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Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Shani was too good for the Witcher universe.

bef posted:

I'm curious what do people not like about gwent? I think the starting decks and cards can be pretty inhibiting in playstyle but once you collect enough+ heroes you start to have a lot of options on how you want to play. I really like Northern Faction for the Foltest's commander horn and its +1 card perk for winning a round...Get a hand with 1 or 2 spies, a decoy, 1-2 healers, and catapults that x2 their damage and it turns preeety zany to see how you can choke the other player out

I thought it was sort of unique in that it was a game of Card Chicken - bluffing instead of just overpowering your enemy -, but gently caress it was boring as poo poo.

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Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Eopia posted:

I'm sure you'll find there's plenty of stories to be told for Witcher Ciri which is the best ending.

Yeah, I wonder what she's up to being the Empress/


:colbert:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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SirSamVimes posted:

They've just said that Geralt's story is done, they have not said anything about the Witcher universe being done.

It's done for our gaming lifetimes, as good as. Witcher 4 coming out in 2032.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Star War Sex Parrot posted:

They get a bit tedious, especially since there's no challenge with Superior Golden Oriole.

The best thing you can do in WItcher 3 is to only use the basic potions. :colbert:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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SirSamVimes posted:

There are no must haves. The game is perfect as is.

This isn't true at all. The jump in shallow water mod is mandatory.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Bicyclops posted:



I get why other people like the Ciri as Empress ending, but it seems like the game goes out of the way to make that ending seem painful for Geralt, like there's some painful distance between the two of them that makes them estranged.

I like the ambiguity though, even if Hearts of Stone is way, way clearer as to what the "good" ending is.

Of ocurse it's painful. Ciri finally has left Geralt's nest for good, and Geralt knows that she's in a completely different arena, and when she needs help or advice he's not gonna be around to give it to her.

It's the best ending; it hurts so good.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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El Grillo posted:

I got Witcher Ciri because I didn't get what Emir wanted with her and my general instinct was to keep her the gently caress away from him as far as possible. Emir is an utter oval office throughout all the books and the games, and in the books he wants to actually marry Ciri even though she's his loving daughter, just so he can have the super-child with her.
Were there a lot of hints that he had massively changed, or is this just the effect of CDPR's (occasionally) slightly odd narrative style?

There was none of that poo poo from the books, to my recollection. He's just a guy who wants his child to continue the family business. And in the books he decided against that crap anyways, right?

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Fuzz posted:

It's a shame Foltest's kids don't show up in this at all. The Striga daughter (if you cured her) and Anais.

I gas really hoped for a throwback mission where Adda reverts and you have to take her out.

Take her out to dinner, you mean. :colbert:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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redbackground posted:

I'm the moldy pillow.

That looks like a heavily used cutting board.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Octy posted:

Well, if Triss is good enough for Doug, she's good enough for Geralt.

I have no idea what you're talking abotu here. Who's Doug, and why would Triss be with him?

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Arcsquad12 posted:

Doug Cockle, Geralt's English voice actor.

And why would Trisss be good enough for doug? Are the two Voice Actors married or something?

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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That DICK! posted:

i just beat blood and wine and now i'm angry that i have no more witcher and i have to move on with my life

new game+

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Gaunter's everywhere. Haha.
http://imgur.com/r/witcher/WP4ph


Drifter fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Feb 2, 2017

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Skwirl posted:

Without context there's no way i'd recognize who those figures are supposed to be and I'm deep into a Witcher binge.

I mean, they're pretty recognizably chibi versions of themselves. Maybe not for an average person, but anyone who's been exposed to the characters in the game should pretty easily recognize them for who they are. Doesn't mean they're not stupid, though.


And, I mean, nobody BUT fans of the series would buy those figures to begin with, so I mean, saying "without context" is kinda silly. Only the weirdos and freaks would be buying them. They're not meant for us normies at all.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Why can't people talk abotu it? Is it just a pain in the rear end to answer, or are there ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•trade secrets¸¸•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸ involved?

AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:

Its someone's alt account that they registered just to ask him.

Ten bucks is ten bucks. :shrug:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Ves is just having an allergic reaction to whatever toxins where in Geralt's system during Witcher 2.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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mlmp08 posted:

Super awkward when Triss, Yenn, a bunch of hookers, Shani, some Nilfgaardian spy, and who knows who else are popping out kids at more or less the same time.

I didn't bang Shani in Witcher 3, that'd be hosed up to Yenn. But it really, really pushes you that way.

It's Shani. Yen would've understood. :colbert:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Witcher 3 looks good enough that reshade probably isn't worth the trouble if you're not already familiar with it.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Avalerion posted:

Then they should have just asked nicely, then let her go on about it. :downs:

As was mentioned above, they also want to make her a breeder - just pumping out little wild hunt babies, one after another. That's not really a good time.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Spiderdrake posted:

You know, my biggest complaint about the game is how secondary the secondary characters felt. I picked Triss in all three games (I don't remember if there was a choice in 2) and felt like I saw less of her in 3 and than 2, even though 2 is about a third the length. Felt really strange.

I also liked the combat (in all three games) but couldn't be arsed to play Gwent either. The game is so big already.
This is going to come off as an incredibly dumb question, but how do you know which ending you got? Was there a video that I just didn't see? All I got was the two of them standing around after an awkward hug and then talking to Regis. It seemed like the good ending, but nothing really happened.

Good endings in Witcher universe are when people survive.
Bad endings are when the people you like die.
Between endings are when not everyone dies.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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I think the storyland adventure was far far more interesting than the vampire route, even though the storyland route was far more cliched and the vampre route had that cool vampire chick.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Bicyclops posted:

The vampire route is just as cliched, though. It hits every vampire trope, one at a time. Blood-drinking as alcoholism, the cultured good guy vampire and the bestial, emotional vampire, the ancient, standoffish vampire falling in love with a young human woman, etc. etc...

