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limaCAT
Dec 22, 2007

il pistone e male
Slippery Tilde

I did not know that Cd Projekt Red was short for Cd Projekt Reddit

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JIZZ DENOUEMENT
Oct 3, 2012

STRIKE!
maybe? I've heard good things

Unexpected Raw Anime
Oct 9, 2012

the e3 trailer looks pretty awesome. I just hope it isn't going to be another game that doesn't look anything like it did in trailers when it gets released

Buckwild Dorf
Apr 5, 2011

by XyloJW
Yennefer? I barely knew her

elf help book
Aug 5, 2004

Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

as the op of the Bump this thread every day you don't buy a game from Activision, EA, or Ubisoft Thread, i agree

MarioTeachesWiping
Nov 1, 2006

by XyloJW
i tried playing the witcher 2 after getting it for like five bucks after endless goon hype, but as far as i can tell it's just softcore porn with lovely combat in between?

elf help book
Aug 5, 2004

Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

Cyra posted:

i tried playing the witcher 2 after getting it for like five bucks after endless goon hype, but as far as i can tell it's just softcore porn with lovely combat in between?

problem?

Neurosis
Jun 10, 2003
Fallen Rib
I thought TW2 combat was pretty good, once I figured out how the mechanics worked. I will preorder this because TW1 and 2 were really good.

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Cyra posted:

i tried playing the witcher 2 after getting it for like five bucks after endless goon hype, but as far as i can tell it's just softcore porn with lovely combat in between?

the intro is pretty weird and jarring, especially if you accidentally do it out of order. flotsam is where the game picks up speed, if you dont like it after a few quests in flotsam it might not be your thing

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
no because gmg will have it for cheap as gently caress 2 days before release

so I guess yes?? just not for 9 more months

surc
Aug 17, 2004

closeted republican posted:

gonna own when cdr slowly turns into yet another generic game company that sells dlc and no-drm and no-dlc fanatics rage over it

Actually, pretty sure they are going to ally with Gaben/Valve to form the core of the alliance against the axis of bad game development companies in the coming wars, so you might wanna show a little more respect, son.



Don't usually preorder but I am a sucker for steamos, so I will probably preorder within a month or two.

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

surc posted:

Actually, pretty sure they are going to ally with Gaben/Valve to form the core of the alliance against the axis of bad game development companies in the coming wars, so you might wanna show a little more respect, son.



Don't usually preorder but I am a sucker for steamos, so I will probably preorder within a month or two.

How the gently caress is Valve not a bad game development company at this point

How the gently caress is Valve a game development company at this point, period

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
Lol I forgot dota was them. Fuckers

Diqnol
May 10, 2010

Lumpy the Cook posted:

How the gently caress is Valve not a bad game development company at this point

How the gently caress is Valve a game development company at this point, period

CS:GO was pretty good minus the Deagle until they decided to go full retard and add gun hats.

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
It would be really neat if valve could make a game anymore without it being a cash shop scheme.

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax

Benny D posted:

the e3 trailer looks pretty awesome. I just hope it isn't going to be another game that doesn't look anything like it did in trailers when it gets released

everyone was saying the Witcher 2 screenshots were bullshots until the game came out and it looked exactly the same, if not better in places

Neurosis
Jun 10, 2003
Fallen Rib
I'm pretty psyched for Cyberpunk 2077. It'll be a big divergence from The Witcher sure but the idea of an open world (well, open world in quest hubs I really hope it doesn't try to ape GTA in gameplay) Deus Ex with well written quests makes me so hard veins on my dick start to burst and blood leaks out.

Action Tortoise
Feb 18, 2012

A wolf howls.
I know how he feels.

The Sharmat posted:

everyone was saying the Witcher 2 screenshots were bullshots until the game came out and it looked exactly the same, if not better in places

I was surprised when I saw water caustics projected on the walls in the room with a pool. I'm sure there's a trick to doing it with textures but that was an attention to detail I wasn't expecting them to render in realtime.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
they are showing Witcher 3 gameplay at the xbox thing and i for one am excited to play Cabela's Mythical Hunt 2015

surc
Aug 17, 2004

zen death robot posted:

Valve is responsible for DOTA2 that makes them at least a bad developer, if you consider MOBAs to be games

I do not.



anime gently caress pillow posted:

CS:GO was pretty good minus the Deagle until they decided to go full retard and add gun hats.

CS:GO is still a good game, just don't worry about the skins and if you get one worth some money sell it to go buy some games or DLC or something.

