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

This VN is exceptional! definitely a "top ten" in my book.
at first I tried playing a path based on the color of my choices, trying to make a "build" of sort (manly\honorable). after some time I figured that this was definitely not the way to play the game, so I just started choosing the stuff that felt right to me based on the situation and that no doubt was the right way to play.
this game deserves much more attention.
highly recommend you give it a try.

Renders are awesome and really amazing.

The selfloathing of MC gets tedious and this coming from someone who spent over 10 years clinicly depressed. (more something like teenangst)
Skill system with to little explanation what the skills entitle the MC too do.
The kinks are far to dominant and way to locked in.

The writing is over par and sometime really really good and some times less..

But giving this a 5 means that this is the BEST game ever on F95??? not even if you are into kinks and kinks only. Still a game above par if you like kinks and more kinks and then even more

lack of choices makes me withdraw a star also.

to each his own

v0.4.1
5 stars... I am struggling to find something I don't like about this VN. The characters are all so well-defined and varied; they look different, behave and act differently, powered by wonderful dialogue and a unique progress system that is really well-adapted for RP. Some of the LIs' stories are more advanced than others at this stage which is both natural and frustrating; but frustrating in a good way, because the individual arcs are so well written and diverse that you just want more. Seven LIs, and at face value I can guess that a lot players have the same preferences, but I think this is the hidden beauty of this VN. None are vanilla because they each have their own quirks, hangups and background stories. The two that are so far the least developped of the relationships could be two of the most surprising LIs if I can second guess MrSilverLust. The other five are already wonderful in different ways.

This VN is very imaginative, and provides a clever customization interface that is both complex and beautifully presented. The choices are pertinent, the RP part works seemlessly, and for those who aren't interested in that sort of thing, the Designer has provided a short cut. An elegant and emotional VN. I couldn't give it less than 5 stars.

This VN could have worked just as well with a female protagonist and would have been immediately the best FP VN on this site in my eyes. This VN, with a brilliant male protagonist, is one of the best easily.

Nothing Is Forever ...

Probably one of, if not the most memorable Visual Novels I have played thus far, as far as characters and writing goes this is easily top tier. While there can be a lot of grammatical and spelling errors here and there (pretty much used to it at this point) it is VERY evident the developer has a knack for writing fleshed out, unique, memorable characters full of depth. I will explain why.

- I remember all of the characters names. Every single one, even the other male characters, and I only played through once. It is very rare I will remember every single character and their name in a VN, especially after my first play through. That's just how memorable they are because of the quality of writing. Each character is super distinctive. The dialogue is super realistic and natural, and during the sexy scenes the writing alone got me "excited". The developer goes out of his way to make the sexual scenes super steamy with really hot, and a lot of the times erotic dialogue. Far better than a lot of what other Visual Novels do.

- I love how the MC isn't the only damn male in the universe in this game. He has a couple guy friends, some of the love interests also have boyfriends. are engaged etc as well as the guy friends also having girlfriends of their own (that become paths for the MC too, of course) This makes the world, and writing in general far more immersive. Too many Visual Novels where the MC is literally the only male in the world and in the love interests world. You can literally cuck one of your best friends in this game. Haven't really seen any other Visual Novel do anything like that. The amount of unique paths you can take or decline is really impressive.

-The kinks and traits system is awesome. Feels like you are playing an actual RPG. Super immersive, and the system has a lot of depth and options to it. Pretty much has every archetype for every sort of player. This is awesome.

Now I will get to the girls.

- EMMA
Emma is personally an amazing route to me. The love/hate dynamic has always been one of my most favorite types of romances. The constant banter, arguments, hot and cold kind of interactions Emma has with the MC is really nice. I don't much like romance paths where everything feels so easy and is smooth sailing for the MC. Emma's path feels super realistic and immersive, because she feels like a real person. I was pretty much hooked to this VN straight away because of Emma. I really love these types of relationships. Keeps you on your toes, and is exciting due to it's unpredictable and volatile nature.

