VN - Ren'Py - Eternum [v0.7.5 Public] [Caribdis]

So I saw how this is the highest rated game and thought it would be just some bandwagon. Nope, even with the version 0.3 it's literally the best game on site.
The writing is so natural, funny and sometimes immersive you really get attached to the characters and there's already a lot of content. Better dialogues than most shows and games.
The lewd stuff has amazing renders and is just really hot.
Absolute recommend.

Game is fantastic and sucks you in.
Story, visuals, humor, world building; best in the business

Only 2 downsides:

- The erotic pacing of the game is slightly off
- The story starts fantastic, but towards the end of the current build the pace of the story accelerates so fast that it takes away from the charm this game has.

I've never wrote anything on this site yet. But this game is what changed the thing.
No matter what is your cup of tea, I think you'd probadly ended up loving this game.
The art, the soundtrakcs, the stories, the timing are all excellently executed.
Just give it a try if you could. Hoping it comes to steam soon so I could grab a copy to support the author/s.
All the best for even more content to come.
Cheers,

The best game I have played in a while, but is very flawed.

Eternum is an extremely ambitious project in a VRMMORPG setting that clearly tries to be more than just an adult game, and succeeding for the most part.

The art is outstanding, with a good amount of polish and editing, good humor that fits in well (as I was expecting from the previous title of this developer) and an interesting plot.

There is one major area in which this game lacks though, and that's world building. The pacing is inconsistent and generally too fast. There are too many characters you're involved with right at the start, and more importantly, no time is taken to properly build the world that is Eternum, the VR game that is central to the games plot.

You are immediately thrown into end-game content, as a noob, competing with the supposedly best of the best. It makes it feel like you didn't earn your your power. The story talks about the difficulty of leveling up but we are never shown what that looks like, even in a summarized form. Very little time passes between each major event. And it all makes it feel like there is no substance in the world of Eternum, as a result the parts outside of the VR world are more interesting. If you make a fictional world you need to build it, especially if its disconnected from reality.

It is not too late to add in world building but I have my doubts as to whether this aspect of the game can get on track, which is unfortunate, because there is so much potential here.

Another issue is that with most dialogue options there is one good and one wrong answer. I don't like that implementation of choice. It would be nice to see more options where both are correct, but result in your relationship developing in a different way...

Without a doubt, as of v0.3, this is turning out to be one of the top VNs available to play on F95. It's writing style, with the humor, the varied personalities, the range of scenes and interactions... all of it very much reminds me of Being a DIK, another absolutely top notch game. However, the amazingly well done animated scenes and sounds in this one takes it to yet another level. So far, I have almost zero complaints about the game other than that perhaps some of the choices don't really seem like an actual choice. At the same time, I've only done one playthrough thus far so I can't really say how much those choices actually effect the game. Many of the choices literally could be written as "do you wanna fuck this girl or not". They couldn't be more clear. And maybe that's the intent. I dunno. Either way, the story is still fantastic. The humor had me actually laughing aloud a few times. The renders and the people are all quite unique and very well done. You really couldn't ask for a better game to play and I am very much looking forward to future chapters! With 10 stones to acquire and the mystery of the MC's connection to the game, I can see many chapters yet to come in the game and look forward to every one of them.

This is straight up the best game you can play from this genre. Excellent storyline, excellent animation, excellent character arcs. Can't wait to see what next in the store. Probably the best trait of this game is it's subtle humour, you really can't hold your laughter in.

Probably the best game on the site right now. Well written characters, humor, and enough story to keep you intrigued.
I’m not a huge fan of the art style but the rest is so good I can forgive it and still give 5 stars.

One of the best VN's at F95!

Story is well balanced between comedy, mystery, action and intimacy.

Characters are all different, believable and likable.

Visuals, the short clips and animations are all well done (even if you don't like HS, you cant deny the effort from the Dev).

Top soundtrack.

The direction and execution of the VN is very good.

Caridbis, what you did with "One in a lifetime" was good, but you skyrocketed it with "Eternum", your own progress is absolutely recognizable.

I enjoyed the novel as much as I enjoyed the visuals. The writing is very engaging and well balanced. Jokes in the right places and drama well integrated. Love it so far. Gotta love them cliff hangers!

