liggy002 wrote...
Ariella wrote...
Sajuro wrote...
liggy002 wrote...
Sajuro wrote...
Wait, the CEO of CD Projekt Red saying his company is better? STOP THE PRESSES!
Also, why is inventory management an essential part of rpgs? I've managed my inventory more in RE4 than any rpg I've ever played.
Well, I managed it far more in Mass Effect (with irony).
Does swearing because you have to break down the geth weapon you finally managed to get as a drop because you reached the abitrary limit of weapons and armor you can have count? In my opinion, ME2+3 does much better in terms of inventory than the first game did.
A-freakin'-men. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. When CDPR comes out with its own original IP rather than mining someone else's world for games, then we'll see how sucessful they are, until then, they're a two title company who hasn't really done much of anything on the international gaming stage.
I guarantee you they'll be successful. Their first two games have sold very well and they go the extra mile for gamers. They provide them with a lot of value for thier money. I only paid $10 for the first Witcher. That's a hell of a value. Anyone who knocks the Witcher doesn't know what a good RPG is.
Really? I find the Pixilated characterization of Geralt much worse than those in the short stories by the actual author. The first Witcher was sexist in the extreme (collect cards for getting some?). Comat is clunky in the first, unbalanced in the second. Neither game has all that much customization of Geralt, especially in the beginning of 2.
Quest for Glory series was a great RPG series. Customization of character within the line with the story, good storytelling, decent combat system that doesn't tie one's fingers in knots. Great NPCs to interact with, humor. Generally considered by many (both critics and fans of RPGs) to be one of the best cRPGs of all time. You get little to none of that in Witcher.
Ultima (up to number 7), Larian's Divine Divinity and Divinity 2, Dragon Age Origins, Jade Empire, Kingdom of Amular:Reckoning are all wonderful original RPGs in my opinion, and make being an RPG fan great.
You may think Witcher 1/2 are the greatest gifts to RP gamers, but that's not universal.
CDPR has 2 games on the market, neither of which can deviate all that much from the source material, nor do they even attempt to tell original stories in the world (ala Balder's Gate 1/2 etc), everything revolves around Geralt, and that's it. In my opinion, that's not a cRPG, and ironically, it's what kept me from playing the original Mass Effect for some time because I though it was only "John Shepard" with no female counterpart and no customization.
Let's see CDPR tell a story without Geralt. Let's see them take the time to develop their own world outside of the Witcher series. Then we'll see if CDPR is really in Bioware's league, until then the CEO of CDPR can talk about RPGs till he's blue in the face, but it's a lot easier to build on someone else's sucess than build from scratch.