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Stalins Moustache posted:I'm a big lorenerd. Do I have to play Witcher 1 before I play 2? I've tried 1 several times but I always stop playing at the beginning because it's so dreadfully boring. No but it's worth playing W1 because it gets pretty good after 20 hours or so in and there are a couple of characters that come back in W3 who you won't be as happy to see if you haven't run into them in W1. Those first couple of chapters are utterly miserable though.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:08
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I've put in about 50 hours and im only at skellidge, how much more can I expect? romance talk: I wasn't a fan of triss on witcher 1 but they turned it around for the sequel, but now I'm split on deciding Geralt's love life, half inclined of just telling them both that I need some "space"
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Jun 7, 2015 21:10
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Automatic Slim posted:Say what now? The Witcher is based on a true story, didn't you hear?
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Jun 7, 2015 21:10
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The game is pretty true to the source material because the best characters are the ones whose lines are mostly snarky and sarcastic. That's why Yen is better than Triss and also why Lambert went from kind of a shithead in the books and W1 to one of the best characters.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:11
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Poetic Justice posted:I haven't read the books, but I agree that Yen comes off cold initially in the game. They should have had you spend some quality time with her when you very first meet her, before you go off to Velen. I think that would make the choice a bit harder. That's my main problem. I don't care about Yen at all because she's so distant and dismissive, yet hyped as Geralt's true love who he abandoned everything for. I'm told to care rather than [i]shown/[i] why I should care.
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Andrast posted:The Witcher is based on a true story, didn't you hear? Sure, but I thought "potions" we're just exaggerated descriptions of LSD.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:12
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As fantastic as this game is, any sequence involving a chase is clunky and hilarious. Even the improved controls just don't support any kind of running sequence, and horses occasionally choose to stop for seemingly no reason while they have plenty of stamina. I was just in a foot chase related to a quest called Carnal Sins and the entire sequence was jarringly nonsensical. Someone tells Geralt that a bad guy just exited the room they're in, and the camera pans to the door. Cut back to the gameplay and I'm... no longer in the room. I'm standing on a stairway facing the door Geralt apparently just came through. So now I have to turn around and maneuver a stairway with a tight turn. Go outside and I can see the guy - great! Only, a pack of dogs comes after me. Logically, I sprint past them to keep the bad guy in my line of sight. Around the next corner I still see him for an instant. Only he disappears behind a bush, and now a squad of guards is in my way. I try to run past them (again, to keep the actual bad guy in my sights) and he has magically disappeared. There are no tracks, all doors are locked. Turns out you're supposed to fight the guards, the ones who are protecting the same person you are. What. I understand that it's a case of mistaken identity, but it doesn't make sense for the quest to dump you into a mandatory fight while the guy you're chasing is practically right in front of you, at least not without a very obvious visual tell like a small cutscene of the guy leaping over a fence and Geralt turning toward the oncoming guards. Half an hour ago I was in another chase. Well, chase isn't the right word for it. I was in a neverending series of small rooms climbing down ladders very slowly. If I had tried to hurry I would have missed the interact button at the top of each ladder or fallen.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:15
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I pre-ordered the expansion pass on gog which said it would come with witcher 1/2 free, but I'm not seeing them show up and I don't see any codes emailed to me (actually they emailed me sim city 2000 and stalker codes  ) How is it supposed to work?
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Jun 7, 2015 21:15
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Verranicus posted:So, how do I reach the POI on Kaer Amhult in Skellige? And, is there anything else of note there besides the Ursine Sword schematic, the POI and a bunch of pirates? I've got the schematic, cleared out the fortress but can't seem to find anything else to do or find a way to the POI. Did you not find Tyrion Lannister enjoying his skycell? I think that's the hidden treasure there.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:20
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Automatic Slim posted:Say what now? All (most?) of the sorceresses are old crones that have made themselves unnaturally beautiful. I think it's actually in The Last Wish short story that Geralt realizes she's a hunchback. I don't recall if Triss is a crone but she gets horribly burned in a battle.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:25
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:As fantastic as this game is, any sequence involving a chase is clunky and hilarious. Even the improved controls just don't support any kind of running sequence, and horses occasionally choose to stop for seemingly no reason while they have plenty of stamina. Yeah chases and escort quests are not so good in this game, though thankfully there aren't too many of them. Worst was a random guy in the Novigrad docks who wanted me to escort him to a business deal (he's a fisstech dealer picking up his supply) and that was one of the most frustrating bits of the game for me as he kept dying immediately to the packs of thugs that spawn along the way. Thankfully during the quest to kill the ice giant on Skellige, the archer dude who joins you midway through seems to be invincible in combat. Not that he's super useful, mind you, but at least he's not dying like a moron constantly.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:28
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Spite posted:All (most?) of the sorceresses are old crones that have made themselves unnaturally beautiful. I think it's actually in The Last Wish short story that Geralt realizes she's a hunchback. Well in The Last Wish, Sapkowski said that all sorceresses are born ugly.  Then in the novels it's suddenly not just rejects but kings' normal-looking children who they just want to become powerful and stuff. It's inconsistent, is what I'm saying.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:30
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:As fantastic as this game is, any sequence involving a chase is clunky and hilarious. Even the improved controls just don't support any kind of running sequence, and horses occasionally choose to stop for seemingly no reason while they have plenty of stamina. Do note that there is a very good reason why the felon evaded you so easily, and that you don't need to kill the guards for the scene to advance. That said I entirely agree that every foot or horse chase in the game has terrible gameplay.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:38
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:As fantastic as this game is, any sequence involving a chase is clunky and hilarious. Even the improved controls just don't support any kind of running sequence, and horses occasionally choose to stop for seemingly no reason while they have plenty of stamina. Did you finish that quest?