Keep it up!

From someone who thought visual novels must be less exciting than full animation I must say...
What a great surprise

• Masterful storytelling
  ...down to the little details and all the way up to the main plot. Great humor but also heartwarming moments that may make you shed a tear once or twice. Every character has a great story that makes you wish to be their best friend and more. As you make the right decisions and gain heart points, your friendship grows but so does a sexual tension.
• Great soundtrack
  The music really enhances the story and no sound effect or voice acting feels out of place
• Great-looking and very sexy characters

My few critics (still, not enough to remove a star from my rating) :

• The choices you're given could use to be more subtle and interesting. Sometimes you're basically given the choice to either be nice or a plain dick, while you could be given more... educative decisions to make.
• the reading felt long sometimes, but that comes from someone who doesn't read much, so take with a handful of salt.

No one really reads these reviews anyway, but if you're here, you've already read all of the good points about this VN.

My 2cents is that I encourage on the fence folks to start reading now instead of waiting later. Why? Because each update expands the story carefully. Helps you savor each update/chapter. Great pacing as well because of this.
(also helpful guides/mods that are updated in case you miss stuff)

Simply the best! Can't wait for more to come. Characters design and personality, story, funny and hot moments, sounds and music. You get really drown into the story.

Finish the game in one shot and it took me hours

Big applause for the creator!

Five Stars - main characters have personality, are interesting, and beautifully rendered. The story keeps me engaged and has interesting philosophical implications with NPCs and Other Worlds. Pacing is good - characters aren't just thrown into "sex" but relationships build over time. Happy to hear this creator doesn't abandon games.

I'll preface this review by saying I absolutely loved the dev's other game, and the fact that it's actually finished unlike most other games speaks volumes about both the dev and this game's future.

Overall, Eternum is, even now, a significantly improved and much more polished offering than Once in a Lifetime. While the previous game focused on incest to the point of it being the major personality traits of the main characters, Eternum instead funnels all of that immense incest effort into building characters that are highly complex and a joy to interact with. They all look great, and have likable/believable personalities that are a blast to interact with.

I'd say my only possible negative is that the VRMMO addition feels... unnecessary. Understandably, there needs to be a narrative and a goal in any form of media, which the Eternum VRMMO fulfills. However, it adds so many tacked on layers to the game, that it feels like this amazing cast of characters could've been thrust into a less paradoxical situation to deal with and been better off for it.
That's probably the main point--- this cast could've worked with anything and been successful, but when it comes to the VRMMO part they're propping it up rather than the VRMMO supporting the characters.
There's also quite a lot of "gaming portrayed by media"-ism going on in the VRMMO portions of the game. Lore dumps, inconsistent game rules, extreme protag plot armor, etc. Also, sometimes the VRMMO related stuff seems like it's written by people that have actually played a regular videogame, and at other times it feels like they just googled "what is a videogame/MMO?".

... Didn't mean to write so much about the VRMMO that the game itself is named after, oops.

Anyway, TL;DR:

- Characters and pacing are A+, VRMMO aspects completely throwaway but the cast carries the game. Substantial amount of content as of 0.3.

Excellent, excellent game 10/10. This is my first review here, had to do it, the game is amazing. The story is so good that at one moment i forgot i was playing a game from f95zone. Props to the creator man, love the girls, the atmosphere, the story, the humor, thriller, the music, the animations, everything is just great. Probably this is gonna be my fav game from here.

The atmosphere in this game is amazing. I find myself dreaming and thinking of the world within eternum as much as I think about amazing fantasy worlds from a book. On multiple occasions i've thought about the world and asked myself which book that was from, before remembering it was this game.

The writing is on point all the time, there are meaningful choices. The music and sound effects are used really well.

I also played the last game this developer made, and not only did they finish the game, they did so with style, allowing all the different endings I would have wanted, as well as an epic conclusion.

Furthermore, I remember reviewing that game docking it points for not using sound effects effectively enough for the first half of the game. That can not be said again for eternum, sound effects are used excellently and much more than before. In general, every aspect of the previous game has been improved, it's bigger, more ambitious. more fantastical, funnier and I love the characters even more. Their previous game was a masterpiece, and I couldn't be more impressed that they seem on target to not only do it again, but improve upon the previous work.

