Posted May 23, 2015
You know what that means... Roche or Iorveth.
I'm playing Witcher 2 for the first time, and with the added background knowledge of the books, I try to roleplay Geralt. I had played the first game again after reading the books, and kept as neutral as possible (but made almost the same choices as in my first playthrough).
Now this choice is really not easy. I've heard elsewhere that playing with Roche first spoils less for the other path, than the other way around. And I plan eventually to go the other path too. But this is just a minor concern.
So far I've come up with the following:
Both are reckless bastards when it comes to achieving their goals. Both are (probably) remorseless killers of women and children. The Scoia'tael have a little bonus for their tragic history, but Roche on the other hand is at least a very loyal man doing his job. So no help here.
(My) Geralt's current goal is going after Triss ASAP. Secondary goal is clearing his name. From the current situation it seems that the Squirrels are a more straight way to go after Letho, while Roche will draw Geralt into politics and intrigue - something he would surely try to avoid. On the other hand siding with the Squirrels who helped the Kingslayer will make "clearing the name" rather hard, but worse, it might force Geralt into fighting against humans (and not just the obvious bad guys there), the people he should be protecting.
Does this about sum it up? Any other thoughts? Which decision would you find more fitting for Geralt?
And no spoilers, please* :-)
*PS: I use Barefoot Essentials, no spoiler tags can be used, for the sake of discussion.
I'm playing Witcher 2 for the first time, and with the added background knowledge of the books, I try to roleplay Geralt. I had played the first game again after reading the books, and kept as neutral as possible (but made almost the same choices as in my first playthrough).
Now this choice is really not easy. I've heard elsewhere that playing with Roche first spoils less for the other path, than the other way around. And I plan eventually to go the other path too. But this is just a minor concern.
So far I've come up with the following:
Both are reckless bastards when it comes to achieving their goals. Both are (probably) remorseless killers of women and children. The Scoia'tael have a little bonus for their tragic history, but Roche on the other hand is at least a very loyal man doing his job. So no help here.
(My) Geralt's current goal is going after Triss ASAP. Secondary goal is clearing his name. From the current situation it seems that the Squirrels are a more straight way to go after Letho, while Roche will draw Geralt into politics and intrigue - something he would surely try to avoid. On the other hand siding with the Squirrels who helped the Kingslayer will make "clearing the name" rather hard, but worse, it might force Geralt into fighting against humans (and not just the obvious bad guys there), the people he should be protecting.
Does this about sum it up? Any other thoughts? Which decision would you find more fitting for Geralt?
And no spoilers, please* :-)
*PS: I use Barefoot Essentials, no spoiler tags can be used, for the sake of discussion.
Post edited May 23, 2015 by toxicTom
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