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This last bit means more to me than I can express...thanks for dropping in again!!!
When does all this happen? Because I've yet to see it unfold.
As per Yen? Odd question, most of their interaction could be considered "romance". Unlike guilt-ridden, generally bitter(sweet?) Triss convos, the banter between our hero and his love feel like just that, interactions between two people in a relationship. Not only the gratuitous forced flirting in Kaer Trolde, but also the familial bond you can feel when searching for, and talking about, Ciri, as if they are a real family.
Nothing at all comparable to Triss's stuff.
I wasn't satisfied at all. What I would have loved to see was Triss and Geralt on the boat sailing to Kavir just before the Epilogue slides. That would be the easiest to actually have Triss at the end of the game and it would have been such a good moment.
Some of those are independent on whether you are with Triss or not. And the others are dependent on whether you broke up Yen or not (regardless if you picked Triss or not).
Only specific scene after act 1 is the fountain and 2 lines of dialogues.
Before you get Phillipa from Djikstra, outside the Passiflora where Triss explains her plan for their future.
Of course Geralt interacts with different characters differently. He has plenty of history with Yen and I'd be disappointed if CDPR didn't quite nail the "family bond".
True, there's a lot of open flirting in Kaer Trolde. Meanwhile, when you're hanging around Triss in Novigrad, you can feel all the unresolved sexual tension in the air. The relationships and the characters are different, so this makes perfect sense. Hell, I wouldn't even want the interactions with Triss and Yen to feel similar.
Fair enough.
Though, in my opinion, the distinction is mostly meaningless since only a fool would let both of them go. :huh:
Of course, but either the 2 romances are equal or they ain't. Triss' should have a different appeal. Not only quantitatively but qualitatively.
For instance, she should-duh- be a lot more present but also maybe (and in a theoretical second-third part of the game, where atm she just is a cardboard figurine) reveal her joyous, carefree-er, easygoing-er side (relatively to sarcastic dominating Yen), together with a different sort of familial dynamic with G+C, which just isn't there.
We only get a glimpse of these two aspects of her persona(lity), her disposition during the Gala (the comparison between the other feast you attend with the other girl is striking! Think back on that.), and her relationship with Ciri through hearsay et similia .
If they ain't equal, as I suspect, and Yen is the definite superior choice both objectively, lore-wise, but also in CDPR's mind, this should simply reflect in the ending cinematic. Maybe Triss' one could hint at Geralt missing the times spent with Yen+Ciri from time to time or somesuch, or being relatively less happy.
It'd be alot more gritty, realistic, the one who got away,etc not to mention unique.
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And I see no problem and actually like that, except for (a) It's not optional and (b) Doesn't make sense in the context of a Geralt "officially" with Triss.
It never felt for me as UST, hell, they f...ed plenty in earlier iterations. So I think they resolved that
For me it was awkwardness, like if they somehow believed that what they had was "wrong" and sadness at the fact the devs didn't care about their relationship and they would not be interacting much with each other through the game.
I agree, but there are some people who want that...
And this thread, besides more Triss in General, more romance (with both) in General, is also about the world not reacting to your choices.
The problem with the flirting with Yennifer is that you don't have a choice in the matter even after you have got back together with Triss. I'm fine with showing a closeness because of their past but you should have the choice whether you hit on her or not.
@Redemyr
Yes no sexual tension at all, not even once during all Novigrad. Only shame, sadness, guilt.
Even their kiss during the party is impromptu and kind of reminiscingly sweet more than anything.
The lighthouse scene ends with a bizarre tone-shift when she suddendly changes topic and hardens all of a sudden (which is even picked up by Gerrald). Not really overwhelmingly passionate the whoel thing..
Yes no sexual tension at all, not even once during all Novigrad. Only shame, sadness, guilt.
Even their kiss during the party is impromptu and kind of reminiscingly sweet more than anything.
The lighthouse scene ends with a bizarre tone-shift when she suddendly changes topic and hardens all of a sudden (which is even picked up by Gerrald). Not really overwhelmingly passionate the whoel thing..
Hush. The spark expiredSome people here used her words as signature here
Maybe sexual tension isn't quite the right term. Either way, you can definitely see that the feelings are still there. Only, at first, Geralt is trying to hide them (if that's your choice, anyway), while Triss is just doing her best to not think about them (she's been doing that for several months). It is immensely awkward, for sure, but after a while it changes to shameless teasing, thankfully.
Consider the following: Triss has been looking at her colleagues being burned at the stake daily, for months, while she's trying to avoid that exact thing happening to her. "Moving on" from that is going to take a while. She brightens up (which happens, I think, only once or twice in Novigrad?) for a moment, only to realize that both of you are still in for a shitshow with the Wild Hunt, Witch Hunters, Yennefer, Radovid and who knows what else.
A bit of good news. I've noticed people on other forums (Neogaf) complaining about how Triss was treated in terms of content. Also there was people bring up the issue on the Witcher Facebook page, particularly about our favorite piece of dialogue.
Given what the other witchers think of Yen, maybe they wanted her to stay forgotten!
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