VN Ren'Py Superhuman [v0.99999b] [WeirdWorld]

[BenoTF25]

I know some people don't like the idea of MC being tight with H.E.R.O(though i don't share that sentiment) but i hope WW really delves into that plot, Henri and MC as Captain and lieutenant would be interesting to read, their small time together climbing the Tower of Dreamworld showcase some proper chemistry between the two.

 

[Dinoflaggelate]

A question for those that killed Jake: In the HERO HQ simulation fight this update, who replaces Jake if he is dead?

I didn't kill Jake, but I looked at the script and it's a random level 3 named Chad Thunder who has kinetic absorption abilities. He's not a tough fight. Either you hit him with the scythe and cut him in half by overpowering his absorption, or turn into the strength form and literally tear him apart since his power only protects against impacts. There's no lose state, you'll automatically win and the choice just determines if you get Power or less Power and some Skill.

 

[BenoTF25]

I think it's plausible. If Nico does go down, H.E.R.O. will need someone to take over teleportation duties eventually, if for no other reason than that it's going to be really hard to get a strike team to S.I.N.'s base on Mars otherwise. Alice could fill that role. And having her take over teleportation has the benefit that she's not strong enough to get to Malik and Bernhardt yet, but could be eventually. Meaning that they could be brought back for the endgame, but we'd have a decent span of time when they're out of the plot and the stakes of the conflict are higher. Hell, we'd have some time just waiting for her to get back to Earth, she's going to be hunting for Michael for a while still.

There's also the possibility that Malik and Bernie couldn't just deal with the Wasting Mother in time too, like i feel like many readers assume that Bernie is just gonna one-shot, but WeirdWorld adding that bit of Malik fighting her would probably have some deeper impact on the Future(Halona's comment of it being massive, and Deus looking freaked out), their battle could drag for Weeks or Months, plus the chance of Malik maybe needing her for something and having been picking a fight with it for some goal, as i feel is vert unlikely that An Alien God just jumped him on Outer Space.

 

[Krytax123]

None of what you wrote makes any sense what so ever. Unless.. does the word “fix” translate to decapitate?

Huh?

1) why are you so aggressive/condescending?
2) Ella fixed Mia's head, Cole is - despite anything - one of her "kids", why doesnt it make sense that she maybe needs him for something or just does it to fuck with tanos or whatever?

Im not saying its happening, but it could happen, so maybe stfu?

 

[bfc233]

Is the writing/story the strong point?

It's not even the writing but the setting and the lore that stand out. You could really make any number of games and scenarios in this setting and they'd all have amazing foundations.

I swear if any H.E.R.O captains kill Alice I am gonna join S.I.N or find another way to destroy H.E.R.O.

Makes me think, if his manipulation of biological materials is up to it, MC could make plagues.
SUPERHUMAN PLAGUES.

that An Alien God just jumped him on Outer Space.

Not just outer space, but the edge of the universe.

1) why are you so aggressive/condescending?

It's a 'the only good cole is a dead cole' type of joke.
I don't disagree, it's just that he's too pathetic to warrant the effort.

 

[Krytax123]

It's a 'the only good cole is a dead cole' type of joke.
I don't disagree, it's just that he's too pathetic to warrant the effort.

I mean yeah, but even from that perspective its way more satisfying to kill a fixed cole compared to killing a zombie cole

 

[Hazardgaming]

Huh?

1) why are you so aggressive/condescending?
2) Ella fixed Mia's head, Cole is - despite anything - one of her "kids", why doesnt it make sense that she maybe needs him for something or just does it to fuck with tanos or whatever?

Im not saying its happening, but it could happen, so maybe stfu?

You’re taking what I wrote in a literal way and assuming that my comment was some sort of.. attack? against your perspective. But that’s fine.

 

[RudeFist]

I don't know why but MC's inner voice this update makes me think of this.

 

[Shapesnatcher]

My theory is that eventually the MC will be able to choose between being Lieutenant for Henri or Nyx. If he is corrupt, he wont heal Duncan and if anything absorb him for powah and to maybe join Nyx(she has a lot of corruption), he can only opt for this in what is essentially war time crisis though. Or he heals Duncan once he evolves to level 4 since I do not think HERO has a higher level memory/body agent, and it gets him a new ally in a way. That whole thing would sort of involve Ella to a degree come to think of it but its just speculation at this point.

 

[Krytax123]

My theory is that eventually the MC will be able to choose between being Lieutenant for Henri or Nyx. If he is corrupt, he wont heal Duncan and if anything absorb him for powah and to maybe join Nyx(she has a lot of corruption), he can only opt for this in what is essentially war time crisis though. Or he heals Duncan once he evolves to level 4 since I do not think HERO has a higher level memory/body agent, and it gets him a new ally in a way. That whole thing would sort of involve Ella to a degree come to think of it but its just speculation at this point.

