Posted May 20, 2011
Hey I just finished the game and want to express some feeling about the character interaction and story in general. Spoiler indeed so quit it if you haven't finished the game.
In my 1st playthrough I chose to side with Ioewerth on CH2 and save Triss on Ch3.
At the end of the game after talking to Letho I really felt that is there really a FACT in this game? Everyone is lying or hiding something they know to a certain extent. When I met Triss in the dungeon (as Geralt rightly said, I travelled half the world killed the whole Nilfguard camp just to tell you in the face that you has not been honest with me), even after all her explanation, and despite me choosing to trust her, I still really felt the story is not what she said.
When Sile established that Letho actually fooled everyone including her, made it even more curious for me when I talked to him in the end I started to think whether is he telling me the truth? In a sense I felt he did since he has nothing against me and probably "come clean". He has his own agenda working for the emperor granted. If anything Letho is probably the most straightforward character with Geralt.
The game play out so beautifully that it made me ponder hard what kind of people or story I can really rely on in this game? The thing is there is absolutely none! Every major characters have their own goals. I chose Triss because I wanted to try the romance path and see where that goes, but still she didn't come clean till the end.
After Epilouge, I have a feeling that what it is like to be the Witcher in the world that you can barely trust anyone. You are utterly alone and will forever be. There is just no best path, there is only you and your choice and perspective. This did it for me and for this I am willing to ignore most glitches and bugs and will give the game full score anytime. It accomplishes the RPG part beautifully like no other game in recent years has did for me.
All personal opinion of course, feel free to share yours or ignore my long rambling.
Edit: If you leave Siska alive and when you came in the city to see Iowerth being captured and to be killed, if you pull out your sword and save him, you will receive the dagger than can lift the curse from Siska (you wouldn't have known this since the Dagger thingy only made clear to you if you choose to save the Phillipa instead of Truss). This means that Siska won't be forever curse in the next DLC or Witcher 3. I thought Siska is done for when I left her alive!
In my 1st playthrough I chose to side with Ioewerth on CH2 and save Triss on Ch3.
At the end of the game after talking to Letho I really felt that is there really a FACT in this game? Everyone is lying or hiding something they know to a certain extent. When I met Triss in the dungeon (as Geralt rightly said, I travelled half the world killed the whole Nilfguard camp just to tell you in the face that you has not been honest with me), even after all her explanation, and despite me choosing to trust her, I still really felt the story is not what she said.
When Sile established that Letho actually fooled everyone including her, made it even more curious for me when I talked to him in the end I started to think whether is he telling me the truth? In a sense I felt he did since he has nothing against me and probably "come clean". He has his own agenda working for the emperor granted. If anything Letho is probably the most straightforward character with Geralt.
The game play out so beautifully that it made me ponder hard what kind of people or story I can really rely on in this game? The thing is there is absolutely none! Every major characters have their own goals. I chose Triss because I wanted to try the romance path and see where that goes, but still she didn't come clean till the end.
After Epilouge, I have a feeling that what it is like to be the Witcher in the world that you can barely trust anyone. You are utterly alone and will forever be. There is just no best path, there is only you and your choice and perspective. This did it for me and for this I am willing to ignore most glitches and bugs and will give the game full score anytime. It accomplishes the RPG part beautifully like no other game in recent years has did for me.
All personal opinion of course, feel free to share yours or ignore my long rambling.
Edit: If you leave Siska alive and when you came in the city to see Iowerth being captured and to be killed, if you pull out your sword and save him, you will receive the dagger than can lift the curse from Siska (you wouldn't have known this since the Dagger thingy only made clear to you if you choose to save the Phillipa instead of Truss). This means that Siska won't be forever curse in the next DLC or Witcher 3. I thought Siska is done for when I left her alive!
Post edited May 20, 2011 by ichobi