Others - Goodbye Eternity [v0.11.0] [RNGeusEX]

Such a shame...

Art is over the top. You can feel the hard work dev is putting in.

Story is anxiety fest. But in the end everything is a nothing burger.

MC is a spineless loser whom is turning his life around. But the progress has been so fucking slow, it kills your motivation to continue.

Nearly every character is a piece of shit. Some change their ways. Some keep being an eye sore.

Sandbox elements aren't a turnoff but there is not much sand here, YET.
So i would take my time before playing this again. Maybe nearing its end idk.

Story is all over the place. Shit happens sometimes so fast, with no explaination. And sometimes you expect something to happen but nothing changes.

Its been a while but the game is still on its early stage, so it makes you wander around aimlessly. It gets boring quite fast.

But lets see how this journey ends. Maybe next year.

Honestly this is a really solid package and well worth the time and admission price if you get it through Patreon. Good art, good writing, decent branching paths and pretty good characters (Macumba being obviously the best one) hell, even the MC has some personality going for him which is something really rare in hentai VNs. My only real criticisms would be that:

1.- The placements of the secret stashes are kinda arbitrary and nonsensical sometimes so trying to get them all quickly turns into you frustratingly clicking every pixel on your screen.
2.- The whole stats system is completely useless and honestly feels like wasted potential for some fallout-esque skill checks on dialogue and routes which would fit perfectly into this whole "you got one try so make the most of it" feel that the game is going for.
3.- There's no incentive to keep playing even a minute after you complete the main story (which, again, is pretty linear despite what the game tells you) money is completely useless with no shops or things like that to be seen, no unlockable scenes or even dialogue after the credits roll and even the cheats that you unlock after getting all the stashes feel pretty underwhelming.
4.- Gameplay gets a bit repetitive after a while, I know it's a VN but if you're gonna put some days in between story sections where you only go to work and skip the rest of the day (which I understand is done for the sake of pacing) I think it wouldn't hurt to add a bit of something there, I don't ask for any mini games or such since I'm well aware of the limitations of renpy as an engine but maybe some dialogue or little inconsequential scenes in the restaurant or with other characters in other places, just something that will keep monotony at bay.

But besides my somewhat petty grievances I think this game is good, specially considering it still is on it's v0.6 release and it's pretty hefty in terms of content for the first and second time around so I'm really excited to see the direction it goes next (specially looking forward to Natsume's and Chiaki's routes) so, kudos to you dev!

story is good. characters are good. different paths are good. But the most good thing is drawings. Its so warm and hot at the same time! My eyes feel joy, as well as my 3rd eye (not joking). Music is good. Played it on android and pc, no problems anywhere, no buggs. I just wish to have more to play sooner!

This game is amazing, hands down one of the best. It's not perfect, but it's close.

Pros:
-Arts.
-Animations.
-H-Scenes.
-Stories/Routes (This one is more subjective, but it's good enough to be put here)

Neutral:
-Drama (It can be cliche sometime)

Minor Con:
-Unlocking Route (Sometime unlocking a route can be confusing, but it's a minor thing really)

This game is worth your time. If you love drama, harem, and/or a story where it seems like the world (or the people around you) is going against you, then you'll like this, if not at least enjoy it.

A game with excellent art and good potential.

Art wise, really good. Probably some of the best 2d animations I've seen, and the static drawings are very good as well. The backgrounds and great and the world map also feels much more dynamic than most games.

As of 0.6.1 there is a fair amount of content but there's quite a bit of clicking around with nothing happening, or just skipping time because there seems to be nothing to do. This will likely change once more of the characters' interactions are added.

In terms of the story, I can see the potential for something good, although the signals seem to be very much in the vein of corruption, although it does seem possible to avoid if you want to.

The introduction is very abrupt. Start the game, get a couple of lines of text, and you're in a sandbox. It would be nice if there was some more significant introduction at the start.

Let’s start with the obvious, the game is beautiful, and not only the characters, but the backgrounds and interface is too... so if you care only about that... go ahead and enjoy

Now about the deal breaker…

I CAN’T PLAY THIS WITHOUT INCEST...

OK, OK… Let me explain… I'm not an incest afficionado, but much like that famous game with father’s debt that had to be censored cuz of Patreon, the story doesn’t make much sense without it, since it seems like it was built around it.

I may sound like a broken record as some people probably pointed it out, but the game “flirts” around incest too much and takes a HUGE hit cuz it tries to make them closer than strangers, but without any prior relation...

Living for free with another COMPLETELY UNRELATED altruist single mother that assumed responsibility for you AND your father’s debt because of reasons!!!? F.F.S.!

Sry but my suspension of disbelief is not that high

That's kinda sad cuz i liked the art

Extra life is a great project filled with passion. Multiple routes planned for multiple characters, lots of choices and beautifully animated scenes. On top of that great music distinguishes this game. Although new music isn't as good as the old one it's still way better than most games. I'm hoping for way more content in the future (especially more Noriko).
Art 4.5/5
Story - 4.5/5
Gameplay 4.5/5
Fapability 5/5
Originality 5/5
Music 6/5 (old) 5/5 (new)

I don't think I've ever experienced a higher level of discrepancy between the quality of the art and... well, everything else.

