RPGM - Completed - Treasure of Nadia [v1.0117] [NLT Media]

Finally found the time to give this a proper play through so that I could rate it. There are several things this game excels at over other games, and several things it pales in comparison to other games. It's primary strong suit are the renders/models. You can see them in the preview images. It's primary weakness is the abysmal gameplay. It's all fetch quests for random ass items across a big, convoluted map with locked items in all locations that you have to remember from 10 hours ago once you unlock the ability to get them.

Other pros: It does have a good gallery, animation is good-to-great, and it has a fairly decent built-in guide. It also has good audio with some voice acting.

Other cons: The dev struggles to find a balance between game, story, and sex - often erring in favor of story and game. That's not to say that the game doesn't have much sex, it actually has a ton, but it has a ton more of game/story to fill between. There is also an RNG element to a few of the game mechanics. Also, the actions each character takes does not always fit with the characteristics defined in prior scenes with said character. ALSO, it feels like every girl is banging your dead dad vicariously via you... ALSO ALSO: the game is fucking long as hell and not in a good way. It gets very tedious, and I'm basically playing it out of obligation by ~50% mark. Peasant Quest is a 5 star game imo and has similar playtime, but I enjoy that long playtime because the game doesn't suck.

This game is a great example of how top of the line graphics can make the masses like your otherwise shit game. Seriously, with worse graphics this would be between a 1 and 2 star depending on how worse they got. Reading through reviews and you'll see people complaining about the same shit, or saying they didn't finish, but still rating it 4-5 stars lmao. If this is a 5 star game to you, you need to check out the list I maintain on the about page on my profile to raise your standards.

I love this shit!
NLT is great and hopefully 3rd game will be the same when it's completed.

Models and characters are great. HOT! MILFS!

Top quality animations and renders.

Amazing story. Lots of twist till the last moment.

Puzzles are fun and smart. (sometimes made me crazy tho.)

After Lust Epidemic, not only it did not disappoint, it did a lot of things even better.

A Must Play! 7 stars!

This game is the BEST RPGM game EVER,you won't find a sandbox with this quality render characters out there,maybe only in Ren'Py games and still wouldn't be same with what this game has to offer,the story is absolutely amazing,you might not see that much female characters to interact in ANY other game of this type,to cut it short,this game is a MUST.

Until the moment of the best games that can be played, for me it is in my top 1, plot, +18, puzzles has it all.

0-------5

-Drawing/3D modeling: 5 (It has great designs, the characters don't look so far from reality, in the sense that their physiognomy is not crazy, it's the closest thing to reality that I've seen. On the other hand, the fact that there are different models, that is, characters with smaller breasts, different hips, etc, etc. I really liked the modeling of these, my favorite character was Clare and the one I liked the least (not that it's bad, but the one that caught my attention the least) was Alia.)

-Music/Background sound: 5 (The background music was good, for each situation or scenario there are different sounds and ambient music, and there are even voices that is already a great merit in +18 games, normally there is neither, but this one breaks that stereotype, what makes you feel really inside that world.)

-Plot: 5 ( Great storyline, seemed unique to me compared to other games I've played. The plot is well constructed and unfolds clearly, that is, there is really an interesting story in this game and it's not just sex0-sex0. What I like the most is that since this is a game of a saga, it relates a story before this game and a later one. A good plot development that hooks.)

-Animation: 5 ( Everything that has to be animated is animated, even the character sprites have movement. As for the scenes, both sexual and not, it has fluid animation and according to what happens, that is, the sex scenes have a beginning and an end, it's not just seeing that he's already screwed it and that's it. Excellent on this part.)

- 18+ Scenes: 5 (It has enough scenes +18, according to what the game has of plot content. And it's not just sex scenes and that's it, there are also erotic scenes. Apart from the scenes that the game has within the plot story, the sandbox scenes are also more than enough. On this side they will not get tired of not having scenes +18.)

-Gameplay: 5 (You develop the story, you do actions, you have to farm, you have your +18 sandbox slots. This game does what it promises. Although there is a story mode, you are not tied to solving it, that is, you can stay in one part of the story and just enjoy the sandbox as much as you want, you can also do different actions, such as decorating your house, farming money, fishing. This game has enough content for you to have fun doing various activities if you don't want to fully develop the story, of course at first you're a bit tied to it to be able to unlock the rest but you can do many things.)

