VN - Ren'Py - Intertwined [v0.12.3] [Nyx]

Great game with fantastic models and just enough realism. It's a slow burn where it makes sense and hot and heavy when that makes sense, too. One of my favorite games on this site. Also, the twists at the end of each episode make sense and leave you wanting more.

This is an enjoyable coming of age/high school romp where the main character returns home after an absence ( Oh where have I heard this before?) and promptly becomes entangled with various girls and the drama it brings as it turns out their lives are all...intertwined.

The story is heavy on drama which I actually quite enjoyed...all those tears! *crying*

Intertwined wears it's heart on it's sleeve and often has nice humorous moments to break up the teen angst resulting from hormone overloads...hey, we've all been there right?

The renders are quite good and the characters are reasonably attractive...apart from Zak...who is not only the most hopeless and annoying "wingman" ever...ugh. He is just, eww, fugly.
Speaking from personal experience, but any guy who's tried picking me up in a bar/club that had a wingman like Zak? crashed and burned...

Kudos to Nyx for giving the main character a full tat sleeve. I love it! most devs tend not to have an inked main character. Being a lover of ink myself, I appreciated it ♡

The overall story is a bit far fetched but it is good for escapism and that's something we all need in these really dark times.

I look forward to the next update and the chance to witness more tears...

Good VN and worth checking out.

What an experience. Truly one of the best adult games I've ever played.
Very much a character driven story, with the plot that interweaves different characters together to create compelling plot with very well rounded characters. Absolutely gorgeous graphics as well, and Superb writing and vocabulary.
Loved every bit of it.

The possibilities!

So many choices, so many girls, so many routes. Massive kudos to dev for making some many different approaches possible and interesting.

Out of fun tried some crazy combinations of girls and choices and found nothing but fun and game acknowledging my messed up approach. Love it.

This is the first time I ever left a review on f95 but after playing this game I just have to give it. This is one of the best VN game I have ever played in a long time, I know this is weird, I initially came for the screenshot of the game, but then I stay for the story. Its been a long time since I have found some good VN story and this game just gave it to me. There's also a large cast of character so you can choose and pick which girl is your type. Long story short if you just want a fast game to see all the sex scene this game is not for you but if you want a game that is slow burner, has meaningful choices and a good storyline give this game a try. Again thank you Nyx for giving us this game and hoping for more future update.

This is the game that kicked off my love for VNs (and got me to set up an account on this site). It has a really cool story, amazing renders, and much better writing than the average VN.

The love interests really hooked me. I wish there was a path that you could pursue all of them, because they all have a great story. Like seriously, I feel a connection to made up characters in a game..... amazing.

I'd class this as a must play for everyone, and can't wait for more updates.

Version: [v0.8.2a]
A great game, with a fun and wild story, that suffers greatly from 2 major issues - convoluted and unfair triggers system, and awful low fps animations that kills the mood repeatedly.

The good:
-The story:
Nyx does not give a F.
The story is wild, does not take itself too seriously (but still manages to provide some heartbreaking moments), and overall just REALLY fun.
Too often games in the 'slice of life' genre get stale and boring, that's not the case here and I really appreciate it. I kept smiling and occasionally laughing the whole way through.
If you're looking for a reasonable, believable story you might roll your eyes here and there, but if you're able to let go and just have fun with all the crazy twists - you'll have a lot of fun with this one.

-character models:
They are good looking, attractive (the LI's at least) and overall just really good, there are some familiar models but not a big deal.

-Pacing:
Definitely on the slow burn side of things - so that might be a bad thing for you, but I like it.
Nyx does a great work building tension and reaching a satisfactory climax.
You get plenty of hot scenes, you get character development, you do not get bored, great job overall.


The Mediocre:
-Dialogues:
They are pretty fun, often funny.
Do you know the feeling of "huh, that's definitely not how humans talk" you get when you play VNs? well, you only get it sometimes, which is honestly better than the average game in the genre.

-Sex scenes
They are very very vanilla, pretty well executed but get a little boring sometimes.
I'd say they are good enough, nothing more, nothing less.


