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I might have missed discussion on this, but CDPR has been doing these Japanese-themed statues of Witcher characters that I think is a bit suspicious:   I'm wondering if they might end up going with a Japanese bent for a new game. There's a tremendous amount of weird poo poo that in Japanese folklore and mythology that would probably work really well with Witcher stuff, and would free them from a lot of the choices or circumstances from the original three games.
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Smol posted:One thing that bugs me in Witcher 2 is the slow HP regeneration. I'm playing a Swordsman build this time and I have most of the perks that increase your hit points. Turns out that HP regeneration is just flat value, so I have to wait over 100 seconds(!) for my HP to regenenerate to full. If you like that, in Witcher 3 there is no HP regeneration at all by default.
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Catfish Noodlin posted:I might have missed discussion on this, but CDPR has been doing these Japanese-themed statues of Witcher characters that I think is a bit suspicious: I just realized the main character from Nioh is just Geralt.
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Dec 24, 2019 20:19
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Arglebargle III posted:If you like that, in Witcher 3 there is no HP regeneration at all by default. It has abundant food that works quickly and effectively, no biggie. In Witcher 2, all you can do is to wait or just meditate all the time. Swallow increases out of combat HP generation by 2 HP/s, but when you have 800 HP, it’s a cold comfort.
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Catfish Noodlin posted:I might have missed discussion on this, but CDPR has been doing these Japanese-themed statues of Witcher characters that I think is a bit suspicious: This is rad as heck. Geralt is retired but Ciri beating up Japanese mythology creatures in not-Japan would be a heck of a cool idea for a game. Those statues look amazing too. The details on them are pretty spectacular.
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CDPR would have free reign to create not-japan as well as I don't remember there being anything like that in the books. Zerrikania is sort of central Asian steppes in flavour. Those statues are great, I love the styling on them.
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Dec 25, 2019 01:33
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Joey Freshwater posted:I found this on the internet and I just
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Zeta Acosta posted:They had Yen and Ciri in the third game and didn't nothing with them. like aside from that whole thing where yen raises a guy from the dead in excruciating pain and refuses to let him rest until he tells them all of the very little information he has in order to aid her search for ciri because she is that desperate and furious and protective of ciri yeah not much going on
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Cowcaster posted:like aside from that whole thing where yen raises a guy from the dead in excruciating pain and refuses to let him rest until he tells them all of the very little information he has in order to aid her search for ciri because she is that desperate and furious and protective of ciri yeah not much going on that and ciri is the hero of the game technically. geralt is just kinda her weird but good hearted step dad who is tyring to learn how to let his daughter. Helith posted:CDPR would have free reign to create not-japan as well as I don't remember there being anything like that in the books. god id love geralt and ciri go to japan, the game.
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My problem with the show was the storytelling. It was too rushed. None of the moments felt earned. They could’ve taken their time and fed us a better narrative. It’s not game of thrones but could’ve learned from their story pace.
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Is there a recommended font size mod or maybe some other way to make the font bigger? Playing on PC but sitting on a couch playing the game on a TV via a steam link and admittedly I'm blind as poo poo but it does feel like the font is still too small. I changed the option in HUD options or wherever to make the HUD larger but it doesn't seem to increase text size across the board.
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Wicked Them Beats posted:They really did nail the spirit of everything. I went in expecting to hate their take on Dandelion/Jaskier, for example, but there's no way you can't listen to this: Expecting to hate Dandelion but coming away charmed is basically his entire character imo.
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Pyrus Malus posted:Is there a recommended font size mod or maybe some other way to make the font bigger? Playing on PC but sitting on a couch playing the game on a TV via a steam link and admittedly I'm blind as poo poo but it does feel like the font is still too small. I changed the option in HUD options or wherever to make the HUD larger but it doesn't seem to increase text size across the board. There's a bunch of font size mods I recommend whatever's highly rated on nexus.
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I'm very impressed by what Henry Cavill can do with "Hm."
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Arglebargle III posted:There's a bunch of font size mods I recommend whatever's highly rated on nexus. lots of font options but there's two that deal with size and they both kinda blow. I guess you can't really increase the font size too much without breaking frames. straight up would never trust the type of lunatic that installs fonts with serif or that one nosferatu font tho
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Dec 25, 2019 18:03
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Henry Cavill is clearly a fan of Doug Cockle
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His ability to say, "gently caress." as Geralt is masterful.
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Fuzz posted:His ability to say, "gently caress." as Geralt is masterful. its great but i prefer Cockle geralt's "poo poo"
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Dapper_Swindler posted:its great but i prefer Cockle geralt's "poo poo" Personally I’m a fan of his exsaperatred sigh
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It’s gonna be hard to really compare the two until Cavalt has to round up a goat with a bell while yelling at it and calling it a “stupid piece of poo poo”.
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chaosapiant posted:It’s gonna be hard to really compare the two until Cavalt has to round up a goat with a bell while yelling at it and calling it a “stupid piece of poo poo”. This needs to be an episode all on its own.
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Fargin Icehole posted:Henry Cavill is clearly a fan of Doug Cockle There's an interview where he says he was originally trying to do Geralt in his own yorkshire accent because Geralt is a bit of a rural hick but it just wasn't working so he went back to Cockle's performance and realised he'd just nailed it.
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Fuzz posted:His ability to say, "gently caress." as Geralt is masterful. My favorite one was When he invoked the Law of Surprise and the girl immediately threw up and the mom asks if she's pregnant. It was just perfect
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Orv posted:This needs to be an episode all on its own.
