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Orv posted: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. I rather like the look of it :/
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Antti posted:My final W2 save game thumbnail looks like this, am I good to go? (Iorveth path) Yes, it should be an Autosave.
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May 17, 2015 21:34
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Archimago posted:Yes, it should be an Autosave. Yes, so it is! Thanks for the confirmation. I figured the lack of Geralt in the thumbnail was an indicator.
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May 17, 2015 21:35
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Antti posted:Yes, so it is! Thanks for the confirmation. I figured the lack of Geralt in the thumbnail was an indicator. No problem. In other news, I just learned I have somewhere to be tomorrow at 7PM EST, fortuna hates me. I'll have to wait until like 8-8:30 to play it. WOE IS ME.
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May 17, 2015 21:36
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Hallowed posted:I rather like the look of it :/ I didn't mean it looks bad! Just from a reality standpoint vis a vis armor vaguely of the period, it's a bit odd.
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May 17, 2015 21:44
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I keep reading all these people complaining that only the tops of the trees sway in the wind.... Walk outside. Experience the world. That's how trees sway. If the trunks were so supple that they swayed in the breeze they wouldn't have the rigidity to hold the drat thing up. To be honest, when I first say the trees swaying in the wind I thought it was amazing. And it still looks amazing. But it'll probably end up like most open world games I play. I'll stumble around for about 50 hours then get bored and finish the plot line in 6 hours.
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May 17, 2015 21:51
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hopterque posted:How dare you, dice poker was great. It's pretty great if you love save scumming, gingerly touching the analog stick and still losing all your money.  To this day I still don't understand what makes the difference when I win or lose (granted I don't play regular poker either).I hated the arm wrestling more, just because it was such a pain to do on a controller. I'm surprised I didn't snap the sticks right off the thing during some of those matches. Slate Action posted: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. This was always great since I never wanted to sell off monster parts until chapter 3 and by extension was constantly dirt poor.
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May 17, 2015 21:52
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Anyone know how much of 3 will be monster hunting? Will it be a side thing of a fundamental and necessary part of the game?
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May 17, 2015 21:53
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I don't know what trees look like because they all got destroyed by snow storms this past winter.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Anyone know how much of 3 will be monster hunting? Will it be a side thing of a fundamental and necessary part of the game? It's a good chunk of the side activities; caves, ruins and such usually have a monster nest to destroy. There are at least a few contracts on larger scale monsters, the initial griffon and another giant bird hybrid of some sort I've forgotten the name of. It's a way larger part of the game his time, along with the return to a serious need for preparation for the bigger ones.
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May 17, 2015 21:59
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Kimmalah posted:It's pretty great if you love save scumming, gingerly touching the analog stick and still losing all your money. Dice poker was something Witcher 1 did a ton better than Witcher 2. It told you what you and your opponent got each round so you didn't have to look yourself. The trick to dice poker is always aim for 3 of a kind. Got two pairs? That's garbage. Keep the highest pair and re-roll the three others. Never go for the full house, it is a trap. Also yeah, arm wrestling was the reason I stayed with keyboard and mouse. Trivialized everything but Numa.
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May 17, 2015 22:00
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VDay posted:Not story differences but stuff like more monsters to kill during a sidequest or slightly different objectives on harder difficulties, etc. You win less xp in harder difficulties and don't regain health when meditating.
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May 17, 2015 22:15
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Turin Turambar posted:You win less xp in harder difficulties and don't regain health when meditating. Given how all the reviews are saying Geralt becomes too overpowered easily, and presuming they are playing on standard difficulties, I'll be cranking the difficulty all the way up for this reason alone.
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May 17, 2015 22:26
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Just about to beat TW2, and I had forgotten how much Act 3 feels like they went...poo poo. Out of time, here have a tiny area with an hour or two of content, to end the game.
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May 17, 2015 22:28
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BrassRoots posted:I keep reading all these people complaining that only the tops of the trees sway in the wind.... Asking goons to go outside and experience nature and weather in action is a pretty tall order.
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May 17, 2015 22:34
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Joink posted:Wheres the cheapest place to order this game? I got my gog key for 20 bucks off eBay but that was about a month ago. Most keys were selling for around 25 back then.
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May 17, 2015 22:35
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I´m glad to note that the so far the inventory seems way more pc friendly than on witcher 2
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May 17, 2015 22:41
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Pigbottom posted:I´m glad to note that the so far the inventory seems way more pc friendly than on witcher 2
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May 17, 2015 22:51
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gently caress my poo poo, shitfucker, I'm like 15 feet away from people and they STILL manage to hit me with their swords. Motherfuckers.
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May 17, 2015 23:05
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Shakugan posted:Given how all the reviews are saying Geralt becomes too overpowered easily, and presuming they are playing on standard difficulties, I'll be cranking the difficulty all the way up for this reason alone. Yeah I think one review said you should probably play one difficulty higher than you intended to.
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May 17, 2015 23:05
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GrossMurpel posted:Yeah I think one review said you should probably play one difficulty higher than you intended to. There's nothing above Death March. 
