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Added a retextures section to the second post.Coughing Hobo posted:Retextures If you find any you like, let me know and I'll tell you you're wrong.
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Has CDProjeckt said anything about the third game? They ended 1 on a huge twist then never said a drat thing till that internal video got leaked.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:31
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Healing potions being entirely a preventative measure that you chug ahead of time is pretty fresh. Was the toxicity thing in Witcher 1? It's a nice idea in both setting lore and in gameplay. Keeps the min-maxing from going out of control.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:32
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Speedball posted:Healing potions being entirely a preventative measure that you chug ahead of time is pretty fresh. Was the toxicity thing in Witcher 1? It's a nice idea in both setting lore and in gameplay. Keeps the min-maxing from going out of control. Yes it had a toxicity system even though you could still handle insane amounts of potions. Potions are really annoying in Witcher 2 though since they are no longer easy insta-use things.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:34
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Aurubin posted:Has CDProjeckt said anything about the third game? They ended 1 on a huge twist then never said a drat thing till that internal video got leaked. They haven't, but you'd be insane to think that, now with Enhanced Edition out, they aren't in at least the planning stages for The Witcher 3: Nilfgaard's Best Dance Crew. etalian posted:Yes it had a toxicity system even though you could still handle insane amounts of potions.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:35
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Aurubin posted:Has CDProjeckt said anything about the third game? They ended 1 on a huge twist then never said a drat thing till that internal video got leaked. If you see the new ending scene after the credits, it pretty much spells out that there is going to be a third game. A crazy, crazy third game.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:42
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I kind of miss having to make potions using high-quality liquor as a base. Geralt's like Bender, he operates best half in the bag.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:45
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Beanpants posted:A crazy, crazy third game. At the very beginning you'll get a choice between a red, blue, and green potion. Depending on which one you drink the entire game afterwards changes, with the only similarity being rolling credits arranged in the shape of a giant middle finger.
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Coughing Hobo posted:They haven't, but you'd be insane to think that, now with Enhanced Edition out, they aren't in at least the planning stages for The Witcher 3: Nilfgaard's Best Dance Crew. Potions should be used like in the Jackie Chan Drunken Master movies.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:47
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I hope they decide to revive the Rise of the White Wolf project they were working on and remake the first game with the second's engine. I would prefer the final game first, but I think combining the first game's plot with the second's gameplay and suitable re-balancing would be awesome.
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Omnicarus posted:At the very beginning you'll get a choice between a red, blue, and green potion. Depending on which one you drink the entire game afterwards changes, with the only similarity being rolling credits arranged in the shape of a giant middle finger. I mean I'm not surprised given your custom title, but was this necessary? I would love to see a third game in this series. CDPR probably produces some of the highest level of polish (I hate this pun) work in the industry. If I were less lazy, I would look into the development length and budget of the two games in comparison to other studios but I refuse to believe these guys aren't some of the most talented devs around. Compared to other RPGs released at their respective times, both games have some fantastic graphics. The witcher 2 still amazes me walking through the forests with the sunbeams streaming down. I'm not saying both games don't have their problems (bugs, bad design decisions, etc) but they're still great. They had better bring back the booze component to alchemy though. I also miss the secondary ingredient effects.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
etalian posted:Around 30% the real meat of the game is in the second Act while the final Act is really threadbare and doesn't take much time to finish. Awesome! Then I'll have time to do a second playthrough before the Diablo 3 release. Though after shutting down that session, Steam told me that Dead Space 2 was only $5. I can see me and Steam are going to get along just fine.
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Torsade de Pointes posted:I hope they decide to revive the Rise of the White Wolf project they were working on and remake the first game with the second's engine. I would prefer the final game first, but I think combining the first game's plot with the second's gameplay and suitable re-balancing would be awesome. I think that would be more expensive to do than the Witcher 2. The first game was about twice as long with much more areas. I mean, it would be nice, but I rather have them make Witcher 3.
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Apr 25, 2012 14:03
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I got the game (both scenarios) when it was first released on PC but now I'm tempted to replay the EE. Got any tips for mixing things up to keep the experience fresh?
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Are mutagens still limited to skills that aren't at level 2 yet?
