VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Nothing Is Forever [v0.7.3] [MrSilverLust]

This game is just... wow. I was a bit sceptic seeing just the overview pics etc. The renders may not seem the best and the setup seems the classic generic.

Well I was completely wrong. The dev knows what makes porn games hot. Its not just you meet a girl and in 2 minutes you are fucking. Just lifeless slabs of meat without any real feeling.

Here scenes with each girl are a culmination of all the interactions you had. I cannot stress how well done this is. Each scene is beyond words good and that is coming from someone who played way too many of these games and became a bit dulled by them.

Just play this game. The kink system the game has is also amazing. You unlock sex skills depending on your preference. You want to be dominant? We got you. You want to be submissive? We got you again.

Again, I cannot get over how good the scenes are. Just some simple acts of exhibitionism have a great impact. It all comes down to how well paced and written it is.

This ended up being too much of a wall of text so just... give this game a try. You will see that it has more thought and work put into it than almost every other game here.

Stumbled upon this amazing VN while playing from the list of games I've been putting on hold for a while. Got to say this is one of the best grounded VNs out there that focuses a lot of internal struggles and what motivate people to do things. I really loved how developed the psychology parts were and how immersive it felt. Also the chess parts were also a standout, these 2 things were something that make Nothing is Forever stand out.

Graphic: the art style is beautiful, at first it felt a little bit hard to get used to but after a while it grew on me. The animations are lacking but I did not feel their absence.

Story:It's not something grandiose just a MC that has fallen out due to some unethical decisions regarding his profession and slowly getting himself out of the pit he put himself in while trying to avoid making the same mistakes. It is not something spectacular but having a more grounded one is a breath of fresh air. Mostly it's not black and white focusing more on character development and their internal struggles to make the decisions they think they are right

Characters: this is the first category where the game shines the most, each one of the LIs coming with their own distinct personality and kinks which you slowly discover through the 6 chapters. Now not every LI is fully fleshed out some having less involvement than the other others being mostly absent if your kinks don't align with theirs, but most of the times there are plenty of content for each main MC side Sub/Dom. My favorites from the get go remain Emma for her fiery attitude, Lea, Olivia, the chess player (I loved how you can maintain a strictly professional relationship and still never feel like it's out of place), even Kim for as much as how despicable she is, she is very intriguing to follow. The males characters are also fleshed out compared to other games and finally due the the more realistic and grounded approach the world feels more alive having others just living with you, them having their own relationships and problems, also giving them life and not just being there for the sake of it.

Dialogue: is the other category where the game stands out from most of the VNs. There is actually a character development carried by the dialogue, for some it may be overwhelming how much they talk to each other, especially how much internal monologue seems to happen but for me it was not an issue. I enjoyed every bit of dialogue, maybe a little too much considering how much I spent in one go to read simply because it was so engaging.

Music: the bits of looped songs fit well in their perspective scenes but due to the huge amount of dialogue between the characters and how long it takes for scenes to switch made the music very repetitive, but that does not mean it is bad.

Choices: I like the skill based system where you put points depending on your kinks slowly unlocking and improving the relationship with other LIs, also it seems like you need more than 3 saves to see most of the dialogue and scenes variations which helps a lot with replayability.

Final Impressions:For my first go I maintained a strictly professional relationship with the patients but still it never felt that I was missing something. Will have to try again for a more unethical route but I cannot wait to see how different things are. I'm so invested in this and honestly it was a great surprise how good this game was. There are more things to say about it but it is enough for now. Kudos to the dev for making this lovely gem.

Totally recommending it. There is a lot of content in these 6 chapters with tons of replay value

The game could be a GOAT. The writing is good if not a bit too wordy and I enjoy the mechanics of the game, but it is let down badly by the quality of the art and sex scenes, which have a huge build up and no real pay off, so disappointing.

This is the best game on this site . I think it is perfect literally. There are paths interactions skills , kinks you can explore, interesting characters and they actually have a fucking personality. Like this is as best as they come. I have never seen a game as good as this lol

Easily one of the best adult games out there.
The script is clever (seriously; it's totally diferent from the edgy or juvenile stuff the "industry" generally give to degenerates like us), the MC pretty much relatable, and the pace is on point.
And believe me, I'm not very fond of VNs in general, but this game is a piece of its own. Keep on rockin, dev!

