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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2729 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 7, 2025

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I enjoyed everything about the Witcher 3 except the combat, which I found absolutely terrible for capturing the core fantasy/conceit of being a superhuman warrior who could cleave ordinary humans in twain but still struggled against supernatural monsters. I fixed that, with a mod called the Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition, but even then, I never actually finished the main story. I did do all the DLCs, and the narratives were excellent.

I also drifted away from Read Dead Redemption 2. I found it interesting, but often mechanically tedious in a manner that made me double think my decision to boot it up, and I ended up never getting far.

Witcher 1 captured the superhuman warrior feeling a lot better, at least visually. Mechanically it's a rhythm game where you click at the right time, but visually, especially the group style captures it really well.

The game is very rough though, so it can be hard to get into. It's very impressive seeing the difference in budget and looks from Witcher 1 to Witcher 3.

RDR2 was pretty good, but so slow and plodding mechanically. The much praised story was middling IMO. But I did love hunting and fishing in the game. It seemed almost photoreal at the time.

The expansions were the best part of Witcher 3, so you didn't miss all that much. :)

Red Dead 2 can only be played in at least 4-5 hour sessions, in my opinion.

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