RPGM - Completed - Reborn Island ~Cuckold Play and the Shape of Love~ [v1.01] [Avantgarde]

Man! finally after many many years of the project the created Avantgarde finally make a Good NTR RPG, the NTR story is good rather than the previous tittle they created. They need created more like this but overall the original story kinda ok I guess.... not that groundbreaking or something and the Vanilla stuff I don't really care tho "because its NTR RPG not Vanilla RPG" that's why the previous project its really bad for me because they put 70% Vanilla on NTR RPG game wtf but they do a great job on NTR stuff here . I can't wait to see the next project from Avantgarde in the future I hope they can make more of NTR RPG in the future!

I like this game short but have everything you want in ntr games tho I wished you could get more than what is there and have different routes for ntr but all is good and I like to to the point I finished the game multiple times to see the different routes

This game does what it shouldn't do, and many games have slopped on that.
Specifically a mix of NTR and Vanilla content.

The pacing of vanilla relationships is bad and everything happens unnaturally because 70% of the NTR gallery
On the other hand pacing of corruption is also not that good because 30% is spent on vanilla content + the main plot has nothing to do with NTR

And what do we have in the end? Exactly what all games that mix Vanilla and NTR have. Not many people liked it.
On both sides, people didn't like that the opposite genre had 30%(Vanilla) or 70%(NTR) of the gallery. When it was possible to make 100%.

For NTR audience here is bad writing and corruption pacing, for Vanilla audience the protagonist is a natural cuck with small cock which is 9/11 for those who selfiserts themselves into MC.

The dev chased both birds and out came the mess.

I'll keep it in shortish paragraphs.

Story: Riku, the MC is an amnesiac. Sienna's the first girl he meets and he gropes her. Mira is the 2nd. The three of them party up and explore the island. The characters are actually pretty well done, other than the natural lewd looseness. Riku's a horny boi, Sienna's a denying slut, and Mira's a smartass.

Naturally, the endings differ depending on the degree of NTR you allow, from pure zero to netorase to full on cucked.

Porn: Good, as always for Avantgarde faire. Unfortunately like usual, Avantgarde fucks over the MC from impregnation and shoehorns in the NTR as a way to drive sales and interest. The story is actually quite engaging and has no need for the NTR whatsoever, in fact it actually ruins the good character progress after you watched them develop in the pure love route. You can see the sheer difference in personality from a pure run and a full cucked run.

On the NTR, it is the main attraction and the clear majority of sex scenes. Awesome art by Cookie as always. It only happens if you want it by asking the night bartender and even then he warns you against going too far with NTR. On top of that, the games warns you about the point of no return so you always have a choice.

But while the art is good, the NTR itself is bad. The girls go from loyal to slut in 3 scenes flat, then unlikable bitches by the 6th scene. It's just not good corruption pacing if they immediately starting hating, and I mean GENUINELY HATING and wanting to kill Riku after a single scene just because "herpitus derpus, big dicks are the best, small dicks should die." Like what the fuck man, dude's just a kid!

Gameplay: Short-ish. Typical RPGM, but has an instant kill switch thankfully. Its battles are actually moderately thought out if you're interested in gaming with your porn.

Verdict: It's a lot better than Amelia Blanchette. Comparable to Fox Girls, but DEFINITELY nowhere as good as Demon Harem. Avantgarde has definitely done better this time around, but if he's gonna make an NTR/Pure Love mixed game like this again, he NEEDS to make it equal or near it in scenes. I'm sick of devs making avoidable NTR games that just completely fuck over the MC by not only giving minimum scenes, but also no pregnancy chance. Come ooon, everyone should have a right to knock up the girls!

Introduction:
Welcome to my review of the following game: Reborn Island ~Cuckold Play and the Shape of Love~. I am using Ver.1.07 (the latest version at the time of writing), using an MTL generated by the MTool. It's time for another lengthy NTR game review, before I start the formal review, I am going explain my review system. Since this forum puts together all H-games (Doujin, Western, Budget VN, 30 hour+ Commercial Eroge), instead of placing in separate sub-forums. I have a system that limits DLsite-type Doujin games from 0.1 to 5.0/10 (since they are not at the same quality). Because of this I don't really play DLsite games anymore, since I prefer to just read Isekai/Fantasy Manga. (Plenty of them have depictions of sex acts, they just use cleaver forms of censorship, rendering these game mostly obsolete. Unless you have 'interests' not really available in other mediums). Examples of 10/10 games would be like 'Fate/Stay Night' or 'White Album 2'. As for a 0.1 - see my previous NTR game reviews. The star rating out of fairness to the forum will be the closest star rounded down (unless less than 1 or over 5). I had to provide an explanation on the final score, since this review will be quite different to my previous reviews. Read on to find out why. As always I will be talking about the major parts of the game: Story/World, Characters/Art, H-scenes, Gameplay/Combat, Endings and my Final Thoughts and Conclusions.

