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The complaint is valid against say, Katarina from Dungeon Siege 3 who had stilettos and visible G-string. The Witcher outfits are much more sensible
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dud root posted:The complaint is valid against say, Katarina from Dungeon Siege 3 who had stilettos and visible G-string. The Witcher outfits are much more sensible That settles it, I'm boycotting The Witcher 3 until Triss and Yennefer are both wearing visible G-strings.
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Sep 6, 2014 01:01
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GrossMurpel posted:Haha I just tried crafting one of the swords without saving to try it out and the effect is hilarious. Honestly, all of the Dark Mode equipment is unnecessary. If we're talking strictly bonuses, I would say that Weeper's is probably not worth it, since you shouldn't be getting hit and losing health, anyway, and there are a lot of gargoyles and a couple of large monsters to fight in Act 3 to make Deithwen's bonus more attractive. I honestly can't think of a single time where vitality drain on a Dark Mode sword saved my life.
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Sep 6, 2014 01:46
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funakupo posted:Riding boots with heels, even some high heeled, are extremely common in almost every country. I also don't understand the complaint about wrong shoes on Ciri/Yennefer is representative of fantastical or even partially realistic setting. Current and historical fashion show otherwise. Boots with heels were designed for riding, as they help keep your foot from slipping too far forward in the stirrup.
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Sep 6, 2014 08:46
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GrossMurpel posted:That settles it, I'm boycotting The Witcher 3 until Triss and Yennefer are both wearing visible G-strings. Give the Nexus twenty seconds after game's release and they'll both be nude.
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Sep 6, 2014 08:54
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I'm 100% on board with de-oversexualizing female characters, but honestly complaining about the outfits in the witcher (at least W2-3) seems silly. On one hand, there's so many better things to complain about. On the other hand these are some of the least sexualized costumes in the industry. But maybe I'm an old fogey who's still comparing things to Paul Steed's infamous "crackwhore". EDIT: I mean better things to complain about regarding the sexual content and portrayal of women in the witcher, I'm not doing the whole "how can you complain about videogames when people are dying in syria" thing. Comte de Saint-Germain fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Sep 6, 2014 |
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Sep 6, 2014 11:18
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Roshnak posted:Honestly, all of the Dark Mode equipment is unnecessary. If we're talking strictly bonuses, I would say that Weeper's is probably not worth it, since you shouldn't be getting hit and losing health, anyway, and there are a lot of gargoyles and a couple of large monsters to fight in Act 3 to make Deithwen's bonus more attractive. I could use the vitality drain and armor ratings of the equipment to riposte monsters (because they still hit you when you do that).
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Sep 6, 2014 12:04
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:On one hand, there's so many better things to complain about. Actually, on this point, one of the things I found with the Witcher 2 was that the ingame cinematography was pretty bad; just in terms of pacing, sound design, camera angles etc. As an example, look at the scene where you find Dandelion on the gallows, the actual content is fine, but the delivery is a big let down and it makes the scene lose a lot of tension. Has this been improved with the third entry? I guess I'm just hoping that some of the incredible guys you have doing the trailers at least have a look over the ingame cutscenes now.
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Sep 6, 2014 12:42
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GrossMurpel posted:I could use the vitality drain and armor ratings of the equipment to riposte monsters (because they still hit you when you do that). Yeah, they do, and it's really annoying because on Dark Mode you really can't afford to get hit that often. That's why you should never ever riposte and instead just roll away from attacks. Preferably around the back of the enemies so you can chop them. But if riposting is in TW3 I really hope that it's consistent this time.
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Sep 6, 2014 16:30
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Just give us a full frontal nude picture of Geralt and everything will be fine.
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Sep 6, 2014 16:55
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Roshnak posted:Yeah, they do, and it's really annoying because on Dark Mode you really can't afford to get hit that often. That's why you should never ever riposte and instead just roll away from attacks. Preferably around the back of the enemies so you can chop them. I riposted some Nekker Warriors and it took off like 10% of my health. I riposted Dmitri and absolutely wrecked him without getting hit.
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I hope someone from Nexus superimposes Anita Sarkeesian's head on everyone in the brothel.
