One of the best things I ever taught myself was to stop listening to assholes on the internet. And, as evidenced on this very page, The Witcher seems to attract a fairly virulent type of asshole fan. Particularly the kind that loves to talk about BioWare being the cancer of RPGs, Dragon Age not a real RPG, their…

I think they've gradually gotten better at it. TW2 has some moments of genuine earned emotion and legitimately mature moral complexity, but they still did use grittiness as a crutch more than once (random rape of female characters, everything involving the death of Deathmold, etc.). I'm curious to see how…

Man, the guy above me is spending this entire page being really angry about a game he hasn't played. Must be exhausting.

No, his character actually is interesting, and features a lot of guilt and borderline PTSD over his involvement in the events of the first two games. There's an entire subplot regarding him slowly and painfully weaning himself off Lyrium. His arc is a very good continuation of his previous story, and he's far more…

Sweet!

"Advice from Kumail Nanjiani himself" - whoa, back up, Kumail Nanjiani was talking about playing Dragon Age at some point?
*Googles*
Okay, wow, besides twitter, it turns out he was one of the very first WAYPTW interviews on OG Gameological. And he talked about Mass Effect 3:
http://gameological.com/201…

Disqus ate my emoticon-filled response to this, so I'll just say:
1) Oh yeah, the driving force behind which class/gender/personality I choose is ENTIRELY based on romance options.
2) This playthrough was supposed to be Cullen (since yes yes he's pretty), but I found myself hitting on Bull pretty hard last night… ALL…

"Personally, I really dig both The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age, and it sorta bums me out when people are constantly trying to raise one up by "

Mind you, there's a pretty good chance that I'll break at some point and buy it before then. I did the same with Divinity: Original Sin.

Oh, just personal preference. I like getting games as a coherent finished whole, and I'd be worried that I'd like something, only to have it then yanked away from me. I support EA's existence, however, as a far better form of crowd-funding than Kickstarter, where you playtest and can change your product as needed,…

Haha, don't be ashamed. Instead, be excited that you have SO MUCH GAME LEFT!

Agreed. It feels more like a decision of "What choice is consistent with my character's worldview?" than "What choice is right or wrong or the lesser evil?" Which goes along with the fact that the consequences in DA:I are often how other characters view you, rather than making a massive impact on the world or being…

It depends. I find it very strategy-focused, in comparison with the "SMASH EVERYTHING" nature of 2H Warrior or Knight Enchanter. You're squishy, but there are some fun escape abilities, and you can deal a lot of damage in a single burst if you get the right upgrades and use the terrain. I managed to solo an entire…

I'm trying to think of a way to respond to this which doesn't make me sound smug. It is unfair that one man should be so consistently on point. *Executes self for use of "on-point"*

I thought it was going to lose something on the second playthrough, given the grindy bits on some of the maps, but it still feels fresh and fun the second time through. (Going for a pro-Andrastian/pro-Templar plotline this time.) Archer's been a lot of fun so far. I've gotten to a few situations where I'm…

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Probably? I admit to not being a 90s FPS expert. The health only regenerates partially, there are health packs and armor packs, and you pick up a collection of increasingly badass weapons (with no weight limit), so you can picture BJ Blazkowicz as walking around with about ten guns attached to his back and a large…

Bro? Bro!

Welp, that's it - I do believe that I shall play Episode 2 when I'm traveling this weekend!