VN Ren'Py Superhuman [v0.996 Public] [WeirdWorld]

[HugeBeef]

MC don't be using his noggin all that often but when he does he is quite fantastic. Also I agree with RonaldGrand6969 there is an extreme difference in the situations the MC faces which one is explainable by human (simple thugs trying to kill you) vs holy shit it's a monster WTF is goin on.

Me personally, even with my newfound powers I'd be at a damn loss for a few moments myself so I guess you can say that situation was quite realistic for some of us.

True, i see it now, but at the moment i didn't want so many to die, i thought main girls will be killed

 

[RonaldGrand6969]

True, i see it now, but at the moment i didn't want so many to die, i thought main girls will be killed

Oh ya no I would've been pissed too. I do feel though that if your friends were visibly threatened in front of you between life or death; most people would've stopped freezing and jumped into action out of a desire to preserve loved ones.

 

[necromater]

Yeah mate the problem is that the MC is not a sociopath at most is a psyco and only if we make him act like one. Even then he would had bail the fuck away lets take tiff for example or there is any other sociopath in the game no ? Only the blonde cunt and maybe her Daddy? And Jared dad and klaus dad fuck this shit is Marvel levels of crappy dads

At least MC's dad is just a sus bald fuck at least for now XD we will see next update . Maybe the Hangover superhuman style XD our dad his gay lover and alice fairy dad Lol I would see that movie

 

[vogelbeest]

At least MC's dad is just a sus bald fuck at least for now XD we will see next update . Maybe the Hangover superhuman style XD our dad his gay lover and alice fairy dad Lol I would see that movie

LOL You're pretty much describing "As good as it gets".....

 

[necromater]

LOL You're pretty much describing "As good as it gets".....

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Well now i'm gonna watch it as the codex dictated XD

 

[lavilao]

We agree on how the monster parent provides the base/framework for the powers. I'm convinced than superhumans are capable of developing abilities that the monsters cannot grasp, but certainly these powers will remain within the genetic framework provided by the monster parent.

Examples could be:
The MC finding a way to reclaim his cut-off parts instead of regenerating them from scratch.
Ella's ability to choose not to let her form change no matter the damage or that aura she developed after she unlocked her 5th evolution, shown in Laurie's flashback.
Deryl's ability to place his heads into chimeras (although he was monsterified at the time).
Michael using the energy he absorbs to turn his punches into energy shotguns.
Angelina's milk production.

Of course I don't have proof that this is the case or anything, nor I think that these particular examples best showcase the difference between monster and superhuman. It's just how I envision the superhuman development. New abilities, but still within the framework provided by the monster parent.



We mostly agree on our interpretation of the Eye's behavior. I wasn't ready to commit to the reason for his drive to find it's counterpart so I called it "circumstances". Our disagreement seems to be if the Eye is capable of using more powers or if it chooses not to / can't due to his mindfog. I too find that your points make a lot of sense.

Hopefully we will get more insights about monsterification in the future.

nyx is stronger than her monster

 

[banbenor]

What should I do if all the text that I have read suddenly becomes completely unseen when I load my saved file in the newly updated game?

 

[Webopo]

Will it be relevant if I save edit to save Laurie? Like some future incongruities or something

 

[Gtdead]

We don't know that yet but if I had to guess I'd say that it doesn't matter that much. The most significant side-effect would be Aglaec being pregnant and I don't think that Laurie will be relevant to that. Aside from that there is some lore exposition and some extra conversation with Valravn.

Perhaps if there is a fight where you either get helped by knowledge from Aglaec/Valravn or by Laurie?

Additionally, considering how WW tends to minimize the involvement of characters that can die, it will probably be easy to fix any conflict by changing the variables to either True or False. It may break immersion a bit.

nyx is stronger than her monster

Right, mentioned her in an earlier post. Ella calls her a unique adaptation of her monster parent. An indication that superhumans can get a bit creative with their abilities.


On an unrelated note, this update was so awesome that brought the game 3 places higher in the weighted average ranking. I'm impressed.

 

[DrakoGhoul]

You know, I overlooked the MC's power naming discussion stuff. I would say "Memory Echo" isn't bad for a name but for me personally, I would've called it "Memory Lane" since that's basically what he's sending people down while using it. That's just me though, there's probably plenty of alternative names to think of. It does seem like the MC keeps getting the tamed names for his attacks.

