Happy Birthday
Yeah, I may have to invest in one sometime down the road. When I have money of course.
Yeah, it's not like I'm getting a Wii U for it. I'm just stealing my brother's. Along with X and Bayonetta, Breath of the Wild, and many others
Sadly, my interest dwindled awhile back, but if I ever picked up a Wii U, it would return.
Still, can't wait to finally play X around August
Fair enough.
Don't really have the means to, and I plan to play X first anyway. I will replay it eventually, but not to compare. I'm okay with Xenoblade being number 2. The Witcher 3 is a culmination of an investment into a story spanning eight books and two games, so it's kind of hard for anything else to reach you that deep. I mean, if it were any less of a game then maybe, but it just does all the things I look for in a game right. It has all the choices and moral ambiguity I like! Matsuno and SMT-style choices between similarly bad and well-intentioned parties and a lack of easy ways out instead of a simple good/evil spectrum. Actual consequences to decisions that the game holds you accountable for, with pretty much no ideal outcome, ever. Actual mature story telling with characters that feel human, with immensely complex, believable, and captivating relationships. The fact that it has so many references to my culture is just an added bonus. Xenoblade will always have a special place in my heart as a game I fully immersed myself in. The Witcher 3 is just a bit more special.
Fair enough. Are you going to replay Xenoblade after this to see which game you love more?
I mean, much of this has to do with the fact that Yahtzee has softened up significantly in recent years XD A lot of people have trouble finishing the Witcher 1 because it starts off really slow. Even I had to force myself a bit at the beginning, but he chapter 2 things started picking up and then everything just keep getting better and better, with more unique character. It also falls into the typical CROG trappings of that era of having like thousands of tiny items that you can pick up but won't necessarily need, ever. Then are the graphics which are insanely dated - the environments are nice, but the potato people are dreadful. And the voice acting is bad regardless of whether you're on the Polish or English dub. I guess if they just had potato people they didn't need voice direction. Witcher 2 is then more immediately pleasing because it has people that look and speak like people and actual direction for cutscenes and dialog. The combat system also seems cooler at first because you get more blocking and dodging and tools, and each of your button presses is an actual swing of the sword. But then it turns out your camera doesn't lock on to enemies and the backstabbing bonus is insane, so you die a lot for hilariously unfair reasons. Super Bunnyhop discribed it as a poor man's Demon's Souls. In general though, it's still very engrossing with a much bigger focus on the main plot, which is interesting, but while it's very justified in the plot that there aren't many sidequests, it feels much less like you're leading an authentic Witcher lifestyle as described in the books. It has two distinct branching paths, though, so that's a big draw. So then 3 took everything 2 did right, brought back what made 1 good (except for the character progression, which I still think 1 did the best), put it all on steroids, added an open world and tied the story even more to the books in a way that apparently wasn't alienating new fans while satisfying book fans, and you got a game pretty much the whole internet loves.
I don't believe he liked the first two games very much, but I remember that Witcher 3 made it into his top five at the end of the year he reviewed it. He's never really done Drakengard, just the two NieR titles. Though I am reminded now that I have the Demo for Automata on my PS4.
