VN - Ren'Py - Eternum [v0.8.4] [Caribdis]

Despite being very early in development, this game is already probably more enjoyable and engaging than most titles on this site: art is nice, world building is great, writing is crisp, all the girls are hot and likeable. The game strikes a pretty good balance between humor and mystery. Author does a good job setting everything up and even with the first release, there is quite a lot content here (even if hardly any lewd one). As a side note, it's nice to see a porn game written by someone who seems to actually like women (say what you want, misogyny is not sexy). Really looking forward seeing future releases of this one.

Good models, plenty of playtime, the right amount of dry punchline humour.
"Difficulty" seems easy, choices are very cookie cutter, might change down the line.

We've all seen the spam of Ren'Py 3D harem games, but this one stands on it's own legs.

Before Starting...
This is the second game of Caribdis and I'm a big fan of his first game as well, so when I heard we gonna get a new game and he is not gonna stop making games I was so happy. I just want to say appreciate his all efforts before starting the game and thank him Anyways...

Good Points
+ Drawings/Renders of the game look amazing. Real-life city & buildings look pretty good. Eternum textures and texture style looks amazing. And all of these have a detailed look with a well-suited color palette as well.
+ Details about Eternum lore especially take my interest a lot and I wanna learn more! And I'm loving things we already know: like all our character's journey to find Calypso was darn amazing... The details we learn were mind-blowing... Basically all details about Eternum lore are pretty darn interesting and good.
+ Aside from lore Eternum's potential about having different servers and stories etc being used by DEV pretty darn well! He creates different stories, ambiance, and musics for them and they are well fitted. Especially that Detective server was scary AF with all that ambiance and music etc... I was playing those parts while I'm alone in my room without any light... And now im like: ''Mr Carbdis... I don't feel so good...'' LOL
+ Like his other game this game has an amazing sense of humor as well, there are lots of scenes you will lose yourself while laughing. Especially that Dark Souls reference was amazing, I'm still laughing. Or reference to Disney princess or reference to Anakin's feelings about sand etc. There is a lot of them out there and if you are cultured enough you gonna have blast! And Nova keeps hacking other people could be my favorite new thing, I'm just losing it whenever I see a scene about it LMAO. And references are not just about being funny, there are some cool references like Pyramid Head Summon, etc as well.
+ I really love how our DEV uses music, they fit scenes pretty well: especially that creepy music in creepy scenes got me... I can even say the music itself was more creepy than the scenes it self LOL.
+ Girls/Woman looks damn hot, cute, sexy, amazing... Call whatever you want they look 10/10. And not just their look: their characters are damn well made as well. Each of them has their own personality and character traits, non of them feels like copied from the other and they do feel unique a lot: which makes things pretty immersive. Their stories are heartwarming and sometimes sad but always well written, like Luna and her experience with Boggles... That scene just makes me cry... Or how amazing Penelope is or how Annie is the cutest thing in the whole world!
+ Texture quality looks pretty good. We can especially see big improvements in women's body textures.
+ We have well-made and lots of animations for sex and normal scenes. I can easily say this game has the most realistic and good-looking animations and animation physics I have seen in any adult game, they are just perfect. Especially v0.4 GYM animations were dope.
+ New fight mechanics with timed actions, their visuals, and sound effects was dope! It was darn cool and I'm hoping for more! We need more fight scenes like that gladiator fight!

