Complete edition is $25 on Amazon today (I ordered it)
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 24 November 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
I started this last night and I'm kind of overwhelmed but after months of playing Fallout IV this looks (visually) SO MUCH BETTER
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
yeah when i started fallout iv that kinda ended it for me - it just looked so dead compared to the witcher.
as mentioned the sound is amazing too if you can hook it up to something nice.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
i was also overwhelmed at first, and i was a bit confused by the story, having never played the previous entries in the series. but after about 4-5 hours it really settles into a satisfying groove that hasn't let up since. and geralt is a great videogame character. to continue the Fallout4 abuse, geralt is on a different level than the generic fallout character person with the terrible voice acting that you're forced to inhabit.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Fallout has some decent scenery but the character design is so ugly and primitive compared to something like this or Uncharted.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
I read some background on the story and mythology of the first two games before playing. I'm more overwhelmed by gameplay stuff but I'm sure it will get more natural.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
i never found the story stuff bothersome - i never played the other games. it kinda pieces it together.
the gameplay is definitely a bit intense at first, like all the tools and items etc feels a bit overwhelming but you can kinda ignore any parts that seem tedious. it's complex enough some of it, i mean for a videogame like that i play to escape from a world where i need to solve complicated problems.
i mean obv choose your own path but i funnelled most of my resources into igni and fast sword attacks and then kept upgrading bombs. there's a spell called dragon's breath that makes your bombs and igni cause these huge mushroom clouds, increasing in severity as you power up. just throwing this out there in case that appeals.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 December 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
i'm still pretty early on, i think - LVL 14, and i've been wandering around doing novigrad-related quests for the past couple hours - but i still haven't really gotten into the crafting stuff yet. crafting, so far, seems like kind of a waste of time because the stuff i find out on quests are always better than even the best crafting option for my level. i'm guessing as crafting becomes more important toward the end game? kind of ditto with alchemy, although it least that's useful for creating enemy-specific potions and stuff.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's my experience of crafting too. if you grind around the place you end up finding way better weapons.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
good to know! i won't waste too much time thinking about it now, then.
the only other issue i've had as i play through is just trying to figure out which quests to take on. i'm trying to take on the main quests when i'm relatively close to their recommended level so i don't end up overleveling and breezing through the main storyline. but as i take that approach, it ends up having a similar effect on the secondary quests - right now i have a bunch of LVL 7-10 quests that i haven't done, and now i'm way too leveled up for them to offer any satisfying challenge.
i dunno, it's not a big deal, and i'm still managing to fit in a lot of sidequests when i'm still close to the appropriate level, but i'm starting to get FOMO as i steer Roach around the landscape.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
i think it's so big that that's maybe inevitable. i did go back and clean up a lot of quests even if i got like 1 xp for doing them because i was so far levelled up.
i still haven't finished the first game tho - i am like level 25 or maybe more but got sidetracked by question marks.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
crafting is important for the witcher gear but pointless otherwise. alchemy is great tho, they did a terrific job making potions and oils etc easy to use and relevant. one of the big successes of the game vs the genre standard imo.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
i am at level 20, and was out on skellige doing the main story and just decided to go back to velen and investigate question marks, and mop up some witcher contracts
being overpowered in some confrontations can be boring, but i'm using it as a way to try out different patterns of attack/parrying
haven't decided on a "build" really. yrden appeals to my sensibilities but igni seems most practical
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
for a while i was heavily relying on quen - before battle and during. but now i hit it before and then igni throughout. igni is crazy good esp against human opponents.
― Mordy, Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's the best - the mind control is v powerful too but mostly igni plus dragon breath plus bombs and you can take down anything.
might have said this already but one of the tips said to block against humans and dodge v monsters but i never found that to be true - dodge against everything imo.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
cluster bombs and underpowered idiot bandits are a very fun combination in the late game ime
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
sold my copy of this after "finishing" - didn't bother with all the ?'s in the water. loved it but don't see coming back to replay it. an actual rpg witcher wd be dope
― am0n, Friday, 2 December 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
Still too caught up in Skyrim to give this the time it requires
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 2 December 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
so my geralt told triss he loved her bc a) i barely know anything about yenn and b) she's a hot redhead. i'm pretty fine w/ the decision but i do wonder how much story i'm going to miss out by foreclosing on yenn? the way he leaves triss makes it seem like his story with her is over for the game... so maybe that was a short-sighted decision on my part?