The Bad:
-Animations:
WHY?? seriously, just why??
You finally get some action with your favorite LI, things are hot and heavy, clothes come off, everything is just right and then...
10(?) FPS grainy animation the COMPLETLY kills the mood and ruins everything.
Honestly, I just don't get it, why are they there?
It does get a little better in the new updates, but it's still pretty bad.
At this point just straight up deleting the animations will benefit the game.
I get that having animations is the standard in big projects like this at this point, but if you can't do them remotely well - just don't do them. please. I was having a great time and every single animation just threw me off.

-The triggers
A convoluted system that makes zero sense and will make you miss a bunch of content if you do blind playthrough.
and not in a somewhat fair(?) way of "huh, I guess saying that at chapter 2 really came back to bite me in the ass 3 chapters later, but in a "oh I randomly picked some random line in a random encounter, now i'll never meet that LI I was waiting for just because, its also VERY easy to just close a path forever by the silliest things, and you might have to get VERY invested in characters you dislike just to get content with the ones you do like.
It's a very frustrating experience that contributes nothing I feel, but for some reason Nyx keeps doubling down on it and at this point I don't think it can or will get better.


To sum it up-
The story is great, the renders are great, the sex is fine and overall the experience is great.
But - jarring animations and a very very very frustrating triggers systems that will make you miss a bunch of content/lock you out of paths in a pretty random way just sours the experience.

Intertwined could have been a very strong 4* VN, it does a lot of things really well, hell I might have given it a 5*, but his 2 weakest points are so significant and major I just can't give it a 4. sorry.
I do recommend it though, It's beautiful in many ways if you can get past the issues.
I'll definitely come back and try it again in the future, really hoping to have enough reasons to improve my ratings because honestly Nyx does great work.

I guess most points have been made but still, this is my take on the game.

If you are expecting a harem fap feast, this is not it.

There are enough beautiful girls to feast your eyes on - even the ones I would not go for personally are easy on the eyes - but in terms of sex scenes this is a really tame one. Instead you get a lot of romance and characters to care for. I did appreciate the humorous banter, had me laugh out a few times and put a smile on my face many more times.
The decisions you take mostly matter and lead to altered dialogues or different scenes and most of them actually make sense. Once you see how the main characters are connected to the others the title of the game is totally justified.
Well done, Nyx.

If I were to offer critique I would highlight how surprisingly difficult it can be to stay out of some of the girls' panties. On the other hand some routes for characters you may want to pursue are very unforgiving. Balancing could be improved.
The comic relief character, supposedly my friend, Zach, has zero redeeming qualities. Why anyone would tolerate that prick is beyond me.

Overall very entertaining if you are not laser focused on sex in a porn game, definitely recommended.

So far (1st playthrough) a superbly written game with cute and beautiful characters who have different personalities and issues. I love the humour, 4 and sayonara have made me chuckle. I really didn't expect this to be so good and heart warming; mostly a nice feel good vibe (yet to see how Erynn's situation gets resolved). I don't normally play games in school settings as most are simply porn and little story plus bad teenage personal experiences, however, I was persuaded by @FatGiant who also likes another of my favourite games, Chasing Sunsets and I'm glad he did.

For me it's not a porn game but more than that; the porn is nice and appreciated but the story is more important. I like to stay faithful in real life so played this the same way and only 1 sex scene and now and well into the game (Layla bj in the hot tub). I really hope that the writers allow the player (John) to stay true where that path is chosen. I'd like to be a good friend to Erynn and help her out but not cheat; hopefully that'll be possible.

Edit: Ok played it part way through this time following Alexis (only) path and again wow, so well written, thanks! Plus many more sex scenes.

On scores story is 5/5 as are the graphics. Also I think it has a high replay value as it can be played in many different ways different girl routes or multiple. Many thanks and keep up the great work.

Surely a top tier game. Renders are decent but a little grindy at the start. But now it's ok girls models are usual daz 3D models. But story is interesting all the characters are intertwined in an interesting way. Girls have their own personalities. Not a harem game but each different girl's path is interesting and lovely. Fair amount of gameplay. If you like story driven games give this one a try. It's worth playing. Layla is cute and funny, alexis is lovely, new girl Valerie is also nice. Nikki is also nice. There is little humor too.

Keep up the good work dev. Looking forward to next updates.