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Jun 7, 2015 21:40
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Nion posted:I'm on the In Wolf's Clothing quest and I've been spoiled on feeding him his own flesh being a solution, but I can't find any in-game hints for it. Are there any, or are you just supposed to wonder why he drops his flesh as a quest item and try it out? There's a place in the gardens where you can find a shackle attached to a severed leg. If you ask Morkvarg about it, he'll tell you that some dude chained him up once and he had to gnaw off his own leg to escape. His description of how it hosed him up even worse than you'd expect from a dismemberment, together with the fact that anything he tries to eat turns to ash, hints that there might be loophole built into the curse - he always regenerates and destroys everything he eats, so what happens when he tries to eat himself? No clue about Caesar, sorry.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:42
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Pellisworth posted:Thankfully during the quest to kill the ice giant on Skellige, the archer dude who joins you midway through seems to be invincible in combat. Not that he's super useful, mind you, but at least he's not dying like a moron constantly. He bugged out in my game, and just stood there with his weapon drawing, offering literally no help. So he got told to get hosed for the rest of my playthrough, the coward.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:42
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poptart_fairy posted:It's a story heavy, character driven game. I'd be annoyed if there wasn't a lot of disagreement and squabbling honestly. They have the coolest armors.
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Jun 7, 2015 21:48
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I think the only guy I've seen around here that doesn't support or at least shrug off the Nilfs is the dev. At least the Clear Weather Foltest deck will always be best, am I right Temeria? 
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Jun 7, 2015 21:54
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turtlecrunch posted:I think the only guy I've seen around here that doesn't support or at least shrug off the Nilfs is the dev. I think they're pretty horrible if that helps
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Jun 7, 2015 21:56
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I choose to be like Geralt and hate both sides equally, gotta be impartial in case they want to give me money
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Jun 7, 2015 21:56
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:As fantastic as this game is, any sequence involving a chase is clunky and hilarious. To be honest the sidequest gameplay in general sucks. They're mostly just go fetch this thing or kill this thing and use your witcher senses in a totally linear way, and it's not exactly ever much effort. What the game does really well is manage to hide mediocre gameplay by having a whole lot of cutscenes and unnecessary but cute extra story that draws you in.
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Nilfgaard occasionally comes off looking better because it's such a huge collective entity taking in all different kinds of people, but all of them still solve nearly every dispute with casual evisceration and Emhyr maintains control of his empire by brutally murdering anyone, anywhere, of any type, who so much as farts when his name is mentioned. They bring all the oppression of Pax Romana conquerers with few of the perks. The main problem is that the North's only surviving monarch is Basically Hitler and its forces are turning to savagery because Nilfgaard keeps grinding away at them. Radovid might have been an acceptable, if ruthless, leader if it weren't for his paranoia finally outrunning his ambition with the mage pogroms, but now that Nilfgaard is showing him how inept he is, he's doubled down on the brutality to save his own ego. Still doesn't mean you should roll out of the red carpet for Nilfgaard, though. Everyone's a dick.
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I gotta say I was expecting more from (final boss) Eredin, he never really touched me. Imlerith put up a better fight. I was a little disappointed at how much of a bit part Fringilla ended up having too, she was a book character I was looking forward to seeing in the games and she pretty much just stands in the background (although I laughed at how Geralt's one and only conversation option is to hit on her). One of the expansions is due to take place in Touissant where she lives so maybe she'll turn up there?