-Interface: 5 (it's well done, all clear)

I must say that I first started playing this game before its prequel, after finishing it I played its prequel and made sense of many parts that I didn't understand. In particular NTL media, I develop a good game, because you can see your effort to see how you balance the +18 with the plot part. In any case, the characters, their scenes and everything else are done in detail, I mean, they put a lot of effort into making it look as realistic as possible, that's gangster stuff. I sincerely position it as the best game +18 that I have been able to play to date, I highly recommend it because you will enjoy the story and above all the succulence. Congratulations to NTL media, even though I'm a nobody, I could see all the effort put into this game .

5/5

(Reviewed after 100%)

TLDR:
Yes, the overwhelmingly positive reviews do not lie. If for some reason you are still on the fence, don't even waste your time reading the rest of my review. Go play this. Although I very strongly recommend playing 'Lust Epidemic' first.

I'm writing this not for the potential players of this game. 'Treasure of Nadia' is the Shaquille O'Neal of adult videogames; meaning, even those who are not into the adult videogames know of it somehow.

I'm mainly writing this as an honest feedback for the NLT developers in case (albeit very unlikely), they read these reviews.

My General Thoughts:

Every discussion about ToN should start with a "well done" and a "thank you".
Collecting my thoughts after finishing ToN reminded me of how hard it is to make adult videogames. And making a game that has this many eyes on it, is double tough. So, a sincere 'thank you' to the team.

The list of positives for ToN is not a short one. ToN, like its prequel Lust Epidemic (LE) showcases the most polished utilization of RPG Maker in the absence of combat. There are very few 'actually gamified' adult games. This series is an example.
And the amount of effort put into the renders and animations really shows. These are the obvious positives, of course. There are many others mentioned in other reviews.

Room for Improvement?
There are a few things I'd like to point out.

1) The Adult Contents of ToN:

I played ToN after 100%-ing 'Lust Epidemic'. And prior to that I played 'Visiting Aunt Sarah' and read through the comics. The thing that bothered me as I compared these games is that it feels like every game is getting 'meeker' than the previous ones when it comes to adult content.
I imagine that's by design.

The scenes in ToN are clearly better in terms of rendering and graphics, but to me, they seemed ... well ... less erotic than Lust Epidemic.

At first I thought it was probably me getting desensitized but then I went back and played LE again and no, I don't think it's me.

Maybe it is because LE had more variety of Kamasutra pages for each love interest (although admittedly the number of LIs were significantly smaller).
Or perhaps because LE gives you options during the scenes? A sacrifice ToN had to make in lieu of spending more resources on high fidelity graphics.
Or perhaps it's because LE shows the transition between positions which makes you feel you are watching a real scene as opposed to ToN which is mostly cut-off motions stitched together in the mind of the player?
On the surface these are small things, but I do believe they make a difference in the end.

2) The Protagonist:

This ties into the previous one.
Looking back at the works of NLT, even in the comics, the protagonist is a go-getter who makes things happen. They think, they plot, and they act. They initiate life.

In ToN, we have Johnson Junior (Henry). A good looking dude who is surprisingly very passive. We see it in almost every scene, that life is happening 'to him'. He shows up and gets used. He shows up and gets sent after a task/item/person.
Of course there's nothing wrong with that. It's totally OK to write a character that way. And I'm sure this specific passivity is erotic to some. I just didn't expect it in an NLT game. Even compared to Bradley (protagonist of LE) there is world of difference.
I can't deny that I was rooting for Brad when they were having a competition and I was elated he won.

This passiveness is even portrayed in the adult scenes. In most scenes Henry is moving like he is a geriatric on his final mission. Sticking to the commands, careful not to touch anything inappropriate. Slow and steady wins the race, I guess
Again, I don't think this writing and design choice has been by accident.

3) The Length of the Game:

I never complain about the length of a game I enjoy. I find it funny that some do. I never ate a delicious cake and said "Man, this is awesome, I wish there was 'less' of it!" If there is too much cake I'd eat it in different sessions.

I enjoyed my time with ToN. That said, I think both ToN and LE stayed longer than the capacity of their gameplay. I think there is a limit to how much an adult Zelda-like (Metroidvania?) collectathon game can go on with the same characters and environment. And the longer it goes the more contrived it feels.
To elaborate, I can summarize the main plot of the ToN in a single, medium-sized paragraph. This story, IMHO could've been told in half of this length. The game didn't have to end there, but the story could have. And I'm certain NLT is creative enough to add more engaging stories to the ToN saga.


My Humble Recommendations for Future Games:

I know it's too late for The Genesis Order as the roadmap for it is set by now, but perhaps for the next games or series you may want to consider these.