DEB -
While I don't really care for her route sexually, as I am not a submissive I do like her character. Her and the MC also have a nice and believable chemistry and dynamic. I can kind of see why her relationship is failing with Carl however. There is femdom, and there is sadism. It seems her kinks falls more on the sadism side than domination if I am being honest. I am not super familiar with how femdom works because again, it's not my kink but not letting your sexual partner cum/orgasm seems pretty sadistic. Especially telling them not to cum for 2 whole weeks after jerking them off close to orgasm...that's sadistic, not dominant as far as I am concerned. With male domination, the girl almost always gets pleasure too so I find this really odd. It's not for me personally. People who are in to sadism/femdom will love it however.


JEN

Jen becomes the MC's psychiatric patient, is a competitive chess player and is a sweetheart. While I absolutely despise Chess and pretty much skipped through all of the chess segments (sorry dev, nothing personal) I really like Jen as a character. I love her submissive nature as a fan of male domination too. Overall, another really nice route for the MC (even if she is the one he should be avoiding the most morally, logically and professionally)

-BRI

Bri seems nice and is sexy, but she hasn't really had an awful lot of time with the MC compared to some of the other girls so it's still too early to say much about her yet. I am definitely excited to see more of her though hopefully, doesn't feel like she has had much involvement yet.

- LEA
If you like turning shy and quiet girls in to slutty exhibitionists, look no further! Lea is great and a lot of fun, don't have too much more to comment about her though.

-KIM
oh fuck yeah.... call me a piece of shit all you want, but its so rare you get the opportunity to cuck one of the MC's friends in these games with his slutty girlfriend, but you can definitely do it here and I am excited to see what comes from it. It is a bit disappointing that you can't seemingly pursue her unless you don't snitch on her. The other angle, where she potentially seduces the MC in to it could have been nice with the whole antagonist angle you get from her if you snitch on her to Pete. Either way. I am a massive fan, I love cold hearted baddies like her. Sue me. Sorry Pete.

-OLIVIA
Olivia is another girl who happens to be in an open relationship with another one of the MC's best buddies Jamie. She's another girl who hasn't had much interaction with the MC as of yet, but I like her too. As someone who has a relative suffering from Huntington's Disease, her story about her mother suffering and unfortunately passing from it resonated with me quite deeply. Props to the developer for raising awareness of Huntingtons, even if it's in an AVN. "Pale Carnations" also did this and it's always nice to see real life disabilities/illnesses/conditions brought to light in any form of media.

Last thing I will touch on is the renders and presentation. Sure, the renders aren't really up to todays standards and could initially put people off, but the writing really does make up for them and I also think they have their own unique charm. After visiting the developers Patreon and seeing that he is working on a "mid range laptop" makes this all the more understandable. He is definitely doing the best with his hardware limitations, so nothing but respect for that. You're doing an amazing job MrSilverLust.

Overall, I highly recommend Nothing Is Forever to people who love well written and fleshed out, memorable characters and stories that dig deeper than just another standard "teenage MC banging his entire family" story.

Superb work, MrSilverLust. Best of luck, I am eager to continue this amazing journey.

If you're looking for a quick fap game then this isn't for you. If you want a fun slice of life type of game with different kinks, a fun story then i highly recommend it. It takes time but plenty of choice and consquence. Looking forward to banging my mates manipulative GF and putting her in her place.

One of the best games on the site, great renders, great diversity in characters, lots of different kinks available and the ability to pick and choose based on your preferences, intelligent writing throughout and some dope references (bojack gang).

Amazing game! What a nice discovery it has been.
I have mixed feelings on the visual aspect of it. On one hand I appreciate the composition, on the other the chosen filter isn't really good IMO. Character design could have also been a bit better, but it's good enough. Posing is still very stiff but it's just a matter of getting better with DAZ, I guess, I know nothing about it.
The story is interesting and it was really immersive for me, it resonates a lot with my own experience in many ways. Dialogues feel natural and I appreciated the choice of having them fading away. Characters are all interesting and well fleshed out. There are a lot of interesting kinks to explore and I hope they will be flashed out more in the future, lewd stuff is still on the scarce side but there is a ton of content so far. Keep up the good work.

