After a week marathon playing TON from start to finish without having to wait two weeks in between each chapter, I think I have a much better grasp of the game's pacing and plot structure. I definitely enjoyed TON and would probably give it something like a 7 or 8 out of 10, but I still think I had a better time playing Lust Epidemic.
My biggest grip with the game is that the main story really starts to drag after the second half, I can even pinpoint the precise moment I started to lose interest in the plot: when the MC discovers the treasure in Sofia's possession. From that point forward the game stops being a treasure hunt adventure to become a sappy romance story between the MC and Sofia with a dash of revenge tale against the Eclipse Guild. Thank God for Madalyn and the love potion sub-plot, otherwise it would have been much harder to finish the game. Also, the whole plot twist with Alia being Sofia's child came out of nowhere and had barely any purpose, for some reason Alia is perfectly ok with Sofia being her real mother immediately after she discovers this and even Sam, despite being such a grumpy and overly protective character, take the news with relative ease. Theres no conflict, no character development, its a plot twist for the sake of having a plot twist, so dumb.
I also have some issues with the MC himself, he is way too dumb for him own good some times. Holy shit, was it hard to endure that whole drama about Alia discovering that he was having sex with Naomi. Alia had already made perfectly clear that she didn't care if he had sex with other woman and even had sex with him right in front of Naomi and he was STILL acting like a bitch over hurting Alia's "feels" by telling her the truth. I'm also not a fan of how most of the older woman keep "accidentally" falling for him. In Lust Epidemic, Brad filled the role of lovable jerk perfectly and actually went ahead to seduce the woman he was interested in (see Amber and Katherine), in TON Henry is a goody two-shoes that barely has any self-imput and just keeps seeing woman falling for him because the plot demands it.
Other minor issues that I have are the main villain (Father Parker in LE felt much more threatening than Duncan, and he was barely in the game) and the entire character arc with Janet (this is just because of my own pet peeve with how incest stories are handled in WEGs, they are all way too samey and predictable, but I don't expect anyone who likes this genre to agree with me on this one).
It may seem like I hated the game, but like I said, I still had a good time replaying TON for the most part. The first half of the main story is a solid treasure hunt adventure. Most of the female partners are great, I really liked the dinamic between Diana and Clare and how each of them gives a different perspective on the MC's father. I loved the love potion sub-plot from start to finish, mostly because its a huge callback to LE. lol But also because Emily is a great character. Madalyn is fantastic and I think she should have been the sole villain of the game instead of sharing screen time with Duncan, her hook into The Genesis Order is really intriguing and I hope it pays off. Jessica and Tasha were always a joy to watch and contrary to popular consensus, I LOVED Naomi. Thats right, fuck the haters, Naomi is great! She is the best counter point to the MC's dumbassery in the whole game and actually makes him shut up about "muh feels" and have sex with others.
Finally, shoutout to Michael and Ash, they were both great comic reliefs and the whole bigfoot sub-plot had me smiling from ear to ear. And most important... all the puzzles in the Ancient Temple are great and need to come back in TGO right now!
Peace.