Regarding the first two points; as I said, I think those decisions are made deliberately. Probably to cast a wider net and invite more audience. More people means more varied tastes and therefore a need for safer content. I totally get that. And I empathize.
However, there is a risk of diluting the water to the point of loss of identity. Maybe not right now, but the arrows certainly point that way.

I think the beauty of indie game development, adult or otherwise, is that the devs don't have to bow down to any corporate overlord or external pressure ... at least in theory. And I think people are good at recognizing 'visions' and helping them grow. So, as a friend I'd recommend letting your creativity go wild; allow your creative vision materialize just like the comics days.
But then again, I'm not a game dev, so what the hell would I know?

What about the length?

If I were NLT, instead of committing to a story told long, I would turn the game into a collection of 3 stories with different characters (and possibly environment) which are tied into the overarching plot. For example, I think Madalyn's story could've been told separately, even with a different protagonist.
I think this could give the player the feeling of novelty and mask the tiredness of the collectathon formula. I can imagine the compartmentalized nature of separate stories will make the production and release of the updates easier as well.


My final thoughts:

I'm grateful for the fun times I had with ToN, and although I'm moving on to The Genesis Order with curbed enthusiasm, I hope the best for NLT in their future games.

Great Story with enjoyable Characters, one of the best Animations I've seen. I enjoyed this game and had a lot of fun, I was sad to see the end but also happy cause I just played one of my best adult games.

Story: 0/5

Characters: 0/5

Renders: 5/5

gameplay: 1/5

This review contains spoilers. You have been warned.

I genuinely don't know how this game is rated so highly. I was expecting this game to be a masterpiece, but that is hardly what I'd describe this to be.

Story:

Let's start off with the story. You are the son of a deceased famous explorer. Think "Indiana Jones-esque." You decide you will follow his footsteps after visiting his grave with your "not" Mom and Sister. You would think you're about to play a bad-a** game right? You'd be wrong.

You do the Indiana Jones things right?, picking up treasures and along the way you deal with a woman named Diana. Warning, it gets a little confusing, a precursor to what's to come. Diana was your Dad's partner in crime who you eventually realize got your dad involved in a mafia-esque dealing. This dealing leads to his death by the Mafia Boss, Duncan, and leads to a huge amount of debt for Diana. Let's pause on that for now.

As you continue exploring you end up with the goal of finding the treasure of Nadia. Sofia, a famous and wealthy explorer, is also looking for something related to that treasure and will seek your help. At some point in your search for this grand treasure, the MC figures out Sofia is actually the Nadia that was supposed to have died 400 yrs ago and she already has the treasure you were aiming to find. Now you think wtf did I do all this grinding for right? It gets better. The MC decides he will now selflessly help Sofia/Nadia get cured from the curse the treasure has so she can pay off the debt of Diana she has with Mafia Boss. Just when you think you can trick the Mafia Boss to get cursed so some level of karma can hit him for killing your dad and not giving a sh*t, everyone tells you to give up on that because revenge is bad. Stupid logic imo.

You finish the game by finding the cure and clearing the debt. But wait, the Mafia Boss wants to kill Diana and you, regardless of what you do. He can't kill her or you and ends up killing your father-in-law. Which is probably what you needed to happen since you were having fun with his wife. Mafia Boss runs away and that's the end of the game. You can deal with him in the next game. Wish I was kidding.

Main Subplots are just as pointless.

Subplot #1. You help Emily, the owner of a store, make a love potion similar to the one from the previous NLT game. After grinding a lot to make a similar potion, the NLT characters come in and sue your ass for copyright breaching and they win in a special contest. Emily's dad doesn't care though and will sell his daughter's product regardless. Both you and the other NLT characters end up looking like jacka**es. To you developers, this would not make me want to play that other game, since those characters were so annoying in this one. FYI.

Subplot #2: You help a nun named Madyln get the powers of her deceased brother so she can play a major character in the next game. Not kidding.

This game felt like an advertisement for other NLT games. Rather than trying to make a good game, it squanders that to make you realize they have other titles. As a player, I would not want to play another NLT game if I know that stories won't matter since all NLT cares about is their experience, not yours.

Characters:

Most of the LIs are poorly developed.

Sophia/Nadia - She uses the MC throughout the whole game for her own personal gain and the MC is completely okay with that.

Janet - Not Mom
Kaley - Not Sister

Incest has never been my thing. Call me stupid, but I've never wanted to f*ck my mom. Won't judge tho.

Diana: This character feels like she wanted to bone your dad but died before she could so she replaces him with you.

Clare was your Dad's fan who had her fame taken away by your Dad and love/hates your Dad for doing so. Your dad dies before he can apologize. Same problem with her as with Diana.