Story/World:
The basic story is that the 'Caelum Island' appeared one day unexpectedly due to the magic of a powerful demon. After the island is discovered several different groups arrive the island by boat: The church, The Hero, Adventurers, Merchants and an archeologist. After setting up the mini town base camp, a barrier is put up by the demon and no-one can leave the island due to it. The mission here is to find out the secrets of the island, the protagonist and remove the barrier. The town consists of several facilities (from right to left): You have a brothel, which does not serve any purpose for the MC. Next you the Ruin, which gives you access to the recollection room and an option to skip battle. After that is the Love Hotel, like the brothel outside of a special event serves no purpose for the MC. Then you have the garrison where the Hero's group is residing, and below that the church. The room on the right is where you are bought if you lose in battle and where the heroines can give birth (more about the pregnancy later). Upstairs you have the church library, where you can read some lore. In the plaza (town center) you have the inn, where you rest, for a cost of G100 per night. You can change the game to night mode (can also be done from the campfire in the plaza). There is a big pot where you can cook (make items), a few shops and the fast travel teleporter. The building next to the inn is the weapon and amour shop. Talk to the man in front to reset your skill point allocation. To the south you have the prostitutes' house and next to it a house that cannot be opened until you find the keys. Finally going all the way south you find the landing beach.

The dungeon maps have a lot of environmental variety to them. Some of the dungeons have neat little puzzles to solve. Each area has a unique enemy, should you win gives you good equipment drops, you don't have to fight straight away, you can come back to fight them again once you are higher level. A level of thought was put into their design. The main thing is to just make to activate the fast travel teleporters, when you find them. You should search properly for chests and events. I have no idea if this game is connected to Avantgardes' previous games (more on that later).

Characters/Art:
Rick:
You first gain control of the MC in the forest and you have memory loss, you can make a point about this being a troupe but combined with the fact the MC has an incomplete face, additionally all the h-scenes are first person view and you do not have unrealistic tiny dick, this means you have a largely blank slate MC to imprint yourself into the game. The MC's design is that of a completely normal male protagonist character. When put together the MC's overall design works well.
Sienna:
The first heroine you encounter is Sienna and she is a blonde haired girl with big boobs. She has a mixed Big sister/Mother archetype personality. Her job is as a Sister in training and goes to school. She's trying to end the war between humans and demons and hopes to be able to talk with a demon, on the island. Despite this being banned by the church.
Mira:
The second heroine is Mira and is the red haired girl with small boobs. You meet her in the forest after freeing you and Sienna from a trap. She has a mixed archetype Tomboy/Delinquent personality. Her job is as an archeologist She's trying to prove that civilization existed before 5000 years ago, travels to the island to find evidence of this. Is able to read the ancient language.
Liones:
The other male in this game is the Hero. His name is Liones he the guy who's main role is to 'NTR' you. Outside of the NTR routes you won't be seeing him to much. In a normal run he is largely reduced to a background character. Other than his role, he is just a typical handsome anime male with a big dick.

The character pose art is really good and they well designed. The outfits they have fit their archetypes and roles and they look really cute in them too. Even though there is a multi outfit system it's not really taken advantage of. Both heroines start as virgins and have no prior dating experience. The only downside is that I would have liked more non h-scene interactions between the heroines and the protagonist, you can also argue that the sexual relationship starts to rapidly. The reactions of the heroines in the scenes you do get are cute. Furthermore the majority of the heroines lines' are fully voiced. Overall the characters have good personalities, they are not entirely generic, they have actual intelligence, have their own personal goals and objectives and reasons for coming to the island. The voice acting is also good. A really strong start here.