I'm also curious what Malik's Planck attack name was fully.

Planck Flare?
Planck Furnace?
Planck Nova?
Planck Burn?

Whatever it's called, we'll probably never see that attack, at least not on Earth. I still hope we get a space fight at some point. Just completely letting loose and not caring at all about the environment. That's the only way we'll see the full power of The Arbiter, Apostles, Level 5 Captains and so on, in a fight.

Still though, seeing as the Memory stuff and Higher Plane linking stuff(partially) came true for the MC, I'm curious what abilities he may also get by Level 5. I'll look over my older posts to see if I can expand on it further or what hasn't came true yet.

 

[kvier]

I'm also curious what Malik's Planck attack name was fully.

Planck Temperature. It's a nice little nerd bonus.

 

[TerminusPrime]

Your connection with the higher plane seems to run through your parent... Their physical forms are there... You've been infected by them in their "avatar" form, a temporary vessel... But the real Apostles are in that plane. (The eye urges you to ignore them)
The eye is already in you, he has no physical form in that plane.. (pick you want "nothing" and he asks how/why he got paired up with you, most likely the Arbiters/Origins are dead, or at least most of them are) (The eye wants to be reborn, so he's dead) Most importantly, the Eye appears in your dreams several times and he breaks Jake's authority....

I find the interesting part of this that the Eye says it was partnered with the MC. There is some sort of link between them that seems to be much more than usual. I think we'll find out it's related to the death of the MC's mother and the event that gave him his scars, but that is a bit of speculation.

 

[DrakoGhoul]

Planck Temperature. It's a nice little nerd bonus.

Unless he said it fully in the public release, as I still haven't played it yet, I'm pretty sure that's not the actual name of his attack. I know that's what he's referencing with it but he didn't call it. He just said "Planck" before Nyx interrupted him. That's also legit a bland name for an attack too.

 

[Blizzard2255]

On an unrelated note, this update was so awesome that brought the game 3 places higher in the weighted average ranking. I'm impressed.

#13 is such an oddly perfect rank for Superhuman.

 

[RonaldGrand6969]

#13 is such an oddly perfect rank for Superhuman.

It's funny because in terms of writing this game is better than like 97% of the games on this site. I swear some of them look very promising at first but then become actually illiterate later on. Plot holes out the ass, dumb baby brain decisions, the works. That's MAINLY in comparison to games trying to "tell a story" rather than ones just focusing on porn.

I mean it's so bad you'd think most were written by lobotomized zombies FOR lobotomized zombies, and the best part? People think it's the greatest thing they've ever read, which will always boggle my mind as to how people just have such a low expectation for things that they find something as dumb as plot holes, dumb decisions, and ignorant bipolar characters or downright forgetful ones as; spectacular 5 stars.

Literally the only ones I can think of off the top of my head are:

-Being A Dik S+
-Acting Lessons S-
-Depraved Awakening A+
-City Of Broken Dreamers S+
-Summer's Gone S
-Where It All Began S-
-Desert Stalker S+
-Elvensang S+
-Leap Of Faith S-
-Ravager A
-Succubus Covenant A+
-Parasite Black B+
-Summer Heat C

These are ones that either had potential, or their concept was flushed down the drain already through abhorrent writing:

-The Falling
(So many fucking plot holes, lobotomized MC)
-Nephilim
(Choices practically mean nothing, plot holes, story doesn't know what it's doing)
-Being Super
(Concept had potential, but the dialogue and whole feeling felt like it was written by babies)
-The Seven Realms
(Gah this one is weird, the plot is linear yet FEELS all over the god damn place, the dialogue is kinda lackluster, and the overall vibe is somehow ruined)
-Affexon
(I don't know who wrote this...but they deserve to be castrated. How do you ruin a dungeon break Manhua setting? By throwing it down the drain via the most BORING class in an RPG, in the most BORING area of the planet; you play as a HEALER, not a Warrior, Paladin, Mage, and you spend your time worshipping feet via messages at your HOUSE, same god damn routine for the entirety of what's out right now)
-The Necromancer Arises
(Concept has been done before in Manhua, but the dev has somehow dumbed it down even more via the dialogue)
-There was one that started with an "A" and was split into 2 parts, it had you play as a magically gifted child learning at the equivalent of the College of Winterhold.
(Promising in the beginning, has a lot of lore, BUT THEN GOES OFF THE GOD DAMN DEEP END after he becomes an adult and does his first job in the city. Characters all over the place, dumb decisions, plot holes out the ass, the works)
-Hot Sands of Antarctica
(Jesus Christ it can't be that hard. This one is almost play by play like Desert Stalker, except somehow FAR worse in terms of writing, DIALOGUE, and overall vibe)
-Fall of the Angels
(Something about it just doesn't scream "fun" to me)



