Anyone getting it next week?
I never played through 1 (got bogged down and bored in the village before entering Vyzima), and therefore never played 2. So I will likely not buy/play 3 yet.
I may once I've finished watching play throughs of the games (I'm watching Gopher's playing through 1, usually when playing something else) at which point #3 might be on sale already.
Shame, really, because I loved the stories.
Heh, it's similar with me - the only difference being that I own a PS4 now so might just as well get Witcher 3.
I did love the books, especially the short stories, though.
I have the short stories (came in two volumes here), though I haven't checked if the other books have been translated (given the popularity of the games I wouldn't be surprised).
One thing in the previews that stood out a bit to me was that Gopher was absolutely amazed that there were almost no loading screens, and that even entering buildings was seamless.
I seem to recall that Gothic 1&2 (maybe 3?) did that, too; though their world was arguably much smaller than what Witcher 3 will have. And I think most buildings didn't have doors.
Apparently they fixed the combat.
Too busy and away from home to purchase at release, will check it out when back home in 5 weeks.
I bought 1&2 last weekend. It whiles the time away but there's *a lot* of fetching quests, it's heavily scripted (can't change your appearance, you're forced into the relationships drawn from the novels I presume (Triss Marigold?) - to the point of having to play the 'ladies' man' Geralt is supposed to be if you want to progress :yucky: And naturally it's not an open world. I wish I was discovering Skyrim again!
The third installment looks gorgeous and it is an open world. But we're still stuck with Gerald the horny lone wolf.
G.
Well, it's a game with an established protagonist. Complaining about it is like complaining that you can only play as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider or What's-His-Face in Uncharted.
Nathan Drake, iirc.
lots of hubub about the downgrade of graphics because of consolitis
Quote from: Martinus on May 13, 2015, 07:04:32 AM
Anyone getting it next week?
I finished the second one last week. Loved it despite it's faults (QTE :yucky:)- Will definitely be getting the third one.
Graphics card can't run it.
If it's not a bugfest on release then I'll play it fairly soon. I played the other 2 so CD Project have me by the balls.
My PC can only probably run it at low settings, which would kinda suck given how striking it looks. I probably will wait until I buy a new system.
pff, Witcher 2 also ran like a dog I recall. <_<
Finished Witcher 1 - interesting story. I've now begun Witcher 2. Is it me or is that game's interface extraordinarily non intuitive? I'm constantly on pause to look for which button does what. The movements are erratic, there's hardly any hovering so I'm missing a lot of loot... And relying on keyboard commands is annoying as hell!
G.
Got a copy of it with my new graphics card, but I only got halfway through the first one and haven't even launched the second one sitting in my steam inventory. :hmm:
Found what the problem is, to quote a reviewer:
"This isn't a PC game, this a console game with PC graphics."
When I'm told in a silly fist fight to press A - and I get smashed when I press A - there's a problem. Needless to say, I won't be wasting money on Witcher 3. Thank the Gods the 1st & 2nd games were only 5$ altogether.
G.
Quote from: Grallon on May 17, 2015, 07:04:14 PM
Found what the problem is, to quote a reviewer:
"This isn't a PC game, this a console game with PC graphics."
When I'm told in a silly fist fight to press A - and I get smashed when I press A - there's a problem. Needless to say, I won't be wasting money on Witcher 3. Thank the Gods the 1st & 2nd games were only 5$ altogether.
G.
You are such a bitter drama queen some time. You never merely dislike a game or say a game is not your cup of tea - you hate it with the intensity of a million stars. If you approach all things in your life that way, no wonder you are so miserable.
I'm excited. Reportedly, the i-3 3220 does a great job, particularly when paired with a good graphics card, which I have. It's been preloaded for a week. Cannot wait to try it today.
Pretty good so far. A lot more intuitive than Witcher 2.
I gots it. Another work colleague got it at 11 p.m. last night. The thing is a big deal in Poland. Apparently it sold one million copies in pre-order, which means the developer already got double return on all the money invested in the game (including the promotion).
Any stability issues or gamebreaking bugs?
Make it 1.5 million in pre-order. And some people, like me, simply bought it off a shop stall.
Wait you can buy games on shop stalls? I guess this is a console version?
Quote from: Legbiter on May 19, 2015, 06:36:09 AM
Any stability issues or gamebreaking bugs?
I experienced one crash; the game autosaves after most game events and area transitions (but no loading times), so it wasn't devastating.
My specs: i-3 3220 Ivy Bridge with nvidia 760 GTX, 16 GB RAM. Medium detail on everything, LOD off, 1080. No appreciable slowdown. Very fluid gameplay (camera/mouse sensitivity is a little high).
Quote from: Valmy on May 19, 2015, 08:35:15 AM
Wait you can buy games on shop stalls? I guess this is a console version?
Yes, although Poland also has PC version being sold on shop stalls. I guess we are a bit behind plus it's a Polish game so you can buy it everywhere here.
It's downloading now. Heh, hope I can get through the tutorial this time without getting fried over and over by a dragon. What's it this time? :lol:
I'm loving it so far. I really like the world building - very atmospheric. Especially the forests. Combat and the RPG elements are also very well done IMO. So far it's giving me the same vibe I got when playing Skyrim for the first time.
Riding around on my horse in the beautiful countryside also reminds me of Red Dead Redemption.
10/10
:cool:
I gave in and bought it after all. Especially after failing miserably to kill the Karyran? That tentacled monstrosity who's the boss of chapter 1 in Witcher 2. I'm still bothered by the 'consolitis' infected design when it comes to interacting with the environment but the world building is really outstanding, the whole place is simply gorgeous.
G.
Damn, I have friends visiting over the weekend and staying at my flat until Monday morning. Bastards not letting me play. <_<
Finally starting to get the hang of the controls. Game is very smooth and stable, not one CTD so far. I've barely touched the main quest so far, just been riding around the countryside smelling the roses. Am about to start hunting down the griffin. Very solid, beautiful game from CD Projektland. :thumbsup:
I'm thinking of getting this after I move and have settled in as I have basically no time for games ATM. It sounds like this is something more for my PS4 than my PC, though. I read the combat controls are not that different from the second game, which has a very consoley feel to me.
Main quest line is a bitch. go exploring. Level up. Find places of power. Above all, craft you some damn silver swords. You are going to need them.
Quite pleased with the game, especially now that I've discovered Skellige, which is very Skyrim-like. I also love all the little winks to contemporary references like the retired elven master craftsman in Novigrad, which is a clear nod to Hattori Hanzo from 'Kill Bill'.