One of the best games I have ever played. There are young beautiful students and hot teachers, gorgeous models and fitness body athletes, Chocolates and ardent latinas, cute teens and hot milfs, ordinary relationships and taboo. And also new beautiful characters are constantly appearing. Secrets are revealed, lies emerge, new facts appear from the history of those with whom you are close, which can completely change everything. For heroes 5 stars, for interesting plot 5 stars.

Everything about this game was great to me until the whole drama started, it started feeling like a soap opera or teeny drama show, culminating with Melissa being angry at Andres for shouting at MC's mom when he was cheated on, I dunno maybe that gets resolved by the end of that plot point, but I just couldn't stand it anymore.

I don't like soap operas, not a fan of drama's, not a fan of cheating (sharing is fine when you know what you're getting yourself into) and these factors were starting to creep into the story earlier, but I could have tolerated it back then, but the more the story became about the side characters, the less engaging and tolerable it became for me.

I'm still giving it 2+ stars for the models and the game that I played for like the first couple hours, I'm just warning the people that if you like how the game is going in the first 3 hours or so, don't expect it to last and save your time.

If you're into stuff like that, keep going, but it will take some time to get to that.

Amazing VN. story is long, abit of a slow burner and quite obvious at times. but that doesn't take away the over-arching storyline.... extremely good.

visuals also very very good..... far too many H.O.T ladies in this novel.... can someone make it a VR so i can upload my mind and stay there forever!? hehe

lewd-scenes are well planned and animated. few and far between. but more than enough for the story.

Highly recommended!

An amazing visual novel.
Intertwined. The name really spoke for itself, the more you play the game, the more you trully feel the tittle.
The story is top notch, start off very simple but interesting but slowly took me by surprise by how complicated the relationship between the characters.

v0.8.2

I regret not checking this game sooner. Not all the love interests are presented in the description here. Overall, varied cast, good story (you are *of course* completely irresistible to the ladies, but the writing is not too much) - It's a good game. Not as many scenes as other games, but still a decent-ish amount for the plot. They serve the story well enough.

As noted in other reviews, the animations are a bit choppy and there is no sound.

Would still recommend if you have a few hours to sink into it.

v0.8.2 Bugfix

A VN about a young man who moves back in with his mom in his old hometown and rekindles old relationships and finds some new ones. The writing is very grounded. Even though there are plenty of hot scenes, it still feels like a very slow burn game. Lots of scenes just getting to know the characters and very slice of life. I found it a bit too slow sometimes but not overly so. The renders are very good but the animations are a bit choppy. No sound at all really. Overall worth checking out.

I donot have words to describe this game. My rating says it all. There are some games in this site or in this genre which cannot be described with mere superlatives. I feel this game will easily be in top 5 of that list if not top it....

Though in recent past the updates are a bit late but the plot, renders, models, everything is top notch. The story progress is also a bit sagged in the last couple of updates. But keep it up dev, you rock I know you will revive and come back like never before..... Oh this rating may be a carbon copy of my other rating as I cannot make up my mind which one is better.

Version 1 - 7: one of the best games . Update 8: horrible - two of the main characters eliminated each other at the beginning. the next two hours were endless boredom. Please return to the good path or leave it at all.

A little bit of everything. Nice models, good writing and lovable characters. A guide might be needed as some choices are not obvious. So far, there are few timeline errors which is surprising with that number of romantic options.

Top-quartile, if you like slow burns.

There isn't a central driving narrative so you bump along from one subplot to the next; the dialog is definitely above average. Almost always believable, regularly funny, and I can't remember it ever being cringe-inducingly bad.

The models are very good, the posing is good. They took the time to give a girl wet hair after she got dunked in a pool; how often do you see that?

The love interests range from "do you in the first half hour" to "still arguably in the friend zone after 8 episodes". The setting is high school so I feel like that works, but if you're all about the l00dz this one might try your patience.

All the characters look like fitness models; basically no body variety outside of boob and butt sizes. I wanted to mention that under things-to-improve because I love to see some rounder girls.

Even if you aren't a cheat/guide person, maybe consider a cheat/guide for this one. On at least one path (Layla) I find the gating is extremely tight.