I enjoyed that impressionistic element especially -- although it can be a bit disorienting.ooodrin;n10628511 said:
Ach! Damned spiders!ooodrin;n10628511 said:
Riven-Twain;n10628551 said:
Yeah,
Anyway, I always appreciated those situations where the game decide to surprise me and throw me into some bizarre parallel world for a short time. So, I'm really glad they did something similar in BaW.
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Probably one of my favourite characters.Deemonef;n10628541 said:
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it! I always find it fascinating to learn a bit more about the developers' stories.Deemonef;n10628541 said:
If you're interested (and haven't seen it before), check out our forum-exclusive interview from 2016: The Questing Beast: A Q&A with RED Quest Designers Pawel Sasko and Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz
Land of a Thousand Fables? That was jolly! (Naturally -- it included the Griggs! Long live the Griggs!)ooodrin;n10628691 said:
Riven-Twain;n10628721 said:
There were already many references to TW1 in BaW by that point in the game, but that one was probably the most unexpected for me.
ooodrin;n10628841 said:There were already many references to TW1 in BaW by that point in the game, but that one was probably the most unexpected for me.
To be honest, to see nearly aaaaaaall the monsters from TW1 in B&W made me so damn happy. It was an amazing trip in nostalgia.
And I was about to ask one Grigg in the fairy tail land if he is still in love with Abigail
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it! I always find it fascinating to learn a bit more about the developers' stories.
If you're interested (and haven't seen it before), check out our forum-exclusive interview from 2016: The Questing Beast: A Q&A with RED Quest Designers Pawel Sasko and Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz[/QUOTE]
Thank you again. Have to explore the forum a bit more. Will read it
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Coming back for a more thorough ranking of my favorite quests from the game. Combining those quests that feel interdependent and more like a single quest within a quest-line. If I find time on another couple days, I may try to add in thoughts about each of the quests.
- The Battle of Kaer Morhen / Blood on the Battlefield
- Scenes From a Marriage
- Bloody Baron / Family Matters / Ladies of the Wood / The Whispering Hillock / Return to Crookback Bog
- The Isle of Mists
- Dead Man's Party / A Midnight Clear
- The Night of Long Fangs / Blood Simple / Beyond Hill and Dale... / Tesham Mutna
- Bald Mountain
- No Place Like Home / Va Fail, Elaine
- On Thin Ice / Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age / Something Ends, Something Begins
- La Cage au Fou
- Hunting a Witch / Wandering in the Dark / Magic Lamp
- The Last Wish
- Count Reuven's Treasure
- Payback
- The Final Trial
- Possession
- An Invitation from Keira Metz / A Towerful of Mice / A Favor for a Friend / For the Advancement of Learning
- Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg / Stranger in a Strange Land / The Cave of Dreams
- Equine Phantoms
- The Lord of Undvik
- Open Sesame!
- Pomp and Strange Circumstance / Be It Ever So Humble...
- The Great Escape
- Evil's Soft First Touches
- Through Time and Space
- Carnal Sins
- Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted
- The Tower Outta Nowheres
- The Beast of Toussaint / Blood Run
- King's Gambit / Coronation
- Contract: The Beast of Honorton / Where the Cat and Wolf Play...
- Missing Persons / Nameless
- Pyres of Novigrad
- The Sunstone
- The Man from Cintra
- Wild at Heart
- High Stakes
- In the Heart of the Woods
- Whatsoever a Man Soweth...
- The Calm Before the Storm
- Novigrad Dreaming / Haunted House
- A Matter of Life and Death
- Lilac and Gooseberries / The Beast of White Orchard / The Incident at White Orchard
- The Play's the Thing
- Fools' Gold
- The Warble of a Smitten Knight
- Ghosts of the Past / The Fall of the House of Reardon
- Imperial Audience
- Following the Thread
- A Favor for Radovid / Redania's Most Wanted
- Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk
- Ciri's Room
- Of Dairy and Darkness
- Contract: An Elusive Thief
- Kaer Morhen
- Destination: Skellige / The King is Dead – Long Live the King
- Extreme Cosplay
- Ciri's Story: Breakneck Speed
- On Death's Bed
- Contract: Woodland Beast
- Echoes of the Past
- Master Armorers / Contract: The Griffin from the Highlands
- Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!
- Contract: Devil by the Well
- An Eye for an Eye
- Get Junior / Honor Among Thieves
- Little Red
- There Can Be Only One
- Death By Fire
- To Bait a Forktail...
- No Place Like Home (Blood and Wine)
- Witcher Wannabe
- Ciri's Story: Out of the Shadows
- Child of the Elder Blood / Skjall's Grave
- Contract: Missing Son
- A Poet Under Pressure
- Wine is Sacred
- Twisted Firestarter
- The Truth is in the Stars
- The Nilfgaardian Connection
- Contract: Deadly Delights
- Broken Flowers / Fencing Lessons
- A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man
- A Princess in Distress
- The Witchers' Forge / Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 4
- Of Swords and Dumplings
- A Deadly Plot
- Blindingly Obvious
- Turn and Face the Strange
- Last Rites
- Bitter Harvest
- Out On Your Arse!
- Cabaret
- Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route
- Black Pearl
- Practicum in Advanced Alchemy
- Forefathers' Eve
- Lynch Mob
- Contract: Jenny o' the Woods
- Collect 'Em All / Gwent: Old Pals / Gwent: Velen Players / Gwent: Big City Players / Gwent: Playing Innkeeps / Gwent: Playing Thaler / Gwent: Skellige Style
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That is one impressive list, @Rawls. Have a RED point for just the sheer time spent compiling it.
It only took about an hour or so.
I think I've posted a list about 4 times. It's funny how my opinion has changed over time. The Battle of Kaer Morhen, Bald Mountain, The Isle of Mists and Family Matters have all remained in the Top 10 throughout though. Of course, a fair portion of the change is the four expansion quests that are now in the Top 10.
Of Dairy and Darkness, Following the Thread, The Calm Before the Storm and A Matter of Life and Death have all fallen a lot over the years.
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No Place Like Home, the base game one.
I'll mention a few others as well.
Scenes from a Marriage was absolutely terrifying the first time I played it; I still remember being almost too scared to go investigate the backyard, jumping at every unexpected sound and movement...
CDPR are really good at horror game-ish quests (another example is the asylum one in Witcher 2).
Also high on my list, but there can only be one #1.
Battle for Kaer Morhen... I both love and hate that quest. I've played through it so many times by now, but it's always an emotional rollercoaster anyway. I doubt it'll ever lose its magic.
Dead Man's Party is always hilarious, and so is Paperchase.
Beyond Hill and Dale... is also one of my favourites, and I always look forward to it when playing through Blood and Wine. I've literally never not done it.
I have other favourites, too, but these are the top ones. Blood & Wine especially has tons of awesome quests; even its treasure hunts are brilliant.
I'll mention a few others as well.
Scenes from a Marriage was absolutely terrifying the first time I played it; I still remember being almost too scared to go investigate the backyard, jumping at every unexpected sound and movement...
CDPR are really good at horror game-ish quests (another example is the asylum one in Witcher 2).
Also high on my list, but there can only be one #1.
Battle for Kaer Morhen... I both love and hate that quest. I've played through it so many times by now, but it's always an emotional rollercoaster anyway. I doubt it'll ever lose its magic.
Dead Man's Party is always hilarious, and so is Paperchase.
Beyond Hill and Dale... is also one of my favourites, and I always look forward to it when playing through Blood and Wine. I've literally never not done it.
I have other favourites, too, but these are the top ones. Blood & Wine especially has tons of awesome quests; even its treasure hunts are brilliant.
