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Anyone played The Witcher Adventure Game? Digital version of a board game, came out on Steam recently - http://store.steampowered.com/app/303800/ Looks like maybe a fun way to pass the time between now and May for $10...
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The Sharmat posted:Geralt mostly gets it back from continued exposure to stuff from his past after the Eternal Battle in Act 2 acts as a catalyst for breaking down the magical crap loving with his mind. This could be explained better in game given that the most exposition you get out of it is either from some random medic in Henselt's camp, or from Cynthia in Vergen. Who are both easily missable. I stand by my interpretation that the short stories simply didn't show all the happy stuff inbetween and that they both didn't know how to handle the whole "gently caress we're linked by fate" situation.
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Dec 9, 2014 19:43
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One last quote of babbysquote:what is the meaning of this?
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Dec 9, 2014 20:39
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Dilber posted:One last quote of babbys   Some people should just stop playing games.
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Dec 9, 2014 20:43
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This is about ethics in video game release dates.
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Dec 9, 2014 20:46
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Crappy Jack posted:This is about ethics in video game release dates and computer graphics. ftfy Can someone explain this graphics hissy fit? I only sort of understand it.
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Dec 9, 2014 20:54
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Ice Fist posted:ftfy There are people who unironically believe in the PC master race, and also believe they can play videogames at stable framerates that look as good as CGI trailers.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:13
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8-bit Miniboss posted:
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Dec 9, 2014 21:17
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Ice Fist posted:ftfy Apparently the graphics in the latest trailer didn't look as good as they did before. Some are saying this is a result of a bugged frost texture. People freak out because: 1. Downgrades?! Remember Dark Souls 2??! 2. Unless a game has the best graphics possible, it'll be a bad game, possibly the worst game ever made. 3. They are only doing this because of consoles and gently caress those console losers. 4. MY VIDEO GAMES!! Basically, quit gettin' mad about video games.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:47
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Not to defend the whiny babies on CDPR forums, but there are situation where a game could look much better, but the devs have to downgrade it because it could only run on PCs and not on the consoles. Watch McKilligan's LP of The Bureau:XCOM Declassified. It's co-commentated by one of the devs, and he talks about a lot of neat things they had, but had to cut them because consoles couldn't handle it. Knowing that you could get a better product but didn't because of limitations of another platform IS a pretty lovely feeling and I really hope CDPR isn't doing that.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:06
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Aumanor posted:Not to defend the whiny babies on CDPR forums, but there are situation where a game could look much better, but the devs have to downgrade it because it could only run on PCs and not on the consoles. Watch McKilligan's LP of The Bureau:XCOM Declassified. It's co-commentated by one of the devs, and he talks about a lot of neat things they had, but had to cut them because consoles couldn't handle it. Knowing that you could get a better product but didn't because of limitations of another platform IS a pretty lovely feeling and I really hope CDPR isn't doing that. The Bureau was a bad game for reasons other than Muh Graffix, though. Like seriously, I feel bad for the devs if they had to cut all kinds of really cool poo poo that ONLY THE POWER OF PC could handle, but it's on them to make an interesting and good videogame, regardless of the limitations of their platform they are working on. fivegears4reverse fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Dec 9, 2014 |
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Dec 9, 2014 22:13
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my bony fealty posted:Anyone played The Witcher Adventure Game? Digital version of a board game, came out on Steam recently - It's a perfect replica of the board game. In that you move your pieces, then watch the computer move. Then the other computer. Then your friend (if you have one) It looks a fun game. But it needs to be played round a table with beer, and it needs the little pieces so you can waggle em around and pretend they're fighitng.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:13
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fivegears4reverse posted:The Bureau was a bad game for reasons other than Muh Graffix, though. I don't think, nor did I imply it in my post, that the console-induced limitations were a major factor in the Bureau being a bad game. Merely that they exist.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:48
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Aumanor posted:Not to defend the whiny babies on CDPR forums, but there are situation where a game could look much better, but the devs have to downgrade it because it could only run on PCs and not on the consoles. Watch McKilligan's LP of The Bureau:XCOM Declassified. It's co-commentated by one of the devs, and he talks about a lot of neat things they had, but had to cut them because consoles couldn't handle it. Knowing that you could get a better product but didn't because of limitations of another platform IS a pretty lovely feeling and I really hope CDPR isn't doing that. Is witcher3 even a simultaneous release with consoles? I thought the console release was a year later.... oh wait.....
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Dec 10, 2014 03:05
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Reminder that the game is primarily a PC game and always has been.