Far and away the best story and kink driven game on this site, if you value true, grounded realism. The way the characters interact is true to life and the dialogue and story is not rushed in the name of getting to the next plot point. The only "unrealistic" part is that there are all of these things happening to this one person, and all the girls are super attractive. But it's a game after all.

The modeling of the character's internal experience with the five different internal "personalities" is both funny and a clever literary device that belongs in a highbrow novel not in some smutty sex story - I feel almost spoiled that it has been included so well.

Emma path is for me the hottest, I haven't explored Deb/Kim but it seems like if you're into a different set of kinks you have your bases covered there as well.

This was the literally best VN i was ever played/read.

The writing was way above the other hundreds of i've played. The psychological analyzes of other characters or even your character depending on your decisions, being able to play it in your way and having pleasure regardless of your kinks, story and characther development and many other aspects of the game was perfect. They are all so perfect that you dive into the story and you start to feel great -and you're enjoying it too much when it comes to sexy parts- so you don't care at all about the graphics, which is the only average part of the game.

And the game was really special for me, sometimes I saw some of the thoughts I am having while the character was questioning himself. Or there was criticism or advice that really fit modern life. This was really a job -or should i say art maybe- that made by a person or people who know what they are doing.

MUST PLAY!(If you are just wanting to have a quick wank, just save this gem for a time when you have more time.)

This game is actually good the only reason i don't give a 5 star is that i feel it's restricting the player to only one woman also the skill pointw without a cheat engine restricts you even more as many options gets grey(unselected)

Pros
Good story 5/5
Good models 5/5
Interesting mini games 5/5

Cons
Skill points that restricts the players option
Non harem game=less sex content

In this game, there are a lot of things I like very much.

First, there is music and sound, and it's not some random shit all over the place; the music matches the scenes, as are the sounds. very good point in my eyes.

Second, the girls are diverse but not too many of them (i never understood the principle of games with more than 10 girls who are bland) and each of them has a diverse vibe and gives a different feeling to the player.

Third, the statistics thing may be a very good thing, or not. That is hard to judge at this point of the game, because only some stats are called for. It can either turn in a "all stats give something at some point with a best predetermined order" or a "some stat is never used in the game". From what i saw, some stats do came into play a lot more than others... it remains to be seen. It's probably the weakest point of the game because I do not think the dev will have enough scope of the game to provide with multiple iterations for each stats for each girl, so it will become a kind of "for this girl, take that stat, for that other one, those, at those moments in the game to not miss any content". However I appreciate the idea but like previously said, I think it will fail because of "single dev" and little scope of the game as an AVN from a single dev.

The story is quite interesting, but will be hard for those who are not "right"/"fine" in their live. So it's not a game for everyone.

This is probably the game with the most "depth" I have played on F95.
All the characters felt different and had their own personality, not a single person felt generic.
Even though this game could be considered "slow", but I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who wants a good story instead of instant gratification.
The new chapter 4 update is incredible, many of the story lines are starting to entangle and a climax could be coming in the next update.
Personally I cannot wait for more Emma and Jen.

This is the best game on the site for me.

I am a sub, in to Femdom and there is some fantastic Femdom scenes here. However if you aren't in to Femdom there are some fantastic vanilla scenes too.

The beauty of this game is the people in it all feel realistic and very different from one another. The developing relationship between the MC andthe love interests is amazing to watch and the decisions feel meaningful.

The writing is really good and the story is well thoughtout.

This is the first review I have written purely because this game is so much better than it's peers.

Delighted to see all the well-deserved reviews, and laughing my ass off at the reviewer who thinks they're paid for. Otherwise I'm not going to repeat what a bunch of other reviewers have already said about this game. I'll be looking forward to the next chapter, seeing what happens to these characters next, and hoping the game goes on long enough to get another chance at Jen after the two years are up.

Well its good slice of life not my cup of tea but others like it. Far too much mundane dialogue . Also why the dick wilting talks with male friends with rugged features. Do not want thanks.
We can choose different paths. But in reality because the choices are shown what they do i just pick one (for example manly) and go with it.
Maybe make the choice invisible? add a bit of mystery
for replay.

