Geralt looks much better in black than in white, plus he also chooses to wear black himself...... need black loungewear!!
Sorry if this has been addressed already, but it has always bothered me how, after Geralt awakes from his dream, he says that Yennefer has never been to Kaer Morhen. In blood of elves Dandelion mentions to Yennefer when saying someone needs to go to KM to warn Geralt, that she has been there, knows where it is, and was apparently a "regular guest". To which she replies "yes, but never uninvited". What does the polish dialogue in the game say?
I see this badge in my 08 GXP every time I drive it and get sad......I miss Pontiac every day.
So glad the chain is back :)
Re reading crossroads of ravens yet again and I am still amazed at how much I love Holt, and how much of adult Geralt I see in him. He is very much an imperfect character but the wit and wisdom he imparts in a naive young Geralt is palpable, as someone who has read the later books also many times over. I'm also constantly amazed by how sapkowski can fit in "prequel" books and lore perfectly with the later novels, like season of storms with coral having been directly referenced way back in sword of destiny, Crossroads of ravens is a wonderful addition to Geralt and a much needed view into his younger years. The naive young Wolf Geralt affects the old Viper Holt in a much similar dynamic, I believe, to Ciri and Vysogota. Holt having become somewhat embittered is softened and sees hope in young Geralt, while Geralt literally has his life saved and is nurtured by Holt (originally for other ulterior motives of course) but later Holt decides against it and sends him away. Geralt, being very similar to Holt regardless, carries out his wishes without even knowing them, and Holt sacrifices his life for the young wolf. Poetic and beautiful. I particularly love the sequence where they are arguing after Geralt finds the leaflet in monstrum and Holt mocks Geralt's naivety, (previously bringing up his defense of the maiden from the bandit). It feels like something an older Geralt would do. Geralt returning to kill Sorel Degerlund in season of storms can be viewed as an action derived from wisdom imparted by Holt, an action "better left to the shire reeve" (the shire reeve obviously couldn't handle even if he tried, as we see shortly before when Geralt saves his leg, and the red tape notwithstanding) as the younger naive Geralt would say. It's wonderful to see how part of the shape of Geralt's worldview was formed in this way, through a fantastic character like Holt. Bravo Sapkowski!
My true love things haven't been the same since you left
Holt and Geralt have many obvious parallels drawn in the novel, but considering this DLC is going to be a swan song of sorts for Geralt and has a title almost the exact same as the highlighted line, I've seen surprisingly few people mention this passage from crossroads of ravens.
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet. But crossroads is getting an English paperback edition 9/31 with a cover to match with the other Netflix style ones
Even if I thought the game had some issues, holy crap this venom rules as a figure....
The problems: Its far too gooey and stringy. It's too "Venom". The symbiote is supposed to be able to mimick clothing of all types (we actually see this in game when it becomes an actual suit or casual clothing, or Harry's armor) but when it becomes Peter's spider suit it's a gooey "armored alien" style? In comics and film, it wasn't supposed to be so conspicuous, imagine how normal bystanders ETC would react to spiderman suddenly wearing some weird nasty alien suit during his normal duties, it would be scary and off putting. Not to mention his symbiote powers. Suddenly spider man having eerie black goo tendrils and masses of black goo attack criminals and stuff, I know it's good for gameplay but lore wise? The suit never really did anything like that for him.! The design should've been far more similar to his advanced suit. I do like the unique black webs touch and think it's good, but the suit is just a terrible misfire.
Miles was made to be a Spider-Man WAAAAAY too early. Now before I'm crucified, I loved his introduction in Spider man PS4, I love his game (SM Miles Morales) and I like him as a character. Spider man 2 tries to juggle them both, which in so doing doesn't give either of them their due spotlight and development. Miles takes a backseat and gets roughly 35% to him self, while Peter gets about 65%, which still isn't enough for a story that's essentially revolving around him, but also not enough to really develop Miles. And now Miles is supposed to be the main hero in 3 somehow, despite Doc and Goblin being PETER'S two arch nemesis. It's not fun being forced to play Miles in a story that feels like it's not even about him, and it takes away from both him and Peter. I believe he should've had maybe a couple side missions in 2 and then another spinoff game, before them taking the next step in spider man 3, where Peter will likely be overwhelmed having his two greatest enemies against him.
Even if I really don't like the rebrand. Im a ride or die for voltage ever since I voted for it back in the day
When a McFarlane has almost better paint and sculpt work than a figma. And that's if you ignore the mistakenly unpainted beard face. Hard to understate how disappointed I am, considering he's my favorite character of all time. His accessories are also kind of poor, no swappable potion face plate (they're sending a replacement for the fucked up head so it's good I can customize this one at least), a few swords (aerondight and hjalmar's swords can't be sheathed on his back though), a crossbow you can't store, a hand of gwent cards, potion bottle, and igni hand. At 5-6x the price or more, I kind of expect higher quality than this (especially in a smaller figure)
Always wanted this statue (which they supposedly made less than 200 of and handed out at E3 2014) and managed to find a broken one online, with most of the broken off pieces intact and ripe for gluing! There's a chip next to his foot and on the back of his leg I'm going to have to paint, but over all I'm really happy with it!!! Even has the original gog gift code (already redeemed)
I may end up doing custom work on the figure and sword to fully make it but just a quick attempt
I'd say it's good to be back but the truth is, I never left. It's hard to believe it's been over 10 years. I was just a dumb kid when I first met Geralt, but he's shaped my entire adult life. I couldn't have possibly asked for a better 30th birthday gift than this expansion announcement. Here's to over 1800 hours in W3 and hundreds of hours spent on the novels and audiobooks (and the other two games, of course)