While I like Roche better than Iorvath, Having now finished the game with both, I enjoyed the game far more when I sided with Iorvath, the story seemed better, and explained things better imo. Also I love Dwarves, and siding with Iorvath let me hang out in the Dwarf city.

i liked his original design where he wears a helmet. now he looks like some weird hybrid between a nobleman and a merchant.

Then it's a tie between Roche and Wheatley.

Roche and Iorveth are both great characters. Far better than Siegfried and Yaevin.

Yaevin was a total dick and Siegfried was like Butters from South Park.

i was laughing when i got his virgin tear

I just got to Act II... and Roche mentions waterboarding...

I wonder if its a jab at "advanced interrogation techniques?"

....he mentioned it at the same time as keelhauling. so not sure it is waterboarding as we know it today.

do both :D you get to see two side of a story

Considering he approves of it and says it worked, I doubt it's the type of jab a liberal would hope for. ;p
I'd hardly call that evidence of being observant. I think everyone knows he didn't kill the King. But, as Roche said, when a king dies, someone needs to hang. I mean, only an idiot really thinks the Witcher who saved the King's life is the Witcher who then killed him. :p

Wow, that's interesting. Different people can have very different reactions to the exact same stimuli.

I liked Yaevinn a lot and liked Siegfried pretty well (though I was unhappy about how much he seemed to close his eyes to the evil that his friends in the Order were doing). On the other hand, I don't really like Vernon Roche. I respect his competence and his loyalty, but I don't like what he's had to sacrifice to get those qualities -- like flexibility and compassion. I admire competence and loyalty, but I also admire flexibility and compassion. I guess that's why my favorite Witcher character is Zoltan, who seems to have all four qualities.

I found the character line-up in TW1 to be much more likeable than the ones in TW2.

Totally agree. Dwaves are awesome. "Lesbomancy" cracked me up. Not to mention the discussion about the tightness of a pig's ass.

I agree. It's like having Dirty Harry as your sidekick without him stealing the show - very well done CDP, well done!

Almost near the end of the game... Decided to help Roche save Anais...

This man is such a bro. And Geralt even gets an opportunity to call him a "friend" in front of the Redanian king. Plus, Roche tells Geralt that he will always respect him, even if Geralt decided to run off to save Triss.