why is everyone so hyping about Eternum? There are many awesome AVNs out there.
Ripples is Just as good TBH and beats Eternum in the music department. New Horizons, Sicae, and Companions of Darkness have way better action. Harem Hotel's world building is just as good but has way more adult themes and topics than the name of the game suggests and is far more mature than Eternum.
I'll agree ripples is top tier, love the homage to Dark one of the best shows of all time. It has story, character, worldbuilding, mystery down. Idk, music in Eternum is solid as hell, with Luna and dalia. Harem hotel has great story and cast sure, and the largest amount of scenes. CoD is awesome but nowhere near as polished as Eternum and 40% of the writing really needs proofreading. I love the action too, the fight scenes in the later updates are incredibly well done. But the models and scenes aren't the best until very recently, though it's still in the top 5 for sure.
Sicae and MBIML are up there with the best, absolutely, but can get a bit self indulgent and derailed with rambling sometimes, especially the recent mbiml, but it does excel at times with some serious weight and intensity you don't see with a lot of the stories written by people without life experiences..
But it's not glazing to give Eternum fair dues. Its the S tier gold standard for a reason, writing, mystery, story, characters, hot scenes, gorgeous design, no notes. The writing is natural and not awkward, it doesnt rely on the tired cliches of just having a big shwanz and everyone's an awkward virgin.
Pale carnations is good but not everyone's cup of tea.
Wildcats, Cosy Cafe may not be the flashiest but has some of the best writing and earned its spot, house in the rift, the one in the cabin with the mist, the epic kung fun magic one, all great.
(I think realm invader is a rambling mess with almost zero scenes and is clunky as hell, it usually gets brought up)
Projekt passion is also one of my favorites, and is great in all categories.
But there's nothing wrong with everyone always pointing to Eternum, the scene with Alex in the shower is one of the best in the genre, and everyone is so well fleshed out, plus the story is as compelling as a novel, it and his earlier game got most people into the genre, so many people would love it even if it was just the story.
It's the F1 car to compare every other to, it's The Thing to compare horror movies to, no need to act like it's hyperbole it's been the top of F95 for years
It's honestly shocking to not see Desert Stalker, Oppai Odyssey or Artemis in the conversation. Those are also S tiers I'd put up there with Eternum in every conversation, albeit how they're ordered would be down to preference. For example Oppai Odyssey is undeniably a stellar game all around, but it does remove player agency for the sake of the story. While this would lower it's appeal or some people, I'd say it's undoubtably a very clear cut above 90% of AVN's out there due to every other factor. I've also never put tremendous weight on music, although I understand it's appeal. It's all subjective after all.
There's also games like Unraveling August, STWA Unbroken, The Missing Part and very recently Artifice; among others, that I think are and will continue to be incredible games as long as they maintain their consistency and actually get updates.
I've dropped Sicae, MBIML and New Horizons previously due to their writing, but I find myself coming to try again since I'm struggling to find new gems. From what I understand, there's a good story here, but something about the writing and dynamics makes it hard to get through for me. Can't say the same for any of the aforementioned projects.
Eternum has been the "Gold Standard", but to be fair Caribdis had adventage because he already made Once in a Lifetime. Comparing the early versions of Eternum with other games such as Sicae (I started it yesterday tho, so not sure if it is more polished at the end), Ripples, Between humanity, Evermore, etc, Eternum wins for sure. But for example we got That new Teacher which overall its very polished, the animations feel well implemented, etc, ripples storytelling is also S tier and with the last release I also think that Jestur made a good use of HS2. Each AVN has its way in and way to do things
永批来了，先叠个甲，没有批评其他avn的意思，以下仅为个人观点。
说实话，新天域的确同等级，涟漪的动画之类的后期也还行（剧情就略怪了）。西卡是前期建模有点一般，后期还是很不错的。后宫大酒店的确是有世界观和情节，成人内容也不少，但是建模和动画真心有改进空间。至于黑暗伴侣，部分动画也有改进空间。而且就avn最核心的小说剧情这一块，真的没几个能赶得上永恒世界，它在人物的塑造，情节的节奏，尤其是断章这方面真是很不错（也真是艹🥚）。注意看看人物的动作神态之类的细节，永恒世界对手真不多。蜉蝣建模的确夯爆，但是太短了；跨界的动画也比较少，世界观倒是比较新。野猫也是动画太少，剧情还是比较短。综合来看，免费的avn倒是真的没几个打得过永恒世界。至于星系（或者叫星团），动画也略差一筹；温馨咖啡馆的动画也有点生硬。这么多avn里，恶霸女友是不错的，主要是情节完整度够高。至于欧派奥德赛，真心不错，虽然有些猎奇部分，总体是顶级。至于artifice，玩了开头一点就卸了，个人喜好问题。得承认永恒世界牢奥的模型也有修改，不过一开始就够看。（叠个甲，剧情方面有几个吃的生肉，不敢说跟英语母语的人有一样的感受。不过永恒0.9我也是先吃的生肉，感觉真的顶级了。）所以总结来看，从世界观，情节，模型，动画细节，长度等方面来说，永恒世界的确堪当魁首（至少在inch上的典型avn之中是这样。）
Regarding Eternum I HAVE to DISAGREE absolutley. It was good when it came out, but now I cannot stand the face of the MC (“… wanna take a brick and smack it …”, quote from “the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, yeah you would have to read that unabridged version to find that phrase ). towards the last few updates it seems to be rushed, I just look through the renders. I just finished “The interim domain” from ils and that is a game you need be strong emotionally. then there are “Projekt Passion”,“Realm Invader”,“Cross Realm”,“new Horizon”