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Jesus, the game would just melt my computer and set fire to my house. Such a shame. Oh well, PS4 version will still be good.  Been reading the books to get a better view on the world of The Witcher, and Geralt's kinda whiny in them isn't he? Maybe he gets better, I only just finished Baptism of Fire.
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The Sharmat posted:Nah, he's always whiny. He just eventually mostly stops giving a poo poo about the big stuff and focusing on his surrogate family. Ah, that's a shame but not particularly surprising. He's written more like a teenage girl than Ciri is sometimes.  It's still pretty good, I just sometimes wish he'd stop sulking for like five minutes.
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Mar 10, 2015 00:04
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He doesn't get off scot free, but that doesn't stop him from indulging in a good sulk from time to time. In the third book especially, where he spends a great deal of the novel either telling his friends to leave or threatening to do so himself. Nothing comes of it and they mock him relentlessly for it, and good on them for it, but I don't think Geralt himself comes off as a particularly mature person most of the time.. Also there's his entire relationship with Yennefer, in particular during the Sword of Destiny. Like I said, I like the books and even Geralt usually, but he can be grating from time to time. A lot of people come off a bit for the worse in the books, like Triss. It's kinda weird to me to think that a game is a better adaption than the originals, but at least as far as the characters go I kinda do believe it. I liked Geralt a lot more in The Witcher 2 than I have in the books.
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Mar 10, 2015 06:21
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Aumanor posted:Humans just crossed over from another world (possibly one similar to ours), while many of the monsters vulnerable to silver seem to have been outright created by the energies unleashed by the Conjunction. Othe rmonsters vulnerable to silver include undead(or do they? Funninly enough, I don't think there are actually any undead in the books) ghouls and other necrophages (I don't think they are ever stated to be undead in the books), vampires (also not undead) and the unfortunate victims of various curses like strigas or werewolves. Geralt takes on a pack of ghouls on at least one occasion. GrossMurpel posted:Vampires aren't undead? They go into what vampires are in Baptism of Fire. They work a little differently than you'd think. For starters, drinking blood seems to be like drinking alcohol for humans and isn't necessary to live.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:33
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Aumanor posted:As I've written in my post, ghouls in this series most likely aren't undead. And the monsters Geralt fights on the bridge in "Something More" most likely aren't ghouls. He implies that they are in Baptism of Fire when they're considering going that way.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:58
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I remember that scene, it was great. Made the gathering of feathers so worth it.
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Mar 10, 2015 23:33
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Considering it's gonna be on next gen consoles as well as PC, I'd have to assume so.
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Mar 12, 2015 10:58
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I wonder what the Witcher equivalent of going bowling is
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Mar 20, 2015 22:09
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:Once you get used to a controller it's basically superior for everything except PC shooters (because they are designed for kbm) While I do agree with the sentiment for the most part (there are other genres specifically designed for m/k, like RTS games or city builders), it's still nice to not have a Dark Souls situation where m/k is functionally unusable for people who aren't masochistic.
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Mar 21, 2015 10:00
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Yeah, the big thing you have to keep in mind is the difference between control and precision. In a shooter precision is the most important thing because you need to be able to accurately move the camera so the center of the screen is aligned with your target. In a third person melee oriented game, that is not the case. You have more than enough control over the camera to keep it where it needs to be and the m/k has no fundamental advantage over it, leaving it down to a matter of preference.
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Mar 21, 2015 16:40
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Comparing the combat to Bloodborne is a huge compliment in my book. I'm really excited to play this game. The Ciri stuffs sounds odd, but hey I like Ciri so I'm ok with her being more plot heavy.eXXon posted:Wait, random bandits are stronger than you at the start of the game? Sounds like an open world RPG to me. I would imagine that you can still kill them if you're skilled enough, and that stays true to The Witcher. Geralt has had his rear end handed to him by less in the books.
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Mar 26, 2015 01:15
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GrossMurpel posted:Only when his leg was busted though, right? Geralt got beat up by dumb stuff in Sword of Destiny as well. He doesn't do much in the books leading up to his leg being hurt outside of Sword of Destiny because they're mostly about Ciri.
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Mar 26, 2015 23:33
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GrossMurpel posted:Yeah the only real superhuman combat feats that I can think of off the top of my head are in The Lesser Evil (where he became the Butcher of Blaviken) and when he slaughtered those assassin guys at the beginning of Blood of Elves. He kills a bunch of ghouls off screen in The Sword of Truth, the wounds from which being what leads him to reunite with Ciri. There's also the lead-in to when he gets that leg injury when he murders a whole squad of Scoia'tal, though that might be somewhat diminished by what actually ends up seeing him wounded (one guy with a staff). But yeah he's completely capable of getting his rear end handed to him by regular people. Which is a nice change of pace from your generic fantasy hero.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:37
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I want Triss to have special dialogue if you're rocking her hair style. Also those muttonchops are incredible.
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Apr 2, 2015 07:31
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If there aren't massive, static seagulls floating over the ocean that look like they're posing for an invisible space camera, I'm canceling my preorder now.