H-Scenes:
Moving on to the next part of the artwork, the positives continue: The pure love H-scenes are genuinely good, they are everything you would expect from them: True expressions of love, you also have teasing, flirting, there is even bits of fluff and cuteness. Each scene reflects the uniqueness and individual personality traits of each heroine. Each scene is also very extensive dialog wise and they have to be in order to represent the deepening connection between the protagonist and the heroines. Shorter versions are available as repeatable scenes, the only downside is that the total sex positions are limited (suggesting a quality over quantity approach). Overall, a great example showing what pure love h-scenes should be. All of the NTR content is completely optional and avoidable, all of the NTR scenes are with the Hero. There is 24 pure love h-scenes in the gallery, and 46 NTR ones for 70 total. About a third then are pure love, which is much better than usual. In the grand scheme of things still not great, there needs be more than this. In addition there is no rape defeat scenes after you lose in battle. The game is basically a sandbox.

Gameplay/Combat System:
That seems like a transition to discuss the core gameplay and combat system.
RPG combat and Skills:
This game uses a largely standard RPGM combat, but with a few additions: firstly you have an elemental attribute weakness for the monsters you fight, next you have the special skills. An example would be Mira's analyze (enables you to see the attribute weakness and stats). You have a few in battle H-skills (which you get by triggering events in the town, make sure to check the prostitutes' house in the daytime). You can also learn skills by using skill points you earn by level up. This is accessible from the main menu. You should focus on attribute coverage, healing and passive skills. Lastly, no game over for losing a battle. You are transported to the church. You have battle difficulty level options in the settings. As long as you play in the recommended chapter order, the grind won't really be problem either.

Chapters and Relationship Progression:
This game has three main chapters per main character. Rick's first chapter starts when you head into the forest to the north. Rick's second chapter is started by talking to a man in the inn. (rec.level 18+) Rick's third chapter is started In the Hero's garrison at night (rec.level 26+). Mira's first chapter starts by heading west into the Melting Swamp (rec.level 10+, with passive skill stat boosts). Mira's second chapter starts in the weapon and amour shop, by talking to the owner. Mira's third chapter is started by interacting with the empty shelves unit in the inn (rec.level 34+). Sienna's first chapter is started by heading east, after a scene after continue into The Reginald Wastelands (rec.level 10+, with passive skill stat boosts). Sienna's second chapter is started in the Plaza, interacting with the bucket next to the campfire (rec.level 14+). Sienna's third chapter is started in the church, by talking to the nun (rec.level 30+). In addition there is an optional chapter with the prostitutes, that gives you access to an optional dungeon and the strongest boss in the game. The final part of the game is essentially just the final boss. The relationship development is quite rapid and I think it should've been a bit slower, and have more scenes. I would like it better if was across more chapters per character. I also wish the game had a few normal date events between the chapters, I know the town is limited but there is enough scope to have a few.

Map events:
Around the maps of island you find little event markers (speech bubbles with '...', some labeled with the word 'event' and others using the word 'enter', some are just in certain areas, others are available after certain conditions are met. Some are only accessible in the daytime or nighttime. Make sure to search thoroughly to find them.
NTR:
Fantastic news! The NTR in this game is completely optional, skippable and avoidable in it's entirety. You start the NTR routes from the inn at night once your affinity with the heroines are high enough. You have 100% control here, You can basically just forget about it.
H-Stats:
The h-stats don't really do much outside the NTR routes, other than just show some stats and some don't do anything at all due to the fact the MC does not have h-scenes for all positions (or aren't repeatable). Shows current affinity with each heroine and general relationship information. The main sexual development is only really shown on the NTR routes.
Pregnancy:
Sadly the MC does not have ability to get the girls pregnant at all. NTR route only content. After things were going pretty well, these games always have to disappoint somewhere. I would not recommend this game if you are looking for repeatable pregnancy. Maybe could be added in future via an update, DLC or via a community mod.
Endings:
I only triggered the harem ending, but really since you option you should just take it. I do not know if you can skip the heroines' chapters, otherwise your only way to a single heroine ending would be to NTR one of the girls away and I'm not doing that. The ending content really only consists of a small scene, a CG of the heroines hugging you and you heading to the beach to leave the island. The player does regain control of the game and can still trigger some missed events (non ending related). After that you are sent back to the title screen.

