"Let me play you a song called Rational Gaze"
...in which Konjad admits to having never actually read the Witcher books.Soldiers don't have superhuman strength, agility, endurance, reflexes and senses11. A lone witcher is apparently better than a whole group of soldiers against a monster and acts smartass about it. Again, this makes no sense. While I get that a single soldier shouldn't be equal, 4 or 5 of them are still not a match for a monster, but a single witcher is?
They also can't use magic, they aren't immune to poison, they aren't fearless, they haven't trained since childhood to hunt, to fight and overall don't know jack shit about monsters
But in books Geralt can only find jobs in godforsaken villages for tiny amount of shekels. It's implied that larger towns can take care of their own shit with normal soldiers....in which Konjad admits to having never actually read the Witcher books.Soldiers don't have superhuman strength, agility, endurance, reflexes and senses11. A lone witcher is apparently better than a whole group of soldiers against a monster and acts smartass about it. Again, this makes no sense. While I get that a single soldier shouldn't be equal, 4 or 5 of them are still not a match for a monster, but a single witcher is?
They also can't use magic, they aren't immune to poison, they aren't fearless, they haven't trained since childhood to hunt, to fight and overall don't know jack shit about monsters
For what it's worth, the expansions are a SHIT-LOAD better. Just better paced with less filler, and some enemies which actually forced you to act a bit now.I just finished my first playthrough of Witcher 3 today and agree with almost everything that has been said. Some notes:
1. Playing as Ciri is jarring and not clever. Kudos to CDPR for giving up and giving her one hits kills towards the end.
2. Random videos of "Geralts thoughts" felt amateurish and out of place (was the volume on all of these videos low for anyone?).
3. I never used oil and only made one bomb for a training quest. Also I could never complete the Cat spell for darkvision. I wonder if this stuff is in the game to appease the spectrum crafter kids.
4. The last act is stretched out as fuck with boring escort missions and stupid sidequest after sidequest. "Geralt thanks for the hour long quest for me toothpaste but I forgot me brush. Can ye be a good lad and fetch me the brush from me brother in Albequerque?"
5. Combat is awful and investigations are poor. It's like they tried to ape the Arkham Asylum games but forgot what made combat in those games flow (combo counters?)
6. Witcher 3 is why I stopped playing Metal Gear Solid and most AAA. Interactive movies that appeal to the MCU crowd. Forgive them father....
7. The illusion of choice sucks. I remember loving Witcher 1 and having to choose sides and having it affect the story. I feel like as much flack as the combat for W1 got, I still liked it better than 3. I think I even liked part 2 better than 3. Weird.
8. I'm glad it's over. I doubt I'll ever touch the DLC.
9. BTW, did you know Geralt hates portals?
People misunderstand, that is its happy face!What. The. Fuck. Why does it eat it if it doesn't like it?The classic Codexian sentiment: "I spent 300 hours playing a game and it was terrible!"Codexers: "The Witcher is just mainstream garbage!"
Also Codexers: "I know what I'm talking about because I've played 175 hours!"
I'm curious to see how they'll worm their way out of the fact that only men can be Witchers.Imagine how bad Twitcher 4 will be
I'm curious to see how they'll worm their way out of the fact that only men can be Witchers.
- Will they do a reboot with their own tweaked rules?
- Will they stay "historically faithful" to it but introduce Trial of Grasses 2.0 which works on women?
- Will mutated Witchers have died off, and the new generation simply be trained as Witchers (like Ciri)?
- Will they simply ignore it?
Ciri is not a Witcher. She got (part of) the training, but not the induced mutation.Ya lost me. Ciri is already a witcher and she is a chick. No need for trans shit.
This really disappointed me. If the world was at least a bit more active, I wouldn't hate it as much as I do. Those map marker quests where you rid an area of monsters/bandits and let people move in is a golden ticket for world building. Have someone change their mind about Witchers. Have someone engage with you who's still apprehensive about trusting a mutant despite him helping. Have someone really ungrateful.Huge world full of nothing, lots of villages with untalkable NPCs and with nothing interesting to visit or do. What's the point of such huge areas and so many places if there's no reason to go there or just do the most generic quests you can imagine?