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I'm sold on the Witcher series now. I just gambled with a dwarf, outdrank him after downing six beers and fine wines, then drunkenly stumbled over to and beat the poo poo out of some old fist fighter.
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Apr 25, 2012 14:43
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Yeah, I miss the alchemy system from the first game too. Even without having to scrounge up top-shelf liquor for bases, the second "synergy" property of the various materials lent it more depth. All albedo, all the time.
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Apr 25, 2012 14:47
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I never had enough ingredients in the first game so I didn't bother making anything but Swallow.
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Asehujiko posted:Are mutagens still limited to skills that aren't at level 2 yet? Were they ever? Mutagens are limited to specific skills, regardless of level.
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Is it just me or is arena really unbalanced? All my fights so far have been me throwing grapebombs and then once I'm out just spamming igni until one is left standing. I tried easy but it was a joke. I barely had to do anything and won.
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RBA Starblade posted:I'm sold on the Witcher series now. I just gambled with a dwarf, outdrank him after downing six beers and fine wines, then drunkenly stumbled over to and beat the poo poo out of some old fist fighter. Pro-tip for the original games, for the drinking contests use the weakest Natty Light booze since the game only seems to count number of drinks chugged and going with stronger one only makes things worse.
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etalian posted:Pro-tip for the original games, for the drinking contests use the weakest Natty Light booze since the game only seems to count number of drinks chugged and going with stronger one only makes things worse. Also, make some wives tears potions for when you don't want to shrug off the hangover naturally. You can make potions without even knowing the recipe. Just look up the ingredients and combine them and it will make an unknown potion. Drink that and it will have the desired effect assuming you mixed it right. It may kill you if you gently caress it up  I think any that you make after that point will be properly labeled too.
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Just started replaying the game after patching it into the EE version. Holy poo poo that new opening cinematic! And Holy poo poo is Arena mode hard!
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Omnicarus posted:At the very beginning you'll get a choice between a red, blue, and green potion. Depending on which one you drink the entire game afterwards changes, with the only similarity being rolling credits arranged in the shape of a giant middle finger. I'd be surprised if CDProjekt didn't put some reference to Mass Effect like that in the third Witcher game, they've got a history of  on Bioware: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Ju8WVY2a4 (read the description)edit: forgot about the dev diary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBU4akKPlgs
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Anybody have any advice for what to set to squeeze out as much quality/performance as I can? For what its worth, I have a Radeon HD 6850, i5-2500K, 8GB of RAM. I intend to run the game at 1920x1080. I imagine blur and bloom will probably be the first to go, though any recommendations would be welcome. I'm guessing mods probably don't hold any answers right now, what with the move over to the EE. I've heard that using an Xbox controller works pretty well with the PC version as well, especially since it seems more action oriented than the first game. I'll probably try both, but what do you guys prefer?
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I really wonder how Witcher 3 will handle choices. I just saw both endings, and they offer drastically different scenarios for how things are going to go in the future. On my Roche run, it pretty much outright stated the North will win, as it mentioned Anais will learn from Roche/Natalis how to be a badass warrior Queen and will crush Radovids forces when he comes to claim Temeria "several years after the second Great Nilfgaard War", and will destroy all opposition to her rule among the barons/other nations, becoming a better leader then even her father. On my Iorveth run though, it basically just popped up with a "What the gently caress was wrong with you getting rid of your neutrality? Now that you got played by Nilfgaard the North is super hosed! At least the nonhumans will be free to live under the totalitarian regime of the Emhyr, a man who wants to kill you so he can sleep with your/his daughter!" If they are going for two entirely different paths good on them I guess, but I wonder if they'll just pull another Triss/Shani and make one canon for the future battles.
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Rookersh posted:I really wonder how Witcher 3 will handle choices. Remember that the Witcher 2 pretty much decided peoples choices in a way they preferred. The game comes off as assuming everyone went Triss, though not overtly They could also just set up the third game to make the changes neutralized, as well. Vergen getting conquered, for example, would allow the developers to avoid having to deal with it. Both Roche and Iorveth survive the game. Saskia is the main decision that would probably be like Triss in the Witcher 2
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ChetReckless posted:Anybody have any advice for what to set to squeeze out as much quality/performance as I can? For what its worth, I have a Radeon HD 6850, i5-2500K, 8GB of RAM. I intend to run the game at 1920x1080. I imagine blur and bloom will probably be the first to go, though any recommendations would be welcome. I'm guessing mods probably don't hold any answers right now, what with the move over to the EE.
