5863

Yeah, I was really sad when a king gave me his family sword as the tool that would help me defeat the Wild Hunt, and I had to sell it for cash because my Witcher gear sword was better by the time I hit the level where I could use it.

5864

Yen lore question

Yen saves Geralt’s life at some super-climactic point, right? Does it happen in one of the books or is it just backstory

5865

Actually, it’s mostly the opposite. There’s a LOT of history between them.

5866

Either way,
Yen/Geralt

I’m particularly talking about Yen being blinded and something equally bad happening to Geralt (I don’t know much because I didn’t want to read too into it if it’s in the books). Do you know which book this happens in?

5867

answer

It’s mentioned (not described) in Sword of Destiny, I think. Geralt actually thinks she’s dead, but she survives, and recovers her sight through magic. I don’t remember particulars though.

5868

Yennifer/Geralt History

[spoiler]It’s in one of the short story collections, The Last wish. Geralt saves her as they’re dealing with a genie. Won’t spoil the actual events as that collection is a really fun read if you like the games.

Trivia: Before she was a sorceress, Yen was a hunchback.[/spoiler]

5869

Finished Sword of Destiny and it was excellent. So many feels at the end. One question, though:

How did Geralt end up back with the merchant before he found Ciri? Wasn’t he crossing the river with Dandelion?

5870

Afaik meeting Dandelion was a flashback. That whole story had several slightly confusingly intervowen flashbacks into it.
“The present day” was Geralt being wounded and taken to merchant’s family, where coincidence, or fate, made Ciri end up as well.

And yeah Sword of Destiny is lovely. My favourite is probably A Little Sacrifice, but all of them are great.

5871

Oh dear god, that ending.

It’s been a while since I’ve been this annoyed with baffling design decisions. Turns out one dialogue choice at a seemingly minor detail halfway through the game decides whether Ciri dies at the end or not. Really?

If I’d have more time, I’d go into the shitty execution of the player decisionmaking and how dialogue choices are hard to predict. It feels like I have no agency over my fate, shit just seem to escalate in random directions no matter what my intent is.

Now, at the ending, I’m underwhelmed with the experience. While the lore is rich, the gameplay is repetitive, solutions often similar, and the whole thing was just too long.

5872

Come join us in the spoiler thread and discuss the ending further.

5873

Some beautiful timelapse vids from this world:


Velen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22gcfw0kd5k
Kaer Morhen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQLWKmE1hM
White Orchard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB_d8fVRJ7o

Timelapses…love them so much. Too bad Digital Foundry stopped making those.

5874

The only thing that spoils those is the lack of movement from the thatching on the roofs.

5875

finding Ciri

Its been quite some time since I played the game, so I’m a bit fuzzy on the details, so perhaps someone with a better memory can help me out?
Just rewatched the scene where you find Ciri in the hut & she seems lifeless, but then a white light comes along and enters her head and she wakes up. What was that all about again?

5876

The boat being completely immobile is more glaring.

5877

About finding Ciri…

answer?

I don’t remember the game ever explaining that, but it feels to me like her soul was magically kept separated from her body, and they reunite at that moment. Not sure though.

5878

Oh damn. Blood and Wine will feature completely new music “from scratch.”

Yes, Mikolai will be back in the new expansion, we also have a new composer on board – Piotrek Musial, who is behind music for games of 11 bit studios, including This War of Mine that received multiple awards. The three of us are working on the music for Blood and wine, and it will be completely new. We’re not using any pieces that were written before, because we get a completely new area, new characters, and a new plot. They deserve to have their music written from scratch.

5879

I’m ok with that, as long as the music is good. ;)

5880

Actually I think it would be awesome if the music was just terrible. Just some guy twiddling at a piano, occasionally banging both fists down, finally a mumbled “aw fuck it” as he walks away.

5881

Pam par ram pam pam par rammmm

5882

Even more interesting info is that there will be Witcher concert at Krakow film music festival. I just hope it will be recorded and uploaded.
The last year’s Vikings suite is fantastic (too bad the show’s quality does not reflect the music quality):

So goooood.

Check out the other concerts on the channel.

And one pet peeve of mine - why post a link to a site which just rehashes information while there is an actual source with full interview ?:

http://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=546