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To me, there was too little story and too many sex scenes in 0.7. I understand it’s an adult game, but it has always struck a great balance—at least until now.

I joined the community during the early 0.3 release, and every time Carabdis dropped a new chapter, it felt well-rounded. Each update offered a little bit of everything, with a primary focus on the story. That was what made it so captivating: an engaging narrative with a few well-placed X scenes. Because those scenes were fewer, they felt much more impactful and exciting. Which was not the case for 0.7, they felt bland to me cuz too much.

I play the game mainly for the story, its visual style, the writing, and the characters and their relationships. But it’s not "JUST" about the characters or their relationships for me. That’s why 0.7 left me feeling disappointed—it felt as if Eternum had become just another generic sex game, losing the unique balance that made it stand out. Although it's one of the best-looking game I've ever found and the one that sets the highest bar I've ever seen on here, and I've played a lot so I know what I'm talking about.

But I guess that most players of adult games may be here for the fap rather than the story, so I think I’m in the minority on this. It feels like I’m the only one bothered by the shift so, unlucky me.

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Dude is based af. I dont watch x-content cuz it so boring and feels empty.  2 months ago i was just thinking that maybe  there are some cool  18+ games to entertain my brain the way i like: cool story with a little bit of spicy. And sadly i saw one commentator wrote "You have to check out Eternum". Why "sadly"? Because i dont think there is at least one game of the same level (tho i  know literally nothing of this genre).

Story is cool and fun, scenes are interesting (at least many but latest which are 90% just average pron). It's like... once u've read a good book, u can no longer enjoy an inferior book, u cannot lower the bar anymore. 


Tho would be much appreciate if u share some other games of the same idea: story + a bit of spiciness. 

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I recently found "Out of Touch" here on Itch.io. 
Is has a manga graphics style and a complex story about gods which are a threat to humankind. I would say it's a coming of age story that covers serious topics like mental illnesses and a lot of self-doubt. Every character has their own struggle to deal with and their friendship helps them to overcome their struggles.
It's a strange combination of a cute graphics style on the one hand and a complex story with serious topics on the other hand, but somehow this combination allured me.
I think, you could get a lot from it, also without the sex scenes, but on the other hand there is a story-relevant explanation why the characters "bond" with each other. So, if you totally skip those scenes, you might lose a bit of story-relevant information (at least of what I have seen so far). That's not true for all sex scenes, though.

Another point I want to mention is that it is very linear. There are almost no decisions for you to make besides to whom a character talks to or where they are going to in some scenes. I usually end up choosing all options, because  I don't want to miss a bit of story.

Like Enternum, it's not finished yet (I usually prefer playing finished games), but has a lot of content available already.

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Thanks for your answer.
I dowloaded Eternum for the sex scenes and stayed because of the story and the humour. For me it feels natural, that there are more intimate scenes as the relationships grow. But still the story is top-notch and would lose little to nothing without the sex scenes. There is quite some spice in the 0.8 update, but also good story progress and it also hit my sense of humour perfectly. Don't know if the story progress is sufficient for your taste, obviously.

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What works for me is:
1. Unzip the new version to a new folder.
2. Copy the saves folder from yourPathToOldEternum\game  to yourPathToNewEternum\game.
That's it.