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

Wow, this was an experience.

I've played some VNs in my life till now, but I can only remember a few fondly, this one will always be in that list. The story ranges from you dealing with your inner demons and trying to bury your past for good to trying to live a "normal" life and to you trying to be an honest and caring friend for all of your friends.

The characters are what I love about this game the MOST, from a troubled girl who's lost her way, to a shy girl who is trying to be more public, to an old frenemy who you keep going back and forth with, and so many more, there is someone for everyone! I'm very certain you will at the very least like one of the LI's.

LEAH BEST GIRL!!!

Another thing that needs to be mentioned are the mechanics used in this game, the *skill system*.
This lets you purchase a *kinky* skill based on the type of choices you make, which are used to unlock sexual scenes.
The game is full of different kinks, but none are forced down your throat- you choose to experience the ones you wanna experience.
From what I've read the game doesn't have pure vanilla routes SO FAR (some routes haven't been explored fully and could turn out to be vanilla), so if that's something that you're okay with then hop on board, hit that big fat download button and fasten your seatbelt cos this is one hell of a ride.
MANY choices have impact (you will know which ones), so choose carefully!

The sexual scenes are spaced very well, and they are STEAMY! I loved Leah's scenes and can only speak for those since I was only on her route.

Music is sooooo good, some songs are still stuck in my head while writing this review.

Highly recommended for everyone, please support the dev if you happen to like the game and can afford to!

This is some of the most incredible and varied writing in any erotic game I've played. The scenarios are fresh and extremely hot, and there seems to be something for everyone, which is equally refreshing in a landscape of extremes. One of the best games I've played.

Probably the best story and kinky based game, and that's saying something because i have played over a few hundred games.

Pros:
Great story( some of it touched the heart, like a very good novel/book)
In-depth choices which really matter
Great characters loved them
So many kinks to choose from
Music

Cons:
Not really a con but the graphics can use a little upgrade

very good renders,good looking girls and the story is good.All the choices have impact on the rest of the story, soif you like avns with choices with impact this one i recommend to play but if you arent a player that doesnt like to have a lot of choices to do give a try because you gonna like the game. congrats on the dev.

Oh boy, where to even begin. As a mostly femdom player, this is probably the best adult VN I've ever played. What's even more amazing is the fact that a lot of non-femdom players could probably say the exact same thing.

The characters in here are simply phenomenal. Different LIs in this game truly represent completely different personalities and outlooks on life. An example of complexity of these characters is the fact that Deb, which I would argue would be the main representation of a femdom centered LI, is not even close to being the best one for me. It also feels like that most of the characters truly adapt their behavior towards you based on your preferences.

Outside of the sexual aspect of the game, the story deeply centers about MCs internal battles and struggles with his past mistakes and future prospects. It helps the player connect with his struggles and forces you to actually consider them during playthrough. All the other characters have realistic depth to them as well, so you don't feel like they are just pretty fuck objects in the game.

When it comes to technical aspects, the game is as good as it gets for Ren'Py. The game has unique passive skills which are devided into 4 different skill trees. You gain points to spend into those trees based on your choices, basically shaping your overall personality.

This game truly feels like a masterpiece and I really really hope it doesn't get canceld. Feels slept on and underfunded to me. Easiest 5 stars in my life.

Nothing is forever is much more than a porn game, it is a proper Adult Visual Novel, with adult themes and a very interesting and mature treatment.

TLDR Review:
Nothing is Forever has a different premise and treats it well, the story is interesting, the characters believable and the writing very good.

The models and art take a bit to get used to but being different from the usual makes them refreshing. The mechanics of gameplay are well thought out and make for interesting choices.

There's not many sex scenes and they really take a second place compared to the story, so do not play this if you just want a quick fap, there's much more here though and it is really worth your time.

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Longer review with some spoilers, stop reading if you do not want to be spoiled.

Story:
In Nothing is Forever you play as a psychologist that has recently gotten a job helping athletes perform better, after having failed as a sexologist, as he got romantically involved with one of his patients.

