Man... I tried getting into the game multiple times but it just doesn't work for me.
The art is good and it has tons of content but i just can't get into the story.
Rowan and his wife getting kidnapped/blackmailed and tortured and then you're supposed to work for them? I always just refuse them and get the end game screen.
I like gritty stories but i can't fap to them
I would expect to see the seeds (heh) of their defeat start being planted in the second act. Not necessarily the obvious signs, but we should at least begin to have some idea of their downfall by the end of the second act or it'll all feel rushed.
I think you only need Jezera to keep the antagonism plot going: Andras could literally be killed whenever- he is just muscle.
Easier said than done for some. I find myself self inserting both as Rowan and as Alexia and I cannot help it >_>. Think some people are just hard-wired to do it in games.Or y'know, just don't self-insert yourself into a game.
That's the thing. Rowan is set up to be even less willing to take the deal then i am.Or y'know, just don't self-insert yourself into a game.
I believe I've identified the problem. I'll make adjustments so it doesn't happen again.
Actually I think you might have things flipped. Jezera is just as much a childish brat as her brother, only with a cerebral nature as opposed to Andras' more brutish nature. While I don't believe either twin should die until the very end, as even killing one would remove two of the major elements of Rowan and Alexia's potential corruption storylines, Jezera seems the more expendable one to me. Andras is more than just the muscle. Jezera has virtually no leadership abilities while Andras does have that capability. If Andras died leaving Rowan with whatever forces he had amassed it would be over far quicker in his favor than it would be if Andras were alive. Take Andras out and Rowan would have the Twin's military forces on his side before Jezera was even aware they were turning against her.
While Jesera would be the easiest to defeat militarily, I think she would be the hardest one to finish off. She is quite willing to to cut an run when things look bad. She would melt into the shadows and not only would she be difficult to track down, but you would have to be on the look out for spies and assassins the entire time. Andras if left to his own devices would be too hard to trick or bait into a battle he can't win, the he would be more than happy to go down fighting.
There are plenty of other corruption narratives in the game besides the twins coercion that are more tempting- having both of the twins alive is hardly obligatory if you like corruption narratives- the whole game is steeped in them. Why choose blue or red rapists when you could choose purple poly? (X'zeratl).
Jezera is the one that builds, Andras is the one who destroys. Jezera would be completely incapable of building what she needs to without Andras destroying what needs to be destroyed. Take either one away from the other and they would lose. Jezera would likely have scheme after scheme, and bolt hole after bolt hole, but ultimately she would be out fought any time she tried to face off against Rowan's forces if it came down to battle between them. Likewise Andras would last longer in an actual war, but once Rowan's forces gained the upper hand there would be no turning back. Jezera would escape to fight another futile day, Andras would hold his ground and either be killed by Rowan or kill Rowan and still be overrun by Rowan's forces. The twins definitely require each other.
Leading orcs may not be "big brain energy", but do you know what is? Waging war. There is a metric fuckton more to it than "Hey, orcs, kill that fortress.", if there wasn't then Rowan wouldn't be necessary and we wouldn't have a video game. You're grossly underestimating Andras' value. It's not about characters who could replace Andras as no one could replace him. There are no characters in the game currently who can match Andras. You're thinking of Andras in limited terms. No other character so far has been presented as anywhere near Andras' level of physical strength, he's literally able to tank blows from a minotaur with no damage. The only reason Andras doesn't get straight up rolled by Rowan is because of that strength. As a result all of Andras' other useful characteristics are reinforced, his ability to lead troops, his ability to inspire his orcine followers, his lack of moral scruples allowing him to take advantage of any and all situations to gain his best outcome and a few other traits that make him far more than just muscle. SHit, if he was just muscle then he wouldn't ever get waist deep in Alexia. No other character would be powerful enough to hold the advantage against someone like Rowan. Throughout the first act there exists a couple of points where Rowan would have killed a lesser opponent and every other character with a similar skill set to Andras' would be a lesser opponent to Rowan because he's that damned good with a sword and that damned mentally sharp. The only reason Rowan isn't a Gary Stu is because of the forces set against him. Unless A&J's dad resurrects no one currently in the game replaces Andras and lives very long.
I know this is just a meme post, but real talk though, the twins could have potentially won me over to their side if they weren't so capriciously over-the-top cruel. The current order is shit and needs to be replaced. And Jezera talked a good game early on about freedoms and meritocracy and such. But the only freedom they seem to care about is the freedom for them to do what ever they want and the only merit they seem to care about is what benefits you can offer them. And every time I start to think working for them might not be so bad they pull some unnecessary cruelty for the lols.
I would hesitate to call Jezera a builder. I think they are both destructive, Andras is just destructive in the most obvious ways. If this was a family Andras would be the physically abusive father and Jezera would be the emotionally abusive mother. Their abuses are very different but they both lead to broken children. Neither twin is interested in actual leadership, they just want to have the ability to do whatever they want, whenever they want, consequence free. It is pure entitlement plain and simple.
When I say build I don't mean she builds things. Jezera is the one who negotiates alliances, puts spy networks together, and so on and so forth. She's still ruthless, she's still a killer, she's still a petulant brat but she recognizes the need for more than just wanton violence and devastation. Jezera is the one who, once the dust settled from Rowan conquering the realms for them, would set about rebuilding the necessary infrastructure to rule. Jezera, when not showing herself as an easily offended child, is the one most likely to hatch a plan, put that plan into motion, and get the best result. She may not be hammering nails into boards, but without her there would be absolutely no framework for Andras to work in and he'd probably never ascend to anything more than the leader of a small territory of orcs that would eventually get routed out by a hero.
I never thought that you mean literal building. I'm just saying that once all the fighting is done and they've conquered the entire world, I still can't see Jezera stepping up to be a leader. From my understanding of her, Jezera doesn't plan so much plan as she plots and schemes. Just as Andras will still feel compelled to fight even when there is no one left to fight against, Jezera will feel compelled to scheme even with no one left to scheme against. Instead of overseeing stuff like redistricting and food distribution she would do something along the lines of provoking infighting among her court while convincing each party that they have her favor, and watch them squabble for her amusement while she secretly escalates the conflict when it starts to get dull. The actual planning, leading, and making sure everything runs would be foisted on someone else. Maybe Rowan if he is still around, maybe someone else that caught her fancy otherwise. But I can't imagine her doing it herself.
An useless coin if you ask me, their major merit was to trap the so call "Hero" who supposedly match their Father and won not only because of his force but his intelligence, that was the more easy catch i've ever seen X'D. And with his wife working in the library, how it is possible that she isn't interested in study magical artifacts?, to.. you know, break the magic upon them and her husband rape the twins spirit until they got erase from existence...
First, I would like to say that when Arioch created the twins, he did not invent the wheel.
