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As for Arcanum, it goes under GOG's old gamę preservation program, so it should run smoothly on Win10/11, without any divine magic.

I am proud of you. True gamer! 👍

A bit of head's up. Both may feel dated from a visual point of view, and especially Witcher 1 can feel dated from a gameplay point of view. AFAIK it was created on modified Aurora engine, the same that NWN was built on. Personally, I find both W1 and W2 stories even better than W3, so if you...

And Ciri's version of famous Lambert epigram 😀

Thank you for the offer, but no thank you Like 90% of things we write here ;) As "we", I meant all participants in this discussion. Imagine such a discussion on a random thread on X. All right, I'm speaking for myself. It may damper my sensitivity, and I don't want to act as I'm insensitive.

I don't have a solid counterargument for such a fine and brilliantly laid down argument :ROFLMAO:

Bruce_O just gave a plenty of good reasons, why women weren't witchers? Why Sapokowski wrote it that way? No clue. I wouldn't start political discussion if I were you. I have seen a single Politics thread on forums I've visited that wouldn't be closed at some point. It just doesn't work...

I don't think author being a Pole Has anything to do with it, rather that in the 80's women's position in many countries was not as strong as today. I don't even think there was an I'll intention behind such world building. It's just the 80's were still very much patriarchal era, or "the boys...

Yeah, books were written in the 80's, so it's not surprising it was written the way it was. I agree with @Bruce_O onthis. People tend to see wokeness and DEI everywhere these days. Even the simple fact that studio decided, they'll make a female protagonist is seen as woke. The only game I know...

I'm still not convinced Ciri cannot be a witcher. Yes, there is 100% mortality rate on girls who are undergoing Trial of Grasses, but even if this may sound as a little "lazy" explanation (and I admit, it kind of is, unless it will be expanded in a way that makes it more interesting), I'm still...

A little disclaimer: I may not be very precise in describing intricacies of this setting, because I read the books 25 years ago. I played all three witcher games of course, so those memories are more fresh.

Well, I always look at the fantasy setting in terms of łów magic or high magic, more than hard vs soft. But taking your definition into consideration, I'd say it's definitely hard magic. There is nothing without a reason in this setting. Magic came into existence during the event called...

All right I might have a different idea what's the difference between hard and soft magic, so if you could briefly explain how you see the difference, I might be able to have a better answer for you.

It's a fantasy world, I didn't even remotely think to ponder about such things. It's made for fun, not for philosophical debate 😀

Here's where we disagree. I see a plenty good explanations (I do agree that elder blood wouldn't be the most interesting). I also admit, that I read the books 25 years ago, so the details are very fuzzy at this point, so in many cases I wouldn't even say if things are consistent with books or...

Besides, doesn't even need to be her blood. It's possible that someone perfected the potion formulae, which makes the process less deadly. I'm thinking the new school of Lynx would be a key here. We don't know yet, if Ciri will be the founder or she will track them down (or maybe jump back in...

Dude, CDPR literally brought back Geralt from dead for Witcher 1. Having Ciri undergone the Trial of Grasses is really not "the worst" they could have done to the books, than they already did. I also can't see why her blood could not make her more resilient to the effects of potions needed to be...

Man, I'm starting to regret I've played it so early 😀

I have one more suggestion, after playing some more: give more variety of common loot. It's fun when you find a new Item (usually from the chest), but otherwise you find only gold or alchemical ingredients.It would be great to loot other treasure too.

I spent an hour or so, trying out the demo and here are my thoughts: Things I like: Overall cozy vibe - the game is perfect to launch after a long day, to just chill and have fun. The art style - although I find it a bit too simplistic, it's charming and generally well done. Skills and party...