VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.8.5 Public] [Caribdis]

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Alandir

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Eternum has its flaws like everything does, but it does what it sets out to be pretty much perfectly.
There are games that have a better story, there are games that have better characters, there are games that have better animations. But there are very few games that are as consistently good in all three of these.
And I don't think anyone does the lighthearted, funny harem romp better than caribdis does.
This isn't a game about telling a deep story with complex themes. This is a game about hanging out with a group of likable friends, getting into wacky adventures and then fucking all of them. And that's what its good at.
 
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Eternum is far from mediocre, I can't really point out any flaws in it since every aspect of the game is well done. But I think this is what makes it "mediocre", every part of the game is just "well done" and not "exceptional".
Eternum is kind of like fast food, it's very accessible. And while I prefer home cooked food more because it is better suited to my tastes, it doesn't make me think any less of fast food.
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I think it really depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a lighthearted game that is fun, I dont think you are going to find a better game than this one. While I have my nitpicks, to me it is in many ways an almost perfect harem game. There are no negative feelings associated with any of the love interests and you can still have tension because the plot is competently written. If you like harem games and are ok with the suspension of disbelief required to enjoy them, it is just a joy to play through from beginning to end. So to me that is what makes it exceptional and is why I think this deserves the highest rating on f95 that it currently has. I cannot think of a single game on this website I have had more fun playing.

If you are looking for something that deals serious/dark topics or are looking for something more realistic, there are probably better games. I personally am a big fan of pale carnations when it comes to serious topics - I think it has deeper characters and better overall writing. Similarly I like superhuman for its plot and its setting - urban fantasy is one of my favorite genres of fantasy and I prefer its plot and worldbuilding over that of eternum. But with that being said, I enjoyed playing eternum a lot more than either of these games because the game kept my interest and every single emotion I had playing it was a positive one. Even the more drama fueled scenes like William slapping Alex or Regina being a bitch quickly turn into heartwarming ones instead of the game trying to prolong and focus on the drama. Another example is the rivalry between Penny and Dalia - I think most other games that have rivalries like this would have amped up the drama and made things turn a bit sour before sorting it out. But in this game everything about the rivalry just feels cute.
 
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Dorfnutter said:
Quotes above: "Everybody gon' fap on release day!!"

Me on 0.6 release (as per usual):

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I'm into delayed gratification. I probably won't even download until a week or three later after everyone else has found everything that might be broken (yeah - not that common with this AVN). ;)

Question: have you already resupplied on different colored yarns (you'll need more than just the standard red for your cogitations), tacks and post-its?:ROFLMAO:
 
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I think that some people tend to forget that Caribdis is a small, independent developer and compare his work to some of the best titles from Leaf, Nitroplus, Type-Moon or AliceSoft, which is ridiculous, since these are well established companies, with decades of experience, hiring dozen of artists per title.

Is Eternum as a game on par with Sengoku Rance, Phantom of Inferno or things like Utawarerumono? No. None of the games posted here is. And they shouldn't be. They offer different kind of experience.

Small developers can afford to experiment. Sometimes you get something goofy, sometimes you get something really creative and this approach is usually unlikely to happen when the publisher is looking at the budget. I'm guessing that goes double for Japanese companies, who are VN industry leaders.

Caribdis is doing great and you can already tell the progress made since Once in the Lifetime (which was also fun experience), but Eternum, Being a dick and other amazing VNs we get here should really be compared only with each other, not with professionally voiced VNs, with entire editorial board, freaking anime opening and professional composers working on soundtracks.
 
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What's amusing about that is that I just had the opportunity to rename a redheaded character in another VN that was getting a fresh start, and the term "Nova" came to mind (also the redhead aspect), but I couldn't do that, so I called her "Merida"...

Now this shows up. :ROFLMAO:
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Thank you for clarifying why my brain took a sharp left turn when I saw that pic.
 
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HOW in the fuck did you manage to make these girls look so fucking HOT in this engine? Man these models are just too hot, i am a huge sucker for eyes, the eyes are ON FUCKING POINT.. crème de la crème even, especially Nancy, she is a smokeshow!

