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Hirelings have no function if you have a custom party, unless somehow one of them permanently died.

My bet?

Its working as they intended.

I thought the cheering was more like the nervous laughter of a room full of people desperate to show how cool they were while being as uncomfortable as hell.

No, they were just enjoying something that was silly and designed to be humorous.

Agreed *unless* they go into full umm details behind the not safe for streaming banner. It can be cheeky or out right gross…

From all the hollering I think they would have rioted if 1) wasn’t chosen.

People need to chill out

If they actually show any sex then the game ratings boards would have slapped a mature only rating on the game, so I don’t think they went the gross route.

I personally do hope they parodied the terrible BioWare style sex scenes but with a bear, though. I fully endorse that level of shenanigans.

My thoughts:

- Character creation seems great. It doesn't seem like there is a preview option for future class levels, but everything else looks great. It seems like a lot of effort went into Dark Urge, so I imagine that will be rewarding to those that are interested.

- It was interesting that Wyll's dialog was completely rewritten. I have to imagine it is for the better. I was surprised that Larian seemingly decided to add patron interation for all warlocks. It will be interesting to see how that was implemented.

- I am still not incredibly impressed with the quality of the writing, but I don't think it is going to ruin the game for me either. I am sure there will be a mishmash of cringeworthy and brilliant dialogue. That being said, it is going to be hard to do a lot of iterative editing when there are so many cinematics to record. With the need for so many permutations and cinematics, I guess editing is a necessary sacrifice.

- I am hugely impressed by the cinematics team. The voice and physical acting is just amazing. To me, the cinematics are the main selling point of the game.

- It doesn't seem like combat / stealth mechanics are notably different from early access. Hopefully some of the streamers visiting Larian will be able to comment on any significant changes to game mechanics.

A couple of the Cyberpunk sex scenes actually felt like legit sex scenes. Larian sex scenes feel more like awkward comedy skits. I'm never sure if they're supposed to be taken seriously, or I'm supposed to be laughing, like the crowd today with the bear/man love.

You are correct, anyone who took that seriously has a bigger issue, they should go back to complaining about the toilet chain and/or stealth. As for me, I enjoyed the panel, cheers Larian

I’m not sure if it was mentioned already, but Swen did casually mention my favorite spell, Shield, in the opening. This gladdens me.

Tbh, I think, Wylls backstory did fit him well, so I hope, they keep at least parts of it.

A southern, middle-class English accent doesn't necessarily equate with intelligence. I could rattle off a list of Tory MPs as proof.

I’m really intrigued by this. I was not planning on playing any origins, but they seem to offer such a different sort of experience, and I’ll definitely be replaying this game a lot, so why not? When I do play an origin start, Wyll is at the top of my list.

I pretty much had Larian's number by now, but WOW they actually cheeped me out in the beginning. Seeing Sven with childish glee for his acts of cruelty was like watching a train wreck. I really expected nothing from the last origin character so I'm glad its optional. No thank you, I don't need a demented psychopath whispering on my shoulder.

Once we got past the bad sex, I was impressed by a few things. No great reveals, but the antagonists look well crafted and the story arcs show promise.

P.S. This mod fixes stealth.

I hope so. I remember in their mocap video, there was a screen of different sexual positions hinting they are going full pornhub. That being said they do show genitalia and with the Minthara camp scene, I suspect they are going full Monty on this. I am not so prudish to say it needs to be out; however, I hope for more soft core and not the close up “money shots” hard core scenes. Especially with a “large” bear… lol

Come on lol, you don't actually think they're going to show straight up penetration do you? That would automatically destroy their rating, and make streaming a nightmare.

Oh yes, Shield being in the game is actually huge. The only bit of relevant good news concerning mechanics and it was delivered underhandedly through a quip.
It is exactly that banner that makes me think there's going to be a full-on scene in the final game. I can't decide if I see this as a pathetic and low attempt at gaining more publicity or simple humorous pandering to vocal Halsin fans taken a dozen steps too far.

Well, I can guarantee you that if they did go straight up bear vs man hardcore porn, a lot of the 'giggle Halsin is so dreamy' types will suddenly have a rude awakening lol. Actually, that would be hilarious.

Overall I am happy with the direction of the game.

1, Having black and white morality isn’t my thing. So the party alignment is fine as long as I can influence their narrative.
2, Really want multiclassing - most things strongly hint at it and confirm it. Sven hasnt proclaimed it from on high but I pretty confident that it’s in.
3, I love the idea that the game can be over 300 hours long.
4, don’t like being limited to just four party members, but it’s ok.

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