I really enjoyed The Witcher 2, but the story wasn't that great. The main villain was practically hidden the entire time until he was needed to conveniently end the game.
Played a bit more of The Witcher 1. Figured out the combat, I think I'm still on the intro portion though because the game feels super linear right now. Not sure if I'll finish this one, but plan to give it a few more go's.
Yeah I hate games that make me fight the villian at the end of the game! Oh wait....
I'm not sure what exactly the complaint is here.That's as often as you see Irenicus in BG2, and a little more than Saverok in BG1 for comparison.You meet up with him in Act 1, if you go Roche's path you hunt down his motivations and underlings, the you can choose to fight him at the end.
@ Subyman
That is what Geralt does. He is a superhuman mutant with augmented abilities and is frequently doped up on who knows how many potions constantly on the edge of society as an outcast. I think I'd shrug and walk away too.
As to why,Letho was the one responsible for bringing the kingdom's to war/softening up against Nilfgaard, at the behest of a mage. That conclave of mages was pulling the strings.
I have no problem with end bosses. The boss fight in The Witcher 2 felt very weak and disconnected because of how out of touch the main villian was throughout most of the game. Far-away villians like in LOTR touch base with the reader/player as an ominous presence throughout the story to ground the reader/player in the plight they are facing. He was introduced and then kind of petered out until the very end. Didn't feel like it had much weight to it, which is my main complaint with the story. Even after defeating him, it was almost as if Geralt simply shrugged, walked off, and the credits rolled.
Part of my issues is that the developers seemed to think they needed a boss fight precisely because it is expected (to your first point) and had to stage, what I felt, was a unsatisfactory final encounter or they did not properly build to it. I'm sure you could go plot point by plot point and try to explain why Letho was properly built and so forth, but, for me, it simply did not leave a lasting impression.
I still really enjoyed the game, I don't rank the story high on my list though. :thumbsup:
Massive expose on the Witcher 3 from YouTubers today. I've seen most of the videos, and this one from Gopher is the best one in my opinion.
Make sure you watch it at 1080p/60! And man, this game is BEAUTIFUL!
Link to NeoGaf thread with more videos
The videos so far are mostly low quality. Both TW1 and TW2 got color and lighting done amazingly well (which Gopher mentioned as being excellent in his playing of an earlier build), and that takes high quality video to be able to show off. So far, there's been very litle in the way of in-game high quality video also encoded at high quality. So, we shall see.From what I've seen it doesn't look that amazing graphics wise. Perhaps on par with GTA 5 and the newest Dragon Age. Of course it's the gameplay that will matter and any open world RPG from a reputable company is a must buy.
What are we down to now, 3 weeks I think ?
Release this fucker already.