I hate when you go on last stand mode... but there is no last stand... you just die...without having the opportunity to counter.
FYI: I noticed that some orcs have a strength trait called "No Chance", which prevents you from being able to save yourself if they get the final hit on you. Pretty cool stuff.
On-topic, I wish there was a timeline/history log as there's just too many stories to keep up with when it comes to all encounters thus far.
What I remember most is my many awesome and pretty insane encounters with my arch-nemesis, Brâga the Cook who came back 6 times until I finally executed him yesterday. The score was 3-3 and he looked like shit since I had burned him to death three times in a row after he killed me....yeah...I was
furious.
Background: My vendetta and journey into madness began in our first encounter after he grabbed me when I was near death in a huge battle with dozens of orcs, picking me up and throwing me on the ground on top of a freaking campfire which happened to be nearby. I couldn't use last stand afterwards, as he had the "No Chance" trait so I died instantly.
Fast-forward to a few more encounters after I had burned him, and we'd killed eachother a couple of times. He had received a motive that was basically saying that he wanted to burn me to death too. I can't remember the exact words, but thought it was pretty awesome.
Anyway, late last night I was surrounded by him and 4 other captains and thought I was done for even though I'd managed to get him and several others to low health. However, I suddenly noticed a campfire near a cliff nearby, so I sped to it as fast as I could and set it off using an arrow when they caught up to me. BOOM. They all screamed in pain as they burned, so I jumped over my nemesis, did a wraith cone stun on them all, and executed him which sent his BURNING head flying between the group of orcs, bouncing a few times on the ground and off the edge of the cliff.
I was so incredibly satisfied that I yelled out loud: "BURN IN HELL YOU FUCKER!"
Do note, that this was pretty late at night and I live in an apartment, so..I think my neighbors might have heard me despite the concrete walls, but I didn't care! He was dead and that was all I cared about.
Man, this game...the story is pretty ok, combat needs some work to be a bit more fluid, but the nemesis system is just so immersive and 'effin brilliant. I haven't had this kind of experience from ANY singleplayer game before EVER. You can get these kind of things in online games..this mutual hatred for one another...but this is something beyond that..
To you developers out there - just
stop what you're doing right now.
Just stop! Go online, or go to the store or whatever. Buy this game, take some time off work and play it. Just play it, enjoy and make notes and
-COPY- this shit. For real. I want this in every open world game I play from now on. GTA 6 with dynamic characters inspired by this nemesis system that can exist in both singleplayer + multiplayer? Yes please!
The potential for something like this is just incredible - thank you Monolith!
- dreamlock
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