- Thread starter Caribdis
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Sure, but defending against what? You can defend against false facts and you can argue interpretations, but you can't defend againat opinion. You can disagree with it, but not defend against it. Nor is shouting down or denying them constructive to future iterations. That's especially the case for game like this that really is a top game, and people are secure in that, so really there's little to defend in the first place. I just think that people should be open to constructive critique that is well meant, in all games not just this one
I don't know if this game can be considered a linear visual novel, there were so many choices I had to try out and I missed so many small details. It's amazing how the dev can pay close attention to the smallest of details such as a change of few words in some of the dialogues.
- Jan 24, 2019
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Can't agree more. If I were to compare the structure of Eternum to other games we can find in this platform, this would be one of those "Story-driven games that just happened to have porn on them". We get way more story than sex scenes per update, and the interaction between characters feels "organic" for lack of a better word. We are actually establishing relationships instead of the common "Girl sees man with big dick, girl suddenly wants to fuck and is suddenly head over heels for the MC for some reason". (Of course, one could argue that this is almost similar to the case with Nancy, but that's not really it since we worked out a relationship first, and did a bit of exploring on the consequences of doing it, mainly on Nancy's side.)
If anyone reading this wants to see an example of what I'm talking about, check out Grandma's house, specifically the MC's interaction with the Massage lady and the receptionist of that spa
EDIT: thinking about it now, I don't think Nancy's totally in love with the MC yet . Her dynamic with the MC feels way more like she wants to re-explore her youth than actually being in love, other wise she wouldn't ask Orion if he'd like to bang her daughters if given the chance
- Jul 5, 2021
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Are you saying that, after the spanking, we'll move on to oral?*Oh yes, even though... Words aren't the first things we, as worshipper of the Goddess, will have with them...
After the "treatment" well, yes, we could use some words of love too.... To encourage them following the righteous path of course, nothing else...
*I know that isn't the actual quote, but thought it fit better.
- Dec 11, 2022
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Another example of such a game is mbml
Sometimes I feel nii chan and carbdis are brothers
Both mention about each other's game as Easter eggs
- May 21, 2017
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It's linear in a sense that there is only one major story path and that the only "branching" there is at the moment either doesn't affect the plot in a major way (see: Space Station choice in who to help) or grey out a love interest's path and consequently make players miss out on story moments that could've happened during said love interest's event. Of course that could change as we get close to the final act, where the little choices we've made in the course of the story as players will likely affect the ending we get (as in the case of OIAL).
Compare that to, say, The Witcher 2 where the choices you make right at the start could potentially put you in wildly different paths and scenarios that are unique in their own right. This allows the game to be replay-friendly, but for a porn game with episodic content this could lead to longer dev times due to the branching paths thing or lead to updates that have - objectively - a lot of content but the kind that most players will not see if they're only invested in one path/playthrough (see: BADIK).
- Jan 24, 2019
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It is indeed linear. If we were to draw it's entire plot, it follows a straight line, with minor branching parts here and there. None of your choices alters the story and its world in a significant way, apart from closing off romance paths to some characters which causes you to miss some scenes.
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- Nov 18, 2019
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Weeeell, not exactly since the first approach to such miscreants is generally the use of the sacred pan on their heads but...Are you saying that, after the spanking, we'll move on to oral?*
*I know that isn't the actual quote, but thought it fit better.
But I must admit that your approach sound rather interesting as well....
I agree, there is one major story and whatever choices you make doesn't change where the story goes but just affects which girl you end up with so I agree that in that sense it's linear.
It would be interesting for the game to have that sort of option where you can change major events in the game but this is a porn game we are talking about and that sort of visual novel is just too much work for the dev
- Nov 4, 2022
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This is the key part on what separates an AVN from a "porn game" for me. I know that to a lot of people an AVN is a porn game by definition and they use those terms interchangeably, but I don't. For me, a "porn game" is a game that is focused solely on the sexual content and whose story and characters (such as they are) are just ancillary to that goal. In other words, if you were to remove all the lewd content from such a game, you would be left with an empty husk that has nothing to hold your attention.
In what I call proper AVNs, such as Eternum, the writing can stand on its own merits and the lewd stuff flows naturally from the complex worldbuilding and characterization. Remove the lewd and I will still be playing to see how the story develops, whether my theories were right or wrong and I will be looking forward to seeing all the characters I've become invested in over the course of the game.
Naturally, some allowances have to be made to accommodate some things, like a harem setting that all the women are just cool with, but it doesn't detract from the overall experience in any way.
In other news, yesterday I started a brand new plathrough in anticipation of 0.6. I have a few theories I will be trying to verify (like Calypso being an antagonist) and my memory needs some refreshing. I've only played the game twice so far, believe it or not - the first time when it was at 0.2, and more recently the 0.5 version which puts me at a bit of a disadvantage against some of the hardcore Eturnumites here.
And I'm already having a blast. Again!
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- May 21, 2017
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/Replays the game for the nth time
/Notices something weird in the beginning slides of the story
/does a quick mental math
Me: ...So she's been side-hustling since she was 8? Talk about being dedicated...
/Notices something weird in the beginning slides of the story
/does a quick mental math
Me: ...So she's been side-hustling since she was 8? Talk about being dedicated...
- Aug 4, 2020
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bruh annie's on the fuckin grindset and we out here fapping to her buttcheeks
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I haven't replayed the beginning, but "announcing" and "releasing" a game are two different things. I mean...she still would be like 11 or 12 even if it would've taken them 3 or 4 years between announcing and releasing Eternum.
- Nov 18, 2019
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Agreed also the neural implant cost 2500 US dollars, I don't know how much you can make with side gigs and other works, but she surely needed time to gather all that money to buy it.
Also, there was the chat about minors playing Eternum when Orion, Alex and Nova where looking for Calypso in the Ogygia server, I highly doubt Annie could have start playing that many years before, I suspect she was at least 14/15 at max... I mean it's still early but it would be more reasonable....