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

I love this game. The story is solid with interesting characters and engaging dialogue. The humor is absolutely on point., absolutely the best that I have encountered in an adult game. The serious moments and they are handled equally well

I really look forward to replaying this game once it is finished. It is definitely one that will live on my hard drive and that I will likely revisit more than once.

I really hope Caribdis has a new game planned once this one is finished.

The porn aspect is awesome. After seeing everything you come to the game for while horny, the story and the HUMOR are the ones carrying you forward.

I am sorry, this is the funniest game while still being suspenseful and exciting. The level of humor really makes it an awesome play. I know its supposed to be extra horror and eroticism, but I was captivated by the well placed humorous aspects of this game, I hope the developer can forgive me.

Really funny! Love interests are all interesting, attractive and cute. I enjoy that the art style is different to most games.
The story is also captivating. I had never the urge to skip anything. All in all an excellent game.

Lots of good h-content and the animations are top-notch with multiple POV shots. Characters are interesting and just an overall good time. I was a little surprised with how quickly the sex came with the characters but that's a good thing in my opinion

Has a great balance of humor, story, and character development.

The plotline is integral to what makes this game work and allows for unexpected events to not break immersion. Choices can radically change the progression of an event or string of events, but the overall story is still linear.
The character models are quite good, the male protagonist looks pretty wack, but I can forgive it because it just adds to the humor.
As far as the humor is concerned, you will just have to experience it to know if you like it.

In the end though, the characters are really what makes this game shine.

What an amazing work of art this VN truly is in every possible way!!
The most important part of any VN for me is the story, and this certainly delivers on this, gripping, funny and also something that hooks onto me and pulls me in and not wanting to stop reading, then at the end leaving me wanting more and more... There are MANY times throughout this story that will have you laughing and chuckling away to yourself. It comes with great sound affects and are placed into the game marvelously at the right times. I love all the girls in the story and each and everyone of them have there own unique personalities and story's too. I'm sorry I could try and ramble on all night about how good this game is and what happens and how good it i... Oh yeah I already said that.. anyway I guess don't take my word for it and try for yourself!! YOU WON'T BE DISSAPOINTED!!

Pros- Everything
Cons- Nothing

Wish I could rate this sooooooooooo much higher then 5 stars as it really is a master peace.... GOOOO TEAM Stabby mike!!!

Amazing visuals with a interesting puzzles mixed in. Play this if you have a day off. I love the look of each character and their distinct personalities make things easy to figure out how to progress with each story line.

This is a very good game, with a rather serious story underneath that is also tempered by the good and funny writing. The cast of characters is endearing and as far the girls are concerned, the models are nice and the renders and animations are top quality.

I like that the story has a clear direction and doesn't meander or get lost as it sometimes happens in these sort of games and the characters also have a clear progression to them. All of this combined with good quality and amusing writing and an attention to detail make it one of the best games around, love it!

One of the best game on this site. The writing is legit well thought and the humor is on point. Characters are lovable, the progression isn't slow but also the story develops naturally. Yeah it's still porn logic but in a fun way.

What can i say?
1. Good story.
2. Good humour.
3. Hot scenes.

Incest maybe too quick for my taste, but thats just personal opinion, so it won't change my score. Good job.
Oh. And its short. Which is fresh.
This game deserves praise and respect.

It's a nice coming together of different elements;

1. The models look excellent and each one unique enough
2. The animations equally look very good and are not reused over and over again
3. The story has nice mystery, horror and well-paced comedy, to keep it all fresh
4. The game is very contained, which leads to nicely fleshed-out characters and relationships

Take it for what you will, but to me it seems to be hidden pearl, I am excited to see how this game will end and what other stories this Dev will tell.

An excellent game without a doubt, I even wonder not having met him before.
The game has quite an innovative story compared to others similar to it. He knows how to develop and reach the most important points. In addition, the author divided it into dependence on the antagonist and the development of one of the characters so it is very easy to follow.
As far as playability I have no complaints, it is what is expected of this type of games.
The characters are one of the best things about the game. The protagonist is like any harem protagonist, but at least this one has a different hairstyle. The other characters are not extremely ambitious but they don't disappoint and they thrive.
The graphics are pretty good and the animations are too.
The content is another of the strong points of the game, since it has a lot.
I did not detect any bugs in everything I played, which is more than fantastic.
The female characters are hot, cute, and sexy. Everything you can ask for.
I loved the humor, especially the one referring to Jack and Tom (I think they were called that) and also the one about the prison lord.
Anyway, very good game that I regret not having met before and I wish the author the best. I have planned (after asking some questions to those who have been following this project for a long time) to support the author and see if he gains some more fame. I think it should be known more being one of the games with the best ratings on the page.

