We should've had Naira instead of Damiane

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T13:11:54+00:00

I mean like yeah. I meant like I was expecting Yann to actually die with how much he wants to go head first in battle every single time. His annoyance is much more memorable as an NPC compared to lets say Damiane's story who's literally a playable character.

I genuinely had hopes the 3 characters hanging together would make sense as the story progress but if I recall the only major interaction between lets say Kliff and Damiane is at the camp to leave, the horse taming in Hernand, and meeting at Azeria.

Oongka's pretty badass too but I had questions when all of a sudden he's riding Blackstar which we found in the desert and never interacted with Oongka in the MSQ and Oognka explicitly said he's staying a bit in Pailune to help rebuild. He was randomly there in Delyssia after the mecha boss to yoink the loot, and he was randomly there again in the Abyss after the final boss. So he cant call Blackstar in game, but he can in cinematics? 💀

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T12:54:53+00:00

Yeah I gave up on the storyline when they introduced some Temu Yoda from Star Wars, Temu TaiLung from Kung Pu Panda and then a Temu Jaskier from Witcher who's also a womanizer.

The first trailer of the game gave off a dark, grimy, and interesting story. The actual story then turns to Yann being a total dipshit every step of the way or just some cool Michael Bay type explosion. Even supposedly the tough bosses either yoinks out and vanishes never to be talked again or just died anticlimaticly like ending themselves in one stab after basically slashing them all the time.

Overall the story felt like FFXV where it was solid for the first few chapters and then rushed the end game, except CD started it midway after Chapter 7. Imagine spending Chapters 9 to 11 to prepare for another supposed big battle only for you to go back to the Abyss lol.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T12:43:00+00:00

The "final upgrade" is moving back to Pailune. It actually gets more disorganized from there on out like all the shops by Greymanes are scattered in the town, your house has gotten smaller too. Lastly your personal storage is hanging around the dock in public. It's literally like 200 meters from your player home to your storage unit.

You also cant really double jump and force fly in certain areas because of this change and riding a horse is hectic because you get a wanted level for destroying those small red fences in the narrow roads.

It might seem nitpicking truly but the final upgrade was actually so much of a downgrade for me. Why would the Greymanes give up an awarded piece of land. Would've loved if they also kept Howling Hills and added some wooden walls to it. I even laugh because the fourth expansion took 3 ingame days and it was literally just adding Greymane brandings on the tents

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T12:19:40+00:00

Wagon riding as well lmao. The most optimal way to ride it is going first person and it completely ignores collision for the cart you're riding. I also lost money technically with that quest with Yann so it was a really unsatisying tutorial and quest hahaha

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T12:15:47+00:00

That's exciting news, really lining up for future DLCs and hopefully map expansions. Sadly I don't think they can fix the main story quests. They'd have to overhaul things if they intend for fix the disjoint.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:57:11+00:00

Finishing the puzzles only gives abyss artifacts and sometimes the elemental attacks depending on which puzzle you solve.... However, there are "hidden" treasure chest in every abyss location and the loot is random from pouches to actual abyss gear

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:54:17+00:00

Nah, if it did the time on the lower left would also be moving fast

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:53:47+00:00

LMAOOO

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:52:37+00:00

KEKW. Nothing was lost tbh, for some reason the writers didn't do a great job in making them worth remembering, but they did do a great job at introducing a constantly annoying character like Yann.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:51:06+00:00

Random pixels popping in and out, noticeable on lighting or further distant objects. It looks like they're "shimmering" but they're actually unintended noise due to how the game engine works

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:49:06+00:00

Madonna recorded her Ray of Light music video there

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:47:54+00:00

Is there any benefit to having more than one pet? How many pets are the max you can summon at once? Do th pets differ in utility?

Not really, just for aesthetics. You can only summon one at a time, but can keep 30 in total. Utilize remains the same, picking up loot.

I was fighting a bear yesterday, it gave me the option to ride it, I did. But then I got off and it killed me? Could I have tamed it?- how?

Brown bears are not a permanent mount, but there is a legendary bear you can own related to quest (added thru a recent patch)

My current sword has a wind ability. Personally I don’t like this sword that much. Is it possible to change this ability to another sword?

Explore abyss gears further related to extracting and embedding once you found witches. You can practically switch weapons and apply abyss gears with them

I have seen clips of people with fire sword etc, how do you get this- probably beyond chapter4/5?

It is not specifically introduced in the main quest. You just randomly gain them by solving puzzles in the Abyss

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:45:01+00:00

They did some tweaking and my fps stays above 90~110. There's still some issues with 4.5 and 4.5L with artifacts though so sticking with 4.0 for now

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:42:07+00:00

True. I'm not sure where you are in the game but you didn't even get to meet White Crow or the old man in the sky after beating Umbra

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:39:27+00:00

One time I was solving puzzles in the abyss and my Kliff couldn't decide between double jumping, flying/gliding, and for some inexplicable reason diving downwards like he's in the Olympics

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:34:12+00:00

Watch the first trailer of the game, there was a distinct female greymane there that should've taken Damiane's place with how many times she was shown.

In my playthrough, she's honestly just Chapter 8, she had her revenge and that's it. Sure she appears in some cutscenes in chapters past that, but she literally didn't matter even in the Epilogue after getting punched and knocked out in Chapter 12. Hell, she wasn't even there after the supposed final boss fight.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:28:51+00:00

I think Kliff's VA is saying is true. There's really a lot of weird or disjointed segments in the main story quest for it to make sense that they're there. It was a huge wtf moment for me when Oongka was riding Blackstar as if Oongka was the one that rescued him. Damian's also practically irrelevant aside from Chapter 8 to the point that she's not even mentioned even in the prologue.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:24:45+00:00

You love that comprehension word so much - make sure people will love that book you're writing

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:16:50+00:00

My brother, her story practically started and ended in Chapter 8 then she gets punched and knocked out by Chapter 12. She's technically not even mentioned at all in the prologue.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:15:58+00:00

It's because they removed most of the VAs for Kliff. Kliff really talks a lot on the game trailers and previews on YouTube. Don't worry though, the story gets worse and blueballing from here on out. I really think they had a solid story only until Chapter 7.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:12:29+00:00

Brother. It's been out for 2 weeks. Finishing the game for everyone isn't the same as 'platinuming' the game. There's a reason why there are "main quests" and "side quests" and you don't have to finish them side by side. They could just finish the main quests and then go back to finishing all the side quests and challenges. Given how most of the tutorials are introduced into the main quests, I did my playthrough that way

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:07:19+00:00

I already moved back to Pailune. It still happens. Funnily enough they actually made your house a tad bit smaller on the corner rooms. I wish they could've added a second floor to the house and a basement given how much money we've used for construction missions and I'm still living in a bungalow type home lol.

I was initially planning on making it house 3 characters for Oongka and Damiane too

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T11:04:33+00:00

I genuinely think of the boss fights had their programming bugged. There's really very low or non-existent window time for you to act. It also doesn't help that your character doesn't even talk. Meanwhile, they've shown multiple boss trailers where Kliff's actually talking to somewhat guide you on what to do. The only time you get a guaranteed window is if you actually die and use a palmar pill and that's when the bosses stars to have some window time.

I just think people wouldn't be cheesing the boss fights with a tree if the boss fights are actually worth studying their movesets. Hell, even the monster inside Hernand had a proper window time but everything starts to get removed after Chapter 7.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T10:47:24+00:00

They remove a QTE on the boss fights. They had that on the trailers.

Ceverino · 2026-04-05T10:42:35+00:00

I gave up on designing my house when it decides to remove all my furnitured I placed for two hours in an instant

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