VN - Ren'Py - Eternum [v0.8.0] [Caribdis]

Caribdis is probably the best at making these games with amazing renders, well-written characters, and intriguing stories. If you liked Once for a Lifetime, you gonna have this game. improvements across the board in every regard. Also, these two games have insanely good jokes while also having decently serious moments.

Eternum is a gaming gem that effortlessly combines in-depth characteristics, a rich story, and beautiful graphics to deliver an exceptional experience. The game's intricate characteristics offer players a depth seldom seen, providing diverse love stories and ensuring lasting appeal. The rich narrative is a captivating journey, full of twists and turns that keep players enthralled. Complemented by beautiful graphics, the game's visuals are nothing short of stunning, immersing players in a visually breathtaking world. In summary, Eternum is a triumph in gaming, offering a perfect blend of depth, story, and aesthetics that sets it apart as a must-play masterpiece.

Eternum is the perfect harem game for me. It is lighthearted, fun to play, has extremely likable characters and an interesting overarching plot. It achieves dramatic tension without doing anything to diminish the likability of the characters. It has varied environments that make everything feel fresh and new. It even does an incredible job making the characters look different each scene (different outfits, hairstyles, accessories etc) that makes everything feel different.

The story is about a hyper realistic MMORPG and the MC's adventures within it. However everything is not what it seems - the company that owns the MMORPG engages in shady practices including covering up murders and the MMORPG itself may not really be a game. The overarching plot revolves around investigating the company and the motives of its mysterious founder while playing the game itself and participating in a challenge to collect 10 objects within it.

When it comes to sexual content, there is not a lot but what is there is quite good. This is also one of those games that is meant to be played as a harem game while making optimal choices. Picking suboptimal choices and exploring different routes is very poorly thought out - it does not make sense to lose a girl's path if you dont feel like going to the gym with her one day or giving a sick girl some space when she specifically asks you to leave her alone. This did not impact my enjoyment of the game since I played with a walkthrough but branching paths/options are not well implemented here. Additionally the harem route contains all the scenes of individual girls so if you stick to a single girl or a subset of girls, you will not get anything new or unique compared to the harem path. But as mentioned before this game is designed to be played as a harem game and the girls are designed to be extremely likable so this was not an issue for me.

Overall this game is a 5/5 for me despite the negatives listed above. It was just plain fun to play and I would recommend it highly to everyone.

Eternum is an exceptional game that offers a fantastic story, immersive gameplay, and beautiful animations. The game’s story is captivating and keeps you engaged throughout the game. The gameplay is smooth and intuitive, making it easy to get lost in the game’s world. The animations are stunning and add to the overall experience of the game. I highly recommend Eternum to anyone looking for a game that offers a great story, immersive gameplay, and beautiful animations.

+ Interesting story
+ Nice dialogue
+ Hot girls
+ Good humor
+ Nice lewds
+ Nice music and sound effects
+ Frequent updates and good amount of content for the time waited (happy patreon supporter)
+ Best dev

Awesome game. Can't wait to bang Calypso.

The game manages to pull you in with the story and characters. I came with the intention to enjoy some pornographic storytelling but stayed because of how in-depth both it, the settings and the characters are. A very very pleasant find.

The songs in the game are really nice, so thats a huge plus. Some references to games, anime, and entertainment and a bit of humor, a bit of horror, a bit drama, this is better than watching many movies out there even without the pornography aspect.

I do not feel like I am playing a game, I feel like I am living a new life.

Wow. I had the luck of playing this for the first time. Not sure why I didn't do so earlier.
Great story telling that's so rare to find nowadays, integrates thrillers, comedy and adventure seamlessly. Renders are beautiful and character development is top notch. Not much to improve on other than completing this story as fast as possible.

Man I loved this game, the character models are gorgeous and custom instead of just using the same handful of models I’ve seen in a dozen other games. The sex scenes are just oozing eroticism because the plot takes its time building up to each scene with plenty of teasing and foreplay instead of just being another fuckfest. The animations are also very well done and fluid with custom animations instead of just the same old stock positions. the characters are gripping and well personified with their own motivations and goals and are enjoyable to read, I normally don’t like VR plots but I found this one really engaging I think its because of the “real life” consequences for MC and crew. The emotional scenes really hit me in the feels any AVN that makes me feel things in addition to horny is a success in my book. Looking forward to more

No words can describe how much i enjoyed this game.
The best visual novel i have ever played.
The gameplay is simple as it is just just a vn, but in certain parts of the story it just changes gameplay style, which I was pleasantly surprised with when it happened, I also really enjoyed when genres changed depending on what servers the Mc and the crew were in. The models are just perfect, the body proportions are much more realistic than other games. The scenes are well animated and also really hot, the dialogue is also on point . The only real problem I had with the game is the amount of scenes with Luna are not enough at all.
So with all that said i give the game 5/5 Walter Whites.