Final Thoughts and Conclusions:
With all of the major parts of this game discussed it's time for my monologue. Firstly this game has exceeded expectations, in the best way possible. I honestly thought this would be just another prime candidate for another 0.1. Especially since none of Avantgarde's previous game are any good. What Avantgarde has done with this game is put use the framework I presented years ago (in the 'Mercenary Band NTR' threads, read them for context). I had the vision to see that it would result in a good game, if the design was put into practice. At the same time, this game is not innovative or revolutionary, it's just logical common sense design. All of these 'NTRPGs' should be designed like this one, no if's, no buts, no excuses. The phrase 'better late than never' comes to mind here. This game sets a standard and a benchmark for future games. I hope this game is the first of many made like this. Back to reality, this will probably be the first and last, since these devs have a tendency to return to their previous (NTR BS) ways...

Summary and Final Score:
Would I recommend this game? this review has been predominantly positive, as should be pretty clear if you have read this far. To sum up here: the characters are good, the art is great, the the pure love h-scenes are written properly and are genuinely good. As the MC you have full control over the relationships and you are the main driver of the story. The gameplay is solid. This game is not perfect. As outlined above, I feel more content in the specific areas I highlighted above is needed. Apart from the pregnancy, this game has no major downsides or design flaws. A DLC is required to add the missing content outlined in this review (I don't see that happening, unfortunately). The lack of a repeatable pregnancy system for the MC combined with the fact the lore/story and the pure love (both H and non-H) are not quite extensive enough, means this game just fails to tick all the boxes needed for a general recommendation. If you are looking for a H-RPG and you like the characters, since the NTR is 100% optional and the pure love h-scenes are good, this game is worth playing.

Thank you for reading this review, I had a lot fun with this one and hope you do, should you choose to play this game. I will probably play through this game again once a proper translation and/or a DLC is released. See you later in the next review.

Review Score: 3.5/5 (Doujin) 3.5/10 (Overall) (see introduction section for details)

Highlights TL;DR

• Lots of good quality work done which you can really appreciate if you play a lot of H games. It's a condensed work (maps and play time) that sets out to be exactly what it's advertised as, and should be a nice playthrough for everyone who goes in knowing what that is.

Lowlights TL;DR

• Non-linear gameplay with multiple choices is usually a good thing, but because it's available but not properly executed, gameplay and story segregation is constant and noticeable.

Overall TL;DR

• Good game. If you've got the money, as always, please support the developer so they can keep making games. It's about 3.5/5 for me but when having to choose between 3 stars or 4, I'd say 4

for me this game has a good NTR progression but i feel like the payoff doesn't felt that great, i expect lot more scenes maybe because the rpg gameplay part takes quite long time even on easy mode but oh well most of them are higher quality because they are voiced.

Also i thought there will be mind break part seeing the cg but turns out it's just vanilla netorare harem with only 1-2 humilitation scene (that doesn't even have cg), the h status part become kinda useless because of that. even the clothing system just felt strange and more of annoying since we mostly just get the response from the girl that spam every 5 second. Most of the NTS/R scene are also leading toward so it really dissapoint me

The good part is the game isn't confusing even though you have 3 route to do at start, all route have walktrough you can follow and getting scene is straightforward. The scenes is maybe really good for NTS fan, i'm more of corruption fans so for me it feels lacking toward the end

well it's another almost a good game for me but still lack something, not perfect but definetly enjoyable and i like tomboy girl corruption

Avantgarde ntr game in 2025
What else is there to say? It's alright, not good, not that bad. It still has annoying jrpg sections between h-scenes, but at least you can skip battles now.
You know, with time avantgarde fell off, it's like they get worse with each game. Scenes are alright I guess, but ntr progression is too sudden. They don't make it like they used to...

5 / 10
v1.01
Good-ish JRPG. Bad sex game.

The story and character progression [outside of sex scenes] is pretty good - definitely above average. Engaging and makes you want to know 'what's next', how it all would end. What other twists the author has prepared.
Characters are not one note either - they have history and internal contrast.

Also, surprisingly good combat system - mostly because all enemies have different immunities, resistances, and weaknesses. So you need to be flexible. BUT none of your characters have access to all the tools.
So sometimes MC needs to act as DPS, sometimes red-head.
Sometimes MC needs to act as secondary support - and sometimes red-head.
And that is in the context of you having non-infinite skill points - so in your skill tree you need to plan, prioritize, and... well, CHOOSE.
Engaging.

Now the sex stuff...
Art is great.
Sounds during sex is good.

Everything else is bad.

