Heels are sexy, but who wears heels to go fight in severs, for god sake. We need realism (in a game with sorceresses, monsters, mages, ghosts etc) after all.
Gaming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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One thing I've not done in this, is play Gwent at all...
I just don't understand the rules of it, as I skipped the tutorial early on in the game...
Any idea of how to play the fecking game?
I just don't understand the rules of it, as I skipped the tutorial early on in the game...
Any idea of how to play the fecking game?
You're missing out on the best part of the game. I ignored the game missions entirely for a month just to beat every Gwent player in the game.
I didn't play Gwent too. In fact, the only card game within video games I have played was that one in Final Fantasy VIII.
I am really liking Hearts of Stone, top writing.
I am really liking Hearts of Stone, top writing.
Finished Hearts of Stone. Got the good ending on it.
Now into Blood and Wine but it looks that I am near the maximum time limit I can give to a game.
Now into Blood and Wine but it looks that I am near the maximum time limit I can give to a game.
I ignored gwent in my first playthrough as well. Loved it in second time around though. Cracking mini game.
Yeah I liked Gwent. Whack it on hard for a decent enough challenge too.
Just finished the first book (circa 20 years before the events of the games) and it is quite good. For those interested:
In this book, Geralt saves Duny (known in the games as The Emperor of Nilfgardian Empire) and activates the law of surprise which will give him Ciri later. He did his thing with the striga of the first game (mentioned also in the game) and met Yennefer (and the Djinn of course). Reading this after finishing the games makes the games look even better.
The only downside of obsessively collecting every single card is that by the end you can just about laugh at every challenger. The Northern Realms deck easily wipes the floor with everyone so you don't even have to switch. Though Nilfgaard is a lot of fun, too.
Emperor Emhyr var Emreis aka Tywin Lannister is the ruler of Nilfgaard in the games. Duny was married to Pavetta, Ciri's mother, who was raped by Emhyr and thus gave birth to Ciri.
Duny and Emhyr is the same guy.
Holy shit. I've only ever watched some lore videos, but feck me, I thought they were different!
I've finally started playing this and it's really good so far (barely scratched the surface of it). Bit lost about stuff like de-cocting and breaking down parts though. I'm concerned that I'll end up uncrafting something that'll turn out to be vital. And I've got a fair amount of stuff in my inventory but no idea whether to keep, use or sell it! Any general tips?
Yeah, don't try to figure everything out at once, it'll all come to you.
Are you playing vanilla? (Console, or pc no mods), cause if so you can pretty much sell or break down all your spare gear. Everything is in so much abundance in the game so don't worry about losing something you'll need later, especially weapons as they don't level so you'll always find better.
Yeah, I'm probably over thinking it.
I'm on ps4. As a rule I'm generally selling things I've got 3 or 4 of. Early days, have only just figured out I can mediate rather than using food!
Cheers for the advice.
No worries.
And don't worry about food, if you loot most things you'll soon end up with way more than you'll ever need to use anyway
Yeah I'm looting like crazy. Not taking the nice folks coin (for contracts) but ransacking their valuables instead. And I consider myself a nice guy!No worries.
And don't worry about food, if you loot most things you'll soon end up with way more than you'll ever need to use anyway
I scavenged in this game like I rarely do (in a game). Probably because I was so obsessed with the Witcher gear and money in this game is absurdly hard to earn.
Sell/break down everything except Witcher Gear. That's the easiest rule to go by.
Keep components/ingredients that are rare though, unless you start stockpiling loads of them.
Qalso, never sell rare monster parts like from Trolls; you'll only run into so many of them.
And if you're into decoctions, by every bottle of 'cordial' you see and never sell them. It's a bit of a pain to find them, and they're at the base of a lot of crafting recipes.
And if you're into decoctions, by every bottle of 'cordial' you see and never sell them. It's a bit of a pain to find them, and they're at the base of a lot of crafting recipes.
Cool. Cheers bud.
Ahhhhhh, the futile search for Dimeritium plates/ingots.
Oh, a merchant sells them? How nice! "How much, Mr.Merchant man?" "Your firstborn child : D" ....... "But I'm sterile".
Nice! Mini-spoiler: 'The Lesser Evil' theme of Renfri is what they base some of Blood and Wine on.
