Once in a Lifetime

I just want to take the time to say that I love this game so much. It's - hands down - one of the best games I've ever played. The characters look great and the animations are well done. The quality is high enough that you can find yourself getting lost in the scenes - totally immersed. The girls are so loveable and the story will fill you with laughs, tears, and all sorts of other strong, genuine emotions. This game was made with love and it shows. I can't recommend this game enough. 

Furthermore, I've just caught up on the latest version of Eternum after playing this game. It's a blast as well, so if you like Once In A Lifetime, then please give Eternum a chance too!

MAN. I just finished this like, 2 seconds ago. Gonna be real that ending legit brought tears to my eyes. I'm so sad it's over, but that's just a sign that you achieved something real here. It's funny how all these silly harem sex games can have stories that feel so ironically human. It was so damn funny too. Anyway, starting your other game like. Now. I need MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE. PS. Judie Stabby Mike is best girl

I made an account just because I wanted to tell you how much I really loved and enjoyed your game. Thank you so much for the entertainment you've created which is helping me through my depression. Keep up the great work! 😁

love the game 5/5 I download 1.0 ver but on the main menu it still says 0.10 is that right or am i dumb

It won't let me download on mega because I have a free account, Google drive doesn't work because "Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently." and go file says it doesn't exist.

Can you add the girl's names to the "Path" screen? It took me forever to figure out who each picture was...

This only became an issue when I 'lost the path' of the middle girl on the right. I have managed to stay on path for all the girls, but once Aiko enters the story, I'd lose the middle girl. I had restart and save right before the train to Japan to figure out that I was losing Jasmine. Once her father knocks on the cabin door, you lose her path. I'm on path with Lauren, Judie, Carla and Rebecca, but I can't seem to keep Jasmine...

Is it possible to stay on the path for all the girls simultaneously? Also, once you've the path with a girl, can you get back on path with them?

Amazing VN! I loved every second of playing it! i laught so much at some points, i rarely did that before in any game! 5 out of 5 Stars, just like Hiromi, you getting an amazing Review! I will defenatly download Eternum. Keep up the good work! <3 much love <3

Hi Caribdis, fantastic work on both this game and Eternum! Others have said it before, but the plot really has some legs in both games, kept me intrigued the whole way through. There's some seriously funny moments in them too, I couldn't stop laughing at one point in Eternum! But most of all I love how heartwarming it is, you have yourself a new fan.

I especially loved the theme music in the main menu of this game, what's the song? Cheers :)

will you fix the download links? cuz none of them work for me, since its too big for mega

I LOVED the whole story and will be downloading eternum as well. Also loved all the anime references

Hey, I messed up when taking the Grimoire and haven't save at this moment. Is there a way for me to come back? I'm at the wedding and would like to keep Rebecca's path (not very cool that the game says we're still following her path until then imo)

I really enjoy the game so far without following the walkthrough but I messed up here :(

Thanks in advance!

It turned out that Stabby Mike is the true heroine 😂😂😂

I loved this game and how the story played, i hope eternum has longer story than this game 

Question! Are there any scenes with a femboy or twink? Or a Gloryhole scene?

just asking but are you fully finished with this game?

You know its me again, I'm replaying the game and I realized in version 1.0 you are a fan of Cole Porter. Love to meet others that share my passion. Love your games so far. Super excited for 0.3 of Eternum as well. Keep it up dude!

I was one minute away from coming back to pay $20 for the game. Halfway through the game I wanted to pay $10. By the public bath segment in Japan, I wanted to pay $20. I thought I finish the game first. There I was, in the plane, having defeated the big bad in almost exactly the way I envisioned, and suddenly I was forced to choose one girl. I can appreciate that the harem ending is like an Easter egg ending, and I wasn't looking for that. But why the hell was it that I could not choose either to stay with the girls in England (even though I was more powerful than the big bad going up against an organization that already had its back broken, by me without powers) or at least leave by myself? Being forced to pick one when I loved at least two girls equally left a bad taste in my mouth.

I need some time to reflect. This is such a great game. Well deserving its high rating. It's almost a shame the adult content prevents all the humor, the pop culture references, the creative segments, and the trivia from being enjoyed by a bigger audience.