And henri out of all people is supposed to be the low corruption route?

Would be awesome but im not sure its worth the branching hassle to have a choice for which captain we work AAAANNND it would be a fucking hard decision, henri is super interesting ... but Nyx is so hot ....

 

[AlexKaiser2626]

My opinion on these latest updates is that there's very little progress with the protagonist. I feel like they're focusing too much on developing the other characters' stories—which isn't bad—but we've had three updates now where the protagonist barely grows in strength or advances on his path. This last update was packed with new characters, but they weren't used well.

To me, there's too much dialogue and not enough fights. I also noticed there are very few sex scenes considering how many new characters were added. Obviously, sex is the least important part since most of us aren't here for those scenes anyway. But still, it feels like a missed opportunity.

In short, these updates bring new info, but nothing really relevant to the main story. It all feels like filler to set up the beginning of version 1.0.

 

[Shapesnatcher]

And henri out of all people is supposed to be the low corruption route?

Would be awesome but im not sure its worth the branching hassle to have a choice for which captain we work AAAANNND it would be a fucking hard decision, henri is super interesting ... but Nyx is so hot ....

Well I mean Henri's whole thing is that he holds back a lot all things considered, lord knows i cant be trusted with what is the equivalent of the reality stone, so he is a chill dude all things considered. None of the captains are really 0 corruption supposedly. Nyx should be above average on corruption and the important thing is whether to save Duncan(Nyx second in command) or not. Powah or power of friendship and yeah she is really hot. It also ties in as to whether doll ella does a thing or not potentially.

 

[Acanthite]

My opinion on these latest updates is that there's very little progress with the protagonist. I feel like they're focusing too much on developing the other characters' stories—which isn't bad—but we've had three updates now where the protagonist barely grows in strength or advances on his path.

I think the MC's own progression is there, but the narration is relying on us paying attention to the numbers to get the full picture. As a level 3 MC beat a level 4 Cole with only around 400 power and already tired. MC acknowledged that even at level 3 Cole had more power than him (though probably not by an absurd difference), and dramatically so after hitting 4. MC about doubles his power on the monster world, and then gets a ton more just in the last two weeks. The monster world probably propelled his growth at level 3 more than any other superhuman on Earth in the same kind of time frame (not counting Henri), to say nothing of what the rest of the gang might've got out of it. It keeps him in line with what Xanthe says when MC beats Valraven without help, implying the only superhumans he knows of that could've done the same at level 2 don't extend much farther than the natural level 5 Captains. MC was on track to be their peer eventually WITHOUT the Eye, and now he both survived the harshest environment imaginable after facing off with a hoard of enemies that included things way more powerful than him, AND has the Eye awakening. Then in this update we get to see him be totally unphased by Eira's power which is a pretty obvious hook for at least one more sex scene.

The numbers don't feel as reliable as they should because of WW not really knowing how it would all shake out early on in the story, but I think it's meant to be a good indicator at this point. When MC does finally hit 4, having way more power and experience than Cole did for his 4th evolution, I'm expecting it to shake the hell out of even a battle the scale of what the update ended on because he's already basically the strongest level 3 we've ever seen (barring Evander's special Twin power and the Lieutenant that got turned into a tree who stayed at level 3 for MANY years). Even someone as arrogant as Nico is hyping up his growth, she's just packaging it as motivation for him to hurry and catch up to her.

That said yeah, a lot of this feels like it's being measured carefully for the workload of 1.0 so I agree with you there.

 

[randomabccab]

Just finished WW's livestream, few things I've noticed that piqued my interests, you guys probably already know this but in case someone didn't (e.g. me), here it goes.

1. Superhuman 2 is probably coming out after V1.0 is done, but when, how, WW wasn't clear about that (most likely intentionally since he would like to keep his options open, and I respect that).
2. WW said he's looking forward to Wasting Mother as well, and "all will be revealed in due time". Last thing I want is someone of that level to be off-screened.
3. Initially I thought that there might be just one update remaining before V1.0, but it seems like he's keeping the option open to do multiple updates before V1.0. I wonder at which point V1.0 end though. And will Superhuman 2 have a different MC? Either way, many exciting paths are open.


There were many more titbits of info, you can check the Livestream on YouTube or Twitch, it was fun hanging out there, I've never really done that before.

All in all, it seems like there might be a long future for Superhuman still, if I had to guess I'd say the story is about 50% done, but that's a totally random guess, and more like a hope, cause I think it'd be epic for the story to continue at least a few more years.
But whichever direction WW takes the story at, as long as it's as good as it is now, it can take however long it needs to take.
The only thing I'd be sad to see is, if the story just ends randomly like some manga or anime tends to do, this story is too epic for that.
Hopefully censorship and payment processor issue won't be a big problem and we can see a proper wrap up to this story.
On that note, if possible, please support his patreon, and let's be a part of this Epic Saga.

