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I'm sorry, I'm sure this gets asked a lot but I'm going to be playing this in the next few days and am a big fan of the previous games. I want to go into this really blind but I have heard basic things about the games length. I havn't been able to get a straight answer on this but well, Witcher 2's plot is designed so the player has to do two playthroughs to get both sides of the story. It's really cool that way and I always fail convincing people just how important it is to do the other side of the campaign. So then we have this giant game with all this content. I hear a lot of people saying you have no life plaything this twice and stuff but man they dont even know. Is this game's plot set up like Witcher 2 in that regard?
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You get all of the plot from one run.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:43
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Sinners Sandwich posted:I'm sorry, I'm sure this gets asked a lot but I'm going to be playing this in the next few days and am a big fan of the previous games. I want to go into this really blind but I have heard basic things about the games length. Nope, and Witcher 2's choices barely matter.
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Jul 9, 2016 03:58
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No. But I'm in my second playthrough (over a year after the first okay?  ) and I'm still finding places I'd never been. There are naturally some quest outcomes you may want to explore but nothing like the forked plot of witcher 2. Arglebargle III fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 04:08
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Witcher 2 was pretty fantastic with regards to its divided plotline, and I set up a savegame right before the branch and played it through once I beat the game my preferred way. drat that was cool. Witcher 3 was loving amazing. I loved my bittersweet vanilla ending. It was such a gut-punch, but still drat good. Witcher 3 is too drat big though. I know I'm missing out on probably some pretty amusing side-quests but I just can't be arsed to do EVERY-loving-ONE (i've done most of them, though. Not many gwent or monster/scavenger hunt ones, though). It's pretty ridiculous. And CDPr says Cyberpunk is going to be even larger.     I just finished Heart of Stone...thought it was kinda meh overall. Neat idea, though. The Blood and Wine one seems a LOT more interesting, having basically just started it. Drifter fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 04:25
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Blood and Wine is closer to Skellige in scope if not in size. Same very involved plotline in a central location with a lot of sidequesting in unimportant areas.
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Jul 9, 2016 05:05
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cubicle gangster posted:Im playing on ps4... Change your TV's colour scheme?
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Jul 9, 2016 05:18
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Arglebargle III posted:Just killed a fiend 20 levels above me. Everybody playing B&W or NG+ should get Euphoria. Get high, kill stuff. That's the real witcher code. 
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Jul 9, 2016 06:11
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Get high, kill stuff. That's the real witcher code. Then cut bits out of what you just killed and use it to get high.
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Jul 9, 2016 06:15
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Change your TV's colour scheme? Ive been tempted to, but this is the only thing with any issues. I often do color proofing for work so I've calibrated every screen in my home using the same things we use in the office, I know it's not the fault of the screen. It's just since blood and wine that looks like this. I'll have to travel back to regular w Witcher 3 areas to see if they're as I remember or not.
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Jul 9, 2016 06:39
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Roach     Girl practicing her shifting powers   For some reason, Iris no longer has damage numbers. All the inventory weapon comparisons also treat it as though it has 0 damage   Actually had my open gameworld "drat, I hope I can actually go there" moment. 
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Jul 9, 2016 07:03
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Sinners Sandwich posted:I havn't been able to get a straight answer on this but well, Witcher 2's plot is designed so the player has to do two playthroughs to get both sides of the story. It's really cool that way and I always fail convincing people just how important it is to do the other side of the campaign. TW3 is huge, I'm now 50 hours in and haven't started the second act yet. I have broken a bunch of sidequests by stumbling into the middle of it (like Morvudd or the Royal Wyvern) and then showing up to the quest giver who acts like we had a nice chat beforehand. But most of that is sidequest, with the exception of the really long quest chain in Novigrad Act 1.
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Jul 9, 2016 07:12
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Xander77 posted:Roach Are you trying to find every bug possible or something? I encountered one bug in all 100+ hours of gameplay.
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Jul 9, 2016 07:21
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Man, the way finale of "Wine Wars" was framed: I was all prepared for the pair to tell me the baby was a foundling who turned up on the winery's doorstep right before the transfer of deed, and try to foist it off on me by Law of Surprise. I was looking forward to a suuuuuuuper awkward no thanks from Geralt.
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Jul 9, 2016 07:24
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Xander77 posted:Ok. Which quests fail or fail to appear if you've done the wrong thing first. Better? i deleted my "mods" folder
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Jul 9, 2016 09:23
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I recently switched my gtx 770 to a gtx 970 and just went back into Witcher 3 with the new gpu... hot diggity drat.
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Jul 9, 2016 09:35
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can someone who has both read the books and played b&w tell me why geralt deserted the lyrian army after being knighted? this guy is real upset and geralts explanation felt like an inside joke
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Jul 9, 2016 10:52
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Verviticus posted:can someone who has both read the books and played b&w tell me why geralt deserted the lyrian army after being knighted? this guy is real upset and geralts explanation felt like an inside joke
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Jul 9, 2016 11:12
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Yup. Geralt & co are after Ciri when they need to cross a bridge, and said bridge is being fought over by Queen Meve and Nilfgaardian battalion. So Geralt and Cahir join the skirmish, Meve knights Geralt as a thank you. Obviously Geralt doesn't really want to stick around, so he ditches her after a few nights (not sure, been a while since I read that one.)
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Jul 9, 2016 11:50
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You're also told all this if you join the tournament.
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Jul 9, 2016 11:56
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Xander how much time are you spending in this game that you've gone from Velen to Toussaint in like a week? Took me a month to do the base game.
