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I went with Yenna for playthrough 1, I was fresh off the books and, even though Triss is amazing, Yenna has a connection with Geralt that Triss doesn't have, Triss and Geralt are too perfect, and I always felt that Geralt was a bit of a masochist when it came to love, he likes more impulsive and wild women, and while Triss is both of those at times, Yen is in a whole other league.
Geralt and Triss is more of a young love feeling while Geralt and Yenna have a more actively bouncy relationship with many more ups and downs.
Both are great, my 'camp' is strictly in the middle, they're both amazing characters.
Geralt and Triss is more of a young love feeling while Geralt and Yenna have a more actively bouncy relationship with many more ups and downs.
Both are great, my 'camp' is strictly in the middle, they're both amazing characters.
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Yen is well written and interesting, but unpleasant. So Triss it is. Besides, Triss has had my back for two games. She's one of the most important characters in the series.
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but to answer OP's question..Yen always. Because of her history with Geralt and million other things
If Triss wasn't so boring maybe I would choose her in one of my playthroughs.
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I agree. While she is intriguing as a study of a character, both in the books, and in the game, I simply find her personality repelling. I chose Shani in the original Witcher, and, to be honest, that would still be my choice, even though Triss' character improved appreciably in Assassins of Kings, and The Wild Hunt.
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Yen, not because romance, but because it's the choice that makes sense when taking into account what CDPR was attempting to achieve with TW3 and bringing back characters, as well as parts of book lore.
Also, Triss is horrid. Terrible personality. The way she treats everyone, such a horrible person, lel.
Also, Triss is horrid. Terrible personality. The way she treats everyone, such a horrible person, lel.
yen, is beautiful, geralt loves her, fits better the story in tw3 :geraltfeelgood:ride2:
ride2:To be honest I didn't really find either of them overly compelling in TW3 (Relationship wise).
I think the choice ended up causing the entire triangle to be watered down, and that really hits me hard because I was someone who pre-release was in threads advocating for the choice, and saying CDPR would be mental if they didn't let us choose. Hindsight is 20/20.
In The Witcher 1 there was at least some extra depth to that triangle due to Alvin, and the choice you made with him and how that affected your relationships. In The Witcher 2 it was more focused, the clear 'in-the-moment' relationship lies with Triss, but there's the looming shadow of Yennefer and the myriad of questions that came forth from the current status of those characters, and Geralt (Amnesia etc). Not to mention the more subtle elements of Triss' character in TW2, like emotional manipulation, the Lodge's influence, the possibility of magical control and/or the Rose of Remembrance etc.
In The Witcher 3 it's literally just a choice. There's no greater depth to it other than, "Who do I want Geralt to be with?" And that's boring. Who you choose has no physical and/or emotional effect on Ciri, nor Geralt, or any important characters for that matter. You could argue Yen/Triss might have been left a little jilted, but there's not really any pay-off for that, no follow-up, each character just acts like the matter is resolved, it's cool and it's never bothered with again for the rest of the game. Ultimately it didn't feel like there was anything at stake, there's no conflict (Or compelling conflict), it just comes down to arbitrary personal preference (And I'll dare to say it, gave me strong BioWare vibes).
I'll probably end up with Yen on my next playthrough, just to make sure I've seen both sides of the romance, but I highly doubt that'll improve my experience at all (Actually it'll probably happen when the cringeworthy new dialogue is in, and that'll just make me hate it all even more), and to be honest if I play the game again after that, I'll probably just pick no romance, because as I said, it feels extremely arbitrary and pointless.
I think the choice ended up causing the entire triangle to be watered down, and that really hits me hard because I was someone who pre-release was in threads advocating for the choice, and saying CDPR would be mental if they didn't let us choose. Hindsight is 20/20.
