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I don't get it really, not from you or him. Sure, the Order is a bunch of snubnosed moralists with fucked up ideas, but the Sciotael aren't exactly schoolboys either. In the last village where the Order has closed in a bunch of them, they're holding children hostage and have killed a few villagers and laid their bodies on the road towards the village as a deterrant. Like, what!? I'm all for a cause and shit, but for me, that was where my sympathy for them ended.
So I just went fuck it all and chose to side with neither of them. Which didn't exactly make me more popular with anyone and probably had at least as much or even more bloodshed of innocents as a consequence, but at least I knew I didn't actively aid in any of that. They could take their shitty war and stuff it.
Anyway...after all that, you can imagine I was pretty excited to see this leaked internal alpha trailer for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JciyoGmn ... r_embedded
Hot stuff! The voice acting in places is just placeholder (probably dev guys), so don't fret. They'll likely get the same guy again, who did a great job. Dialoue system has been smoothified and the timed mouse-click combat has been expanded on in bossfights. I don't usually like QTE but they fit the Witcher's existing combat system well I think.
Other than that...very sweet images and music. Can't wait.
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:06 am
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I actually felt sad to face off with Siegfried in the burning streets of Vizima. He was a good man, a friend once too, but had become so blinded by the lofty ambitions of the Order/checkmated by the politics of those above him that things just spiralled out of control. Especially when the riots started.
The non-humans spit me out too, btw, once I refused to help them fight the Order after they killed civilians and took children hostage at the village to ensure their safety. But I didn't kill Yaevinn. We both realized there was nothing left to say or do between us though...and he seemed to realize that he and his ideals had been used as a tool for some greater machinations and were ultimately pointless. All that bloodshed for nothing.
Yeah, I didn't just like the Witcher, but I loved it.
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:29 am
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It's pretty much a very good blend of a hack n' slash game and a true RPG.
Totally recommended.Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:00 am
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I just saw a couple of youtube gameplay videos and it looked like a hack and slash console game.
Statistics: Posted by derf — Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:42 am
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First off: effing awesome game. Probably the best RPG I've played in a long while - yes, better than Mass Effect. I think it's been since the first Kotor since I've enjoyed a CRPG so much in almost every aspect. There are a few flaws like the beginning that was a little hard to push through and the balance being a little lost towards the end (I was a Godlike fighter), but other than that, superb game.
I loved the story and how you're a pivotal figure in the events but can't really stop them from spiralling out of control either...makes sense. The game also deals very thoroughly with topics like loyalty, neutrality and making choices. You're often forced to side with what at that time looks like the lesser evil, and neutrality will often cost you.
Other than that, sweet combat animations towards the higher levels, beautiful storyboard artwork with impressive voice overs, goosebumps-level ending (I stayed neutral btw, in case you wondered. I was sympathetic to the cause of the non-humans until they started pillaging and killing civilians), deep but intuitive potion making system and character development and a wonderfully medieval low-magic setting.
SPOILERS:
Loved the whole Alvin-is-the-grandmaster-time-paradox thing. Did you notice that the grandmaster will repeat a few things you 'taught' Alvin when you were acting as his father figure? Quite a sad ending really. And what path did you choose? I actually played the game without being my usual RPG batshit psychopath, and I blame it on the game putting forward really morally grey choices. I felt compelled to actually make conscentious choices.
And I loved doing so. I ended up on the neutral path not because of some alignment I had set out to pursue or some such, but because of spontaneous choices I made throughout. Very cool.P.S. if you haven't seen it, this is the neutral ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtTNjAglEE
Start from 4 minutes in for the storyboards and the voice over.
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:00 am
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