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Aside from being a lovely colonial empire that wants to introduce civilized concepts like slavery to the North, Nilfgaard sucks because (ENDING SPOILERS) they can't even win the war unless Geralt kills all the competent Northern leaders for them. Nilfgaard isn't just an evil empire, it's an incompetent evil empire.
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turtlecrunch posted:I think the only guy I've seen around here that doesn't support or at least shrug off the Nilfs is the dev. it's always good weather for sisterfucking
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Jun 7, 2015 22:16
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Radovid is still worse. If I had to choose, I would choose Nilfgard every time without question.
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CJacobs posted:I choose to be like Geralt and hate both sides equally, gotta be impartial in case they want to give me money Pretty much. Both sides are assholes, one just happens to pay more and is winning a war. Does the game ever go into more detail about Radovid sticking a knife in his allies' back?
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Jun 7, 2015 22:20
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Started a second playthrough. I'm going to need one of those gwent card checklists so that I make sure to play absolutely everyone and get absolutely every card in the game.
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Agrajag posted:Radovid is still worse. If I had to choose, I would choose Nilfgard every time without question.  The choice isn't necessarily between Radovid and Nilfgard.poptart_fairy posted:Pretty much. Both sides are assholes, one just happens to pay more and is winning a war. Edit: Unless you're talking about Kaedwynn. That was because he saw an opportunity to oppose the Nilfgaard invasion by forcefully uniting them with Redania. The ambassador at the beginning of the game tells you about it. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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Wait, why is the Feline Crossbow level 29 to equip and everything else in that set is 13 or 14? That's a little much.
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CVagts posted:Started a second playthrough. I'm going to need one of those gwent card checklists so that I make sure to play absolutely everyone and get absolutely every card in the game. For what it's worth I'm pretty sure there are more Gwent-playing merchants than there are random cards to win from them, the last 2-3 I've played haven't given me any cards and I'm near a complete set. IMO focus on making sure you get all the ones from random rear end quests
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My Gwent card collection OCD is going to drive my Geralt completely insane if I don't stop so I've been trying to avoid it. I'm pretty terrible at it anyway.
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Agrajag posted:Radovid is still worse. If I had to choose, I would choose Nilfgard every time without question. Given the choice between a Northern empire under Radovid and a Nilfgaardian province ruled by some viceroy appointed by Emhyr, I will readily agree that Nilfgaard is the better option - Emhyr's a murderous tyrant, but at least he isn't a loving loon. However, it's probably worth keeping in mind that you wouldn't have to make that choice in the first place if Emhyr hadn't orchestrated the assassination of all the other Northern kings and the complete breakdown of social order in the north. Like, the whole war and its accompanying horrors are seriously 100 % Nilfgaard's fault, and they're doing it for no better reason than because Emhyr wants to kill Nordlings and steal their poo poo.
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Hmm, seems like I'm having issues with cutscenes not playing towards the end of the game--anyone else run into this? Edit: I can press space to skip and that seems to work, but I'm at the credits (presumably), and it's just a series of black screens that I can skip. I'm assuming I'm missing all the satisfying falling action.
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Crap I got Triss to stay but my plan was to just have sex with her and then get back together with Yen. I haven't left for Skellige yet. Will pay for double girlfriend DLC. Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:
I also thought that portion of Carnal Sins was a bit awkward. Naturally I tried to continue my pursuit but ended running around that place checking locked doors. Finally fought the guards and then was teleported a fair distance back to where the cutscene could take place. And yea halfway through those drat ladders I had already decided the guy was going to die for leading me on such an obnoxious chase. old-timey newspaper gal fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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Hot Jam posted:Crap I got Triss to stay but my plan was to just have sex with her and then get back together with Yen. I haven't left for Skellige yet. There's already a threesome scene in the game, what more do you want?
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Anybody else get the thing where when you finish some quests you get the sort of, animated in a woodcut style thing with Garalt talking over it? I've only had two so far, one at the end of the Bloody Baron questline and then at the end of the haunted house sidequest in Novigrad. Trouble is both times the dialogue has been so quiet I can barely hear it (rest of the game is fine) and they pop up kinda without warning.
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I think I'll just reinstal the weight mod, cause it's a serious hassle trying to handle all the clutter, I already sell every junk and books I read, but I still like to carry around varied armors for styling purposes; so I keep getting overburdened
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Aishan posted:Did you not find Tyrion Lannister enjoying his skycell? I think that's the hidden treasure there. Uhh, I didn't see anything like that. The POI is below the fort if the minimap is to be believed.
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