In The Witcher 1 there was at least some extra depth to that triangle due to Alvin, and the choice you made with him and how that affected your relationships. In The Witcher 2 it was more focused, the clear 'in-the-moment' relationship lies with Triss, but there's the looming shadow of Yennefer and the myriad of questions that came forth from the current status of those characters, and Geralt (Amnesia etc). Not to mention the more subtle elements of Triss' character in TW2, like emotional manipulation, the Lodge's influence, the possibility of magical control and/or the Rose of Remembrance etc.
In The Witcher 3 it's literally just a choice. There's no greater depth to it other than, "Who do I want Geralt to be with?" And that's boring. Who you choose has no physical and/or emotional effect on Ciri, nor Geralt, or any important characters for that matter. You could argue Yen/Triss might have been left a little jilted, but there's not really any pay-off for that, no follow-up, each character just acts like the matter is resolved, it's cool and it's never bothered with again for the rest of the game. Ultimately it didn't feel like there was anything at stake, there's no conflict (Or compelling conflict), it just comes down to arbitrary personal preference (And I'll dare to say it, gave me strong BioWare vibes).
I'll probably end up with Yen on my next playthrough, just to make sure I've seen both sides of the romance, but I highly doubt that'll improve my experience at all (Actually it'll probably happen when the cringeworthy new dialogue is in, and that'll just make me hate it all even more), and to be honest if I play the game again after that, I'll probably just pick no romance, because as I said, it feels extremely arbitrary and pointless.
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I said it many times: bringing Yen in so late was a mistake. As blasphemous as this may sound, they should have left her out and stuck with Triss, who was already prominent in the series. This is the problem with game writing. You don't know how far an IP is going to go. Whoever wrote Triss into prominence in TW1 likely had no idea the series would reach number three.
Well they continued to write Triss as a prominent character in TW2 and I would say by that point they had a much better idea of how the series would play out, and planned for Yennefer to come in for the 3rd game. Also I think it would have been extremely strange for the game series to come and go without Yennefer at all, especially with Ciri being involved.
Looking back on it, I just think there shouldn't have been a choice. The Writers should have made a call, regardless of how much anger it would have caused among various fans, and then that would have allowed them to focus in on one character (Much like TW2) and packed depth, conflict, emotion etc, into the triangle via a set romance.
I also think ambition is a bit of a dick here too. You've got such a large story, in a large world, with a large cast of characters, inevitably you can't think of everything, and make every situation as deep as each other. I think this is where the romances suffered, as the writers had to spread themselves thin across the world/story, which in addition to many aspects of the narrative in general getting watered down, they weren't able to provide the level of care, conflict, emotion etc, that the romances would have needed to actually be compelling.
Ultimately I do think one saving grace about the romances in TW3 is that you can simply ignore both, and focus on the person which obviously matters the most in the story, Ciri. At least by offering the choice, they also allowed for that possibility.
I picked Yen for motivational sake. Geralt was happy to find her but stumbles upon Triss in coincidence. But after I finished the game for the 2nd time I really have to say, I'd choose neither of them. One romance is not resolved to full extend, the other demands you to be a leashed dog and defend your love, even if she is disrespectful to actually everybody.
You can balance this by being equally annoying and disrespectful but what kind of relationship is that???? I don't know the book characters but if they are equally written then they are bad. The only thing to strive for is to finding Ciri then.
You can balance this by being equally annoying and disrespectful but what kind of relationship is that???? I don't know the book characters but if they are equally written then they are bad. The only thing to strive for is to finding Ciri then.
Your conversation choices and don't listen to her. she is pleasant, and never treat you like a dog, if you doing all the quest before she tells you.
But gamers are stupid, so well, they didn't listen to and didn't have will.
Gamers are passive, lol
Your conversation choices, and yes like Keira Metz she is unpleasant. Two games didn't say anything for me, i use my brain, lol.
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Triss because she growth in me during three games.
And i'm grateful cdpr gave me the choice, for all i care they could have switched Yen for a random sorceress and i wouldn't have missed her.
And i'm grateful cdpr gave me the choice, for all i care they could have switched Yen for a random sorceress and i wouldn't have missed her.
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