TLDR: Good game, worth trying out for most everyone, caveats apply.

I'm a bit torn on this one.
For the longest time, I wanted to give the game five stars. It deserves a bonus star for the sheer amount of effort that has clearly gone into making it.
And I'm still awarding that bonus star - it's just, that the game has many little things that nibble away at it's greatness. More on that later.

First let's talk visuals. It's a daz game, which of course shows, but the author has opted for a somewhat artistic approach. Sometimes he uses outlines, the colors feel a little artificial - especially notable during adult scenes - he often uses composite pictures to fill up the screen - laid on top of each other or as a comic-like arrangement. That in mind, the girls are mostly appealing, most people should find someone to fit their taste. The body types are maybe a tad too similar, but it didn't bother me all that much - they are unrealistic, but in the daz-typical "model" way rather than the "the artist scaled breast and butt size to max" way - a good thing in my book.

There's music. At first, I liked that fact, but frankly, it got annoying after a while, so I turned it off in the end. Ymmv.
There's also a small amount of sound, but not too much.

Gameplay - it's a VN, for the most part. But the author likes to experiment, which isn't always to the benefit of the game. Some of the experiments are one-off, for example there's a map screen used in the first chapter that has never made another appearance. Some are used more often, but superficial - for example there's a few mini-free-roam sections, but they are so small as to be unneccessary. Some are omnipresent, such as the social media posts and chatting on the phone. Realistic as that may be, especially in subsequent playthroughts when you want to make use of skip mode, the chats are super annoying because they massively slow the game down. Playing on mobile, the social media things are annoying because it's very, VERY hard to hit the tiny buttons.

The game features a pretty nifty skill system, where every option you pick gives you points in one of four groups which you can then use to buy traits in this group. I really liked this at first, until I noticed - especially upon replaying the game - how underutilized it is. Sometimes, you can end up in situations where you cannot take an option you would like to pick and that would also be reasonable in context of your other chocies, but you cannot pick it because you lack the points to buy a certain trait. Though, admittedly, this problem all but disappears in later chapters, when you are literally swimming in points. I also feel some traits should be mutually exclusive, but maybe that's just me. I still like the system more than I dislike it, but the game lacks enough opportinities to use the traits, at least so far.

Anyway, it's evident the author went to great lengths to make this more than a pure VN, and he was successful. Sometimes, it's not exactly an improvement, but that's probably in the eye of the beholder.

Onwards to the story / content. I'm not entirely sure the game really has a story worth calling that. There's a strand to be sure, but it seems to be more about the little side-stories related to each of the love interests (which covers almost all females in the game). In my first playthrough, when I just played and picked intuitively, I ended up in a great spot that felt rewarding.
However, subsequent playthroughs revealed that many things are but a smokescreen, you will end up in the same situations regardless of your choices, with very few exceptions. The author does a decent job of accounting for your choices, but ... yeah, they mostly have little impact.
Each of the girls is really, REALLY hung up on her kinks, and those are then all but forced on you (the player) if you're at all interested in pursuing the girl.
That wasn't a great discovery for me, as I dislike some of the kinks depicted.
For example, I'm not a big fan of humiliating or being humiliated by girls, but both things feature prominently here. You do have some semblance of control at least with a few girls, but there's also situations where refusing the kink means just no content.
The good news is that you're pretty free to explore, even though there's no harem tag on the game, it at least to this point IS a harem game. You can go exclusive with one or two of the girls, but you can't reach this point with most of the girls yet. Even if you do, you're free to cheat so far.

There's also topics that obviously were fleshed out with a lot of effort, for example the psychology stuff. Or Jen's chess playing. It's impressive, but imo, a bit of a waste in an adult game. I tried to read it all on my first playthrough, but basically skipped it all subsequently.

As for the kinky scenes themselves ... there's some hot situations, and like I wrote earlier, in my first playthrough I was happy with what I got, but ... let's say, not all scenes work equally well for me. Matter of taste, though, to be sure.

