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Sadly this is not a game where nuance matters. From very early on you can tell its a "press A to follow path, press B not to". Its pretty easy if you ask me but it also makes everything super boring, like why would you NOT follow every available lewd path? IMO as much Eternum is a top notch game it still revolves around harem-making and easy relationship building. There's almost no flaws to the LIs and every single one seems okay with sharing the MC. There should be negative points where you as the player would want to say no by principle alone rather than just press yes to gain points with a character. My biggest gripe is how Nancy is more than okay sharing her own daughters and have an orgy just like that, how every single LIs likes the MC and its implied even masturbated to him in month span-time. There's no drama aside from the actual story, and I'm more interested on it than the relationship building.
The only good written character as of now its probably Luna, maybe Nova too. As for the household, I have no interest whatsoever in none of them, but I'll follow ever single path because there will obviously be no consequences.
I love this idea, it introduces choices that feel more impactful for the player. It'd definitely be more work for Caribdis, but I'd still love to see it.
It all depends how you play the game. Most people don't care for story and just play it for the porn, which makes sense, I play it like that too most of the time.
But since this is one of the best games in the genre, people want more from it. That's just what happens with good games. A lot of people installed the game for the porn and stayed for the story and the characters. And the character path system and choice system can definitely be improved, at least for future games Caribdis makes.
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Couldn't agree more and thats exactly what I think. Hopefully Caribdis goes a little more ambitious with the relationships and their flow
I definitely agree with the comment about improving paths/and the relationship system - character paths should not be cancelled due to one off choices that dont impact the character in any way. Closing of paths should be a gradual process instead of one-off choices that dont impact the character in any way.
With that out of the way I personally dont agree with the above takes that talk about introducing drama. I think it would ruin the game for me.
Here is a repost of my opinions on the subject:
Some games have drama and thats great but there is a place for games like this too - a game that is nice, comforting and wholesome (for the most part).
With that out of the way I personally dont agree with the above takes that talk about introducing drama. I think it would ruin the game for me.
Here is a repost of my opinions on the subject:
If you play the game you will realize that the developer has made a very conscious and deliberate choice to NOT incorporate drama - this is a choice I personally agree with. I am far more interested in the story than reading the VN equivalent of a soap opera. Let the dev make the game he wants to make. If people want more and the dev does not want to go that route then thats just too bad for them - there are always other games.
Some games have drama and thats great but there is a place for games like this too - a game that is nice, comforting and wholesome (for the most part).
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Man all these post wish for more complicated relations and drama and etc...
i actually like the fact the game doesn't do that crap it's nice to just be able to sit back enjoy the story and not worry about calculating "choices" so you get the right amount of points (even though you don't want to pick that choice you just click it for the points) after playing so many games that require a walkthrough becuase of the over complactied point system i just like to relax and enjoy a good story.
i actually like the fact the game doesn't do that crap it's nice to just be able to sit back enjoy the story and not worry about calculating "choices" so you get the right amount of points (even though you don't want to pick that choice you just click it for the points) after playing so many games that require a walkthrough becuase of the over complactied point system i just like to relax and enjoy a good story.
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A girl once asked me to guess her age. I guessed she was in her 30s and then she told me she was in her 20s. I wonder how many points I lost with that choice. Or perhaps that one closed her path?
I bet you regret not taking Gender Studies in college. Their needs of validation is basically the whole subject of the session.A girl once asked me to guess her age. I guessed she was in her 30s and then she told me she was in her 20s. I wonder how many points I lost with that choice. Or perhaps that one closed her path?
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Haha, well, I don't mind giving compliments if it makes people happy. I got nothing to lose. Everyone could use some encouragement. But to be honest, I thought I was already giving compliments to her. I didn't know I was so far from the truth.
100% with you on the drama (see my post just above yours). It is a nice happy game and should stay that way.
But do you really think the choice system is not complicated? Yes it is not as complicated as many other games but even so I agree with that other post about the relationship system - character paths get shut down for trivial reasons, the reasons girls get/lose points can be counterintuitive and I think you definitely need a walkthrough (or maybe I am just a dumbass who cannot pick up hints). I think making the pathing more intuitive and not randomly shutting down girls paths for stupid reasons would preserve the wholesome/happy/drama-free atmosphere the game.
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compared to most games i play the point system is very simple here the convo keeps coming back "close routes" ya its dumb but im almost 99.9% sure thats only there so people who don't like those girls and just say nah to them right away. those choices aren't story nor character choices its just for the player to say no "No i don't want content with this person" (granted i haven't really dogged into the code here that much) that just what all those choice felt like to me
i agree they can be worked on but in way shape or form do i want what some of the others have been talking "advanced point systems"
this is a story base game not a dating sim the dev has clear path for the story and all the "LIs" have a part in it so having an advance point system where a LI can hate you or be super horny at the wrong time in the story WILL change the story at those points or just not flow well... if people want the complication choice menus and point system they can search for games with the "dating sim" tag.
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I disagree. It's not complicated, but the choices are often not as obvious as in most games (concerning relationships).
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? ya... that what im saying.. Im saying right now they aren't but some of the other posters want to make them complicated which im not for Lol
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I sincerely hope our god Caribdis never listens to these people and keeps the game simple and drama free. There are many, many, many, overly complex games filled with drama, go play those.
Please let us have simple harem games where everyone can be happy in the end.
Please let us have simple harem games where everyone can be happy in the end.
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Right.
"You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" should be an obvious "bad idea"; "I like the blue bikini better than the red bikini" shouldn't end a path unless you've already been informed that the girl has always hated the color blue on herself, and is insane and testing you to see if you've been listening and what you'll say. In which case, the answer is definitely "blue" unless you like to stick your dick in crazy.
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I couldn't agree more. I like games where choices have a impact, but I think games like Eternum is good when you just want to chill and enjoy the story without think so much about the choices and it's consequences.
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There are actually games for that here on F95 too. Thankfully, this game is not one of them.