Roleplaying in Witcher 3 is very limited. Far too limited for a 2015 game than needs a GTX970 and a quad core.
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I will be the first to say Witcher 3 is beautiful and exploring and horse riding are superbly done. I wish I could strip all the story, monsters and humans out of the game and just explore .... because as an RPG it is very limited and almost every character I have met in the game is repellent. It just not a place I want to spend my free time in.
To illustrate this I will describe the Royal Griiffin quest as it would be if Witcher 3 actually was a RPG and not an poorly done fixed action story:
Geralt gets the Griffin contract pretty much as it happens currently in the game. Geralt notices that the Black Ones are pretty mean and egotistical, and their commander Captain Peter is even worse. Geralt doesn't like them or the Nilfgaardian Garrison.
Geralt finds the Griffon nest with the slayed female and destroyed eggs and the Nilfgaardian bodies. Geralt puts 2 and 2 together and is ashamed to be human.
Gerault decides craft several hundred bombs and finds a fishing net (both are actually in the game) Geralt then finds the rampaging male Griffin slowly approaches it as only a witcher can, then soothes and charms it. Geralt then crafts a special saddle for the Griffin so that he can mount it and fly.
Geralt mounts the bombs on the Griffin and flies over the Nilfgaardian Garrison an night (and in this imaginary game nights are actually dark) and drops the net with the bombs close to their powder stores. The entire Nilfgaardian Garrison blows up and burns to the ground killing everyone inside and out including the Captain Peter. Geralt lands and toasts marshmallows on the dying blaze.
He then remounts the Griffon and using his night senses and the Griifons claws, picks up and drops every single remaining Nilfguard soldier in White Orchard from great height.
He then lands near the bandit camp climbs on top and the bandits and the rest of white orchard toast his health. Oh yes, and the rest of White Orchard aren't A-holes in this game. And the male royal Griffon comes to his aid when he calls because it had a blast.
Now that would be a game worth my free time..... as it is I will read "Name of the Wind" for the 3rd time. Far more enjoyable than this.
CONTAINS SPOILERS
I will be the first to say Witcher 3 is beautiful and exploring and horse riding are superbly done. I wish I could strip all the story, monsters and humans out of the game and just explore .... because as an RPG it is very limited and almost every character I have met in the game is repellent. It just not a place I want to spend my free time in.
To illustrate this I will describe the Royal Griiffin quest as it would be if Witcher 3 actually was a RPG and not an poorly done fixed action story:
Geralt gets the Griffin contract pretty much as it happens currently in the game. Geralt notices that the Black Ones are pretty mean and egotistical, and their commander Captain Peter is even worse. Geralt doesn't like them or the Nilfgaardian Garrison.
Geralt finds the Griffon nest with the slayed female and destroyed eggs and the Nilfgaardian bodies. Geralt puts 2 and 2 together and is ashamed to be human.
Gerault decides craft several hundred bombs and finds a fishing net (both are actually in the game) Geralt then finds the rampaging male Griffin slowly approaches it as only a witcher can, then soothes and charms it. Geralt then crafts a special saddle for the Griffin so that he can mount it and fly.
Geralt mounts the bombs on the Griffin and flies over the Nilfgaardian Garrison an night (and in this imaginary game nights are actually dark) and drops the net with the bombs close to their powder stores. The entire Nilfgaardian Garrison blows up and burns to the ground killing everyone inside and out including the Captain Peter. Geralt lands and toasts marshmallows on the dying blaze.
He then remounts the Griffon and using his night senses and the Griifons claws, picks up and drops every single remaining Nilfguard soldier in White Orchard from great height.
He then lands near the bandit camp climbs on top and the bandits and the rest of white orchard toast his health. Oh yes, and the rest of White Orchard aren't A-holes in this game. And the male royal Griffon comes to his aid when he calls because it had a blast.
Now that would be a game worth my free time..... as it is I will read "Name of the Wind" for the 3rd time. Far more enjoyable than this.
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