Final verdict, as I wrote in the TLDR, it's definitely a game worth trying in my book, and some of the criticism still has a chance to disappear depending on future development, but the game is not without flaws.

An insane amount of choices that actually matter and you can be everything from a harem stud to a bull to a sub to a cuck.

It's all there with hot girls.

Kind of wordy but other than that great.

Some more hardcore content and kinks would be fun but I'm guessing it's working up to that.

Really great game with by FAR the best choice /stat system I've seen in any game in here. I picked it up just because I was curious about the point system that looks like a skill tree but after playing it I'm sold on the great characters and story too. This game also has lots of content per episode and it's definitely worth checking out.

(Version Reviewed: v0.6.1)

Nothing is Forever is a game that is worth playing. It has a wide variety of kinks that would be enjoyed by both dominant as well as submissive players. Here are my thoughts on the game:

What I enjoyed:
+ Premise. The premise is quite grounded where our MC is a sports psychologist who had left his previous job since there were rumors that he had sex with a client. The cast of characters are all believable: a client who tempts MC to repeat what made him lose his job the last time, a friend/rival, three women who work in MC's support staff and two girlfriends of MC's friends.
+ Story. Well-written plot that never seems to drag on. Each LI has their own troubles and they grow as characters with the help of our MC. It's a long story too. I have a playtime of 30+ hours and yet I have completed only 90% of the game. I enjoyed reading MC's struggles and how he is slowly overcoming them during each chapter.
+ Kinks. Strongest point of the game. Wide variety of kinks that allow the player to play according to his tastes. Almost every girl has a path that caters to a dominant player as well as a submissive player.
+ Characters. Very interesting characters. Both the LIs and the non-LIs i.e. MC's friends who aren't as annoying as normal AVN best friends. They have their growths throughout the story and I can't wait to see what the dev has in store for them.
+ Chess and Psychology. Well-researched and written in a manner that is understandable to a layman. The chess aspect was a good addition which makes the game unique. Perhaps, the outcome or play style of Jen's chess games can be influenced by her love life (or the lack of it) with MC too. That would improve the impressiveness of the game.

Meh:
= Writing. The dialogues seem to go on for too long. Our MC is too talkative for a submissive. There are plenty of errors in the dialogue in Chapter 6. On the other hand, the writing is convincing on MC's discussions on mental health and sexology. It is both well-researched and understandable to a layman like me.
= Romance. The romance is usually well-written with good plots for Jen, Emma, Lea and Deb. The other three characters have largely been sidelined so far. I did think that MC was too dense to never notice Emma's infatuation.

What could be improved:
- Renders and Animations. This is the weakest point of the game. The faces of all characters look attractive, but the bodies look odd and their skins look plastic-like. It might be a stylistic choice, but it doesn't look good imo. It serves as a distraction while playing the game sometimes. There almost no animations either which acts as a hindrance especially in scenes which are supposed to show how rough the sex could be.

Edit: Overall, I'd rate it at 8.5/10. I reduced a star mostly because I can't rate it at 5/5 with the subpar renders. Good game on all other parameters though.

This is probly the best adult game i have ever played, the characters personalities, your choices, and especly the kink/point system.. i had no idea what to expect going in, i just saw the fetishes and decided to give it a go, but man.. this is as much a good and engageing story of action and consequence as its a fapping game, if you dont want to read, skip this one.. if all you want is sex scenes i cant recommend this, but allmost any kink is catered to, and you can choose for yourself what "dishes you want to sample" i am very impressed, i dont know how long this is, i been going for 5 hours so far, and havent finished it yet..i cant recommend this game enough if you like a story where characters have personalities and flaws for better or worse..

Really like this one, it has a very interesting fetish point system kinda like a perk tree, wish more games did this. Also worth noting that the characters themselves also have multiple paths depending on your flavour of kinks.

Its not all smut tho, after playing god knows how many games i rarely bother paying attention to the narative because its rarely worth it, but i did here. Not for the story per se but more for the connection with the characters and the dynamic of the relationships and how it progresses. (wish there was more Kim content hehe)

Really impressed with this game.