The only thing that really annoys me is how furiously 'hetero' this game is; whenever it can it shoves some female action into our faces: Geralt enters a hut to seek some answers from a local witch and the camera focuses on her bent ass (Velen, near the Red Baron's keep)... There are *numerous* other instances of this. That the main protagonist likes women is one thing but we the players shouldn't have to be dragged along and forced to 'partake' in his appetites! I'm not even mentioning the stereotypes at play, like that limp wrist, cross-dressing elven tailor in Novigrad...
Still I can only hope Bethesda learns from what was done with this game and gives us a TES VI worthy of the name (although I hear Argonia is to be the focus next time :yuk:)
Props for the music as well, especially in Skellige; very evocative.
G.
I am pleased that Grallon is displeased.
Quote from: Grallon on May 30, 2015, 10:42:30 PM
Quite pleased with the game, especially now that I've discovered Skellige, which is very Skyrim-like. I also love all the little winks to contemporary references like the retired elven master craftsman in Novigrad, which is a clear nod to Hattori Hanzo from 'Kill Bill'.
The only thing that really annoys me is how furiously 'hetero' this game is; whenever it can it shoves some female action into our faces: Geralt enters a hut to seek some answers from a local witch and the camera focuses on her bent ass (Velen, near the Red Baron's keep)... There are *numerous* other instances of this. That the main protagonist likes women is one thing but we the players shouldn't have to be dragged along and forced to 'partake' in his appetites! I'm not even mentioning the stereotypes at play, like that limp wrist, cross-dressing elven tailor in Novigrad...
Still I can only hope Bethesda learns from what was done with this game and gives us a TES VI worthy of the name (although I hear Argonia is to be the focus next time :yuk:)
Props for the music as well, especially in Skellige; very evocative.
G.
There's too many straight characters in the game! And how dare they include a gay character in the game?!? :rolleyes:
grallon is the best example of heterophobia I have yet encountered. :D
I am weak, so I bought this. I've played 4 hours of this, and I suck at combat. I also have yet to reach level 2. :lol:
I have it. I have yet to try it. An Xbox One controller might be the thing, yes?
I WANT MOAR TES!!!
Been doing the main questline in Novigrad. Tons of compelling characters, good story, decent game mechanics, atmosphere. Devs really hit it out of the park with this one.
I tried everything on Ultra settings. And it really, really looks good.
My two GTX 980s did break sweat, though.
That piece of ass in the beginning: :w00t:
I have to say playing this game, with its world, feels a lot like playing the first 2 Gothic games for the first time. And I mean that in a good way.
Partition Poland into 3 different CD Projekt zones so a Witcher-style RPG can be released once every year? :hmm:
Just finished it... You can go on playing but the game reverts back to what it was before the final chapter and all your friends are gone so there's no point continuing doing contracts... I guess that's the downside of a tightly scripted game. In Skyrim after defeating Alduin or Miraak or Harkon the world remained and acknowledged your deeds. But I suppose it would have been prohibitive to account for all the changes made through all possible endings. There's nothing more depressing than walking the empty halls of Kaer Mohren afterwards...
G.
I'm a third in the second playthrough... I'm pretty sure this shall be the last. Marvelous world building but contrary to Skyrim you can't go through it more than once without the emotional impact being blunted. Binding a character' story to an open world isn't such a good idea after all; they should have made it stand on its own, not so dependent on Geralt of Rivia. Allowing us to play any character (Dandelion, Zoldan, Ciri, Tris, Yennefer, etc) before the main quest begins - or allowing Geralt to experience the world for the first 20 lvls before the main quest kicks in would have done wonders for replayability. As it stands one can only go through once or twice - which is a shame. Let others learn from that mistake.
G.
Finished it.
Killed Radovid so Nilfgard won the war, Ciri becomes empress, Temeria is restored as a vassal state of Nilfgard. Put Hjalmar on the throne in Skellige. Geralt set off into the sunset with Yen.
Excellent game.
I got the depressing as fuck ending. Yay, America! Replaying it to get the ending Legbiter achieved.
I'd say my ending was bittersweet. If Radovid lives he manage to keep Nilfgard at bay while roasting all nonhumans, herbalists and village pellars in the process?
Quote from: Legbiter on June 20, 2015, 03:39:29 PM
I'd say my ending was bittersweet. If Radovid lives he manage to keep Nilfgard at bay while roasting all nonhumans, herbalists and village pellars in the process?
Radovid's character development is one of the highlights of the series. He starts out kind of Machiavellian, and goes full on nutbar by the end of the 3rd game. That's a nice through-line.
I have to admit, I really wanted to kill him, and frankly, every time I talked to him, he convinced me more and more that rule by Nilfgaard was 1000% superior in every way. He's the Pol Pot of the WItcherverse.
So, started playing the game. I am really enjoying little things, like the fact that you get a short "recap" every time you load the game, to remind you where you are. Also this is probably the only game I will play in Polish instead of English.
Is it fully voice acted in Polish?
I find this, like oh so many games marred by cut-scenes.
And to think I got an Xbox One controller for this and that other cut-scene hell GTA V.
GIMME MOAR TES NOW!!!
Quote from: Valmy on June 29, 2015, 11:24:26 AM
Is it fully voice acted in Polish?
Yup. And I understand the original script is actually in Polish and the English version is the localisation. It has a lot of fun, folksy or "faux medieval" voice acting, and a lot of swearing. :P
Oh, also, I have been running around for quite a while before I realised I have a horse. :P
Quote from: Martinus on June 29, 2015, 12:22:01 PM
Yup. And I understand the original script is actually in Polish and the English version is the localisation. It has a lot of fun, folksy or "faux medieval" voice acting, and a lot of swearing. :P
Huh. I would like to play it in the original when I do then. Since it is the original can you play it with the Polish and English subtitles in the American version or do I have to import? Anybody know?
I am going to do Witcher 1 and play through like I am doing with Dragon Age. Does that also apply to the other two? :hmm:
From what I understand Witcher 1 English dialogues were also a very much reduced translation of the Polish original - most of the colour and jokes were lost. Only in Witcher 2 the English version was on par with the Polish one.
Not sure how widely this is known, but the game is actually based on the world created by the most widely translated Polish scifi writer (even before the game he was better known than Lem). He is still alive and active (he is in his 60s I think) and was involved in the game in some capacity so it is no surprise the Polish version was the original one. :)
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The author, Andrzej Sapkowski
Yes you explained all this to us way back in 2007 when the original game came out I think :P
I was just wondering if the I can play with the Polish Audio in all three Witcher Games without having to buy some EU version of the game.
