FINISHED THE GAME AND EUGHHHHH I HAVE THINGS TO SAY
(spoilers in this comment though !!!)
First of all slay Dr. Deidre for this. Like yes become a villain for that boy you consider your son now (at least that's how I see it). Fight the system girl. Yes even if it's with bombs. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD-
ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE THOUGH this was very different from malViolence (which I played first) and also from most visual novels I played. I usually play stuff with multiple choice and several endings, but I have to say I didn't mind it at all ! Probably because I already liked the characters and knew some of the story, but still. Even though the interactive parts were minimal, I mean there were still there- And so yeah. Little point I wanted to raise.
About the story itself : I really liked this addition to the lore and story of Cautionne and Dr. Danger. It helped to understand some things in malViolence better and just well... Gave more context in general. And well I learned a lot about Dr. Danger as well.
I wanted to comment on a specific moment in the game that really impacted me : the one where Pavel/Cautionne reveals his legs after his first precession. Because when he lifted the blanket I thought "oh they probably gave him cybernetic legs huh. guess it hurts poor boy show me-" AND THEN I WAS HIT WITH THE SIGHT OF. NO LEGS AT ALL ?! COMPLETE AMPUTATION ?! Truly the only thing I could do was sit with my mouth wide open, staring at my screen for a good one or two minutes while I was thinking "WHAT. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. MY POOR BOY. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE. YOU LEGS. MY BOY. MY POOR BABY BOY. YOUR LEGS-"
Also the seizure scene. I knew it was going to happen at some point but when I actually had to read through it. Aooch. My heart ached and broke. MY POOR BOY PAVEL/CAUTIONNE-
I really loved Shriya character's as well. Wish Dr. Deidre could have taken her with her too. I wonder how she's doing now.
Annnnd I think that's it for my little ramble about protoViolence specifically ? I do have a few more things to say though-
Since we got the beginning of this duo's story and kind of the "end" of it (with Dr. Danger being dead), will we ever get to know what's in between ? Because. I think some found family domestic fluff, eventually hurt/comfort (which I wouldn't mind at all since it's one of my favourite tropes-) would do my poor heart some good. After seeing those poor people suffer so much.
Also, about Pavel's name in malViolence : is "Cautionne" kind of a code name like "Dr. Danger" for Dr. Deidre ? Since Pavel's name seemed so important to him because it kind of symbolised his individuality and identity, I couldn't help ubt ask myself that.
Once again, great game ! Hope we can see more of the Violence series soon :)