I heard you Larian! You told me "Go frak yourself!" with this mini-boss and I will proceed to do just so.
I thought I'd drop you a line as a thank you for the preceding many hours of enjoyement (and some tedium: getting around the Fjord? No, that isn't "fun" .)
Here goes:
- If the player had the foresight of bringing his creature into Raze's room do not penalize him by effacing it. That is plain cheating. In fact, it's a good idea to not penalize the player for having the guile and strategic mind to use *any* of his supplies.
- Unskippable cutscene = not fun. AUTOMATIC unskippable cutscene when boss is low on health = "frak you player!"
- Auto-cutscenes + regen machines that can not be shut down for good + infinite support mobs + whatever attack Raze has that causes 800 POINTS OF DAMAGE IN A SINGLE HIT = me gone.
Look at it this way: if this is how you build mini-boss encounters, what can I expect later on? Nothing *fair* must be the answer. From a player's perspective, it doesn't matter if Raze is a complicated one-off, you've lost the trust I had that DIVINITY would keep the challenge *constant*, *gradual* and, of course, *fair*.
I wish you much success in your next game.
Respectfully,
SirV