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Apr 7, 2015 05:37
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Lyer posted:Yeah and that's the kicker. I have a 760 gtx and a i5 4570 and while I'll be able to play with better graphics, I wonder what the FPS will look like. Part of the reason why I like the PS4 version is because of the known quantity, we've seen ps4 gameplay and its 1080p at 30 fps. You could get it cheaper already on PC purely off of the discount for owning the previous games, but if you're worried you could just get it on PS4 now and then buy it again for $2 on Steam in a year or so (which is apparently the length of the game anyway). The Witcher series gets fantastic deals.
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Apr 8, 2015 07:56
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Ice Fist posted:"FYI Witcher fans: We finished most of the main game so we moved some people over to make this kick rear end expansion that will add tons of content. It'll be released later in the year." Sounding ridiculous has never stopped me from being upset in fact, it is an active encouragement
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Apr 8, 2015 17:09
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drat this game is so pretty.Comte de Saint-Germain posted:Of course, but my best easter egg didn't make it in, I couldn't get it working in time and got swamped with other things. Whale, at least you tried
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Apr 10, 2015 15:33
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Crappy Jack posted:Yes. Yes I can. Yennefer is incredibly jealous.
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Apr 11, 2015 12:52
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Lareine posted:Maybe if you frame it less as a "threesome" and more as a "gently caress contest" She goes to tell Triss off in one of the books for just looking at Geralt, basically
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Apr 11, 2015 13:02
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I wouldn't mind having a game centered around Ciri one bit. She's the real main character of the novels anyway. Plus, it opens up more magical options.
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Apr 12, 2015 01:07
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As long as you didn't bring in the cliff racers from FC4 I'm sure it'll be fine
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Apr 12, 2015 01:57
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Drifter posted:CDProjekt have shown they can make pretty good rpgs. It'll be nice to have an rpg not in a sword and sorcery setting that's made by CDProjekt. What if it has a laser sword instead of a metal one
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Apr 12, 2015 16:38
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Panzeh posted:Ah, but will it be possible for Geralt to "consummate" his marriage with Dandelion? OAquinas posted:Uh, pretty sure they already "consummated" a bunch of times. And that's assuming there's anything left of Dandelion when Yennifer gets done with him...
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Apr 16, 2015 01:06
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If it's done ahead of schedule, does that mean the release date will be moved up? I'm guessing the answer is no, but I can dream.
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Apr 16, 2015 15:23
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Oh, I misread the beginning of the article then.
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Apr 16, 2015 15:31
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Subjunctive posted:It would be super-great if cloud saves were shared between PC and PS4. Has any game done this? Portal 2 is the only one that comes to mind.
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Apr 16, 2015 17:15
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30 gigs is actually a lot smaller than I was expecting considering the size of some things these days.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:36
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Yeah I remember someone saying there's a Mass Effect style thing where you select your old choices.
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Apr 16, 2015 19:39
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I'm sure they won't cock this up for you
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Apr 17, 2015 05:15
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Other games do it like that. I'm not a huge fan of it, but it's not like it's some outlandish idea if it were actually in the game.
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Apr 20, 2015 05:08
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:It would probably be good if say, just the random drops or generic weapons scaled to your level, but uniques or quest rewards were always fixed. Having uniques stay a set level would be good. Or have weapons scale down to you so they aren't too powerful, but still go back to what they're supposed to be like when you reach the level you're meant to have it. Like you can't quite handle it properly because you suck too much.
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Apr 20, 2015 20:20
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I would imagine that he would have said something about it if he could.
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Apr 21, 2015 10:58
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Senjuro posted:Book readers, what's the deal with the Nilfgaardian emperor? What's his story and how does it relate to Ciri and Geralt? Ciri is a child of prophecy and he wants her for that, plus he wants her to solidify land claims in some of the lands Nilgaard conquered as she is the last living member of the royal family of Cintra. Ciri is kind of Geralt's adoptive daughter, so obviously he takes issue with Nilfgaard abducting her.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:25
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The Emperor doesn't give a poo poo about Ciri as a person from what I remember. Geralt and Yennefer, as her surrogate parents, do.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:50
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You should play the second one, it's a great game. It controls a lot better as well, though the tutorial is weirdly more difficult than what follows it for a while.
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Apr 22, 2015 06:18
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Lycus posted:Nilfgaard is down on magic? I don't know what the books say, but from the games, sorcerors seem to get a lot more respect there than they do in the North. It's the opposite, Nilfgaardian mages have it much worse than northern ones. Keep in mind that mages in the North have positions of power in every court and their own fancy island all to themselves (or at least the did before it got all hosed up). In Nilfgaard, a mage is just the same as, say, a librarian. That is to say, ordinary.
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Apr 24, 2015 07:09
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Plus there's the whole Ciri thing.
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Apr 24, 2015 11:41
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There are plenty of people in the world that are wrong, my friend
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I better be able to choose to not murder the troll during the decision selection part of Witcher 3.
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