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[Chromie]

Persephone wrote...

Hmmmmmmm..........interesting preview. Still VERY unhappy with the Geralt redesign....but now I do want to pre-order this. Nyargh!

What's wrong with his default design?

Keeps more to the books imo that make it's better. At least we got another into considering getting it

[Bryy_Miller]

slimgrin wrote...

Character customization is overrated. I don't think it gets to the heart of an RPG.

I'd fight you in the streets over that. When it's raining.

[upsettingshorts]

Since I've always intended to buy both - and indeed preordered them at exactly the same time - I'm not sure why I should be bothered by this.

The important part for me is I prefer DA2 to DAO. If I prefer TW2 to TW1 or even DA2, that'd be great. It means I've got another amazing game to play this month.

[sackyhack]

For me the 2 franchises are different enough to warrant the existence of both. DA gets me my cliched swords&sorcery&dragons fantasy fix, while the Witcher series shows what it could really be like to have these kinds of powers and monsters in a middle-ages type of setting and how miserable, non-polittically correct, and harsh the setting could be.

I was definitely disappointed by DA2 when compared to DA:O, but it was still decent enough on based its own merits to serve as one side of the fantasy-RPG coin for me, with The Witcher series being the other. Though I'm definitely more excited about TW2 than I was for DA2.

I think the only RPG that's really being forgotten in the mix and has something to prove is Fable 3. I'm definitely not pre-ordering it, but if it is as improved for the PC as the devs say it is then I'll get it after I beat TW2.

Modifié par sackyhack, 05 mai 2011 - 12:43 .

[Khayness]

Maverick827 wrote...

So they just ignore the series of novels about him?

Well, they brought him back from the dead.

[Nerevar-as]

His death status is unclear at best, and intentionally so (I go with alive because of the pararels with King Arthur´s "death"). How much did Ciri make up?

[Chromie]

Bryy_Miller wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

Character customization is overrated. I don't think it gets to the heart of an RPG.

I'd fight you in the streets over that. When it's raining.

Wouldn't that really be up to the person? Character creation isn't the only thing that makes rpgs

[SuperFly_2000]

They both suck....

[JoHnDoE14]

I don't know about you guys, but I just really like creating my own character....Anyway, this looks too promising to pass up. Pre-ordered already.

[Addai]

Ringo12 wrote...

Addai67 wrote...

Ringo12 wrote...

Shepard > Hawke? =D

Both of them are dull as rocks.  Sorry Sheploo, but it's the truth.

Having a mostly defined character that has to appeal to a mass market means you're going to get bland sauce.  For me it's about on par with having a completely defined character.  I still prefer bland sauce all in all, though, since I don't like to play a male PC.

Femshep? >.>

That's the only Shepard I play, but she's still dull as rocks.  IMO.  I was just looking at the poster's Sheploo avatar.

[Addai]

Ringo12 wrote...

Persephone wrote...

Hmmmmmmm..........interesting preview. Still VERY unhappy with the Geralt redesign....but now I do want to pre-order this. Nyargh!

What's wrong with his default design?

Keeps more to the books imo that make it's better. At least we got another into considering getting it

I don't care for the ponytail.  Not sure if that's what Persephone means.

[Dreadstruck]

Ringo12 wrote...

Persephone wrote...

Hmmmmmmm..........interesting preview. Still VERY unhappy with the Geralt redesign....but now I do want to pre-order this. Nyargh!

What's wrong with his default design?

Keeps more to the books imo that make it's better. At least we got another into considering getting it

You sure? I've never really read anything about the ponytail.
This is pretty much how I've been imagining him in the books with the subtle look overall.
He doesn't really seem like a guy who would carelessly wear those fragile potions on his chest.
(it's the official book illustration here btw)


BTW: That little tyke is supposed to be Ciri.

[dzizass]

Avalla'ch wrote...

You sure? I've never really read anything about the ponytail.

It is mentioned in the books that he did tie his hair before fighting. Which is pretty logical.

[Dreadstruck]

dzizass wrote...

Avalla'ch wrote...

You sure? I've never really read anything about the ponytail.