Every scene has an outline of immediately recognizable fetishism to it yet the absolutely braindead nature of the writing and dialogue and the pitiful amount of effort put into characterization drains them of all the possible eroticism.

The art is glossy and nice to look at but everything else isn't even an afterthought -- it's significantly worse than that.

Really, not much else to say about this game. An utterly hollow experience.

Solid 4.5 (I'll give 5 because it's just really that good).

The plot itself is pretty straightforward except it's really not, you thought this is just gonna be revenge porn game but there're a lot of story that has been built so yeah don't just expect for a fast porn game. Every side character (or i guess girls) has their own story and it sometimes connected with each other.

The control is simple imo but somewhat minimalistic to the eye with how it's placed, take regular cliche renpy game and got furnish to the top and you'll get this game. Sadly there's no scrolling back but at least saving/loading is easy.

The art is top tier (for this type of game), from the interface that has cute and fancy design that don't really make you confused playing it. Each character don't really look the same and their design to their clothes is really well made. Even the porn is really good, it's lewd but not too overbearing and imo the body proportion is almost realistic as in they make it not strangely sexy.

Lastly the current thing that they can try to improve is the sound, some bgm is really repetitive to the point even when fucking is the same music. Regardles they used some really good quality music. Also character don't really feels alive without some voice (at least make it just one voiceline for some chars) and maybe add some moans to the porn and you're good to go.

While I have enjoyed what the developers have done, I'm hoping that more story and more options will only flesh out a high quality game. Some twists with corruption, betrayal, fetishes, etc would add significant value.

Art are totally nuts, UI very fine. A lot of game could inspire from this one !
Also character are well work, just waiting tohave some things to buy with money we are grinding.

Can't wait for next updates !

I'll start with my overall rating and impressions of the game:

I'd give this game an overall rating of 8/10 which I think is better than many games available at the moment.

Story: 7/10

I feel as if the story is one of the weakest aspects of the game so far but it's certainly not bad. It could be that the story is just beginning and that we haven't seen much of it but I'm going to judge based off of what there currently is.

The whole 'retry' theme of the story certainly isn't new in fiction but I have played a few games with that theme. It's certainly not oversaturated, and I am looking forward to how our MC will stop the yakuza-like threat.

I do feel like the whole "your father left his debt with us, and we took you in" trope is overused, especially in other H-games (no need to name any) but, once again, it isn't bad. It's just oversaturated.

The only thing I am slightly worried about is that we're currently in 0.5.9 and it feels as if though the story has yet to get anywhere with the gangs and Sakuya. However, I trust that this is your story and that you will do it justice so I'm not too worried (I've also seen what you've planned on your Patreon as well). Also, I see that you're planning to add more choice paths in the game which I am quite excited for.

Characters: 7.5/10

The characters are by no means unique and deep, but they're not based upon oversaturated tropes either. The only character I dislike would be Macumba and it's just because he has no depth to his character beyond exercise and music. Then again, we may see more of him in future updates and if so, I'll gladly take back what I said about him. I absolutely love the other characters though. I do think the character design is good for all of the characters (even the new Chiaki model though I preferred the old one).

Art Style and Animation: 9.5/10

This is one of the best aspects of the game and I remember first playing this game and being blown away by how beautiful it is. I didn't want to give this a 10/10 as I'm sure some idiot would start bitching about how this game has better art and whatnot. Nevertheless, I gave it a 9.5. I shouldn't need to explain further; just play the game if you don't understand why I gave it such a high rating.

UI and Interface: 9/10

This game has one of the best and most unique interfaces and UIs I've seen. Most other games, especially RPGs, have that same bland interface and this is definitely a breath of fresh air. It seems so clean, and fluid and I have no issues with it except it can be a little bit slow on my low-end pc (but nothing too major).

Music (and SFX): 8.5/10

The music is great and does a good job of portraying the mood. I hope that we get more tracks in future updates. In terms of SFX, it seems quite lacking, however you may have done that on purpose, and it isn't a big issue (especially when the music makes up for it).

Money System: 5/10

I'll be plain and simple with you - money seems useless in this game except for the end goal of getting rid of the debt Yasuka is dealing with. I would suggest being able to spend it at the Konbini and being able to purchase toys to spice up the bedroom scenes but it's entirely up to you and I hope you have a plan for it. I also dislike the aspect of finding money as it's very tedious and annoying.

Developer: 9/10

I think you are one of the most active developers in engaging with what your community is saying, especially on this site and it's very pleasing to know that you actually care about your fans instead of just taking our money. I'm glad that you're able to work on this full-time and I am very happy with how frequent the game gets updated.