Bad Points
- There are some inconsistent and kind of nonsense scenes where your choices do not work as they should, Axel's and Annie's scene is a good example of this. In that scene we see Annie having a problem with one of him, and we get 3 different options for that scene: we can Ignore, be polite or act aggressively towards him. But even if we choose to "be aggressive" MC just stands there watching them while that dude gropes her ass... I can understand ''being polite'' can lead to this failure but acting aggressively should be fast, fast enough to avoid this scene. And we have some other scenes as well and they need a chance, and DEV should avoid these types of errors for the next versions as well.
- Jerry's existence is so annoying... He is made out from cringe toe to head and his existence is good enough to count as a bad point... Especially his arrogance about Dalia is not bearable at all...
- We have too many teasing and cock-blocking scene, their number keeps increasing with every update and DEV literally adds teasing or cock-blocking scenes to every scene, even if it's not necessary at all, which is quite annoying. For example, even in this 0.5 update, there was a Nancy scene cut by Penelope, then there was a Nova scene, the dialogue was saying you can have sex with her, but another guy come and MC got cock-blocked, then there was Regina scene again it's teased by her but we had no option to had sex with her and then we had another Nancy scene cock-blocked by Gertrude... As you can see even in one update we have an unnecessary amount of cock-blocking and this is 5th update... Basically, DEV keeps cock-blocking MC non-stop and these cock-blocking scenes have literally zero meaning, they are not funny or not needed at all. They just lower the game quality and make things annoying.
- Update v.07 had quite nonsense ending which MC got shot, SMH... Why he acted soo damn egoistic and dumb? You seriously gonna tell me he just turned his back against junkies? Even 10 years old would think turning your back to junkies is pretty damn bad idea after beating their asses like that, they can throw you knifes, some other stuff, or can shot you... That ending makes literally zero sense and screams poor writing, not something I was waiting from Eternum for sure, very bad choice... And what's worse is it's happening literally end of the update, and considering every update takes 7-10 months that's really bad move... We literally have to wait nearly a year to find out what happened to him, BRUH.

For The End
Honestly, this game started perfectly, it was a straight up 5 stars rate game without any problem, but with every update and increasing problems, especially the annoying cock-blocking trope DEV use and thinks it's funny while it's not is lowering this game's quality, the game is already perfect with the way is but he keeps adding some stuff we don't need at all and at this rate I'm gonna drop my rating from 5 stars to 4 stars, it's still one of best adult games I have ever seen, but DEV needs to stop adding bad points over and over again, fix current bad points and overdoing unfunny tropes...

Fuck this game is great just like the first dev game it doesn't disappoint at all, music, modeling, scenes EVERYTHING in the game looks great not to mention the story and the worlds inside the game Eternum with cyber-punc look I just loved it I really have nothing bad to say about the game the story hooked me too much I look forward to its update.

I know it's only in the very early stages, but wow! Great writing, amazingly creative world, interesting characters so far. Considering this is an adult (or porn game) that shares the same site as so many other games that have trouble spelling words, it's amazing. I don't like to compare and contrast in these reviews but Caribdis' first game was amazing, with great characters, hot scenes and a compelling story that actually made you want to play to the end to see what happened. This game is already reaching higher then Once in a Lifetime. Really excited to see where this one goes. It's a must play!

What can I say other than to please play, rate and support this game monetarily as much as possible? Caribdis has already shown us their AVN creating chops through the excellent Once In a Life Time, Eternum is an improvement in every way, in the best of ways. The dialogue is smooth, the writing and plot threads are intriguing, the humour had me laughing out loud at several points, and the visual are by far and away some of the best I've seen. This is an excellent game and well worth the patreon money.

Amazing start to this new game after an excellent prior outing in "Once in a Lifetime". Eternum promises to be a worthy successor in every way, from the top-notch writing, warm humour, and beautiful design and pacing. To say I've been looking forward to this is an understatement for sure!

I played Once In A Lifetime and honestly thought it was spectacular, I even went as far as to give it my first 5-star rating. Now Caribdis comes out with Eternum and even though it's just version 0.1, the storytelling, comedic timing and visuals of the game are some of, if not the best I have ever seen. The ending of version 0.1 just makes me crave for more. Amazing work, Caribdis, I eagerly look forward to your future works.

It is such a great game so far. You can just see how much love and care this game is receiving. I laughed my ass off well more than once (micaela hahaha). It is incredible. The characters look awesome (i guess its personal taste for everyone but I very much enjoy them) and the whole experience just put me into an elevated mood. Definitely already one of my favorites and I cant wait for updates. Keep up the great work Caribdis!

