Greedfall

No. I did not.  I just told you I could do the full Vasco romance and never had one option with the heart next to it.  I did get the lonely line with Kurt but I picked the wrong line and there were no hearts in his conversations or Vascos. Period.

Damn I wish I knew this beforehand. I am going to stop talking to them and let it accumulate. Struggling to see how this makes sense. Why was this done?

But seriously tho, try out one of the other play styles Beerfish. That's what I did with the Technomancer and got along a lot better. I felt like the idiot with the sword at first, until I switched to the style that has a gun. Guns > Swords. 

Wait what, so it comes up with a dialogue option and if you click on the dialogue response it negates you getting a romance option later on? I have been clicking every dialogue option as soon as it appears, if what I just stated above is true I am screwed well actually no I am not screwed!!!!! 

That just seems ludicrous to me, I don't understand why it would be like that!!!! If that is the case I am then I am seriously stopping playing, the romance option with either Aphra or Siora was the one thing keeping me playing. I truly have no care what happens on the island, in Serene or with Constantin or De Sardet.

Guns and swords (plus 2 or more strength and Endurance) has made it a walk in the park for me, I have never used a healing potion since leaving Serene and I stupidly invested in healing magic and have cast it once just to see what it would do.

It wasn't quite the first one, but I solved it. I already had "Full Control" when I checked. However, the General tab seemed to indicate that some folders didn't have Write access. I allowed it from there and now I can save again. Weird, right?

EDIT: Well, that didn't last long. The bug resurfaced. Tough little bastard, aren't ya?

Did you manage to sort it out, did you try that ransomware thing? That was an official issue and the solution posted by Spiders I think.

Wow...I just completed the game today and I have to say that I haven't been this invested in a good RPG since witcher 3. I don't know if it's just I haven't played any good RPGs lately or that this game story was really good. But I enjoyed it, and if this game doesn't have a sequel or at least an expansion I will be really sad.

I'm doing my second playthrough on extreme. So far it isn't as hard as normal.

Oh boy...

I am honestly not sure what I will say about Greedfall now. The game started real strong, but dragged horribly mid-way through. It also felt like they stretched out the ending by ten or so hours with lugubrious backtracking to reveal to De Sardet what was more or less obvious to the player.

Was able to see two endings as well; massive difference between them and it stems from

I got to admit, this was not that strong of a narrative, and it really hurts the game a bit. Though definitly not as bad as Technomancer or other Spiders games.It at least had heart and it shows.

I got a lot to ponder now before I write the review.

I finally finished the game after a 43-hour playthrough. I might've finished it a bit earlier but as I was about to start the last mission, a couple of side quests I had remaining (find all camps and the professor's notes) were immediately marked as "failed," what suggested there would be no possibility of exploring this world after the game's end what is kind of a shame (there is also no NG+). Thus, I loaded an earlier save, finished those side quests in about an hour, and embarked on the last stretch of the game.

As always, opinions will vary, but I found the last stretch of the game to be somewhat rushed, particularly in explaining the downfall of a certain character. Perhaps this has to do with the fact we see very little of how the character evolves throughout the story. It's a bit abrupt is all I'm saying. Likewise, the final choice you're asked to make is probably the one that will largely affect your ending, and I was slightly disappointed about how easy a choice it was to make. I dwelled on it for a few seconds to give the game the benefit of the doubt over why in hell I'd make the obviously bad choice. The battle that leads up to it was equally disappointing and could've used more NPCs (I was asked to recruit armies after all, not half a dozen soldiers all over the island) and some/more and better cutscenes. In fact, before all hell breaks loose you're asked to gather your companions so they can exchange a few words with you and the scene that played out was a mess (characters would speak but the camera would stay with Vasco, unless Siora was the one speaking).

The slides epilogue was underwhelming. I'd argue Bound by Flame's epilogue where Mathras fills us in on the fate of your companions is a lot better; then again Mathras is a superior storyteller than Ser de Courcillon. In fact, I'd argue Bound by Flame's entire ending is better*, suffering only from the main character's VA. Notoriously, Greedfall's ending, at least the good one, lacks music. Sorry, but that is kind of a cardinal sin, especially when you have someone like Olivier Derivière composing your score. This is how I might've crafted the ending+epilogue (beyond the comments I've already made):


None of this turns Greedfall into a bad game, merely one that sadly didn't stick the landing, and one that would've benefited from more interaction with your companions. In time and with a larger budget, who knows how the wind may blow...

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