VN Ren'Py Price of Power [Ch.25] [Pandaman Games]

[-CookieMonster666-]

Man, I hope not.
Despite being not his complete self, I think Legacy's snarky personality was definitely one of the delights/strengths of this game. It would really be a shame to lose that.

I did like that myself as well. I envisioned his personality reverting back to what it was before, but since he's only damaged rather than almost entirely irrecoverable, I'm hoping that fixing him will mean he retains a lot of his current snarkiness. Eve says that a lot of his personality she doesn't recognize, but I'm hopeful that he's at least somewhat snarky in the future. After all, presumably that aspect of his personality comes from somewhere and is not only a side effect of the damage he's sustained over time.

 

[oh45]

I may be off the wall a bit here, but I suspect that Eve is the more unreliable one of the pair: Legacy's acting the way he did primarily to prevent panicking of the humans. Let's see whether it's Legacy or Eve that has the greater personality adjustment in future updates.

 

[Aristos]

Just had some time to finally play Ch 11. I like this game so much that it always feels short

Don't you find it weird that Legacy looked guilty when it became known that he was allegedly acting out of character? Spoiler: If his lack of sleep really affected his "brain", he should be looking confused or surprised by what he was hearing, not acting like "ooops! they got me." Shouldn't he be unaware that we was behaving odd, or even that he had an AI wife?
That makes me believe that Eve might not be telling all the truth, I don't know

Also, poor inquisitor . I can't see why our superhuman MC couldn't have knocked him out with a stone to his head.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

Just had some time to finally play Ch 11. I like this game so much that it always feels short

Don't you find it weird that Legacy looked guilty when it became known that he was allegedly acting out of character? Spoiler: If his lack of sleep really affected his "brain", he should be looking confused or surprised by what he was hearing, not acting like "ooops! they got me." Shouldn't he be unaware that we was behaving odd, or even that he had an AI wife?
That makes me believe that Eve might not be telling all the truth, I don't know

Also, poor inquisitor . I can't see why our superhuman MC couldn't have knocked him out with a stone to his head.

I actually didn't get the impression he was using a caught-and-guilty face. I might have misread his expressions (it's been a while now), but I thought he was reacting to the things Eve was saying about his being rude, not looking "right", etc. To me it felt more like he was a little humiliated (as much as that could possibly apply) by her comments, as if he wasn't good enough or something. I realize it's definitely not the same thing, but generally humans don't like to be told they need to be "fixed", something that she specifically says needs to happen to Legacy. I took his expressions to be his reaction to that, not that he was up to anything suspicious or whatever. But obviously I could be wrong.

 

[Aristos]

I actually didn't get the impression he was using a caught-and-guilty face. I might have misread his expressions (it's been a while now), but I thought he was reacting to the things Eve was saying about his being rude, not looking "right", etc. To me it felt more like he was a little humiliated (as much as that could possibly apply) by her comments, as if he wasn't good enough or something. I realize it's definitely not the same thing, but generally humans don't like to be told they need to be "fixed", something that she specifically says needs to happen to Legacy. I took his expressions to be his reaction to that, not that he was up to anything suspicious or whatever. But obviously I could be wrong.

I don't know. It's a bit confusing but something in his attitude seemed sus' to me.

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As I see it, one of them is lying. Either Legacy lied knowingly when he explained that AIs feel no emotions, etc., or Eve is lying now when she claims that the lack of sleep has affected his basic functions.
If he wasn't aware of his condition, he wouldn't look afraid even before Eve said he wasn't telling the truth. He would just be as susprised as Maria and the MC and would not turn his head to the wall pretending he wasn't there. It's like he knew what was going to happen as soon as Eve opened her mouth, and that's why he was on the defensive even before re-initializing her. That looks really suspicious to me.

 

[Mommysbuttslut]

Just had some time to finally play Ch 11. I like this game so much that it always feels short

Don't you find it weird that Legacy looked guilty when it became known that he was allegedly acting out of character? Spoiler: If his lack of sleep really affected his "brain", he should be looking confused or surprised by what he was hearing, not acting like "ooops! they got me." Shouldn't he be unaware that we was behaving odd, or even that he had an AI wife?
That makes me believe that Eve might not be telling all the truth, I don't know

Also, poor inquisitor . I can't see why our superhuman MC couldn't have knocked him out with a stone to his head.

I think it's a lot more likely that Legacy was lying. It's a lot easier to say that you don't have emotions than it is to explain the intricacies of how sleep exhaustion has damaged the emotional centers on his neural net to a person who comes from a society that hasn't even invented the steam engine yet. His emotions might be out of whack but I'm sure he can still feel some approximation of embarrassment at being caught in such an awkward and pointless lie.
The assumption that Eve is lying is based on the assumption that Legacy actually believes himself to be emotionless. It's a much smaller assumption to believe that Legacy was lying than it is to believe that Eve was lying. Especially given Legacy's clear display of embarrassment, if he was being honest then he wouldn't have been showing signs of embarrassment, he'd have just been confused.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

I don't know. It's a bit confusing but something in his attitude seemed sus' to me.

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As I see it, one of them is lying. Either Legacy lied knowingly when he explained that AIs feel no emotions, etc., or Eve is lying now when she claims that the lack of sleep has affected his basic functions.
If he wasn't aware of his condition, he wouldn't look afraid even before Eve said he wasn't telling the truth. He would just be as susprised as Maria and the MC and would not turn his head to the wall pretending he wasn't there. It's like he knew what was going to happen as soon as Eve opened her mouth, and that's why he was on the defensive even before re-initializing her. That looks really suspicious to me.

