@ Leimrey
Your choices during the Identity quest and other identity related quests have actual consequences, like altering the ending or Geralt's comments during some other quests.
Those differences aren't
mechanical. Picking this instead of that will not make you fight an extra and almost impossible boss, not will you get captured and executed two chapters later because a foolish choice you did pick earlier. The consequences, and thus the choices, are just
fluff, useless shit to satisfy storyfags.
Everything you mentioned is present in The Witcher (except the puzzles and party)
Don't be a retard. Building your character is unimportant when by the end of the game you will have maxed the low level and medium level stuff, so the only difference will be the golden things you bought, which by that point are so slight in the difference they make that no one cares. Exploring dungeons, in The Witcher? Go play some actual hardcore dungeon crawlers to know what's a dungeon, before claiming such. Managing resources is not present when most resources are
unlimited. There's no managing resources if drinking that potion don't means you will not have it later if you need it. And please tell me where's the Danmaku in The Witcher (I.E: Dogding colorful bullets) because I don't remember any of
this on it. Really, critical reading comprehension failure on that last one.
And, again, you should pay attention to the way the arguments flow. I was mentioning those things as being
gameplay, not as being present or absent on The Witcher. Those things are gameplay, talking with people and making storyfag like choices isn't.
The Witcher quests require navigation through dialogue trees that have multiple options and, in some cases, result in different outcomes. This is a part of RPG gameplay. Ever heard of the Steal - Slay - Speak principle (although I think only Russians use this definition now)? All of these actions are part of RPG gameplay.
Those outcomes are superficial at best. Again, there are no mechanical diferences, nor bonuses and penalties, nor deadends, nor non standard game overs. Therefore, you can't be wrong through them. Also, there is no relationship between those options and your character build. Therefore, there is no game. It is you LARPing, there is no role playing on it, nor any relationship between your character build and the options you are getting.
Have you ever heard of a little game known as Daughter of the Serpents? It is an adventure game in which you create a character at the begining, and then have different options presents themselves or events happen during the (short) game based
on the character you did build. Again, it's an adventure game which is also more of a role playing game than The Twitcher is.
You seem to harbor a misconception that a good game has to be challenging. Nope, a good game must be enjoyable first and foremost. That's why the definition of a "good game" is subjective and obscure as fuck. Challenge is only one of the factors that contributes to the overal enjoyment value and even then there are people who dislike excessive challenge.
I did say the game was retard friendly and easy. You did say it was challenging. Now, it doesn't matter if it is challenging because it is enjoyable? Are we the bloody CasualCodex now and no one sent me a memo? If you want to LARP without being challenged by hardcore gameplay, like, good for you, enjoy it, but don't try to put yourself above those jerks that roleplay Ninja Cartographers in Oblivion.
Those are hardly suboptimal soutions. They are simply different solutions, you seem to have a problem understanding this.
It is you who is playing sub optimally, as you aren't playing using every tool at your disposal in the best and most effective way. Therefore, you shouldn't win a game that is suposed to be
challenging. The Witcher isn't challenging, as you don't need to play optimally to win.
@ Crooked Bee
(But well, I mist admit I kinda liked the Witcher despite its shit combat.
So the joke's on me.)
I am disappoint, Miss Bee.
I still love you, though.
Uhm, in a non yuri way.
@ J_C
But I'm curious that what are your favourite RPGs?
My list of favorite games changes pretty often, given how unstable my mind and personality, and thus tastes, are. However, I like mostly dungeon crawlers. So, uhm, I can just tell you the things I like, in general, but not any favorites: The Legacy, Ultima Underworld, Arx Fatalis, Legend of Skullkeep, Dark Heart of Uukrul, the Shin Megami Tensei games, From Software's dungeon crawlers. Uhm... Is Hungry Ghosts an ARPG? Then add that one, too, even if I can't understand more than about one third of the text with my current japanese skill.
Also, is Robinson Requiem one? If so, add that one too. My masochism and my OCD will some day make me clear it, and then I'll make a let's play thingie and become the hardcore neko goddess. I also like, uhm, the Dark Sun games, Hard Nova, Betrayal at Krondor, the Quest For Glory games I actually played (even if i'm butthurt about Trial by Fire), Albion. And, uhm, The Summoning, Dark Spire, Class of Heroes. What else do I like? Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore, Anvil of Dawn, etc. Right now I have been playing some new ones which are also pretty cool, so far: Shadowlands, Hexx, Ambermoon, that World of Xeen thingie, Demise. Though maybe later they will turn to be crap or something, and I'm also trying to get into Daggerfall because everyone says it has load of cool dungeon crawling, but it is so ugly it's really hard. Uhm, and I actually like Stonekeep, even if I am the only one who does so. It's pretty silly, but has a lot of charm. And the first Ravenloft game, even if it isn't very popular around here.
I'm forgetting a lot of games but fingers are hurting, and, anyway, that should give you an idea of the kind of role playing games I like.
@ DraQ
If game and books are any indications, he bones them and may protect them from angry mob.
It's a shame Geralt is kind of a manslut, otherwise he's not very ugly.
Black Cat is the new Skyway.
Nah, I like a lot of games and usually talk about them. I just don't like the Twitcher or MotB, mostly because I like challenging gameplay and all games that aren't Betrayal at Krondor kind of bore me with text and I just start clicking through it hoping for the next puzzle or battle. Problem is, it never comes.
