6 times I think. Now I'm playing in Dark Mode. Done all the levels to Dark. Tried insane but it's INSANE 
Is there any chance of getting that artwork in Hi-res to use it as my wallpaper? Pretty please It´s really beautiful! And btw: 2 times, one Vernon, one Iorveth, but defeinitely not my last playthrough....
Well i want take back all bad things i've said before.
I judged a game on a single playthrough which i just realised was 1/4th of the game. I finished it now 3 times and i can clearly see i got a lof of different decisions to make.
It's not just different conversations these decision impact the whole game!!!
If you have only finished this game once, you haven't seen the half of it!
I judged a game on a single playthrough which i just realised was 1/4th of the game. I finished it now 3 times and i can clearly see i got a lof of different decisions to make.
It's not just different conversations these decision impact the whole game!!!
If you have only finished this game once, you haven't seen the half of it!
3 times. Once for both main paths after the game was released and after EE-patch I finished Iorveth-path for a second time on dark mode. I also loaded the "at the crossroads" save to do EE with Roche (everything at prologue and first chapter were the way I'd want them to be already) to do a partial fourth playthrough.
Anyway, a piece of somewhat related criticism: I preferred the TW1-way of subtle consequence where it just kicks you in the balls and gives thing to reflect upon ("Did you really choose the lesser evil?", "That's the price of neutrality" kind of stuff) instead of changing an entire chapter. Overall, I believe consequence in RPGs should exist to hide plot holes that would occur as a result of otherwise linear narrative and to give things to reflect upon.
Significant differences are nice and all, but if you look at how much the game references your past actions, there aren't all that many of them. It's not like TW2 does poorly on that aspect (hell, even a game as renowned as Planescape: Torment falls short of it), but since the length of the game also suffered and games like TW1 or PS:T work just fine with lesser amount of gameplay-consequence, I think the price was too heavy to pay (overall lifetime doesn't change but one playthrough is less satisfying and it distracts you from more subtle consequences). In addition, the game makes it damn clear that *this* is the decision that influences the later outcome: that, I think, undermines the playing-in-character experience because you'll be more inclined to metagame your decision (similar to color-coded dialogue options in a certain other game and unlike TW1 where outcomes are unexpected and correct answers don't exist).
Anyway, a piece of somewhat related criticism: I preferred the TW1-way of subtle consequence where it just kicks you in the balls and gives thing to reflect upon ("Did you really choose the lesser evil?", "That's the price of neutrality" kind of stuff) instead of changing an entire chapter. Overall, I believe consequence in RPGs should exist to hide plot holes that would occur as a result of otherwise linear narrative and to give things to reflect upon.
Significant differences are nice and all, but if you look at how much the game references your past actions, there aren't all that many of them. It's not like TW2 does poorly on that aspect (hell, even a game as renowned as Planescape: Torment falls short of it), but since the length of the game also suffered and games like TW1 or PS:T work just fine with lesser amount of gameplay-consequence, I think the price was too heavy to pay (overall lifetime doesn't change but one playthrough is less satisfying and it distracts you from more subtle consequences). In addition, the game makes it damn clear that *this* is the decision that influences the later outcome: that, I think, undermines the playing-in-character experience because you'll be more inclined to metagame your decision (similar to color-coded dialogue options in a certain other game and unlike TW1 where outcomes are unexpected and correct answers don't exist).
I think i will actually never try Insane difficulty. This permanent dying business is definitely not for me, i'd be so frustrated.
9 times. 3 times for Roche, 6 times for Iorweth. I love the Iorweth path!
0 times. I bought it at release (collector's) and never played it, just because my PC is not so powerfull to handle it. Maybe in a short time I will play it, but I don't have much hope about it.
It's fun, in some way, but isn't fun at all, in a bigger way )
It's fun, in some way, but isn't fun at all, in a bigger way )