Quote from: Valmy on June 30, 2015, 02:07:32 PM
Yes you explained all this to us way back in 2007 when the original game came out I think :P
I was just wondering if the I can play with the Polish Audio in all three Witcher Games without having to buy some EU version of the game.
Ah, no clue :) I could mail you Witcher 3 though from Poland and it is bilingual. :P
If you could do that for all three that would be great :wub:
The interface and everything is in English right? I just want the original voice acting.
Quote from: Martinus on June 30, 2015, 02:00:38 PM
EDITED OUT POLE PHOTO
The author, Andrzej Sapkowski
I suppose when they take those author photos the author is suppose to make a pensive pose. You never see photo of the author in the jacket where he/she is at a party with lamp shade on their head or eating a bowl of soup or hitting someone with a tire iron or any other natural position.
Looks like he's quietly trying to pass gas.
Quote from: HVC on June 30, 2015, 04:29:09 PM
Looks like he's quietly trying to pass gas.
Those are my most thoughtful moments.
Can anybody with a US version of the game see if you can play it with the Polish audio?
Quote from: Valmy on June 30, 2015, 02:49:36 PM
If you could do that for all three that would be great :wub:
The interface and everything is in English right? I just want the original voice acting.
Getting the older ones may be hard - and I think this is right. At least that's what my PS4 version has (I will just double check if you can set Polish voice but English subtitles and interface). Would you want a PS4 or a PC version? :)
My Steam of W3 version lets me pick languages from all over, including Polish. You can check on the Steam page which languages are available for interface, audio and subtitles. Not sure if it lets you mix/match Polish audio with English subs, though.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/
Same for Witcher 2.
Witcher 1 doesn't say audio, but on GOG.com they list: Audio only: český, Deutsch, English, español, français, magyar, italiano, polski, русский. Text only: 中文
Damn well then I may just be able to get with Yankee versions without having to get Marty to ship versions overseas :)
I can really get audio in all those languages? Amazing.
In Steam, right-click on a title and select preferences, I think. There should be a language tab in the pop up.
Cool I will look into once I finally finish Dragon Age (so September or something)
I watched this and it seems like it would be fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l709Ft6AZhc
Quote from: Grallon on May 30, 2015, 10:42:30 PM
Quite pleased with the game, especially now that I've discovered Skellige, which is very Skyrim-like. I also love all the little winks to contemporary references like the retired elven master craftsman in Novigrad, which is a clear nod to Hattori Hanzo from 'Kill Bill'.
The only thing that really annoys me is how furiously 'hetero' this game is; whenever it can it shoves some female action into our faces: Geralt enters a hut to seek some answers from a local witch and the camera focuses on her bent ass (Velen, near the Red Baron's keep)... There are *numerous* other instances of this. That the main protagonist likes women is one thing but we the players shouldn't have to be dragged along and forced to 'partake' in his appetites! I'm not even mentioning the stereotypes at play, like that limp wrist, cross-dressing elven tailor in Novigrad...
Still I can only hope Bethesda learns from what was done with this game and gives us a TES VI worthy of the name (although I hear Argonia is to be the focus next time :yuk:)
Props for the music as well, especially in Skellige; very evocative.
G.
You mean the burly, gruff hunter that you meet within the first 60 minutes of game play (and who is part of the main story so you cannot miss him) is stereotypical? Since I found the grave of the other guy, with the inscription about "unnatural sins", earlier, I knew the hunter was gay the very moment he mentioned his "otherness" and having worked at the manor. If you are nice to him, he will tell you the whole tragic story.
I gotta say, this game is really beautiful and fun.
Based on my short viewing of the beginning of 3 it sure seemed like they did plenty of worshipful shots of Geralt's body even if you did get a face full of his female companion. Yennefer? Is that like Jennifer in Polish?
No, Yennefer is a completely invented name - but I think she is Nilfgardian, not Temerian. Temerians get PolishSlavic or SlavicPolish-sounding names.
Nilfgardians are the "Holy Roman Empire" of the setting.
Gay hunter scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwirOEEHsQ
Quote from: Valmy on June 30, 2015, 01:25:51 PM
I am going to do Witcher 1 and play through like I am doing with Dragon Age. Does that also apply to the other two? :hmm:
don't forget the mod for updated graphics, otherwise, it's sillingly ugly.
Oh, it's fun you do that, it will save me from finishing the game :P
Quote from: Martinus on July 01, 2015, 01:49:34 PM
You mean the burly, gruff hunter that you meet within the first 60 minutes of game play (and who is part of the main story so you cannot miss him) is stereotypical? Since I found the grave of the other guy, with the inscription about "unnatural sins", earlier, I knew the hunter was gay the very moment he mentioned his "otherness" and having worked at the manor. If you are nice to him, he will tell you the whole tragic story.
I gotta say, this game is really beautiful and fun.
What's your point? Yes there's a token gay character - it still doesn't invalidate my argument. You love it - good for you - so did I while it lasted. But there's hardly any re-playability to it - contrary to Skyrim.
G.
So far I am definitely siding with Nilfgard.
Btw, to answer your earlier questions, Valmy, language settings for voice acting are separate from subtitles and game interface so you can play it with Polish voices but everything else in English (at least if you get the version I have - I am not sure if all versions are preloaded with Polish or Hungarian for example).
Honest trailer (mild spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdw_m6DvF8s
:lol:
Quote from: Syt on July 03, 2015, 07:20:40 AM
Honest trailer (mild spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdw_m6DvF8s
:lol:
I expect the word "boobs" has been used...
Gotta say the writing in this game is stellar. I just met Yennefer - and until that point the game played with me, in terms which side I am willing to support, like the best of Game of Thrones. :D
Also, loving the occasional Polish politics or social in-joke. :P
How well promoted is this in Poland?
Lots of TV spots and the like?
I remember I was visiting Poland back when the first game came out, I had never heard of it before, and there were posters all over the place.
Quote from: Tyr on July 04, 2015, 08:48:34 AM
How well promoted is this in Poland?
Lots of TV spots and the like?
I remember I was visiting Poland back when the first game came out, I had never heard of it before, and there were posters all over the place.
