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Spy deck vs. Spy deck, both with decoys and medics packed in, are always hilarious and justify the existence of spies by themselves
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Nov 10, 2016 15:44
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Well, Scenes from a Marriage was depressing as hell.
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monster on a stick posted:Well, Scenes from a Marriage was depressing as hell. Best quest in the game.
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Nov 10, 2016 20:30
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Slashrat posted:Spy deck vs. Spy deck, both with decoys and medics packed in, are always hilarious and justify the existence of spies by themselves Yes. I keep 30 cards on my NR deck - more than recommended, but I like them - and the only time I ran out of cards was in spy vs. spy. Very fun, however!
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Nov 10, 2016 20:45
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SirSamVimes posted:Best quest in the game. Loved the look of the painted world. Still HoS is overall pretty depressing even for Witcher sidequests.
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Nov 10, 2016 21:21
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It's possibly the best single quest line in any game, depressing or not. I love the constant tension of trying to figure out the truth about Olgierd.
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Nov 10, 2016 21:41
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/168807-CD-Projekt-RED-Denies-Rumors-of-Hostile-Takeover-Attempt good news?
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Nov 11, 2016 01:26
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SirSamVimes posted:Best quest in the game. Dead Man's Party.
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Gave the devil his due  Also Toussaint is very pretty.
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HoS is genuinely amazing from start to finish, with so many great moments. Smart, beautiful young woman: Geralt you should learn to relax and enjoy life instead of running around solving other people's problems all the time. Geralt: Ugh I don't understand.
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Nov 11, 2016 11:03
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The Blood & Wine tourney horseback fight is utter bullshit. Only time in the game I've felt something was badly put together. I keep getting hemmed out of the arena by the opponent, which counts as me running away. When that isn't happening, we're both flailing our swords at each other and completely missing.
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Nov 11, 2016 11:06
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I just advanced the Novigrad main quest a bit more yesterday... the bathhouse sequence blew my mind. The scenes are so well done and the character's varying personalities come across in their dialogues so well. I totally understand now why so many people say they will have a hard time ever playing an RPG after this again.Thank god I am only 51 hours in and have a looooong way to go.
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Nov 11, 2016 11:17
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Restrained Crown Posse posted:The Blood & Wine tourney horseback fight is utter bullshit. Only time in the game I've felt something was badly put together. I keep getting hemmed out of the arena by the opponent, which counts as me running away. When that isn't happening, we're both flailing our swords at each other and completely missing. Move towards the guy, hold down attack for slow-motion and it's super easy to hit. Don't just mash attack because you'll never hit anything without a lot of luck.
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Nov 11, 2016 13:58
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Quote-Unquote posted:Move towards the guy, hold down attack for slow-motion and it's super easy to hit. Don't just mash attack because you'll never hit anything without a lot of luck. Yeah, that's the key. Horse combat works a little differently.
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Ainsley McTree posted:Yeah, that's the key. Horse combat works a little differently. By that point I had plenty of practice on bandit camps. Always run in for a few slow mo kills before hopping off roach, very safe and do great damage. The hard part is fiddly Geralt trying to decide which side your opponent is on, even when super obvious.
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I have to wait 'till July before my self imposed year before I play this again expires. Are there any story driven RPGs coming out between now and then that looks even remotely decent by comparison? I don't pay attention to gaming press and rely on word of mouth to find good games.
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Not quite RPG, but Dishonored 2 is, reportedly, quite good. Might want to wait for a patch or two, though. The new Deus Ex is flawed, but probably worth a play if you enjoyed the previous one. Obsidian just released Tyranny, might be worth investigating. Likewise, read an article or two about Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Hong Kong, to see if that's maybe your thing.
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Megazver posted:Not quite RPG, but Dishonored 2 is, reportedly, quite good. Might want to wait for a patch or two, though. The new Deus Ex is flawed, but probably worth a play if you enjoyed the previous one. Obsidian just released Tyranny, might be worth investigating. Likewise, read an article or two about Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Hong Kong, to see if that's maybe your thing. I forgot there's a new Deus Ex, I guess I'll pick that up. I wasn't a huge fan of the first Dishonoured. I played through once and it was ok but got bored like 10 minutes into one of the DLCs.
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Tyranny is really good if you don't mind real-time-with-pause isometric rpgs. The story's far more engaging than Pillars of Eternity's.
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I don't like the word "immersive" but god drat this game... I have never felt so bad, doubted a decision so much and had such a hard time to not do something stupid for 5 minutes in any game before... and all in one scene.... This little piggy went to the market....