― Mordy, Thursday, 8 December 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
no
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 8 December 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
you won't get less of anything overall, just different.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 8 December 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah but the Yenn love runs deep.
― Gukbe, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link
There's a good little moment on a mountain.
there'll be terrible pornography regardless, follow your heart/index finger
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
Yenn is a total bitch, Triss definitely the right choice. I had planned on Triss but i think the signposting of that specific moment where you have to tell her you love her maybe wasn't clear enough to me, so i missed it and ended up without either of them! ah well, i still got a great ending. being a good dad is far more important in the process of getting a good ending than who you end up seeing terrible porn of.
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 9 December 2016 12:23 (seven years ago) link
that almost imperceptible nod when you suggest a game of gwent #justwitcherthings
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
i'm in skellige and up to level 20 and i feel like the end of the game is rapidly approaching. i still have a bunch of quests i could backtrack to finish but probably won't... i out-leveled a ton of stuff, esp among the contracts. what level does this go upto? 30?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
the levels at the end of the main story are around 32-34 i believe
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
omg i just realized cd projekt is the same company doing cyberpunk 2077
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 04:32 (seven years ago) link
it's worth going back and doing contracts if you're bothered about potions and alchemy generally, the monsters you kill often supply useful ingredients
― Neil S, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 07:29 (seven years ago) link
i'm in p much the exact same position as you, mordy, and i'm going back to sweep up contracts, even easy ones
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
this game rules. i need to practice fighting though bc my approach is still just mashing a bunch of buttons really fast.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
i practiced fighting and alchemy and stuff too much and now the game is too easy even after raising the difficulty level. as great as the game is it really is lacking in the challenge department.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
just keep jumping and fast attacking, occasionally weave like ali with o then thump someone with a strong attack, lots of fire and lots of bombs, it's easy. i kinda like that it's easy as i'm bad at games. i got a few new games recently but this thread made me come back to this one. lmao @ the scene where geralt and the two other witchers all get wasted in his house. i mean partly cos it's funny and partly cos it failed to be.
am i the only one who finds the voice acting for the two-line blurbs on the loading screen just kind of hilarious. the way he says "bloody baron" is just so bizarre.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
yeah i don't mind it being easy, i don't put enough time into playing video games to get really good at them. most of my favorite games are ones that got criticized for being too easy.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
I was so glad to be alone in the living room when the witcher fucks a sorceress on a fake unicorn
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
spent 5 minutes trying to figure out if yenn is an analogue for veronica does that make tris an analogue for betty or bc she's a redhead for cheryl blossom and then trying to figure out exactly what the semiotics of cheryl blossom was supposed to be anyway - this was a good distraction for the otherwise shameful unicorn sex scene
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
mordy those are 5 minutes you cant have back
I really enjoy this game but it is kinda easy-ish. I'm getting frustrated with the crafting too. I finally got my hands on a master armorer except I dont have recipes for anything decent at my level so its basically an empty victory.
More fetch quests then!
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 16 December 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
I've already lifted the difficulty once and it's still too eAsy thinking about taking it up to death march
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
braaaaag
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 16 December 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
esp if you're using the right oils and making use of the decoctions (there are some feats that apparently boost your toxicity tolerance which i feel like will just break the game entirely if i use -- i have like 3-4 pts i haven't even invested yet in skills). i also have the cat school armor which is great.
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
breaking up w/ yenn v. sad :(
― Mordy, Sunday, 25 December 2016 03:53 (seven years ago) link
finally finished this. i have a pretty big backlog of games to get to but that new game+ sure looks tempting. quite a remarkable game - one of the best RPGs i've ever played for sure.
― Mordy, Saturday, 31 December 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
has any one read any of the books or graphic novels? are they any good?
― Mordy, Monday, 2 January 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I've read (well, listened to), the short story prequels to the main saga and generally enjoyed them. I'm not a big fantasy reader though so take it with a grain of salt.
― Gukbe, Monday, 2 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
I dug the books, the couple first ones I read.
Took me forever to really get that the games were sequels of sorts to the books.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 07:31 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gra9w6e.jpg
― am0n, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
terrifying
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
ha
i've been chilling in novigrad for the past week. just like solving mysteries and tracking people down. i love that there's a city that actually feels big and like a city within the even huger world.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
After some so-so AAA games over the holidays, I fired up my post-Blood & Wine save and am just walking the earth, basically immortal, picking up all the question marks I left behind, finding it a surprisingly soothing way to not think about 2017.
― orifex, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link