HoonDing

I would've expected some wiseguy to have mentioned Ultima IX by now.

I'm replaying and lost count of how many barghests I had to kill in the first chapter alone. At least in this game it makes sense for them to spawn out of thin air. Next up, there's the swamps... and its legions of drowners and bloedzuigers. Luckily the combat is pretty fast-paced or it would become tedious very quickly. I've no idea what you're talking about. By day there's almost nothing in that entire map. I don;t think I ever had more than 20 barghest teeth all in all. By the standerds of most RPG's that's a joke, for several hours of gameplay. 5 quests (3 among them part of main quest) will require Geralt to cross the entire map at night, during which barghests pop up everywhere. The only advantage of this is that the skulls net a nice sum with the witch. I sold at least 50 skulls.

Read Steven Erikson instead. He actually finishes his stuff (Malazan).

I haven't encountered better third-person combat than in Severance: Blade of Darkness. Gothic/Risen's the only RPG that at least tries to somewhat emulate it.

Daggerfall. Screw turn based.

It's surprising funcroc didn't post this.

I'm replaying and lost count of how many barghests I had to kill in the first chapter alone. At least in this game it makes sense for them to spawn out of thin air. Next up, there's the swamps... and its legions of drowners and bloedzuigers. Luckily the combat is pretty fast-paced or it would become tedious very quickly.

Is that a mascot?

Who cares about graphics? It's about the story. I hope we'll be able to visit all those places.

I wouldn't be surprised if Jeyne, in an unexpected twist, will turn out to be another Azunai Reborn, like the main hero from DS2, but more evil than good. But unlike the hero from DS2, Jeyne knows what she is, and henceforth can harness mystical powers that the hero from DS2, in his/her ignorance, never had access to.

I was tempted to reply to this with a Cecil Rhodes cartoon, but this would probably be against the forum rules.

From Summoner:

Could somebody talented photoshop a Sith Lord outfit from SW:TOR on Geralt? I need some lulz.

She's a blood mage.

The series will likely end up like Wheel of Time, but Erikson is probably going to have to finish it since Sanderson doesn't do the Gr1mDarK!!!11 all that well.

Oh yeah, absolutely sure. This is not the first time they show the new design actually, we could see it in a big Q&A session CDP made a few days back. They explained why they 'changed' it in the first place, how surprised they were by the fans' reaction, and how they decided to rework it as the production continued. Did they change his in-game look as well? Otherwise I don't see the point.

Sure that pic isn't shopped? What's with that Gamespot tagline?

BG2 assumed I had previously left Imoen, Minsc, Dynaheir, Khalid & Jaheira alive. That alone makes it far worse than BG1.

Only White Rayla was fugly.

Somebody get Drew Karpyshyn a Hugo Award.

That raises the question: is there banter in the game?

Vampire triplet > nun on nun.

Lance Henriksen is Renegade

Witcher melee combat's just an excuse to show off the awesome motion-captured animations. What makes combat interesting is the necessity to learn about monsters' strengths and weaknesses and preparing in advance with the correct oils and potions. At least, on hard difficulty.