Hi all,
First off, i'd like to give credit to the dev teams for bringing a very interesting, and consistent game to life. Was really amazed by how believable the world of Wild Hunt was when i played for the first hours.
That said, a little history: I played The Witcher for like, half an hour. Overwhelmed by a new game based on lore i didn't know anything about with obscure drugs and a really weird combat system, (those red circles around targets brrrrr awful xD), i simply failed to enjoy it and went back to morrowind ...
Then i learned about the Witcher 2 and thought i could give it a go and see how it looked. So i tried it, played it for a few hours, and ... let it go ... Somewhat, combat was still looking weird and i didn't like the overall look of geralts armors. Looked like an armored bard with heavy jackets and sexy hoses ... Besides even in the Witcher III, whores are jesting on me wearing tight trousers ! I hate Late-middle age stuff, makes knights looks like damsels, aaaah, Skelligans, you guys really understand what "Armor" means ...
So basically, not knowing anything about the books either, it was with very little knowledge of the characters and their various interactions that i tried Wild Hunt. This time the quality of landscape, villages, clearings, forests etc was mind-blowing, the combat feel smooth and rewarding. It's more action based, and even though it might feel easier this way, i still think it's the best of the three games as long as you're not some hardcore loremonger witcher fan ... jeez, sometimes by reading on this forum i think i'm on a starwars community board ...
When it comes to the two main girls of Wild Hunt, i couldn't help but notice pretty quick Triss and Yen where completely different in their own way of dealing with what happens around them. And even though i did not play long within the first games, and got to know Triss better, i did immediately picked her as my first choice in Wild Hunt. Triss is nice and good hearted, makes her the perfect match for a rather altruistic witcher.
But when i got more in touch with Yennefer on the various quests involved in the main plot i realized something was completely wrong about Triss. She was supposed to have broke up with Geralt and yet here she is, loving as ever, like nothing happened, like Yennefer had no importance, so long as Geralt keeps using lines that show his own interest for Triss.
I think the possibility of romancing Triss throught constant dialogues and quests alongside her completely killed any form of interest you may find in pursuing Yennefer. Because she is not that easy to understand at first, keeps many things secrets, her plans, her feelings, what she thinks. Triss in Wild Hunt simply undermine the very existence and interest of Yennefer as Geralt's first and supposedly "true" love in his life. Therefore, i would have prefered not meeting Triss at all in Wild Hunt !
Because of some choices i made, i grew frustrated and finally went back to a one week old save in order to do things differently, and i'm excited about how the game will answer to those choices.
So yes, Triss is nice, and it's always cool i guess to meet characters from previous "episodes", but i think the whole point of the game, just like that GingerThing fellow from CDR said, was to introduce Yennefer as Geralt's most logical choice and that ... she needs some love ! Come on, Triss had enough fun already ...