WE NEED MORE LUNA SCENES. I REQUIRE MORE LUNA

I went in to this eager to play it quickly and leave a bad review to spite yet another overrated game - as it's not the usual style of game I prefer (I generally find harem games boring and predictable). Boy was I let down in that regard.

It was either Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer who said something like:
"We are not in the film industry. We are in the transportation industry. Audiences pay us to be transported to another world for a few hours."

That's exactly what this game is. You are transported to a different world, incredibly enjoyable and makes you forgot all about whatever you were doing in your real world room prior. In an age when too many games are just boring derivative works, this demonstrates there're still people who can dream; a very human creativity.



Art-

Decent, I'm personally not a fan of the honest select look and prefer the Daz realistic approach, but the art is still very passable here, and it helps all the girls have fairly realistic bodies and proportions which I enjoy. Skin textures are great. Some of the characters blend together in appearance which is a minor downside, however the personalities are sufficiently unique so this wasn't a big deal.

Animation-

Fairly good. Some animations could be a little more detailed or longer, but this is a minor quibble. They're still better than most games, and flow seamlessly with the gameplay.

Dialogue-

Fantastic. Easy to follow and become immersed in. Lacks the annoying trends frequently found like a whiny MC or broken English. Feels very polished, clearly hard work went into proofing it.

-Mechanics/UI

Solid, easy to navigate menus, with well-designed layout for reviewing past scenes. Other than that, typical renpy fare which is to say easy to use and move around in.

-Story/game flow

As alluded to in my lede, very much the high point of the game. For those who haven't played it without spoiling it, the story involves vastly different scenery and settings over a span of time, all well done and engaging. It feels very much like an epic tale.

Summary-

Overall, an easy hard 5, no rounding here. If you haven't played this, stop reading reviews and click download now. While some games are overrated and others underrated, there's a reason why this sits where it does on the overall charts.

It's not a game. It's a Visual Novel - a powerpoint presentation with click-to-see-next-slide zero-to none interactions, very childish, full of cliches story and goofy-looking honey select renders. Didn't like the childish, cliched story (young and dumb guy in school is surrounded by similarly looking teenage-girls), didn't like the art (goofy looking honey select models). There are no choices here (other than ordinary and boring "do you want to suck up to a girl to get +1 points with her"), there is too much text, no sex-scenes, and if there is a sex-scene there are no options what you can do, you just watch the short scene, and that's it. There are no dialogue options, whole story is childish, boring, full of tropes and cliches fantasy themed teenage gibberish. MC is a fool, tool and generic boring young guy too perfect to be true sucking up to all girls just to get relation points. All girls are the same, boring and stupid, and the whole story - if you could call that a story - it's just generic, click to see next slide full of stupid text, to see goofy looking girl and after 3 hours of clicking and reading stupid, gibberish, full of cliches dialogue you will get a two-slides of goofy looking sex action... this supposed to be a work of art for adults - where are my choices to "f*ck her in the ass", "f*ck her throat", "c*m on her face" or "c*m inside"? I'm getting really tired of this childish games with childish story aimed at young boys aged 12+, that think all this childish nonsence is so hot....

Once In A Lifetime was superb, but Eternum is on another level. That said, I'm maybe halfway through 0.5's content, and for the past few hours (12... holy shit), I have quite honestly been blown away by the increasing production value.

Seriously, after 0.4 or so, the production value of this game has absolutely skyrocketed. OiaL to Eternum was already a massive jump in quality, but Caribdis only keeps improving with every update.

The story is more involved.
The characters are just as charming.
The music choice is sublime.
The humor has the same wacky and charming quality that made me laugh out loud in OiaL.
The "graphics" are much better.
And now there are animations for more than just the sex scenes. I genuinely question whether this is still made in HS2 or if Caribdis went and got a whole studio involved.

Overall, if Once In A Lifetime was a solid 10 out of 10, Eternum is a 12.

God damn, am I going to be devastated when I reach the end of 0.6 and have to wait for more.

Amazing game Caribdis! Even my broke ass will probably throw a few cents your way soon! If only out of desperation...

