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

There is so much emotion in this series that I can't sum it up in any satisfying fashion. I'm glad I went to Witcher 2 and played forward, because I met Iorveth, Roche, and Letho. I'm glad I met Regis. More time spent with Dandelion was both good and bad for his character. Such a flawed man child. Without Witcher 2, Zoltan would have remained a Tropey Dwarf of tropey-ness. Witcher 2 gave me a deeper dislike for the Sorceress Lodge. Witcher 2 made me love the world, because I fought to change it. In Witcher 3, I felt more like I was riding a wave of chaos, and there was little I could do to affect the outcome. We were helping Ciri find her destiny. Interesting. Witcher 2 is still my favorite.

Unfortunately, romancing Triss unearthed no particular depth to her character. I prefer the version of the game where I ask her to stay and she chooses to leave. I admired her independence in that choice, and I admired that she was putting her life on the line to get everyone to Korvir. With what I know of the books, what I watched on Youtube of Witcher 1, and what I experienced myself, she was not meant to be with Geralt.

That doesn't necessarily mean that Geralt is meant to be with Yennifer though. She showed a lot of bad behavior on the Triss romance path that seemed almost OCC unless her being a stalker is actually her character. Other than the fact that Triss shows up at the end of Blood and Wine, the writers for that DLC assumed a Yenn romance. It was really obvious, even in the last quest I performed. "Equine Phantoms." When Geralt says to the hermit, "Ignore me if I bring up unicorns and sorceresses." Of course I'm used to Bioware Romance quality here, where no one LI is more "canon" than any of the others. I've never felt like any of the Bioware games picked my romance for me. So I'm not so certain I'd say that Yennifer is "the one" but I also would say that, of the two real options and handful of psuedo options, I prefer Yenn out of the bunch.

I'm glad I played the Witcher twice. What better compliment can a video game get than that is was completely enjoyed? Sentimentally, I find it hard to uninstall the game. I suppose I'll let it linger upon my computer a while longer yet.

My Witcher adventures, seeing through the eyes of Geralt, are over folks. Thank you for tagging along.