Even so, Wild Hunt's approach to romance focuses almost entirely on women with whom Geralt has lots of shared history. Even his reunion with Shani in the Hearts of Stone expansion is relegated to one moonlit night in a rowboat. He can still enjoy the company of women in brothels. That doesn't mean that Geralt has given up on one-night stands. Mature in the sense that there's a lot more nudity on display, but also because it's more emotionally mature. Geralt's pursuit of sex in Wild Hunt is much more mature than the original and even Assassins of Kings. Geralt's dalliances with Ves the swordswoman or with Cynthia the spy do set the course for Wild Hunt where the white wolf's sexcapades are with women more often his equal. The second Witcher game attempts to set Geralt's relationship with the redheaded sorceress above the rest, though it's hard to buy into the narrative or emotional significance of Triss's romance when the other "romances" are largely treated as completely throwaway.
The real marquee romance of Assassin of Kings is with Triss, who gets an entirely bespoke and spicy sex scene in an underground bath. Both are just convenient rest stops off the main relationship highway. Never one to miss out, I absolutely allowed Mottle the elven woman to "thank" Geralt for his heroism in Act 2 and accepted recompense for saving a succubus in the only currency that succubi apparently trade in. Geralt's casual encounters still mostly focus on this-for-that arrangements with unimportant sidequest characters or on opportunistic flings. The Witcher 2, released in 2011, functioned as a strong but cautious step towards the romantic epics of Wild Hunt. The Witcher went from vending machine women dispensing pinups as rewards to beautiful characters with backstories and love scenes pulled from romantic dramas. Jumping from The Witcher to The Witcher 3, with its vastly superior character models, voice acting, and combat were not the only bits to give me whiplash. Despite Triss and Shani's importance, they still wind up feeling more like collectibles than characters. Unfortunately, though, some combination of writing, acting, and animation still gives away the game's age.
Both enjoy special status in a very small group of women with custom 3D cutscenes preceding the reveal of their romance card. The Witcher does attempt to do right by the two romances that span multiple in-game acts with Shani or Triss Merigold.
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