I may update this later, probably not, if you have anything note worthy feel free to correct me/add to it. But my point is whenever I see someone criticize this game for it's writing as if it's the Anti-Christ, I remember that they must be mentally incapable of knowing the difference between good and bad writing in the first place, lobotomized hornballs.

 

[Blizzard2255]

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I agree with you on Superhuman's writing. Definitely it's strongest point. WW has put a lot of thought into the lore and he's a good enough writer to drop hints here and there which allows us players to theorize heavily on the forum.

I must admit that some games that I rate 5/5 over here, wouldn't get the same rating if I rate it on a normal game forum. One must always keep in mind that many devs are part-timers and the games are often rendered as well as written by the same person. I always try to keep that in mind while reviewing which often leads to one star higher than the game actually deserves.

I didn't understand what you tried to mean with your first list. Are those games that you noticed get a lot of 5 stars and you wrote how highly you would rate them yourself?

For the second group of games, I haven't played Nephilim, The Necromancer Arises and Fall of Angels. The other games on your list were mediocre when I played them. There is a plot in each of those games, but it had failed to capture my attention for more than an hour. It might scratch someone's itch. But, it didn't do anything for me.

 

[RonaldGrand6969]

I must admit that some games that I rate 5/5 over here, wouldn't get the same rating if I rate it on a normal game forum. One must always keep in mind that many devs are part-timers and the games are often rendered as well as written by the same person. I always try to keep that in mind while reviewing which often leads to one star higher than the game actually deserves.

I didn't understand what you tried to mean with your first list. Are those games that you noticed get a lot of 5 stars and you wrote how highly you would rate them yourself?

Yeah but I was mainly criticizing games that are trying to focus on story, or have a higher degree of it than the porn itself. If you are trying to write a good plot, I don't understand how you could proof read the aforementioned games in the 2nd list and go, "Yeah that looks good! Anyone over the age of 12 would LOVE that~" Regardless if they are doing it for the first time it's never an excuse, take this game for example; if I'm not mistaken this is W.W's first work, and yet no one in this game dialogue wise is lobotomized and there are no plot holes, it may be difficult to excel in those areas to stand out sure, but it IS easy to make sure you aren't falling into those issues in the first place.

If you don't want to do any of that, don't make your game story focused or heavy, that simple. There are plenty of games on here I didn't mention in my 1st list because they were porn focused but still written very well for what they were trying to portray, not just robots asking to fuck each other back and forth.




Yeah the first list is my dick riding list. I will die on the hill that those are most of the top games on this site in terms of storytelling, character development, lore heavy, world building, etc. The side letters were the ratings I give them between E through S+ cause why not?

 

[Blizzard2255]

RonaldGrand6969 Yeah. I agree with you that some devs make their games needlessly complicated. An example would be the college/school based games. I don't mind playing such games, but more often than not these games have a secondary plotline related to drugs or mobs which is never as well-written as the primary plotline. Such examples can be seen in AVNs from every genre.

Ah- alright. Many good games there. If you want a game suggestion, check out 'The Last Sovereign'. The sex scenes are somewhat vanilla, but the storytelling and world building are among the best I've seen in any game on this site.

 

[bloodaxis]

Unless he said it fully in the public release, as I still haven't played it yet, I'm pretty sure that's not the actual name of his attack. I know that's what he's referencing with it but he didn't call it. He just said "Planck" before Nyx interrupted him. That's also legit a bland name for an attack too.

The only differences I saw beyond some typos being fixed was the Ella corpse scene being expanded.

 

[Gerfenikss]

Take the right path, hesitate, have >=28 skill, "Destroy it before its finished". Alternatively, write derylwin=3 in the console

this is fucking bullshit, my skill is 29 and still fucking dead end 35. Even if i edit it with any number this choice is fucked.