Katarack21

There's a toggle to let the one happen, but not for the other. Tells you something about how Obsidian feels about this.

You might want to assume that people who make a post know what they are posting and why, and are deliberately making a statement instead of just spouting random ****. That way you don't insult people by assuming their ****ing morons rather than answering very specific statements that they make regarding certain specific segments of your posts. There is a difference between "quoting out of context" and "responding to this one point, because it is wrong."

I would suggest searching through the Custom Portraits Thread.

No. It's a coupon, for a Paradox version of a Steam game. The prices at the Paradox store are the *same* prices on Steam.

Most people, most of the time, do not finish most games they purchase. This is a fact of the game industry; this is *normal*. That being a given, most people not finishing *this* game cannot be used to say anything about the game, as most people not finishing is normal and to be expected.

I like the new badges. They're prettier.

I know because I just checked--I check all the time, 'cuz I'm impatient. This time it had me confirm my FIG pledge and go through the whole process. My pledge is imported and it's all done.

I never said anything about the quality of PS:T. I didn't make any value judgement of any kind--and by the way, I've repeatedly stated that I *like* Witcher 3. I'm not saying anything about the game being bad, I'm just being honest about what it is. Not every game has to be a deep and philosophical exploration of meaning--sometimes an adolescent fantasy is fun.

No. It doesn't have the same level of power fantasy as "any other RPG". Planescape: Torment didn't let you play as a super-manly sex god who can sleep with all the big-tittie witches, whom all the men want to be and/or fear, etc.

But...that sounds *AWESOME*.

That is because novels, and consequently the games, don't equate sex with love. Both Geralt and Yennefer have sex with other people in the books, but they only love each other. Now, i would argue that's a very mature approach, whether you agree with it or not. But Yennifer *does* get angry with Geralt for having *sex* with Triss *WHILE HE WAS MINDWIPED*, and if he rekindles a relationship during the course of the game. The game doesn't provide any consistent moral principle; it just creates a plot-based block on romancing both female protagonists simultaneously, but doesn't apply the same rules to non-main-character women. Also, Geralt can declare Triss to be the love of his life, not Yennifer--if you'd rather see the Triss sex-scene over the Yennifer sex-scene (it's the sex-scene that creates the hard lock on furthering the other romance). Because it's an adolescent power fantasy, it lets you have consequence-free sex. Because it has to obey the rules of story structure, it has to enforce a dichotomy on main plot. It doesn't actually get more complicated then that.

Try to romance both Triss and Yen and then tell there are no consequences. That's *literally* the only one with any reaction. You can bang three other women and not only does nobody care, *nobody even reacts*. The only "cheating" anybody accuses Geralt of is *when he was mindwiped*.

To blame Witcher for being a power fantasy is very bizzare though. PoE is a power fantasy as well. Quite literally almost every single game out there is a power fantasy in one way or another. They're adding romances in PoE 2 now too. So i'm guessing it mean it's going to be "adolescent" too, since that seems to be the definition. Well, BG2 had romances, as well. But they had actual *romances*. Maybe the writing was ****, but it took time, and effort, and there were consequences for your choices--party members could leave, hell you could *have a baby*. Very different from Witcher 3's excuses-for-a-sex-scene.

For what it's worth, I quite like The Witcher 3. But it's a *very* different game than PoE, with a completely different target audience.

You mean "through the libido of an adolescent male". That's what it is. The witcher games, and novels, are lowbrow adolescent fantasy novels. It's like Devil May Cry, but if you got to fly away with Trish on a pegasus and bang her on a hill top.

"you have to level it up" That's not a bug. That's a feature. That's *the* major feature of soulbound weapons--gradually unlocking new abilities. At least it's not exclusively one type of creature you have to damage anymore...

Stormcaller is *badass*. Once I got it on my cipher, I never took it off. It's the one weapon I'd want to come over to PoE 2.

This. SO MUCH THIS. Between constant enchantment upgrades, making scrolls, and brewing potions--not to mention having to buy ingredients for all of that because the game world simply *doesn't* generate enough, even *WITH* all the upgrades to the keep that give you free ingredients--I was consistently broke the whole damn time.

Big, strong, powerful manly man kills monsters, bangs four hot women with no consequences (despite supposedly Yennifer being the love of his life), shows almost no emotion, and is generally treated as the manliest and most attractive person ever. His main love interest is violent and irrational to the pointvof abusive, and this is treated as normal for women. Last game hecwas brainwashed and raped; this is treated as cheating because she was hot. Please. You couldn't make a more adolescent power fantasy if you set out to. Doesn't make it bad, but let's keep it real.

One dedicated quest per character background if origin is Deadfire. A quest for escaped slaves, a quest for former laborers, etc.

So....he was created to be a whiny bitch, and somehow that makes it...better? Actually Obsidians profile is pretty high. They're *well* known and admired in the industry. Feargus is one of the main advisors for Fig, and the company Obsidian has a powerful legacy. They're not broadly known in the mainstream; but they are influential within the industry.

You know, play time and challenging games is one place wherw being disabled and chronically ill gives me an advantage. Go incurable ailments!

Best Story: Final Fantasy 3/6. In part because halfway through the bad guy wins and destroys the world. Best Lore : Fallout lore *fascinates* me. Best Protagonist (including companions for party based game) : Nameless One Best Antagonist(s) : Jon Irenicus. Mechanics: Honestly, I think Pillars shines here. Best overall Battle Gameplay : Grandia II, mother****ers! Special mention to the shop battles in Skies of Arcadia. Best Boss Battle: Lavos. Best Character/Party Building Design: Fallout Best Itemization : Again, Fallout. Other stuff that contributes to one experience : Best musics : BG2 had an amazing orchestral score. Best Visual Design: Pillars and Tyranny both have spectacular painted backgrounds. Best Interface : I liked Tyranny for this a *lot*. The UI improvements over Pillars were spectacular. Best Content : Castle of the Wins for infinite replayabiliy, BG2 for sheer density to size.

I'm betting on cheap because the team was small and it mainly used technology already developed for Pillars. Combined with a fairly short development cycle and the fact that the premise had been sitting around for a while, it seems like a game that should have been fairly inexpensive to make.

Best. System. Ever.