Looking at some youtube videos I think I just might like this game. Thanks for the rec.
If you liked Arx Fatalis you might want to check out Might and Magic: Dark Messiah...its more action oriented than Arx Fatalis but its made by the same company and clearly was inspired by Arx Fatalis.
Now you're just grasping. I've demanded nothing of anyone and you know it. I'm only trying to help you be less of a douche. And I apologize for trolling, just couldn't resist the bait. You only made this thread to find people who agree with you so your hatred for this highly rated game could be justified. Which is even more evident by posting lame youtube videos and linking to a couple negative reviews you probably had to dig for. You want to discuss The Witcher? Fine. It's great and here's hundreds of people that agree. And to them $5 for it is a steal.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/thewitcherenhancededition/players.html?tag=scoresummary;user-score
See now you could learn a lot from Shamus. See how he clearly defines his opinion without resorting to blanket statements like "sucks" "boring" "waste of time". And he doesn't even mention the combat you seem so hung up on. While I disagree with him, I applaud the criticism as it's well-defined and written as purely subjective.
thats all
thx
i like his first disclaimer, and lol at the caption
Geralt really s a creepy, alienating dude, his forced sexual prowess in the game is completely anathema to who he is and , well...logic. And the sex card business is, indeed, quite juvenile. nothing "mature" about it.
I really like the darkness of the game, the decision making, investigative nature of the story. There is a lot that I really really like about the Witcher, but it still became far too tedious and cumbersome for me.
Geralt really s a creepy, alienating dude, his forced sexual prowess in the game is completely anathema to who he is and , well...logic. And the sex card business is, indeed, quite juvenile. nothing "mature" about it.
Geralt is weird and physically fit and mysterious and a kind of celebrity-- the ladies love that stuff. Plus, he's infertile, making some of them even more prone to throw themselves at him. That's the logic.
Witcher was a great game. Combat was much more complex than just click click click. Using the right spells at the right time was critical, as was switching weapons and stances. Going for the top combo could also be an awful idea (Blutzuegers, for example) because you'd be killed in the process. Dodging and rolling were critical as well. Honestly, I don't know what game people say they were playing when they say it was boring combat.
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This, plus the fact that Geralt's witcher training actually makes his body able to give women extreme pleasure. In the books, it is mentioned that Geralt's body almost hums, and by merely touching a woman he shoots shocks of pleasure through their body.
It is funny that you are so focused on Geralt being a manwhore, because a major component of the game is Geralt trying to see if he can settle down and start a "family" as he is becoming tired of his lifestyle. This is the overriding theme of the last three acts.
About the sex cards, yes, they are juvenile, but they are fun. It is kind of like pokemon
In reponse to this I quote:
This, plus the fact that Geralt's witcher training actually makes his body able to give women extreme pleasure. In the books, it is mentioned that Geralt's body almost hums, and by merely touching a woman he shoots shocks of pleasure through their body.
It is funny that you are so focused on Geralt being a manwhore, because a major component of the game is Geralt trying to see if he can settle down and start a "family" as he is becoming tired of his lifestyle. This is the overriding theme of the last three acts.
About the sex cards, yes, they are juvenile, but they are fun. It is kind of like pokemon
Looking at some youtube videos I think I just might like this game. Thanks for the rec.
I picked up a copy of The Witcher recently despite some of the negative criticisms I read. The Witcher sounded enjoyable to me since I like rpgs, especially ones' with a good story and I like to give things a fair shake.
Whether it's a book, a movie, or a game- I finish it. Even when I don't care for it early on, I get to the end, because occasionaly it can get better.
So I played The Witcher from beginning to end...and I wish I hadn't.
The Witcher was one of the most overhyped piles of donkey shat that I've played in the last decade.
The story, while it was decent, did not make up for the gameplay. And while a good story is important to me, I weighed the gameplay heavier in this particular case since I was playing a game and not reading a book.
The combat seemed like a hybrid of diablo and baldur's gate, which sounds great, but in actuality it played about as well as a drunken monkey throws darts.
On the bright side, the game only cost £3.15 and the disc made a good frisbee for my dog, so I guess it wasn't all bad.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a SOLID, fun game that was totally underrated and forgotten. I go back and play that a lot more than other higher rated games.
the opening cinematic is pretty sweet
dude looks like a pervert holding his sword
garbage