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Also, not only this game is very, very good, with a rollercoaster of main plot, but the acting of both Hans's and Henry's actors is incredible as well.

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Personally, unless someone likes very challenging combat, I would suggest to skip the first game and just watch a recap (the developer, Warhorse, have it on their yt channel) and to straight to kcd2 - the combat is much better there. This romance is available only from the 2nd game too.

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After that, as a punishment, Henry gets assigned as Hans's page and the boys slowly grow both up and closer together in the first game. KCD2 continues the story. The story and most characters are based on actual Czech history.

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If you mean Hans and Henry (the only gay romance), then... Well, KCD tries to present quite historically accurate picture of a Christian country in mediaeval Europe. On top of that Hans is a noble, Henry is a bastard raised as a peasant, so their relationship started pretty much from a fist fight.

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Had the same problem with first kcd; in 2 they reworked the combat noticeably(or nerfed it as some complainers say)and it's much more intuitive now imho. Still have to pay attention, but the perks and moves you can learn help a lot. I'm rather a casual gamer and I managed to even get decent at it :)

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The plot is just a never ending roller coaster of things going wrong accompanied by a lot of humour and really, really good acting of main characters and great cinematics It really is something else!

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

In KCD2 combat is much easier and the perks are much easier to gain. It still requires a lot of adjusting and it is still a bit wonky, but the difference is significant imho.

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Just finished the game (played only because of how adorable Luke is ;P) , any recommendations? ;)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This is the best kind of energy!! ;)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I saw this scene on yt. I had to check what all the whining was about and knew the previous game, and... Well, I saw the scene and next day I bought the game (despite how much I hate the combat system), it was THAT good :) I always was a sucker for tender romance scenes <3

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

There are some potions that should help you with keeping stamina up. Also I would suggest running and jumping around a lot - this also levels up vitality from what I noticed; there is also a perk that levels up your strength a bit when picking flowers.

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Exactly, at least voice actors are cool, but all the bigotry is really tiring... :(

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

It depends on how much you are able to accept failed checks :) Myself I couldn't so it was reload fest when conversation didn't go my way :D If that might be a problem I suggest to simply play a charisma base character - bard or sorcerer. It helped me a lot

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I played DA2 recently and I concluded my brain was probably defending itself from trauma by erasing memories of how much a psycho purple Hawke was :D Still love the plot in this game

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It's something poker-alike; as such it doesn't have to be a strip version, but it definitely can be :)

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Agreed; not only we got a conclusion but also an important statement about inclusivity. Shame that so many people decided to just fight it instead of discussing if/how different their experiences were.

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Nie jest to niesamowita gra pod większością względów, ale to nie znaczy że nie jest niezła :) Przeszłam dwa razy i pewnie jeszcze zagram :D

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I love the design of Johanna's construct! Personally l, I'm sending either Taash or Davrin. After all, they both trained so much to climb weird creatures ;)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Well done, it's beautiful! ❤️ I somehow cannot wrap my mind around guaches, so lots of respect :)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hint: there is a reason why it HAS to be a gray warden sword to kill a regular Archdemon during the Blight and why they die if they do so :)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Veilguard is far from chill for me - it's definitely too fast paced for that except for a few small missions :D I would go with no man's sky for a moment ;)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Noticed that too. EA said it was mainly sport games being a disappointment, but no, that character made hate videos have millions of clicks, so we can earn some money feeding this "make other people a boogeyman" trend too! It's disgusting.

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Even Carver doesn't like early game Carver (in mark of the assassin he comments that he was a butt back then :D )

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

However cheesy it sounds, this game and this cheese did help me a lot to survive my winter depression :)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I also appreciate the ultis - the vfx and camerawork make it look like it was a shot straight from anime and I loved it :)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Honestly it's the best warrior mechanics in all da games. I used reaper spec and I liked it very much, while in DAI I was to bored to finish the game- with all the life leech and shield throws it was actually fun. Warriors are much slower though, especially in the beginning.

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I just finished DAII with my favourite purple Hawke. Some dialogues were so much worse than I remembered! Not to mention how differently I see some of the characters now, after so many years... So I agree, at least some of the outrage is fuelled by how we remember the games, not how they were

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Depends on the part of the Fade, Veilguard takes place mostly (only?) in Solas's crossroads, not the greater Fade. Crossroads from Inquisition also didn't have the green filter - Morrigan's were blue while the crossroads from Trespasser had similar bright filter as Veilguard.

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Due to melancholy induced by Veilguard I'm playing DA2 and... I feel it so much...

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

It really does make the game feel different :)

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

"Arr, Pirate Zevran reporting, prepare to be boarded."

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anowi.bsky.social @anowi.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

DAI; sure I have 1k hours in it, but it was all done many years ago, so maybe it's time for another round ;P

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Agreed; personally the biggest problem of this game is not what is in it, but what seems to be missing.

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I love DA2 the most despite atrocious combat, repetitive quests, cheap level design and ugly textures, but I agree Inquisition was the best and the brightest star in whole series :)

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As someone who has loved RPGs for years, starting with Neverwinter Nights and BG2 and Pillars... I liked DAO, but I do agree it is the weakest. It was a very good game, but was also generic dark fantasy like many others. It was the next iterations that made DA feel like something separate to me.

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no wonder Carver hates Hawke so much... And then there is Varric being savage as well ...

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