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Wiseblood posted:Doesn't the hardest difficulty also have permadeath? Nope. There's no permadeath in this game. The developers said that "permadeath" is on the honor system, so just re-roll if you die.
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Wiseblood posted:Doesn't the hardest difficulty also have permadeath? He said no when somebody asked him, and he quicks aves before every fight.
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Wiseblood posted:Doesn't the hardest difficulty also have permadeath? Only if you shoot yourself in the head out of frustration.
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May 17, 2015 19:56
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I don't normally play games on the hardest difficulty, but this is a game where I probably will. The focus on preparation should hopefully make it manageable if you've taken everything into account in advance.
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May 17, 2015 20:04
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Are there any monster/quest differences between the difficulties? Or is it just stats? Trying to decide whether to play this on the hardest or second-hardest to start.
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May 17, 2015 20:10
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VDay posted:Are there any monster/quest differences between the difficulties? Or is it just stats? Trying to decide whether to play this on the hardest or second-hardest to start. I doubt highly there are story differences between difficulties.
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May 17, 2015 20:13
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Not story differences but stuff like more monsters to kill during a sidequest or slightly different objectives on harder difficulties, etc.
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May 17, 2015 20:15
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VDay posted:Are there any monster/quest differences between the difficulties? Or is it just stats? Trying to decide whether to play this on the hardest or second-hardest to start. They haven't said anything about story changes as a result, and they don't seem like the kind of devs to do that. E: One of their balance designers said on the IGN streams that there would not be more mobs per difficulty.
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May 17, 2015 20:16
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Wonder if this game is going to have the same problem as other open world games where you might get a new weapon as a reward, but that sidequest/event that was between the quest giver and objective gave you stuff that completely outclasses it in all ways.
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Broose posted:Wonder if this game is going to have the same problem as other open world games where you might get a new weapon as a reward, but that sidequest/event that was between the quest giver and objective gave you stuff that completely outclasses it in all ways. I think reviews so far have indicated this is the case.
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May 17, 2015 20:18
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There should be a 10-minute cutscene in this game of just Yennefer yelling at Geralt over the tattoo.
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May 17, 2015 20:18
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FuriousGeorge posted:There should be a 10-minute cutscene in this game of just Yennefer yelling at Geralt over the tattoo.
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May 17, 2015 20:19
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Wheres the cheapest place to order this game?
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May 17, 2015 20:21
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Slate Action posted:I think reviews so far have indicated this is the case. Apparently the best poo poo is crafted, anyway, so that probably helps. I think the general paradigm is that loot quality goes bought < quest < found < crafted.
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May 17, 2015 20:21
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Samurai Sanders posted:Wait, we actually get to meet Yennifer (who I hardly even know) in this game? The review I read made it sound like it's Geralt's quest to find her. It's Geralts quest during the first act of the game
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May 17, 2015 20:23
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Samurai Sanders posted:Wait, we actually get to meet Yennifer (who I hardly even know) in this game? The review I read made it sound like it's Geralt's quest to find her. Yup. If Conan's video is any indication you can also screw her on a stuffed unicorn.
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Broose posted:Wonder if this game is going to have the same problem as other open world games where you might get a new weapon as a reward, but that sidequest/event that was between the quest giver and objective gave you stuff that completely outclasses it in all ways. Is that really a big problem to worry about though? It's usually a minor annoyance at worst.
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May 17, 2015 20:24
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Joink posted:Wheres the cheapest place to order this game? Green Man Gaming has a 27% voucher for the game right now which brings it to about $44. You may also be able to find a copy on SA Mart that a goon who bought a 970/980 recently and got a game code they're looking to sell.
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VanillaGorilla posted:Apparently the best poo poo is crafted, anyway, so that probably helps. I think the general paradigm is that loot quality goes bought < quest < found < crafted.
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May 17, 2015 20:27
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I read in some review or another that on higher difficulties you get less EXP as a whole, but I have no idea how true that is. I've also heard vague rumors about monsters getting more attacks in higher difficulties but way less certain about that one.
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May 17, 2015 20:27
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Infinity Gaia posted:I read in some review or another that on higher difficulties you get less EXP as a whole, but I have no idea how true that is. I've also heard vague rumors about monsters getting more attacks in higher difficulties but way less certain about that one.
