Others - Completed - Netoria Tactics: Revolution [Art Update] [Apollo Seven]

Started off really strong: the characters felt interesting, and the tactical combat was actually fun and felt real. But halfway through, the story started getting weird, and by the end, it just totally fell apart...

I played on Hard right away, so I let NTR happen in battles pretty often. Gwen’s corruption felt natural at first, and most events made sense—until suddenly the game decided she has a “lover” now, and everything just went off the rails:

• She’s having “fun” with the lover like the MC doesn’t even matter, right after a romantic scene with the MC.
• There’s a full cheating discussion (with penetration) before the actual cheating scene even happens.
• Scenes and dialogue overlap: sometimes we’re still together, sometimes not, at the same time.
• In the final fight, Gwen sides with the traitors, but when I win, she acts like she was on my side all along. We escape together and she says all that matters is we’re together, then the epilogue says we broke up and meet again as enemies a year later. That level of nonsense just killed any immersion and enjoyment I had.

Still, I had a lot of fun for most of the game while the NTR was happening gradually. It’s the first time I’ve loved the gameplay and mechanics, but got disappointed by the story and scenes (usually with NTR RPGs, it’s the other way around). The main problem: the branching is totally broken. Maybe others had a great experience if their scenes played in the right order, but for me it was just a mess, and I played pretty evenly without forcing events or anything. It all fell apart at the end and ruined the experience.

For most of my playtime, I thought I’d be giving this a 5-star review and calling it the gold standard. But now, honestly, I can only give 3 stars, and that’s only for the technical side. The game’s not AAA, but for an indie project in this niche, there’s nothing else like it when it comes to the NTR logic and turn-based combat—I really enjoyed that part. Probably the story mess and weird scenes are a technical issue, but the story itself isn’t great either, especially with all the useless characters that show up halfway through.

Looking forward for Netoria Tactics 2, because there’s just nothing else out there like this.

The art is strong and the branching paths and outcomes are great. Gameplay-wise, it's just so-so, honestly I skipped most of it.
Despite being marked “completed” for a while, only the recent updates make it truly feel finished.

This is the best game ive played like this, so good i went and bought it on steam even though ive already more or less done 2 play throughs already.
it does a great job of actually involving the game mechanics into the story.
the writing is good and more importantly believable.
i would say the only thing i would change is the introduction of sooo many characters. i feel like about half way through it gets kinda crowded and theres just a lot going on but its still done well.
there was also a weird moment where the wrong sprite was showing but it wasnt like a big deal or anything.

The first impression was extremely positive, I was even a bit puzzled as to why there's so little buzz around the game. As I played more it became abundantly clear why.

The very solid mechanics introduced in the first hour quickly lose relevance as they're sidelined in favor of constant cast expansion with every newcomer being significantly less interesting than the first few characters.

There will be a point at which you'll seemingly do nothing but jump from one dull combat encounter to another with nothing but mind-numbingly boring cutscenes in-between. The moment the actually interesting people like Owain and Gwen begin to open up the game will start introducing one poorly written gimmick non-character after another as if trying to artificially boost the runtime.

How the game should've been:
- bullshit characters trimmed away, cast slimmed down to Carwyn, Gwen, Owain and maybe Emrys (who should also be rewritten to be more of a dashing knight Jaime Lannister style instead of a moody incel)
- more focus on competing for Gwen instead of the weird contrived 'we're meant for each other but lemme give that guy a blowie' thing the game has
- more emphasis on the synergy of the combat and NTR/relationship mechanics and less on the completely uninteresting main narrative
- either streamline the RPG stuff or allow people to replay levels

It's in my top 5 of this site even if it's not in 3d, and has no animation , and very bad sprite. it has a lot of good ideas and a correct art style with a good identity. This game makes you want to see more

version completed Carwyn Triumphant update

the characters and story and storytelling is topnotch. characters feel alive, all conversations are just perfect, like it was written by an actual good writer.

but porn scenes are static images, and usually not even that good images at that. it all rests on the story. the images without story i would rate 1/5 or 2/5 at best, but with the great story it's still erotic. not too much text, just enough, it makes sex scenes sexy, up to a 4/5.

there are many routes, but unlocking them is a pain in the butt.

there are some very good premises but i preferred some more forced/rape focused routes or carwyn+gwen cocksleeve routes. there are some endings like that but it would have been more sexy if it was prolonged like groping during fights and they each react to seeing the other getting used.


but anyway it has groping mechanics during battle and many scenes, it starts a little slow, but fireemblem game makes it relatively interesting, but ingame battle gropes keeps up the interest so you won't get bored.


if hentai scenes were animated/better this could easily be a masterpiece game. the author certainly is a very talented writer. some routes and better graphics and he would be rich from making hentai games.


game has a handful of bugs but nothing gamebreaking, just 3-4 immersion breaking bugs and some typos later in the game.

Oh boy...
It bothers me beyond belief when I see otherwise very good games being ruined by bad game mechanics.

1) During combat it is not possible to load the game, only to save.
EXTREMELY annoying. You're forced to use ALT+F4 every time you screw up a battle and you know you can't win anymore.

