made said:
Forgive me, brother, but your efforts to apologize for the QTEs are pathetic. They don't make cutscenes more fun, and they add nothing to the gameplay. TW2 at times feels like an interactive movie, which is a pity because what they have in terms of gameplay is actually really good - the combat system, for example, is fun, don't let skyway fool you - there's just too little of it relative to the lengthy cutscenes and scripted events. Limited interaction in the form of clicking LMB or steering an NPC during yet another movie sequence doesn't change that fact. CDPR clearly aimed for a "cinematic experience" and succeeded, but imo the game has suffered because of it.
I'm still early in Act 1 so I might change my mind later on, but I really don't mind the QTEs now and don't feel like watching an interactive movie - even if the prologue is excessively scripted, but it's mostly skippable and was awesome enough for me to enjoy it.
Some more of my impressions:
1) I can complain about the rather rotten loot system. You've got billions of crafting material to pick up and nowhere to store all that shit, which doesn't make any sense. Such a design decision doesn't fit right with making a shitload of stuff just lying around there for you to pick up - and which you will want to pick up. I think I'd prefer if crafting materials were more scarce and you'd have to shop for them on a regular basis - with their prices toned down so that it's possible.
2) Having watched some youtube vids I've come to consider that Polish writing is better while the English version has better VAs - not just better when it comes to actors but it seems to me that recording quality is better, perhaps they've done it in a better studio. Still, I'd say that the translation quality is as good as they come, with some occasional hiccups but that's unavoidable.
3) I still reload a save made in the prison near the cell with that angry guy who insults you to no end. I find the scene inexplicably amusing.
One thing the translation sometimes fails at are Polish movie references and such. While they're fun for me as it's still easy to pick them up in English, these should be translated to references that are understandable for the international audience - it's highly doubtful the international audience watched movies like "Psy" or "Poranek Kojota".
And two questions:
1) As it is right now most diagrams use standard leather or standard cloth instead of the upgraded ones. Does it change later on, and how much? I mean, are diagrams later in the game based solely on fe. hardened or studded or should I keep these truckloads of leather on me all the time?
2) Which skills do you guys find really OP? I'm playing on hard and enjoying the difficulty, while it's bound to go down I don't want the game to become piss-easy just because some skills are terribly overpowered. I'd like to know beforehand so that I don't use/upgrade them.
. But they changed it later in development for a stupid reason, in the final version instead of saving the baroness you see her being released by the ambassador. There's some dialogue with her and the ambassador where they assist your escape but that's it.
Looks like my brain went full retard and I mixed up the stats of throwing daggers and a sword. Its the jagged blade and it only does 19-24. Still a big step up from prologue weapons but...