The storyland trope is just aware of its cliches. It's like that thing Roger Ebert said about Casablanca being all the cliches having a ball, and they all seem to know you and welcome you. A little vineyard at the edge of the world as a reward for the hero, yadda yadda. It's good. Not as good as Heart of Stone, but a sweet little signature on the whole thing.

What? I thought the vampire route was just you and the orphanage and then the awesome cave. Everything else was kinda revealed after both storylines. The ancient vampire in the cave was pretty dope, I don't think he fell in love with anyone?

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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I'm sorry, but any(hot chick)body you can have sex with while floating around in a cloud is someone worth saving.



:colbert:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Skwirl posted:

I'm about to finish Witcher 3 and decided to finally play Witcher 2, any good mods for a first playthrough? I did Witcher 3 on PS4 and I really wish I had access to the QoL mods for that I've seen mentioned several times here, so if anything like that exists for 2 I'd like to know about it.

There really aren't any big QOL mods for witcher 2. If there's a combat mod, don't use it.

Witcher 2 is a far more linear game than W3, so you don't need any HUD stuff, nor do you need jump in water mods or anything like that. The combat's a little different, so it'll take a bit to get used to it.

Some people suggest a zero weight mod (actually, this is pretty good) or a medallion cooldown mod, but eh. Vanilla Witcher 2 is more than fine.

Just be careful when playing Dice to not overthrow. The dice game is kinda neat, but badly implemented at the edges.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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TenaciousD posted:



Anyone know if this is real or fake? Links to 3 images as well. Early builds of W3 did have Geralt in the Oathbreaker armour, and it kind of looks like one of CDPR's meeting rooms shown in this video.

I can't make up my mind. He has a beard, but those are definitely W2 animations. It looks like Kaer Morhen, their armour is reflecting light, and the shadows are casting properly, but the background seems static. Could be a well done fake?

I'd heard of the mod that replaces Roche and Ves with Iorveth and Saskia.
There's lots of stuff out there.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2066/

Drifter fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Feb 13, 2017

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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I think HOS works right when you hit lvl 30, even though you've not beaten the game at that time.

B&W is definitely an post-game mod.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

If I beat the game in vanilla Witcher 3, can I access NG+ in GOTY edition?

If they're two seperate things you might need to move a savegame somewhere. Worth a shot.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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TenaciousD posted:

Someone is working on adding back the E3 combat animations. Looks promising so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShW_DySqhok

Although there were a lot of changes from the earlier demos to the final game, the one that irked me the most was the change they made to the speed of the combat shown in the earlier trailers. Geralt moved so quickly. It looked really cool, just like the books. That, and whatever global water system that were using which allowed for boats, whether they be massive ships or rickety dinghies, and all sign and bloods effects to react to the water was really unique. Never seen a game try a system like that.

What's the difference between this modded dodge and the normal current dodge? I can't really tell.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Fuzz posted:

It also has a huge fur ruff that makes him look like Mugatu. I guess it works with the elven rebel hair and the glasses...

"That Ciri, she's so hot right now."

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:

Holy gently caress, I came across a side quest/contract with living statues... How did this get through QR without toning down those drat mages? That difficulty spike is unreal

You have to use grenades - Northern Winds or whatever. That was the first time I died in like 20 hours of playing the game. It was loving ridiculous. They pretty much instakilled me (well, like two hits) three or four times in a row. Grenades, Quen, and just Charge the mages first.

It was such bullshit.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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twistedmentat posted:

So if i didn't gently caress up the relationship with Yenn would she appear at the end of Blood & Wine or is it always Ciri? Man I am so glad I bothered to get the good ending, I don't think i could have handled the sisters dying.

1) The person you are in a relationship with, if not a relationship, then
2) Ciri, if that person is not alive, then
3) Dandelion

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Decius posted:

2.) is the best and sweetest ending.

It was actually a huge letdown in the sense that that person shows up and is all, "oh, hi" and shoots the poo poo for like two minutes and then THAT'S IT>!!

After the ending of Vanilla Witcher where they ripped out my heart and it was so amazing the end of BnW was a wet fart. :mad:

Both endings of 1) have the best endings to BnW, in my opinion.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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twistedmentat posted:

So in regards to ending 1) So Yenn or Triss show up and do they say "hey lets live here together and bouncy bouncy all the time"
It's this one.
It's nice.

And yeah, 2) reflects the ending of the vanilla game.

Can you beat BnW before you beat Vanilla? What does that change with regards to the endings? Or does it not account for that?

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Ciri grows as a character throughout the game. The bitter-sweet ending is the best because, much like her and the white frost, she's able to best change the world for the better as a result. Nobody likes things right away, when she comes to visit she's barely into training for her role.

The Witcher ending is some namby-pamby happy go lucky bullshit.

No matter the reason, I think I like it best because of how well it's produced and acted. It was just crushing. :ohdear: It fits with the tone of the game.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

The bad ending is the best ending, it's just a pity I'll never actually do it.

The best ending is when everyone dies? :crossarms:

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Bicyclops posted:

It's not and anyone who thinks this should go watch whatever adolescent misery porn they think is art. The Dad Geralt route works fine for every character and tells a story and just because portions of it are happy developments doesn't make it bad.

What? The good Dad Geralt route just means that she doesn't die. I don't even know what you're trying to express by equating anything to YA misery porn (what even is that)?

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Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

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Arcsquad12 posted:

I don't think there is anything wrong with the Empress ending, I just dislike people slagging off the Witcheress ending for being too happy.

But people literally call it the "good" ending, for reasons such as "they're happy now," and "it's just a happier ending."

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