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Joey Freshwater posted:My favorite one was When he invoked the Law of Surprise and the girl immediately threw up and the mom asks if she's pregnant. It was just perfect Yeah initially I was disappointed that they've changed that scene from the books, but as the rest of the season developed I think it's a necessary foundation stone of the 'destiny is real and you can't escape or mess with it' theme they gradually build up.
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Okay, I finished the show last night. It was a strong finish. The show overall had the vibe to me of a mix between the Xena/Hercules shows in the 90s and the History Channel Vikings show. The writing was eh at times, but the casting was pretty great. I haven't read the books, but I now want to. Not reading the books made the show harder to follow and, having only played TW3, made me iffy on some of the characterizations. Is Yen accurate to the books? I suspect if they were adapting the short stories this season, that made it harder to fit all the pieces together and make it flow. Maybe it'll be easier once they get in to the full length novels. It'd be really cool if they do 4-5 seasons and get all the way through the games. Qmass posted:If they were making the witcher like they made the mandolorian this could happen but apparently they don't know how to let a show breathe on netflix. This is exactly right. Season 1 could have used an extra episode or two of just downtime. Show us some Gwent!
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The characters in the games are around five years older than in the books, so their attitudes have softened over time and lightened up a whole lot. Geralt in the games actually regresses a bit due to his amnesia but by the time Witcher 3 roles around he is a lot more laid back, having gotten his memories back and remembered that he needs to chill out.
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Is that what the deal with Triss was? It's been a while since I played W3 (never played 1&2) and haven't read the books yet. I have this image of Triss where she's fairly bubbly/upbeat, but she didn't seem that way in the show. I didn't let it bother me much because I figured maybe that's just how she was before W3 but I also get these are going off books and not the games.
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Joey Freshwater posted:Is that what the deal with Triss was? It's been a while since I played W3 (never played 1&2) and haven't read the books yet. I have this image of Triss where she's fairly bubbly/upbeat, but she didn't seem that way in the show. I didn't let it bother me much because I figured maybe that's just how she was before W3 but I also get these are going off books and not the games. Triss has a relatively small role in the books that is basically "I'm horny for Geralt" and then first game capitalizes on that with Geralt having amnesia so Triss inserts herself into his life.
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I mean Yennefer mostly forgives Geralt for sleeping with Triss in Witcher 3 while she spends the first two books absolutely livid at him for not contacting her after Sodden and going to Triss for advice.
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Joey Freshwater posted:Is that what the deal with Triss was? It's been a while since I played W3 (never played 1&2) and haven't read the books yet. I have this image of Triss where she's fairly bubbly/upbeat, but she didn't seem that way in the show. I didn't let it bother me much because I figured maybe that's just how she was before W3 but I also get these are going off books and not the games. Triss in the show seemed the most bubbly/upbeat of all the mages.
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So far, show Triss is fairly accurate to book Triss. I hope she gets more screen time.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I mean Yennefer mostly forgives Geralt for sleeping with Triss in Witcher 3 while she spends the first two books absolutely livid at him for not contacting her after Sodden and going to Triss for advice. Mostly. She's angrier at Triss than she is at Geralt overall, if I remember right. Since they're best friends and Triss has always been fully aware of her love for Geralt, and constantly tries to get with him to the point of basically using magic to gently caress him at one point in the books.
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So much of the books did the first season cover? Haven’t had the chance to watch it yet
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Smol posted:So much of the books did the first season cover? Haven’t had the chance to watch it yet Season one is basically a mixture of short stories from the two short story books: Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, along with a bunch of back story that is only mentioned in the books sort of off-handedly.
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Having now watched the first 4 episodes, I can say the following: 1) The show is generally accurate to the books, and where it deviates is usually a reasonable deviation for the sake of the show / TV medium. 2) The show’s biggest sin so far is that for someone who hasn’t read the books or played the games and has no familiarity with the characters, it’s very hard to follow the meta-plot. So far the worst example is in episode 4 where Geralt’s story is the wedding of Pavetta and Duny while Ciri’s story is her encountering the druids of Brokilon Forest. But Geralt’s story is taking place literally a decade before Ciri’s (since Ciri obviously isn’t born yet when her mom marries). There’s no good indication to the viewer of this until the very end of the episode. Or for example Yen goes through her training at Aretuza in the first 3 episodes, and then in episode 4 she casually mentions that she’s been a court mage for 30 years now. I knew that, because I have the chronology from the books, but the new viewer doesn’t get the indication that all these story vignettes are out of order chronologically. 3) All the actors generally seem competent enough for what the show is, which is one step below “prestige TV GOT” and one step above campy. Definitely getting the “monster of the week” vibe a la X files or Supernatural. This is fairly accurate to the first 2 books anyway since they’re a collection of short stories. Henry Cavill does a good job as Geralt, and I love that he’s basically taken Cockle’s voice and made it Geralt’s canonical voice. The carefully timed “gently caress”s are perfect, too. I’m a little annoyed at Triss—she’s supposed to be Chestnut / redheaded—but the actress gets her cheerful personality perfect. If you liked the show, go read the first 2 books, The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny. I think you’ll like the book stories slightly better than the show equivalents, and they are more slowly and thoughtfully paced and more coherently arranged.
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TV Triss does have chestnut hair. You can see it better when it's framed against light.
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