VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Once in a Lifetime [v1.0] [Caribdis]

for me it is the best game on this site, the two sisters are so cute, the scene when the pianist start playing "i'm blue" at the church made me laugh so much, also the suspense is really immersive. can't wait for the prologue, if you can please support dev's work

I enjoyed this game a little too much and completed all endings...
Ahem, right, starts off really slow for character development and goes onto romance once you get to know girls. Choices you make aren't all that impactful (except for Jack and Tom memory wipe part), but they DO matter, if you want romance and special scenes.

Overall, interesting story and romance element was amazing. 5/5 for me. Also hoping to see more updates, because "This is just the beginning...".
Meanwhile, going to check out Eternium.

Possibly the funniest game I've ever played. The humor is great, it's not cringe like 99% of games out there. There wasn't a single character I didn't like, all of them rock. The whole plot, however, is silly, but it was fun nonetheless. Great game, 5 stars.

This is one of the top-rated games for a reason. I don't really need to say much, its a great story, and great hscenes. Really don't need a whole lot more. Other reviews cover this game in great detail, so I don't feel the need to. Just wanna say that I fully recommend this VN.

Really enjoyed the game, definitely would recommend others to try it out. However story feels rushed. I feel like there could have been and SHOULD have been a lot more romance. Take the characters like Rebecca and Jasmine for example, most of the time it was just a good dicking which caused them to fall in love with the character, there should have been a lot more progression with them and more school scenes. Game was extremely entertaining with its humor side and I really hope there's a sequel to it.

what a game, many many thanks for such a masterpiece. You gave me 3 very wonderful days with this work. The characters are wonderfully written and the humor was first class. Sometimes I had JoJo vibes while playing.

After the end I was sad for a moment but that just shows how nice the journey was up to then. I wish you success and would continue to pursue you and hopefully your next work will captivate me as well ^^

An extremely high quality game; really, it's a cut above a lot of the good VNs on this site. The choices actually matter and lead to different endings, the dialogue and writing is really solid (especially for an adult game), most of the jokes are pretty good, the lewd scenes are great and it never feels like you go too long without seeing one.

The one problem I have is that I wish there was some content after the harem ending. It would have been nice to be able to get some more scenes with everyone and seeing everyone else find out about each other's relationships. I don't know if that is something that Caribdis still plans on adding in the future but if not, I was slightly disappointed that we didn't get to see much after the "main story" ended.

Regardless, this is still an excellent game with a solid narrative, and even if you're just looking for a quick fap, it's got you covered there too! Excited to see how Caribdis's next project (Eternum) unfolds.

This game will entertain you for a whole day. I love how certain actions affect the ending (which definitely isn't original but far better than a straight forward vn). I wish I can play through this game again like it's my first time. Too bad that feeling can only be felt once in a lifetime.

The more I praise him, the less I praise him
Great story
Excellent realism
Exciting excitement
Excellent animation
Excellent unique graphics
Super attractive, new and different characters
I experienced a lot of games and this is one of the top five games in my life

An excellent experience that I barely find in NSFW games. The story is interesting and random to the level where I have no clue what will happen in the upcoming arc and every time I love it. The characters were memorable and the scenes are incredibly sexy. The girl's models are very hot, but the renders are somewhat low quality, but I didn't even notice this after a few minutes into the game. Humour was brilliant, there were times I was just wheezing in my room, so be careful clapping noises aren't the only thing you should be worried about while playing. after all, it has to be my favourite NSFW game out there.

Honestly, I didn't expect it to be this good. I just encountered this game randomly and i just download it, just to watch the H-scene. However, the storyline immediately attracted me and with the walkthrough mod, I finished the whole game.

The characters are well developed and they are just nice, it just gives you a feel that you must do something to protect them, and I do actually care about the endings this time.

All the renders, facial expressions and all those pop culture references just made the game even better. It's actually kinda sad though that similar games (at least for now), did not came to my mind. Hope the next game is gonna be even better!

One small advice for improvement: The name of 5 priest could be simpler, as figuring out who is who may take a bit of effort.

Other than that, really awesome game!! Love it!

Wow!!! what a wonderful story, obviously I used the walkthrough mod with the walkthrough in pdf and played for the harem ending (Always my preferred ending if possible). Facial expressions were a little weird for me but they work overall. Loved the renders, story, animation, scenes, etc. There was action, sex, comedy, and much more. It was like a Sci-Fi/Fantasy movie.

I didn't expect to like this game, but I gave it a shot and my goodness was I shock. It's a top tier game with a lot of quality of life spent developing each character. Your choices actually matters in terms of your love path and ending. Additionally, it has a lot of parody of pop culture which makes it very comedic. Definitely a favorite on my list. Do give it a try.

This game is awesome. I myself consider that i know about adult games because im picky. So, believe me, this is one of the best games i've played.