 

[randomabccab]

I've waited for a monster strong enough to shrug off Nico's Sun-teleport attack, It always seemed like such an obvious limitation of her power and now the Fenrir finally did it. Though here I was more concerned about the giant Ice monster fucking up the Sun rather than it launching itself back to Earth, so it could be worse I guess.

I don't think any monster other than a special few (maybe Glae, Indra etc) can do anything to Sun.
The sun is, well, MAAAAAASIVE.

I wonder what would happen if Nico teleports a monster in the center of a Black hole, would be more dangerous than the center of sun.

 

[randomabccab]

A question for those that killed Jake: In the HERO HQ simulation fight this update, who replaces Jake if he is dead?

The one and only, CHAD THUNDER, literally.

 

[JRD220]

The spicy scene with Tiffany in this update reminded me of the 'infertility' problems that superhumans are supposed to have, but I've never understood why it would be a problem for the MC with his power set.

If I remember right, supers aren't actually sterile, the problem is their mutations makes them so genetically unique that they are just too different to be compatible enough with anyone else to have kids... like how human and chimpanzee DNA is 98.8% the same, but that 1.2% still enough to make us radically different.

The MC is a shapeshifter who can absorb samples of other organisms DNA and change his own well enough to copy them. He should be able to adapt his genetics to become compatible with any partner. But for some reason this barely ever gets alluded too despite the possibility of having kids being brought up repeatedly throughout the game.

Am I missing something?

 

[OmegaAlpga]

Well, looks like MC isn't going to evolve anytime soon, huh? Based on how Weird World loves evolving the main character, it'll happen either before the big final battle or after it. So it'll probably be in the 1.0 update, imo.

I don't mind. If there won't be a level 6 or anything beyond the level-stage system after level 5, the sequel will probably follow the main character from level 4 to level 5.

Not gonna lie, I feel bad for Cole, lol. Poor bastard should have died by the MC's hand. But maybe big sister Ella could fix him, right?

Also, I'm gonna be honest, I found the second material sphere, being an antimatter universe, was kinda meh.

Finally, I hope Weird World doesn't screw us over with harem lovers. He'd better give us a harem ending too, alongside whatever endings other players prefer with their love interests. I don't like the foreshadowing the MC dropped.

 

[OmegaAlpga]

Am I missing something?

Maybe, because WW doesn't want the love interests to get pregnant, lol? It probably gets in the way of his story since the main character is raw dogging every one of them.

 

[randomabccab]

If Alice returns that would either mean she found Michael or was forced to Earth. If the latter she probably wouldn't be able to use a Hexenringe. Either way I doubt the Captains would let her live since she has monsterified and Lucius at least seemed to have a zero tolerance policy judging from when he saw Aos.

Alice can suppress her monster form and appear as a human remember?
Maybe WW did that to make sure that H.E.R.O doesn't know that she's a Monster.

Nico is effectively incapacitated right now since she has to wait and regain her energy, but considering Tanos/SIN now has the HERO HQ layout it is possible they could also interrupt her and prevent her from bringing the Captains back. I seriously doubt Alice could stand in for her even with a boost from Clarke, unless Alice has a hugely more energy efficient way of utilizing the Hexenringe. Unless she has effectively become a S rank monster at least.

Your concerns are valid, but the reason I thought of this theory is because Thematically it makes sense.
As for how exactly it will pan out, WW can make it happen in many ways.
If Bernhardt and Malik is missing, don't you think H.E.R.O would set aside their differences and even take help from AOS if necessary?
Also there's someone in HERO that AOS is "terrified of", so it's unlikely AOS can do any damage to HERO even if HERO thinks he's not trustworthy.
So we have Alice, AOS, and many other unknown options.

And Ella and Deus are always Wild Cards, so there's that.
And where is Ella Doll? Very suspicious.
No matter what S.I.N wants, or how shitty of a person Ella might be, she's still probably on Humanity's Side, at least on the long term.

Another angle to look from it is, maybe Bernhardt and Malik's fight doesn't end anytime soon, and they keep fighting for months.
In one of the Dead End in Monster World, where in that Brothel quest you get trapped, the Universe ends.
Maybe that's a result of this Bernhardt and Malik vs Wasting Mother fight after years.

So, many ways to go about it, exciting stuff, let's see how it pans out.

Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree how to do it.
Be it MC's Group, Ella's Group, H.E.R.O, S.I.N, M.O.O.N (including Tanos), or the World Government, nobody wants the Monsters to take over.