Okay, I'm ready for The Witcher

[Nick_i_am]

Join the Hades club.

[~Di]

It was quite a good game. Not to say I didn't have some issues with some of the design decisions, but overall it was solid and fun.

 

I know what you mean, I can't really "identify" with a male PC, but I learn to like 'em well enough and feel as if I am participating in their adventure from a less personal vantage point. I've enjoyed several games with pre-made male PCs... Gothic 1 & 2, Plane:scape Torment, Deus Ex... so that doesn't automatically turn me off. Initial reports on The Witcher gave me the impression that it was a bit sexist, which I didn't find to be the case when I actually played it. Although Geralt does indeed have the option of... well... of plowing anything with a pulse. My Geralt was a bit more choosy... although sometimes the dialogue isn't explicit enough to know that it's going where it's going, so he ended up with a few more trading cards than I intended!

 

I hope you enjoy the game!

[babydol]

It was quite a good game. Not to say I didn't have some issues with some of the design decisions, but overall it was solid and fun.

 

I know what you mean, I can't really "identify" with a male PC, but I learn to like 'em well enough and feel as if I am participating in their adventure from a less personal vantage point. I've enjoyed several games with pre-made male PCs... Gothic 1 & 2, Plane:scape Torment, Deus Ex... so that doesn't automatically turn me off. Initial reports on The Witcher gave me the impression that it was a bit sexist, which I didn't find to be the case when I actually played it. Although Geralt does indeed have the option of... well... of plowing anything with a pulse. My Geralt was a bit more choosy... although sometimes the dialogue isn't explicit enough to know that it's going where it's going, so he ended up with a few more trading cards than I intended!

 

I hope you enjoy the game!

 

Thanks!!! I guess I'll let you know what I think after I've played it.

[Moatilliatta]

Initial reports on The Witcher gave me the impression that it was a bit sexist, which I didn't find to be the case when I actually played it.

Could you elaborate on this? Specifically what people said that made you think that and why you don't think the game is sexist?

[Deadly_Nightshade]

I'm all for M-rated games, I just go into this one knowing that the nudity and strong sexual content (that is a new one for me, in a video game) will be geared towards a male character. Not as much fun for me, as it could have been if it was with a female PC in mind, is all.

 

Humm... You might want to try A Dance with Rogues I/II and Arandie for NWN I, those are the only two things that come to mind that have the aforementioned things and a female-only protagonist.

[~Di]

Initial reports on The Witcher gave me the impression that it was a bit sexist, which I didn't find to be the case when I actually played it.

Could you elaborate on this? Specifically what people said that made you think that and why you don't think the game is sexist?

 

I read a couple of reviews that stressed the sexual part of the game along with the fact (they said) that females in the game were stereotyped, and seemed to have little use other than to be, er, sexual relief vessles for Geralt. On a fan board I perused for info (can't recall it, not one I frequent) a poster said the humor was "guy stuff" and implied the game was pretty raunchy. The trading-card thing sounded quite adolescent to me, and a bit insulting as well! I got the impression overall that it was a "guy's game" and women were objectified or belittled in it. Several folks commented on the "obscene" language.

 

Obviously, that wasn't the case at all. Yes, most of the females came across as willing sluts if the player wanted them to... clearly the developers were catering to the male fantasy, lol!... but it wasn't an integral part of the game and could usually be avoided. I still think the trading cards are adolescent, but hey. *shrug* Cards weren't as big a part of the game as those on the Witcher forum bragging about collecting them all made it seem. What's more two of the most important NPC's were strong-willed, courageous females, without whom Geralt would have repeatedly been toast. So I saw no hint of misogynism whatsoever. Sure there was some strong language, but it was fairly scarce, fit the characters and we ARE adults, after all.

 

If not for folks in this forum dispelling those impressions, I wouldn't have purchased the game based on what I'd read and heard about it, so I'm glad I listened to y'all!

Edited April 23, 2008 by ~Di

[Pop]

Frank Miller.

[babydol]

Hey, did you guys see this yet? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/v...ion-The-Witcher I LOVE Yahtzee, but I know he hates every game known to man (except Portal), so I've tried not to let his review taint my enthusiasm for playing this game.

[Pidesco]

I'd recommend you don't start playing The Witcher just yet. An enhanced edition is coming next month, which will improve the game in many departments.

 

 

INFO

[random n00b]

I've been wanting to get this one for a few days now, but apparently I've been unable to lug my lazy ass over to the store to actually pick it up.

 

So, will this enhanced version be a downloadable patch, a SE kind of thing, or what?

Edited April 23, 2008 by random n00b

[Pidesco]

You can buy it new from a store or, if you already own the original, you can download a patch.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Yes, most of the females came across as willing sluts if the player wanted them to... clearly the developers were catering to the male fantasy, lol!...

Yeah, it's a bad edit - but I really did not feel it deserved a lot of effort.

P.S.

Bonus points for the person who can name all of the diseases pictured.