Vanilla sex is bad by default - simply because MC was chosen to be a tiny dick boy, that is passive in the bad. AND it's not like girls will dominate the femboy either - they are no better than him.
No one's good at sex in vanilla.

And NTR is a rushed mess.
One moment, the girls cutely love MC with all their heart, wanting only the best for him - because he helped them to achieve their dreams. And the next, they act like the most disgusting and depraved villains of the whole story. Enjoying hurting him in every way possible.
Their reason?
I shit you not, they literally talk MULTIPLE times that the ONLY reason for it is 'the cock is big'.
I didn't see such bad writing in a while.

In total, there's like 2, maybe 3 OK-ish sex scenes in the entire game.
Disappointing.

I can't help but compare this game to Fox girls never play dirty and see a downgraded version of it...

I want to start at least with the positives, the art. heroines and vanilla part of the game are pretty fine, in fact the vanilla side could be a standalone game had it had more scenes. The plot itself is fine, a simple hero's journey and so are the vanilla endings... but now lets jump into the bad.

You know what makes a NTS/NTR game way better? Having a nice amount of vanilla content at your choice, because then it makes what's coming feel more impactful, and even better? if your choices, pacing and actions affect how things evolve, we had a glimpse of that in previous avantgarde games.
Sadly here that improvement in the vanilla side is wasted in a streamlined late game NTS/NTR sequence of events (this time you wont even see a difference between NTS and NTR) .

In the Fox girls's game you had different cities full of fun and casual sexual events that could start shaping the heroines and the way you wanted everything to go, you could just have casual sex around, evade combats whoring the girls... etc. Here all the NTR/S content kinda is put together in a single NPC in a single small village with almost 0 freedom.

I still enjoyed the game because the quality of the art and the vanilla part of it, but the NTR and NTS, supposed to be the main selling point are a downgrade from previous games, and the improved vanilla side is wasted with this structure of NTR/NTS.

Honestly another great NTR game from Avantgarde, while the overall NTR could of been improved by taking it slower the scenes are really hot.

Here's my overall thoughts:

Story: Pretty generic but doesn't drag on and isn't bloated like some RPGm games I've played.

Art: Art is perfect as expected of Avantgarde, I guess you can give a demerit for censorship but it's unavoidable with Japan.

NTR content: NTR content is added sort of like a side story and is completely optional, I loved the scenes for NTR but would of preferred if the corruption happened a little bit slower.

Length of the game: 4-5 hours, it doesn't drag on too long with the combat and combat can be completely skipped if need be.

gameplay: typical RPGm gameplay, not too much grind and most bosses can be beaten by spamming the same moves over and over again so pretty braindead.

Translation: Decent, while not perfect it's 1000x better than braindead google translate that we all had to suffer through for many years, some grammar mistakes and misgendering but overall 100% readable and you probably won't notice.


Overall: It's exactly what I want from an NTR game, and I got exactly what I was expecting so no major complaints to be honest.

Oooh… boy. I am a major fan of the Avantgarde’s art style. The slow changes to the woman’s bodies, the huge tits (and small tits) the crotch tattoos, nipple piercing and so forth. I loved most of Loretta’s New Job and the game with the three demon girls in it, even if one was a almost entirely NTR game, and the other a straight love through sex game. I even was alright with the utter grind that was the Furry Girls Never Betray game, even if I wasn’t a fan of how much of the game’s h-scenes were based on prostitution and losing battles to your enemies.

With that being said, this game is by far the worst of the Avantgarde games for me. It honestly feels like two different games badly merged together. The reason for this is simple: The NTR and NTRS are not only joined together, but do not have any impact on the overall plot.

But, you say, there are multiple endings. Yes. There are. But beyond your relationships with the girls, nothing changes. You are still a servant of the demon King Belial let loose to gather magical energy, you still fight him (unless you turn that off) and everything else. I DO NOT LIKE THIS. The most important part of a NTR/avoidable game is that your choices should impact the overall plot. It doesn’t. It doesn’t even really impact the RPG game play all that much. I could be wrong on this point because by the time I went back to play through the NTR/S portion of the game, I had hit the level cap (also a sucky thing) and just turned off the combat because I was bored of it.

Worse, the endings where one girl is stolen and the other is not, when you sacrifice one essentially for the scenes? There’s no difference. The game acts as if you were only with that one girl. The only one that has a difference is the double stolen ending, where Lioness (WHY that name?) comes in and puts down Belial. Now, that one I approve of, sort of. For the NTRS fans, I think it works well.

