Between Us

I don't normally enjoy the phone-based NTR games because they usually feel forced, or just lacking perspective. This game, however, is very well done. Great writing with a very believable premise, but most believable to me are the characters. Grace acts exactly like someone I knew from my military days (not my spouse, lol), and most importantly she doesn't feel like a caricature. Check out other reviews if you want more details. I tend to only focus on story and characterization because both feel underrepresented. Will be eagerly anticipating future updates.

Rating the current version (v0.4.0) of the game a 3.5/5. The game is pretty good so far. It has nice looking models, the animations are good, and it has the typical story about "a frustrated wife because the husband is away for a long time". It may be a typical story, but it's typical for a reason, since it's a tried and true story. My only problem with the game so far is that the pacing of Grace and Alex's relationship progressed way too fast for my liking. Like, Grace is supposed to be a loving and loyal wife to Logan, yet, Grace only got to know Alex for the first time recently, and not even a month later (in-game time) she's already giving him a blowjob, which is way too fast and feels so forced and unnatural imo. These are just some ideas but; there should've been more buildup between Grace and Alex before she gave him a blowjob. Like maybe for the first couple months (in-game time), they're only just kissing, hugging, and going on dates behind Logan's back while Lily continues her shenanigans, resulting on Grace's walls and insecurity about her infidelity slowly crumbling down. Then, once her insecurities are gone, only then does she give Alex that blowjob. I know it's already too late to change the earlier parts of the story, so this is just food for thought for the next game.

[v0.3.0] First, let's state the obvious. No AI art, and as far as I can tell, no AI writing either. No LLM slop conversations that isn't even in the realm of natural human interactions in this one. Other than being human made, what I want to point out about this game is that it doesn't stubbornly try to tell an NTR story just from the point of view of the guy. A lot of the stupidest genre tropes (like the whore best friend sending evidence, the bull sending evidence, hacking into her phone, MC knowing and doing nothing about it) are tied to to that POV limitation. This game offers POV switches to see things from the girl's phone so that a cheating narrative can be more grounded. One novel scene was shown from the actual perspective of her phone, when she set it down on a table and the scene we are seeing is the reflection on her black phone screen. Overall, this is very solid for the NTR route. If you are looking for strictly immersing yourself into the male MC POV, this isn't for you, though. You will get both sides of the picture.

This should be called "Slut Wife and Her Even Sluttier Friend". She starts to lie to MC right from the start for no reason at all. MC sounds mostly OK, except the scene when he apologized (wtf?) for being "too controlling" when he voiced a perfectly rational sentiment - that accepting flowers from some man and go to a private photo shot with him is not something he fancied his wife to do. Basically this game is nothing more than wife sits on a first dick she meet while spewing cheap rationalizations and her friend cheering her on. No believable "corruption" or "falling in love" or even "irresistible passion". Just "lets fuck around because its kinda fun". Oh! And I got the impression that dev expects player to feel EMPATHY for the wife for some reason. Like there is some tragedy in her dick hopping. Two stars because art is nice. And MC, compared to similar games, is not a total moron (at least not yet in v0.3).

Between Us [v0.2.0] Negatives Yet another one of those countless NTR phone "games." I’m starting to wonder how many good plots this setup can even produce anymore... … and this title gives us exactly what you already know if you’ve played other games with the same concept: boredom. Some parts of the English translation were apparently not properly revised and read like amateur foreign-language translations. Some chat dialogues are not assigned to the correct speaker. There’s a loading bug where chat dialogue is only assigned to the person on the right until the dialogue partner changes. Currently, there is either the cheating (NTR) route or the cuckolding/hotwifing (NTS) route. I hope there will be further refinements in the future, such as humiliation and similar elements. The background music consists of a single track (imo, a rather annoying AI track). Fortunately, you can mute it. The wife’s best friend acting as the corrupting element is an overused trope - and once again it’s used here. Positives The characters and their personalities feel realistic. The MC is neither an asshole nor a beta with an undersized dick (well, we can at least hope) . He’s simply not available for his wife at the moment because he has to serve his time. The bull is, for once, so far, likable. Besides messages, there are also video calls. I quite liked that. The game is made in Ren’Py, which makes exploring other routes easier. On the NTR route, the wife at least initially seems plagued by guilt. The NTS route feels the way it should - built on trust and love (but not to much of the former, plz)! The pacing of the story is pleasantly slow and gives the character development the time it needs. We get 3D CGs! Yeah! For once, no uniform AI slop. Good, albeit short, animations with SFX and moaning. With this title, I see the biggest weakness in the lack of a gripping story. I want to feel tension, but I didn’t (yet!) feel it on either route. On the NTR route, what happens behind the MC’s back is hidden from him, but the player knows immediately. A "mystery" setup would have been the better choice here, where the player is also kept in the dark about what is happening between the wife and the bull and only receives hints. On the NTS route, I’m missing meaningful player influence over the protagonists’ relationship. Decision-making authority with consequences, to be precise. Choices that create tension in the relationship or dynamics where loss could become a real possibility. Or simply put: right now, it still lacks spice and originality. I truly hope this aspect will improve. I give an additional star for potential.