I think it's a lot more likely that Legacy was lying. It's a lot easier to say that you don't have emotions than it is to explain the intricacies of how sleep exhaustion has damaged the emotional centers on his neural net to a person who comes from a society that hasn't even invented the steam engine yet. His emotions might be out of whack but I'm sure he can still feel some approximation of embarrassment at being caught in such an awkward and pointless lie.
The assumption that Eve is lying is based on the assumption that Legacy actually believes himself to be emotionless. It's a much smaller assumption to believe that Legacy was lying than it is to believe that Eve was lying. Especially given Legacy's clear display of embarrassment, if he was being honest then he wouldn't have been showing signs of embarrassment, he'd have just been confused.

Well, I see at least a few possibilities.

Spoiler: My assumption

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Spoiler: A third possibility

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Spoiler: Examining the theories

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I guess we'll find out eventually.

 

[dreamgoat]

Overall, pretty good job. Even though Maria's not my prefer girl and is quite irritating. I'm more in it for the story anyways which is pretty interesting. I do have high hopes getting to know Emila more though and can't wait for other female characters. I probably will come back and check it out again next June or July and start all over again. I think by then I can make a profound opinion on it. Keep up the great work Pandaman Games and good luck.

 

[merlin7560]

LoL, I just had to do it just to see what would happen if I said ""No!

 

[mightybored]

My favorite achievement.

 

[BarryStanton69]

Nice game sir

 

[slick97]

I finally was able to finish Ch 11 after a few days and I'm thoroughly impressed with the story so far. Unfortunately I spoiled the surprised myself by reading some of the theories as to what's going on with Legacy (Adam) and Eve, however it resulted in paying closer attention to every interaction with both of them. All theories hidden behind spoiler tags so read at your own risk!

Spoiler: Prevailing Theory

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There's some other weird behavior going on with the AIs, but without further context from the past civilization we're ultimately monkeys trying to determine what a microwave is used for (I sincerely hope someone gets that reference). I think over the next few chapters we might begin to get some pretty major revelations, but damn does this story have me hooked!

 

[Pandaman Games]

I finally was able to finish Ch 11 after a few days and I'm thoroughly impressed with the story so far. Unfortunately I spoiled the surprised myself by reading some of the theories as to what's going on with Legacy (Adam) and Eve, however it resulted in paying closer attention to every interaction with both of them. All theories hidden behind spoiler tags so read at your own risk!

Spoiler: Prevailing Theory

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There's some other weird behavior going on with the AIs, but without further context from the past civilization we're ultimately monkeys trying to determine what a microwave is used for (I sincerely hope someone gets that reference). I think over the next few chapters we might begin to get some pretty major revelations, but damn does this story have me hooked!

A lot of Act 3 (and a good amount of Act 4) is going to be spent on this topic.

 

[dervalle007]

When can we expect chapter 12?

 

[Pandaman Games]

When can we expect chapter 12?

I'm hoping August 30th for Patrons, might slip to August 31st at the latest. Animations always take a while.

 

[drax 4998]

Is there any Android version are available for this game

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

Is there any Android version are available for this game

You mean like this, on the first page of this game's thread?

 

[Xathras]

Got to the part where we meet Eve. She sounds like a wife who just realized her husband stepped in something and is... displeased. (...drat, no "eating popcorn" emote available.)

I think Legacy might have been badly affected by the isolation, though isn't completely insane. I remember a story arc in the Schlock Mercenary webcomic where the ship's AI Tagii got isolated for something like 45 minutes, which was like ten thousand years for her (AIs think faster in that universe) and she didn't react very well. Then she later met an AI that had been isolated for 10 million years and realized her pain was nothing compared to that.

Edit: ....aaaaand I just got to the part where Eve's describing Legacy's condition. Egads, it is similar to what happened in the webcomic I referenced. Not exactly, since the AIs in this universe seem to be able to handle isolation if they can use the sleep/maintenance/hibernation mode, but Legacy's malfunctioned and... ow.

 

[Mommysbuttslut]

Ya know I'm truly shocked and amazed that nobody has asked the question yet. I've searched enough keywords that I'm pretty sure no one's asked it anyway.
Since Legacy has apparently chosen to render himself without a penis, do we get to pick up the slack on his matrimonial duties and screw the sexy virtual robot girl?
Poor Eve deserves some loving more than anyone after everything she's been through in the past few hundred years alone, not to mention the horror coaster she's been on since she got activated.
I think you'd be hard pressed to come up with a more easily loveable character for the harem route, and her connection to the MC couldn't be more intimate. And as heartless as I might sound, the time needed for Legacy to recover could quite reasonably exceed the MC's lifespan. It seems like the most fair thing for everybody would be to let the MC check her oil levels.

 

[GamerMcGameFace]

Ya know I'm truly shocked and amazed that nobody has asked the question yet. I've searched enough keywords that I'm pretty sure no one's asked it anyway.
Since Legacy has apparently chosen to render himself without a penis, do we get to pick up the slack on his matrimonial duties and screw the sexy virtual robot girl?
Poor Eve deserves some loving more than anyone after everything she's been through in the past few hundred years alone, not to mention the horror coaster she's been on since she got activated.
I think you'd be hard pressed to come up with a more easily loveable character for the harem route, and her connection to the MC couldn't be more intimate. And as heartless as I might sound, the time needed for Legacy to recover could quite reasonably exceed the MC's lifespan. It seems like the most fair thing for everybody would be to let the MC check her oil levels.

I believe the Dev has said that there is no harem route or side girls intended. The main girl will be the only romance explored by MC, and within the game it’s mentioned several times that they’ve been in love with each other since childhood.