But again, the inclusion of the NTR/S happens so late in the game, and doesn’t really feel like it impacts the overall gameplay. Worse, the NTR and NTRS are joined together, as mentioned above. Riku needs to not only be in a relationship with the girls, but then consciously send them out to play with Lioness.

Why both girls with one guy? There were at least two other characters they could have gotten with from the hero division. Have Mira get with the second in command or the guy who turns out to be a traitor.

Six choices. You have to choose to allow NTRS six times before it goes too far. Now, you can find other scenes between those scenes around the place. That aspect is fine. But those scenes don’t impact the overall decline of the girl’s affection for you.

Then we go into the NTR scenes, the scenes where your girl has fallen entirely for the man. Oooh… boy X2. These scenes almost all remind me of the worst from Loretta’s New Job. They aren’t about one man proving he’s a better lover, as the best NTR is. Rather its about degradation and corruption. Now, if these scenes were linked to the NTRS I suppose they would make sense. Riku would enjoy seeing Sienna/Mira being abused like that by other men.

BUT. There is no difference between the NTR and NTRS. If Lioness was keeping the girls to himself, training them himself, actively stealing them or if they were actively seeking him out because of hypnosis or Big Dick Energy and you could get in the way of that rather than help it along, that would be NTR. Instead, Lioness just… shares them out. And they go along with things because they have fallen for him. Nope. Makes no sense, doesn’t impact the RPG side of things at all bar the clothing.

So, we have a game here that has interesting gameplay – the battles get repetitive, but the maps are okay for the most part and the overall plot is kind of interesting, with the girls falling in love with Riku being quite… cute, and full of comedy and ups-and-downs. The love type h-scenes are well done, although you can’t get the girls pregnant, which is a bit eh, but considering you were a dog demon before Belial changed you and gave you power might be a good thing.

Then we have the NTR/S stuff. Where you either go into it and then stop before the final hurdle, or don’t and nothing changes either way from then on.

It feels like this was written by four different people, and then everything was mashed together without really considering that separating them and following along different paths would have been better.

Overall grade:

Gameplay: 3/5. RPG elements get repetitive, but the various weapons and effects are nice. You can turn off combat. Decent progression and easy to understand the overall flow. Can’t change between girls you see as you’re walking around. Can’t interact/flirt with the girls except in set scenes.

Story: 4/5 and 1/5. The actual story is interesting, flows well and has some actual comedy. The NTR/S inclusion is so ham-handed it’s horrible.

Graphics: 4/5. As usual for an Avantgarde game. Can’t change their clothing unless they’ve been Lewded up. Big miss there.

Characters: 3/5. Riku is… okay. Sienna is… okay. Mira is kind of the best of the three because she feels as if she’s an actual character, even if she’s got some Dues Ex Machina stuff going on. Lioness (why?) is actually an interesting character with ambitions and plans going forward, plus a moral code that he is willing to bend like a normal person. But this all seems to be unimportant when it comes to the NTR/S stuff.

Sex scenes: 2/5. The vanilla scenes are cute. The NTRS is okay, but harmed by how they are activated. The NTR… is barely existent and piggybacks on the NTRS so much it is very blurry where one begins and the other ends, which is deliberate and harmful to the overall gameplay.

Total: 17/30 = F.

It seems like a generic harem RPG, and in part, it is. The content is clearly more focused on the netorare - Netorase content , but to access it, you have to talk to the innkeeper, and it's treated as an unmarked side quest.

The content itself is strange. It's not bad, but it's clear that midway through development, the developer changed direction, and the formula doesn't quite come together.

Pros:
-Great Art

Cons:
-Tideous Gameplay

-Boring Story

-Monotonously Verbose

Conclusion

A weak game from the fabulous Avantgarde, I expected much more from them after Amelia Blanchette. Unfortunately, the game is tedious, the story boring, and the heroines are never really in danger unless you actively ask them to be. I was hoping for a game closer to Amelia Blanchette, but instead, it was a generic H-JRPG with beautiful Avantgarde art.

very good ntr game, starts out vanilla and youre given the option to go into nts progressing into ntr. i have leveled the three protagonists to lv 50 twice now and done a pure vanilla run and a ntr run, both well with good voice actors and good art. it is a porn game so dont expect insane lore drops or story telling but it is decent enough with what it has. although it has vanilla aspects, vanilla knights might not appreciate that most of the good art scenes imo, is in the ntr/nts category. feeling like the ntr heavily out plays the vanilla aspect which is fine and good since the title of this game literally says cuckold play.

