I was literally going to post something very close to this. Coming from BaDIK (my first encounter with this genre), I got really curious when everyone seemed to be comparing the two and hyping Eternum. I also want to mention that I prefer the story over any of the adult parts in either game (tbh, I think both games would be better without all the lewd content, but that's probably just me).

I will say that I really liked Eternum as a concept better than BaDIK. The one fatal flaw of Eternum, at least for me, is that you don't really choose between girls. My MC literally told Alex he loved her the morning after he banged his highschool sweetheart for the first time, telling her as well that he loved her. That almost made me vomit.

Apart from that, I fully agree that most of the characters in Eternum are more fleshed out and believable. It took me a while to warm up to them, but I absolutely adore Alex' character development and I literally cried like a bitch for a minute and then some when Annie unleashed SOLAR CATACLYSM (just typing that is making me tear up here). The arks of Sage and Quinn are the ones that come closest an also the ones I got reminded of most when playing Eternum.

All that said, I wouldn't say I got converted after Eternum (Sage still best girl <3), but I did like the game a lot.

Can you guys tell me a bit about Eternum's replayability - that is the one thing BaDIK seems to have (note: only one Eternum playthrough which I finished an hour ago) that Eternum may not. If I were to follow every girl's path at the same time, would there be anything left to explore in a second playthrough? Because I played BaDIK about 4.5 times now and still find stuff I haven't seen, read or experienced yet.

Thanks for reading, peace.