The setup of the game seems ambitious and having played through a couple other games with "psychologists" on them I must say I wasn't to keen on it, however this game is really leagues above others with similar protagonists/premises. I am not sure if the author has a background in psychology or not, but it definitely feels like it.

The writing is fantastic and the psychological discussions are not only believable but also grounded. I found myself really caring about the characters and their issues and, more importantly, connecting with the MC and his inner struggles. The moral conflicts that the game presents are handled correctly and I found myself really trying to roleplay a character and not just trying to fuck any girl around.

Mechanics:
I want to bring this on a separate entry for the review as I think they are one of the greatest strengths of the game. As you take decisions, you are given points in one of four characteristics, small decisions grant 1 point, major decisions grant 5 points. With these points you can then buy "skills" that are kinks. It all makes sense, as if you act like a manly, dominant man, you can't then buy the submissive skills, which means that then you can't act submissive for a scene with a girl that requires that. It makes sense and works well within the game, really defining what kind of person you want to be and which girls will be interested in you.

I also liked the mini game of piecing together the kinks of each girl, even though getting it wrong is not a problem, as you can keep trying until you get it right. I am not sure how that could be improved, but it would be great if you got something out of guessing it right the first time or something like that.

Characters:
Again, one of the greatest strengths of this game, each character feels like a real person and is handled realistically and with respect. I particularly liked the treatment of Deb's boyfriend, even though I am not into NTR and cucking, the fact that his cucking fantasy is explored in a respectful way and he is not demeaned by it was a refreshing approach. I also liked that during that scene Deb's words really carried weight and hurt him, which made him become much more than a prop that is there to facilitate a kink and made him a person.

There is a wide array of girls to romance, each with different personalities and exploring different kinks, I just wished that we would have some more meaningful choices with some of them, or rather, some more drastic choices. For example, I really disliked Emma. I get the character and have met women like her in real life, so she was believable and.... extremely annoying to me personally. I chose not to fuck with her (even if it was a hatefuck) as I wanted nothing to do with her. I wish the game had given me the choice to not contact her again.

Additionally, once you are back in touch with her, your character proposes to her to join his practice as a colleague, and I would not have done that, however, the one that really annoyed me was when during the week's holidays at the beach house, she stays that one night behind, and my character stays with her. I would have liked to be given a choice here. I already had my eyes on Leah and I was being true to her, in that circumstance, I would never have stayed home with Emma, who I can't stand, instead of spending even more time with the girl I really liked.

Sex Scenes:
There are some sex scenes here and there through the game, but I found myself avoiding several of the girls as I didn't like them (Emma or Bri for example), and others because I wanted to roleplay the character, this reduced even more the amount of sex scenes I saw, which, as it was my choice, I have no problem with. The scenes I saw were hot enough and the writing was good enough, again, I do not think this game should be approached as a porn game, but as an adult game that has sex in it.


Overall, this game was a fantastic experience that engaged me, provoked real emotions in me, both positive and negative ones, and kept me wanting more, I can't wait until it is finished! a well deserved 5/5

So this game is more soap Opera than interesting story. It started strong in terms of execution of sex scenes but then trailed off. In the early story sex was animated. The long the game was in development the fewer sex scenes were animated at least on the paths I took.

The game also tries to be all things to all people with fetish after fetish explored. Why do developers do this crap? NTR fans don't want romance and faithful partners. Harem fans don't want partners that demand monogamous relationships. Subs don't want dom storylines and Doms don't want sub storylines.

Yes there are different women for different kinks but if you fancy a lass and it turns out she wants you to lick her feet and dink her pisss and you are not a sub that is a REAL turn off and disappointment. Because you wanted to bang the hot chick. This game is almost always a disappointment with regards to what girl has what kink.

I would rather this game all all about a kink I don't like so i could skip it then waste the time i did finding I really didn't like the women kink pairings.

The game isn't bad per say but it is poorly designed because too many devs think a kink is a kink so i will appeal to more people by adding more kinks and it doesn't work that way conflicting kinks in the same game is off putting what it isn't is enticing.