Yeah. It is currently considered national treasure and the chief Polish export. :P
Wow. Geralt's beard grows back. :huh:
Quote from: Grallon on July 02, 2015, 08:51:04 PM
But there's hardly any re-playability to it - contrary to Skyrim.
Well color me heartbroken not every game is the Elder Scrolls.
Yeah, besides, I am not sure replayability is really such an important thing for rpgs. Im lucky if I can finish a game once.
This game is really amazing. The choices and situations you encounter are really well written and true dilemmas - it seems almost every time I make some moral choices in the game, I get mixed feelings about it later. :D
At the same time, the game does not "lie" to the player - very rarely you are dealing with characters who lie to you or present you with false information (or if you encounter liars, it is heavily implied they are lying). When the game plays tricks on you it's by showing you unforseen consequences of your actions - or presenting you with devil's choices, where picking either side seems like a potentially bad thing.
Characters are also very well written - there are no pure heroes and evil villains (with the possible exception of the "Wild Hunt" but that's a given), everybody is grey to a degree and you can see their point. Even "monsters" you hunt often have motivations for their actions and you end up pitying them even if you have to put them down.
A good example is an early side quest (this is potentially spoilerish for anti-spoiler freaks, so going to put it in spoiler tags, but the quest is really of little relevant to the other story) [spoiler]when you encounter a dwarf blacksmith whose house has been burned down by racist humans, who accuse him of working for Nilfgard, while he is just doing what he is told by the occupying force - and also because Nilfgard, unlike the anarchic Temerian government, cares for law and order, which means racial minorities are protected as well. If you track down the arsonist - who happens to be a local drunk and halfwit who sees himself as a patriot - you can lead him back to the dwarf. Surely this is the right, classic, lawful good choice - a standard rpg trope - you do that, the drunk sees the error of his ways, the dwarf forgives him and you get paid handsomely. Right? Well, the dwarf notifies the authorities who promptly hang the drunk for interferring with arms supply for the army. You did the right thing, right? But perhaps dead penalty in these circumstances was a tad excessive? Well, tough luck. At least the dwarf now gives you a discount, for a small price of having some halfwit killed and the village now hating you for being a traitor.[/spoiler] :lol:
The only thing this game reminds me of is Game of Thrones.
This novel series came out before Game of Thrones was written right? Maybe this just shows the cruel and vicious ways of Eastern Europe.
[spoiler]The Prussians brought discipline and order in the place of the corrupt and anarchic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as well -_-[/spoiler]
Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:07:50 AM
This novel series came out before Game of Thrones was written right? Maybe this just shows the cruel and vicious ways of Eastern Europe.
[spoiler]The Prussians brought discipline and order in the place of the corrupt and anarchic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as well -_-[/spoiler]
The first book was published in 1990 so I think before GoT, yeah.
Radovid's a crazy cunt.
Quote from: Scipio on July 07, 2015, 11:27:43 PM
Radovid's a crazy cunt.
Yeah. From what I heard and seen so far, Nilfgard seems like a much more preferable regime.
Got the good ending this time. The post- win world is lame, though. Just have a shitloard of question marks to visit and races to win, plus fight the champ of champs. I'm only lvl 35, so I'm not so sanguine about it.
For people who have already done so, what option did you guys go with [spoiler]the witches in Velen?[/spoiler] I reloaded several times, because I couldn't decide, and eventually went with [spoiler]releasing the spirit[/spoiler]. I thought [spoiler]saving the children[/spoiler] was the more moral choice, as all the other deaths it caused were more justified by the dead people's earlier actions.
Quote from: Scipio on July 08, 2015, 04:34:34 PM
Got the good ending this time. The post- win world is lame, though. Just have a shitloard of question marks to visit and races to win, plus fight the champ of champs. I'm only lvl 35, so I'm not so sanguine about it.
I understand they will continue releasing DLCs with new quests so it may be a good reason to go back to the game once they do.
I completed all of the contracts. I am a pro witcher.
Releasing the spirit is also in accordance with the contract's letter.
Quote from: Martinus on July 09, 2015, 08:37:31 AM
Releasing the spirit is also in accordance with the contract's letter.
I preferred the other solution, but YMMV.
A lot of tough choices in this game, yeah.
The ceremony of "Dziady" (not sure how they translated that into English) was a nice touch. There is a well known Polish romantic poem/play called the same, written by a guy considered to be the greatest Polish poet (though YMMV) and everybody learns it in school - many quotes said by the shaman and the people were taken straight out of it. I guess this is a kind of Easter egg only Polish people will appreciate. :P
I just love it when I am cleaning a bandit camp and cast a sign and one of the bandits goes "Spell! Motherfucker is casting a fucking spell!" :lol:
Quote from: Martinus on July 09, 2015, 04:22:18 AM
For people who have already done so, what option did you guys go with [spoiler]the witches in Velen?[/spoiler] I reloaded several times, because I couldn't decide, and eventually went with [spoiler]releasing the spirit[/spoiler]. I thought [spoiler]saving the children[/spoiler] was the more moral choice, as all the other deaths it caused were more justified by the dead people's earlier actions.
Killed it. Generally my Geralt was all "Spare me the sob story". :mad: Except that thieving doppelganger in Novigrad.
My m.o. seems to be that I usually spare the monsters and kill the humans. :hmm:
Quote from: Martinus on July 13, 2015, 02:18:53 AM
My m.o. seems to be that I usually spare the monsters and kill the humans. :hmm:
That might actually work as your sig too. :lol: :hug:
Apparently, they are now working on two new DLCs, with the total gameplay of 30 hours. :huh:
Quote from: Martinus on July 14, 2015, 07:48:56 AM
Apparently, they are now working on two new DLCs, with the total gameplay of 30 hours. :w00t:
Fixed.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2015, 07:49:35 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 14, 2015, 07:48:56 AM
Apparently, they are now working on two new DLCs, with the total gameplay of 30 hours. :w00t:
Fixed.
Yes. I am just surprised they are making such a big DLC. I am really enjoying this game.
Is considering siding with a genocidal maniac, because he is kinda hot, a reasonable thing to do? :hmm:
Quote from: Martinus on July 19, 2015, 10:06:56 AM
Is considering siding with a genocidal maniac, because he is kinda hot, a reasonable thing to do? :hmm:
Sure.
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This game is so good.
The whole sequence in the Freya's garden in Skellige was just awesome.
So, finished the game. And crap. I was encouraging Ciri to be self-reliant and bold, and she ended up defeating the White Cold and becoming a witcher... thus paving way for Radovid's victory.
