Intertwined.
Finally got around to playing the update (v0.10.2).
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Melissa's very first scene with the MC is a dream sequence...really? Developers still haven't figured out that this trope sucks and kills anticipation, not enhances it? You know you are beating around the bush with a character far too much when you decide to make their first full scene with the MC a dream sequence, in the 10th update,,,, and it wasn't even a tease of a scene. It was literally a fully fledged scene.
On top of this, I think there is just way too much going on here now. Too many girls/LI's, another extremely common trope I am not a fan of.
This is also why I think Melissa got a dream sequence for her first scene, Nyx probably thought "oh shit, I really need to give Melissa a scene with the MC, but want to keep the slow burn going between them" So as a result, we got the dream sex scene. If you absolutely must make a dream sequence scene, make it more of a tease. I think showing an entire first sex scene this way is a massive mistake. Always have, and always will. Intertwined isn't the first VN to do this and sadly will not be the last.
Dream sequence rant over, let's move on to another rant.
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I only really care for Valeria and Melissa, I also like Iris, Nikki & Layla too but all of these girls get sidelined to extremes to fit in a lot of other girls. Pretty sure even more "LI's" are planned too.
Why can't developers ever consider quality over quantity? There are quality girls in Intertwined, but the quantity of them diminishes the entire experience.
I really love a lot of what Intertwined has to offer. Gorgeous girls, with fleshed out relationships with the MC. It is quite well written when it wants to be., the renders are more than serviceable.
This would all be great if only there weren't so many love interests for the MC. This isn't just a fault of Intertwined, however. It's not even really a fault at all if you ask most people, the more the merrier in these games apparently. I just personally feel burnt out playing these stories where my favorite girls get sidelined to fit in so many other love interests, as well as waiting extremely long periods for an update just to see that the girls I like the most aren't even in said update, or get dream sequences for their scenes instead of real ones.
When all is said and done, would I recommend Intertwined? Absolutely. There is a lot here to like & enjoy. As with most Visual Novel's however, get ready to feel disappointed when the girls that you take a shine to the most don't get enough content, in order to fit in a ridiculous amount of LI's for the MC.
And I will say it one more time, please stop with the dream sequence bullshit dev's, for a characters very first scene with the MC especially. It literally ruins the hype.