Witcher 3

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The Witcher came out about the same time as Mass Effect and that game has aged pretty well

But I guess if it has an Indie look to it.

Trust us, Valmy. Have we ever lied to you?

NEVAH!

Anyone have any advice on how to get the Reasons of State quest?

Reject nihilism.

[Norgy]

I loaded an old save, and did the Blindingly Obvious quest again and got Reasons of State.

It was a good quest.

[LaCroix]

valmy, the general consensus re: witcher 1 is that the first two chapters are really bland, but then the game becomes pretty awesome. I don't get witcher 2 hate -- thought it was fantastic

[Josquius]

Witcher 1 was amazing all round I thought.
Witcher 2.... I dunno.  A bit on rails? I guess they also made the mistake of splitting the content into 2 paths, so you totally miss much of it, yet the finale is common to both so can be really odd.
I took the human path so never learned about the dragons identity.... but the finale assumed I did

[grumbler]

I thought W1 was great, but agree that it probably hasn't aged all that well.  W2 I never got more than a couple of hours into, because the insistance that I stop playing an RPG to play a twitch interlude was just too much (I died about three times in the boxing scenario because I wasn't motivated to press random keys as fast as the game wanted me to and then put the game away forever).  I really want to get into W3, but the beginning is pretty hard to get through.  It looks great.

[viper37]

I really want to get into W3, but the beginning is pretty hard to get through.  It looks great.

I found the learning curve to be quite abrupt for a RPG.  It took me a little while to correctly understand what I was doing.  I think once past the first town, things get really interesting from there.

[Martinus]

Maybe it's a platform issue, as the PS3 version was not that hard. I think the key is to let the game railroad you a bit during the early stuff because there are just so many hard monsters off the beaten path - later, when you level up a bit you can go exploring more.

[Norgy]

I thought W1 was great, but agree that it probably hasn't aged all that well.  W2 I never got more than a couple of hours into, because the insistance that I stop playing an RPG to play a twitch interlude was just too much (I died about three times in the boxing scenario because I wasn't motivated to press random keys as fast as the game wanted me to and then put the game away forever).  I really want to get into W3, but the beginning is pretty hard to get through.  It looks great.

The boxing in W2 was on PC.

[viper37]

Blood and Wine
Apparently, it'll be out June 7th.  Still unconfirmed though.

[celedhring]

I thought W1 was great, but agree that it probably hasn't aged all that well.  W2 I never got more than a couple of hours into, because the insistance that I stop playing an RPG to play a twitch interlude was just too much (I died about three times in the boxing scenario because I wasn't motivated to press random keys as fast as the game wanted me to and then put the game away forever).  I really want to get into W3, but the beginning is pretty hard to get through.  It looks great.

The boxing in W2 was on PC.

I hated the W2 minigames with passion. Great game otherwise.

[Martinus]

Blood and Wine trailer out. The expansion out on 31 May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQxNA0opEqc

This time the story is set in the Duchy of Toussaint.

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Downloading Blood and Wine. A measly 7.8 GB before unpacking. Oy.

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Update: It's very French. Basil Fawlty puts in an appearance.

[11B4V]

Update: It's very French. Basil Fawlty puts in an appearance.

I'm liking it.

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Confirm: good as previous installments of Witcher 3.