are the add-ons worth picking up? the gameplay can be repetitive but I enjoy walkin around the world they created.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
Yeah would recommend, the new area in Blood and Wine is a nice change, and both have some pretty great quests.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link
Hearts Of Stone story is better than Wild Hunt!
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
do you carry on as the same level etc in the expansions?
i only discovered the island in skellige called "an skellig" like two days ago, despite it having its own theme music and several really cool side quests. somehow i missed it. anyway finally finished this last night. don't read on if you don't want mild spoilers:
pretty good cinematic end sequences. thought the second last boss, the magician guy, was one of the few really difficult bosses in the game. the last boss was laughably easy, he barely hit me once. i was thinking last night i reckon i've died more in this game by falling off cliffs than during battle.
i also wondered if anyone else does the following:
1. being too lazy or not bothering to use roach, instead walking/running long distances to a marker, as the crow flies. mostly works, occasionally results in stupid routes over mountains and lots of scrabbling/jumping.2. never using the parry/block action. i just dodge or roll always. i can't even remember how to parry. 3. putting all your experience into sword skills - like once i got a good igni and an okay quen/yrden there was so much experience left it just seemed like upgrading sword attack and defence made the most sense. 4. never fighting on horseback. can't be bothered/it's too easy on foot anyway to need to learn how to move roach in any non-frustrating way during a fight.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:08 (seven years ago) link
yes, you retain your level (and all upgrade, gear etc.) in the expansions, or you can assume a levelled-up version of Geralt if you want.
― Neil S, Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:14 (seven years ago) link
yes to 1 + 4 for sure. parrying is useful when you're dealing w/ archers (and have the deflect skill) otherwise agree. 3 - a lot went into sword skills (and particularly quick sword -- does any one bother to use both quick & heavy? seemed unnecessary even at the second highest difficulty setting) but putting a little bit in alchemy basically turns the game into a cakewalk. + i say this as someone who doesn't really play the dark souls games bc they're hard enough that i get frustrated - but in general witcher 3 is just too easy. agree about the second to last boss and the final boss too.
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:18 (seven years ago) link
i had all these plans to combine the highest level bear swords w/ the highest level cat armor but i didn't even bother getting everything fully upgraded by the end. maybe it makes more sense to do so on new game+.
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:19 (seven years ago) link
i put like everything into igni and sword. and i use a lot of bombs which combined with igni is good.
i use strong attack a lot though, like when an enemy is stunned or you have a clear strike, strong attack is really good. also the heightened strong attack where he lifts the sword over his head, backwards, is ludicrously powerful. kinda hard to get a hit in with it but if you do it causes huge damage.
i'm the same - i know i'd give up dark souls after two minutes, i'm mostly okay with witcher 3 being easy but i think they could fix it a bit. like the exp level of bosses doesn't actually tally with difficulty sometimes, there's this one golem or fire elemental in one of the caves that took me longer than any other boss, and it was just level 28 or something when i was about 30. but most of the time i just tear into enemies without even blocking or dodging and they're dead in about two minutes.
humanoids are even easier, i mainly enjoy fighting them cos it's fun to dodge and taunt them. i think if the fighting wasn't so much fun and didn't have such good animations it'd be more frustrating, but it is a problem. like the game doesn't quite know how to balance itself towards the wide variety of skills you amass as it goes on.