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Infinity Gaia posted:I read in some review or another that on higher difficulties you get less EXP as a whole, but I have no idea how true that is. I've also heard vague rumors about monsters getting more attacks in higher difficulties but way less certain about that one. I would treat things like that as other-games-have-this presumptions until proven.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Does the book series have the idea of magical legendary weapons or anything? The games were fairly low-key on weapons and equipment and I liked it that way. I haven't read the books, but the setting is kind of "middle" fantasy. It shoots for the grit typical of low fantasy, but there's a shitload of magic and stuff like extraplanar travel going on. So, the idea of magical equipment probably isn't that out of alignment from the fiction. That said, I think they use the "magical" nomenclature here to largely denote quality rather than crazy enchantments. We haven't seen anybody find gear that lets you shoot fireballs out of your rear end in a top hat or anything, it's all pretty much straight number increases. So you can just pretend that "magical" means "better made" or made with exotic materials.
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May 17, 2015 20:33
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I like that there is a Gwent card called "Poor loving Infantry".
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There are weapon runes. The only one they've really shown off is % chance to ignite a target on hit, but there are probably quite a few that do less obvious things. Watching Mel Gibson Murders Everybody seems like an oddly poetic way to pass the time.
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Kimmalah posted:Is that really a big problem to worry about though? It's usually a minor annoyance at worst. Yeah, in an RPG when I get a quest reward that's inferior to what I have or that I can't use, I just think 'cool, some extra cash.' It's only a problem when the quests are boring and you lose all motivation to do them. That doesn't sound like it's the case here.
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May 17, 2015 20:37
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I think it's pretty cool that the weapons and armor in these games mostly look practical and not like dumb fantasy items.
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May 17, 2015 20:38
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In 1 and 2, the best equipment you could get was just some jacket or sword used by a famous person; I didn't see any indication that it was anything but just well-engineered. I like it that way.
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Meta-Mollusk posted:I like that there is a Gwent card called "Poor loving Infantry". I really hope Gwent is good. I can't be worse than dice poker, I suppose, but still.
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CottonWolf posted:I really hope Gwent is good. I can't be worse than dice poker, I suppose, but still. How dare you, dice poker was great. Now let me just throw these dice across the room accidentally.
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hopterque posted:How dare you, dice poker was great. Dice Poker in 1 was really fun. It was poo poo in 2. I am hype for Gwent.
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CottonWolf posted:I really hope Gwent is good. I can't be worse than dice poker, I suppose, but still. It doesn't look that interesting to me, but I'll probably end up beating every opponent just to beat the "quest" at least, kinda like with dice poker. Hopefully it's better than that though. Edit: And yeah, dice poker was actually fun in 1, not so much in 2. Meta-Mollusk fucked around with this message at 20:48 on May 17, 2015 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:In 1 and 2, the best equipment you could get was just some jacket or sword used by a famous person; I didn't see any indication that it was anything but just well-engineered. I like it that way. Well, I mean, in 1 the best silver sword in the game was literally given to you by the Lady of the Lake in an extended fancy-rear end cutscene. I'd say that's pretty loving magical.
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Infinity Gaia posted:Well, I mean, in 1 the best silver sword in the game was literally given to you by the Lady of the Lake in an extended fancy-rear end cutscene. I'd say that's pretty loving magical.
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Infinity Gaia posted:Well, I mean, in 1 the best silver sword in the game was literally given to you by the Lady of the Lake in an extended fancy-rear end cutscene. I'd say that's pretty loving magical. Actually it's the second best silver sword, IIRC (Aerondight) but it's the cooler of the two end-game swords.
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Infinity Gaia posted:Well, I mean, in 1 the best silver sword in the game was literally given to you by the Lady of the Lake in an extended fancy-rear end cutscene. I'd say that's pretty loving magical. That whole area was bizarre. With the Lovecraft fan-fiction and Arthurian legend. It felt like it came from a different game.
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Roshnak posted:I think it's pretty cool that the weapons and armor in these games mostly look practical and not like dumb fantasy items.
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Elukka posted:This is one of my favorite parts. Witcher 3 pretty much seems to have the most realistic medieval armor designs in video games which is kinda amusing. They make good use of colors too. It's funny, the only armor that's particularly egregious in the fantasy department (that I've seen) is the starting armor, with its bizarre chain spaulders.
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My final W2 save game thumbnail looks like this, am I good to go? (Iorveth path) I also have one that judging by the thumbnail is right before the Letho fight so I can go get a new one if I have to, but I'd have to download the game all over again.
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Meta-Mollusk posted:I like that there is a Gwent card called "Poor loving Infantry". That one's from the last novel. Part of it follows minor various characters during the Battle of Brenna, and one of them is a scribe who previously studied at a temple with Ciri who joins the army to fight Nilfgaard and ends up assigned to a misfit unit called "Poor loving Infantry."
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