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Coughing Hobo posted:This is like the best outfit Geralt's ever worn. I don't think there was an outfit I truly hated in W2. They were all awesome. The chainmail thing he wears in he trailer is just *so boring*. I'm almost assuming that it's a placeholder.
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Rdubs posted:I'm curious how many casual players will make that reference. Ciri is barely mentioned at all in the first two games, if I recall an innkeeper tells a story in the first game and that's about it. Yennefer was mentioned slightly more, but odds are only the most devout fans know who Ciri is or why she's important. That the trailer would make such a reference is frikkin awesome. Witcher 1 1) For some reason, the Wild Hunt keeps an eye on you throughout W1. 2) For some reason, the Wild Hunt wanted to take Alvin/Jacques, someone born with powerful magic abilities. Witcher 2 3) For some reason, the Wild Hunt had let you go after you spent some time with them. 4) Ciri was a young girl that was close to Geralt and was powerful enough to save Geralt and Yennefer's lives. 5) The elves from the other world need Elder Blood to travel between worlds. I cannot remember if they talk about what Elder Blood is beyond that. e: Apparently, there's an in-game lore book that talks about Elder Blood. Lycus fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Ice Fist posted:I don't think there was an outfit I truly hated in W2. They were all awesome. Incentive to find something better asap 
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For anyone that thinks Tywin Lannister is too British sounding to be the Emperor of Nilfgaard (I've seen it brought up a few places): Remember he spent a ton of time in his youth in the Northern Kingdoms as Duny, and clearly picked up the accent well enough that he was never outed as a Nilfgaardian. Since they're not speaking Nilfgaardian in the trailer, Emhyr is affecting a flawless northern accent.
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The Sharmat posted:For anyone that thinks Tywin Lannister is too British sounding to be the Emperor of Nilfgaard (I've seen it brought up a few places): Charles Dance is a brilliant enough actor that even if I knew beforehand he was supposed to have a different accent, I wouldn't care. I do wish the alien elves had something stranger than a Mouth of Sauron affectation though. They could probably find a nice Polish voice actor to make them stand out.
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In the trailer a sound effect plays when the screen transitions to the crows exploding out of the hangman's tree that set my nostalgia circuit haywire. I think it's a sound effect from Witcher 1 that plays when you went to the in-game menu for the Witcher 1. It made me feel so badass just to change options.
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Lycus posted:Knowing stuff from the books helps, but I feel like there are a lot of pieces to put together in the games if you really pay attention. Agree completely. I guess my point was, I wonder how many people outside of this forum would know who the girl being referenced by the emperor is. Anyone paying attention should know that the Wild Hunt exists, and that it is bad. But how many know who exactly returned after all these years. So no doubt that Ciri will play a pivotal role, heck it's looking like the main quest will be to find her and save her from the Hunt.
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I've only played Witcher 1 and 2 and I don't know who the hell Yennifer or Ciri is aside from what people are saying here. I didn't realize the books were that popular. Also I thought the Nilfgaardians were the enemy in the Witcher 2, although I didn't finish the last act.
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theDOWmustflow posted:I've only played Witcher 1 and 2 and I don't know who the hell Yennifer or Ciri is aside from what people are saying here. I didn't realize the books were that popular. Ciri is the "young girl with ashen hair" in the report about the riot that Roche reads at the beginning of the game. Geralt identifies her by name in a later flashback, she saved Geralt and Yennefer after they apparently died in the riot. Yennefer is the dark-haired sorceress that "died" with you at the riot. In later flashbacks, she's taken by the Wild Hunt and Geralt goes on a journey to find them, where he meets Letho & friends. In an even later flashback, you learn that when you all found the Wild Hunt, Geralt traded himself for Yennefer. Geralt was taken away by the Wild Hunt. At the end of the game, Letho tells you that he and his friends took care of Yennefer until they were captured by the Nilfgaardians. That was the last time he saw her. Lycus fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Palpek posted:Things changed a lot in Warsaw. I lived there for a few months not that long ago and it's just fantastic how many new cool places have been created in the last few years. Night life really owns. I'm not a huge night life person, but I'm big on concerts. It's not as good as LA by any measure, but it's not terrible. I'm going to see St Vincent next week!
