The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

I think it is the unpopular opinion among fans (especially old school book fans) overall. I do feel kind of bias toward Triss in some ways because I played the first two games before I was able to read any of the books, English translations not being available for the whole series until long after Wild Hunt came out and all, and the first two games really try to push Geralt and Triss together, even if you choose Shani in Witcher 1. Going into Wild Hunt from that and Triss always felt like the more natural romance option for Geralt and the fact that no matter what choices you make regarding her in the last act of Witcher 2, whether you rescue her or not most of all, they are split up at the start of Witcher 3 is one of the few writing gripes I have with the game, which also extends into how Yen centric they made it compared to the first two. Before patches, choosing Triss felt like a letdown in terms of how much exclusive dialogue the two characters had compared to the Geralt/Yen path. 

But even after reading the books they did little to make me want Geralt with Yen. I did that path once while doing a playthrough where I purposefully did everything differently to what my normal reaction is, but otherwise I don't see the appeal. Yeah, she's beautiful, but she continually manages to make it seem only skin deep. Doesn't mean that every time I play The Last Wish quest in Wild Hunt I don't feel like a complete arsehole for choosing the 'I don't love you anymore' option. 

Asking now as I'm tempted to buy this week as it's already gone on sale (until the 22nd) and with my Steam wallet build up and I get the complete edition for about £26 of actual money, which seems like a steal this early on. 

But yeah, that's what my brother was like with some GoT characters. He knew Joffrey was cast perfectly, because as soon as he saw him he wanted to punch him in the face. 

That's good news, though. Both her and Yennifer look promising, at least on appearances. Now we just need to see if they can play their parts well enough. I've pretty much not been watching any shows at all lately (though still have some Netflix stuff to get o, notably Altered Carbon) but that's one I'll definitely watch at least a couple episodes of when it releases, just out of sheer curiosity.

It's good they're actually getting The Walking Dead finished. I just hope the episodes still turn out fine and aren't badly rushed, just to get them out.

On the one hand, I feel terrible for the over 200 employees suddenly losing their jobs, as that has to be incredibly stressful, and they're probably desperately scrambling to find work now, which is terrible.

On the other hand, though, I'm a bit upset, because I paid $27 for the final season of The Walking Dead, which was supposed to be four episodes, but it looks like it's ending after two episodes. If true, I feel like I've been robbed of $13.5 dollars, for the two episodes I'll never get, but even more than that, not getting to see the ending to a story I've followed for close to 5 years now, would be absolutely heartbreaking. 

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 (started it but drifted away - I should at least try to finish it)

Saints Row Gat Out of Hell (also started it but didn't go very far for some reason)

The Walking Dead A New Frontier (I guess I'll restart this from scratch after all this time)

Mad Max (owned it for ages - never even started it up)

Or I may play some shorter and more casual indie games for a while - the kind I don't usually go back to once done - just to clear them from the backlog. My gaming guilty pleasure is actually Hidden Object Games and I have a ton I haven't played yet. 

It's weird, though, even if they're completely different styles of games, that Square Enix would release the two that close together. I mean, there probably isn't much crossover, but at least in my case the hype for Tomb Raider isn't quite there right now, simply because I know Dragon Quest will have me distracted for a long time yet.