Full disclosure, patron here, so I'm obviously going to give this a good review, but I wouldn't sub if the game wasn't of the quality that it is. The basic plot you can get from the description, so I won't go into that here. OiaLT is a fairly linear VN, which may be a good or bad thing, depending on the individual, but it works very well with this game.

Pros:
- Excellent and intelligent humor (pay attention to activities in the background at all times)
- Well developed characters with distinct personalities
- Varied settings and moods, from scenes for pure laughs, to tense horror scenes
- Interesting plot that is leading to a clear conclusion
- Well done animation and very attractive character models
- Lewds, lewds, lewds
- Great use of sound and music to set the tone of various scenes
- MC that actually has some personality and isn't just there to "interact" with the ladies
- Each update is very polished with very few bugs
- Stabby Mike

Cons:
- It's almost complete (could be a pro or con, but it will be sad to say goodbye to the characters)
- Not much else, really

All in all, a hidden gem of a game that deserves more attention. On a side note, the dev, Caribdis, is very active on his Discord channel and open with his communication. The community there is also very chill and really reflects well the feeling of the game and the dev.

Great game, one of my favorites so far. Great characters and interesting story. H-scenes are good and diverse too. It's still being made but theres a lot of content so far and the developer seems to be really active.

The characters are very likeable, the obligatory "must be gritty" plot is actually pretty fun, and the sex is hot. The MC is a likeable idiot instead of just a regular idiot, and the minigames are surprisingly tolerable. Well worth the download.

Gameplay: simple and enjoyable, with plenty of choice. And rightfully punishes and ruins your day if you pick the obvious bad choice (shame on you if you know from experience).

Humor: very entertaining, I caught myself laughing quite a few times, and doesn't break immersion or feel out of place.

Tone: Dark but enjoyable dark, not sexually dark like some games are where they go overboard and think they need dark sexual shit to have a dark tone. (Batman doesn't need to go around murdering constantly to be a dark character for example).

Choice: Yes. Stabby Mike is a must.

Sex scenes: Your dick will turn red. (animations... creampie... need I say more?)

Characters: Many, quite the variety, and they got the thiccness for my sickness (apologies). Judie is bestgirl... and so is Lauren... and Carla... and Iris... all are bestgirl.

MC: Not a braindead idiot... need I say more?

Side characters: Fit Jack... Stabby Mike... Dildo Boy.... Troy... very entertaining. You should aim to keep them around.

Story: quite deep and complex, with a lot of mystery, and depending on your choices even trippy.

Punishing?: only if you pick the obvious "never pick this choice you monster" choice. and well... if you pick it.. you deserve what comes next... that is all.

No seriously that is all, review is over. game is very enjoyable and quite a lot of fun.

5/5

Pros:
- The story is interesting
- Beautiful models. Hot scenes!
- Pacing
- Humour

Cons:
-There are none to me

This is one of the updates I really look forward to. Caribidis really knows what they are doing. Pay this dev your hard earned money. They deserve it!

quality all around: writing, visuals, humour. emphasis on humour, unappreciated in these things. choices matter, always important. fun story, plenty hot. would have to invent complaints. one of the best. 5/5 tom is a good friend.

It's FUCKING AWESOME......
the best visual novel I ever played,DON'T MISS IT, everything is balanced, interesting story, not boring like many other games.
Just one thing: there is to much to lost if you play it without walkthrough, so make sure you're using it or you have to double the gameplay time.
Sorry for my English, just learning it.

Tnx dev, you just made my 2days.

EDIT : I played 1.0 - Damn that was satisfying to finish. What a journey! Gotta love the 47th Prez as well! 5/5 game for sure, one of the GOATS!

Below is the "old" review:

This game... The renders might not be the most realistic ones, but they're fine and the animations are also a nice touch.

But the story - the story is where this game really shines in my opinion. II had a few literal laugh out loud moments so far, and I'm not even done with what's available (still on first incomplete playthrough), but even what I've seen so far puts this game's writing above most others - you just gotta try it!

That chinese song was top notch.