The Sharmat posted:

A lot of people were out of character in the first Witcher game. Lambert was one of them.

Swedish Horror posted:

What's with the mage dude outside Radovid's boat in Oxenfurt? I thought he hated mages.

Palpek posted:

You probably have but just to make sure - have you visited Gremist on Skellige and his halfling pupil's hut in Velen? I think also Keira Metz and Peller (the old guy from the goat escort mission) sell a lot of recipes.

Meta-Mollusk posted:

No idea what he is saying, but at least he seems to be applauding Geralt for his accomplishment. Might have been a sarcastic slow clap though.

Stumpus posted:

Just finished this game. I loved it overall and look forward to their next endeavor.

One thing that really bugged me in this game though was crafting. Generally it was tedious. Alchemy was better than the others.

First was the crafter requirement. It wasn't immediately clear to me what level of crafter I was working with. When you unlock the best crafters, there is no convenient way to get to them, especially the one in Velen. Honestly there should have been a signpost right next to them. Also I think it should have been easier to tell what you had and how much you need for a given recipe with our without pinning. Finally I think you should be able to craft from your stash.

These are obviously niggling issues in on otherwise great game. If the next project fixes these issues then I'll be really happy. Alternatively you could take out gear crafting.

al-azad posted:

But the game giveth and taketh away in equal in equal measure. Geralt doesn't have any invincibility frames so enemies can straight up hit you in the middle of a dodge or you strike a blocking opponent and somehow you take damage as they get pushed back.

JetsGuy posted:

Yeah one of the first things the books cover is that he basically made up "the Witchers code" to stop people from pestering him on his decisions.

Baronjutter posted:

I haven't played the previous games but is there a reason the Witcher only seems to get involved with sorceresses? Every lady in the game seems to be a mage of some sort. Why isn't one of your love interests a smith, or a warrior, or a anything other than a magic user? Just the sort of circles he keeps and the work he does?

El Hefe posted:

There's a quest that involves you going after some guy and it turns out he's a retired married with children witcher, the kids aren't his but still it shows it can happen.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

One of the peasant barks is something like "life is painful on the living" or something like that. Does anyone recall the exact wording?

fickle poofterist posted:

Bobfly posted:

Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't Olgierd's evil mostly due to the deal he made with O'Dimm in the first place? Turning his heart to stone and accelerating his hedonic adaptation way out of proportion? Maybe Olgierd was an arsehole from the start, I forget.

Staltran posted:

I don't think you're supposed to smoke fisstech... Don't you absorb it through your mucuous membranes?

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

I'm about to wrap up Witcher 1 and this is good to know, since I'm jumping right into Witcher 2 after that.

Really glad for the input I got on playing the first one. I've been having quite a bit of fun, although did anybody else feel like resolving the Human-Vodyanoi conflict in Act IV was a little...subdued? My resolution was to literally ask for a token of peace from Julian(?) and the Vodyanoi priest, turn the items in to the Lady of the Lake, and presto, problem solved. It didn't really seem like there was much of a conflict. Nothing like the Scoi'atel/Order issue, at least, and most of the humans seemed more preoccupied with things like the wedding than with whatever issue was transpiring between the two groups.

Lurdiak posted:

Speaking of choosing ladies, I was annoyed that making a decision based on what I thought was best for Alvin was secretly me choosing between Shani and Triss. I like Shani way better, at least in this game. She's a nice lady with an Audrey Hepburn haircut instead of a weirdo sorceress who's keeping a billion secrets.

Lareine posted:

Something not B&W related. After the battle at Kaer Morhen, I invited Letho to stay and he accepted. Except now I can't find him anywhere. I found Keira easily but Letho isn't in or around the actual keep. Where is he? Is he off fighting bears or something?

Pellisworth posted:

Since no one answered this, I don't remember where Letho ends up after the battle but he doesn't have any new quests or significant content for you, pretty sure.

Pellisworth posted:

Google suggests to me that he may not be anywhere after the battle, despite saying he'll stay

8-Bit Scholar posted:

I've seen exactly one kitty in this game and it was chill and cool and my friend. It was actually on a table during a cutscene but I'm not sure if it's a prop that's always there or just happened to be there incidentally. I'm not entirely sure how much of these cutscene details are wholly pre-loaded and how many might be algorithmic in some way--like how the camera will sometimes zoom way far out or focus on odd details even if the conversation hasn't really taken an emotional turn.

Refried Noodle posted:

Since this post I have finished the main game and HoS. That was probably the best RPG I've ever played. Gonna shelve B&W, save it for a quiet holiday or something.

Anymore Witcher in the pipeline or was this the finale? Because I will blind pre-order whatever.

qbert posted:

The new patch adds a painting merchant, so at least you don't have to endure bare walls.

BBJoey posted:

to be fair if you let thaler die in witcher 1 you're a loving failure of a human being

nozh posted:

No the best one is the feather Vivienne gives you, which you wear behind your ear.