If you can get past the boring long-winded story and the worsening quality of the sex scenes. And the models you like hit all the right kinks then the game is great but i suspect that a lot of people just drop off silently as too many models fail to match a given kink for the player.

PROS
- Coming from someone who hates sandbox/grindy games, the gameplay is well designed. Its pretty much just a VN but includes some RPG elements with the stats and skilltree. Although not having enough of a stat may lock you out of some paths, it doesn't force you to redo monotonous, routine tasks to gain stats. The dev also provided cheats for those that aren't bothered to deal with this mechanic.
- Excellent replayability + nonlinear. You can't see every scene in one playthrough, you can discover different scenes by picking different options or by following a different skill tree. This game doesn't force you into a lazy harem route.
- I'm a person that mutes most adult games cause the dev would just pick the most generic 'royalty free music' or just use random porn star moans for sex scenes. But I've got to say the sound effects and especially the music choices are top notch. Fits the scenes very well.

MEH
- Now there aren't any animations nor are the renders super high definition or realistic like what you're used to from more popular games but I think it looks good enough. No pixelation or grainy renders. It definitely takes some getting used but it has its own unique charm. The black lines seems to be toned down in the latter stages of the game anyway. However, some of the Daz models the dev has chosen for his characters are generic and you might easily recognize them from other Daz games.

CONS
- Writing can drag on sometimes and be a bit boring. I personally prefer more writing revolving around the story or relationships than just deep conversations regarding philosophical matters or humanity. But some other reviewers have liked it, some didn't, so YMMV.
- This has got to be one of the most anti-vanilla games out there. You'll find out soon enough that the sexual content is extremely... "fetishized". Every LI has some weird kink or fetish that you have to uncover and conform to. No one is... normal lol. Lea is into having sex in public or with an audience and is very very much into exhibitionism, Jen is into submission/painplay and if you don't like that then asks that you share her with a man or woman thats into domination as she apparently really wants to be dominated, Deb is into hardcore femdom, Kim is into sadism and hardcore femdom, and Emma is into hate fucking and (guess what?) hardcore femdom. Some might like this but I wish the developer provided a more down-to-earth or more 'normal' options for players that are just not into any of the extreme stuff above. Just to emphasize, I'm not saying the dev should cut out all the extreme stuff and replace them with mainstream kinks, but for a game which prides itself in branching choices & giving players multiple options, I think it should at least be an option.

TL/DR Undeniablly excellently crafted but punching in so many directions most prospective players will only like parts of the sexual content. Setting, small MC, and content breakdown seems suitable for and biased towards Femdom.

Pros:
+ Amazing characterization
+ Some of the deepest coding / flagging for story pathings I have ever seen
+ Scene writing was frankly amazing.
+The build up to and execution of the 1st Doms scenes of Jen and Emma were some of the best ever I've seen. (Though I didn't find the art for them very hot- since the MC is a doughy pygmy.)
+The chess matches are a lot of fun
+Lots of exposition- but it was generally pretty interesting.
+Did some interesting things with splash art and render style differentiation.
+Interesting stat development system

Cons:
-Praise kink +Submissive female is my favorite kink combination. It was more than a little disappointing that humiliation kink got most of the limelight.
-Too much femdom
-MC is really pathetic looking. Doesn't help that there are Adonis lookin' mofos around and half the ladies are bigger than him either.
-Render quality is low
-It was very disappointing in Chapter 5 how little content you could get without being a cheater on Lea's path. You basically don't get access to any of the intimate vibed Lea content if you go non-exclusive with her- its all cucky vibed exhibitionist shit. But if you date her for the intimacy you cannot do any other content without being an asshole. It'd be nice to be able to use Loyalty or Man perks to get access to some better vibes here.
- gets cuckier every update

It's a very good game but not without significant flaws. Renders are OK, nothing special but above average for sure. That black outline is unnecessary IMO but it's not annoying so I'm neutral about it. Sex scenes are great for the most part but there's way too much femdom for my taste and it's a shame that dev is trying to cater to as wide audience as possible. Hence every girl we meet has a distinctive kink/fetish (which makes it similar to other popular game that I won't name here) and for example Deb, who IMO is the best looking woman here (along with Olivia, Lea and Jen) has fetish that's unappealing to me. We basically can't have vanilla sex here, there is always some kink added to spice things up (which shouldn't be a bad thing in theory but in practice it's not as fun as I initially thought).

