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In couple of weeks there will be another Witcher book by Sapkowski. It seems it will be more in line of first books with stories, and it's likely they'll take place before the end of last book. I've decided to replay Witcher 2 since I've got a new gfx, and drat, I forgot how unforgiving some encounters can be. Everyone remembers drat dragon, but I usually get first sudden "poo poo, savegame was an hour ago" death in the forest near first city, being jumped by a bunch of nekkers.
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CD Projekt Red doesn't care about following the books to the letter, so it's really possible. They could even keep with the ending of last book, and this could mean Gerald could meet (book spoiler) knights of the Round Table.
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Oct 31, 2013 12:47
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InvisibleHand posted:So I didn't see any mention of this in the last couple of pages but Andrzej Sapkowski recently released a new Witcher book Sezon Burz (Season of Storms). The events in it take place before Blood of Elves but the book itself isn't specifically a prequel to the original saga. Its only out in Polish and I believe Czech but if you're fluent and interested its worth checking out. Check previous page  How much of a cashgrab the book seems? Sapkowski swore that he's finished with story a couple of years ago. Guess after bad reception of his Hussite trilogy he had to find something safe to write.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:44
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I agree with your points. I'm now on my second playthrough, after losing a save to hdd failure. This time I wanted to try Iorweth's path, but the way Roche's character is constructed.. I just couldn't! I really hope next game doesn't look too closely at Skyrim when constructing characters.
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Nov 28, 2013 20:44
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e: ^^^^ your guide is waay better than my ramblings. I found it easiest to concentrate on quen + swordplay at first. You get your shield up, when it times out or you're struck just retreat and cast again. I also started with roll as my defensive technique. Quen-strike-roll-strike-roll, etc. Never let enemies corner or surround you and you'll be fine. Add block when fighting 1-on-1 heavy enemies, use silver sword on monsters, regular on human. Craft/buy potions that help with in-fight hp regen.
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Dec 3, 2013 10:16
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I think it means regions differ significantly, so you get swamps, forests, snow-covered mountains etc.
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Dec 10, 2013 20:09
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Locations chat: Nilfgaard alone offers shitton of different styles - Empire looks a bit like Holy Roman Empire with more distinct countries directly or indirectly ruled by the Emperor. Some countries seem celtic (with names like Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach), but Sapkowski haven't really described them in great detail. I guess it gives even more freedom for CDP Red. Unless they consider Cintra Nilfgaard now. I should also finish W2 already, I consider it a really good game, I even enjoy crafting stuff yet I've lately spend more time on worse games.. Guess it's a matter of losing 2 saves, end of act 1 and end of act 2.
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Dec 11, 2013 10:55
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Aurubin posted:Since the wikis are a mess, can anyone summarize what role The Wild Hunt had in the books? Apparently they were actually in the original prose? I read a bunch, but rather than try and regurgitate a poorly written wiki article, anyone with knowledge of the books and stories care to give me their take? I've read them a while ago, so it'd be better if someone checked it: (major book and W3 spoiler) Wild hunt are elven slave seeking expeditions from another world. They use some kind of magic/technology that makes people follow the hunt and makes people unable to resist them. After that captives are transported to a world where Elves rule. Humans are only servants/manual labourers. Supposedly time progresses differently there, so people who spend couple of decades in elven world could end up missing centuries in the regular one. Pure elves have few children, require ages to mature and elven women have few fertile times, that's the reason for getting human servants. Those elves are of course also massive assholes, also King of the Hunt couldn't "get it up" in bed with Ciri
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Mar 13, 2014 13:16
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I honestly wouldn't mind getting not feature complete beta through GOG in second part of the year. I'd reserve second playthrough for "extended director's cut" version after couple months.
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Mar 24, 2014 10:25
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I see no downsides: you get title with flaws to fix, and a person that gets it at official release has mature patched and balanced product.
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Mar 24, 2014 11:15
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funakupo posted:There is another short story of Geralt (Spellmaker) translated into English in the book A Polish Book of Monsters , translated by Michael Kandel. I really enjoyed the whole book of stories actually, so if you are eager to read anything Geralt in English, grab that. I've checked that compilation, and the authors are pretty great. I've read only The Iron General' (org. 'Ruch generala') by Jacek Dukaj, but Marek Huberath and Tomasz Kolodziejczak are solid writers. Jacek Dukaj is pretty much polish hard sci-fi superstar, I'd put him on par with Neal Stephenson or Iain Banks. I'd give my left nut to see HBO put Xavras Wyzryn on screen as miniseries..
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May 9, 2014 10:37
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sebmojo posted:I thought Skyrim got an unfair amount of grief for its dungeons - they're composed of a limited number of tile sets, sure, but they're all excellent tilesets and every dungeon has something unique about it and they all had distinctive qualities. I liked Skyrim dungeons, but I've also liked swamp area in W1. It might be because in my whole life I've played only 2 MMORPGs, both times for a couple of months, therefore I've never developed deep hatred for "collect 15 bear assholes" missions.
