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