Edit: It seems it was actually more complex than that. Tempted to restart the game just to see a different ending. This time maybe I will play an English language version to see how it compares.
Started New Game plus. Nice challenge. Some small changes viewed already in the cinemas. Although that could be me just misremembering.
The game is 30% off on GOG.com
So far this is pretty good. Nice story, interesting quest off the main one. I do not like the 3rd person perspective.
Quote from: Martinus on July 19, 2015, 10:06:56 AM
Is considering siding with a genocidal maniac, because he is kinda hot, a reasonable thing to do? :hmm:
Sure. That's what gays and leftists do all the time.
Witcher 3 storyline is way better the Skyrim.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 10, 2015, 08:57:21 PM
Witcher 3 storyline is way better the Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls series was never very good when it came to storyline and it's presentation.
Quote from: Malicious Intent on October 11, 2015, 04:50:55 AM
The Elder Scrolls series was never very good when it came to storyline and it's presentation.
:yes:
Quote from: Malicious Intent on October 11, 2015, 04:50:55 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on October 10, 2015, 08:57:21 PM
Witcher 3 storyline is way better the Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls series was never very good when it came to storyline and it's presentation.
Def a different feel to Witcher 3. However some of the armor styles are like.... :huh:...he a'int wearin' that. Oh wait it's armor value is higher... :mad: Alright then, but he looks ridiculous. :lol: Like he should start prancing around like a nancy.
Ruffles...and puffy sleaves :huh: , "but I don't want to be a pirate."
(//)
There's some pretty bitching armor out there, man.
:yes: Get yourself one of the witcher armor sets. They generally look good, especially when upgraded.
Quote from: Malicious Intent on October 13, 2015, 10:23:50 AM
:yes: Get yourself one of the witcher armor sets. They generally look good, especially when upgraded.
The feline shit is good stat wise, but he looks like he belongs in a Village People line up.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 16, 2015, 06:17:58 PM
Quote from: Malicious Intent on October 13, 2015, 10:23:50 AM
:yes: Get yourself one of the witcher armor sets. They generally look good, especially when upgraded.
The feline shit is good stat wise, but he looks like he belongs in a Village People line up.
Wolfen armor is the best looking by far. Feline tarted all the way up is okay.
I'm really digging Hearts of Stone. Nice expansion.
Finished Hearts of Stone. Classic riddles, good puzzles, nice plot, strong characters.
He's rollin' in the Ursine Armor. I've found away to spend my 10k from hording. Alchemy.
Nothing like fighting a Fiend w/o the right oil. :mad: Took forever.
Word. BTW, Wolfen Armor is the bomb.
Quote from: Scipio on October 21, 2015, 06:10:21 AM
Finished Hearts of Stone. Classic riddles, good puzzles, nice plot, strong characters.
Just did as well. Knew I was in good hands when the toad prince showed up. ^_^
I was underwhelmed by the graphics, even on Ultra. Found a few tips for modding the game, plus some HD textures and LOD, now it's getting decent. Still some more tweaks needed though.
I had trouble getting into this game, but after playing all day yesterday, I admit I enjoy it. It's just not the game you can play piecemeal like Skyrim, there's a story and things get interesting once you can afford to upgrade your swords and brew potions.
Can't even cheat on the love of your life without consequences... Now, they're both gonna meet at Kaer Morhen... I'm going to be in so much trouble... :P
Do you need to do the DLC quest before ending the main quest?
Quote from: viper37 on December 27, 2015, 12:30:42 PM
Do you need to do the DLC quest before ending the main quest?
I don't believe so. You can still mill around after the main quest.
Finished everything, except 2 bugged treasury quests, a bunch of hidden underwater treasures in Skellige (I'm not a sailor, dammit!) and the Gwent thing I never really mastered. I think I'm gonna retry it though, start with the lower players and go up.
Quote from: viper37 on January 07, 2016, 10:22:36 AM
Finished everything, except 2 bugged treasury quests, a bunch of hidden underwater treasures in Skellige (I'm not a sailor, dammit!) and the Gwent thing I never really mastered. I think I'm gonna retry it though, start with the lower players and go up.
Gwent only seems difficult.
I think this is an example of really good story-telling.
To give you, guys, an idea how big this game is by Polish standards, CD Projekt just won a prestigious "listed company of the year" award and its revenues went from 96 million zlotys in 2014 to 800 million zlotys in 2015. This is right now one of our primary exports. :cool:
Quote from: Martinus on March 23, 2016, 02:26:14 AM
To give you, guys, an idea how big this game is by Polish standards, CD Projekt just won a prestigious "listed company of the year" award and its revenues went from 96 million zlotys in 2014 to 800 million zlotys in 2015. This is right now one of our primary exports. :cool:
Though to be fair rather than how big the game is that probably says more about how big Poland is :p
Though that's 100 million quid+ right?
Had no idea it had been so much of a success
More - a pound is 5.4 zloty, so that's almost 150 million quid.
Well, I am at a point in the story where I don't want it to end, so I do all kinds of side quests. :cry:
I think you can continue doing side quests after the main quest finishes. :)
Quote from: Martinus on March 24, 2016, 03:16:26 AM
I think you can continue doing side quests after the main quest finishes. :)
Yes
Not all though, many side quests are only available before you advance to Act III.
"Blood & Wine" apparently is set to release in the first half of 2016.
I still have some scavenger hunts to do as well.
Did you get the first expansion pack?
Aye. And the terribly sad ending. :cry:
Oh, well, means I can replay until I get: HAPPY ENDING.
"Hearts of Stone" looks interesting, but you know, The Witcher actually is a bit like a novel or a movie, where you grow a bit attached to the characters.
I think my favourite character which is more of a sideshow is Dijkstra. Obviously, apart from all the harpies, Skellige is my favourite place, as it reminds me of home. Funny that most of the placenames around there are either just lifted straight off a map of Norway or sound Norwegian. But the voice acting is pure Irish. :D
Quote from: Norgy on March 26, 2016, 10:09:44 AM
I think my favourite character which is more of a sideshow is Dijkstra. Obviously, apart from all the harpies, Skellige is my favourite place, as it reminds me of home. Funny that most of the placenames around there are either just lifted straight off a map of Norway or sound Norwegian. But the voice acting is pure Irish. :D
It's the generic "northern people with beards who drink and fight a lot" location. :P
I gotta tell you guys, that I played both language versions, and the Polish voice acting and writing is sadly (for you) much better than the English one. I am sad you guys are missing so much gold there. :P
Quote from: Norgy on March 26, 2016, 10:09:44 AM
Aye. And the terribly sad ending. :cry:
Did the hot nazi win?