First it has lots of kinks, the writing is excellent and the girls are each very unique.

The author clearly knows a ton about psychology and uses it in the game. I even found myself reconsidering some things about myself based on conversations and my actions in the game.

There is a lot of content, it's well written, thoughtful and sexy as hell.

I also really enjoy the gamification system, where I collect points and spend them to get scene's that I'm interested in. Just by seeing which kinks were on the list, I knew what dialogue options I wanted to do to get the girls with the kinks I enjoy.

Really clever.

Thank you for the work. Really impressed and looking forward to the next update

Kick ass VN! The sheer amount of content and the distinct paths make this game what it is. Tons of kinks so far, with obviously, even more planned. A unique points system. Interesting characters and great dialogue. The cell-shaded looking art is a bit jarring at first, but I got used to it. What an exciting VN. I pray this one ends up getting finished. One of my favorites, for sure.

Good job, Dev. 5*

The story, the paths, the kink system, THE GIRLS, everything in the game is really good. I really loved every part of it. MrSilverLust really made a gem, at least for me. This game should be in everyone's top tier for real or at least give it a try. 10/10

Absolutely love this game and can't wait to see what happens next. This is the only game I've played in a long time that actually got me to care about the characters.

I am loving the humiliation and femdom scenes, they're so well done and all the characters feel like real people, like this could actually be happening right now and it would be believable.

Written for the version 0.5.1

Weak points: animations, graphics
Neutral: Lack of characters voice (voice acting)
Strong points: inner thoughts, uniqueness, dialogues, MC, realism, characters, development, story… simply almost everything else.

What makes this game unique are the five “inner demons” of MC, dialogues, MC himself and graphics.

I think that this game should be played at least two times by anybody.

First, I advise you to play it like you would do in rl. MC’s inner demons are interesting and show different points of view than yours, but almost always plausible.

Second, I highly advise you to play this game without regard to the consequences of MC’s actions. Even if MC’s not punished in “real life”, his inner demons don’t leave him in peace.

Dialogues are interesting. I almost didn’t skip any of them, which is rare for me in porn games. And few I skipped were during sex scenes. MC has a vast psychological knowledge and is sharing it with other characters and the player. He also can lie, when he’s manipulating other characters, but the warning about psychological information in the game being all made-up is at least partially false. Quite likely for legal reasons and those that perceive psychology as exact, unerring science.

MC is a rare instance of existence in porn games that is both competent in his specialization and humanly fallible, supporting the realism.

Realism is also made by showing plausible events and situations that are happening during a long time. Ofc dev is using “time skip”, like giving information that 3 weeks has passed, to not bore the player.

Graphics are unique and it can take time to get used to them. However the art style is quite likely timeless, so it may be passable even after many years from now. Animations are short and look simple.

Characters are different from each other, interesting and realistic.

Replayability is high, supported by curiosity of the consequences of different choices, different relations with female characters and different kinks of love interests. When it’s possible for example to guide MC to be dom for one woman and sub for another, it doesn’t cover 100 % lewd scenes, as MC’s usually can use a different approach then female preferred kink.

I bored myself writing this review. Simply play this game, it’s much more interesting than my review.

[v0.5.1] Still playing but played long enough to give a review.

● Story/plot - 8?/10
It is one of the hardest game for me to review. With no expectations at all at the beginning I was amused by its maturity, realistic dialogues, great emotion expressions but... What tends to be a big advantage at the beginning started to become disadvantage as I played more.

This game just feels too real in its complexity, interpersonal relations etc. Messages on the phone seems real, often hiding real thoughts and you feel that it is hard for characters to express themselves just as it would in real life. The same comes with live interactions, often things are not so obvious, they often miss or don't get hints given them all the time just like they would forgot that they are in game and they suppose to entertain you, not to live life you already have. After some time I became tired of some characters or dramas and not that they were written bad, quite opposite actually...

