First point I want to make is that im not a ‘fan boy’. Im just an honest, casual mature PS4 player that had been looking forward to a game that didn’t need me to grind for weeks to get the latest weapon so I can be competitive.
I pre ordered the game a few months back but had been reading the forum since then. After the game was released the comments made me cautious about downloading it and playing it. Should I wait for the patches etc. It took me a week to start playing after the initial patches had hit as I was nervous about having my long wait ruined by a sub standard product
Ive got to say, it’s a really great game. I don’t understand the ‘game is broke, give me my money back’ comments as nearly every game ive played has had similar comments made at some point. Just moving around the countryside, birds tweeting, sun shining, it’s truly gorgeous. Minor pop up /tearing issues aside ive been truly immersed in the game.
My only comments on improvement or things that Im finding hard to think around are;
Ive used Henry to rob and pillage nobles houses to gain Groschen. Sometimes ive had to do a mercy kill. Hes a real nasty piece of work in reality. Yet, when it comes to cut scenes, hes like a bumbling bafoon (like hes clearly meant to be). The players adopted playstyle and warhorses character design don’t always seem to match and it creates some strange situations. I generally try and click through the cut scenes now, just picking up the info on the quests that I need.
Some NPCs create unfair /broken situations. Eg Kunesh in Rattay – if you argue with him and say you could beat him up if you wanted to, he immediately goes into attack mode. As soon as that starts hitting you, the guards come and arrest you. He walks free.
‘are you pulling my pizzle – after what you’ve done around here’ – good system but it’s a bit to strict. Word spreads faster than you can walk sometimes. I commit a crime lockpicking in the custodians house in Sassau. By the time ive walked straight back to infirmary, the monk there knows all about my crime and wont train me.
Sometimes the clothes get a bit too dirty, too quickly. Im forever washing just to keep my charisma as high as I can.
All fairly minor, even lock picking isn’t a game breaker for me. Totally binged on the game at the weekend and overall I think it’s a superb game for an ‘older’ player and don’t want to rush through it so have been trying to focus on side quests. My Fortnite loving teenage son on the other hand thinks it’s the most boring game hes ever seen (which is a relief!)