Gaming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Organic Potatoes said:
What is everybody putting points into? I have several points fast attack and Quen, and one in Axii to open up some dialogue options.

I am tempted to level up the fire one to see what it can do...
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I'm maxed in fast attack and it's really damaging. Particularly if you rune your sword up with some runes that inflict over time (burn/poision etc...)
I'm on the second branch of the Igni (fire) and it doesn't do much damage. Thinking of doing a potion of clearance and just maxing more in Quen, which is the best for a combat set by some distance.
 
Dan said:
Passiflora is a fine establishment. :D
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Heh. The sex scenes have really been toned down this year, rather surprisingly. There's very few and they're basically all in the same animations.
 
And people want level scaling. Could you imagine a level 40 door opening rat?
 
Just finished the Bloody Baron Family Matters and return to Crookback Bog quests completely.
Jesus that got dark. Found his daughter and wife. Got the curse lifted on the wife, but she's dying anyway. Daughter doesn't get on with him, and ends up killing himself. All because I saved that fecking tree and freed those choldren
 
stu_1992 said:
Just finished the Bloody Baron Family Matters and return to Crookback Bog quests completely.
Jesus that got dark. Found his daughter and wife. Got the curse lifted on the wife, but she's dying anyway. Daughter doesn't get on with him, and ends up killing himself. All because I saved that fecking tree and freed those choldren
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I had the exact same outcome. If you killed the tree then the wife survives and the Baron doesnt hang himself, but the kids get killed. Pretty shit but I wanted to spite the crones who were the greater evil IMO

That's what I love about this game, the moral choices are so grey. In the BioWare and Bethesda games the moral choices give you the option to be ether a tree hugging saint who pets orphan kittens or basically a Hitler-skeletor hybrid. In the witcher games there never seems to be clear evil/good outcome. Still think I did the right thing mind you.
 
As fantastic as that quest was, I feel like it set the bar too high for the rest. That was a solid 10/10. Any quest that follows ranges from a 7 to a 9/10, in my opinion. Many of which would be amazing themselves, but fall a bit too low when you consider how brilliant that first quest was.
 
Attila said:
I'm playing through Witcher 2 right now. It's really good I would play it before Witcher 3.

There's nothing to be gained by just jumping into W3 and skipping 2.
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I skipped 2 and I'm gaining plenty of fun.
 
There's nothing lost, either. W3 is far more a continuation from the books rather than the previous games. You get better grasp of the lore, but basically all your choices in TW2 are immaterial as the game canon will either override or certain events/characters just do not appear.
 
I'm done with the campaign. It's either great with a few flaws or very good with some excellent qualities... Whichever you lean towards depends on the kinda gamer you are, I guess.

DWelbz19 said:
There's nothing lost, either. W3 is far more a continuation from the books rather than the previous games. You get better grasp of the lore, but basically all your choices in TW2 are immaterial as the game canon will either override or certain events/characters just do not appear.
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What happens if you alter a certain mages megascope crystal in Witcher 2, and import the save to Witcher 3?
 
Tommy said:
I'm done with the campaign. It's either great with a few flaws or very good with some excellent qualities... Whichever you lean towards depends on the kinda gamer you are, I guess.
What happens if you alter a certain mages megascope crystal in Witcher 2, and import the save to Witcher 3?
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http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...ontent-in-The-Witcher-3?p=1691910#post1691910 - That post basically includes everything from TW2 that has [or hasn't] effect on this game.
FWIW I think it's a fantastic game with relatively minor tweaks of flaws that are to be expected in a game of this magnitude. Making the main quest the way it is has probably split opinions but I absolutely love Ciri as a character so I didn't mind.
 
I'm not sure I can write off the negatives as minor flaws, and even if I do, they add up pretty fast. What the game does well, it does brilliantly, though.
 
What would you say they are? For me, I only really see the whole issue with inventory, the slight awkwardness with saving (how checkpoints are only really relevant with the main quests), Roach, candles in the way when looting, and probably my biggest gripe
how lonely everything is post game.
Besides that, there's the obvious pluses, and then slight nuances to add. Like how excellent the sound is, the level of detail in a side game in Gwent, the fact that the NPC's follow your speed in quests, the weather/terrain etc...
 
The UI is clunky, graphics are very janky at times (although that's to be expected, it's still disappointing), combat is lackluster - Especially at the start, where the number of abilities is seriously lacking. Movement is just... Weird, regardless of input device. Witcher Senses are just a crutch for lack of ideas, in my opinion... Especially considering they feck the FOV up and make me feel sick.

