@PandaTar wrote:
I have passed 3 times to this mission. The third time, I still wondered how much more they could fail to sway me. Of course, that's a personal input only. I felt more sorry for making my horse come to me from the other side of the world in Witcher 3 than with that story.
*broods with pile of books*
You liked the "Save the Whales" quest better?💔
As overall story, comparing Witcher 3 and ME:A is comparing fish and bicycles. You will enjoy Witcher 3. You make hard choices, in a bleak world, and end on bittersweet notes (or just flat out sad) - but you feel you did the right thing. More importantly, it feels like all the issues are resolved when you're done. You see the results of the decisions you make.
I'm comparing a bit because as I'm starting playing Witcher 3, it becomes visible the many points they wanted to make in a similar fashion on MEA. In my understanding, when they do that, they place themselves somewhere we end up comparing, like comparing with the trilogy, back then? Now that the way the game was made has nothing to do with the way it was made back then as well. So, based on that logic, how to compare?
I remember they tweeted of facebooked something about studying the Witcher to have a glimpse on how to do side quests properly, that had impact on the whole. If they did that, then they make a point for comparison between both games. And so on. Making an Open World ... might have been a mistake. Probably because they haven't found the way it would work for ME. That's all.
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The thing about those underwater animals? Haven't felt a thing. ^_^
Witcher 3, so far, had me more careful and emotionally involved so far. 5h of gaming, more than 130 gaming on MEA. I really think they need getting a better writting.
@PandaTar wrote:
I'm comparing a bit because as I'm starting playing Witcher 3, it becomes visible the many points they wanted to make in a similar fashion on MEA. In my understanding, when they do that, they place themselves somewhere we end up comparing, like comparing with the trilogy, back then? Now that the way the game was made has nothing to do with the way it was made back then as well. So, based on that logic, how to compare?
I remember they tweeted of facebooked something about studying the Witcher to have a glimpse on how to do side quests properly, that had impact on the whole. If they did that, then they make a point for comparison between both games. And so on. Making an Open World ... might have been a mistake. Probably because they haven't found the way it would work for ME. That's all.
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The thing about those underwater animals? Haven't felt a thing. ^_^
Witcher 3, so far, had me more careful and emotionally involved so far. 5h of gaming, more than 130 gaming on MEA. I really think they need getting a better writting.
I really like the Witcher series, and it improves game to game with 3 on top. The original ME series wins hands down for "the feels" though. I cared about Shep and almost everyone on the crew by the end like they were my own. Witcher doesn't quite pull that off for me even over three games save for Ciri and Vesmir.
...So I have plenty of hope Bioware can go back to the well they tapped for me in ME2 and ME3.
Surely, and agree! Actually, even if ME was designed like, say, Child of Light, I would be ok about it.
The collective mechanics chosen to MEA right now are ok to other games. But poorly converted. Well, won't derail the thread any further. My apologies.
I really like the Witcher series, and it improves game to game with 3 on top. The original ME series wins hands down for "the feels" though. I cared about Shep and almost everyone on the crew by the end like they were my own. Witcher doesn't quite pull that off for me even over three games save for Ciri and Vesmir.
...So I have plenty of hope Bioware can go back to the well they tapped for me in ME2 and ME3.
Played WItcher 1 when I was much younger, remembered it being good but not in the league of balders gate and planescape torment. When witcher 2 was out was to busy with my career so never played it. Played witcher 3 when it was out, good game, enjoyed it but the characters didnt connect with me at all, perhaps because I couldnt remember much of witcher 1 and didnt play witcher 2. Recently had too much time on my hands, so picked up witcher 2 before MEA came out... Played half of it and to be honest couldnt complete it... I just got bored.
Am currently on my 4th playthrough for MEA, final battle, will finish this in an hours time after that. think I will quit as the pathfinder and once again be the first human spectre!
@jpcerutti1 wrote:
@PandaTar wrote:
I'm comparing a bit because as I'm starting playing Witcher 3, it becomes visible the many points they wanted to make in a similar fashion on MEA. In my understanding, when they do that, they place themselves somewhere we end up comparing, like comparing with the trilogy, back then? Now that the way the game was made has nothing to do with the way it was made back then as well. So, based on that logic, how to compare?
I remember they tweeted of facebooked something about studying the Witcher to have a glimpse on how to do side quests properly, that had impact on the whole. If they did that, then they make a point for comparison between both games. And so on. Making an Open World ... might have been a mistake. Probably because they haven't found the way it would work for ME. That's all.
___________
The thing about those underwater animals? Haven't felt a thing. ^_^
Witcher 3, so far, had me more careful and emotionally involved so far. 5h of gaming, more than 130 gaming on MEA. I really think they need getting a better writting.
I really like the Witcher series, and it improves game to game with 3 on top. The original ME series wins hands down for "the feels" though. I cared about Shep and almost everyone on the crew by the end like they were my own. Witcher doesn't quite pull that off for me even over three games save for Ciri and Vesmir.
...So I have plenty of hope Bioware can go back to the well they tapped for me in ME2 and ME3.
I know this thread is starting to drift from the OP's question, (I did complete "What He Would Have Wanted", and was hoping for a little bit more emotion), but I have to agree that the original ME trilogy created more emotional moments for me (laughter/sadness/vengeance) than any other game or games, with the exceptions of Dragon Age Origins and Witcher 3. I also cared about my Shepard and all of his crew. Those that live and those that die, I really felt something. Witcher 3 had some really emotional moments, but it's difficult to compare with MEA as they are just so different. I did feel for some of the characters like Vesmir, Ciri, Tess (and had a soft spot for the Bloody Baron), but with some exceptions, you spent most of the game traveling by yourself.