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May 15, 2014 12:41
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Hakkesshu posted:I liked Skyrim's dungeons overall, but they were generally a bit too linear and samey. It was impossible to get lost in them, and they all had that "fight the boss and then suddenly an exit appears out of nowhere" dynamic. It's too predictable and formulaic, though they obviously did the best they could considering the size of that game. I've liked how it streamlines gameplay. Getting lost in some horrible dungeon and having do scavenge and plan ahead is fun, but not in 100+ hours game.
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May 15, 2014 13:48
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monster on a stick posted:How long should I give the game before I decide whether it's right for me? The first time I tried, I made it to very early in chapter 1 before hitting the "can't carry anymore and no hints as to what you should be carrying", now I am trying again but it's just not grabbing me even though it's basically still the prologue. It might be simply not for you. I've played some acclaimed games, which logically I know are awesome, but they have no pull for me. For example: I turn off Bastion after an hour and end up increasing my ~400h play time in unmodded Empire:Total War.
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May 21, 2014 07:56
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There's a Witcher 2 beta for SteamOS, so it should also run on any linux. Also Witcher 2 is 80% off, so if someone wants to check it 4 euro is as low as it'd get anytime soon.
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May 23, 2014 08:40
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Trailer was awesome! I'll probably get a collector's edition, assuming it's not prohibitively expensive. Also: 'sup Warsaw goons
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Jun 6, 2014 08:44
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Turin Turambar posted:The deformed dwarf in Geralt's horse? Holy poo poo, I've tried to spot something, went second by second in that part with dark forest, and I've missed that... I'd be funny if that's doppler Tellico Lunngrevink Letorte.
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Jun 6, 2014 14:38
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Flipswitch posted:I'm kind of hoping that after TW3 comes out they go back and redo the first game to the standards of the other two. It's such a hard game to get back into after playing TW2. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the devs now. I hope for some other IP, honestly. I'd rather wait another 5-10 years and have them redo whole trilogy on one engine.
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Jun 6, 2014 15:21
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:Yeah, the one I'm talking about is the "deformed dwarf" riding w/ Geralt. I can't say anything about that character, but I noticed that no one seemed to have spotted him yet. I did, and my guess it's a dopler.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:32
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They should keep the trend and make a game about Mordimer Madderdin, which would be even less accessible to most people, because author (Jacek Piekara) is right-wing, misogynistic and crazy as gently caress and is unlikely to have any of his books translated. Short description of book world: Christ died on a cross, but then a demon entered his body, left cross, massacred most of Jerusalem and set himself up as an emperor. Fast forward 1500ish years, action takes place in ultra-theocratic Holy Roman Empire, inquisitors are doing their stuff Torquemada style, but many of them also have some limited magical powers (more like rituals). One of covers Serious answer: I think they should just make their own world for other projects, or use Witcher's world but in different time/place. Maybe a game about advent of gunpowder with character from some other background, where witchers are distant memory.
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Jun 7, 2014 10:15
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I've rewatched the trailer for the n-th time and I've got to commend CDP Red for the realistic portrayal of weapons, but for some reason Wild Hunt uses really impractical swords and armour. Is it some kind of elven fashion to take weirdo swords to combat? Maybe they got to rely on magic for so much they've stopped caring about having the bast weapons possible.
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Jun 8, 2014 00:15
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steinrokkan posted:The difference is that GoT is utter garbage. Witcher books also have some low points, and Sapkowski has it easier because he needs to keep the story consistent for only 2 characters. Sapkowski also had problems with many timelines, so he used some cheap tricks Yennefer ending up in some loving crystal. Seeing you here, could I kindly ask you to finish that WitP LP  ?
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Jun 8, 2014 00:30
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theDOWmustflow posted:Is the Wild Hunt a fallible mortal force? I've never read the books but the impression I got from the games is that they're akin to mythological wardens or reapers of dead souls, in which case they can wear and wield whatever the gently caress they want. Wild Hunt consist of elves in funny armour (rarely) or more often elven manifestations that scare the poo poo of anyone exposed to their sight. I guess Wild Hunt dudes could arm themselves with whatever they think will look cool, but it's inconsistent with rest of the world. It may be that's the point, theatrics of having weirdly designed impractical swords. I can't blame Foltest for wearing his stuff, he's a king on an campaign. I'd guess that given his campaign is part of civil war having colorful clothes help keep his image. He spends quite some time keeping the morale of his soldiers up, so he knows the value of theatrics.
