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Armor only looks like shit between level 3-7 or so, before you get Witcher armor. That said, there are peopel who do a naked geralt with bird mask/glasses Geralt. On that note, I like how CDProject has some genuinely good looking armor and visual design in their games (Witcher 2...

I hope they make it less shit this time, of which I'm still in doubt they'll be able to. Outside of tackling a somewhat unique subject matter in a video game (but tackling it in an entirely conventional way) and having decent taste in music, and being less awful than Telltale, there's barely...

It's a bit annoying when you split up your post like that, makes a a bit hard to use the quote system in response. Anyway, main post about the controls is that we're in an industry where good controls aren't taken for granted. Compare it for example to the absolute slog that is the Metro...

They are? I always assumed people regarded them with the "wacky foul mouthed satire" brush, and calling it "among the best in gaming" would be akin to calling South Park "among the best in television". I mean it's occasionally clever and all, but it's aiming rather low. I do know what you...

Bit harsh, innit? The controls are incredibly tight, guns both varied and satisfying, good enemy variety as well for an FPS. Runs great, great music, and it's chaotic in the right way, where even though it's fast and frantic you're unlikely to be instakilled by some offscreen wanker. As far...

Here're the ways to make the combat bearable (even fun): Use Quen, and only Quen, ALL the time. Seriously, it's so much better than the other ones it's note even funny. Treat the combat like Two Handing light armor Dark Souls, anticipate attack, dodge away, strike his ass off. This works...

Funny thing is, you'll still love it like the rest of us once you get into chapter 4. It definitely has a slow start though, and it hasn't aged very well. But chapter 4, 5 and parts of 3 is genuinely fantastic and make it worth playing. I can't really defend the graphics, gameplay or quest...

Funnily enough the reasons to play a Mass Effect game. Tell me though, how bad is the dialogue exactly? Because the stuff I've seen makes it seem like someone took the absolutely worst part of the Citadel DLC (the first half, aka, Saints Row without an understanding of what made the humour in...

I can sort of understand where he's coming from. Cate Blanchett is beautiful, but more in an "elven goddess" than a "cute girl next door" kind of way, whereas say Kristen Steward would be the opposite, who could be placed in the "heroin chic" type of look. if you don't feel like googling it...

It's to stop shithead mobile game dev from releasing Cyberpunk 2088 in the same month, tricking grandmas to buy "that new exiting future game called cyberpunk" for little Billy for Christmas.

Games generally have the advantage of immersion due to the interactive element. Maybe not as relaxing as movies, but it's nice that there are enough differences to appreciate each medium on its own for what it offers.

The question is mainly meant in comparison to other mediums. And in an attempt to avoid the inevitable discussion: yes games are different from other medium and what makes something work in a game wouldn't necessarily work in any other medium, yadda yadda yadda. Anyways, the point overall is...

At this point games like Witcher 3 or Dark Souls and Pillars of Eternity are different enough games they might as well be a different genre, with a vague "RPG" label slapped on both. Anyway, my point was that the general RPG has continued to evolve and take on new forms, whereas the CRPG...

The RPG genre as a whole is a bit too multifaceted and different to talk about as a whole, but generally there's been a trend in AAA RPGs to strive towards mroe action-oriented gameplay, where timing and dodgin matters more than planning or outright numbers on your gear. Some might like it, some...

Whatever. I think the "look how progressive we are" is definitely forced, seeming how they didn't spend any effort on the story otherwise (or if they did, the writers need to be butchered on the street right away). They definitely don't give an ounce of a shitwank about making the game some...