Game version: v2023-04-21
tl;dr: monotonous and clunky gameplay for monotonous and clunky rewards
NPC Capture Academy (NPCCA) resides in the niche genre of "pornographic Papers, Please" in that you check paperwork, find discrepancies, and administer a verdict accordingly. Unfortunately, NPCCA is so underwhelming that, even in the sparsely-populated genre, I find no reason to recommend this game whatsoever. Fundamentally, a porn game needs to have good gameplay (otherwise it’s just porn with extra pointless steps) and good porn (duh), and NPCCA fails at both.
NPCCA’s gameplay is insultingly easy, monotonous from start to finish, drags on for far too long, and lacks even the slightest hint of user-friendliness. You are only ever tasked to check one type of document (student ID), and spotting fakes is effortless as they always come with multiple mistakes (2-3 of the 6 variables). This, combined with its deceptive length of 15 stages (3 sets of 5, with the first set being the campaign, and the other 2 lazy re-skins of the first set with zero story impacts and copy-pasted stage requirements), means you’ll have experienced 99% of what NPCCA has to offer on the first stage. Also, despite working against the clock, you can’t fast-forward dialogue, so a good chunk of your shift time will be spent doing nothing.
NPCCA’s porn is uninspired and lacks variety. Though the NPCs do have variety (fair selection of names, hair selection and color, faces, breast sizes, and uniforms), their overall figure is virtually the same, so people looking for different body types should look elsewhere. Each NPC also has one fixed position (out of 6, 3 of which are groping, cunnilingus, and blowjob) that can only be changed with various store items unlocked fairly late into the campaign. Oh, and, before you can roll the dice for sexy times, you also have to bring the NPC to orgasm, which involves clicking her parts, waiting several seconds (reminder that you are working against the clock), and repeating for ~6 times minimum (upwards of ~15 times, depending on how horny she starts with). Somehow, the dev managed to make the porn part of their porn game feels more like a chore than a reward (not helped by most stages requiring you to use a love letter, which requires sexy times beforehand).
NPCCA could’ve been so much more, but it isn’t, and until then it doesn’t deserve your time.