Even writting this review is a proof of how much i enjoyed playing the game because i've never done this before in any site that've used to download adult games. 10/10

This free game doenst deserve to be this good,
The game has a thick story, the characters are not plain, they have different personality and interactions. The render is good too, the model looks beautiful and hot.
I feel like I should pay to play this

(Reviewing version 1.0)
This was an incredible ride, with a very satisfying conclusion. The characters had cute models and were really likeable, the dialogue flowed well, and the humor landed really well. The sex scenes were pretty vanilla, but they were well animated and hot. 10/10.

Seriously a great game one of the best porn games ive played, and ive played quite a few. The ending song was very good and evoked lots of emotion. This has been one of my favorites and im sad to see it go. I got that feeling of finishing a really good show or book series.

I'll be right behind you Josephine.

Version Played: 1.0
Short Answeer: Is this my favourite Visual Novel that I've ever played? I don't actually know for sure what my favourite is, I'd need to replay all of them to find out - but I can safely rate Once In A Lifetime my favourite in the meantime. It's honestly fucking great.

Humour: I'm not going to pretend putting humour in a porn game is a new concept - it's actually done an awful lot, and often - not that well. I don't think everything lands perfectly here, but I giggled more often than I didn't at the jokes.

Characters: Are these characters a walking ball of cliches? Yes, yes they are. Does it feel like a little bit like the dev had a checklist they where going through? It does a little bit feel that way, yes. Are these cliches well executed though? Fuck yes they are. It never felt like they had a checklist while actually playing. Lets face it, we're all looking for things we like - in many ways the game is fairly vanilla, besides the incest kink, and the teacher taboo. And you're going to find those familiar characters you're playing all these games to find - but, everyone actually here felt organic, and like they belonged in the story. Things become cliche for a reason, it's because they work, and I think they're all executed damn well here.

The characters are engaging in their own right, they have their own interests, needs, and tendencies. And even if they where built to requirements: it never feels like someone is interested in something for the sake of it, or the story.

You do need to suspend your disbelief a little, and let porn logic reign to make what these characters are doing believeable - but isn't that what we're all here for?

Renders: I don't remember the early ones being that bad like a few reviews I read - although it's possible they were redone, I haven't looked into it much. What I can say is, they've fallen a little into the trap of the MC looking much worse than all of the love interests - but then who is our attention on? I think the characters are all beautiful, perhaps a little samey body wise, but you can definitely tell the difference between them all, even if obvious things like tatoos were removed.

Animations are a tad lackluster I suppose, if I'm trying to be objective - but they didn't lack any eroticism to me. Also, dem faces - emotions defintely getting protrayed well here, which is always a huge plus to me.

Story and Writing: Plotwise, it is a porn game, where the MC can end up with every interest at once, and there's somehow an incredible lack of tension between them all. A lot of that isn't really addressed, and to some people that will be a flaw - I'm just taking it as getting rid of the akward roadblocks in the fantasy. That said, between some characters, it is brought up and adressed for the story - and for the ogbligatory threesomes.

And this is where my hat comes of to Caribdis - those interactions are... close to believable, and well played out. Like, of course we're suspending our disbelief, but it's not that far out of reach. Let me break out the spoiler tags, because I recommend playing the game first.

The actual quality of the lines themselves certainly does vary, and I've replayed a couple of scenes where the same lines are reused between different people, depending how it plays out. But for the most part, the writing is definitely good. Probably not amazing, I should take some salt here, I'm clearly biased in favour - but that bias developed for a reason: I really fucking enjoyed the game.

The Sex: so, taking it purely on it's own, it's a little vanilla and repetitive. The animations... on thinking a bout it again, I'm going to say the quality of each is actually pretty good, and you're not going to get much better without fully animating them switch between positions, or adding all the different variations of how people would move in each loop.

Spoilered section below for a late game character.

Closing Notes and thoughts: Games like TiTS or Corruption of Champions, or other Sandboxes, are my regular affair. Both Visual Novels and more Vanilla games, are ones I usually play once, and only once. Usually, I already know having just finished it less than an hour ago, that I am going to be giving this another full playthrough from the start. I'm also going to be going into my app data folder,and working on rearranging those saves into a nice order. I always try and keep the saves in my head to play out different choices, and I never do, and I never remember my order, and I end up with 2-4 saves on each pages, with no clue what they're for. Not this time, the games worth the effort.

5/5 - Enjoyed and recommended, excellent, excellent game.

Awesome!
Rendered pictures is great, each character has different looks and personality, it's easy for me to remember and follow the game.
Besides, the plot twist is unexpectable. I really had wonderful time when playing this game.
Thank you so much for created such a great game.

Great game. Rushed unsatisfying ending ruins it. Will leave you with a bad taste in mouth. Pacing goes out the window. Very obviously just pushed out the door unfinshed, so the dev can move on to work on new projects. So disappointing.