This game overall is deserving of a three stars, and is this is very good for my ratings. To me it's simple, this game is the only Naruto game worth playing. It takes a tried and basic type of game and adds a parody to it, while still nailing the basics for this type of game (Mind control/corruption trainer). The parody aspect is not only good, but there is no tradeoff for having these characters in game for quality of story. But that said, although it does what it is meant to do, it lacks compared to some other parody games, like Four Elements Trainer. Then again, 4 elements trainer is one those great games that are rarely matched.
Let's begin
Models- 9/10
The models are as close as you can get to the real thing, and very easily the best Naruto sprites on this site. There are very clearly two different artists. One is much better at drawing the characters themselves, and struggles with drawing scenes with multiple characters, and needs some work with drawing bodies well . This artist is usually seen drawing the non-animated scenes (which personally feel better drawn to me) . The artist doing the animated scene, (currently on a break) draws bodies well, but the quality feels lacking, and looks slightly less accurate. But that being said, both of these artists have done an amazing job and have their strengths.
Plot- 6/10
Since there really is no goal other than having sex for the MC, there is really no main antagonist. The point of the game is really to have sex rather than having other goals and meeting people on the way. This makes the entire game have no real story other than sex every night. But I think this is the way a lot of trainers work, but there is at least some outer goal along with wanting to just have sex. But the story itself makes sense and isnt rushed or underdeveloped like other games.
Dialogue- 9/10
The dialogue was perfectly accurate for the characters. One of the hardest things to do in parody games (especially for shows like these) is to maintain the character's personality but also being able to make them lewd. They nail this aspect.
Scenes-8.5/10
Since they don't animate frame by frame, the animations are very smooth, but that being said, since they use an engine that animates a 2 d model, (forgot the name), it looks kind of mushy, and the face looks like it's a filter, and the body parts don't always move in unison. Still very impressive they pulled this off and this is just tiny critique. The non animated scenes are actually very nicely drawn, well made and proportions are there, but these scenes are just one image with some slight changes and text at the bottom.
Content- 9/10
for a v.18 build, it has an pretty great amount of content, I would say maybe 3-4 hours maybe? I don't remember exactly so don't quote me on that, maybe more, maybe less. but at v.18, only at the end of arc one, with at least two more to go, plenty of characters already confirmed, it is safe to say the final product of this game will take a while, but also be a very big game. The devs seem to be ready for this for the long run and dedicated to making this very big, which is great since this is the only Naruto game that is decent.
Consistency (releases)- 10/10
This dude SmilingDog is very possibly the most consistent dev in terms of releases. Dude never misses a release, every month he is getting some content out every month, no matter how small or large. This is a category I felt was very important to add, especially with some other devs for other games leaving for many many months, like ICSTOR. I respect a dev who maintains timeliness, especially since they run on a monthly payment system. That being said, I totally understand if Devs need extra time before a big release. But this dude goes beyond. He couldn't release Apollo Alexicon (one of his other games) one month, so dude went and made a whole other mini game to hold his patrons over. If anyone deserves the support, it's this dude.
Creativity- 3/10
The game is great, but there is absolutely no creativity at all in this game,. The game is just "Take control of girl, train girl, have sex with girl by the end" There is no creativity when it comes to how you even get to control them, it's just "oh, you have mind control powers and the person forgets about it" Only reason this even got 3 points is because they included a fighting system and multiple outfit possibilities.
Bugs- 7/10
This dude gets bugs out of the way pretty fast, but some of his early releases, ("a"releases) are filled with completley game breaking bugs. This is expected, but some of these bugs just make the game unplayable. Maybe they could try running through the game once as a test run before uploading it? But by the "b" version everything is fixed. And to be fair, I am on F95zone, so beggars can't be choosers in terms of what version of the game I get. But bugs like that are kind of confusing in terms of how they got there. Still great though, bugs are not a problem within the week of release