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You don't think the overpowered problem isn't because the monsters don't scale? I'll probably do my first run on normal because I'm a filthy casual but I think you might have the same problem at all difficulties. Once you are at the halfway point of your power curve then half (???) the mobs in the game will be too easy right?
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BrassRoots posted:You don't think the overpowered problem isn't because the monsters don't scale? The key is to balance autistic sidequesting with mainquesting.
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Archimago posted:The key is to balance autistic sidequesting with mainquesting. edit: people probably disagree but I think it should be money, like buying the emblems and stuff in Souls games (though it doesn't need to be that obvious). Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 23:20 on May 17, 2015 |
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May 17, 2015 23:12
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Replaying Witcher 2...what sort of sick bastard would kill the trolls? They are the biggest bros.
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Archimago posted:The key is to balance autistic sidequesting with mainquesting. Good luck with that.
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May 17, 2015 23:18
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Just realized Iorveth's path is the best one because it has the best line in Witcher 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhU2n8dyiE
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Okay, so I just finished both chapter 2s. drat, I'm not sure which one I want to make my transfer game. Roche's path is obviously much more story-related, but Iorveth's path is so much more of a 'make the world a better place with the power of equality and teamwork' type of branch.  drat. I don't know. Also, in Roche's path, Ves tells her story about the king and Dethmold, and Geralt tells Roche that he doesn't trust her. What is that about?
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Drifter posted:Also, in Roche's path, Ves tells her story about the king and Dethmold, and Geralt tells Roche that he doesn't trust her. What is that about? Iirc Geralt thought it was strange Ves wasn't harmed at all but it turns out she was just not telling the whole story because she got raped.
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May 17, 2015 23:33
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Started playing Witcher 2 for the first time recently to prepare for this game. Liking it so far! Also, I made a tarot card for the King of the Wild Hunt, based on the Death card from the traditional Rider deck.  My gf came up with the idea, and I loved it. Took about a week and a half to finish, all done in paint.net (and then imported to photoshop CS2 for the color halftone printing effect).
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How does importing a finished W2 save work? I'm that idiot that made 1M saves when I played through, there are two finished playthroughs in there somewhere but I'd be hard pressed to figure out which saves those are. Also in Act 2 Roche I turned a corner in the winding rock bit and a troll just threw a rock at me and started attacking me. I had to kill him, and I still feel bad about it. Was there a way to make friends with him?
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May 17, 2015 23:40
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Archimago posted:The key is to balance autistic sidequesting with mainquesting. Apparently, you'll quickly find yourself overleveled even if you only do a few sidequests. At least the writing should be good enough to finish them anyway.
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black.lion posted:How does importing a finished W2 save work? I'm that idiot that made 1M saves when I played through, there are two finished playthroughs in there somewhere but I'd be hard pressed to figure out which saves those are. There should be. I just did a roche run and didn't kill a single troll. Was it fighting a couple of kaedweni troops?
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black.lion posted:How does importing a finished W2 save work? I'm that idiot that made 1M saves when I played through, there are two finished playthroughs in there somewhere but I'd be hard pressed to figure out which saves those are. You're going to have to figure that out unfortunately. Starting a new game just gives you an "Import save" option, and then you pick the save from a long list of all your saves.
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No he was just chillin in a dead end, he had some wooden armor on I think.VDay posted:You're going to have to figure that out unfortunately. Starting a new game just gives you an "Import save" option, and then you pick the save from a long list of all your saves. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Comrade Flynn posted:Replaying Witcher 2...what sort of sick bastard would kill the trolls? They are the biggest bros. A sick bastard who wants to craft some kewl armor. Gimmie your skin, fuckers.
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GrossMurpel posted:Apparently, you'll quickly find yourself overleveled even if you only do a few sidequests. At least the writing should be good enough to finish them anyway. Which is why doing a higher difficulty is good for two reasons: one to increase general difficulty, the other to slow the speed at which you level. Because it seems there is no going overboard with sidequests in this game; you'll want to do them for story reasons alone.
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Watching CohhCarnage's stream: The PC controls are loving insane. Left Shift + LMB for heavy strikes, Z to lock on, LAlt to short dodge, WASD + Space makes a little more sense for roll at least.
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RatHat posted:Iirc Geralt thought it was strange Ves wasn't harmed at all but it turns out she was just not telling the whole story because she got raped. Ah, I had equated the memory of what I was seeing with the story Geralt was being told. Ves said they laughed at her and then let her go, while the memory shows the precursor to her being raped. Got it. I had kinda just assumed everyone knew about it.
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Yeah, I think that's what confused people, they thought the flashback was what she was telling Geralt and Roche.Lord Lambeth posted:There should be. I just did a roche run and didn't kill a single troll. Was it fighting a couple of kaedweni troops? It's a somewhat hidden area. It's just an enemy, not a quest troll. Lycus fucked around with this message at 23:56 on May 17, 2015 |
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