On the grind; I think some people are mistaking 'grinding' for 'fetch quests'.
Fetching, is the bulk of TGO's (and other NLT's) main gameplay device. But I'd argue there is no mandatory actual grind here. Grind would be getting locked behind the goal while being forced to do one or a set of mundane tasks over and over again (Like ToN's fishing if it wasn't optional). TGO has very little of that, if we are being honest.
Fetch quests, although tiring if done excessively, have at least the advantage of getting you to explore different areas and interact with different scenarios.
You also have to grind quite a bit of money to buy all the consumable items you’ll need through the story, as well as unlock a significant portion of the porn content (which, although technically optional, is most likely why you’re playing the game in the first place).
No, it’s not a grindfest such as
Peasant’s Quest or
Breeders of the Nephelym, but I’m kind of sick of this “MMO quest” gameplay design, and I think people should hold developers (and developers should hold themselves) to a higher standard. It’s not because your game is made in RPGM that you have to make it tedious.
Also, TGO doesn't have slimmer girls? Or is my memory playing tricks on me again? It probably depends on people's definition of slim, but wouldn't Hannah or Ella or Chloe, (or even Nellie to some extent) be considered slim? I'd say they are definitely not thicc or even MILFy.
They’re thinner than the rest, but they’re still really curvy. I wouldn’t call any of the girls in this game “petite” or even “slim” really, so the cast ranges from average-build-but-huge-tits to full-on-MILF-curves, so someone who’s into slighter builds would definitely feel a void there.
The writing, although probably won't win the 2024's GOTY award, is serviceable. There actually is a main plot here. And yes, it is pigeonholed due to being the third game in the series, but it stands above average. Especially when the typical porn game plot is, "Teenage boy comes back from exile to his (step)mom and two sisters. Mom is a yoga instructor. One sister is a bad bitch and the other is the naïve innocent one. etc etc ..."
A lot of those stock characters and situations are still present in this game. Heather is a mother-figure to William, and Chloe is a sister-figure, etc. On that note, one of the earlier scenes is the game is a yoga session with Heather.
And about the orgy scenes, I think it's just a matter of taste. I think the scenes themselves aren't the problem, rather having them as the endgame of every game is. But then again we can't argue preferences.
Saturation plays a part, but I think they suffer from a lack of focus. There are so many girls to get through that none get the attention they deserve, and NLT has no clue what to do with the ones who aren’t the focus and ends up making them have bad lesbian sex (and I say that as a big fan of lesbian content).
OK, I guess I forgot Judy was thinner than Erica, but she’s still a far cry from Emily (who isn’t even close to e.g. runway model–thin herself), so this game definitely lies more on the “curvy” side of the spectrum, at least compared to
Treasure of Nadia, which was a bit more balanced.