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theDOWmustflow posted:I've only played Witcher 1 and 2 and I don't know who the hell Yennifer or Ciri is aside from what people are saying here. I didn't realize the books were that popular. They aren't, it's survey bias. We are on a nerdy forum for nerds who like the Witcher games enough to be posting about them a year before the new one comes out and like two years after the last one. theDOWmustflow posted:Also I thought the Nilfgaardians were the enemy in the Witcher 2, although I didn't finish the last act. Geralt generally tries to stay out of politics as much as he can. His response to "but the Nilfgaardians might take over" is usually "ehhh whatever." He's really only after Letho(depending on your choices) or Triss(Depending on your choices) which potentially requires the death of a bunch of Nilfgaardians that are in your way. But Nilfgaardians aren't his enemies, a lot of them were/are his friends. Shilard and Renuald aep Matsen though? You bet.
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Trailer was awesome! I'll probably get a collector's edition, assuming it's not prohibitively expensive. Also: 'sup Warsaw goons
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Ice Fist posted:I don't think there was an outfit I truly hated in W2. They were all awesome. Chainmail pauldrons on top of a chainmail shirt might just be the dumbest armor I've ever seen, except perhaps boobplate. Game developers: Pauldrons are always stupid garbage stop putting them on everything.
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Basically, the enemy in the final act isn't about politics, which Geralt doesn't really give a poo poo about, it's about who's holding the person you're trying to rescue, of which there are three options. Nilfgaardians are one possibility.
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I can't activate my W1 steam key on GoG for the discount and don't have the printer needed for the replacement key procedure, am I stuck with the expensive version of W3?
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Rinkles posted:I'm curious who the man in the iron mask is. Cynthia from Witcher 2 perhaps? 
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I think the Operator's mask looks different but that's the first thing I thought of. New girl seems oddly familiar to me, does anyone think she resembles a particular actress? Lycus fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Leb posted:
This photobomb is awesome. I will not reveal the wu-tang secret, but there is another semi-photobomb in the trailer that someone just pointed out to me. It's near the start.
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Lycus posted:New girl seems oddly familiar to me, does anyone think she resembles a particular actress?
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I think Yennefer slightly resembles Kate Beckinsale myself. EDIT: The other photobomb is Letho. The Sharmat fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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The Sharmat posted:I think Yennefer slightly resembles Kate Beckinsale myself. I can neither confirm or deny, but it's not the one I was talking about. There is another character that everybody is missing.
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I can neither confirm or deny, but it's not the one I was talking about. There is another character that everybody is missing. The deformed dwarf in Geralt's horse? I read the books time ago, is he from the books or an original character?
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Turin Turambar posted:The deformed dwarf in Geralt's horse? Holy poo poo, I've tried to spot something, went second by second in that part with dark forest, and I've missed that... I'd be funny if that's doppler Tellico Lunngrevink Letorte.
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I can neither confirm or deny, but it's not the one I was talking about. There is another character that everybody is missing. Well if it's the scene where they are all on horseback, there is one guy who looks like he was the older fellow riding with Geralt when they save that woman in the other trailer about to be hanged. The scene with the Witcher Friends going to work, Vesemir and Lambert and I think Eskel but they were already called out. Coen died at Brenna and not sure we ever knew what he looked like. There aren't a lot of scenes early on left after those. The guy overlooking Kaer Morhen is probably Geralt but if someone can figure out that it is someone different, I bow down.
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I have no idea who the other photobomb is but I am guessing maybe Siegfried is one of the mounted people.
