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RPG's hardest choice: Geralt's love dilemma
Geralt's romantic choice in The Witcher 3 left him tied to a bed while Yennefer and Triss left for drinks.
In brief
Geralt's romantic choice in The Witcher 3 left him tied to a bed while Yennefer and Triss left for drinks. Fraser Brown chose not to decide between Geralt's toxic relationship with Yennefer and his potential happiness with Triss, leaving him tied to a bed. Originally reported by Pcgamer.
RPG's toughest choice
Fraser Brown explores the hardest decisions in RPGs, focusing on personal moral choices that cause guilt.
“It's effective because it's powerfully relatable. You don't even need to have experienced a cataclysmic breakup to understand Harry in that moment.”
Mass Effect's abstract choices
Mass Effect lets players determine the galaxy's fate but lacks personal stakes for characters like the rachni or council.
“it never gives me a reason to care about the rachni, for instance, or the council”
Disco Elysium's personal wound
Disco Elysium reveals Harry's past trauma through a card in a ledger that must be tossed or kept.
“There's a card you can read pretty early on, stuck inside a ledger, that opens the wound that Harry worked very hard, by abusing alcohol and drugs, to forget.”
Geralt's romantic dilemma
Geralt's love for Yennefer conflicts with his potential happiness with Triss, but Yennefer is toxic and makes him feel bad.
“She regularly makes him feel like shit. Triss actually seems to make him happy, but is that just the safe pick?”
The choice to not choose
Fraser Brown chose not to decide between Geralt's relationships, telling both Yennefer and Triss he loved them, leaving them to go get drunk.
“I told both of them I loved them, and they left me tied to a bed while they went off to get drunk.”
The consequence
Geralt's inability to make a choice became the hardest decision, leaving him tied to a bed while Yennefer and Triss left for drinks.
“My inability to make a choice was the worst choice. But it also ended up feeling poignant, Geralt so often gets in the way of his own happiness.”
The big picture
Fraser Brown chose not to decide between Geralt's toxic relationship with Yennefer and his potential happiness with Triss, leaving him tied to a bed.