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Dec 10, 2014 04:43
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Didn't the Xbox version of The Witcher 2 look and run significantly worse than the PC version? If they're gonna gimp anything, it's gonna be the console version. They've done it before. GrossMurpel posted:I stand by my interpretation that the short stories simply didn't show all the happy stuff inbetween and that they both didn't know how to handle the whole "gently caress we're linked by fate" situation. I'm sure they had happy moments too but the bad moments were really bad and pretty frequent. And yeah neither of them seemed to be able to handle the fate/magical compulsion thing their relationship was possibly stemming from. I mean in the second short story collection Yennefer takes Geralt to the same city she's meeting her gently caress buddy.
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Dec 10, 2014 06:57
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Dilber posted:One last quote of babbys I just read this for the office, it was met with applause, though that may have been for my oscar worthy performance. Comte de Saint-Germain fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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Dec 10, 2014 11:54
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I'm imagining it read like Obi-Wan's horrible ranting monologue as Anakin was burning to death in Star Wars Episode 3. "You were the Chosen One, CD Projekt!" etc. Why are official forums always so awful?
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Dec 10, 2014 13:39
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Dilber posted:One last quote of babbys That guy's post history is something to behold. Wow. Another example: quote:anyway, i saw the trailer uncompressed now and there is NO doubt. that was NOWERE near the previous trailers quality, many points showing it has been already discussed from gratl chainmail and face details, to effects and whatnot. if this was an old build releasing the trailer now in that condition makes no sanse and have only dammaged them. if the trailr IS the courrent condition of the game than the downgrade happend and this isn't questionable, you cannot fool me at this point,with the uncompressed version of ALL the released trailer under my eyeas i can see very well the difference. and yes IF this is happend the reson ARE consoles. at this point i don't even give a drat anymore. i will wait may, or august or next november i don't give a drat. i will see the game, since i have alredy purchased it and if it's not th quality they showed in th biginning but instead is this "thing" they showed now i will simply do what i already told you and stop gaming for good. either they release two VERY separate versions console and PC and they point out CLEARLY what are the limits of each and point out CLEARLY with each new video what build is running on what or if they just downgrade the PC version for the sake of parity at launch and they don't even release a free ultra texture pack/filters enabler/nvidia effects enable etc. for pc only ( like what happend with shadow of mordor) afterwards, this time i delete steam sell all my old games and forget what this lovely world has become for good. i will not spend a single cent more in this industry if this is what has come to,and this is final. no ban me delete this post or do whathever you want i dont give a drat anymore. for now no one but a selected few know the truth and i will refrain my final judgment till the game is officially out,.
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Dec 10, 2014 14:52
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i am accepting my status as a failure of a human being, can't post anymore, guys, i have to go die.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:01
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the babby neglects to state he likely watched the trailer on his little phone screen complete with smudge marks everywhere, but no he definitely was able to clearly delineate variance in quality in loving trailers and deduce it couldn't be a number of other things in the delivery pipe to his viewing affecting quality. How does one measure feedback when majority of those who are ok and understand things like delays remain silent?
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Dec 10, 2014 15:17
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:i am accepting my status as a failure of a human being, can't post anymore, guys, i have to go die. Since when has a person being a failure of a human being ever stopped them from posting? I mean, I post.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:23
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The Sharmat posted:Since when has a person being a failure of a human being ever stopped them from posting? I mean, I post. I'm writing an algorithm that will continue my shitposting until the end of time, don't worry.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:31
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Aumanor posted:Not to defend the whiny babies on CDPR forums, but there are situation where a game could look much better, but the devs have to downgrade it because it could only run on PCs and not on the consoles. Watch McKilligan's LP of The Bureau:XCOM Declassified. It's co-commentated by one of the devs, and he talks about a lot of neat things they had, but had to cut them because consoles couldn't handle it. Knowing that you could get a better product but didn't because of limitations of another platform IS a pretty lovely feeling and I really hope CDPR isn't doing that. CDPR did a pretty good job cutting things down for consoles and only lost minor easy to miss things in Witcher 2 (the meditation transitions and background stuff like animals in the cities were the only ones I noticed). I've played both versions and didn't see a huge difference in graphics. But then again I'm new to the PC master race so I really don't worry about graphics much as long as the game plays all right and doesn't blind me or something.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:40
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CDProjekt discussed the delay with their investors, and it's nothing major as expected. It's the one spot you know they are mainly truthful because lying would open them up to big lawsuits. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-10-witcher-3-dev-market-is-afraid-of-badly-polished-games-on-next-gen quote:"We want to disarm the opinion that [The Witcher 3] doesn't exist," he went on, tackling another concern. "It will be closed by the end of the year in line with the schedule.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:43
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Dilber posted:CDProjekt discussed the delay with their investors, and it's nothing major as expected. It's the one spot you know they are mainly truthful because lying would open them up to big lawsuits. I really wish more developers of open world games would be willing to do this.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:50
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Kimmalah posted:I really wish more developers of open world games would be willing to do this. Yes, the thought process behind it is sound, but it is still an open world game and I will eat a meat hat if it comes out and isn't broken as poo poo in very specific ways.