Quote from: Martinus on March 26, 2016, 11:38:39 AM
Quote from: Norgy on March 26, 2016, 10:09:44 AM
Aye. And the terribly sad ending. :cry:
Did the hot nazi win?
[spoiler]Ciri has lost all confidence, due to me taking the emperor's money, trying to comfort her by saying she can't be good at everything after Kaer Moehn and wanting to babysit when she meets those horrible sorceresses. So she's gone. Dead, presumably. The game ends with Geralt back in Velen tracking a werewolf, who'll tell him where the last crone's fled, so he can retrieve Vesemir's amulet as a memento of Cirilla. The final image is of Geralt poring over the amulet, while ghouls, drowners and assorted creeps gather outside the shack.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Norgy on March 26, 2016, 12:29:59 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 26, 2016, 11:38:39 AM
Quote from: Norgy on March 26, 2016, 10:09:44 AM
Aye. And the terribly sad ending. :cry:
Did the hot nazi win?
[spoiler]Ciri has lost all confidence, due to me taking the emperor's money, trying to comfort her by saying she can't be good at everything after Kaer Moehn and wanting to babysit when she meets those horrible sorceresses. So she's gone. Dead, presumably. The game ends with Geralt back in Velen tracking a werewolf, who'll tell him where the last crone's fled, so he can retrieve Vesemir's amulet as a memento of Cirilla. The final image is of Geralt poring over the amulet, while ghouls, drowners and assorted creeps gather outside the shack.[/spoiler]
Ouch that sucks. My worst ending was better than that (I played through the game twice).
I thought everyone deserved better, so I'll give it another run from Kaer Moehn and onwards. Pity I did those scavenger hunt quests for decent Witcher gear after that save. :hmm:
Mart, any idea whether the novels are worth buying? Amazon UK have them in English.
Are the first two games worth playing first? Or should I just get this one?
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:18:06 PM
Are the first two games worth playing first? Or should I just get this one?
just get this one.
Quote from: viper37 on March 30, 2016, 02:27:15 PM
just get this one.
Interesting. Will do. Care to explain why? Are the other two subpar? Are they not closely related to the plot of this game for some reason?
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:18:06 PM
Are the first two games worth playing first? Or should I just get this one?
I found the first one a bit too scripted.
I am trying the second one now, just to get some backstory for all that stuff I have experienced in number three. The controls are somewhat confusing and the fighting minigames suck to high heaven. Story seems good, though.
The Witcher 3 gets a Huge Norgy Seal Of Major Approval. Probably the best action RPG I have played. I love TES as much as anyone on this forum, but the universe of Geralt of Rivia is actually more interesting.
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:28:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 30, 2016, 02:27:15 PM
just get this one.
Interesting. Will do. Care to explain why? Are the other two subpar? Are they not closely related to the plot of this game for some reason?
Both are quite closely related to the plot, Valmy.
The first one was not a game for me. Witcher 2 isn't half bad but rather more restricted than 3. But I kind of understand more of the plot of 3 after having played 2 a bit.
The Witcher 3 has some of the best side quests since Morrowind.
Quote from: Norgy on March 30, 2016, 04:06:17 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:28:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 30, 2016, 02:27:15 PM
just get this one.
Interesting. Will do. Care to explain why? Are the other two subpar? Are they not closely related to the plot of this game for some reason?
Both are quite closely related to the plot, Valmy.
The first one was not a game for me. Witcher 2 isn't half bad but rather more restricted than 3. But I kind of understand more of the plot of 3 after having played 2 a bit.
The Witcher 3 has some of the best side quests since Morrowind.
They were very good and thought out.
Quote from: Norgy on March 30, 2016, 02:30:08 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:18:06 PM
Are the first two games worth playing first? Or should I just get this one?
I found the first one a bit too scripted.
I am trying the second one now, just to get some backstory for all that stuff I have experienced in number three. The controls are somewhat confusing and the fighting minigames suck to high heaven. Story seems good, though.
The Witcher 3 gets a Huge Norgy Seal Of Major Approval. Probably the best action RPG I have played. I love TES as much as anyone on this forum, but the universe of Geralt of Rivia is actually more interesting.
Well, basing a game on an actual succesful fantasy series is going to beat a setting developed by game developers in almost every case, especially if the author has substantive creative control.
Quote from: Norgy on March 30, 2016, 04:06:17 PM
The Witcher 3 has some of the best side quests since Morrowind.
Yeah, almost every "monster kill" quest has a twist, just like the books did. Geralt as a character started in a series of short stories, which were essentially intended as parodies of popular fairytales (with a bait-and-switch type of narrative, where the presumed monster or antagonist was actually a victim, and the "hero" a real bastard). The author was a 30-something accountant when they were first published and he wrote and sent them to a popular fantasy magazine for fun.
Quote from: 11B4V on March 30, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
They were very good and thought out.
Ok you guys are not providing me with very good guidance here :P
I bought 1 and 2 for cheap to lead up to 3. I haven been able to get more than a couple hours into one as it is pretty dull.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 07:22:19 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on March 30, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
They were very good and thought out.
Ok you guys are not providing me with very good guidance here :P
What do you expect? Uniform opinions? The Witcher 2 is pretty decent, but with less freedom than Wild Hunt.
But you can catch up on the story so far pretty quickly. But I was wondering why I was bothering to save Dandelion until I noticed that's something Geralt just does. All the time.
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 08:02:19 AM
What do you expect? Uniform opinions? The Witcher 2 is pretty decent, but with less freedom than Wild Hunt.
Usually nerds like to explain themselves rather than 'do it! Don't do it!' :P
I could not care less about freedom or open world stuff. Whether the game is on rails or if it is complete anarchy it is all good, provided it is a good game.
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 07:24:24 AM
I bought 1 and 2 for cheap to lead up to 3. I haven been able to get more than a couple hours into one as it is pretty dull.
Yeah I heard the quests were really bad back when Witcher 1 was first released which is part of the reason I never got into the series. But some people really loved it.
1 and 2 are good, but 1 is pretty opaque for a while. It seems like later quests are better thought-out.