xpost i keep finding i have the scrolls for the three highest things but not the most basic one, and hence can't craft it or brew it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
started blood and wine over the weekend, can't stop laughing. the accents and the music and the script. this game is all-time.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 6 February 2017 11:21 (seven years ago) link
i can't complete the final detlaff fight in blood and wine at all. it's about 200 times harder than anything else in this game. i searched for how to do it etc, nothing helps.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 20 March 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
maybe kick the difficulty level down a notch? i was looking for a chill vacation vibe by the time i got to b&w so i set it to easy mode. i think detlaff still kicked my ass a few times but i don't remember it being a grind (and i am not a particularly skilled fighter in this game)
― orifex, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link
lol i'm already on easy. like when he changes form he just fires bats and me and i die every time. i've considered going back to an old save then heading off for a while to level up and maybe get a few more effective potions, though i am a really high level already.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
ha oh welp. maybe i was way over-leveled since i'd done everything i could do in the game by then or maybe i got lucky with my "hit random buttons in a sweaty panic" strat
― orifex, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 07:50 (seven years ago) link
he telegraphs his fire bat attack, it should just be a question of dodging out the way when he telegraphs it then closing in for some sword-thwacking IIIRC
― Neil S, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
seems to be really hard to dodge, probably a timing thing. glad this game is easy cos the load times when you die are so bad it's hard to have even three goes at a boss.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
remember the quen shield that gives back health being pretty critical in surviving that part
― devvvine, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
http://gematsu.com/2017/03/gwent-witcher-card-game-ps4-technical-beta-begins-march-31
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 30 March 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link
how long does the dlc take, roughly
― na (NA), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:25 (seven years ago) link
i'm not enjoying blood and wine as much as the main game or as much as hearts of stone and i can't tell if it's because it's not as good or i'm just finally burning out on this game. the main story feels pretty grim and the side missions are all pretty dull. i do like toussaint though, it's very pretty.
― na (NA), Monday, 15 May 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
i stopped partway thru b&w. i think for me it was part burn out but also it lost the sense of progression to keep pushing me along. i might try it again in a few months.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 15 May 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
weird - i felt most addicted during blood and wine.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 15 May 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
so far it feels less creative/weird than the rest of the game. nothing like going into the painting or the final battle against the mirror man in hearts of stone. a lot of straight-ahead fighting and running errands for people. but i'm probably not that far into blood and wine yet.
― na (NA), Monday, 15 May 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/17/netflix-to-produce-the-witcher-tv-series
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:46 (seven years ago) link
cautiously optimistic
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
i hope it's just a lot of wandering around in the foothills gathering flowers and whistling for Roach
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
terrence malick's The Witcher
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LuGknMf.png
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 20 May 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
LOL
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Saturday, 20 May 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link
otm
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 22 May 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
the first tv show ever to be shot entirely within a broom cupboard in an embassy building
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 May 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
hahaha
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 22 May 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
now you don't need to unlock the sex scenes
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 May 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
this was $25 for the game + both expansions on GOG yesterday and i just built a new gaming pc so i guess i'm finally going to play it. i avoided it before because skyrim burnt me out on this type of game but it's been long enough now i think, and being able to play it on high gfx settings should be a treat, i imagine.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
fwiw witcher 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skyrim
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
yeah i loved skyrim but this is just so so much better
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
That's a big promise
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
idk i don't feel any compunction about that claim. witcher 3 eats skyrim's lunch. they're not even close to being on the same level.
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
i know!
xp
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
100% agree
― adam, Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
One day I'll own something I can play this on and I definitely want to
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
skyrim ~feels~ a little more open in that you can design your character, choose to be a certain class w/accompanying storyline, etc, but witcher is so much more polished in every other respect (writing, acting, visuals, controls, etc) that yeah it's really not much of a comparison
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
stealth archer on Skyrim was cool, don't recall anything similar on Witcher 3
― badg, Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
really curious what the next generation of games in this genre will look like, seems like witcher3 and zelda have sent everyone else back to the drawing board
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
i also agree that witcher is better than skyrim, and i loved skyrim. witcher has more personality and better writing and more variety.
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
― badg, Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:56 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i did miss this, as this is typically my favorite class
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Only gave Witcher a cursory try but it seemed a bit more of a drag to get into than Skyrim, with all the alchemy and potion stuff. Ready to believe that there's an awesome game in there once you get past that but skyrim otoh hooked me from te get go
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
tbh my least favorite parts of both skyrim and witcher were the alchemy and potion and crafting stuff.
i love picking spells and weapons and upgrading equipment, but for some reason when it extends into keeping track of 60 different sets of recipes to make marginal upgrades to stats i just get overwhelmed and stare distantly and wistfully.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
kinda like this, but with just a hint of hope
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
Free public beta for online Gwent is livehttps://www.gog.com/game/gwent_the_witcher_card_game
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
this was a good choice for breaking in the new pc, the environments look incredible
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 May 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link