Edit: AHAHA that music choice in the beach scene was nice, my brain went full chimp mode for Dalia there.
 
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Wait.... im at the part where we meet "the founder", but the voices say "you have to remember, don't believe his lies" the mc keeps having flashbacks, he has visions outside eternum, he is a game dev, or he made some game when he was 14, he is super Intelligent too, what if its something the MC created, or he created the AI for the Founder, and it somehow developed itself like AI writing its own code (which is scary af), but he somehow lost his memories? He has 100% compatibility, the MC also has "Ancient Magic", which no one knows about, he basically cheated death after getting his heart pierced. Hyper reflexes, power, and speed outside eternum too, no way this is a coincidence.

Then the AI girl we meet first says something along the lines of "hope this time is the right one" what if they keep rewriting his memories and trying to accomplish something with a different outcome, like the coin, she keeps getting Head, but once she catches it, and we say Tails she smiles, like this "round/try" or whatever will be a different outcome, not the same as the others.

Then there is thanatos or whatever his name is, not only is he the best "player", he let us live after we stand up to him after just looking at us the first time we meet him, like he knew us or something, but then he somehow got into the restricted server??? He says to calypso she has no idea what she is made for, so many questions....

There are no mentions, sightings or anything about the founder in the real world, so he must be some AI because mc had the same headache around calypso who also can't access the real world. What if memories about these two are blocked off somehow, and when he sees them he keeps getting a headache because his brain is trying to find the connection which it can't access, and he just overloads.

At this point we never really saw or heard, besides some thoughts, about the Father of MC, again, what if these are not real memories, if my memory serves me right neither chang nor annie really talk about it, like the father is just some afterthought, this is all so weird and i have a feeling all of this will be connected in the near future, maybe the father is the Founder and mc has 100% compatibility because he has his fathers DNA?

Well, im high af and wanted to type some thoughts XD imma continue playing episode 5, hope i get some answers :D

Amazing, no game on this site made me really think about the plot more than this one, keep it up dev.
 
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Wait.... im at the part where we meet "the founder", but the voices say "you have to remember, don't believe his lies" the mc keeps having flashbacks, he has visions outside eternum, he is a game dev, or he made some game when he was 14, he is super Intelligent too, what if its something the MC created, or he created the AI for the Founder, and it somehow developed itself like AI writing its own code (which is scary af), but he somehow lost his memories? He has 100% compatibility, the MC also has "Ancient Magic", which no one knows about, he basically cheated death after getting his heart pierced. Hyper reflexes, power, and speed outside eternum too, no way this is a coincidence.

Then the AI girl we meet first says something along the lines of "hope this time is the right one" what if they keep rewriting his memories and trying to accomplish something with a different outcome, like the coin, she keeps getting Head, but once she catches it, and we say Tails she smiles, like this "round/try" or whatever will be a different outcome, not the same as the others.

Then there is thanatos or whatever his name is, not only is he the best "player", he let us live after we stand up to him after just looking at us the first time we meet him, like he knew us or something, but then he somehow got into the restricted server??? He says to calypso she has no idea what she is made for, so many questions....

There are no mentions, sightings or anything about the founder in the real world, so he must be some AI because mc had the same headache around calypso who also can't access the real world. What if memories about these two are blocked off somehow, and when he sees them he keeps getting a headache because his brain is trying to find the connection which it can't access, and he just overloads.

At this point we never really saw or heard, besides some thoughts, about the Father of MC, again, what if these are not real memories, if my memory serves me right neither chang nor annie really talk about it, like the father is just some afterthought, this is all so weird and i have a feeling all of this will be connected in the near future, maybe the father is the Founder and mc has 100% compatibility because he has his fathers DNA?

Well, im high af and wanted to type some thoughts XD imma continue playing episode 5, hope i get some answers :D

Amazing, no game on this site made me really think about the plot more than this one, keep it up dev.
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I want to reply to this but I think it is better to come back to this thread after you are done with the latest update (for reference you are at the very start of the latest update right now). Stay away from the thread until you are done to avoid spoilers. Glad you are enjoying this game! It is really well made.
 
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