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Dec 10, 2014 16:00
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Hakkesshu posted:Yes, the thought process behind it is sound, but it is still an open world game and I will eat a meat hat if it comes out and isn't broken as poo poo in very specific ways. Yeah I understand games like that are big and tend to have a lot of unforeseen bugs just by their nature so I'm not expecting perfection. But it's a refreshing change from the usual "just release it already, we'll patch it later!" or relying on the fans to make their own patches.
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Dec 10, 2014 16:05
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Kimmalah posted:I really wish more developers of open world games would be willing to do this. Double Fine sort of ruined it.
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Dec 10, 2014 16:06
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Tim Schafer's always missing milestones and going overbudget.
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Dec 10, 2014 16:10
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Oh well, I will have plenty of other RPGs like Pillars of Eternity and Serpent in the Staglands to play while waiting for TW3. Just make sure the game is great when it finally comes out and I'll be a happy customer.
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Dec 10, 2014 17:20
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The Sharmat posted:I'm imagining it read like Obi-Wan's horrible ranting monologue as Anakin was burning to death in Star Wars Episode 3. "You were the Chosen One, CD Projekt!" etc. Pretty sure I saw an edit of that scene with BioWare after DA2 came out so it's not too farfetched. E: funakupo posted:the babby neglects to state he likely watched the trailer on his little phone screen complete with smudge marks everywhere, but no he definitely was able to clearly delineate variance in quality in loving trailers and deduce it couldn't be a number of other things in the delivery pipe to his viewing affecting quality. The frost texture that everyone is clinging to definitely looked like poo poo, regardless of what device you view it on. I'm not saying OMG THE DOWNGRADE IS REAL but you can see if a texture looks lovely compared to the rest of the game no matter what device you view it on. GrossMurpel fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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Dec 10, 2014 18:06
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GrossMurpel posted:Pretty sure I saw an edit of that scene with BioWare after DA2 came out so it's not too farfetched. It's still a ridiculous thing that PC gamers latch on to, and they should be mocked incessantly for being the literal worst people. The game still looks pretty enough as is.
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Dec 10, 2014 20:31
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A company delaying a game for more QA and bug fixing. How novel. Seriously though, I hope other devs follow in the wake. 2014 should be looked upon as a learning experience.
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Dec 10, 2014 21:18
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I mean, there's like 3 games in a row that got released in various states of bugginess, with Assasins Creed Unity being almost unplayable initially. Who looks at that and complains when a game's delayed for more bug testing? I'm still waiting on a patch for Unity that'll make it run a little better, so while it's on my computer it may as well be delayed for all the playtime I'm getting.
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Dec 10, 2014 21:40
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I'm done buying games on release. Always with the bugs. And at least CDR actually wants to fix all their bugs eventually, certain other companies just shrug at all but their most game breaking bugs.
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Dec 10, 2014 21:53
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What do you think the chances are of an Enhanced Edition eventually coming out? I've already pre-ordered it but I'd be willing to wait an extra year after release to start fresh on the "complete" version.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:52
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Silentgoldfish posted:I mean, there's like 3 games in a row that got released in various states of bugginess, with Assasins Creed Unity being almost unplayable initially. Who looks at that and complains when a game's delayed for more bug testing? I'm still waiting on a patch for Unity that'll make it run a little better, so while it's on my computer it may as well be delayed for all the playtime I'm getting. Lycus posted:I'm done buying games on release. Always with the bugs. And at least CDR actually wants to fix all their bugs eventually, certain other companies just shrug at all but their most game breaking bugs.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:54
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fivegears4reverse posted:It's still a ridiculous thing that PC gamers latch on to, and they should be mocked incessantly for being the literal worst people. The game still looks pretty enough as is. Yeah I'm not debating that, I'm simply saying it's silly to say the quality of a texture compared to the rest of the game is influenced by your screen resolution. Sorry, I just love arguing details for no reason.
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GrossMurpel posted:Yeah I'm not debating that, I'm simply saying it's silly to say the quality of a texture compared to the rest of the game is influenced by your screen resolution. That is not what I said. Please argue your points within the confines of my statement. I did joke about a fingerprint smudged mobile phone viewing but I then stated it was the guy then jumping to the conclusion that the game was modified in any way intentionally to produce what he saw--I was mocking his powers of deduction. If there are visible texture differences between 2 videos of a game, then that is just that-- it is just an observed difference. There is not enough information to determine anything beyond that observation. There are so many points that could have introduced the issue observed in a video that have nothing to do with the development of the game. There literally is no evidence of a problem within the game itself. When there is actual evidence, then we can discuss the impact of said texture change.
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