5/5 would recommend for vanilla/ntr/nts people
is this the best ntr game ever? no.
is it better than some other ntr slop? yes.

Personally it's a good game, with many noticable flaws. So i'll break it down into several sections/parts (it contains minor spoilers).

NTR: The NTR aspect of the game feels shoehorned. It's the typical "i added NTR because it sells well". So don't go into expecting some incredible build-up because the NTR route is entirely optional, in fact it's not relevant to the Story.

Story: Regarding the story it's really a matter of taste. Personally, i found it far more interesting compared to other Avantgarde games. One thing i can say about it you can tell they put strenuous amount of effort into it.

Gameplay: The gameplay is your typical Turn-Based Combat system,. There is not really much worthwhile to say about it beside how easy it to grind in the game.

H-scenes: A few of the H-scenes were erotically nice. Especially Mira's scenes were the best (Best girl by the way).

Endings: The endings are pretty much decent-ish.

A good game for fans of netorase, aimed at lovers of both big and small breasts.

Note: A complaint I've seen in other reviews stems from rushing through the campaign, namely getting flooded with sex scenes after hours of playing. In order to enjoy the game more, I'd recommend romancing the FMCs as soon as possible, and going for the optional netorase paths straight away (if you want that), as that then results in smoother pacing across the main campaign. There are several variations for every sex scene depending on the progress in the netorase paths, and branching into the netorare paths can block pure-love scenes, so that's something to keep in mind.

Features:
- Two FMCs: A busty priest who's hornier than she cares to admit, and a sexually more liberated tomboyish-redhead.

- Pure Love: Routes with both girls, with a set of vanilla scenes for the MC and each girl. Scenes have variations in dialogue that depend on the girl's affection, and each scene has at least one variant for seeing it a second time. It is possible to romance both girls in the same playthrough, with unique dialogue and scenes when they find out about it.

- Netorase: Entirely optional. Requires establishing a bf/gf-relationship with the girl(s) for the feature to get unlocked by talking to the innkeeper at night. This allows the MC to lend the girl(s) to a hero-type character, who is sort of the antagonist in the story, albeit not an evil character but a leader of one of the hero squadrons fighting demons/evil influences.

The scenes are well-written, most of them have a decent length and include "reports", with the girls giving the MC a handjob while reporting what they did with the hero. Comparisons between the MC and the hero are a focus of several scenes. The netorase paths escalate over time, leading to a crucial point of no return. The player can then stop the cuckolding play or opt to continue, in which case it turns into netorare.

Each netorase path has its own set of "main scenes" that progress the girl(s) affection towards the hero, and a set of shorter sub-events that unlock at various points in town.

- Netorare: Entirely optional. Requires actively picking the option to continue the cuckolding when prompted with the option to stop. Continuing results in complete corruption and losing the girl(s) as girlfriend. The netorare paths have additional scenes in town, and also special scenes after clearing the story chapters (including threesomes of both FMCs with the hero, if you let them both get stolen away).

- Pregnancy: The hero can impregnate the girl(s). This can be avoided by buying "female condoms", or by not escalating the netorase play too much. It's possible to keep playing in a pregnant state, and to initiate a sort of magic childbirth ritual (no birthing CGs).

- Sex Stats: The player is provided a good assortment of sex stats, including numerical counts of each sex act, amount of cum that the girl(s) received, a list of their various first times (first kiss, first blowjob, first sex partner, first pregnancy), name of the best and worst sex partner, a panel with the FMCs thoughts on the player and the bull, several visuals depicting the development of breasts, pussy and womb, and a set of special titles that can be unlocked, ranging from "MC's Girlfriend" to lewd titles like orgasm addict.

- Clothing System: The equipment screen features additional slots for the FMCs clothes, and these can be freely removed or changed (changes the standing picture and the ingame sprite, and causes reactions from other NPCs). Progressing the netorase paths unlocks lewd lingerie and a lewd outfit variant for each girl.

- Customizable Visual Corruption: Visiting the clinic in town allows the player to modify the visual cuckolding-degree of the girl(s), like removing hickeys, lewd body writing or piercings.