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COOKIEMONSTER posted:They aren't, it's survey bias. We are on a nerdy forum for nerds who like the Witcher games enough to be posting about them a year before the new one comes out and like two years after the last one. Exactly this. And trying to figure out who the girl was in the beginning and being referenced to by the Emperor also seems to have even stumped Erik Kain of Forbes, who is probably more like the average Witcher fan who hasn't read the books. He also seems to think that the woman being referenced to by the Emperor is Yennefer. It's easy to understand because Geralt actually asks about her and she's mentioned a lot more than Ciri is in the game, especially towards the end of the second. Also, you see the comic-book pictures of Yen holding Geralt in the flashbacks in TW2. No doubt CDPR is going to write some great material bringing these less-than-Superfans up to speed on who Ciri is and why she is important. Especially the prophecy. http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/06/05/the-witcher-3-new-e3-trailer-screenshots-and-release-date-announced/
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I'm kind of hoping that after TW3 comes out they go back and redo the first game to the standards of the other two. It's such a hard game to get back into after playing TW2. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the devs now.  Comte de Saint-Germain posted:This photobomb is awesome. E: Just noticed the loving Noonwraiths. Oh god no. Flipswitch fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Wow, just saw the trailer! I guess we should say "I'm gunna know her!" Haha
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Flipswitch posted:I'm kind of hoping that after TW3 comes out they go back and redo the first game to the standards of the other two. It's such a hard game to get back into after playing TW2. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the devs now. I hope for some other IP, honestly. I'd rather wait another 5-10 years and have them redo whole trilogy on one engine.
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alex314 posted:Holy poo poo, I've tried to spot something, went second by second in that part with dark forest, and I've missed that... I'd be funny if that's doppler Tellico Lunngrevink Letorte. Was watching the IGN Rewind video and was surprised they spotted him too. I had to stop the video at 1:59 because I thought I saw monster  . 0.25 speed reveals it was just legs  .
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Yeah, the one I'm talking about is the "deformed dwarf" riding w/ Geralt. I can't say anything about that character, but I noticed that no one seemed to have spotted him yet.
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Not surprising given what happened in the Witcher 2: EE epilogue, but that's totally the throne room in Vizima you meet Emhyr var Emreis in:
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Now that this thread is up here... what's the opinion in the FCR2 mod for Witcher 2? I read mixed impressions in they day, but since then it has been patched a pair of times.
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Turin Turambar posted:Now that this thread is up here... what's the opinion in the FCR2 mod for Witcher 2? I read mixed impressions in they day, but since then it has been patched a pair of times. I would say it sucks, skip it. It does some interesting things but also breaks a bunch of other stuff.
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:Yeah, the one I'm talking about is the "deformed dwarf" riding w/ Geralt. I can't say anything about that character, but I noticed that no one seemed to have spotted him yet. I did, and my guess it's a dopler.
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Oh man, glad I kept my old boxed PC games in the closet. I had to dig it out to find Witcher. Give me that sweet, sweet 20% discount GoG.
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hopterque posted:It does some interesting things but also breaks a bunch of other stuff. This is pretty accurate; I just recently had to quit a playthrough because the game was indeed becoming thoroughly broken by the mod. Yes, it makes combat quite a bit more fluid (really liked the auto-blocking and increased roll speed) but at the expense of taking a crowbar to elements like crafting, quest rewards, and the merchants, in the end making them completely irrelevant. It was telling that I was still using the save import items (the swords and Raven's Armor, specifically) halfway into Chapter 2 because there was nothing even approaching the stats of those items, even in unique craftables like the meteorite swords. One could say I simply should had played on a difficulty higher than Normal, and they definitely could be right on that, but nevertheless I feel that FCR really savages that sense of progression; yes, I know you're supposed to be an all-powerful witcher lore-wise, and the mod makes you really feel like one. Problem is, it does it at great expense to the actual game mechanics.
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mcbexx posted:Am I the only one wishing CD Project would make a Game of Thrones game after watching the Wild Hunt trailer? There's probably quite a few nerds who don't like originality and like wasting incredible talent on derivatives that would love this idea.
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