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Rookersh posted:I really wonder how Witcher 3 will handle choices. I don't think the Witcher 3 will delve into the details of northern politics too deeply. It will probably be located mainly in Nilfgaard itself as Geralt seeks out Yennefer and deals with Emhyr, who used to be his friend. The player's choices in 2 will most likely have to do with who is in what position to deal with the invasion on a broad level, much like how TW1's story feeds into TW2.
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Mahuum Aqoha posted:I'd be surprised if CDProjekt didn't put some reference to Mass Effect like that in the third Witcher game, they've got a history of Maybe I'm dense (very likely) but what specifically stood out to you as anti-bioware? The morality issue was the only thing that really stood out to me.
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pogothemonkey0 posted:Maybe I'm dense (very likely) but what specifically stood out to you as anti-bioware? The morality issue was the only thing that really stood out to me. It was mostly a burn on Dragon Age II and their whole "press button, something awesome happens" marketing snafu.
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Picked this up on 360, just made it into Chapter II. Great game so far, really beautiful visuals. I figured I'd give Iorveth a chance since he was a bastard but just more interesting than Vernor.
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Witcher 3 speculation It seems to me they set the Wild Hunt up as being the true threat. In the first and second game, you learn that the Hunt is trying to find people with Elder Blood/Lara's gene so they can open stable portals to other worlds and conquer them. That's why the King of the Hunt wanted you to give him the Grand Master in the first game and probably why they abducted Yennefer and subsequently gave her back. Alvin/Jacques de Aldesburg is a carrier of Lara's gene, while Yennefer is not a carrier iirc. I'm guessing the third game will open with Nilfgaard ploughing the north. How well they do may depend on your choices in the second game. I imagine the Wild Hunt will show up for real rather than as just a cavalcade of spectral riders and start loving everyone up.
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Torsade de Pointes posted:Witcher 3 speculation It seems to me they set the Wild Hunt up as being the true threat. In the first and second game, you learn that the Hunt is trying to find people with Elder Blood/Lara's gene so they can open stable portals to other worlds and conquer them. That's why the King of the Hunt wanted you to give him the Grand Master in the first game and probably why they abducted Yennefer and subsequently gave her back. Alvin/Jacques de Aldesburg is a carrier of Lara's gene, while Yennefer is not a carrier iirc. Sounds plausible, but also rather unfortunate if you ask me because... The Wild Hunt stuff and Geralt's personal questline is nowhere near as welll-done as the political/war storylines. Actually, I think that goes for roughly a lot of the more "high-fantasy", supernatural concepts such as the Wild Hunt, the Mist in Act 2 and reliving the past... I think when the devs go into those territories, it's not nearly as effective as the more down-to-earth stuff.
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I'm in act 2 and I was doing a quest where you see a giant chicken and a forest of "mushrooms". Only they were not mushrooms, they were clearly dicks. A forest of dicks.
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badomen posted:I'm in act 2 and I was doing a quest where you see a giant chicken and a forest of "mushrooms". Only they were not mushrooms, they were clearly dicks. A forest of dicks. Close. If you look closely, they're the wooden dildos from Flotsam's brothel writ enormous. Geralt's comment afterwards really sold that quest.
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Leb posted:Close. If you look closely, they're the wooden dildos from Flotsam's brothel writ enormous. The relief in the voice of the quest giver when you go back to him was spot on too.
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I just realized that half of the citizens in this game don't wear pants. I thought it was a bug at the time, and now looking at the xbox footage the people of flotsam still don't wear pants. Have they ever said anything about this?
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pogothemonkey0 posted:I mean I'm not surprised given your custom title, but was this necessary? I'm guessing you're not familiar with Mass Effect 3 and its whole ending fiasco? His post was, I think, a general compliment to CD Projekt. Essentially, everything Bioware did wrong with Mass Effect 3, they did right with Witcher 2. ME3 was basically my pre-order last straw, but based on what they've done with Witcher 2, I'll pre-order 3 without hesitation.
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