The first version is already great. Im really looking forward to the story unfolding. The differences in girls is nice and im hyped for every new girl that will get added. (need some glasses girls in here). Caribdis has already shown how great a game can be with once in a lifetime so im not to stressed about this going bad. Looking Forward!

0.1

After playing Once in a Lifetime, which is a top tier game in it's own right, Eternum is a massive step up, and it's easy to tell even from the first release.

The characters, background and music all look and sound amazing. This synergizes with the same sense of humour from OiaL. Definitely looking forward to seeing where the story goes and how it'll all play out.

Highly recommended, this is going to be something special indeed.

Well, what can I say? I loved once in a lifetime, and Eternum is not only one step up but several steps up in an even better direction for both quality and story.

Renders look stunning (not easy with honey select), Some Animations look so damn good, I wasn't even sure they where even possible to put them in Renpy( envoirement from the first time arival in eternum server for instance).

Storyelements remind me a little bit on Sword Art Online, which is a good thing, but still keeps its own originality and isn't just a copycat.

Characters are lovable and even the MC has his moments without beeing a total dumbfuck with no backspine or an "I can fuck everyone badass" attitude.

Love it - definetely going to support this one on patreon. 5/5 Keep up the amazing work! This can not only - it WILL be on the top 10 VN/games list for many people, if you do things right. And since I enjoyed the last game - I know that will happen to me at least.

Wow , first release was awesome, nothing more to say , It's AWESOME!!!!
Iloved the models , they're relly goodlooking, the story is really facinating and entertaining , it traps players to want more and more , i relly like harem games so it's a plus for me too, the MC it's really something i like, he is kinda noob but he had the balls when it's needed so another plus for me. It's a rellay good work for my point of view so I LOVED THIS S... CHEERS

The first version was great. Good story telling, world building, introduction to characters and lewd scenes. V0.1 has only 1 sex scene but there is great introduction to main characters, an element of mystery and eroticism. The animations are excellent, characters look good, art style and backgrounds were good as well and music sets the mood for this game, the developer has an excellent sense for music. Moreover after playing 'Once in A Lifetime' the previous game of Caribdis you can expect a lot from it. Try this game at least once and you will be hooked to it.

Really loved Once in a lifetime and decided to check this out. Really impressed by the amount and quality of content there is already for a 0.1 version/initial release. The same humor I love and enjoy from Once in a lifetime is also here which is a huge plus for me. I really like the girls showed so far in the game, all have their own 'unique flavor'. The idea behind Eternum also is very interesting, I really look forward to seeing how the story progresses in the future updates. Also seeing some parts mention from Once in a lifetime is cool, I like those attention to small details. All in all really excited. 5/5 from me. Thank you for making such beautiful and entertaining games Caribdis.

For a first version you can already tell this game is going to be an absolute banger. While there is a lack of smexy content in the first build, you can just tell that this dev knows what he is doing, and has a plan. Story, humor, girls, they are all top notch, really the only thing I can say is that keep this one on your radar, whether you want to wait and play each update or wait for them to pile up for content you will not be disappointed either way.

i don't often write reviews.
but yeah this deserves credit.
i love the whole inside a game world. it can bring a lot of options to the game.
not sure where it's headed and i like that, some mystery maybe even horror ?
the Dev gives the same quality as on his previous work (check it out !) good humour and knowing how to set models.
i hope he stays on his own path, and keeps the fans happy with big updates !
wish you the best of luck with your project.


Peace Out !

This game is one of my absolute favourites! It has a great Story with genuine hilarious delivered jokes and puns and realistic and charismatic charakters. At the beginning only few erotic scenes wich dosen't bother me cause of the entertaining story. 10/10 looking forward for more!

The well-crafted humor of Once in a Lifetime with the plot of Ready Player One (and maybe Inception? TBD). I really hope this story continues.

The models are Honey Select but polished. A story has to be great for me to get over the Honey Select hump, but this one does, and the doors HS opens for animation/etc. are great. The settings feel like a big step up from Once in a Lifetime (esp Eternum), which also helps keep the whole thing feeling high production value.