I can't think of any other developers of adult games, that have managed to do this not just once but twice, and that I trust as much to actually finish their products. So officially, I consider them to be the best adult developer out there. They have made their own unique style, they have consistent release schedueles and realistic plans, and they execute those perfectly. They improve upon their own style, and in general they have just really perfected their craft. 10/10.

TLDR: if any adult games are worth being played, I would put my vote for Caribdis games.

Added note: Im dissapointed in the lack of sfx during sex scenes. I really think I remember Once in a lifetime eventually getting moans during sex scenes. That's really lacking here. Just quiet awkward slappy sounds.

First, I should mention that I do not play the VNs on this site for sexual gratification. If the spicy content is well done then sure it's a bonus.
I realise I am probably part of a very small minority on here and no doubt there is a legion of horndogs with friction burns on their palms that love just seeing virtual tits.

I read these Visual Novels mainly for the storylines and the bonus of having rendered images to set the atmosphere. While the number of VNs on here that have really decent plots are limited, there is a minority of truly polished titles that just ooze quality. Eternum is one of them.

Having played the developers previous game and enjoyed it, I was pleasantly surprised to see he was working on this one.

After playing all the present content, I can honestly say that he is doing an amazing job so far. One thing I love about Caribdi's VNs is the ever present stylish renders and the angles he poses to capture quirky or suspenseful moments. His sense of humour often shines through with the colourful characters and their dialogue. The characters also tend to be likeable and distinct with their own personalities and flaws.

The storyline in this one started off like an average VN on here: young man moves to the home of a family friend aka MILF type who happens to have several young attractive daughters to befriend or perv on - although being too creepy does come at a penalty in relationship points with them, which is a nice touch.

I really became engrossed into the storyline and invested in the characters but the best part was without doubt when the story took a new direction into the world of MMOs. This really added a more fun and extra layer to the story. It also brought back fond memories of my own time spent in various MMO games, a little trip down virtual memory lane.

The plot, characters, humour, dialogue, music...it all adds up to a fantastic adventure that leaves you wanting more. Caribdis really is a very created individual.

I look forward to more updates and thank you for the engrossing and fun experience so far.

Eternum [v0.3 Bugfixed] :

Ok first : What a game ! This dev' is very very (very, i insist ) smart. I do not know if dev works alone or in team, but well done !

Actually i know people reading rating post for a porn game, would expect to see in first part the "porn part" but i will start with the story !

Story : 5/5 (Between comforting classic and intriguing plot = perfect balance)

Well basically the story-concept is inspired by "Ready Player One". A virtual world where it is possible to live almost every experiences you could imagine and build ! And obviously story cross between virtual world and real world. Two Part intertwined all along you play.

At first the real world part seems to be very "classic" for people used to playing those kind of game where young student comeback to a childhood place. Here you do not live with your step-mom, but your "old" baby-sitter" (38 yo in game but look barely 25/30) ans her two daugthers. You dont come alone in their house but with your friend (a girl obviously, who is not your step-sis for people wondering).
You will encounters many others characters from school boy rival/antagonist to others hot girls with differents skills, stories and personalities !

The other part is in virtual world, where there is infinity possibilities of places, ambiance and stories. This is why dev is smart, because with that concept (pretty simple idea but very efficient), he can bring us in multiples verses and tell his story with differents styles and ambiances. v0.3 maybe, but you already travel a lot !
As the book/movie where this concept is inspired, there is a big race about collecting some artefact to pretend to inherit the big company (became overpowerful) who rules the real and virtual with an unknow founder.

As i said thoses two parts gonna be intertwined on a plot around mysteries/surnatural? and conspiracy? that i wont reveal here ! Play this f*****g game !

Characters : 4/5 (Nothing revolutionary, but very well done and efficient work).

Each girl represent a classic archetype of personnality common in porn game : Cute and shy friend, model girl, sport/angry girl, tattooed rebelious girl, weirdo but cute girl, geek one, hot milf, and even .
Classic, but well made so we can bond some attachment to them easily.