Also I really meant good in a moral sense and evil instead of bad, but I didn't want to go whole hog on just calling them the "axis of evil" game developers, I thought it might be a bit heavy handed on the comparison. :shobon:

Unexpected Raw Anime
Oct 9, 2012

Action Tortoise posted:

I was surprised when I saw water caustics projected on the walls in the room with a pool. I'm sure there's a trick to doing it with textures but that was an attention to detail I wasn't expecting them to render in realtime.

what do all these words mean

Action Tortoise
Feb 18, 2012

A wolf howls.
I know how he feels.

Benny D posted:

what do all these words mean



see how the water effects get reflected onto the walls? the game did that realtime. i'm pretty sure there's a cheap way to fake that but i was still impressed when i played it, especially since the laptop I played it on could only successfully run TF2.

Down With People
Oct 31, 2012

The child delights in violence.
i tried to play the first two because everyone told me they were good and they were wrong

Buckwild Dorf
Apr 5, 2011

by XyloJW

Down With People posted:

i tried to play the first two because everyone told me they were good and they were wrong

The second one is good, wtf?

Contra Calculus
Nov 6, 2009

Gravy Boat 2k
no it's bad because someone in DDRD said it is bad therefore it is bad

DDRD is god

Down With People
Oct 31, 2012

The child delights in violence.

Contra Calculus posted:

no it's bad because someone in DDRD said it is bad therefore it is bad

DDRD is god

actually it's bad because it's bad

bad combat and lovely menus and terrible story and it takes itself way too seriously just like the last one

Gobblecoque
Sep 6, 2011

Down With People posted:

actually it's bad because it's bad

bad combat and lovely menus and terrible story and it takes itself way too seriously just like the last one
im really gay

ftfy

Down With People
Oct 31, 2012

The child delights in violence.

that's not what i said at all!

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
The Witcher 2 had good combat as long as you weren't

1. Really bad at the game

or

2. Expecting it to be on either extreme of the Baldur's Gate-Dark Souls axis

Terror Sweat
Mar 15, 2009

the witcher had lots of babes that you had sex with and gave you sex cards as rewards
the witcher 2 had like 3 babes that you had sex with and no sex cards

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Terror Sweat posted:

the witcher had lots of babes that you had sex with and gave you sex cards as rewards
the witcher 2 had like 3 babes that you had sex with and no sex cards

it had sex moives though

sexy cougar on the prowl
Dec 31, 2008
has anyone in games called the witcher sex cards problematic yet?

a7m2
Jul 9, 2012


Well they were originally censored in the USA so I guess so.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug

Lewie posted:

has anyone in games called the witcher sex cards problematic yet?

I like the writing between Triss and Geralt in the Witcher games because it feels a lot more natural than Bioware-pass/fail-romance-#26 but the Witcher has its own problems that make the relationship on a whole difficult to "recommend" in the context of the game. The dialogue and interactions between Triss and Geralt's other friends though are enjoyable in both games and I enjoy the dynamic between Geralt/Triss more than any other vg romance.

Issues: Geralt's (potential) philandering is never brought up (unless I missed it), there's a silly rivalry that's handled badly with a gameplay choice in the first game that isn't obvious, Triss' wardrobe in the first game is terrible, she is captured and requires saving in the second game (although otherwise is v. competent), and that's just with the relationship itself. Start getting into the bits where Geralt saves a rape victim mid-rape and then she rewards him with sex later and you have an idea of my trepidation in writing this post.

ForeverSmug
Oct 9, 2012

source your quotes

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
fine
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3471636&pagenumber=31&perpage=40#post402431447

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
the best part about that thread was when ozma, over two years ago, was complaining about people talking about 'privilege' and the terrible posts in there and then the forums managed somehow to get worse for another year and a half.

ForeverSmug
Oct 9, 2012

lol

a7m2
Jul 9, 2012


But Rocks Hurt Head posted:

Triss and Geralt

If you read the books the relationship between Triss and Geralt suddenly are shown in a completely different light. It's pretty cool. The sleeping around is just something Witchers and sorcerers/sorceresses do.

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Tender Bender
Sep 17, 2004

Down With People posted:

actually it's bad because it's bad

bad combat and lovely menus and terrible story and it takes itself way too seriously just like the last one

Your best friend is a bard named Dandelion and there is a quest where you get blackout drunk and wake up with a tattoo of a cartoon pantless man on your neck which stays there for the rest of the game if you don't have a witch remove it.

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