VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.9.2] [Caribdis]

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Nomkah

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Just finished this update, quality and character development still top notch. Updates feel short but I understand it's a lot of work to product something that's quality.

No spoilers but ending this time is even more intense than last time. Super curious how this one's gonna get resolved. Honestly one of the few NSFW games where I'm here for the story as much as the porn.
 
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Valath

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Fr Is the rating of this game boosted ? Most of the 5 Stars reviews come from weird accounts with zero or only one message
The number of reviews is also strangely high compared to other similarly popular games.
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Game doesn't really need a boost, IMHO. It stands on its own merits.

I don't want to be That Guy, and since these are games that we get for free it feels borderline mean to say so... but Caribdis isn't exactly representative of the typical 4+-star fare on this site, and thank fuck for that.

I guess some of it is down to personal taste. I get it. I tried Pale Carnations, Desert Stalker and Depraved Awakening, and I can only shake my head in disbelief, but people do demonstrably like them. But I doubt anyone would seriously argue that Eternum is comparable to Lucky Paradox (4.5 stars and borderline nonsensical in both plot and characterization) or A House in the Rift (4.7 stars, yet with basic story structure that virtually inverts all the laws of dramatic narration)...

...shit, I did end up being mean here didn't I. Still, I think the point is clear. Eternum is not perfect, but it is, IMHO, entertaining and polished. That gets you places, or so I imagine.
 
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Fr Is the rating of this game boosted ? Most of the 5 Stars reviews come from weird accounts with zero or only one message
The number of reviews is also strangely high compared to other similarly popular games.
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Just play the game. This is one of the top 5 games on this website, assuming you like harem games.
 
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The first three you mentioned you think are not? Yoiu're either blind or an idiot.

Haha...whatever. I think what you mean is they are not anime style therefore I think they are shit? Get it right. To say any of those three you first mentioned are neither entertaining, polished or well written etc...is just....if you don't like them, fine, say so, but don't make shit up.
 
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Just finished this update, quality and character development still top notch. Updates feel short but I understand it's a lot of work to product something that's quality.

No spoilers but ending this time is even more intense than last time. Super curious how this one's gonna get resolved. Honestly one of the few NSFW games where I'm here for the story as much as the porn.
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I'm waiting on this, but I've seen a few comments about the brevity of the release. I recall that there will be two mutually exclusive paths through this one - are you only going one route, or did you do both?
 
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Maviarab said:
The first three you mentioned you think are not? Yoiu're eitehr blind or an idiot.

Haha...whatever. I think what you mean is they are not anime style therefore I think they are shit? Get it right.
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That last paragraph didn't say Eternum was alone by those two metrics. It did say being entertaining, polished and well written will net you high scores. Which was in answer to the original question about why Eternum got high scores.

As you will be able to tell by reading my post, I did put down my dislike of the three first games to personal taste. Not lack of polish or the writing. This was in contrast to the last two games mentioned, who still boast a number of five-star reviews.

Which part(s) of this confused you? I'm here to help.
 
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man, this update leaked obscenely fast.
I feel kinda bad for the dev.
Not that it'll stop me from playing the game.
I'm not a good person...
 
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I don't think I liked this update as much as the last one, however it was still a good time and still one of the best games on the site.
 
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Fr Is the rating of this game boosted ? Most of the 5 Stars reviews come from weird accounts with zero or only one message
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Just to put perspective into everything, my first AVN was Being A Dik which quickly set the bar for me in what I initially thought AVNs were like. After playing that game, I spent time looking around the forums here and downloading a bunch more only to realize what a gem BAD was compared to the others. It's not that the others were bad - they were good by all means, but BAD set a standard as to what a gem in the industry is. Then I noticed quite a few sigs with Eternum on them in the BAD discussion and figured I'd try it just to see if the hype is real. Spoiler alert, the hype was real. Eternum was the first game that was on par for BAD for me. It didn't have any crazy mechanics like BAD did, but the story was phenomenal, the romance has a nice pacing leaving you anticipating and asking WHEN WHEN WHEN??

I've been following BAD before Season 3 and the Interlude released and always silently lurking in the background reading through the forums. Eternum is the first forum I've posted on because I simply could not hold back my excitement enough - not even the anticipation for EP9 and EP10 in BAD had me this excited and I was OOBER excited for them.
 
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Fr Is the rating of this game boosted ? Most of the 5 Stars reviews come from weird accounts with zero or only one message
The number of reviews is also strangely high compared to other similarly popular games.
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Imho a fairly easy way to gauge reality , is to check the amount of complaints , even scorn the game and its dev are receiving in the comments and reviews section . I don't wanna derail the tread into bashing sessions , but good examples of inflated (or even initially loved and fallen from grace) titles would be 4 stars and 4+ stars stuff like WVM or Fashion Business , that don't currently get much love in comments . Sheer indifference is a decent indicator as well ... while there are some obscure and hidden gems here and there , nobody discussing some high rated games ain't a good sign
 
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I didn't say the game doesn't deserve a good rating,I just said the number of reviews is weird....
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There is some kind of "war" going on between Pale Carnation and Eternum for the top spot on this page. My guess is, many people who usually don't rate just did it so their preferred game is number 1.
 
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William sees the opportunity to disinherit Alex, hence the visit.
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AHAH! I knew it!

So, someone good enough to show the picture that pops when you have to choose between heads or tails on Ekabar? I feel like there's something there, but I'm not sure.

Who is the woman who follows Orion into the woods? An avatar of Idriel?

I love how Chop-Chop becomes even more mysterious after his last sentence on the balcony!

I guess that with this end of update we will surely be fixed during 0.8 on the fact that Orion is linked to the story that Calypso told (I completely forgot the names). A vision, maybe it's Calypso herself who will come and save Orion, a regeneration ability or something like this.

Anyway, another top update. I thought we were going to get the pirate arc in one go but it's also fun this way!
 
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