I haven't been invested in a visual novel's story, let alone an ADULT visual novel, this hard ngl. Granted I finished the content in about 3 days, the characters feel very fleshed out, with everyone has their own personality and/or internal struggles that are believable. Thus, making me more invested in each and everyone of the characters, this game managed to lure me into caring for them, and not just see them as "haha, hot girl go brrr" (in which they are ofc, but that's not the point lmao). Plus, there are moments when I'm all "Awww", especially when Alex hugged the MC when he stood up to the father. Bonus point, the expressions are all on point too, so that's impressive as I'd imagine how much work that wouldve took.
The pacing of the overall game is decent tbf, it doesn't feel rushed and it progresses naturally as we go on, and although I prefer a more sandbox type VN rather than a linear one, but damn, this game is absolutely well-made that I don't mind that at all. There are moments when I genuinely feel that there are stakes on the line (although, who am I kidding, I rollback whenever I can if things went awry). The storytelling, too, although I have to admit there are times where I feel the dialogue is a bit too long of an attention span for my pea-brain to handle but, it's a me problem. It does a great job introducing us to the world and what's within.
The world-building, I have to say, is fairly well done, although I prefer my steak to be medium rare (plz laugh). I can't help to think that this whole idea and premise of the game was inspired by Ready Player One, although I don't see that as a bad thing. There are many differences, some are obvious, some are subtle, which doesn't necessarily makes the whole thing just a simple "copy and paste" at first glance, it feels like a homage to the novel/movie (I don't hate the movie but, yeah I know the book is wayyy better) while also being its own thing. With how vast the game made me feel, the whole scope of how and what Eternum is, and what it's capable of which even us as the MC, still have no idea what is the limit.
Finally, the writing. It's kinda my pet peeve whenever I play a visual novel - whether NSFW or not - that the writing and dialogue needs to be somewhat realistic at least. Like how an actual person would react to things. Aside from being realistic, having good grammar and punctuation also adds to the ease of reading. I know, I know, "Oh no, here comes the grammar N*zi
" but... it's literally in the name? Visual Novel??? Novel????? Anyways, yeah, with how much dialogue and writing and words this game has, the whole shebang, this probably has one of the best attention to detail when it comes to writing, and even if there WAS a mistake/error, I didn't even realize with how good the overall quality already is. Well done with that, it's not an easy task by any means. The comedy, too, most if not all were great for my broken sense of humour. Great comedic timing and for some reason, this turned out to have some horror elements where I'm like, HELLO, I WANNA HAVE A BONER NOT HAVE ANXIETY??? Lmfao. Good shit tho.
Still, certainly a 10/10 game for me so far, haven't seen this much quality in a while, or maybe because I haven't played a lot of these types of games, but I digress. This is probably the longest review I've ever gave on an adult VN, aside from the other few VNs which are also amazing. Keep up the amazing work, I'm looking forward for more content and how this all unfolds, as do a lot of people. May this evolve into something better than what it already is.
P.s. oh yeah I forgor, the "saucy" parts of the game. No shit Sherlock it's an adult VN, ffs. So to summarize it in 4 simple words=
I CAME A LOT