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This is my most anticipated VN that's being updated right now, along with Being a DIK. Once in a Lifetime was fantastic: zany but engaging story, well-written character interactions and dialogue, and excellent humour that hit just right for me.

Eternum builds on all of those strengths and improves vastly in the weaknesses: graphics and narrative distribution on each of the main girls. 0.2 was especially great and offered very good scenes with each of the main girls while keeping a good narrative pace. The character models for the are all beautiful and I know some people don't like the anime style models but I'm a huge fan.

I felt that OIALT lacked a bit of character development for all the non-Lauren and Judie girls, but Eternum has been very balanced so far and I hope to see more quality emotional depth like what we had with Alex this update.

Caribdis you're doing an awesome job and I can't wait for the next update. I usually wait to pay on non-completed games but Eternum is worth a Patreon subscription and I also absolutely need to show my support for how much I enjoyed OIALT.
 

JenusKudo

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Umm.... Is the game world and real world somehow the same? Like hunter x hunter? Or, oial was inside the eternum? Then, how did this mc heard about the sons of Astaroth?
 

Demoness_Kiss

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Umm.... Is the game world and real world somehow the same? Like hunter x hunter? Or, oial was inside the eternum? Then, how did this mc heard about the sons of Astaroth?
Same real world...also the Sons of Astaroth were a secret cult...if Eternum's MC heard about it...he would either have a target on his back or Oial's MC wrote a story about it...and in Eternum's MC's mind, the sons of Astaroth are just fictional characters
 

JenusKudo

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Same real world...also the Sons of Astaroth were a secret cult...if Eternum's MC heard about it...he would either have a target on his back or Oial's MC wrote a story about it...and in Eternum's MC's mind, the sons of Astaroth are just fictional characters
Then, why is stabby Mike in the news paper inside eternum? Along with that big fire case.....
 
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gray234

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Holy shit! This is so fucking hype! From the scary moments to the amazing fights. Oh, don't forget that this is a porn game as well! Goddamn. So excited for the next update.
 
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nsfwdemanded

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I'd actually prefer if the last girl is ThanatosCalypso technically won't make sense to romance unless she is intended to be a high-level, human-like AI similar to Idriel. Theory-wise, Thanatos I believe is just a moniker for the number 1 player and no one knows his/her name and the avatar seems to be a transformation rather than actual armor. Actually... I believe Luna IS Thanatos.

Also, don't forget, Chang doesn't have an implant and Micaela spends nearly all of her time training.
Luna is the raid boss? I mean possibly, but I don't think so.
 

aexiel

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I think that some "NPCs" like praetorians or maybe even the lady of the main nexus ( Idriel ) are real people
Idriel is well established in the story to be a true AI, (millions of people interact with her at the same time), but the Praetorians have been hinted in the last scenes to either be fully human or a mix of AI and human. AIs wouldn't need a salary.
 

aexiel

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Luna is the raid boss? I mean possibly, but I don't think so.
Raid boss? I don't believe there was a raid boss. Thanatos isn't a raid boss he/she is just another player. My theory only relies on Luna winning multiple server contests prior to meeting the MC. No one even bothered to look up who won that contest that awarded an expensive console. Who else can win a console-wide contest other than the no. 1 player?

Another point is how Thanatos seemed keen on attacking Dalia (who Luna has not interacted with) but lost all hostility when the MC showed his face. but again its just a theory.


A game theory! Thanks for reading. 草
 

ohhiimfox

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so first off i gotta say WOW. Caribdis did it again.... i'm blown away. Once in a Lifetime was a fine piece of art, and Eternum is even better.. girls are Just WOW ! Story.. gotta say i love it. gives me a bit Swort art Online vibes..

and that leads to my theory for Calypso:
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I guess i'm a total weeb and that i'm the only one who is seeing this but i have the feeling the MC is the Kirito of Eternum.
 

eeekk232

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So I have to say, I don't usually play games with this type of art style. But I have to say I'm really impressed, I just had to finish it between the little time I had after work. Looking forward to the next update. :)
 
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Machete

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Idriel is well established in the story to be a true AI, (millions of people interact with her at the same time), but the Praetorians have been hinted in the last scenes to either be fully human or a mix of AI and human. AIs wouldn't need a salary.
In the final scene only the sniper and the band leader are Praetorian, the cannon fodder girls are PCs and they get payed to do police service, it appears. And so far everything seems to hint that Praetorians are, indeed, humans. We'll see where the story goes.

Also Idriel seems to put some "extra awarness" when she wants to. My guess, just like the Founder appears in al Eternum in multiple instances to give a public speech then actively looks at MC probably being able to get in special control of one of the instances or even all of them, in some way we don't yet know, so Idriel, if a person, could be able to be an authomatized presence for your everyday login, yet to act in full awarness in special cases.