The greatest asset of this game tho is MC's knowledge of psychology itself. As someone who knows something and experienced some shit in my life, I can say that this game is more like a "psychologist simulator" or "getting out of depression simulator". Dialogues often are tooo loooong, just as I would read some articles about specific behaviors, MC explains all stuff about mental health issues, kinks, sex life, relationship and all of this stuff is more or less 1:1 accurate to real life. I think that because of that, that is perfect game for... everyone? Especially for younger players who still explore themselves and are not sure what is "good" or "bad" etc. As for me, I know most of this already and it bores me but I'm sure most of players will get great wisdom from it.

If it comes about plot and story itself... I'm not sure there is anything more than just a life? MC done mistake in the past as we all do, changed city, met some old and new friends, goes to work, handles daily dramas and own mental problems just as we all do. This is not kind of game when you got some magic dick and you are something special. This is game that has some depth in it and helps you understand little more about how the interpersonal interactions works, shows you that everybody has theirs own daily struggles, time passes and it is not like there is something interesting to do everyday... That is how life works for most of people and game shows it 100% accurately.

+ FINALLY game where MC has two male friends! And both of them are normal! I wish more games do that instead of one jester male friend
+ I like "..." in dialogues, it makes them feel more real
+ MC is not horny dog talking about nothing but sex or making assumptions to it like in many VNs

- As said before, dialogues are often waaay toooo loooooong. As much as I respect wisdom coming from them, reading all this super wise MC monologues about humans behaviors at every possible dialogue makes me super tired...
- MC having problems noticing Emma's crush, jealousy and care until she had to tell him straight forward. From all of the people out there he should be able to read others feelings and body language easily. Was it his depression fogging thoughts? Maybe, but later on it still looks like he does not see obvious things. Same goes with Deb, I mean there were clues and at some point it was obvious they like sharing or something, yet after massage MC tells he has "no idea what this is all about". Lack of consistency I would say.

● Graphics/visuals/renders quality - 6/10
I wanted to give it higher note, when you play it renders are actually not bad and you get used to. But then you are lurking f95zone threads and you catch renders from the games you played before and you are wondering how is that your eyes are not hurt playing this game lol.

Graphics has it own style and I get it but quality could still be better. More details, better quality, better face expressions. After all, I'm the game-has-to-look-pretty guy and probably I would trash this game seeing opinion like mine but do not do that, give it a chance because quality of game itself overcomes its lacks in renders quality.

● Animations - 0/10
There are no animations at all which is a big disappointment. Sex scenes are the most boring ones I have ever seen in VN because of that.

● Music - 7/10
Music is one of the best if we exclude "#1 of VNs". It is nice and good fitted but because of long dialogues music tends to loop and becomes anoying after a while. More diversity could help with that for sure.

● Characters - 10/10
All of characters have depth and story behind that. You can like or not either of them but I cannot say that they are not unique. I like it that they all seem to be "normal" but as game progresses we discover theirs kinks, giving us feeling of even more depth as characters become to open up for us. I will not describe every each of them since my review is too long already, I will do it just about Emma since I hate her lol.

Emma is so fucking annoying. She is just not far from being as bitchy as Kim, although her feminism fogs her eyes making her unbearable. She just has awful character, she is always peevish and angry. Her hate to men makes her impossible to make right conclusions or decisions. She always wants to be the best, at least better than any men, no matter if it is her friend or not, she goes all in no matter the costs. At the beginning I kinda liked her, I thought she just have problems with spreading out her feelings to MC but after many interactions she is still full of acid and pride, often having even problem with being nice to MC who is her friend. I guess it is another point for MrSilverLust for showing how much feminists are blind and annoying...

● Amount of content - 10/10
This is the biggest wow of the game. I was kinda feeling guilty when I was reviewing some games in the past, pointing out "lack of content, just linear VN" and at the same time having no idea how to improve it. MrSilverLust shown me I was right and wow, all these VNs devs should be ashamed by him right now.