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Jun 8, 2014 01:42
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I don't see any way to split factions present in world of Witcher into 2-3 sides. What could work is TES-like open world with character creator and some multiplayer features. I've never played Morrowind, but from what I've gathered we'd need similar system where once you're liked Mahakam then any Scoia'tael group will act friendlier than usual. On the other hand any of militias and orders hating dwarves would hate you too. So important faction choices would mean that on any playthrough I'm bound to see only 60% of availablem content, or even less if I'd go "gently caress the noise" and only hunt monsters. If W3 does shitton of money I can see CDPR doing another project with same setting and engine, but with post-Geralt storyline.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:53
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Some e: the only one I can find with sane price is XBone, I'm tempted to get it despite not having that console 
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Jul 9, 2014 11:29
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It's a board game:CDP Red webpage posted:The Witcher Adventure Game takes players on a journey across the world of the Witcher as they assume the roles of four distinct characters known from the books and video games: Geralt of Rivia, monster slayer; Triss Merigold, cunning sorceress; Yarpen Zigrin, dwarven warrior; and Dandelion, roguish bard. Each character has unique skills and multiple ways of overcoming obstacles - the choice is yours: do you fight your way to victory, call on your charm or try your hand at diplomacy? It's the true spirit of board gaming brought straight to your computer screen. Set in the mature and brutal world of The Witcher the game features 4 unique heroes with different skills and approaches to problem solving. With clear, simple rules and intuitive mechanics, tons of quest cards allow players to tell a new tale every time they play. Look adventure in the eye in a world you'll fall in love with!
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Jul 10, 2014 16:52
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Roche is straight only romance option, so you need either: dlc pack or Amazon preorder bonus that will change Geralt's gender.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:30
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"It's the wild hunt, you've got to hunt things"
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Jul 25, 2014 10:04
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:Not sure, but probably. What kind of bribe would you accept to put me on preorder list for polish collector's edition for PC? 
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Jul 25, 2014 13:53
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Khazar-khum posted:IS there anywhere we can buy Witcher gear,m like shirts/posters etc? I saw stuff like that: http://puzzle.cdp.pl/produkt/puzzle-1500-wiedzmin-2-triss http://www.ebay.pl/itm/WITCHER-2-JIGSAW-PUZZLES-1500-PIECES-LIMITED-EDITION-85x58-TRISS-MERIGOLD-/321374958488 Those are jigsaw puzzle + poster sets.
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Jul 29, 2014 09:38
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Witcher story based on books is relatively easy to put on tv screen: you start with short, mostly contained stories, and if you get popular enough you can start Nilfgaardian invasion arc with Ciri. Sapkowski is alive and well, so there's no problem with adding more stories as your series goes.
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Jul 31, 2014 08:52
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Gameplay footage looks amazing, especially for a console version.
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Aug 13, 2014 13:10
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The hole near hilt of sword is pretty stupid. It doesn't look like a practical way of trapping enemy's blade.
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Aug 17, 2014 10:44
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Vilgefortz was young and very handsome, with imposing presence. Since magic users can shape their looks it may be that many males want to radiate aura of wisdom gathered by ages, while women prefer being seen as unnaturally beautiful. As saying goes "what's the difference between a sorceress and a witch? About 40 years"
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Aug 18, 2014 10:24
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poptart_fairy posted:Eastern European game development being a gently caress ton cheaper than the western equivalent probably has something to do with it. I don't think that's the only reason. If that would be the case they wouldn't be able to afford expats. Hardware and software costs are identical, maybe location and other services are cheaper, but it's likely half of what Ubisoft France has to pay rather than 1/10th.
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Aug 20, 2014 13:36
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Jose Teixeira, CD Projekt RED‘s Visual Effects Artist posted:Ideally, we’re pushing for 30 frames per second. The resolution, honestly, it depends; we’re working on it, we’re trying to get it as high as possible. If we can make it at 1080P, sure, but I don’t know if it’s going to make it. To be honest, I really don’t know. Probably not. But for sure, we need it to run at a smooth frame rate, so at least 30 FPS. Given choice I'd pick smooth game over higher res, I just hope my PC (i7-920, HD7970) will be up to task of getting at least consoles level of details in full HD.
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Aug 21, 2014 15:22
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There was a rumor about GeForce GTX 770, 780, and Titan, but Nvidia spokesperson said it isn't planned.
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Aug 22, 2014 12:37
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I agree. Dragon Age 3 has Keep app/webpage that allows you do just that, if previous entries matter in Wild Hunt storyline CDP should also give us that possibility.
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Oct 10, 2014 08:37
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Platige films will do a full length Witcher movie, supposedly with live actors, instead of all CGI. They did some awesome CGI work: http://www.platige.com/pl/cinematic/ let's hope they are up to challenge.
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Nov 14, 2014 13:25
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The Sharmat posted:Am I the only one that would prefer they just did it all CGI? Supposedly their rationale for doing live action is that when people think about CGI movies they think about Pixar, and they want to do a story about killing monsters, sex and inapropriate behaviour.
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