Oh, and I still can't get over the potion drinking outside meditation. I know it probably wouldn't work in a game like this, but it goes against every piece of Witcher related fiction apart from the first game.

The biggest negative, by far, is the movement & combat, though. Seriously lacking.
 
@DWelbz19

So I cured Uma/Avallach, and now I have four main quests, The Isle of Mists, Brothers In Arms: Skellige, BiA: Novigrad, BiA Nilfgaard (BiA: Velen failed because I killed Kiera). You mentioned something about finishing off the Baron's story, does that open as I progress? Or have I missed something?

@One Night Only you see Yennefer's muff just fyi. :lol:
 
DatIrishFella said:
@DWelbz19

So I cured Uma/Avallach, and now I have four main quests, The Isle of Mists, Brothers In Arms: Skellige, BiA: Novigrad, BiA Nilfgaard (BiA: Velen failed because I killed Kiera). You mentioned something about finishing off the Baron's story, does that open as I progress? Or have I missed something?

@One Night Only you see Yennefer's muff just fyi. :lol:
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I think I minced my words a bit there, I meant he's one of the many character arcs who have an ending. You've completed his is what I meant, and used him as an example for that. 'The Isle of Mists' is the boat one, btw. Do that last. I also killed Keira. feck her, anyway. Tell me you didn't bonk both Yen and Triss too?

Oh, and UMA = Ugliest Man Alive. I hope you're as mind blown by that as I was. :lol:
 
Tommy said:
The UI is clunky, graphics are very janky at times (although that's to be expected, it's still disappointing), combat is lackluster - Especially at the start, where the number of abilities is seriously lacking. Movement is just... Weird, regardless of input device. Witcher Senses are just a crutch for lack of ideas, in my opinion... Especially considering they feck the FOV up and make me feel sick.

Oh, and I still can't get over the potion drinking outside meditation. I know it probably wouldn't work in a game like this, but it goes against every piece of Witcher related fiction apart from the first game.

The biggest negative, by far, is the movement & combat, though. Seriously lacking.
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Fair enough, that's all understandable. I have a slight agreement with the Witcher Senses, but I'm not sure I have qualms about the movement. I think I'm one of those who just doesn't have much of an issue with combat unless it's ridiculously difficult or ridiculously easy. I didn't mind on TW2 either, really.
 
DWelbz19 said:
I think I minced my words a bit there, I meant he's one of the many character arcs who have an ending. You've completed his is what I meant, and used him as an example for that. 'The Isle of Mists' is the boat one, btw. Do that last. I also killed Keira. feck her, anyway. Tell me you didn't bonk both Yen and Triss too?

Oh, and UMA = Ugliest Man Alive. I hope you're as mind blown by that as I was. :lol:
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Nah, I let Triss go with the Mages on the boat, which brings me to BiA: Novigrad, her name is ticked with a green mark, I assume thats because she's no longer in Novigrad?
 
DatIrishFella said:
Nah, I let Triss go with the Mages on the boat, which brings me to BiA: Novigrad, her name is ticked with a green mark, I assume thats because she's no longer in Novigrad?
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Yeah, that's fine. She'll be at Kaer Morhen when you start the quest. Seeing as you stayed true to Yen it means once you finish the game Geralt ends up with Yennefer for you. I had my way with both and told them I loved them, which led them to dupe me into believing I was in for a threesome but they tied Geralt to a bed in Dandelion's Inn and left him there. :lol:
 
DWelbz19 said:
Yeah, that's fine. She'll be at Kaer Morhen when you start the quest. Seeing as you stayed true to Yen it means once you finish the game Geralt ends up with Yennefer for you. I had my way with both and told them I loved them, which led them to dupe me into believing I was in for a threesome but they tied Geralt to a bed in Dandelion's Inn and left him there. :lol:
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Ah, I assumed so.

One more question, where is the vampire quest in this video?



And where is the quest at 4:20 ...... just for, em, research.
 
Which vampire quest? I don't see it. 4:20 is end game stuff, you won't believe me if I told you who they were either.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Which vampire quest? I don't see it. 4:20 is end game stuff, you won't believe me if I told you who they were either.
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1:50, there is also the elf girl in the video, never seen that! I want to do every side quest now, be freaked if I miss something.
 
DatIrishFella said:
1:50, there is also the elf girl in the video, never seen that! I want to do every side quest now, be freaked if I miss something.
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You've passed it unfortunately. It looks like a mini little quip in part of the quest
Hunting A Witch in Midcopse. Which I believe was the quest for finding Keira, waaaay back.

