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It's a delicate balance. It's an RPG so you want some level of making choices without being able to exactly know all the later consequences, just based on what your character knows. How do you guys feel about Witcher 2 locking off an entire side of a chapter behind a choice? I personally loved it and the fact that you only get the bits of the overall story relevant to your path each time. Wasn't FO4 modded because you couldn't even see the immediate consequences (i.e. no idea what your character will say beforehand)? Kind of reminds me of the very first dialog choice in Witcher 2 being "gently caress you" if you pick the dialog option saying "very funny".
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RPGs shouldn't have voiced main characters, that way you can circumvent the whole "we don't wanna write down the whole dialog option and just have a guy read it out again" issue.chaosapiant posted:One of my favorite things about the first Witcher game is how your actions will affect quests later down the road, possibly resulting in people dying or quests being closed off, without you knowing in advance what those repercussions might be. I wish more games did this. Have you played Alpha Protocol? That probably has my favorite chocies & consequences in a game.
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Oct 18, 2019 22:16
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Gwent is really more of a collection game than an actual card game with strategies and deck building and stuff.
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Oct 24, 2019 08:55
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:It's Iorveth. Hanging around genocidal paramilitarists is bad and getting the Temerian equivalent of a deaths head tattoo is worse. You’re pathetic, with your little stolen sacks of seeds on pack horses, with your handful of grain, that tiny crumb thanks to which you plan to survive. And with that mission of yours which is supposed to turn your thoughts from imminent annihilation. Because you know this is the end. Nothing will sprout or yield crops on the plateaux, nothing will save you now. But you live long, and you will live very long in arrogant isolation, fewer and fewer of you, growing weaker and weaker, more and more bitter. And you know what’ll happen then, Filavandrel. You know that desperate young men with the eyes of hundred-year-old men and withered, barren and sick girls like Toruviel will lead those who can still hold a sword and bow in their hands, down into the valleys. You’ll come down into the blossoming valleys to meet death, wanting to die honourably, in battle, and not in sick beds of misery, where anaemia, tuberculosis and scurvy will send you. Then, long-living Aen Seidhe, you’ll remember me. You’ll remember that I pitied you. And you’ll understand that I was right.
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Nov 1, 2019 21:39
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chaosapiant posted:I love that moment when Geralt puts lovely arrogant elves in their place. The quoted passage and "Dear Friend" bits are some of my favorite writing from the books. My favorite part of the dialog in all the books is the constant sarcasm.
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Nov 2, 2019 11:17
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etalian posted:Geralt/Dandelion roasting smug elves is the best part of the books. And the very next scene Dandelion is all “zomg Geralt that was totes worth it so I could get this fine rear end Lute!”
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Nov 2, 2019 17:13
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http://gwent-cards.com/
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Nov 2, 2019 18:52
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Smol posted:except for the first two books. Huh?
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Nov 3, 2019 01:07
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Arcsquad12 posted:The two short story collections are mostly unconnected and a lot of the stories between the two volumes take place at intertwining moments. Some Sword of Destiny Stories take place before Last Wish stories. I still think the way most people read it (Last Wish first) is better because Sword of Destiny has a lot of Yen and Ciri stuff whereas Last Wish's stories are more unconnected. Smol posted:I guess I should have said original publication order. Sword of Destiny was published a year before The Last Wish, even though most people would recommend reading The Last Wish first. When it comes to translated editions, this was usually reversed. I didn't know that. Then why is The Witcher (the very first short story he ever wrote about it IIRC) in Last Wish? 
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Nov 3, 2019 11:18
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Witcher 1 is loving amazing, play it
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Dec 12, 2019 23:58
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Jinnigan posted:is there a combat mod that turns it into dark souls instead of this spinny poo poo. i have no idea how i made it through the game the first time. just had a fight where i got surrounded by 4 dudes. i try to jump back from one and then attack forward again. (no camera movement) but after i jump back and click forward-attack, i'm now attacking the person behind me. this ends up with me getting dogpiled and dying. dumb as hell targetting system. Just hold W while looking at the dude
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Dec 13, 2019 22:41
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'm surprised I didn't recognize Tailles in Blood and Wine when you compete as Ravix of Fourhorn. He had a Toussaint accent so I forgot that he was also in Witcher 2 at La Valette Castle and I thought he was someone else. He's the guy Geralt punched in Voice of Reason and then again in W2?