I think the second novella/book - Sword of Destiny - is my favourite. The short stories 'The Bounds of Reason' and 'A Little Sacrifice' are really, really good.
So i bought this game a while back, game of the year edition going for peanuts on the playstation store. Got fed up with all the tutorials at the start of the game (compared to the cold opening of Skyrim) and left it unplayed. Having a young kid means that time on the playstation is limited so if a game doesn't grab me immediately chances are it will get shelved. Think i had bought Bloodborne at the same time so that took over and I didn't look back until a couple of weeks ago. The fact it keeps popping up on the caf with people raving about it I decided to just get into it.
Thank feck I did, what a game! The characters in it are immense and really puts Skyrim to shame for their lack of variety in voice acting!
Thank feck I did, what a game! The characters in it are immense and really puts Skyrim to shame for their lack of variety in voice acting!
I need essential mods for my next full playthrough. @Redlambs @Organic Potatoes et al.
Taking screenshots sucked me right back in. Plus the last time i completed it was like 8-9 months ago.
Taking screenshots sucked me right back in. Plus the last time i completed it was like 8-9 months ago.
There's a good list a few pages back, but check Nexus for new ones. I liked the ones that sorted out the weapon/armour scaling (making relics and the decent weapons actually usable), and there was one that helped make Alchemy a bit more worthwhile. Also the mods to show all active quest markers on the map, and the one that makes the hud more immersive are essential.
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Thank you! But I've gone down the mod rabbit hole. Been looking at hundreds of different mods, downloading some, making sure there are no conflicts etc. I just wanna play the game.
As I mentioned some time back, I'd look into The Witcher Enhanced (it should improve upon The Enhancement System) as it should be fully fleshed out by now. There's also one for Geralt's eyes in addition to Lore Friendly Witchers...don't recall the name. It seems trivial but I think making Geralt look more like a 'freak' is essential.
Another 'trivial' one is Triss with auburn hair. It is lore correct and the bright red really bothered me. Also one to make Ciri naked for the spa scene, but that can be distracting.
There is almost too many things to do in this game. I thought AC: Black Flag was a huge game, but it is nothing compared to this...
They took their time with this unlike Ubisoft shitting AC every year. Black Flag had it's own atmosphere though, hardly anything bad to say about it.
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Yeah I did like Black Flag. It got a bit weird but being an assassin-cum-pirate is always great fun.
Cum pirate.
Argh, i've come to plunder yer balls for yer semen to fill my "ship".
Something something booty
Finished Blood and Wine.
Right there with Dragon Age: Origins as the best RPG with medieval fantasy setting I have ever seen. In fact, I would have loved to play again just the main story.
I got the good ending. Saying that, I didn't like how Regis had to leave. From all Geralt's friends, he has been the best.
Yen visiting Geralt in the end was the icing on the cake. A fantastic ending for a fantastic game
Yen visiting Geralt in the end was the icing on the cake. A fantastic ending for a fantastic game
Right there with Dragon Age: Origins as the best RPG with medieval fantasy setting I have ever seen. In fact, I would have loved to play again just the main story.
Ohhh, how I remember reading your initial posts. "It's good but not THAT good".
Did you go to the fairytale land? That was one of the most creative segments in terms of settings I've ever seen. I accidentally crushed poor Thumbelina when I was exploring the mini town. Her poor screams.
I remember that too.
But to be fair, he said he was reading the books, that goes a long way to getting even more invested in the characters and setting. The game and book saga are perfect companions.Which baffles me as to why the novel writer, Sapkowski, is shitting on the games at any possible chance he gets. It must be a generational thing.I remember that too.
I can understand his frustration when his books start appearing in bookstores featuring artwork of The Witcher 3 on the cover. He knows there are a lot of ignorant people out there who play the game but don't know the books exist, or think the books are based on the game's success. Geralt is his character and now he sees the video game creators reaching a far wider audience than he ever could and getting all the credit, no matter how honest and respectful their intentions.
But yes there is certainly a generational thing, he doesn't like video games in general and doesn't appreciate them. He considers the medium far inferior to classical literature. Typical ignorance on the matter of a man his age, I can't really blame him.