+ Chess games! Live events or stream with commentary and analysis made me actually come back to my chess plays from the time I was kid. Great job here.
+ Skills! This is a big one. All answers give you specific points of character types which you can invest in your kinks and based on that you will or will not be able to push further with some characters. I still see some potential here because sex scenes sucks and using multiple kinks, even with mixed categories would be great.
+ Discovering girls kinks is also great. It is kinda too easy if you ask me, since hints are automatically lighten up in theirs sentences and it is pretty easy to match it with kink later but still it is nice enhancement for the gameplay.
+ As I saind before dialogues are very mature and valuable. It is not common in VNs to have dialogues with actual wisdom coming from them, surely needed some work with that.
+ Freeroam is sketchy for now but is, like tiding up Deb's apartment or city map with some points to visit to see what was happening in last 3 weeks. It is nice change from linear story but again, got some more potential in it.
+ Smaller things like lovemeter, kink inception, drink chose, timers on occasional dialogues...
+ Start/ending of dialogues, smaller font gives you feeling that meeting is not over after couple sentences like in most of game after 5 sentences

- Phone could be little more extended, for now it looks more like a draft

● Fappable - 2/10
If you got great imagination and like shit-talking during sex than it will be great for you. In other case it is meh... Small amount of renders with not much of realistic quality, no animations at all, tons of talking during sex not to mention sex is kinda rare.

As I said before, it is more like real life and I think dev wanted to show it here also, that sex is not like in porn or porn games. In reality there are not much chances you got 21cm dick and everyday you fuck different chick, sometimes more than once a day and every one of them is long, amazing and unforgettable. I think it is nice and healthy dissonance for all of the sex-oriented games available here.

● Overall - 4/5
Content quality is not enough to be best out there. Renders improvements, adding animations, little fix with music and dialogues and it will be one of the top VN games out there.

This review is for 0.5.1. Lets take it apart.

Adult:
In an AVN, generally this comes from lewd content but I must say what makes this novel truly adult is not just sex and kinks etc. The dialogues, writing, relationships etc. are very adult. Developer is definitely a fine-cultured gentleman with a firm grasp on life with experience because he portrays characters very well. Psychological struggles, inner conflicts, criticism on modern daily practices etc. are very well embedded so this is the strong suit of the novel no doubt. The only think I can criticize is the scarcity of vanilla sex, MC almost always has to go for the kinks to heat things up. That's the price of being a sexologist I guess I love the morality point system and its implementations to get kinks though.

Visual:
Definitely the weak link here. For 2023 this can be categorized as below average, there are hardly any lewd animations. Renders are so basic. It is apparent the dev doesn't focus on this aspect too much. Nice soundtrack tho.

Novel:
I like the girls. They are believable and realistic. Their relationship to MC is unique in every way. Plot is also original. We made numerous choices so far I am curious how will events unfold and plotlines disentangle. It is one of the few novels that focuses on MC and his conscience. In most cases we have round LIs but a malleable, tabula rasa MC to fuck and please them. This is not the case, MC brings emotional baggage, this also lets player to think about what to do.

Summary:
I really enjoyed it, close to 5 stars. It is not really fappable and pleasing to look at most of the time but really makes up for it in other places. If it just had better visuals then it would be a perfect 5-star. It is a refreshing experience to play an AVN in this approach nonetheless. In next project, may dev improve visuals and create the ultimate AVN that I strive for (fingers crossed). A true AVN meant for grown-ups.

holy fuck...
i'm not even going to botter making a review on "why you should play it" or "pros/cons" because so many people have already made it.

Just go and play it, this game is a fucking gem and i'm so glad i found it.

The only route I finished was the "cheater" and somehow i ended up feeling more human than when i started the gameplay lol

10/10 for me, fuck it.

I made an entire run focusing on the "sensitive" path, in my opinion this game could be absolutely perfect if not for what I consider a big flaw: basically 90% of the sex scenes involving a specific kink (the game is designed like that, and it's a great idea) the MC goes on and on explaining and justifying that specific kink to the girl and why she should do what she eventually does.
It's just awful, totally ruins the suspension of disbelief and brings the hotness of the scene to ZERO.
You don't need to explain a man\woman why he\she should take charge and how to do it before doing it. You let him\her take charge and go with the flow if you so desire, and that's the same for whatever other kink.
I'm just sad because there is a lot of work in this game, and I really wanted to like it and keep playing it. In this state I honestly can't, it's too painful.