Love the deep dialogues and introspection, in general all the psychological part of the game, definitely one of the best and more engaging I've played. The skill system is also amazing, there must be a lot of work behind it

I will write honestly: this game deserves much more attention! Only 44 pages in a thread? This is a masterpiece!
Let's start with game design. There is a player in the menu, a phone inside the game, a full RPG leveling system with perks. This looks very familiar. The creator clearly took lessons from DrPinkCake, but some ideas went further. For example pumping and perks - they are deeper and more complex. We have 4 character lines (Soyboy, Alpha, Honest and Cunning) By getting points in each dialogue behavior you can unlock perks that unlock sexy kinks. I liked this system.
The plot and characters are interesting, this is one of the few games in which you do not skip dialogue, and the characters seem to be ordinary living people, and not a collective image of stereotypes.
A separate plus for hand-drawn renderings, it is clear that the developer is trying and loves his work. As I progress through the game, I realize that every decision will have consequences in the future, and I feel that there may be a shock at the level of Acting Lessons. The theme of psychology and personality analysis of girls, their kinks is just fire. The developer also brings us the idea - we are all perverts to some extent and this is normal.
The music fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the game.
On version 0.4.1 I see that MrSilverList is a rising star in the development of erotic VN. Whoever has the financial means, I recommend to subscribe to his Patreon, he deserves it.

Truly excellent game.

Good and intelligent writing, solid (slice-of-life-type) story, interesting relatable and likable LIs and MC, good selection of models, good camera angles/renders. The black lines in the art seemed weird in the beginning, but I got used to it quickly, and found the visuals actually quite stunning.

I know little about psychology, but usually VNs with a psychologist are painfully stupid. Here, it is pleasantly done with some (rather well known but still entertaining) pices of evo-psych etc thrown in.

I am less than moderately interested in chess but still found the descriptions of the games and the mild riddles entertaining (and not too hard). If you dislike chess you can skip most of that, I think.

None of the usual lewd game illnesses such as as the magic horsecock that induces multiple orgasms on sight, etc

Listen, here's how you know this game has the characterization down. I still remember every character's name. On this site, that is quite rare. But these characters are so well constructed, so meticulously observed, that they leave their mark on your consciousness. That's real talent there.

I also enjoy how you aren't railroaded into things you might not like. Don't like a particular kink? Don't take the perk! It's as simple as that.

I also like how the MC is neither a superhero chad, nor a bumbling idiot. He's as well characterized as any of the others in this game.

Can't wait for the next installment. I think this game may well become a masterpiece.

I'm not one to think a writer has to have a good amount of RL experience to be able to write good fiction about a subject. It sure helps but not absolutely necessary if the writer is good. Sadly, this means the genre of "dating sims", is either dominated by horrible writers or incels. Or both (likely). Which is why it took me a while to try this. It's also why it immediately stood out to me, from the first couple lines of dialogue.

It's pretty obvious that this dev knows how to write about intimate interactions in a realistic way. Flirting lines that make sense, female characters who act like actual characters and a protag you can actually buy as one who's...getting pussy. The last part alone is enough to put this way above an average dating sim. Playing through it, you don't get the feeling you are looking at the world through an incel's eyes. Which is what most protags in these games feel like to me.

It has a point system that allows you to somewhat RP your character. It also has a fun gameplay mechanic that allows you to figure out kinks for more spicy interactions. It's obvious that this dev, not only can write believable "dating game", but also knows how to treat kink play in this kind of fiction. In most games it's rather superficial and obviously written by people who don't even understand the kinks. Not in this one.

You still need some suspension of disbelief, it's erotic fiction after all. I mean, it's not likely an RL professional psychologist would risk recommending sexual exhibitionism as a kind of therapy, even to a friend. Actually you never know, that field is known to have some real freaks in the sheets. But the important part is, it's written in a believable manner. And that's all you can ask from a game on here, devs need to strike a balance between realistic and exciting.

I'm really glad I gave this a try, despite my distaste for the genre. It's a hidden gem and I hope it gets the attention it deserves.