Writing is one of the best I've read in porn games (there are only 2-3 titles that are above it) but sometimes the dev overdoes and there is just too much talk for my taste. The banter between some of the characters gets old fast and inner-thoughts and monologues are sometimes excessive. What's worst though is that main character is a pathetic human being in EVERY scenario (even in the ones where he's not a bootlicker that allows himself to be stepped on by weaker sex, e.g. when he becomes second Kim). We have his whining/crying/self-pity in every chapter which becomes annoying in the long run.

What I like here the most though and what makes it shine among other titles is that it has some rudimentary RPG elements and we can "build" our character as we see fit. It's nothing jaw dropping mind you but it's a nice addition.

All in all it's one of the better games here and could have been THE best but due to the flaws I've mentioned I can't rate it higher than 8/10. Still, I definitely recommend to try it, it's definitely something more fresh than your typical "I'm living with my landlady and her daughters" or "I'm in college and every chick wants to fuck me" scenarios.

If you are the slightest bit interested in psychology, realistic human behaviour and navigating complex life scenarios then this game is a must play for you.

The main selling point of the game is the character driven storytelling, there's a lot of developments in that area and it's exciting to see how the characters change over time. You have influence in this as a player which gives a nice bit of agency.

Exploring of kinks is a nice touch with the points system, you get hints of what makes others tick and then can act (or not) depending on how you spent your points.

The story is good with plenty of plot elements that drive it forward but I'd say that it's the characters that make up for 90% of the satisfaction of playing this game. They're all deep and nuanced with their own set of motivations and desires. And they ACT like people! Which is pretty damn rare on a site like f95.

The art style might not fit everyone but I found it to my liking, it gave the game a different flavor which only added to the depth. There's plenty of cool little cuts and montages that makes the story easier to chew.

5/5 would recommend.

The renders are poor and have weird comic book outlines which ruins the renders, a weird choice.

The game is boring - all of the 'good options' and content are locked off unless you pick soy-boy options 90% of the time

It has an AWFUL skill system with weird system of cuck or misogyny being the only real routes.

The UI is well done, but waiting for endless ui animations after every line gets old immediately

'Manly' choices generally involve not being manly at all, like being attracted to bikes over women, acting like a cunt, seeing one on one sex as 'not manly' but things like fat fetishes and inhuman proportions are marked as honorable. It's a serious lot of projection from the dev

A great idea, and fun to play. Only slight drawback is the complexity and unwieldy nature of the game mechanics. I think it has enormous potential though.

Pros:
Setting and storyline are interesting, characters have different motivations and personalities, variety of kinks are indulged without making them compulsory for those that don't enjoy them.

The inner monologues are new and interesting but sometimes go on a little too long.

Cons: episodes are fairly short, art style won't suit everyone, some characters seem to hit a certain point and just stagnate.
Some of the dialogue also seems to be a little too structured, and can read like a daytime advertorial for the latest cooking gadget; one character sets up the conversation and the MC delivers the answer in a way that makes it seem like the characters are reading from a script written just to sell a product.
There's also no real clarity on what the MC's motivations are besides not succumbing to his inner demons.

Overall:
Overall though, any negatives seem to come from a very ambitious attempt at something new in terms of story and interface. Well worth a play, and I hope the dev can streamline their game a little more to make it a massive hit.

I have not tried this game in a month or two. I was mentioning this game to a friend, and I ended up writing a damn essay as I started thinking back about how nuanced and well-refined this game actually is. From the characters, to the mechanics of the system, there is a level of depth that, to my knowledge, exceeds anything I have seen in a VN style "adult" game. It occurred to me that I owed this project a rating, at least.

