very nice QoL feature and helps keep track of on-going quests rather than opening the Quest menu repeatedly to figure out where to go. It's a little more obvious where you should go in Chapter 3, whereas I needed to use the walkthrough multiple times to get through Chapter 2.
• The partial POV is a very nice touch and adds more depth to the NTR.
• Each girl's NTR route and Hscenes are quite different than one another. I didn't enjoy the scenes as much in the previous game because they were all very similar to one another. But in this one, there's more kinks and variety (humiliation, exhibitionism, prostitution/favors, spanking, ect). However, some of the girls corruption are progressing too quickly.
• Spoiler: My quick thoughts on each character

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I look forward to the rest of the game. Until then, off to other NTR games.

It is simply incredible what this person or team can do, the story is very interesting since for me it is quite far from the typical NTR cliches and very few people know how to do that, simply incredible.

The biggest fault of this game is lack of art. The RPGmaker sprites are not expressive/interesting enough to compensate for the missing visuals.
Henteria Chronicles leans heavily into the plot and character dialogue, multiple times more than an average game on this forum. But this is where my other problem lies. The gameplay feels bloated with lots of meaningless lore and events. The writing really ties to build an epic, engaging fantasy world, but mostly fails.
I think the game would have been better if it focused only on one of the four main characters. I was invested in Rosy's storyline most of all and have very little interest for any other events.

Writing this review as of Update 8, I can't help but feel profoundly conflicted as to whether Chapter 3 deserves four stars or five. When I reviewed Chapter 2, I was so impressed that I gave it a full five stars despite a handful of very personal issues that I had with the game. And with the graphical improvements that have been made with the character sprites and environmental design, it feels like it would be almost sacrilegious to imply that this is somehow worse than Chapter 2. It is better in almost every way that I can think of, from the art to the sound design and even the quality of writing.

But with that being said, I feel the need to moderate my praise of the game in some small way for multiple reasons. I've shared most of these thoughts in the thread itself already, but figured it couldn't hurt to formalize them into an actual review.

Amazing game. the 2d art style is done so well and adds to the theme, being able to over hear and catch people having sex would have been had to do with the conventional cg artstyle. 5⁄5 i would have loved a cheat menu or something (if there is one im to stupid to find it)

This game is crude is a storm of emotions for anyone who it isn't into NTR...I enter this game because of the revenge and good ending...while I despise NTR, Im a revenge fan...I enter this game as if it was a Seinen or Horror game... for me it was a mix of negative emotions contrary to NTR fans who probably get excited by this kind of situation...lastly in my experience the key to this game is the soundtrack...without the BGM and moaning sounds...this game wouldnt...had give me as much of an impact as it has, thou this doesnt demerit the level of effort and writing this game whats put into.

I applaud any authors who manages to evoke emotions in me, proof of excellent story writing and world building. It's a must play for NTR lovers. Perhaps the only downside for me is that your choices does not induce branching paths but only affects the ending.

This is a pretty damn excellent game! There are certain aspects done better than Henteria 2, so that is a great point. I honestly do not write many reviews, but I decided to pay back the Dev for making this awesome game!

*Non-Spoiler Review*

There are 4 intertwining routes and they are pretty good, well, the ones I enjoy are great.

1) Cyanna: My favorite so far, really good slowburn corruption
2) Haylen: I am not a fan of Milfs, but hotdamn is this route good!
3) Rose: This is where it rapidly declines in my point of view, not a fan of middle-aged fat bald men
4) Lily: Started off good, ended quickly when I fully checked out. Not a fan at all. Again, why does seem like every NTR needs a middle-aged to old man?

1) Leto: Pretty positive feelings, I honestly thought Noah was much cuter and more pleasant to look at. Leto sometimes has this face, that's just, strikes me the wrong way. Either way, I enjoy playing as him.
2) Side characters: I love them, they are either adorable or despicable, and I want more.

So far, no one holds a candle to Edwyr, but Brutus is coming close...

*Spoilers*

*Main Cast*
1) Cyanna: I freaking love Ulrod/Brutus. This is the classic best-friends-turned-accident-turned-forced-lovers story. Genuinely look forward to these scenes the most, because I love his model and as others have said on various platforms, Cyanna's voice actress went above and beyond with varied sounds.
2) Haylen: As I said before, I do not like milfs and cross-generation is eh for me (hence the next two), but hot damn do I love Jazon! I do not know why, but I freaking adore him. The duplicitous double standards, the conniving sexuality, the abject laziness. The whole mom/son thing is definitely not on any of my lists of kinks, but Jazon is just too fantastic to ignore! His sprite looks better than Leto's and that irks me in a way, though I also like it like that... Also, he needs to bang Sophie some more!
3) Rose: I found the beginning very intriguing, and against my own hopes, having read further into the guide, I convinced myself that Rose might have sex with strangers for the humiliation route. Apparently I misinterpreted and that is on me when it was Duke-centric. I should have known better, but... Ugh... Not my style in anyway, it got to the point where I am rapid clicking my way through it. I think the Duke is an interesting character, do not get me wrong, but I dislike almost everything about his sex scenes. I am genuinely considering turning off omniscient PoV when it comes to Rose, but I feel like I will miss out on some important lore...
4) Lily: First two hours of the game, I knew I was not going to like her much, especially when it came to the frequent mentioning of her child-like appearance. Look, this is fantasy and she's a young adult sprite, and I am fine with that. Just not my cup of tea, especially since her partner is in her words a 'magic old man'. I checked out after the dressing her up like a maid (more so like a doll...) and the subsequent spanking. If Haylen/Jazon is pushing my cross-gen boundries, and Rose/Duke definitely crosses it, Lily/Nazer is far off on the horizon never to be seen again.

*Secondary Cast*
1) Leto's Buddies: I love them. Plain and simple. I wish they had more scenes!
2) Brent/Alys: Also in love, Brent is so adorable and eager! He is probably my second favorite, or even favorite tertiary character!
3) Eddie: Interesting scenes, wish there was some more involvement with her around, but I do like her stuff.
4) Militia men: Alright, I have a damn petpeeve! Where the fuck is the dark-haired elf man?! He was my favorite ever since his 'my balls are so damn backed up' comment (totally nothing to do with my intense kink for balls... >->") and he just up and vanished with only one more scene in the whole time I played! Blue-hair is fun, red-hair is alright and I like how he was the first to convince sister guard to reinstate sexy times, the rest are overall good in my opinion.
5) Side stories: I like them, wish there was more content! I am eagerly awaiting!

*Misc*
1) Triple Trident: Fun, sometimes frustrating, but I enjoy the mechanic!
2) Sometimes the mouse-movement walking bugs out weird. Never really had that happen before in RPGMaker games. I click on a part of the map (imagine how a knight moves in chess, the L shape) and Leto decides to move sideways first instead of forward. I have gone in and out of rooms dozens of times more than I wanted to because he moves weirdly.
3) Lore: Pretty solid! I am invested and want to know more!
4) Typos: Not much throughout until about the 80% mark and then they start trickling up far more noticeably. I understand the newer builds are newer and typos get fixed as they come along. Not much of a bother, but just wanted to say so here.

*Overall*
Solid successor to the previous game! I await more, and plan on supporting the dev on Patreon after I post this! Thanks!

(My personal kinks/likes has no correlation with the developers skill at storycrafting)