Others characters are pretty common too, classic douchebag rival. Our best male friend is pretty classic too in good bro/comic relief.

All is enough well written so its good classic move.

Animation (Sex part) : 3/5 (roller coaster camera)

Models are good, same for animation. But the camera ... as i said previously, roller coaster camera. Move way too much and way too fast and on too much plan. I guess it's not a bad idea if you want to try to make something dynamic but i'm sorry it does not work. I think fixed camera is way more immersive and enjoyable. You can add a bit nod effect (up and down)if you want with a first person view. Even a big "arc movement" on 1 plan. But here its too much, too often and too fast in my humble opinion. (And other bad thing on this, those camera movement make it more hard for my old laptop (when i tired on it) to play it without some freeze. )

Graphics/Soundtrack/Ambiance : 5/5

Thoses "almost" realistic graphics are really enjoyable. Characters, various environment (some work better than other, but nothing is bad)
There is few dynamics animation here and there whiches enhance the immersion.
Same for the soundtrack, musics fit well with what happens, pretty fine to play with it turn on ! There is some sound effect here and there very immersive (the connecting speech for exemple)

Maybe there is lack of sound effect in "sexe animation" , some moaning sound effect could be add something. especially when there is a light "splash splash" sound that pretty weird.

Graphics and sound design create very goods ambiances. Everything is believable and some of them are really impressive and immersive!
Dev is really good in "horror/tense" section, and the

Gameplay/VN : not rated (too early)

Hard to say something at this point of development ! There is some choice obviously, but hard to tell if it gonna be huge impact or if its just a rail story game. Most of choices seems to be used to gain affection points with girls, but this system is kinda vague. Some obviously choice to dodge porn scenes too.

To be continued ...

Global : 17/20 (But it is more a 20/20 in my heart, and 21/20 for the potential ! )

Some random points to give details : (+ for good things and - for things that could be better in my opinion, or to improve (again imo ))

+ Caribdis looks like a very talented dev and more important steady. Already a completed game, so we can trust him (them?) in this !

+ Infinite of environments and ambiance to create story !

+ Horror/Tense ambiances perfectly mastered .

+ Good mysterious plot with good potential to theorize while waiting updates.

+ humor and globally dialogues are good and dynamic !

- Roller coaster camera during sexe scene

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Well, look like it a bit long review (hope its not too much)! so i end it here ! I obviously highly recommand to play it. Even if there is some things that i do not totally like, this game is really fun, enjoyable, and intriguing ! Looks simple but it is (and gonna be) complicated / intricated !

Last thing : english is not my native language and i'm not totally good with it, so i hope it is still enough understandable !

Ok, I'm just going to be honest, It's my first review but after playing this game I just immediately had to review it because what this game did to me is incredible. It made me laugh, actually laugh not just smile or giggle the jokes are good and with taste, the horror and the adventures all very well written it actually made me care what is happening, I honestly was skeptical at first since I'm not into hentai that much but I don't mind, sex scene have taste, doesn't just throw dicks and pussy's in your face like some most games do pursuing different LI actually feels rewarding. The MC feels like how a normal human would be, not a big wuss and definitely not someone who has everyone wrap around he's finger and every girls he meets wants to jump on he's meat missile. Trust me on this one your should try it at least once it's not something you should pass up. And this is for the Dev, thank you Sir or Madam you helped with a pleasant distraction and actually made me feel better with all the shit that is happening around the world atm. I wish i could support you but unfortunately I live in a country that I can barely survive day to day, but if everyone else who is luckier than me, give it a thought. Said my peace. Good day everyone.

I honestly don't even know what to say for this review other than to just fucking play it and trust us.
This game is tracking to be an easy 5/5 chart-topper, at least up there with the rest if not higher by the end of it all. Great and original story, that kind of reminds me of the litrpg book genre, or if you aren't familiar with that genre think of the book/movie ready player one. Great looking art/girls, storylines that actually make you feel for them instead of just jumping to get your rocks off, and an amazing amount of content for the game to only be on version 0.3.

TLDR; Play the damn game, you won't regret it.