A nice little side quest, for, research... Is called the Iron Maiden in Skellige. Directly east of Harviken, about half way to Trottheim, there's a large hill with a small lumber store halfway up its northern face. Complete it and thank me later. ;)
Unless you've already done so, which would be a bit of a bummer.
 
I actually felt that the combat was a bit weird or something during the first few hours I played the game. As I leveled up, I started to understand when to use signs and bombs and it was a lot more fun and rewarding IMO. However, one downside is the AI difficulty. Even on the hardest difficulty, I don't think I've come across any enemy that made me go "well f*ck" (even werewolves aren't hard, they're just annoying). I'm still level 10 though so I hope that changes as I progress with the game.

I've also mentioned this before but they really need to fix the inventory. There is literally no point in grouping alchemy and crafting together and the fact that I have to spend a ridiculously long time looking through my inventory to know what's valuable and what's shit is quite tedious. Also, dismantling items is a nightmare since everything is just lumped together.

I still think this is a pretty good game (the quests have all been entertaining so far) but it needs work in some areas.
 
DWelbz19 said:
You've passed it unfortunately. It looks like a mini little quip in part of the quest
Hunting A Witch in Midcopse. Which I believe was the quest for finding Keira, waaaay back.

A nice little side quest, for, research... Is called the Iron Maiden in Skellige. Directly east of Harviken, about half way to Trottheim, there's a large hill with a small lumber store halfway up its northern face. Complete it and thank me later. ;)
Unless you've already done so, which would be a bit of a bummer.
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The vampire was in the Keira sidequest?:(
 
I don't really see the problem with the combat. I can't think of many rpg's which have a more interesting system? I've never been big into Dark Souls but I know the combat is raved about so I'll grant that one, what else out there puts witcher's combat to shame?
 
justboy68 said:
I don't really see the problem with the combat. I can't think of many rpg's which have a more interesting system? I've never been big into Dark Souls but I know the combat is raved about so I'll grant that one, what else out there puts witcher's combat to shame?
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I thought it was all a bit clunky and not great at first, but as it's the first witcher game I've played I sorta expected it. Now I've got to grips with it I think it's excellent pretty much. Camera can still wind me up a fair bit.
 
To be fair, the more I play this the more I notice the issues with combat.

For starters the lock-on targetting when fighting multiple enemies is atrocious. One second I choose to lock on to one enemy, and then the camera decides to lock on to another one about 50ft away, screwing up my attacks and leaving me open to being countered.

Then there's the enemy AI in general which is also piss poor at times. They're so easy to cheese its not even funny, I find sometimes that they just stand there swearing at me while pretty much waiting for me to attack.
 
New patch for PS4 out. Still suffering from this bug which they said would be fixed in the patch but nope:



Can't get the DLC Temerian gear because of that.

Also the new patch seems to have made the game uglier in an attempt to make it run smoother. However, every gaming forum has been complaining that it made the game stutter even more and the draw distance worse. On top of that some have suffered a new bug that will not let people load their game saves and crash their ps4 http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/38349-PS4-Error-ce-34878-0?p=1684589#post1684589

Would avoid.
 
Kaos said:
I had the exact same outcome. If you killed the tree then the wife survives and the Baron doesnt hang himself, but the kids get killed. Pretty shit but I wanted to spite the crones who were the greater evil IMO

That's what I love about this game, the moral choices are so grey. In the BioWare and Bethesda games the moral choices give you the option to be ether a tree hugging saint who pets orphan kittens or basically a Hitler-skeletor hybrid. In the witcher games there never seems to be clear evil/good outcome. Still think I did the right thing mind you.
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My main reason was that I wanted to free those kids because that whole thing was creepy as feck.

The part in bold is very true. The unintended consequences are insane and after that quest I might consider the options a bit more. I don't think a game has shocked me over the results of my actions like this game, because as you rightly pointed out, other western RPGs have made it a bit more obvious about what's right and wrong. Not to criticise Bioware or especially Bethesda.
 
Kevin said:
New patch for PS4 out. Still suffering from this bug which they said would be fixed in the patch but nope:



Can't get the DLC Temerian gear because of that.

Also the new patch seems to have made the game uglier in an attempt to make it run smoother. However, every gaming forum has been complaining that it made the game stutter even more and the draw distance worse. On top of that some have suffered a new bug that will not let people load their game saves and crash their ps4 http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/38349-PS4-Error-ce-34878-0?p=1684589#post1684589

Would avoid.
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Placebo effect.

Game still looks stunning.
 
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