I've never been so disappointed by a game than I was with Treasure of Nadia.
NOTE: Spoilers Ahead, read at your own discretion.
Before I get into what I didn't like, I'll mention what I did. The premise? Amazing. The gameplay itself? A little tedious at times, but for the most part, fun and exciting, and always drawing me in to play more. Art? really good for an RPG. Environments and homes look fantastic, the map looks good. UI is great, as well.
The animations are amazing, some of the best I've seen, honestly, and the characters look incredible during said animations. Plus, the visible dripping wetness from the girls is something I've never seen before in a game and makes it a million times better.
The sound work is great. The author did a perfect job picking BGM and the various sounds for interacting with the world. The moaning sounds get a little bit repetitive, but it's not unbearable.
Okay, so that all sounds good. What's the problem then?
Well, we'll start with freedom, or the lack thereof. It is made clear really early on that there is a story in place, and you are railroaded to it, but that's fine because the story strikes enough balance between jungle and cave spelunking, grinding for talismans and plants, story missions and naughty encounters that you are never tired of one thing or craving too heavily for another.
Unfortunately, however, that balance doesn't last long. The further along you get into the story, the less 'free will' you have, so to speak. Instead of doing a story mission, then grinding, then having a naughty scene, then some more grinding, then another story mission etc... it changes to story mission, story mission, naughty scene, story mission, naughty scene, then you get to explore again for a little bit, only to have another couple story missions and lewd interactions stuffed down your throat.
I swear as I got nearer to the 40% completion mark, and the end of the current update, I was railroaded into like seven consecutive scenes that left me more and more frustrated with each passing minute.
You need to have balance, and the longer Treasure of Nadia goes on, the less it seems to have.
Next on the list are the relationships. I have never seen so much unnecessary, immature, and just outright childish forced drama in a harem series in my life.
Seriously, I feel like I'm reading a harem manga where half the plot is just the MC getting into misunderstanding after misunderstanding, and instead of talking it out like grown-ups to settle the issue before it becomes an actual issue, they just forget that they have the great gift of speech and let the misunderstanding fester until there is inevitably a big clash when everything could have been solved easily from the beginning if they would've just talked.
I don't know who the creator of Treasure of Nadia is, or how old they are, but I swear they have the romantic knowledge of a 13 year old that's never been on a date in their lives.
The characters drive me crazy.
The main character is a spineless pushover. I can't count how many issues came up with other women in the story that could have been resolved instantly if he would have just grown a pair, put his foot down and said enough! And for a guy with such a comically large dick, it's sort of ironic that he has so little balls.
Janet is a drunk and depressed idiot who really needs someone to help her out, and yet for all the talking and acknowledging of that fact Kayley and the MC do, they sure as hell aren't eager to help her.
Instead, the MC just continually lets Naomi (who is a terrible influence on Janet and not helping her at all) lead her along through the whole story.
Kaley seriously grates on my nerves. I don't care how naive, inexperienced, and immature she is; there is no excuse for how childish and bratty she is. I can't count how many times I wished a 'slap Kaley' option would pop up. Someone needs to tell her to grow the f*** up, and it clearly isn't going to be the spineless cockroach we call an MC.
Alia is even more naive and inexperienced than Kaley, and she doesn't act anywhere near as bad as her.
Naomi started as a fun, naughty milf character, but as the series goes on, she just becomes more and more of a depraved wh*re that does nothing more than corrupt the other female characters in ways that they don't need to be.
I don't have too many issues with Clare or Sofia other than the fact that it wouldn't hurt to turn the bitch dials down a few notches, and it wouldn't hurt the story at all. Then again, it comes back to the MC being a cockroach. If he would put his foot down once in a whole and stand up for himself, Clare and Sofia would respect him more and not act like such gargantuan bitches.
Tasha started as a favourite for me, but once she started getting more and more screen time and I saw what a pushy idiot she was (which again ties back to the MC, if he could just learn to put his foot down and say no...) I started dreading any scene that contained her. She claims to be the MC's 'partner' and a useful asset to him, yet she has 0 skill or experience in treasure hunting. She claimed to be from a gang which – wow, so impressive! - yet the only crimes she ever committed were robberies when she was younger that – by her own admission – were all failures. Wow, such a helpful partner!
But the MC has no choice but to include her now, you know why? Because at the first hint that Tasha might give him some, he started running his mouth about everything!
Who cares that the Treasure of Nadia is a super-secret mystery worth an incalculable amount of money; who cares that the people involved are big shots that can have people killed and get away with it; the MC is about to get some, so he'll sing like a canary!
It's so frustrating.
Diana, Emily, Jessica, Madalyn and Pricia are great; I have no complaints about them.
As for side characters, can we stop with the cliche villain dudes? Like really? A smaller, squeaky-voiced dude and the jacked Russian? Is that really the best the author could come up with?
And of course, they're the cliche's types who want to force themselves on to innocent woman, couldn't just have them be common crooks, had to throw that in there for extra 'dramatic effect' eh?
And as a little side note, the whole panty-sniffing scene at Janet's house was awful. Seriously. Stealing and sniffing panties is something teen boys at the beginning of puberty do, and they stop as they grow older because they realize it's creepy and disgusting. I hope there are no more scenes like that.
Anyways, that's all for now. If I think of more I want to say, then I'll edit this later and add it. I hope my review helps someone.