I could talk about renders, animations, or music, all of which are perfectly respectable (the music specifically excelled, as I recall), but none of that really matters to me. Those components are ancillary as long as they are good enough to augment, or at least not detract from, the writing.

As for the writing, I cant think of a single game I have ever played here in which the dialogue felt more organic, characters felt more realistic, and the nuance of choices required me to ask serious questions of myself as to what I really like, or what are the limitations of how far outside of my own preferences I am willing to go to make someone else happy. (Apparently, the answer to the latter question is "licking boots".) Simply brilliant.

I have just finished my first run of this game. A "John Wayne" run, honourable and manly (200 to 80-90 snake and sensible)

This game it´s in the second page of weighted score of this site. That makes it a really underrated game. An unusual and well thought mechanics (all the skills tree stuff), characters that behave like human beings, lot of control about how the MC behaves. The psychological stuff that the games use it´s not a piece of bs, goes from real stuff to good enough for governmental work and havig chess stuff it´s a real extra.

Its more of a story and character dialogue heavy game which I enjoy with it's strongest aspects being how the story takes its premise seriously of you being a sexologist with dialogue actually reflecting that it is a serious profession and has serious insights and views on sex and kinks. Another strong point is the witty banter between the MC and the other characters that actually feel like people even if they are a bit stereotyped. The artstyle has these black outlines like a comic book or graphic novel which put me off from trying the game at first but after giving it a try learned to get used to it. At least I can pick it out from other more generic games. Another thing to point out that reactions generate points which can be allocated to certain skills which unlock kinks or sex scenes. Not all of them are useful at the moment so you should probably only allocate them when the need arises.

One of the best/top games on here imo.

I want to like this game but I just find it pretty boring. Nothing about it is all that interesting except for the game mechanics but scenes are few and far between endless amounts of dialogue that I just kind of don't give a fuck about.
It's not that I don't care about a good story but I feel like the same amount could be said with less words. If it was a show, I wouldn't notice it but because it's a game it's really made obvious that a good amount of the dialogue is just mundane. 50% actually moves the story along or gives insight into the characters but the other half is like flavor text that is just a drag to read through.
I'm not really all that into the renders either. Which I mean ... if the character models looked better, it'd definitely help with getting through the dialogue.
The mechanics are interesting and is the reason I tried this but overall the game is kind of whatever. Not bad but not that great.

The game is one of the best on this site, amazing story telling and the rpg mechanics are also awesome. Really love the domination paths with Emma and Jen. Really hope there is a harem path. Looking forward to the next update.

The dialogue and overall writing is on a really high level and the story has so far (0.4) been extremely captivating. The different personalities and kinks of the ladies make them feel unique but the quality of the writing is what makes them appealing too which is rare in a porn game.

Big recommendation.

Short review for the wankers: it´s really, really good and it´s getting better! You should play it.

Random thoughts about stuff:
- 1st chapter had an artsy style with the black lines and the music. It was different, it was cool, pity some wankers didnt like it. Everyone´s loss.
- 7 love interests. Really? 4 would be fine. But no. We have the whole chapter 4 making up stories with the other 3... it feels half baked. In the end of that chapter we´re choosing a girl we´ve fallen in love with: 4 have a story to back it up, the rest...
- The skill system is great except the blue ones. I eat pussy like a mad man but it doest mean i´m evolving to be a sub slave.
- Kinks!! With real people, with issues, problems and a lot of talking. Trust! Have you told your wife you´re into porn games? It´s a fucking nightmare. Trust - talking - talking- trust-trust-talking- talking. It´s hard IRL and the devs know it. This isnt a post-aplocalyptic fantasy porn flik. Sure 8 people all with different kinks doesnt happen, it´s still a porn game but it´s really well done!!
- More kinks!! Not just feet and cuck! There is some great stuff here! I even think i have a new kink! Some scenes really got me going!! So HOT!

The name is stupid but the game is great!