Personally, I didn't play Witcher 1 and only a bit of Witcher 2, but I finished Witcher 3 twice. So my personal advice would be: I wouldn't bother with the earlier games. Witcher 1 has basically been the first wide release game of CD Projekt and they have really went a long way by the time they released Witcher 3, but I am not sure it is worthwhile to relive this journey with them, if you know what I mean. It's a bit like going back to the original Europa Universalis or Crusader Kings because you like recent Paradox games - by today's standards, these games are now unplayable.
It is definitely not the case of Dragon Age, where you had a mature company which released many games before starting a new franchise.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 08:05:45 AM
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 08:02:19 AM
What do you expect? Uniform opinions? The Witcher 2 is pretty decent, but with less freedom than Wild Hunt.
Usually nerds like to explain themselves rather than 'do it! Don't do it!' :P
I could not care less about freedom or open world stuff. Whether the game is on rails or if it is complete anarchy it is all good, provided it is a good game.
Like I said yesterday, the controls are a bit iffy in TW2 compared to in TW3, in my opinion. The boxing minigame was a complete mystery to me at first. And I managed to get stuck in the tutorial, not being able to hit some mage with 10 knives. :blush:
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 02:28:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 30, 2016, 02:27:15 PM
just get this one.
Interesting. Will do. Care to explain why? Are the other two subpar? Are they not closely related to the plot of this game for some reason?
They are really old and they were done with a low budget (#1 especially). So, that shows after so many years.
Aside that, well, the decisions you take in #1 have a certain impact in #2, but once in #3, not really. I have tried playing both, but I just couldn't get into it, it just seem like tireless hack&slash in some places.
About the choices mattering along the way, well, like any other game, they face a certain challenge: if it's mandatory to play a decade old game to get an interesting story in today's release, many people will simply pass over the recent game. So, it has to drop a lot of things.
I feel the Witcher 3 is sufficiently self contained to bypass the other 2 chapters.
The Witcher came out about the same time as Mass Effect and that game has aged pretty well :hmm:
But I guess if it has an Indie look to it.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 02:07:53 PM
The Witcher came out about the same time as Mass Effect and that game has aged pretty well :hmm:
But I guess if it has an Indie look to it.
Trust us, Valmy. Have we ever lied to you? :P
Ok ok then. Just Witcher 3 it is.
1 has a very interesting storyline, though. Including a main villain who may not be a villain, depending on your interpretation.
I will tell you what. Witcher 1 is only 10 bucks on Steam. I will pick it up next Steam sale and see if I like it.
Quote from: Martinus on March 31, 2016, 02:26:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 02:07:53 PM
The Witcher came out about the same time as Mass Effect and that game has aged pretty well :hmm:
But I guess if it has an Indie look to it.
Trust us, Valmy. Have we ever lied to you? :P
:sleep:
NEVAH!
Anyone have any advice on how to get the Reasons of State quest? :unsure:
Which one is that?
[spoiler]The one to rid the world of Radovid. My handling of Dijkstra in the Blindingly Obvious quest seems to have made sure I can't get it.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Norgy on April 01, 2016, 07:39:25 AM
[spoiler]The one to rid the world of Radovid. My handling of Dijkstra in the Blindingly Obvious quest seems to have made sure I can't get it.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yeah, you are fucked, it's locked out now.[/spoiler]
Hoddammit.
Quote from: Norgy on April 01, 2016, 06:55:04 AM
Quote from: Martinus on March 31, 2016, 02:26:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 02:07:53 PM
The Witcher came out about the same time as Mass Effect and that game has aged pretty well :hmm:
But I guess if it has an Indie look to it.
Trust us, Valmy. Have we ever lied to you? :P
:sleep:
NEVAH!
Anyone have any advice on how to get the Reasons of State quest? :unsure:
Reject nihilism.
I loaded an old save, and did the Blindingly Obvious quest again and got Reasons of State.
It was a good quest.
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
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
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.
Quote from: grumbler on April 07, 2016, 09:07:06 PM
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.
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.
Quote from: grumbler on April 07, 2016, 09:07:06 PM
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 :bleeding: on PC.
Blood and Wine (http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/04/13/witcher-3-expansion-release-date-possibly-leaked)
Apparently, it'll be out June 7th. Still unconfirmed though.
Quote from: Norgy on April 09, 2016, 12:47:05 AM
Quote from: grumbler on April 07, 2016, 09:07:06 PM
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 :bleeding: on PC.
I hated the W2 minigames with passion. Great game otherwise.
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.
Downloading Blood and Wine. A measly 7.8 GB before unpacking. Oy.
Update: It's very French. Basil Fawlty puts in an appearance.
Quote from: Scipio on June 02, 2016, 08:22:59 AM
Update: It's very French. Basil Fawlty puts in an appearance.
I'm liking it.
Confirm: good as previous installments of Witcher 3.
Heh, I only just now realized that Emperor Emhyr is voiced by Charles Dance.
What mods make W3 better for keyboard+mouse?
I pretty much use the mods listed here: http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Neovalen/W3R_-_The_Wild_Hunt_Revisited
pretty good mod list, I used the same for my 2 playthrough :)
All right! Well I'm seven hours in now ( sliced up my left forefinger carving a turkey and got my stitches out today), and apparently I've got to the point in the game where I should be choosing the stuff from W2 but...apparently someone in Poland doesn't know what the word "simulate" means and I'm stuck with a terrible version of history I don't want.
I was already on a knife edge of tolerance for the consolifornicated interface but now I'm out.
I'm thinking to replay W2 taking the other path (the one that actually explains the dragon. Terrible design.) then pick this one up :champion:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 24, 2017, 04:41:19 AM
I've got to the point in the game where I should be choosing the stuff from W2 but...
I had to read about it, since I never experienced it.
You can chose to avoid all of this too in the options.
Anyway, the choices should matter:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-the-choices-of-the-witcher-2-mean-in-the-witc/1100-6427400/ (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-the-choices-of-the-witcher-2-mean-in-the-witc/1100-6427400/)
And I have no idea what you talk about concerning the interface. I found it great, on PC.
Quote from: Tyr on January 24, 2017, 09:11:19 AM
I'm thinking to replay W2 taking the other path (the one that actually explains the dragon. Terrible design.) then pick this one up :champion:
Yeah, the idea looked good on paper, but in practice, it results in a plot that is often incomprehensible. I ended up picking the side that defends city of Vergen. I came across an important MacGuffin alongside the bodies of two of the assassins, who were apparently important enough characters to have their own names, voices and models. My interaction was limited to stumbling across them in the dark without any awareness as to who they were supposed to be.