2) Leveling up.
Sometimes you get +1 stat point, sometimes you get +6 and sometimes you get nothing at all. A few bad level ups and the whole character is useless. Also, leveling up is not completely random and getting at least an average lvl up can take tens of minutes and heaps of ALT+F4. It's not fun at all.

3) Ironically, the two characters in the opening image are not the main characters. Actually, the main characters are completely all characters, except for these two. Everyone else can decide if they want to start a romance with someone. But these two "main characters" do not decide anything at all. A single (often you don't even realize it) mistake is all it takes to completely ruin your game and lose many hours of progress. All because your "main characters" don't have the option to say "no".

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This game has the potential to be a 5 star game.

But these bad game mechanics just dramatically bring down the experience of the game. Until the author fixes at least two of these three problems, I cannot in good conscience recommend the game.

I've seen this game get updates now and then and it never really caught my attention, I'm also mainly more into games featuring a female protagonist.

Well... One of my favourite genres is M2F transformations, one of this game's main themes.

Now the reason as to why I review this game so highly isn't because of its erotic content. While there certainly is some at this point I haven't seen most of it, but because I loved its gameplay, I'm not a huge fan of turn-based RPGs but I oftentimes do enjoy them and this game, in particular, reminded me of some on the ones I played back when flash games were popular.

I won't say much more, so as to not spoil the game, but I do recommend it and I'll personally save it as one of my favourites, maybe I'll even buy it,

I loved the gameplay... for the first half of the game that is. I played it on the standard difficulty setting and after my party leveled a little, the battles became a breeze. In the beginning, it can be challenging (but nothing too hard), later it just gets boring – battles consume time and the player doesn't feel rewarded for them. Items and new weapons seem pointless too.

The story is fine, the characters are very well-written. I didn't feel bored once with the dialogues nor skipped any of them.
The design of the characters is crazy good but the H-scenes look very mediocre in comparison. They're pretty bland.

Finishing the game I didn't feel like starting a new playthrough to see other routes. You can see recollection of other scenes after finishing the story, but I didn't check them out – my interest in the game was gone when it ended.

I want to give this game more than 3 stars, but it disappointed me in aspects I thought I'd love. It starts well, but in the later chapters becomes a drag. I just wish the gameplay was more polished and balanced in the later stages. I can still recommend it, though.

I was going to give in a 5, but nah, this game did the thing i hate in any game.
You are doing fine in what you are seeking, then ONE single thing happens that hard locks you to a route. Fuck that, especially when its hours in.

The red head got touched like 2 times each by each guy no NTR...then BAM that stupid river scene and hard locked into NTR...and i guess vivian is just bait, idk, stupid mind control nonsense.

"You just didn't play it right" nah, fuck off.

There are one or two levels that force at least one touch. If there was a way to raise loyalty with gwen idk how, the game does a shit job at explaining its stats. WTF is eroticism, WTF is lust, WTF is loyalty.

Seriously, it felt unfair, i got to the 'late game' i guess, idk. When MC is solo. I quit, the fact that one innocuous stage dictates how the rest of the game plays out is lazy and i hate it.

P.S In fairness i misread the title thinking it said netori, and screens and game description mentioning rival lovers...ya no, don't make my mistake, this is cuck shit, not where you can cuck.

2 complaints:
-The HCG feels a little too artsy. I think the character art is very good, and the HCG artwork is a downgrade from that.
-The endgame drags on too long. It's not challenging near the end, either, so it's just tedious.

And now for the good parts:
-The combat is very fun for most of the game.
-I like how many different potential routes there are, based on corruption interactions.
-The story is actually interesting. It's not just another porn game, every character has their own unique personality, and they're all amusing. This honestly kept me going until the end more than the hentai, as you can probably guess from my first complaint.
-Kobold Joe is one of the funniest side characters I have ever seen, in any videogame. Huge props to the developer for the character design in general.

strategy wise this game is solid and if you're looking for a game where characters acts like actual human beings this is probably for you none of the main characters are dumb they know what is happening and they react according to their personality

waaaaaaay to long
we got the gist. cut it short dude.
there is no need to put 30 minutes of gameplay between two slightly different scenes.
in general, most of the gameplay could've been cut out.
started off interesting, until the party got unnecessarily way to big and the gameplay bloated

I'll be honest, I didn't finish the game because at some point I stopped playing and never got back to it, but I summarize what I felt while playing the game.

This game built in a quite interesting way, which is a turn based open level kind of a thing, where the placements of the characters are important with respect to the enemies and with respects to the other characters in your party. This adds a very interesting aspect of strategy to the game, but I would say that not enough.
Because at some point, at least in my playthrough, Carwyn and Gwen got so strong, that almost all the other characters are just useless and not adding much to the game except just manually skipping their turns all the time because they got one shot pretty quickly.

I didn't see many h-scenes because I went for a loyalty run, without the ntr part, but didn't play far enough to enjoy and see if the scenes evolve.

I also would add that the amount of characters in your party is way too many. it would be much more interesting with fewer characters and giving them more abilities to add to the strategic aspect of the game.