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Jul 9, 2016 14:52
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Finished White Orchard last night...at least I think I did. Visited all of the question marks on the map and resolved every sidequest. Good starting area, easy to wrap your head around. I am now getting lectured by Charles Dance and why do I get the feeling we won't be friends.
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Jul 9, 2016 14:58
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Deified Data posted:Finished White Orchard last night...at least I think I did. Visited all of the question marks on the map and resolved every sidequest. Good starting area, easy to wrap your head around. I am now getting lectured by Charles Dance and why do I get the feeling we won't be friends. Look at Ciri's portrait on the wall. That's what you should feel when talking to Charles Dance.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:00
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Arglebargle III posted:No. But I'm in my second playthrough (over a year after the first okay? Yeah, I ran into two merchants in the middle of nowhere that are now at Crow's Perch this time through. I am almost positive that I never ran into them the first playthrough. Is there a list of all known ! quests?
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Jul 9, 2016 15:03
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Deified Data posted:Finished White Orchard last night...at least I think I did. Visited all of the question marks on the map and resolved every sidequest. Good starting area, easy to wrap your head around. I am now getting lectured by Charles Dance and why do I get the feeling we won't be friends. I hope you remembered to visit the herbalist because... oh well. I loved White Orchard not just for introducing the sandbox gameplay in miniature, but for showing more nuance with gay and lesbian characters. The story of the Lord's son is miles more mature than Witcher 2's "Lesbomancy" and learning Dethmold was a creepy homo in the same scene he gets castrated in.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:06
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Yet another thing I missed apparently.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:21
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Arglebargle III posted:Xander how much time are you spending in this game that you've gone from Velen to Toussaint in like a week? Took me a month to do the base game. Anyways, I have 254 hours recorded. Let's be generous and say that's 180-200 hours of actual gameplay. My thesis paper is quietly crying in the corner.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:28
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You first posted about your new playthrough on June 25th. 2 weeks ago. 200 hours in 2 weeks?  There are only 336 hours in 2 weeks. Please tell me I've got something wrong and you're not really putting in 12-14 hour Witcher-days. Arglebargle III fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 15:32
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So new game plus has a thing where the level required to craft a sword on the icon is a little out of step with the actual requirement in red down the bottom right.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:38
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I hope you remembered to visit the herbalist because... oh well. I visited her to get the herb for the griffon fight, gave her patient some Swallow, and revisited her to talk about the woman who became the Noonwraith. Is there anything else? If so and it's too late to go back and find out feel free to spoil it for me. And yeah, the quest with the hunter was good, I had a feeling what that would be what he was referring to. Having Geralt tell him he's a freak too was a nice scene, especially since I generally play Geralt as a jerk with an occasional heart of gold.
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Jul 9, 2016 15:43
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Arglebargle III posted:You first posted about your new playthrough on June 25th. 2 weeks ago. 200 hours in 2 weeks? Don't game shame my dude. Xander77's buggy, glitched-out playthrough is to be treasured. Playing on PS4, I had a situation a couple days ago where Geralt's bald head fast-traveled before his hair and body followed and had an "It begins " moment. Nothing else since, though.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:07
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Deified Data posted:I visited her to get the herb for the griffon fight, gave her patient some Swallow, and revisited her to talk about the woman who became the Noonwraith. Is there anything else? If so and it's too late to go back and find out feel free to spoil it for me. If you do the quest then you can witness a scene in the Nilfgaardian camp.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:10
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Inspector Gesicht posted:If you do the quest then you can witness a scene in the Nilfgaardian camp. Can you go back after leaving for Vizima? I never saw it.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:13
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Deified Data posted:Can you go back after leaving for Vizima? I never saw it. Giving the woman a Swallow potion and finding the man's missing brother are events that get cancelled when you head for Vizima. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12iA3b0v5it7_H7KFAh4cKurtug9SRzWMLxSluhFhEp4/edit?pli=1#gid=0 I use the following checklist for reference. It doesn't mention unmarked novelty stuff, but it does list all 280? marked quests in the base game. It's also possible to miss out on one or two places-of-power. The collect-em-all quest only cancels if you miss any of the 10 gwent cards you can win in tournaments.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:33
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Xander77 posted:I have a bad habit of leaving the game on in the background while I do other stuff (like.. sleep). Great alt-tabbing btw. Not something to be remarked upon, generally, but some games get badly broken when you alt-tab too much. Holy poo poo
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Jul 9, 2016 16:42
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If I took a screenshot of every graphical glitch I wouldn't get around to much playing. Stuff clips in cutscenes all the time or a character picks up an item that remains stationary. Also I had two yennifers sitting in my boat on Skellige. Come to think of it, almost every game I've ever played has some instances of clipping or pop-in. Neglecting one's thesis paper to document them in one game is pretty wild.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:50
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 I love the trolls in this game so very much 
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Jul 9, 2016 17:15
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Inspector Gesicht posted:If you do the quest then you can witness a scene in the Nilfgaardian camp. What scene? The one you get when the Nilfgaardian commander orders the ealdorman flogged? Or is it a scene in the huge Nilf camp SW of Velen?
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Jul 9, 2016 17:29
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Deified Data posted:I am now getting lectured by Charles Dance and why do I get the feeling we won't be friends.
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necrobobsledder posted:The game gave a slight book spoiler that the last time Geralt met, Emhyr tried to kill him. The details are what make it all interesting and notable. Yeah I only read far enough in the books to know where Ciri and Yennefer came from, I really should pick them back up. They were better than I expected as I usually hate books translated from other languages.
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