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Nov 12, 2016 01:35
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Yeah I've never felt as much in the moment in a game as I did when I had a split second to choose whether or not to throw that baby into the oven in Skellige. I felt really loving bad about doing it until she revealed her plan, but then again the rightful Queen told me to trust her
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Hopper posted:I don't like the word "immersive" but god drat this game... I have never felt so bad, doubted a decision so much and had such a hard time to not do something stupid for 5 minutes in any game before... and all in one scene.... She's had worse. (Literally, she was set on fire and had most of her flesh seared off at the Battle of Sodden)
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Nov 12, 2016 02:55
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In the books, she had dysentery for a while stuck in the back of a bumpy ride in a wagon back from Kaer Morhen with Geralt and his party. Triss has suffered plenty, but I can't help but think that CDPR tried to use the part in the book where Yennefer is tortured and protects Geralt and Ciri as something to make players feel Triss can have the same fortitude for the sake of the romance decision.
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Joda posted:Yeah I've never felt as much in the moment in a game as I did when I had a split second to choose whether or not to throw that baby into the oven in Skellige. I felt really loving bad about doing it until she revealed her plan, but then again the rightful Queen told me to trust her You still have a few really high points to go in the base game,not to mention the expansions. When given the opportunity, get extremely drunk with your bros. Don't "forcefuly shove" a major character, it will abruptly end the relevant quest.
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Joda posted:Yeah I've never felt as much in the moment in a game as I did when I had a split second to choose whether or not to throw that baby into the oven in Skellige. I felt really loving bad about doing it until she revealed her plan, but then again the rightful Queen told me to trust her That moment is hilarious if you take it out of context. 
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Joda posted:Yeah I've never felt as much in the moment in a game as I did when I had a split second to choose whether or not to throw that baby into the oven in Skellige. I felt really loving bad about doing it until she revealed her plan, but then again the rightful Queen told me to trust her So, did you guys *really* think it was going to be anything other than what happened? Like, really?
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Drifter posted:So, did you guys *really* think it was going to be anything other than what happened? Like, really? Yeah, that one I didn't really feel too conflicted about. Given the players and the circumstances I didn't truly believe that I was going to burn a baby alive. It was still a fun quest, but it didn't pull on the "oh my god what do i do time is running out oh god just do something" chord that other quests in the game did so well. The first quest I did that really made me feel that was the werewolf contract early on. And it was a goddamned sidequest. It really says something about this game that you can see something like a notice board or an exclamation mark over a random peasant's head and think "oh awesome I can't wait to see what this is." In any other game you'll just look at your XP bar and think "hmmm, guess I'd better" but in this one it's almost guaranteed to be a treat.
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So I am about to search for Ciri on the Misty Isles... how far from the end am I?
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fuckpot posted:So I am about to search for Ciri on the Misty Isles... how far from the end am I? Really depends on how many sidequests you've done so far, but probably half way.
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fuckpot posted:So I am about to search for Ciri on the Misty Isles... how far from the end am I? You've got a lot to go, but it's a straight story run from there to the end, no more of the aimless stuff (there'll still be chances to bugger off and sidequest if you want, but the story will be in high gear the entire time and it feels a little weird) Make sure you've done any sidequests that are relevant to actual characters before you go to the Isle of Mists, though.
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Thanks guys! The only quests I haven't done are gwent related ones (I'll focus on them on my second playthrough), fist-fighting ones, witcher contracts and treasure hunts. I'll probably do the treasure hunts and contracts before embarking on this run to the end. I got the Full Crew achievement so I guess I must have done everyone as right as possible.
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You know one extremely minor quest I really love? The one at the arena in Skellige. The fact that the solution is just to let the ghost win and he's so shocked at his own victory is the most  thing.
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I read the books yeah, but still. The fact that the game can evoke all these emotions in a single scene is a sign of amazing storytelling quality.
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SirSamVimes posted:You know one extremely minor quest I really love? The one at the arena in Skellige. I love that one arena you go to in order to fight the latest in a long line of champions you've easily beaten up in fist-fights, and then it's a loving literal bear 
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I'm finallt going through main quest in HoS. Family matters quest is pretty amazing. The one before I wasn't too happy with my choices the heist . Anyone else feels that the model in that quest looks like black haired Ciri? Sounds similar too in polish.
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Nov 12, 2016 11:32
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I started doing HoS before doing the main quest, then decided to go back, find and defend Ciri. This game really is at its best when it's doing stuff like the wedding party or cabaret + the following questline and not dragon ball z theatrics. Most games will spend all their time building up your character as this ultimate badass. In this one, being a killer ubermensch is the protagonist's blue-collar job and most the interesting moments arise from that being subverted constantly. It owns.
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fuckpot posted:Thanks guys! The only quests I haven't done are gwent related ones (I'll focus on them on my second playthrough), fist-fighting ones, witcher contracts and treasure hunts. I'll probably do the treasure hunts and contracts before embarking on this run to the end. I got the Full Crew achievement so I guess I must have done everyone as right as possible. Definitely do all the contracts, they're good and well-written. I also highly recommend the fist fighting quest line. It's more satisfying than you expect.
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I was exploring notice boards in B&W to get the sidequests, explored a "?" near one of them, and somehow stumbled on the middle of Big Feet To Fill without having any context whatsoever about the quest (though Geralt knew about it somehow?)
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