Story: The story has managed to capture and hold my interest, and I'm genuinely excited to see where it goes. It boasts a rich and diverse cast of characters, with a vast majority of them serving as love interests. The gameplay is smooth and remarkably engaging, especially when interacting with the female characters. While the overarching narrative might be slow to unfold, there's a sense of mystery surrounding one of the girls, adding an extra layer of intrigue to the plot.
Writing: Although the English writing in the game can be a bit awkward at times, it also has moments where it feels more natural and adds depth to the story. It's not just a matter of translation; it could benefit from some editing and proofreading beyond basic spellchecking. Nonetheless, it has a delightful sense of humor that often had me laughing. It's clear that the writing possesses charm, and while there's room for improvement, it's far from unsalvageable. Sometimes, it feels like the writing would greatly benefit from AI tools to elevate its quality further.
Renders: The renders in the game showcase a mix of strong and weaker points, but the overall quality is commendable. While it may require some attention to detail, the effort put into the artwork is evident. The visuals manage to create an immersive and enjoyable gaming experience, and they complement the story nicely.
Gameplay: In terms of gameplay, "Superpower Odyssey" adheres to the typical visual novel format, offering a comfortable and familiar experience. While it doesn't break new ground, it doesn't need to. It provides a reliable and enjoyable gaming experience, particularly for fans of the genre. If you have some free time on your hands, I highly recommend giving this game a try. It's a delightful journey that offers a balance of story and character interactions that are sure to captivate players.

Eternum is an excellent virtual novel, adventure, ero-game. The game has a compelling through narrative with multiple, well written erotic happenstances. The character art is excellent, using a style that gets around the uncanny valley while providing a healthy amount of realism(?). It follows a very vanilla harem style, but I think that is a good thing and if it remains that way, will likely be the best of its kind.

My sweet lord! I just finished 0.6 and I'm completely in AWE! How? I mean, listen guys, I have been playing these for 7 years now, and I have a pretty competitive sheet where I'm ranking my favorite VNs. It has become so crowded there that when a new update gets a rank bump of 1 or 2 places to a game, it means it has been extremely good! So, I had Eternum ranked sixth before this update, which is ALREADY a very high rank, and with a perfect 10/10 evaluation. Now... It simply jumped to the first place. Not even considerate for the big names already living up there. So uncivilized. Yet, so deserved I couldn't do differently. I enjoyed this SO MUCH! It has been a wild ride, and gave me so much emotion... I still need to process this. Crazy. You can't go wrong with this game.

Eternum lives in my head rent free, and it's not fair. Caribdis, how did you manage to do this to so many of us?

Great humor slapstick or otherwise.
Great music choices when it comes to certain scenes.
The girls feel like 'real', at least as much as a erotic game can be.

My potato monkey brain is incapable of finding anything I'd even care to classify as a flaw. 5/5 will dread waiting for the next patch again.

One of the absolute best games out there, especially in terms of art and story it is a cut or three (dozen) above the rest. But the sheer size and complexity of the universe here is what really leaves me in pure awe whenever I'm lucky enough to see a new update here. Not to mention I can't imagine not falling in literal love with at least one of these girls.

Masterpiece of a game. The art, the story, the sex scenes. Everything is just so good. Highly recommended, you'll definitely get turned on during the sex scenes, even if you have to work for the scenes you want. The story just gets deeper and more interesting as the dialogue goes, you're kept wanting more as if you're on a cliff hanger of a series. The dialogue can feel long and annoying, but damn is it worth it. Its fucking funny, its interesting, it just draws you in and makes you love the characters more. The music, they weren't kidding about the music, definitely keep it on while playing. The music just made the game this much better, especially during some specific scenes. I think I'm in love. Gotta thank Caribdis for that.

Strongest contender for my favourite VN out of every one I've tried so far. There are some "scary" parts which I personally don't do well with, but it's far up there in my list sitting comfortably in the top 2.
The story is captivating, the renders and moving shots are stunning and unique as far as I know, and the main ladies are all gorgeous and lovely in their own ways, both in terms of their looks and their personalities.
That last scene with Alexandra at the end of v0.6 is absolutely my favourite so far and I cannot wait to see everything else that comes with the story!

Absolutely wonderful game. I previously avoided Eternum like the plague, I just couldn't get past the intro but it was so worth it. Absolutely phenomenal story and the characters actually all feel different and all have their own motivations. The sex scenes are really well animated with excellent use of sound effects. The humour is also good. I have laughed more during this game than in any movie i have ever seen, but it is never overbearing.

10/10 do reccomend.