Final Comments:

I apologise for the long review, but I wanted to give reasons for everything and explain them. Overall, the game has its short-comings, but I do believe that they can (and most probably - will) be fixed in future updates. Even then, there are very few bugs and it's generally a really fun game to play. I do stick by my 8/10 overall rating, but I do believe that this game has the potential to be a 9/10 or even a 10/10 game once it has finished. I do also believe that it's one of the best games on this site and an underrated, hidden gem.

-The Devil

The art and story are both top notch. No technical issues. I can only speak for the English translation but it is very good. The amount of content is not amazing but two of the girls have very good routes already and there are a few other scenes. The game also receives regular substantial content updates.

Excellent art, that is, there is a great job in terms of the general design of the game, its interface, the characters, the maps, I am not complaining about this, I played it and I liked it.

-Drawing/3D modeling: 5 (the best I've seen, in terms of +18 games. This drawing/art is one of the best out there..)

-Music/Background sound: 2.5 (I think it has an environment for each scene but I didn't get to feel it, the waifus don't have voices, I think it's an aspect to improve)

-Plot: 3 (Well, I think it's the typical return and I'm going to change my life. If they develop the argument well, it can be an excellent story, however the game is still in its early days and I feel that they are rushing things a lot in terms of the characters that are there.)

Map: 5 (It is well done )

-Animation: 4 (The animation is fine, basic in some scenes, excellent in others. but it's enjoyable.)

- 18+ Scenes: 3 (If there are scenes +18, for the content that the game has, they seem enough to me. But I feel that there is a certain character that has much more scenes, that is to say that from one moment to another they developed the relationship of X character so yes, and I feel that it would have been better not to implement those scenes quickly.)

-Gameplay: 3.5(I think that to have the sandbox tag it lacks, but it lets you do some actions and play as you see fit, it doesn't limit you to doing something to be able to interact with something else.)

-Interface: 5 (it's well done, all clear)

4/5

This game is truly unique, there's so much love and care put into this game so much detail and not to mention the sleek modern UI design I'm already looking forward to the following updates,

Props to the developer (team if there is any I haven't done my homework) genuinely amazing work, I'm surprised I haven't checked this game out tell now hope to see more of this game in the future.

God's sake just the art style is 10$ worth i will pay for it if becomes available in steam, the story is really really good, the author is not joking, he is taking his time to make a real piece of hardwork here, is a honest work, a very beautiful (and lewd) piece of art.

It's like devs these days care only about release schedule on Patreon, so they won't lose any subs.

A lot of games I've played recently had this awfully slow pace story with low amount of sex content. Less animations - faster releases, amirite ?

Loved the art style and dialogues. Good atmosphere..buuut...it doesn't click with me because of mentione above reason.

Hint system for dialogue choices is great.
Money grind isn't. Dev: "Hey, mouse over that button so you can see all hidden money within location". Also dev "Now we're gonna take all you money without any warning so you can grind that sht in restaurant for days". Why thank you.

(as of 0.5.9)

Pros:

• Beautiful art and animations
• Pretty good character development
• Interesting side characters
• Good UI

Unfortunately there are cons too:

• Money "finding" with the RNG is a very bad idea. Nobody likes total RNG in games unless there is a very good reason for that (like in RPG games)
  The idea that in each location there is a lot of money hidden is bad too. It became a chore and not a reward.
• Sandbox is very limited now. You can go to different locations but there is nothing you can do there. I assume it will be improved in further updates.
• The steps you should take to progress are not clear sometimes. The game says you entered a plot where you progress character X and you'll be able to go back to the main plot whenever you want. How? It switched back automatically after I done everything but this info was misleading.
• There is some room for UI improvements - fancy animations are OK but they should not come at the cost of usability
• Outfits should be locked by default and unlocked during the gameplay - I assume that this is the goal in futher updates, so this one is grayed out.

I have some plot concerns too, but they're very subjective so I will leave them to myself.
Overall: a decent game with some room for improvements.

Game had a great story and you were also trying to rescue innocent Chiaki from her evil brother that will destroy the entire town with a very bad gang! Natsumi was just a foolish girl that did not realize how evil Chiaki's brother is but she is rich and has an upscale regale appearance and speech but she has been turned into a fucking trash whore! She looks disgusting.

When you change a game years later and change the very characters it shows that developer is a wishy washy developer and does not keep the original story but changes it willy nilly! I can no longer believe in this game or story and the change in Natsumi artwork has ruined it.

You can not just change story characters as you want as a writer and you can't do it as a game developer either! This is a betrayal to the very life of the game.

I loved this game but these changes in the very characters themselves has destroyed the premise of the story! Changing characters is a big damn NO NO in any book, story, or game!

Quality: Very high quality game. The production values of scenes, background CG are off the chart.

Story: imho it is pretty good atleast for this site standard. One of the few porn games that actually have any sort of foreshadowing lmao.

Translation: English isnt my 1st language but I feel like the translation is pretty off sometimes. It isnt hard to understand but the wording idk feel kinda weird in some area.

Content: The current content is around 2-3 hrs, pretty short but it's understandable since the game is still pretty young.

I expected great things from this game. Best of luck to mr. RNGeusEX.