Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
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Originally posted by Fledz
It's got mad reviews but I just couldn't get past the fighting mechanism in the demo so I didn't bother getting it.
I know what you mean, I was discouraged by that at first. So different from other RPG i've played. Its something you need to get used to
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Not quite sure why I didn't like it... probably has a great deal to do with the fact that your main character, Geralt, is somebody else's fantasy creation. You don't get to customize his look or really his skills/talents or anything like that. I prefer to have a blank slate to deal with that I get to fit into a story with my own considerations, not play somebody else's story out.
Yep, the character existed before the game, in the novels, so they they wanted players to be able to play a cult character. It wouldn't be the same if it was some random witcher without a back story.
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Nov-09-2008 12:10
Halcyon+On+On
Liebchen
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: midcoast
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Originally posted by stren
Yep, the character existed before the game, in the novels, so they they wanted players to be able to play a cult character. It wouldn't be the same if it was some random witcher without a back story.
Exactly. And I would probably like the novels and appreciate the game a lot more if I put more work into research... but, uh, ehhhhh. lol
I don't usually like franchise-based characters. I just don't have fun with [recent movie title]: The Game- type games. Knowwhatimean?
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Nov-09-2008 12:14
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JD ėtictsile
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Laval, Quebec
I usually enjoy customizing characters in RPGs, and playing a 'prefab' character usually sucks because they tend to be bland and uninvolved, but this character particularly was rather well thought out. They used the main character considerably in the plot, to a point where the story could not have been told through a random miscelaneous character. In most RPGs you're treated as a miscelaneous no-name outlander and none of the NPCs seem to know who you are or care, but in this case various NPCs already have extensive pre-existing relations with the character, so it makes interacting with them much more interesting.
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Nov-09-2008 15:32
stren
Strenowski
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Exactly. And I would probably like the novels and appreciate the game a lot more if I put more work into research... but, uh, ehhhhh. lol
I don't usually like franchise-based characters. I just don't have fun with [recent movie title]: The Game- type games. Knowwhatimean?
I didn't read the books, and still I'm enjoying the game. Different folks different strokes I guess
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Found it pretty hard to get into. Only playing it again because I have nothing else to play (singleplayer) at the moment. I guess I just havent found the plot interesting yet, and im in chapter 3.
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Jan-30-2009 00:34
ManiX
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Ayahuasca
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Originally posted by kr00t0n
Best game I played in 2008
yep...and not the game play...but some elements remind me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R...you know...the thing that u make decisions only once...and that they all have different consequences....deffinatelly the best game i played in 2008
LOOKING FORWARD TO STAR CRAFT 2!!!!
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