And surprisingly, we are not taking into the equation yet the demonic presences that MC sees in his dreams. How do they work? Are they akin to Idriel and the Founder? Might be. Sure they resemble a lot the demon MC sees in his vision in Once in a Lifetime. Which was entirely supernatural.

And there is still a fundamental question left pending: What the fuck even mean Once in a Lifetime as a title? Does is mean that you get to be the incarnation of a supernatural force and defeat an evil cult building and harem on the way just once in a lifetime? :D
 

alex2011

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Nancy, Penelope and Dalia could EASILY be family (Nancy the young aunt who babysat him and the other two being cousins). I'm playing it just now, because I'm still crying from this not having a patch, so didn't try it when 0.1 came out. At the moment, can't say with certainty whether it would be needed or not, not sure if things like the MC at school saying "That's just Dalia. You grew up together! She's practically your sister!" is just simple bait and teasing and whether a patch you change anything significantly. You see, Once was by default step and the patch just removed that fugly word and the game continued as it was (dunno how the heck Patreon didn't do anything about that). Unsure how this would fit here, are a lot of changes required. I am all for a patch, would be beggin', BEGGING for it, as long as it as a "totally non-official, Totally not Caribdis, totally not affiliated with Caribdis" patch, instead of a random schmuck going "Imma patch this"
Could easily be, but are not, the story isn't set up around it and even the developer has said incest will not be given any thought. A patch is not needed because there is no incest to patch, the developer specifically said there wouldn't be any. "You grew up together" is not an indicator of family, it can be, but it can also mean close neighbors and childhood friends of other sorts that grew up together. Patreon didn't do anything about "Once In A Lifetime" because they couldn't, there was no offense by the developer that they could prove and they could not strike Caribdis because of that. However, that game was specifically built around the sisters being sisters, step or otherwise, while "Eternum" is not.

Honestly, i'm all for forbidden romances...but do we really need incest(and incest patches)? i mean the "from childhood friends to couple" is a cute vanilla trope if written properly(which Caribdis is a master of it, he already proved it to us)

i mean in the end, a sister(or a brother), isn't a childhood friend who simply happen to be blood-related to you?

For example in MyNewFamily, the incest patch is mandatory, the whole thing is about a reunited family who fell in love with the son/brother who they never met until he was 18-20 years old, remove the incest...and you lose the entire premise of the game.

but here? Is it really important?
We don't need it, especially when the game was not built around any sort of family, not even step. Incest games are specifically built with that content in mind, it doesn't work without feeling artificial and forced otherwise. Your example, "My New Family," is a prime example of one that was made to serve the kink and it works naturally and without being forced because of it. "Once In A Lifetime" was also built with the capability to patch out the step relation in mind. "Eternum" was built with no consideration toward any sort of incest, so out of the three I have named, this game would be the only one that would feel forced and unnatural.

Is not necesary but its a kink. And u know... if Nancy was only a babysitter... why the MC knews her dsughters so well? I mean... well i think i dont to explain it
'A friend of the family since he was young' could just as easily explain it without the incest part.

She was a mother, while babysitting him? Meaning that he spent time with all of them?

I'm guessing...also i don't think Incest should count as "kink" but more like a form of love "i love you but you're related to me" ...you know a love that rebels against everything and everyone...some sort of Romeo and Juliet(but without the double suicide XD)
(but maybe it's just me being an idealistic over-romantic fluff-lover XD)
Exactly, but he is right about it being a kink. Pretty much everything is a kink at this point, but you are right that it is a form of love as well.

That may be true for the real world, but incest porno and games are usually created explicitly to serve this kink.
Yes they are, from the very beginning I might add. If incest is in the plan, then there are provisions made within the story for it to be added if it can't be added from the start. There are no such provisions here and anyone who patches it would have to go out of their way to make things fit incest because it was never meant to be here.

yeah...don't remind me...it's not something i enjoy u.u but it's not about the incest again...but the drama combined with the love beyond every social construct and every law of the universe XD

I mean, the plot of The Inn, without the incest patch, is about two foster-parents(or orphanage managers) adopting 3 kids(Luana, Val and MC) and growing together for a long while(and developing a form of love for each other), until the male-manager/foster-father kicks out MC...for reasons.

It's not incest...but are you going to tell me that they never developed some sibling-like-affection...until hormones kicked in at least?
Indeed, it is entirely possible to form a relationship as close as siblings given enough time.
 

nsfwdemanded

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Raid boss? I don't believe there was a raid boss. Thanatos isn't a raid boss he/she is just another player. My theory only relies on Luna winning multiple server contests prior to meeting the MC. No one even bothered to look up who won that contest that awarded an expensive console. Who else can win a console-wide contest other than the no. 1 player?

Another point is how Thanatos seemed keen on attacking Dalia (who Luna has not interacted with) but lost all hostility when the MC showed his face. but again its just a theory.


A game theory! Thanks for reading. 草
oh you might have a point there. She really didn't want to have the stone either so maybe she already has 5? Food for thought i guess
 
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