[I decided to pay $15 now and save $5 for Eternum. I was reminded of Mass Effect 3's ending. However controversial it was, it did not take away from the brilliance of the trilogy. I was also reminded of that pompous ass Ken Levine and his ridiculous "Would you kindly." One freedom retained by all players of all video games is to reject all choices offered and stop playing. Coming in the middle of a game, you end up not having a game. Coming at the end, though, I feel like I am making my own ending, better than the token ending Caribdis made for the individual girls. In a way, that is Caribdis' final stroke of genius.

Besides, I grew up on that song playing in the men's public bath. I never thought it could fit so well into a video game.

Best of luck on Eternum, Cribdis. Show us Once in a Lifetime isn't a once in a lifetime.]

I cant get the game to install. its saying its hosted on a third party site that is not compatible. Can anyone help me?

I know people have heaped praise on this game, but I literally made this account just to add more.

Every character is amazing, and not just the girls. I don't think I've enjoyed male characters like Stabby Mike, Jack, Tom, and Oliver in even non-H games.

The story is absolutely amazing, I was finding myself playing through it just to see how it developed. All of the choices mattered, and I found myself remembering something I did much earlier in the game coming back to help/hurt me on various routes way past where most other creators would have forgotten.

There's not that many scenes with sound or music, but when they exist it's always 100% appropriate and it really makes me feel like this game was made with love down to the most minute details.

The porn scenes are also incredible, many others with physical models are simply unable to replicate the animation quality in all respects that this game manages to pull off. And there's easily dozens of these truly incredible scenes along with many more that are simpler, albeit still amazing in their own right.

The ending I got following a guide legitimately made me tear up a little bit, it was genuinely impactful and it felt like an amazing, beautiful, and truly well written closing to the best visual novel type games I have ever played.

Caribdis, if I ever manage to come into a million dollars I'll make sure to send you enough to express how I feel in a way that words currently fail me.

Thank you for the best game Caribdis

Congrats you make me crying first time  ever with a games

Love and Thank you❤️

This is a great game i enjoyed it it was fun.!!! but i wanna know how do you win the show contest!?

does this by chance have sandbox machanics??

How do you keep Rebeccas path going when you reach the weeding

Since there’s the harem tag, I’m guessing there’s a ending where you’re on good terms with all the girls, or do inventively have to give one or most of them up further in?

The best game of this genre of all time. It's actually a game where your choice will have an effect in some way or another. And where one choice can either trigger the bad ending or the good ending. That level of writing is just..unheard off in this genre. The story is superb. The art was impressive and to top it all off..the jokes and humor was top notch. By god the memes were the best. 

Now I shall eagerly await eternum. But OUAT is just the pinnacle of what games of this genre should be

Hey Caribdis, next time I go to Japan can you please hook me up with Hiromi? I'd very much like the full guide experience, if you know my drill xDDD omg that part made me laugh so so so much xD

Overall, I was pretty sad to finish the game because it was so well done that I was hoping it was just going to continue. That being said, this was worth so much more than what was paid for it. I loved the "tropes" of each character - and you can tell the creator took a lot of personality traits from anime and used those to help create personalities. The game is surprisingly hilarious at times. I played this after actually trying Caribdis' other game in development Eternum (which is also excellent in its early stages). Would recommend, and give a 5/5. 

You can tell the creator isnt doing this for money. There's definitely a lot of passion put into how the game works and how the characters develop. 

I won't repeat what others said. I feel like every MUCH deserved praise has been offered to you, and I simply agree with them all... this game is amazing in the truest sense, FAR beyond the point it portrays itself to be at.

I actually *started* with Eternum, and just couldn't wait for future updates so I checked and THANKFULLY there's another, finished, masterpiece by you.

I cannot tell you how much I appreciated seeing names of brands, movies, and so on straight out of reality with no name distortions. It always drives me insane when authors do that because of copyrights and until now I didn't know just how much I needed this.

Although... this puts you in a bind since it means monetization is off the table if you don't want trouble. I'm currently heading over to your Patreon page, but honestly, after playing this game as an introduction to your quality of game design, I'd easily fork over 60$ for another.

Also, just because I can't seem to find it in 2 years' worth of comment history, the name of the tension music is
Conspiracy Theory Music - Demise of A Nation, by Secession Studios

I've played hunders of games like this but I've got to say this is One of the very few that really take the cake. At First i thought i was just in for some fun ;) but the more I played the more hooked I got i loved the story the mechanics were great and the scenes were a blast. So I must say well fucking done cant wait to try the other game. 

I just finished playing this game, and honestly it's one of the best games I've played in a while, I can't wait to play the completed version of Eternum!