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

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.

Pretty decent adult visual novel. I feel like you still can do a lot more with the girls, especially the looks. Comic relief characters are entertaining but almost being stale towards the end. Thankfully they were never actually stale. Some of part really gets tedious and works better as free roam like the one in resident evil esque hospital. 5/10.

Amazing game, the plot is kinda simple but at the same time entertaining, and you can't stop playing. I did play the game without any expectation but it did end up being one of my favorites. I played several times to get all the endings and even now it keeps me entertained. Masterpiece

This was an incredible game. I was actually pulled into to story, and at times it felt like the sex was secondary. The comedy was absolutely hilarious, at one point I actually had to stop playing because my head hurt from laughing so much. It blew my expectations out of the water. 10/10

I would normally rate this at 3 out of 5 ... maybe 4 out of 5, its not perfect in many ways, there are issues ...

I would love to have a 10 star rating here instead of 5 ... this would be an 8 out of 10

But who am i kidding, i've had a blast with this one.

Its a 5 out of 5!

I rate games mostly of how much i had fun with them. It doesnt have to be perfect, doesnt have to look perfect, it doesnt have to have the best graphics or animations and so on ... for me, its how much fun i had with it.

I'll try to keep this short, my reviews usually end up being way too long

The story is surprisingly good even if its a bit ridiculous at some points.

The best part is the humor imo. Yes, i know, i wasnt expecting it either. A blend of porn game and comedy... seriously

I had such a good time with this one!


Its not perfect ofc.
Graphics are kinda on the low end ... kinda bad actually, especially when it comes to the backrounds. The models are fine for the most part but not great. There were only a couple of them that were above average.

Animations were great tho. Much better than most other games.
Although i have to point out, there is a LOT of clipping in said animations.

The writing ... its briliant imo (for this genre). This is mostly why it gets 5 out of 5.


What can i say? I had a blast with this game, well done devs! I will surely keep an eye out for the next thing you can cam up with!

I'm normally not someone who leaves reviews but this game (and Eternum) are exceptions.

Was definitely not expecting a game like this to be so funny. The writing combined with the characters expressions and the mixups with dramatic close ups really makes this game stand out.

I dig that there was no grinding involved, just a straight story with a surprising amount of choices throughout, which really kept it engaging, especially when the choices matter.

There's a lot more that could be said, but other reviews have that covered, I just wanted to leave my 2 cents and compliments to Caribdis for a game well done. Very well done.

Awesome work of art!! 10/10 thank you very much for making a game like this!! I hope you have a great health so that you can make more games like this! Also Eternum is a blast!! can't wait for the next update!! I'll support you on Patreon bro! keep up the great work!

Was good, many feels. Downvote for honey select, but you managed to make them look good enough. No preggo sex either, but at least you managed to knock up your relatives.

Upvote for a fairly good story, and several humourous moments. Stabby was a MVP.

v1.0

One of the funniest games I've ever played. The developer is a genius at using the constraints of the visual novel to accomplish some extremely funny gags, and the writing had a lot of laugh out moments for me. Apart from that it had an interesting plot, a great cast of characters, and a horny but weirdly wholesome tone I've never seen done anywhere else. Just a fantastic game. I love it.

I just recently finished this game, and just wanna say it is an incredible adventure. 4.5 is my rating as it wasn't perfect and the devs will agree themselves, but they took it as a challenge to improve, and the game gets better for it.

I would like to mention that at the start I was very doubtful of this game, as playing it recently it has not so great graphic in the start and there was way too much text/info dump to start the game, so I even uninstalled it to play other games first, but when I reinstalled it and played it when I had the time, I can say that it was great that I did, I loved it, graphics got better as it progressed, so do not let the first impression let you stop from experiencing this adventure.

It was the first game of the dev and it showed at the start, but good thing is that they worked on it and improved (it is evident clearly in their new game too) and by the end it is an overall brilliant experience. I also like to mention that the dev/storytellers treat side characters well, as even bad bullies or less popular side characters get amazing twists and that adds to the overall feel.

All relevant characters are good (nature wise or look wise, except the MC but that is by design/intent and it is used to provide some great moments), there is a very engaging story so you just doesn't slog through it to get to good bits, Humor is top notch. I would play this even as a non-adult game.

My thumbs up to everyone involved in creating this, thank you.

It was good, and there was nothing specific wrong with it (except maybe some of the repetitive odd poses that all HS games seem to have), but I had a little trouble staying interested in the last half.

The art rarely has much to do with my opinion of a game, except when its really bad. Nothing horrible here, and nothing amazing. Standard HS stuff /shrug

I am pretty sure the nice big wholesome incestharem is what kept me coming back to finish it, so that is what allowed it to keep the 3 stars despite my losing interest. Also, wtf, no preggo-harem group picture with them all knocked up? I feel like thats pretty much a requirement for this type of end. Its your trophy you can paste to show you Got em All

I supported the game until the end, one of the bests games I ever played. Recommended 100%. Great Story, nice characters, multiple endings, your choice really matters, and great comedy. The animations are smooth and full definition. Like I said: Mmmmm so good and tasty...