kyros
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Can somebody just tell me without any major spoiler whether at the end of the book we’ll discover that the MC has some ludicrous power?
It’s just after finishing the original trilogy with an Infini Powered at a perfect 100 Legend, I don’t think I can ever be ok with going back to a “normal” character
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Well then get ready to have a pretty normal character
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Urban
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You discover that you are still cursed with your lame ass power.
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Take an inspired guess.
Make of that whatever you want.
@kyros
Can somebody just tell me without any major spoiler whether at the end of the book we’ll discover that the MC has some ludicrous power?
LOL. Just lol.
I apologize for sounding sarcastic. It’s just that the whole premise of this MC’s powers is so laughable that the idea of them developing ludicrous power is cringeworthy.
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kyros
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So I guess this isn’t going to be your usual gravity-bending, atomic-wielding and President-impeaching kinda guy? Bummer
Since I’ve already paid for the game, might as well unenthusiastically see what it’s all about then
By all means, ignore everything we’ve said on the forum, and go into the game with an open mind! That way you can make your own judgment about it first 
I understand how you feel, though, because when I first heard that this MC would have changing powers every day, I thought that had tremendous potential. As you’ll see, unfortunately, the entire thing is kind of a joke, tbh. I’m not trying to be savage, but that is honestly how I feel.
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As a guy whose first COG game was The Prodigy, I have to say I was very disappointed with the spinoff and the similar plots that is used repeatedly. Shapeshifting powers on the daily basis was a very interesting concept but also incredibly difficult to pull off but I felt as if the author didn’t really put in much consideration for the readers, it was more like he was writing the spinoff for himself. The characters in there was pretty bland, especially the sister and the astronaut guy. Sure it was neat to see the cameos of the original heroes but maybe it would had been better if they kept them out for the first book, giving 100% attention to the new MC. I could go on and on about how I didn’t like the new series but that’s for another day and another thread, but it goes without saying that I’m definitely not interested in the sequel itself anymore. Sorry.
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As a fellow writer, I can say this much:
The problem really seems to that, yes, sergi is writing for himself while simultaneously trying to please the fans.
Take the romance with Jury in part3 of HR. There by popular demand. Yet not only does it feel absurdly shoehorned in, the entire time Sergi snarls at the player for picking this romance, as if he had been forced to write it in at gunpoint.
Only to THEN go and have Jury break up with the old MC because… why exactly?
Only to THEN THEN go and double back down and make him available as a romantic option to both MCs now (this was already announced publicly, see above), after getting a lot of criticism for this.
The same with the cameos. They feel as lifeless as the new characters, I must agree here. And good heavens, the way he is bringing them back is such one to very easily backfire.
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Urban
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It would be do much better if Sergi focused on Versus and forget about the Hero Project.
Oh I’m not going to ask for spoilers, that would be pretty rude towards the readers that’s looking forward to the sequel and the author himself after putting in time for it. I just might get around to playing the demo for it but honestly I can’t see it catching my interest enough to actually buy the full game but I do agree that he’s trying to please the fans and himself but that never works out at all, you just can’t have both. Either you write it for yourself or for the pleasure of your readers, but the second choice is far more preferable if that’s possible for a story that an author is writing. I was pretty surprised to see Jury in the spinoff especially after I put him in jail (Never liked Jury and never will) so I felt like I was slapped in the face so I can imagine how the readers who romanced Jury would feel about him being with a old lady. I thought Jury was gay but I guess Sergei made him bisexual out of nowhere.
I learned one thing as writer, and gods, do I cherish that lesson:
Write for yourself, but do take the reader on a magic carpet right (yes, reference to Aladdin here).
If your readers want to see certain things, ask yourself ‘do i want this and does it make sense’
if both questions get a ‘no’, don’t write it.
But if only one of them gets a ‘yes’ sit down and see how you can make yourself and the reader happy.
To roll with Jury, for example (spoilers for HR3 ahead)
It could have worked to, while not make him an romancable character, at least give him what fans are STILL craving for him: Taking the levels in badass that he was hitherto bared from. Imagine, if you like, the scene in HR3 where you try to save Miss Artillery. Have the whole drama with Jenny before that, move Miss A’s scene further back in the story and let Jury seemingly vanish after the bit with jenny. Now, imagine you desperately trying to save Miss A, with her clinging unto the sides of the narrow container for literally dear life, all your attempts failing, the acid rising below her, when suddenly the nasty liquid gets sucked out and the battered door opens, her stumbling into your arms. You turn, to find Jury with his hand on the control console, using the meek’s own arrogance (namely elevating him to some form of god thus giving him full access to their systems) against them.
Maybe even have him throw out a oneliner about how the MC needs to work on their ‘damsel in distress’-saving skills for a change. And then have him catch the MC’s punch midair. Bam, badass levels acquired.
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Mewsly
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Jury was always bisexual. He’ll flirt with a female MC in the first game too.
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Ooooh okay thank you. My bad.
Did anyone play this game loading up a HR3 MC who romanced Prodigal? Just wondering if that makes any difference when MeChip Prodigal speaks about the original MC?
I think (just going by what’s on tvTropes about this) she gets really, really, creepily stalkerish fangirly.
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Now I’m curious. I guess I’ll try it out. Thx.
Eiwynn
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She becomes the female version of the Japanese stalker trope boyfriend that is popular in Oteme games … so, yes, it is creepy if your not used to seeing the genre in other stories/games.
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Eh, I know the type from those games.
What I personally find worse is how much flanderization she was put through.
YMMV but the way Sergi declared her ‘crazy’ was already a smack in the face for neurodivergent peeps, but in THP he took away all dimensions she had in HR3 and turned her into this… whatever this was meant to be
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kyros
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To be fair, his justification could be that it’s a digital representation of her rather than actual Prodigal but regardless, it’s still pretty lacklustre
I’ve just finished the game and I must say this is utterly abhorrent in comparison with even The Prodigy. And that was arguably the worst out of the original trilogy.
The character arc in this one is completely non-existent. Or well actually it does exist, it’s just a flat line.
I mean the literal death of a prominent character didn’t even impact the MC that much
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