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i just rubbed at my phone cuz i thought your av's tail was a bug
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well now it looks like im talking to myself
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i enjoyed the story and some of the characters in witcher3, and the game faces you with interesting decisions sometimes. if you dont like those parts you wont like the game. its not a game one plays for the "gameplay loop", imo. the world is indeed generic fantasy much like Oblivion, but with an interesting Slavic folk story influence, and they do better things with the world and its history. i do think the game was a bit overhyped but once you get into the meat of the story its quite good Earwicker fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Sep 20, 2023 |
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Sep 20, 2023 17:12
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Earwicker posted:i enjoyed the story and some of the characters in witcher3, and the game faces you with interesting decisions sometimes. if you dont like those parts you wont like the game. its not a game one plays for the "gameplay loop", imo. sure but i have basically no investment in them so far and to get there and continue to experience the characters and story i have to interact with the gameplay loop. or are you saying the gameplay is not that great but it's worth putting up with to experience the excellent story/characters
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Sep 20, 2023 17:23
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there are no loops, only pirouettes
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Sep 20, 2023 17:25
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average rpg enjoyer, matrix-kid-ishly: there is no loop 
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Peggy Edson posted:oh sorry It's was boring and generic even in 2015 and I have no clue how it got so much praise
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Sep 20, 2023 17:29
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:or are you saying the gameplay is not that great but it's worth putting up with to experience the excellent story/characters yes thats what im saying. the combat is pretty much just button mashing. there's a whole system where you can coat your swords in various magic oils to fight different kind of monsters and stuff like that but its entirely unnecessary because you can get through any enemy encounter in the game by just spamming little bits of magic. the exploration is kind of interesting once you get to the bigger map but even there the main appeal is just running into interesting hosed up situations out there in the world and making various choices to deal with them. a lot of the stories are good and often quite entertaining, at least by aaa videogame standards. i mean there's a reason it was turned into a tv show. and its one of those games where you do actually feel that decisions you make impact the world, further down the line. that said i think part of the reason it got so much hype is because the standard for storytelling in videogames is abysmally low. its fairly stock fantasy, but well executed for what it is.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:29
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this game sounds awful, glad I didn't buy it I also never played fallout 4 and have zero regrets
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Sep 20, 2023 17:30
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Prettz posted:this game sounds awful, glad I didn't buy it Fallout 4 was a simulator of stealing office supplies from abandoned office buildings, not bothering to play it was a good call.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:32
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far harbor was pretty good
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Sep 20, 2023 17:35
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I played W3 for an hour or two and bounced off it pretty hard. The combat felt really awkward to me but tbh I don’t have the patience for 100 hour RPGs that I used to.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:35
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distressed to hear that it sucks as a game but if i stick with it i'll be rewarded with an story that's better than average. but i won't let the negativity stop me. i gave starfield 30 hours, witcher 3 gets at least as much
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Sep 20, 2023 17:37
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Toxic Mental posted:It's was boring and generic even in 2015 and I have no clue how it got so much praise
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Sep 20, 2023 17:41
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I think I'm gonna do some drinking and drifting this weekend in assetto corsa. Havnt done that in a while. Might even try some MP togue battles.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:44
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Fallout 4 was fine. Yeah, it wasn't as good as New Vegas. But not everyone enjoys the same game.
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:distressed to hear that it sucks as a game but if i stick with it i'll be rewarded with an story that's better than average. but i won't let the negativity stop me. i gave starfield 30 hours, witcher 3 gets at least as much Witcher is good.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:45
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numberoneposter posted:I think I'm gonna do some drinking and drifting this weekend in assetto corsa. Havnt done that in a while. Might even try some MP togue battles. Might get back into Gran Turismo 7. VR mode is sick
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Sep 20, 2023 17:46
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Witcher 3 quests generally have some element of surprise hidden in them, which makes them fun, but it' might be hard to see what parts of the writing are playing along with genre conventions versus playing with genre conventions so it feels by-the-numbers unless you're a high fantasy lover.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:54
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Unlike starfield where there is zero surprise in anything, except maybe the idea of juice boxes full of whiskey. That's a good idea.
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I did a quest in starfield in which a doctor who was mad at the tourists on titan wanted me to wear a monster costume and go scare them. It has been the most memorable thing in the whole game, it was like a 2 min quest and it was only like worth a mild chuckle. I uninstalled yesterday.