Never read the books and started with Witcher 1, so the wild hunt intrigued me. Had so many different theories as to what it could be and learning from the Hermit was so interesting.The story is simply uninteresting. It's just too high-fantasy for me to care. Some wild hunt raiders appearing out of nowhere, great sorceress battle killing bagzillion of enemies etc
They already introduced in their tabletop game a witcher school who tried to create female witchers and said the results were 'inconclusive'. The previous lore was that any attempt of mutating women led to certain death. This is their way of leaving the door open for their next game.I'm curious to see how they'll worm their way out of the fact that only men can be Witchers.Imagine how bad Twitcher 4 will be
- Will they do a reboot with their own tweaked rules?
- Will they stay "historically faithful" to it but introduce Trial of Grasses 2.0 which works on women?
- Will mutated Witchers have died off, and the new generation simply be trained as Witchers (like Ciri)?
- Will they simply ignore it?
I think Siegfried is part of CDPR's fanfic, but his family certainly isn't. Siegfried is the man who could, and is 100% dedicated to his faith too. I think Carmen tries to flirt with him and is a bit disappointed the guy doesn't get her advances.Siegfried can kill monsters as well as Geralt in-gameSoldiers don't have superhuman strength, agility, endurance, reflexes and senses11. A lone witcher is apparently better than a whole group of soldiers against a monster and acts smartass about it. Again, this makes no sense. While I get that a single soldier shouldn't be equal, 4 or 5 of them are still not a match for a monster, but a single witcher is?
They also can't use magic, they aren't immune to poison, they aren't fearless, they haven't trained since childhood to hunt, to fight and overall don't know jack shit about monsters
The point of Ciri is that she lost everything and fucked up everything she tried to do.Ciri is not a Witcher. She got (part of) the training, but not the induced mutation.Ya lost me. Ciri is already a witcher and she is a chick. No need for trans shit.
Woman fucks up everything?The point of Ciri is that she lost everything and fucked up everything she tried to do.
Tried to have a family, couldn't stay with any of them.
Tried to be a witcher, couldn't be a witcher.
Tried to use magic, couldn't properly use it.
Tried to help people, ended up importing the Black Death from our world to hers. Yes, the plague from the games is the result of Ciri's planehopping.
Being Ciri is absolutely fucking miserable.
There will be no female witcher in their next game. Just body-type 1&2 witchers.They already introduced in their tabletop game a witcher school who tried to create female witchers and said the results were 'inconclusive'. The previous lore was that any attempt of mutating women led to certain death. This is their way of leaving the door open for their next game.I'm curious to see how they'll worm their way out of the fact that only men can be Witchers.Imagine how bad Twitcher 4 will be
- Will they do a reboot with their own tweaked rules?
- Will they stay "historically faithful" to it but introduce Trial of Grasses 2.0 which works on women?
- Will mutated Witchers have died off, and the new generation simply be trained as Witchers (like Ciri)?
- Will they simply ignore it?
Soldiers don't have superhuman strength, agility, endurance, reflexes and senses11. A lone witcher is apparently better than a whole group of soldiers against a monster and acts smartass about it. Again, this makes no sense. While I get that a single soldier shouldn't be equal, 4 or 5 of them are still not a match for a monster, but a single witcher is?
They also can't use magic, they aren't immune to poison, they aren't fearless, they haven't trained since childhood to hunt, to fight and overall don't know jack shit about monsters
I never read the books but Witcher 1 (and Witcher 2 id im remembering things correctly) never made me feel like i was missing out on context. Witcher 3 had it happening all the time.TW3 is built upon the first two games and it assumes that you already know and care about the characters and lore. The first two Witcher games also somewhat assumed that you read the books since some things weren't completely explained either so these games should be taken as a package imo and as a trio they do offer a good experience.
Maybe it's because Sapkowski is a polack plagiarist fuck?I never read the books but Witcher 1 (and Witcher 2 id im remembering things correctly)
why utter words for which you will have to apologize laterMaybe it's because Sapkowski is a polack plagiarist fuck?I never read the books but Witcher 1 (and Witcher 2 id im remembering things correctly)
C'mon, let's tell it as it is. Witcher does not exactly ooze originality and authenticity.