Another annoying " dress me " quest.

[Zeno]

Kuttenberg..to see the king, you once again gotta buy some clothing to wear and see the king.

Who thought these quests would be a good idea ? Its just annoying and does not add anything to the game.

[makbthemf]

And how do you imagine being undercover at the event if you're dressed as a noble/man-at-arms/beggar, e.t.c.? The quest itself is badly written - if the player passed side-quests before, half of the council knows his face. But party mechanics were abandoned at the early development stage, so we cannot send Matush instead of Jindro, for example.

[makbthemf]

P.S: This quest is also historically inaccurate. Only the royal cupbearer was able to pour the wine into the king's cup in any medieval kingdom since 11-12 century.

[Zeno]

Opprinnelig skrevet av makbthemf:

And how you imagine to be undercover at the event if you're dressed as a noble/man-at-arms/beggar, e.t.c.? The quest itself is badly written - if player passed side-quests before, half of the council knows his face. But party mechanics were abandoned at the early development stage, so we cannot send Matush instead of Jindro, for example.

Oh I imagined it just fine, maybe with dialogue, disguise mechanics, or literally any engaging gameplay.
But yeah, let’s keep pretending mandatory dress-up fetch quests are peak immersive design.

[Rookie-31st]

I didn't find it annoying. I think they game is missing a lot by lack of proper disguise mechanics. Henry can't even use mask or helmet with a visor to hide his face. No point in dressing up in the woods and raiding a village incognito - they will magically know it was Henry. But you go for such event and they suddenly don't recognize you. Until they do, in some quests and dialogues.

[Zeno]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rookie-31st:

I didn't find it annoying. I think they game is missing a lot by lack of proper disguise mechanics. Henry can't even use mask or helmet with a visor to hide his face. No point is dressing up in the woods and raiding a village incognito - they will magically know it was Henry.

Last is fair point, but this isn't so much about quests but about feature.

[makbthemf]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Korrektus:

Oh I imagined it just fine, maybe with dialogue, disguise mechanics, or literally any engaging gameplay.
But yeah, let’s keep pretending mandatory dress-up fetch quests are peak immersive design.

IRL, it would be a very fast gameover of Jindřich being hanged. Serving drinks and food to the king was highly regulated, and imposing attempts were regarded as assassination attempts (so hanging was a light option). So, from a historical accuracy perspective, Warhorse is quite lenient towards players.

But the quest is so unnecessary both from story continuation and general vibes that I completely agree with you - it's not needed. Just because of different purposes.

[Zeno]

Opprinnelig skrevet av makbthemf:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Korrektus:

Oh I imagined it just fine, maybe with dialogue, disguise mechanics, or literally any engaging gameplay.
But yeah, let’s keep pretending mandatory dress-up fetch quests are peak immersive design.

IRL, it would be a very fast gameover of Jindřich being hanged. Serving drinks and food to the king was highly regulated, and imposing attempts were regarded as assassination attempts (so hanging was a light option). So, from a historical accuracy perspective, Warhorse is quite lenient towards players.

But the quest is so unnecessary both from story continuation and general vibes that I completely agree with you - it's not needed. Just because of different purposes.

Yes, it just drags time once again without contributing to anything.