Alia - She was the innocent girl in the game who quickly goes the full 180. I think there's innocent and then there's this chick. Her attitude was personally very annoying. And her quick 180 showed the lack of proper development.

Tasha - A pushy barmaid that wants to join in on your adventures

The rest of the characters were okay.

Renders:

The only good thing and probably the only reason why I thought the game would eventually turn around for me. It doesn't. It's a terrible game. The sex scenes are okay. This game loves anal so if that's your cup of tea, you will enjoy the scenes.

Gameplay:

The game was very grindy. You grind to buy anything in the game and you have to craft all the key tools you need to go further in the caves. At the start it's a cool gimmick, but it gets old real quick. The place to craft is in one location and in order to not you need to, you guessed it, pay a lot. All the quests will also involve a lot of clicking locations to find something or doing puzzles to get something you need.

Overall: This game suffers from a lot and seems overhyped based on the score it's received.

play v1.0112 with french trad (which explains my poor written English, sorry)

Don't expect anything more than 5s, it's clearly the best xxx game I've seen (with being the dik in another genre)

story: 5/5 A very good Indiana Jones adventure! very well written, no length

characters: 5/5 Huge amount of characters all quite different, all very sexy and all perfectly written

sex scene: 5/5 Extremely erotic with superb ideas sticking perfectly to the theme, in very large quantities and of excellent lengths!

renders: 5/5 The game is absolutely beautiful, the maps very large, very detailed! Truly one of the best games I've seen

animation: 5/5 Really, I know I'm repeating myself, but GORGEOUS! clearly the most beautiful animations I've seen and the game is really not stingy on it

sound: There is everything, music and erotic sound effects

gameplay: 5/5 We are very far from simple choice games here, it's a complete game with moving, inventory, craft, etcetc

Gameplay is interesting, especially the combinations you can do at the altars to craft different items. Really good scenes as well. Character stories are interesting and I love how the whole story unfolds.

The art and the story are amazing, the puzzles are pretty challenging but worth solving. I enjoy every moment while playing this game. Can't wait for the full release of The Genesis Order.
P/s: I bought this game on Steam, because this game worth every penny.

Now this is what I call an amitious project. A great story, with great gameplay, amazing looking characters with fleshed out personalities and amitions. There's not a lot of faults I can find in this. Of course it's not flawless, but no flaw in this game detracts from the overall quality. Some parts, like size of the main character's rod, might be a bit weird though considering the rest of the dude, but it works either way. The way it ties into the previous game is also very interesting and I love it.

Version: 1.0115

A really great game with nice-looking girls and smooth animations. The core gameplay isn't impressive but still fun and enjoyable + the game has so much content... :O
Too bad that there aren't more voice acting but it's a detail
Good job Dev !

This dev has an amazing and unique style to his artwork. Everything looks great and very inviting.
The game is heavily focused on puzzle and mystery solving without becoming tedious or overly complicated, enabling you to focus more on the smut content. Exactly how it should be.
The sound effects, nonexistent in most games, is top notch. If there were Oscars in the pron game industry, he would win in this category every time.
Another great turn on is the proper use of bodily fluids.
Milfs are always the main course in his games, and although that is not my favorite dish, they always manage to excite me. A small point of critique is that the ages kind of blur together and you're not always sure what he's going for.
If you're looking for a fun, humorous and sexy adventure full of great animations, and don't mind solving a few puzzles and enduring a bit of a grind, this game is for you.

*** 3 stars
+ Art is very good and some scenes are majestic
+ Alot of content, hours and hours of playtime
+ Very fun to see some variation in gameplay like the puzzles with the snakes
- The story itself was alright in the early stages but then it went and "over-explored" and "over-expanded" making the story kind of boring and 'too much', in Lust Epidemic it was just fine and not too much lore or whatevs
- I am personally not a fan of these type of bird view games
- I did not finish the game and do not plan to cause I lost my interest in it pretty quick, stopped at around 83% or something and thats after even pushing myself to play and finish it

Grind, grind, grind, fuck. Grind, grind, grind, fuck. Grind, grind, grind, fuck.
That was TON for me when I gave up on it around the 50% completion mark.
While this kinetic novel offers some amazing renders and animations, the basic presentation is simple sprites over a static background when it comes to dialogues. Maybe that's why I didn't find it immersive enough.