I followed the human path. Seemed most rp sensible.
And yup.
Dragon Dissapearo and then out of nowhere at the end of the game it's dead and "oh btw. That chick you didn't see much of is the dragon"
I sided with the Elf and rescued a multi-ethnic city led by plucky rebels. I can't imagine that siding with the warring imperial power is very satisfying.
Well my anger subsided enough to try again. I've played through Skellige and tasted the sweet pleasure of Yennifer being rejected utterly by Geralt. What he ever saw in her is completely beyond me. :)
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 21, 2017, 11:30:41 PM
What he ever saw in her is completely beyond me. :)
it's the horse thing. Geralt had never done that on horse back, so it was new.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 21, 2017, 11:30:41 PM
Well my anger subsided enough to try again. I've played through Skellige and tasted the sweet pleasure of Yennifer being rejected utterly by Geralt. What he ever saw in her is completely beyond me. :)
It doesn't really make sense unless you read the books. Geralt is clearly the type of guy who likes the abuse.
So that's why he looks like that.
I bought this game a while back but had too much going on at the time to really get into it.... started playing it for real last week.
IT'S. FUCKING. AWESOME.
It really does live up to the insane amount of praise it earned.
Yip, very well done.
It's kind of weird you can't sleep with every single young woman you come across though. :hmm:
Yeah, unlike previous games besides paying 'hos you only seem to be able to sleep with women if you actually develop a relationship with them. Figures. :P
Enjoying it immensely. It's kinda weird because gameplay-wise it doesn't break any kind of new ground, but definitely one of those games that's much more than the sum of its parts.
It's just that every single piece of it is incredibly well done.
Combat - awesome
Story - awesome
Graphics - awesome
Voice Acting - awesome
That may actually be the game that gets me to pull the trigger and buy an Xbox One. I am so used to buying consoles (and games) years after everybody else that I feel weird in envisioning buying one of the newfangled Xboxes.
Pull the trigger.
I hope the dialogue gets better than the opener and initial tutorial...
The Red Baron plotline in Velen is some of the best writing I've seen in a videogame.
Kinda feel that the game peaks a bit early, though. Velen is my favorite area by far. I have yet to play the DLCs though.
I'm sure they're excellent but I never got into the Witcher games.
Quote from: Oexmelin on November 30, 2017, 08:14:18 PM
That may actually be the game that gets me to pull the trigger and buy an Xbox One. I am so used to buying consoles (and games) years after everybody else that I feel weird in envisioning buying one of the newfangled Xboxes.
Why The One & not a PS4?
Because backward compatibility and capacity to play with my sister (that's what she has).
Quote from: celedhring on December 01, 2017, 04:45:53 AM
The Red Baron plotline in Velen is some of the best writing I've seen in a videogame.
Agree. I've vacillated quite a bit between wanting to cut his throat and give him a hug.
Quote from: Caliga on December 01, 2017, 09:35:25 AM
Quote from: celedhring on December 01, 2017, 04:45:53 AM
The Red Baron plotline in Velen is some of the best writing I've seen in a videogame.
Agree. I've vacillated quite a bit between wanting to cut his throat and give him a hug.
I was shocked on my second PT when I returned to Velen and [spoiler] found him hanging from a tree in his own courtyard.[/spoiler]
While the world is rich and exceedingly well designed (Novigrad is - hands down - the best looking city of any computer games I've ever played), the replay value of W3 is limited I find, precisely because of Geralt. If you can't craft your own character it puts a damper on the whole thing. I did 2 PTs altogether, one where he dies and another where Ciri becomes empress.
Now that they have developed all these assets I could see a game set in that world but without involving witchers, or only at the periphery.
G.
Thanks for the spoilers dude. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Caliga on December 01, 2017, 10:11:33 AM
Thanks for the spoilers dude. :rolleyes:
And who forced you to read what was clearly a spoiler bolded part? :rolleyes:
G.
I'm not talking about that part of your post. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on December 01, 2017, 11:39:22 AM
I'm not talking about that part of your post. :sleep:
The game has been out for well over 2 years Cal - everyone who's played it already knows there are 3 potential endings.
G.
At least one of them will still surprise Cal :P
Quote from: Oexmelin on December 01, 2017, 09:26:39 AM
Because backward compatibility and capacity to play with my sister (that's what she has).
PS4 all the way. Backwards compatibility is nice, but there are some great exclusives... Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted, Bloodborne. I don't have the VR addon, but people are raving about Skyrim VR too.
Quote from: PRC on December 01, 2017, 11:16:23 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on December 01, 2017, 09:26:39 AM
Because backward compatibility and capacity to play with my sister (that's what she has).
PS4 all the way. Backwards compatibility is nice, but there are some great exclusives... Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted, Bloodborne. I don't have the VR addon, but people are raving about Skyrim VR too.
My only reason to buy a ps4 would be The Last of Us and soon to be #2.
Meh. Not that concerned about exclusives either.
Finally beat the main quest. :sleep:
I got what is supposed to be the 'worst' ending, but on reflection I liked it and am glad that's the one I got. It just seems to fit well with the overarching story of Geralt.
Since I have the GOTY edition I still have the expansions to play through.
I do think this is the greatest RPG of all time, too. :)
If you loved the game, you'll greatly enjoy the DLCs too. Hearts of Stone has some damn great writing. Blood & Wine has some amazing bits too.
Yeah, Witcher 3 rocks. I need more :(
I beat Hearts of Stone and now am plowing through Blood and Wine.
My estate cook used to be a wight. Now she's just an old lady. Great fun. :)
Quote from: celedhring on March 31, 2018, 11:48:13 AMIf you loved the game, you'll greatly enjoy the DLCs too. Hearts of Stone has some damn great writing. Blood & Wine has some amazing bits too.
Yeah, Witcher 3 rocks. I need more :(
Bumping this thread.
Release notes (https://www.thewitcher.com/en/news/47105/next-gen-update-list-of-changes) for the Witcher 3 next-gen update.
They upgrade the graphics, fixed some bugs, integrated some mods and changed the appearance of Dandelion (optional) to match how he looks in the tv show. Also, one new side quest has been added.
Free on december 14th for owners of the original game. After that, you'll need to buy the game.
It looks darn pretty, but I had to turn of the ray tracing as the fps -guess- being locked at 30 when on was just too much... or in this case, too little.
My AMD card does not support ray tracing, so I do not know.
They released a hotfix today that supposedly improve performance, but from what I've read, not many people have seen a difference.