Not long after I launch the demo of Eternights, I'm slipped some advice by doltish sideman Chani. "To get girls online you have to be more than a smartass," he says. "You have to be serious." It's not the kind of topic I expect to give much thought to when feral mutants are running amok and humankind's spiritual fate hangs in the balance. But in a game where fighting to save the world with a phantasmal sword is only as important as finding love with a silver tongue, keeping your fictional Tinder profile looking sharp seems as good an idea as any.
A self-styled dating action RPG, Eternights isn't exactly a subtle adventure into the randy unknown. You're introduced to your self-named character as they try to hook up through a dating app, porn is the subject of at least three jokes within the first 90 minutes, and even the cosmic deity responsible for guiding your journey from lonely heart to charismatic heartthrob communes through flirty texts.
