The mistery of The Love Potion from Lust Epidemic continues in Treasure of Nadia, and everything here is stronger, bigger and larger in numbers...Including the quantity of work required to get what you came looking for.
Story: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
You´ll find here a triller involving vengeance, treasure hunting, the search of love and supernatural forces for whom the MC is a mere pawn, well done writer(s).
Treasure hunting archaeology is the best genre to introduce supernatural elements on a story, it just works (even if you are skeptical about it).
Characters: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
The ladies are really good looking, everyone´s liking is covered.
MC looks like a normal guy, and his behaviour is consistent along the game.
There´s no dumb sidekick this time fortunately, this is very welcome, even though some npcs might have dumb moments which add humour here and there, it serves to aliviate things when the plot becomes too dense.
Mechanics: 3 Almost-Hard Bananas out of 5
Animations are on the spot, *cheff kiss*
This is an "RPGM" game so you´ll have to work to get the reward.
Cape Vedra, a whole town, serves as the scenery in which the story develops, but stay with me here, as this place is not big enough to be annoying, its just a hub to all the locations in the game.
You´ll find more puzzles than Lust Epidemic, and some are quitte challenging, so you might need to put some effort to solve them.
There´s a hint button you will need to abuse but some external help might be required on particular situations.
Money can circumvent the most annoying elements found in puzzles, so keep an eye for whats on sale on the local supermarket.
Content: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
MC can see a lot of action justified by a particular event that takes place on Lust Epidemic, but with more ladies this time.
Again, you have no choice while in the events, buth there´s a gallery to jump to all and every scene that takes place in the game, plus you can invite the ladies to take some hot coffe in your house and practice some positions (which needs to be unlocked first) and make them wear different clothes which you can buy in your local supermarket, but you´ll need to invest some money to make your crib feel cozzy, no one wants to hang out in a place that looks like an abandoned house.
Ending: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
There´s no multiple route, but one with the best outcome possible.
Ending feels well directed to give place to the next game, which is welcome.
Makes me wonder whats left for the next game in the franchise to do that wasnt done in this one, but I hope for the best.
Treasure of Nadia is A Game that needs to be played, yeah I know master of the obvious, But I mean it, you cant compare it to your usual AVN made on Ren´Py as this is a real game, not a novel, and they should be criticized differently and objectively.
Not liking the game because its an "RPGM" game and needs some actual effort to play and tanking its rating as a result isnt helpful.