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Dec 17, 2019 19:00
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Cactus posted:It's well written even by todays standards (which with a few exceptions still isn't that high a bar, unfortunately) "Even" today and "still"? Has the average videogame's writing improved in the last years?
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Dec 18, 2019 16:14
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Jimbot posted:for your deck of nothing but heroes, damage boosts  Comte de Saint-Germain posted:I think people here tend to view it with rose tinted glasses. It was pretty cool when it was released, but it's aged very poorly, and some parts of it were always kind of bad. Nope, it's a great game still. Replayed it this year.
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Dec 23, 2019 10:38
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Mzbundifund posted:I haven't read the books and it wasn't a decision for me either. A little politics tip: if a guy starts telling you that I'm super honest for real going to build a utopia you guys, I just need to start with a liiiiitle backstabbing and murder now, he's not going to build a utopia. But what if the guy is the best character in the 2 or 3 novels and 1 game he appears in
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Jan 12, 2020 22:27
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Mzbundifund posted:poo poo yeah good point, nightmarish dictators are never charismatic, that just wouldn't make sense He can be the next Radovid for all I care, if the choice is between two characters who are barely in the game and him, I'm gonna pick him so I can keep reading that sweet dialog.
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Jan 13, 2020 19:24
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chaosapiant posted:Witcher 2: I just realized for the first time after 8 or 9 playthroughs; that you can actually visit Iorveth’s lair in the woods outside of Flotsam. I had no idea! I like the areas in chapter 1 and 2 a billion times more than the giant open world of W3. It's just pretty cool to actually have to go looking for monster nests for example instead of them being 50 copypasted encounters on the map.
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Feb 16, 2020 10:48
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Oh dear me posted:Ugh. What drives me mad about W1 and W2 is the 'corridor world', the way the 'exploration' is 90% working out how to get to your destination along meandering corridors fenced in by somehow impenetrable weeds. I love just being able to decide I want to go north, and do it, the way you mostly can in Velen. Yeah I hate exploring a forest, I just want to have meandering hills as far as the eye can see so I can ride in a straight line towards the next bandit camp.
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Tom Tucker posted:I've been using a pure combat build for a while and thought I'd shake things up. I'm level 23 and taking my time with the main quest so I've turned on enemy upscaling on the second-to-hardest difficulty. I'm thinking of trying out a signs / combat or alchemy / combat build, any recommendations? Every build you make should have a /alchemy in it. There's no reason ever not to have synergy. As for signs, just go with Igni to set them on fire and then Igni flamethrower while they're already on fire.
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Feb 22, 2020 10:42
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Ainsley McTree posted:Is there a mod that makes all the ! side quest givers appear on the world map without having to find them on your own first? I want to make sure i don’t miss any on my second play through and I’m paranoid that there’s a few I’m missing because i take the wrong turn at a crossroads or something. How many of those are there even? Off the top of my head, I would've guessed like 95% of side quests are activated through a notice board.
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Feb 27, 2020 19:17
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10 Beers posted:I've got one Gwent card on Skellige left that can't be won from anyone. I swear I've checked every merchant. http://gwent-cards.com/ Also lol @ using anything but spy spam.
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Mar 7, 2020 13:57
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itry posted:Archgriffin decoction allows you to take on 💀💀 monsters quite easily. Assuming you can dodge well. It's also pretty much required to beat the last few main story bosses and stuff like gargoyles and golems as a sign build.
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Mar 8, 2020 20:38
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Cowcaster posted:i've never need fleet footed for that. if you're side stepping you have a million invincibility frames anyway I'm pretty sure you do not technically have iframes if you don't have fleet footed. Joey Freshwater posted:loving hell Roach is so god drat frustrating to ride sometimes To this day I'm not sure whether the "just stand in the way of your opponent" technique for winning races was intended or not.
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Mar 20, 2020 09:53
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Cowcaster posted:aard sets you up for instant kills pretty consistently which can be nice. and if you have maxed aoe aard (no penalty) and the piercing cold mutation, you can just spam it over and over until everything around you shatters Or you can set them on fire and watch them burn without doing anything more. Look Sir Droids posted:Aard works for knocking flying monsters out of the air. Also Frozen Aard is the best sign skill in the game. Uh doesn't Igni do that too.
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Mar 22, 2020 19:32
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a fatguy baldspot posted:siggy reuben is cool and you should definitely feel bad about killing him
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Look Sir Droids posted:What's the order to read them in again? Last Wish collection, Sword of Destiny collection, novels in release order.
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