The Witcher 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda thread

EDIT: Forgot to address the second part...
It's true that Geralt's story didn't really allow for the option to play him gay. But the overall writing of non-straight characters in the games was not particular delicate. And they don't seem particularly concerned about political correctness. Very male gamer oriented narrative. I don't see this changing radically. Though we can't know for sure until Cyberpunk.

Geralt's monotonous voice doesn't help either. Horizon Zero Dawn reminded me again how terrible a voice it is, haha. But it sort of fits him. In the novels his voice is described as unpleasant too. But it sure did not help getting emotionally invested in Geralt playing W2... he also looked repulsive to me. Found him quite sexy in W3 with a different haircut. So major improvement all around.

I too dislike silent protagonists. The warden was meh, yes. I played DAO twice and while they were distinctly different and I have fond memories, silent protagonists are just WEIRD in a game where everyone else has a voice. But the inquisitor actively pissed me off because we got GOOD voice actors who must have been told to talk in this dead neutral school teacher voice 90% of the time. I found the delivery totally unnatural.
I did the Solas romance too and HATED it, save for the breakup. Only good scene. And in retrospect I liked it for the personal impact on the Dalish inquisitor.
I TRIED to headcanon the shit out of Lavellan but what happened on screen was just a sad sad replacement for charming Hawke. It's really jarring when everyone tells my quizzie how amazing she is and I sit there thinking "Lol, why?!?!" Nothing she does the entire game is impressive. She just asked everyone what to do and then went with one because she had no clue what the hell was going on. Nothing remarkable about her. She's just the body attached to the glowing hand serving as the poster girl of the inquisition to me. If only we could have played as Cassandra...

They made a clear effort in TW3 to tackle topics that they ordinarily wouldn't, and even in a positive way. Fortunately they did it without the writing coming off as pandering. But I've read interviews with their writers, and it's clear no one tells them how to do their jobs and representation takes a backseat to themes and story. So outside of the CC, I wouldn't expect an emphasis on such issues. 

For someone who pretty much branded Witcher fans as crude , you certainly have a lot of crude things to say about the game you have not played. Patriarcal? Just because the protagonist is a straight white male, it certainly is not. In fact it is quite the opposite here. Ho-ho babydolls? The mages in this world has reasons for all the get up and dress up. For them its about power and the fact that they are really old, ugly or in Yen's case, an old ugly hunchback before the glamour. Think of them as the Asari in MET who uses their itlligence and beauty to manipulate or like Vivienne in DAI with her attire and as I recall...heels. I could scroll more but I think you are just as agressive as the worse Witcher fan on this forum. At least they have played these games. Just saying.

As for CP2077, I don't know much about it but since they want to closely follow the original materials, I'd bet my goldfish there would be CC. This is set in USA thats multi cultural and not in a Polish lore.

CC alone does not really turn a game addressing itself exclusively to men into a game with a broader appeal. I've played games that casually turned pants and sandals on males into just cover your ho-ho babydolls with stalking and spiky heels on females on every outfit there was for example. The protagonist was a martial artist... heh. i know that CDPR toned down from the first game, but dealing with multiple protagonists, their mindsets and sexuality will be a new territory for them, despite Ciri. It will be in char design, dialogue options and the cast of the game, because it will no longer be rotating around a lone wolf male who is openly the one and only worthy manly man in the whole of the Realm, combining the best of the badass and decent in one. It cannot just flatter and address a somewhat dissatisfied man as their audience.

Nope, it's how she actually used to dress in the books. The thing is she was around 15 years old then, so she probably should have dressed differently in TW3 as she is in her 20's, but still, that's just a nuance borrowed from the saga. 

Not really, it was an episode when she was with a group of "robin hoodish" vigilantes. Most of them were teenagers and they wanted to look cool, be recognised by everyone etc.

They paid the price for it ofc.

Yes...I said it was not immune to criticism. Sword fighting in high heels is stupid. It is stupid in book or game form. Look, I don't even really care (I'm playing Gravity Rush right now, and the protag of that is running around in heels as well), all I'm just saying that it is obviously there to look sexy.