DA Fan gives TW3 a shot: Text Based Let's Play

Lame. She's a Dragon. and Hensault was an easy kill

Don't expect too much continuity here. CDPR just doesn't do a good job of it between games. I honestly don't think it was even remotely a priority for them. 

Pretty much. Really, Bioware's method on DA sequels was kind of what CDPR was already doing. Except they advertised them as direct sequels, which...they really aren't. I'm actually all for 'games set in a universe' instead of direct sequels. TW3 was a major kick in the nuts in this regard. 

I've been renovating today so not much playing.

I'm letting husband introduce himself to Gwent

Meh Gwent

But Husband really liked the arm wrestling mini game and I think it got him more interested in watching me play the game to be involved during such events. And e loves Magic the Gathering. Seems to be a match IMO.

Played three quests today.

Arsonist: this time I let the idiot buy me off.no hanging bumpkins today. But I do hate being bought off. Setup was: receive mission with multiple dialogue lines. Investigate with Witcher Senses. Dialogue with two Branching choices. Dialogue when I turned the mission in.

Missing Soldiers Brother: Setup was: receive mission with multiple dialogue lines. Travel. Talk again. Investigate with Witcher Senses with Dialogue from quest giver. Intermittent fighting. Find brother. Dialogue with two Branching choices. Went my merry way.

Ghost at the well: this mission had sad reading. Setup was: receive mission with multiple dialogue lines. Travel. Investigate with Witcher Senses. Go for a swim. Prepare for a battle (sadly,I lacked ingredients for all useful options so I went unprepared). The wraith double spawned, so I got twice the loot but nearly died. I ended the battle with a quarter of my health and DRUNK. Return to quest giver. I give him the altruism discount as a result of two Dialogue choices. Which they didn't have to add in by any means. Introduced to the Herbalist too.

So far, Witcher still going great.

Was awkward to tell the guy in the bar that the mission to find Yennifer was not love. Trying to settle on a story why Geralt would stick with Triss after his memory returned

Everything screams Yenn.

Olnorton quoted book passages.
The genie wish after Geralt almost killed himself

His traveling a year to catch the wild hunt

His giving himself up in her stead

Triss's reaction when he says he's regained his memory was nothing but "oh shit. I've finally been caught."

His dream at start of TW3 where he auto says all the other women didn't matter

A song devoted to their love

Ciri saying she's glad they're back together

Despite them dropping the ball with her character arc, Triss is still a pretty easy pick for me. Her nicer personality aside, she comes around and realizes where she fucked up in the past. Yen on the other hand is always going to be Yen.

I think you're a bit harsh on Triss for getting together with Geralt, tbh. Certainly selfish, and... opportunistic? But it wasn't like it was out of malice or anything, she made a bad decision born out of love. And she genuinely does love Geralt, and genuinely does care about Yen as well, but their friendship is now a mess because they're both in love with Geralt.

Between the two, I'd go for Triss in a heartbeat. They're both insanely attractive in terms of pure physical appearance, but Yennefer is actually way more up my alley in that regard (pale brunette, mmmm). The deciding factor for me is that while I definitely think both Yen and Triss are 100% true about their feelings for Geralt, Yen's cold demeanor crosses the line over to where I feel she often outright treats Geralt poorly, and not just some snarky banter. It often feels like she doesn't trust him and doesn't treat him as an equal, even if she does love him.

Ideally Shani would be a full romance option alongside Triss & Yen with some kind of major role in the main game, she's a total sweetheart, refreshingly normal and drama-free.

So I'm the only one who prefers Yennefer to Triss? At least in TW3, where I feel Triss becomes aggressively bland. Though of course, I'd take Shani over either of them, which in practice means Lone Wolf Geralt 4ever!

I prefer Shani.

I'm not against Shani, but immortal sterile boyfriend is a bit sad. IT locks out any ideas she may have for a normal life, certainly.