VERSION: v0.2.0 SUMMARY: Fair quality, but its just another "cellphone" AVN, yawn... RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐ NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally , scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐ Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐ Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐ Story & Dialogue .................. : ⭐⭐⭐ Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐ UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐ Playtime & Pacing ..................: ⭐⭐⭐ Music & Sounds .....................: ⭐⭐ Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars. PROS: - See my opinions section for details. Good looking models Decent looking world (that which is not just text screen) Reads well enough and is structured, at least insofar as relaying phone chat. Decent animations in terms of quality but very short. Some lewd sounds are a nice addition. CONS: - See my opinions section for details. Music is highly annoying and whiny, so while there is music, its not good... Typos but I guess with it being a "cellphone" interface type game, spelling doens't matter since people mistype on phones all the time? Free pass for checking on text and grammar for the devs who make these types of AVNs? Little to no content in terms of lewd scenes. Its all being setup for NTR/NTS still. Boring and no plot of any kind save for NTR/NTS which is just the result, there is no story its all been done countless times before. OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS : NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't) This "new" cellphone style AVN thats been taking over recently is IMO just the lazy devs game. First AI tools have become much more prevalent and churning out AVNs is faster than ever. Now with the whole "cellphone" style AVN, the devs have less than half the content to create as there is much less visual design needed, most happens on the same interface with only text and the odd picture or vid sent. Its become rather trendy and sure while the content isn't bad, its also nothing compared to the "original" full AVN we have had in the past. The same style and scenario for every other phone text based AVN, the player/MC assumes the role of some douche boyfriend or husband that is far from his significant other who starts getting bored with the absence of the partner, then proceeds to step out more and more, often the MC driving more corruption and cuckolding/cheating/NTR/NTS content. TLDR: Highly overrated and been done many times before and often better by previous AVNs with the same premise. While the model/LI is attractive there simply isn't anything new to this and you can technically skip all the dialogue as its just boring/superficial conversation between partners. There is really no story or interesting plot here, you can guess what happens and you probably right. That simply because of the platform its done on, that being the phone, only so much can happen and its often the cuck type game, if thats your thing, enjoy. The quality is decent enough to say its a fair to good AVN.

Well, it's still early to give an overall rating, I'm giving it 4 stars for its promising start. The graphics are average, no offense, but in mobile games, in my opinion, choices and plot are important, and here, the game has its strong points, it has the trade-offs that these games must have. Having the love path is a useless thing, so the DEV did well to give two paths that are very desirable for two types of fans, NTS or NTR, and it's our choice, a stroke of genius from the DEV. Because if you tell a good story and good dialogue, then the two paths are appreciated even by those who can't stand the genre. So I expect even better things.

v.2 First as you play there's a gallery, but at main menu there's no gallery option. There is only an ntr, and an nts path, no others. There are many grammatical errors. The writing just doesn't seem like it's real life, or even corn logic...hard to explain. the daz model isn't bad for the fmc, but it could be a tad sharper, or maybe that's because i'm playing it full screen....the animations where ok. Nothing makes you feel a bond between these characters. It's a story that's played out a million times even if you change the cast, the players are still the same. I'll give it another go at next update, and try to hold out hope, but think after the next update i'll be done with this one.

v 0.1.1 Great start. loving how the story is progressing. Great writing, very realistic (eg like correcting typing errors). The thing in mobile games is that some element would lack (eg art or writing or story or gameplay), however in this game everything is perfect for me. Good luck dev, looking forward to further updates. only con is i hated the way it ended, whyyyy :')

The premise is too real .really liked the model used and shows good story progression. No scenes as of now hope to see more. Gallery should be implemented on later versions.Had to give five stars to offset the totally undeserving one star review which will discourage people from playing this good game.

Great start, I like that it has direct routes without all the usual point system bullshit. If it means we get solid progression I'm all for it, so many other games go in circles for ages. This has a good setup, so am interested to see where it goes. Renders are good, girl is hot.