Geralt of Rivia or Dragon Age's Inquisitor? (SPOILERS)
Granted, I would have preferred The Witcher III over Dragon Age: Inquisition, mostly because the former has side-quests that tell actual stories, like Philip Strenger's family issues, Geralt's interactions with Keira Metz, and the political intrigues of Redania and the Skellige Archipelago. Meanwhile, the best the latter would have are the party-member and advisers' side-quests, but other than that the rest of the side-quests are just generic fetch-quests designed pad out the game's length.
But in-terms of a protagonist, I would have likely picked the Inquisitor. Not that there's anything wrong with Geralt, but he's no leader uniting either a small group of adventurers or an entire organization like the Inquisitor. The best Geralt has are Yennefer, Triss Merigold and Ciri, but other than that he's purely a loner, a drifter staying away from friends and allies as well as leaders and politicians. The Inquisitor, on the other hand, was designed to be a leader of his/her massive organization that could be built into either a military organization, a diplomatic organization, or a spy organization, and as a result carried around not only three advisers, but also nine companions that are as part of his/her Inner Circle as said advisers.
Although, really, by saying I liked the Inquisitor over Geralt of Rivia, I'm technically saying that I find all of those leaders and politicians of the Northern Kingdoms, most particularly King Foltest, more appealing than Geralt of Rivia. Hell, I might as well be saying that Iorveth and Saskia the Dragon-Slayer would be more appealing than Geralt, as well, mostly because of their leader statuses. It's just that I'm so accustomed to main-protagonists being leaders, whether of a small band of adventurers or a massive nation or organization, that Geralt of Rivia would feel weird to me because of his neutral loner status.
Seriously! Say what you will about the Northern Kingdoms' convoluted politics and ongoing three wars with Nilfgaard and the Scoia'tael. At the very least a single nation, let alone a group of them, felt much larger and more important to me than a mutated monster hunter desperately rescuing his family. Again, nothing wrong with Geralt rescuing his family while getting paid to kill monsters for politicians and random strangers. It's just that I would have preferred the war and politics that make up the Continent. And, that as a result, I would have preferred the Inquisitor, because he/she was as much a leader as the majority of Northern Kingdom leaders who stab each other in the back for control of the North, Feudal European-style.
Granted, I would have preferred The Witcher III over Dragon Age: Inquisition, mostly because the former has side-quests that tell actual stories, like Philip Strenger's family issues, Geralt's interactions with Keira Metz, and the political intrigues of Redania and the Skellige Archipelago. Meanwhile, the best the latter would have are the party-member and advisers' side-quests, but other than that the rest of the side-quests are just generic fetch-quests designed pad out the game's length.
But in-terms of a protagonist, I would have likely picked the Inquisitor. Not that there's anything wrong with Geralt, but he's no leader uniting either a small group of adventurers or an entire organization like the Inquisitor. The best Geralt has are Yennefer, Triss Merigold and Ciri, but other than that he's purely a loner, a drifter staying away from friends and allies as well as leaders and politicians. The Inquisitor, on the other hand, was designed to be a leader of his/her massive organization that could be built into either a military organization, a diplomatic organization, or a spy organization, and as a result carried around not only three advisers, but also nine companions that are as part of his/her Inner Circle as said advisers.
Although, really, by saying I liked the Inquisitor over Geralt of Rivia, I'm technically saying that I find all of those leaders and politicians of the Northern Kingdoms, most particularly King Foltest, more appealing than Geralt of Rivia. Hell, I might as well be saying that Iorveth and Saskia the Dragon-Slayer would be more appealing than Geralt, as well, mostly because of their leader statuses. It's just that I'm so accustomed to main-protagonists being leaders, whether of a small band of adventurers or a massive nation or organization, that Geralt of Rivia would feel weird to me because of his neutral loner status.
Seriously! Say what you will about the Northern Kingdoms' convoluted politics and ongoing three wars with Nilfgaard and the Scoia'tael. At the very least a single nation, let alone a group of them, felt much larger and more important to me than a mutated monster hunter desperately rescuing his family. Again, nothing wrong with Geralt rescuing his family while getting paid to kill monsters for politicians and random strangers. It's just that I would have preferred the war and politics that make up the Continent. And, that as a result, I would have preferred the Inquisitor, because he/she was as much a leader as the majority of Northern Kingdom leaders who stab each other in the back for control of the North, Feudal European-style.
But I also liked DAI very much.