- Pixel Sex: There are a couple of sprite-based pixel sex animations, like the girl(s) masturbating at night while thinking about the MC (or the bull), or having sex with the bull in town.

- Turn-based Combat: No combat sex or harassment. Classic RPGM-combat, with added skill acquisition and free respec options for every character. There are also optional areas and bosses of higher difficulty to discover. Equipment and items are for the most part serviceable, coming in various tiers (different item colors / rarity). There's also a monster log listing stats and weaknesses of each enemy. All combat can be skipped, if so desired.

- Reminiscence Room: Includes all non-pixel-sex scenes and ending scenes, with an option to pick the scene variant if a variant exists. Scenes have preview thumbnails making it easier to rewatch desired content.

- Branching Paths: Seven different endings, covering all NTS/NTR/Pure Love variants.

Personal Notes:
All in all, the game surprised me in a positive way. Other reviews would make it out as a bad experience, but for fans of the kinks it offers a worthwhile time. The fact that NTS and NTR, and even romancing the girls at all, is optional is nice, same as the freedom of choice in regards to the girls' visual corruption. I personally really enjoyed the many dialogue variations in scenes, depending on the cuckolding progress.

Furthermore, while pregnancy isn't a focus of the game, it's also greatly enjoyable to have the feature exist, and even more so to be allowed to walk around in a pregnant state.

The game definitely had potential to be even better, though since NTS isn't nearly as common as plain NTR (and since I enjoy the optional branching of one into the other), I'm happy with what I got.

Lastly, a short rant: For almost every NTR game, people ask "is NTR avoidable?" - Now, in this game NTR is entirely avoidable as it's optional content and yet people in the reviews complain about it being optional. And to the people saying it's bad that NTS/NTR isn't part of the main story: It is part of the main story, as the NTS/NTR progress alters dialogue and story-related sex scenes (like the MC getting denied by the FMCs on a challenge in the Castle of Trials). Games with forced NTR content -> People complain. Games with optional NTR content -> People complain. Really impossible to satisfy folks.

Not a masterpiece, but good.

Terrible game
Extremely repetitive and boring grind like most rpgm, pizza’s cg is the only saving grace for this game but even then the cg scenes are bland at best along with the characters. If you like Ntr this game will disappoint you,it tries to give three kinds of demographic NTR2NTS/vanilla and it fails all of them NTS turns into Basic NTR so it has no point in being there and vanilla is just soo damn boring with the most basic story line. Probably one of avant’s worst games. 2/10 just load up a full save for the cg it’s not worth playing or paying.

Honestly a wasted potential. Game satisfies neither vanilla nor NTR players, your 1670th RPGM game turn-based hack and slash with better than average CG. 5/10

- Vanilla route was quite underwhelming, story follows the band of MC beating monsters and rescuing the land for the millionth times, wins a harem of two busty ladies who somehow just lays into his cock.

Similar on the NTR route as well, everything is just put there for uhm "muh NTR sells". The pacing is absolutely horrendous and everything is rushed, leaving no suspense at all for the gradual progression of the cheating part.

Meh.

While I like the design of the girls the most out of all of their games thus far, the actual scenes and corruptions are pretty boring. Like Amelia, there wasn't much foreplay. You'll be starved of scenes for 1 hour, then suddenly, start banging. Then there's like, 13 more unique CG scenes for each girl including the netorase scenes, and they're all very similar.

The rest of the game feels in similar vein, like it's 1 steps forward, 2 step back. The map design is much better. 1 compact city, so all events are easy to find. Dungeons have themes and mechanics to mix up, making each one a tiny bit more interesting. However, the game is mostly barren large maps, so majority of the game is just walking in straight lines. Stories is just similarly as dull. There's a mystery, but it doesn't matter though. There's alot of characters, but they don't matter though. There's a long build up for lord SilverTiger corrupting the girls with his humoungous dongonodongous despite their undying love, but given that the girls basically became subservient by 2nd NTS scene, it didn't really felt like corruption. Infact, the male MC felt like he was the one getting corrupted.

Reborn Island is not as creative as Amelia, nor is it as easy of a fap as demon harem. Corruption is still crowned by Elf wife, and exploring the world of Fox girl had better reward. Heck, even the Princess game had a stronger core game identity, so I found it a more memorable time, despite it being a technically inferior game.

So, I would say, "Meh is the right word for it