It is mentioned in the books that he did tie his hair before fighting. Which is pretty logical.

Ah, guess the translator here made it sound like some kind of a headband, not ponytail.

[Maverick827]

Addai67 wrote...

Well... do you?

I don't know, I've never played or read about him. That's the point, though, it feels like a gamble with the paradigm CDP has set up. I can get into a pure "third person" game, such as Devil May Cry or Assassin's Creed, and can obviously get into a more "first person" game, like Mass Effect or Dragon Age, but a hybrid of the two? I couldn't know without playing it, but to play it I have to buy it, but to buy it I have to know if I'll enjoy it...

That is really the major effect of being able to create your own character to me: you know, at the very least, that you'll enjoy the character you are playing, because it's yours. The story might not interest you, the controls might be unwiedly, there might be some bugs and framerate issues and all sorts of other setbacks - but your character is still going to be pretty damn awesome.

Though I suppose it still goes back to the fact that the character already has a past rather than simply not being able to change his appearance, gender, or race. If I was forced to play as "Geralt," but was introduced to him similarly as I was Hawke (despite being able to customize Hawke's appearance and gender), then that would not feel as restricting and thus like less of a gamble.

Unlike those who squabble over $5 DLC, I can see the time:money value of just about any video game when compared to just about any other medium of entertainment (save for perhaps Netflix), so even if I only get ten or twenty hours out of the game before abandoning it - which would likely be the worst case scenario - I would still have gotten my money's worth. That said, I don't agree with the design philosophy, the defined-character-as-open-protagonist motif, or the theme and tone set by the game's predecessor or at the very least set by it's surface (dark and gritty = sex and violence).

[gastovski]

Triss Calendar awesome!!

[Chromie]

Yup....that's a nice Triss >.>

[Dreadstruck]

gastovski wrote...

Triss Calendar awesome!!

Eheh, that must indeed feel a bit akward for those two I guess.

Modifié par Avalla'ch, 05 mai 2011 - 10:15 .

[Chromie]

Avalla'ch wrote...

gastovski wrote...

Triss Calendar awesome!!

Eheh, that must indeed feel a bit akward for those two I guess.

Oh never get naked in public do you? 

[Dreadstruck]

Ringo12 wrote...

Avalla'ch wrote...

gastovski wrote...

Triss Calendar awesome!!

Eheh, that must indeed feel a bit akward for those two I guess.

Oh never get naked in public do you? 

Well, I'll be honest, never got the pleasure. Only my ex saw what was not meant to be seen. if you catch my drift.

But hey, everyone has to start somewhere, amirite?

[Bryy_Miller]

Ringo12 wrote...

Bryy_Miller wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

Character customization is overrated. I don't think it gets to the heart of an RPG.

I'd fight you in the streets over that. When it's raining.

Wouldn't that really be up to the person? Character creation isn't the only thing that makes rpgs

Yes, it is up to the developers what they want to label their game as. Doesn't mean that YOU have to think of it as that. But the genre of their product is entirely their perogative.

[Addai]

gastovski wrote...

Triss Calendar awesome!!

How come we never get to see Geralt's assets?  Who cares about stupid Triss.

[orbit991]

For me at least there is no serious preference, its just like a different mechanic in the game. In the end I can enjoy both types of characters as long a they are done well.

"How come we never get to see Geralt's assets? Who cares about stupid Triss."

I don't think the world is ready for male parts just flopping about. I remember the first time I saw that in a movie, it was Harvey Kaitel of all people(sort of figures though) in the movie "the piano". I thought, huh, so it is done once in a while.

[slimgrin]

Addai67 wrote...

gastovski wrote...

Triss Calendar awesome!!

How come we never get to see Geralt's assets?  Who cares about stupid Triss.

Stupid Triss!? Thems fightin' words. And don't worry, you'll get to see Geralt without his knickers on. 

Modifié par slimgrin, 06 mai 2011 - 12:13 .

[Romantiq]

We'll see his ass full of scars and monster bites

Modifié par Romantiq, 06 mai 2011 - 01:06 .