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Sep 20, 2023 18:04
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just play a lot of gwent and ignore everything else
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Prettz posted:if witcher 3 is generic, what is non-generic fantasy rpg? in terms of worldbuilding: morrowind, tyranny, planescape torment satanic splash-back posted:Witcher 3 quests generally have some element of surprise hidden in them, which makes them fun, but it' might be hard to see what parts of the writing are playing along with genre conventions versus playing with genre conventions so it feels by-the-numbers unless you're a high fantasy lover. yea this is how i feel about it. its fun and often clever in terms of the stories. and also a lot of the smaller side stories you encounter are just as good as the major stories, there's nothing at all that feels like some randomly generated crap. in terms of gameplay tho like combat etc theres not really a lot going on. its fine. its cool when you chop guys in half. also the world is much less interactive than the bethesda games i.e. there are no little junk items and trinkets to pick up everywhere, you cant gently caress with anyone's tableware, you can't pick pockets, most npc's don't really have "schedules" or anything, they're just background etc. but the focus is elsewhere so you dont really miss that stuff
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:average rpg enjoyer, matrix-kid-ishly: there is no loop actually my joke was a reference to the books. back in my day it was customary to read all 8 books that provide the backstory and setting BEFORE playing the game, but i guess kids these days can't be bothered. to hell in a handbasket
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Bad Purchase posted:actually my joke was a reference to the books. back in my day it was customary to read all 8 books that provide the backstory and setting BEFORE playing the game, but i guess kids these days can't be bothered. since apparently the game is not very good but the story is, thinking to maybe just not play the game and read the books instead?
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:since apparently the game is not very good but the story is, thinking to maybe just not play the game and read the books instead? yea the books are ok. the author apparently hates the games, just did the deal for money and thinks all video games are stupid, even though the games are also pretty much the only reason anyone knows who he is outside of poland. i thought the first season of the tv show was good. kind of fell down after that.
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Bad Purchase posted:just play a lot of gwent and ignore everything else Gwent was available as a stand-alone download too
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i think the story in the game might actually be better than the books. the books are very mixed in quality. the stories and setting are cool. the writing (translations to be fair) is often repetitive, there are a good number of horny guy who lives alone writing sex scenes for his protagonist parts, crotchety old man wisdoms from an author who was probably the equivalent of a polish young republican at the time, and there's like an entire book about the torture and abuse of a teenager who becomes a murder hobo as a result. but, there are some legitimately cool characters and ideas mixed in from time to time. i don't regret reading them but also have a hard time recommending them and wouldn't read them again. the first 3 or 4 books are pretty safe, after that you have to be really into it to continue
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Witcher 3 also does that thing that Cyberpunk 2077 had where the characters just drop pronouns sometimes, I guess because it's written by people who speak Polish or something and maybe it's a thing they do in Polish? A lot of "Can't seem to find the guy. Really got on my nerves with his talking." type of writing.
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gwent is one of the better minigames that anyone has come up with in a open world game purely because its kind of hilarious that almost any character you meet will happily sit down and play cards with you regardless of whatever else is going on in the story, as if everyone in the world has their unique deck that they carry with them at all times. like its a fantasy world completely taken over by mtg nerds.
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Sep 20, 2023 18:34
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dropping the implied subject is super common do it all the dang time
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Earwicker posted:gwent is one of the better minigames that anyone has come up with in a open world game purely because its kind of hilarious that almost any character you meet will happily sit down and play cards with you regardless of whatever else is going on in the story, as if everyone in the world has their unique deck that they carry with them at all times. like its a fantasy world completely taken over by mtg nerds. lol i always thought this was funny in ff9 as well. that card game ruled also. but it was funny for a character near the end of the game in a ruined castle or whatever to be like "drat this world is so hosed up now. all kinds of people i loved are dead and the material reality is being pulled apart at the seams. good luck with your epic battle with teh most powerful being whos ever lived/. huh? tetra master? hell, i could go for a few games right now, sure"
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:lol i always thought this was funny in ff9 as well. that card game ruled also. but it was funny for a character near the end of the game in a ruined castle or whatever to be like "drat this world is so hosed up now. all kinds of people i loved are dead and the material reality is being pulled apart at the seams. good luck with your epic battle with teh most powerful being whos ever lived/. huh? tetra master? hell, i could go for a few games right now, sure" 
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wasn't it 8 with triple triad? 9 had some other thing, tetra maybe? it wasn't as good as i recall. e: oh yeah, tetra master is what hot cocoa said
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Bad Purchase posted:wasn't it 8 with triple triad? 9 had some other thing, tetra maybe? it wasn't as good as i recall. 8 had triple triad yeah. it was simpler and better explained. but once you figured out tetra master it was way better
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Earwicker posted:yea the books are ok. the author apparently hates the games, just did the deal for money and thinks all video games are stupid, even though the games are also pretty much the only reason anyone knows who he is outside of poland. That's like one ancient interview, he seems substantially more chill than that. It got blown up by the press for on demand Gamer Outrage
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wonder how the starfield novelization is coming along, i want to read the world building material and get a better feel for all of the important figures driving the politics of the settled systems
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Bad Purchase posted:wonder how the starfield novelization is coming along, i want to read the world building material and get a better feel for all of the important figures driving the politics of the settled systems Tryna cop a copy of "impossibly outposts, how to dal with bland pirates In a fascist utopia"
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Earwicker posted:in terms of worldbuilding: morrowind, tyranny, planescape torment When you get over the surface of the gimmick 9f these, the Witcher setting is far more intricate and better crafted than them.
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