Complete frustration for me and why is shouldn't happen in our alternate reality
Firstly, I want to than CDPR for an amazing game, truly awesome in complexity and not one crash through my play time! I even managed to play with 4 Gb of ram, the countryside was fine, but Novigrad had some heavy jerko vision at times.
So what frustrated me? I havn't read the books and I understand from various forums that Triss is an afterthought to Geralt and he has only eyes for Yen.
Having said that, Andrzej Sapkowski has commented that the video games have no impact on his ongoing novels and that he would be silly to consider them at all in ongoing events. So what we have here is a separate story line in Witcher 1-3, an alternate reality if you will.
So forgetting the books as Andrzej Sapkowski finds the game irrelevant, in Witcher 1-2 I have spent a lot of time looking after Triss and vice versa and being each others love interest. Basically Witcher 1-2 have been about Geralt and Triss apart from Shani in Witcher 1.
Having saved Triss from the Nilfs in Witcher 2, I was assured she would stay with me through thick and thin, so I expected her to be with me at the start of the game, but no, she is in Novigrad after we have apparently split up! WTF!
The point is that we as an audience are playing the video game, Andrzej Sapkowski doesn't care about the video game story and has stated it will have no impact on his writing, so therefore we should not care about what his books say, we are in an alternate reality created by CDPR.
We know that Yennefer is a major interest in Geralt's life from Witcher 1-2 hence the reason we have to chose between the 2 women in Witcher 3, but the bias towards Yen is overwhelming considering what has happened in Witcher 1-2.
In my first run through playing on the hardest difficulty, giving plenty of time in cultivating Geralt's skills and his options in the world around me, I was expecting a Triss/Shani showdown decision where I would have too chose between Yen and Triss, Having kept Triss in the game and sparked my love interest with Yen as well, in order to have the showdown option as per Witcher 1, I was expecting a quest where I would have to chose, who cares if it belittles them as sorceresses, were talking about a love triangle after all. At one point Ciri says that the story is about her, not Geralt, well I disagree, its also about Geralt and his love interest.
In fact the resultant quest between the 3 of them pissed me off so much, I dropped the difficulty to 'story only' and burned my way to end of the game, All side quests were spurned so the final end game statements were a farce for me as I didn't care. I felt seriously let down by the whole thing tbh.
To be dumped back in Kaer Morhen alone made me delete all my saves and wait until CDPR sort this mess out. You guys at RED need to realise that you can't create an alternate reality with Triss as a major love interest which apparently hardly existed in the books, then virtually ignore her for 3/4's of Witcher 3.
I find Yen really annoying, you can't have a discussion with her about anything without it turning into an argument half the time, but she is tantalizing and is flirtatious fun on occasion, while be down right condescending on others. On the other hand you can chill with Triss, she is far more relaxing company, but she is a still a red head and she can still burn your bollocks if you piss her off - quite literally, but I don't think sex toys are in her vocabulary!
Imo, we need to see back story dreams or past play like when we play as Ciri. Things like the Revolt at Rivia showing a cutscene of Yennefer trying to save Geralt's life, dying in the process failing to save him. This would help in making a decision for people playing the Witcher 3 who not having played 1-2 and a reminder to the rest of us.
Watch this if you don't think we are in a alternate reality
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt?file=The_Witcher_2_Assassins_of_Kings_Enhanced_Edition_-_The_Withcer_Story_Recap
Correct me, but at 0:51 did they not say "and yet even his ONE TIME lover, the powerful sorceress Triss Merrigold could not restore his memory" thats ONE TIME lover guys from CDPR.
At 2:30, after the batlle with Aved and the Professor, they left Geralt for swamp monster fodder, but Triss, yes thats Triss again saved the Witchers life.
Also, Triss saved Geralt from Adda in Witcher 1 when it was pretty much certain death iirc.
Decisions decisions, I wouldn't care so much if this wasn't such an incredible game series, just please do your alternate reality justice and give our shoulder to lean on and love interest the time she deserves in the Witcher 3 please and give Witcher 3 players who have not played Witcher 1-2 a proper option out of Triss and Yen instead of the bias towards Yen, who in this alternate reality game world just simply doesn't deserve it. After all, after Geralt released Yen from the Wild Hunt, she couldn't even be bothered to look for him.