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Cirian posted:Actually, on this point, one of the things I found with the Witcher 2 was that the ingame cinematography was pretty bad; just in terms of pacing, sound design, camera angles etc. As an example, look at the scene where you find Dandelion on the gallows, the actual content is fine, but the delivery is a big let down and it makes the scene lose a lot of tension. Has this been improved with the third entry? This is a really good point, and was part of the reason Mass Effect 2 felt way better than ME1 (even if the sequel was far from perfect). That being said, I've noticed that the facial animations are really, really good from what they've shown so far.
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Sep 6, 2014 18:19
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So are there any alchemy ingredients that one should absolutely NOT sell (besides those marked for quests)? I'm in Act 1.
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Anti-Hero posted:So are there any alchemy ingredients that one should absolutely NOT sell (besides those marked for quests)? I'm in Act 1. Keep anything with fulgur. Stuff with aether are less common in Act 1, but become very common in Act 2.
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Sep 7, 2014 06:41
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So I thought the 'prevent all forms of stun and knockdown' potion would be useful for these wraiths in Hunting the Wild Hunt, and then they proceeded to scream at Gerald and gang-bang him like they did my last four tries. And I lit the lantern this time and the King was still able to hit me, what the gently caress? Justin_Brett fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Sep 7, 2014 |
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Lycus posted:Keep anything with fulgur. In general, I wouldn't sell any reagents because you shouldn't be that hard pressed for money and it's not like they weigh anything. Plus, you can use them to craft a load of potions to get mutagens if you have the talent.
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Sep 7, 2014 12:22
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I'm 100% on board with de-oversexualizing female characters, but honestly complaining about the outfits in the witcher (at least W2-3) seems silly. On one hand, there's so many better things to complain about. On the other hand these are some of the least sexualized costumes in the industry. But maybe I'm an old fogey who's still comparing things to Paul Steed's infamous "crackwhore". Granted that series had actually backslid significantly in female character design. Mass Effect 1 was actually really good in that regard by video game standards. Bholder posted:Just give us a full frontal nude picture of Geralt and everything will be fine. If Geralt's model had a dick wouldn't it force the game to be rated Adults Only in the US by the ESRB?
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Sep 7, 2014 16:19
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The Sharmat posted:If Geralt's model had a dick wouldn't it force the game to be rated Adults Only in the US by the ESRB? I don't pretend to understand the US rating system, but I seem to remember that W2 had full frontal female nudity, didn't it?
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Sep 7, 2014 17:23
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CottonWolf posted:I don't pretend to understand the US rating system, but I seem to remember that W2 had full frontal female nudity, didn't it? Most of Western artistic history is some mixture of flagrantly naked sexy people of both genders, depictions of torture, and heroic depictions of ultraviolence. This sick filth is on display even in museums that give discounts on admissions to children.
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Sep 7, 2014 18:05
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The Sharmat posted:If Geralt's model had a dick wouldn't it force the game to be rated Adults Only in the US by the ESRB? GTA IV: The Lost and Damned wasn't rated AO. 3 Stacked Midgets posted:Most of Western artistic history is some mixture of flagrantly naked sexy people of both genders, depictions of torture, and heroic depictions of ultraviolence. This sick filth is on display even in museums that give discounts on admissions to children. Context matters, dude.
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Sep 7, 2014 18:18
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The Sharmat posted:
I'm 99% sure it doesn't. If it's erect it might, but not flaccid.
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Sep 7, 2014 19:01
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Roshnak posted:Context matters, dude. Looks to me like it was a joke  CottonWolf posted:I don't pretend to understand the US rating system, but I seem to remember that W2 had full frontal female nudity, didn't it? It sure did, complete with a glimpse at pubic hair.
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Sep 7, 2014 19:02
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I'm 99% sure it doesn't. If it's erect it might, but not flaccid. I sure hope not, it would be awful if dicks were somehow considered worse than tits and pussies. I forget what it is you do, but if you can get some limp dick in this game: get to it. I recently finished watching Rome and that series' explicit but dick-less sex scenes reminded me there were a couple of similar scenes in W2. That's silly.
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Sep 7, 2014 19:14
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I can't talk about development, but I will say that I hear what you are saying and that personally I am pro-Geralt-dick.