Overall, as a game, I would say it was interesting, even without the aspect of the sex, but I assume this is what kept me playing as far as I got.

Very interesting combat system. The game has an average number of H-scenes and is quite sparse considering its playtime. However the writing and character development is very nice. There is also high replay value given the multiple different endings.

One of the best gameplay formulas for a porn game I have come across, if not the best.

The groping mechanic is the game's strongest element, making combat more engaging and unique. However, for the mechanic to work effectively, the game's difficulty must be well-balanced in order to avoid concepts such as "gameover rape" or "lose to win" by engaging the player with gameplay rather than just porn. Fortunately, this game has well-designed difficulty settings for all players. I personally enjoyed playing on the highest difficulty.
The gameplay formula looks like this: story with character building, flashbacks, etc; well-executed tactical combat with groping that builds corruption; preparation phase with items to buy, equip, etc; camping phase with events and dialogs. To sum it all up we have a great game.

As for the story, I would rate it 3.5, better than most, but a bit short for my taste, and perhaps with too many branches or maybe characters - the story don't have enough depth as the result. By depth I mean eroticism and pacing could be better.
Similar for lewd content I would rate scenes 4-5; the writing and setup for the scenes a 5. There is simply a lack of content for me.
Character design 5, both visual and written.
"Blue balls effect" avoidable with easier difficulty settings.
The interface could be better.

The gameplay loop stands out way too much and I can't give this game less than 5 even with cons.
So yes, it's one of the better games on this forum, and one of the few that are actually games. But there's still room for improvement.

PS: If you are like me and have no interest in NTR or maybe even hate it, give this game a try, it may be the exception.
But it's still possible to avoid NTR if you want to - there are a lot of endings and branches in this game.

Im not really someone who enjoys NTR, but making an exception for this game was a very good decision. I dont really see any strategy based games on this website, so this came as a welcomed suprise! In all honesty, the gameplay alone is good enough for me to give this 5 stars.
Although other aspects of this game are a mixed bag. Sexual content has some variety, but not enough quantity, with a good amount of quality. The art is above average when compared to many other games. And the story itself is meh, but seeing what ending you get is actual pretty intriguing.

Overall i stayed here mostly for the tactical gameplay and i would highly recommend you to try it out if you want to do some strats.

Positive Points:
+Story
+Gameplay
+Artstyle

Negative Points:
-Number of lewd content
-Blue balls effect
-Some menus and stats explonation

Conclusion:
The game is a pretty good tactical with original lewd mechanics (gropping) that work really well. It has different difficulty level that are pretty well balanced (rare for a tactical game). Just some issue with some menu and how some stats works (loyalty and erotism).

The story is pretty good (remember me SAO), with different path and different ending for replayabilty.

The lewd scene have a great artstyle and good to see but there's a lack of it, some ending have the same scene. I was hoping for more scene and more variety, like in the camp when you can hear Gwen with a guy.

The game also suffer from what I call the blue ball effect: for the first 4 hours of game you will not have any hc scene only tease or touching and during the last hours you got everything. It's a reccurent porn game issue, you have to find a way to put HC scene during the entire game not just the end.
It's a really good game if you like tactical, hope devs gonna do another game like this.

Test done in complete version Epilogues Update

Overall 4.5/5. A strategy game similar to fire emblem but with less depth. Gameplay is good but gets stale. The game however, truly shines when it comes to the characters and their dialogues

Gameplay 4/5. A turn based hero strategy game that has a very good base, but doesn't add enough throughout to keep the game fresh, resulting in repetitive gameplay. In between rounds there is basic inventory management.

Story 3.5/5. The story is about people going on a suicide mission for various reasons. The story was compelling with scenarios, mysteries, and flashbacks that kept me hooked throughout. By the end however, many questions were left unanswered.

Characters 5/5. Group of Aholes forced to work together due to circumstance. The dialogue and banter between characters in this game are absolutely amazing. It can be crazy, stupid, serious, comedic or even philosophical, whatever came out of their mouths was always entertaining.

Art 4/5. In game sprite work is above average. Character artwork used in dialogue (and others) is very good though its almost always limited to 1 per characters heavily limiting the expressions during dialogue

H Content 4/5. Has a lot of different scenarios though there is almost always NTR. They are well drawn with a pleasant looking comics like style.

Gameplaywise it's a cut above the majority of what you find here. But pornowise, it's kinda lackluster.
The art is ok, the story is fine, too, but it feels like it doesn't have enough H, and only the battle groping is repeatable. Not only that, but there are many scenes that are obscured to the point you simply can't see anything, and on top of it, the dialogues are cut so that you can barely make what they're saying, further reducing the amount of H you can encounter. Lots of missable scenes that would force you to replay the game unless you're happy with seeing them in the gallery at the end of the game.
In general, the game suffers from a sadly common syndrome of "trying to be a videogame first, and a porn experience second", which is a shame, because I wouldn't have played it had it not been for the H.
I would give it a 5, but F95 doesn't let me, and a 4 seems way too low for a game with this level of effort poured into.