There's a crazy disconnect between the visual presentation and the actual fapability here.
I don't think I ever got turned on enough to rub one out to this. It's all too slick, and too well engineered and ultimately not a real turn on. Like it's made by skilled people who couldn't quite cut it at one of the AAA game studios because they lack passion. Not technically, but to the genre as a whole.
And yes, TON is the exact same thing as the prequel and it's sequel. So much for imagination.
Rinse and repeat. I'm sure it does pay the bills though.

Moving on.

I got bored with the other games I was playing and gave TON another shot. And while it's still just a KN with a simplistic story, it' is fun to play.
Up to 4 stars.

The Dev took what made Lust Epidemic special and knocked-up a notch with both adding animations and more than doubling the cast, It has some grinding with the money and with some minigames like the fishing but over the course of the story they get easier quite fast(for me at least), the puzzles are very good and not that difficult to solve(with some you either have to do a little thinking or spend time trying stuff) but as always you can just google the answer away if you find it imposible to solve.
The story is cohesive with nice twists and turns here and there, I believe this game is the representation of what an RPGM Game without combat can offer (which I don't really mind myself).

Treasure Of Nadia v1.0113 [Completed]

This game is the follow up to the other highly acclaimed 2018 RPGM game, Lust Epidemic, where NLT Media developed it as the sequel and second installment in the NLT's saga.

Normally, I would have deducted 2 stars just for being an RPGM game however I gave it full stars because of how well the gameplay mechanics was done and implemented which resulted in highly satisfactory player experience for me. NLT play it smart by using same winning formula that they did with Lust Epidemic, applying tweak here and there, add some refining touches, without overhauling everything that would make it unrecognizable to returning players.

The story is very well written and I enjoyed it very much. The story continues nicely from one installment of the saga to the next. Even if the lewd contents were hidden from the game, it is still a very good game, storywise albeit a lot less players or fans.

The graphics, renders, animations, videos, music, sounds and voice actress are top shelf. Bonus points for the female squirting when cumming, the pregnancy with both my favorite LIs Alia/Zayana and Sofia/Nadia.

Huge contents offered by the game. At least 6 bonus contents to be found after the story ends.

High replayability for the lewd scenes during and after the game is completed by the player.

Some things that many players might not like but they are not big deals for me:
Money grind - gets easier later
Fishing - gets easier later when you have maxed Luck
Puzzles - search youtube for solutions
Non-skippable scenes - if you can't skip it, might as well enjoy it

*Caveat: There is a bug on my saves, where the Chest in the Inventory that lists all the Crafting recipes were not updating even if new recipes were found and still shows a few ????? entries. I think it is related to saves from older buggy version of the game, so I think if I play a new game this shouldn't happened.

It is obvious the developer is quite talented and put a lot of effort in this game. The story is more or less interesting, the puzzles are creative, the animations and style is nice. However, all the characters are as plastic as they can be and at some point all the scenes became just tedious, without even the possibility to skip them. Overall the game is good, maybe just a bit not to my taste.

First thing out of the way, this is my favorite porn game of all time as of writing this review.

The scenes are very well animated probably the best animated game out there (havent played all so cant say for sure, but it 100% one of the best). The story / sex scene ratio is just right. Just when you start wanting another scene you get one.

For me there was no girl that I just did not enjoy. They were all hot in their own way. Age wise you get everything from a teen to a GILF.

This people know how to make a good porn game.

By far I rank this as the Best H Game I ahve ever played. The sheer amount of animations, of girls and variety of scenes and harem combinations is god-tier. Everyone DL this game now. Now to my usual rating

Story - 5 out of 5
Love how the story was crafted and how funny it was. It knows that its a porn game and leans heavily into it but not too much that it becomes a parody of itself or becomes stale and cringey. Its witty and there is a great level of complexity in its mysteries

Characters - 5 out of 5

Characters do shine in ToN, I love all of their personalities. They can be one note or not as deep but in the context that this is a H game and H content they're funny and great. Characters meeting up is funny albeit far fetched in some but again its a porn game. :>

1 and only 1 complaint. Pricia's face could've been done better thats it.

H Scenes - 5 out of 5

H scenes are god-tier levels of animation. The level of effort and dedication is shown here. The art is great, scenes are long and exciting. Sound is great all around and the number of scenes is a lot too. You will look forward to the next scenes

Gameplay - 5 out of 5

The gameplay is great a lot of hints etc you can 100% it. HOWEVER there is a grind in the end and the grind will make it stale. Overall never expected the puzzle mini games etc which I like not love.

Improvements:
Here are just a list of QOL improvements I would like to see in their future games though I doubt they'll read this haha.

1) ONLY 1. Less grind please

Suggestions:
I have a foot fetish and I would like more scenes with it.