Firstly, I want to than CDPR for an amazing game, truly awesome in complexity and not one crash through my play time! I even managed to play with 4 Gb of ram, the countryside was fine, but Novigrad had some heavy jerko vision at times.
So what frustrated me? I havn't read the books and I understand from various forums that Triss is an afterthought to Geralt and he has only eyes for Yen.
Having said that, Andrzej Sapkowski has commented that the video games have no impact on his ongoing novels and that he would be silly to consider them at all in ongoing events. So what we have here is a separate story line in Witcher 1-3, an alternate reality if you will.
So forgetting the books as Andrzej Sapkowski finds the game irrelevant, in Witcher 1-2 I have spent a lot of time looking after Triss and vice versa and being each others love interest. Basically Witcher 1-2 have been about Geralt and Triss apart from Shani in Witcher 1.
Having saved Triss from the Nilfs in Witcher 2, I was assured she would stay with me through thick and thin, so I expected her to be with me at the start of the game, but no, she is in Novigrad after we have apparently split up! WTF!
The point is that we as an audience are playing the video game, Andrzej Sapkowski doesn't care about the video game story and has stated it will have no impact on his writing, so therefore we should not care about what his books say, we are in an alternate reality created by CDPR.
We know that Yennefer is a major interest in Geralt's life from Witcher 1-2 hence the reason we have to chose between the 2 women in Witcher 3, but the bias towards Yen is overwhelming considering what has happened in Witcher 1-2.
In my first run through playing on the hardest difficulty, giving plenty of time in cultivating Geralt's skills and his options in the world around me, I was expecting a Triss/Shani showdown decision where I would have too chose between Yen and Triss, Having kept Triss in the game and sparked my love interest with Yen as well, in order to have the showdown option as per Witcher 1, I was expecting a quest where I would have to chose, who cares if it belittles them as sorceresses, were talking about a love triangle after all. At one point Ciri says that the story is about her, not Geralt, well I disagree, its also about Geralt and his love interest.
In fact the resultant quest between the 3 of them pissed me off so much, I dropped the difficulty to 'story only' and burned my way to end of the game, All side quests were spurned so the final end game statements were a farce for me as I didn't care. I felt seriously let down by the whole thing tbh.
To be dumped back in Kaer Morhen alone made me delete all my saves and wait until CDPR sort this mess out. You guys at RED need to realise that you can't create an alternate reality with Triss as a major love interest which apparently hardly existed in the books, then virtually ignore her for 3/4's of Witcher 3.
I find Yen really annoying, you can't have a discussion with her about anything without it turning into an argument half the time, but she is tantalizing and is flirtatious fun on occasion, while be down right condescending on others. On the other hand you can chill with Triss, she is far more relaxing company, but she is a still a red head and she can still burn your bollocks if you piss her off - quite literally, but I don't think sex toys are in her vocabulary!
Imo, we need to see back story dreams or past play like when we play as Ciri. Things like the Revolt at Rivia showing a cutscene of Yennefer trying to save Geralt's life, dying in the process failing to save him. This would help in making a decision for people playing the Witcher 3 who not having played 1-2 and a reminder to the rest of us.
Watch this if you don't think we are in a alternate reality
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt?file=The_Witcher_2_Assassins_of_Kings_Enhanced_Edition_-_The_Withcer_Story_Recap
Correct me, but at 0:51 did they not say "and yet even his ONE TIME lover, the powerful sorceress Triss Merrigold could not restore his memory" thats ONE TIME lover guys from CDPR.
At 2:30, after the batlle with Aved and the Professor, they left Geralt for swamp monster fodder, but Triss, yes thats Triss again saved the Witchers life.
Also, Triss saved Geralt from Adda in Witcher 1 when it was pretty much certain death iirc.
Decisions decisions, I wouldn't care so much if this wasn't such an incredible game series, just please do your alternate reality justice and give our shoulder to lean on and love interest the time she deserves in the Witcher 3 please and give Witcher 3 players who have not played Witcher 1-2 a proper option out of Triss and Yen instead of the bias towards Yen, who in this alternate reality game world just simply doesn't deserve it. After all, after Geralt released Yen from the Wild Hunt, she couldn't even be bothered to look for him.