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:I sure hope not, it would be awful if dicks were somehow considered worse than tits and pussies. I forget what it is you do, but if you can get some limp dick in this game: get to it. I recently finished watching Rome and that series' explicit but dick-less sex scenes reminded me there were a couple of similar scenes in W2. That's silly. I'm pretty sure exposed pussies are on the same maturity level as exposed dicks. Doesn't make sense to me either but that's just the way it is. Secondary genitalia are fine but primary aren't.
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Sep 7, 2014 19:29
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One of the GTA 4 expansions had male nudity and can still be sold in stores, so-ooooo....
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Shumagorath posted:One of the GTA 4 expansions had male nudity and can still be sold in stores, so-ooooo.... Well the distinction between M and AO sounds vague as gently caress.
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3 Stacked Midgets posted:Most of Western artistic history is some mixture of flagrantly naked sexy people of both genders, depictions of torture, and heroic depictions of ultraviolence. This sick filth is on display even in museums that give discounts on admissions to children. Granted, "people" being Fox News. But still. Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I'm 99% sure it doesn't. If it's erect it might, but not flaccid. I thought I remembered hearing that there was some arbitrary difference between how they were treated in ratings for some reason. Guess not. But why would Geralt have his dick out and be flacid? Sounds pretty improbable to me. Really breaks my suspension of disbelief.
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Sep 7, 2014 20:47
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I can't talk about development, but I will say that I hear what you are saying and that personally I am pro-Geralt-dick. Kind of a weird question but who do you guys use for voice casting? Is it an agency (and if so, who) or do you have an internal team do the legwork?
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Sep 7, 2014 21:06
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The voice acting in TW2 was really good and I liked how thought even went into poo poo like what accent everyone had. Hope they keep that up. I have trouble going back to TW1 based on the inferior voice work alone, given how much talking there is in the game. Though I guess that's probably a dumb reason.
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I ended up installing the mod that removes dark mode effects because I couldn't see poo poo during In the Claws of Madness. Just wanted to point out that with the release of the toolkit, there's now an updated mod which removes the effects while keeping the curse mechanic in effect. http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/649/
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Speaking of voice acting, I was thinking of going through two again with a non-english voice pack. What sounds the most witcher-y? Polish obviously, but I also read the russian voices were really good? Or was that in 1?
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Sep 7, 2014 21:59
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Justin_Brett posted:And I lit the lantern this time and the King was still able to hit me, what the gently caress? Casting my vote in favour of Geralt full-frontals. Finally settle the question on the lips of random NPCs - are his pubes white too??
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Sep 7, 2014 22:45
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Was there ever actually any doubt?
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The Sharmat posted:But why would Geralt have his dick out and be flacid? Sounds pretty improbable to me. Really breaks my suspension of disbelief. To showcase their next gen jiggle physics of course.
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Scandalous posted:Yeah it's a bit weird with the scripting, I found I had the most luck by lighting the shrine after the King appears. When I lit it in advance it seemed to have no effect, and even then it took two attempts. Got any tips for Dagon? Seems like he's so big trying to click on his followers makes Geralt switch to attacking him, and they just dodge group style even with a Blizzard potion on. They count as monsters, right?
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Justin_Brett posted:Got any tips for Dagon? Seems like he's so big trying to click on his followers makes Geralt switch to attacking him, and they just dodge group style even with a Blizzard potion on. They count as monsters, right? Kite the dudes away from him? I'm pretty sure I just kited them into a group and then used Igni on the whole group. Or maybe I just Igni/sworded them one at a time as soon as they came out of the water. I couldn't find any information about which sword they're susceptible to, but Igni definitely messes them up real bad.
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Roshnak posted:Kite the dudes away from him? I'm pretty sure I just kited them into a group and then used Igni on the whole group. Or maybe I just Igni/sworded them one at a time as soon as they came out of the water. I couldn't find any information about which sword they're susceptible to, but Igni definitely messes them up real bad. I don't think there's anything in W1 that Igni spam doesn't kill quickly.
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Igni is almost always the answer in TW1. In TW2 I found it was almost never worth using unless you put a bunch of points into upgrading it. Still, Aard and Yrden and Quen were all useful even without points so you had more effective choices in TW2 than TW1 even if it still wasn't perfectly balanced.
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