[Hottentot]

Ok, finally downloaded it. Took me ages with this connection, but hey, at least I was able to actually write the thesis when I didn't have bandwith to post nonsense in Subsim. I'm still in the last part of prologue, but here are some very quick (possibly mistaken) thoughts...

I have mixed feelings about the new combat system. I like how you can quickly switch between quick and strong style and mix them up, though I'm missing the group style. It was my favorite in the prequel.

Parrying is a good improvement and finally hopping around seems to have actual purpose instead of just looking cool. It's easier to control now.

On the other hand, I don't like how the combat now seems to be just about tapping your mouse instead of timed hits. I would have hoped for something in between. Now it seems I can mostly just tap away and Gerald keeps jumping from one enemy to another like a blood seeking berserk bunny. But at least it isn't "Ooo, I have amnesia, I can't remember which part of the blade is used to horribly maim people" story all over again. I guess it's, especially at so early point, just natural that he can do so.

The inventory is horrible.

I understand the prologue is supposed to be sort of tutorial, but it just doesn't work. I have barely enough time to even read the messages and even then the text is so small I need to glue my face to the monitor to see it. Luckily the manual is good.

Yay! Finally Gerald has mastered his fear of heights and can cross or climb over a mighty molehill on his path instead of circling it!

Foltest is still Mr. Attitude. At first I looked at his new costume and thought what were they thinking, but I forgot all that when he decided to try to kill just one single person with a ballista.

The new Triss makes my head hurt. She sounds like a teenager Harry Potter magician now and acts like one too. The prequel Triss was more impressive, but maybe this one will improve.

Swearing seems to be more common now. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing. I liked it in the prequel, but done too much it loses its charm. Hopefully it won't.

The dice game is now better, since you can actually freaking throw the dice. But whose bright idea it was to make them look completely different from the previous that actually made sense and looked like, I don't know, dice or something.