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Seattle

Because it's the only weapon you have available in the water. It's purely for a gameplay mechanic, rather than anything explained in-universe.

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 Psienesis wrote:
Because it's the only weapon you have available in the water. It's purely for a gameplay mechanic, rather than anything explained in-universe.


Still... Idk, I feel like that's the biggest logic loophole in the game.

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Seattle

Well, in the previous games, you didnt have a crossbow at all, so Im not complaining too much.

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 Enigwolf wrote:
 Psienesis wrote:
Because it's the only weapon you have available in the water. It's purely for a gameplay mechanic, rather than anything explained in-universe.


Still... Idk, I feel like that's the biggest logic loophole in the game.


It was probably an IMBA crossbow, or remove going underwater altogether. Outside of physically grappling with a foe underwater--likely requiring button mashing and/or annoying QTEs--there's not a whole lot that could really be done. Signs wouldn't really make much sense, unless Axii killed enemies if they remained stunned for the entire duration owing to them perhaps being rendered unable to breathe properly, or Igni boiled water instead of releasing flames. Quen and Yrden would be largely useless unless you wanted to just escape, and Aard... /shrug

There's not really much at all that could be added, would make underwater fighting quick enough that you wouldn't drown whilst fighting more than one enemy, and would make sense, except maybe a 'Depth Charge' bomb.

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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

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Just finished the game. Here's the ending I got:

Spoiler:

Spoilers for ending ahead!

Ciri becomes Empress of Nilfgaard.
Total Nilfgaard victory, Emhyr kills off the opposition and Temeria is restored as a nation
Cerys is queen of Skellige, which prospers as the queen turns to her own land rather than raiding others
Romanced Yennefer, leading to Geralt and Yen leading a quiet life far away from politics.

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Norristown, PA

For mine I got...

Spoiler:
Ciri went to fight the winter is coming thing, and I told the emperor she died. Ciri didn't die, and turned to a life of Witchery and had many great adventures.

Restored Temeria. I had fun killing that fat guy, cuz he wouldn't help when I needed him at the battle of kere morgan or whatever

Made Cerys the queen of skelega.

Romanced Yennifer and Triss (and the blond sorceress from the beginning, and the Iron Maiden) and ended up all alone in the end.

 
   
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So, I was so sure that I was gonna go for Yen for my romance option... until my Geralt met Triss again. And then, y'know, they had that kinda-cute-but-awkward conversation that all ex's have, and I was like awwwwwwwwwh, crap.

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 Enigwolf wrote:
So, I was so sure that I was gonna go for Yen for my romance option... until my Geralt met Triss again. And then, y'know, they had that kinda-cute-but-awkward conversation that all ex's have, and I was like awwwwwwwwwh, crap.


For me, it was the simple fact that I've been with Triss in TW1 and TW2, so let's play it all the way with her.
I figure when I replay the game with the expansions, I'll see what the Yen path is like.
For those who have finished the game, how many hours did it take? I'm almost up to 70 hours, and I've only just reached Skellige. And unlike other games that take a long time, not one of the quests has come even close to feeling like "filler." It may help that I enjoy Gwent, too.

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I'm 91 hours in, did most of the stuff in the big city, and have done about half of Skellige.

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Earth

Yeah I'm the same as above, about 91 hours, nearly cleared everything in novirgrad and velen, and have enhanced ursine gear, I know cats better but ursine looks much much cooler, just wish I could have a witch hunter hat!
   
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Seattle

New bug introduced in the latest patch, it seems.

When you go to fight the giant on Skellige, there is the risk that, as the cut-scene ends and the fight begins, you'll be stuck with an infinite loading screen. There's no workaround or fix for it yet, other than loading a previous save and not doing that quest.

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I do have to say I'm really enjoying Witcher 3 right now. There's just so much content... And I love how they're all packed in "episodic" groupings, while the level guides give you an incentive to go back-and-forth to different locations or to explore new places that you would otherwise hold off on. Totally guilty of doing that for Skyrim...

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I've got a PS4 and some Best Buy certificates that are about to expire.

I really enjoyed Skyrim...

Should I take the plunge here?

I've heard that there are occasional framerate issues on XBone and PS4 - are they glaring or has this been overstated?

   
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Norristown, PA

I think if you liked Skyrim you'll like this. It's not quite as open ended but there are tons and tons of things to do if you're not following the main storyline.

 
   
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 Alpharius wrote:
I've got a PS4 and some Best Buy certificates that are about to expire.

I really enjoyed Skyrim...

Should I take the plunge here?

I've heard that there are occasional framerate issues on XBone and PS4 - are they glaring or has this been overstated?


I haven't experienced any on my Xbox - but it's apparently a bit worse on the PS4(?).

   
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The Xbox is locked to 30, while the PS4 occassionally reaches 40, 45 fps. The variation means its a bit less smooth, from what Ive heard. Mightve been patchged by now though, no idea.
   
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I'm hoping for a patch there as well.

Skyrim allegedly had a lot of similar initial issues on the PS3 but I never encountered any.

One last question - I don't know much about the Witcher, and definitely not a lot about what went one in 1 and 2 - will this be a big deal?
   
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Seattle

Not really that big a deal, though some of the major NPCs will not be as familiar as they would otherwise be, and you'll miss a lot of the character beats.

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No big deal indeed then - looks like I'm in!
   
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Earth

I haven't noticed any of these graphics issues, what's the issue?
   
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Seattle

Stuttering framerates, dropping from 60FPS to 30 or lower in spots, even if said spots should not offer significant GFX latency/

Haven't experienced it on my PC, excepting in areas where I knew that I would be taxing my GPU (like Skellige, with its hundreds of trees and flowers waving in the breeze, casting shadows in the sun, my punk-rawk white hair blowing manfully in the wind).

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I get framerate issues too on PC. Typically after my Alienware starts running hot too, because of all the GFX processing power needed. Rebooting usually works for me, may or may not work for you guys on console.

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I didn't notice graphic issues on my xbone but there were a lot of cutscenes where the voices would suddenly get choppy and then out of sync, but only briefly

 
   
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I've had a few graphical glitches in cutscenes, but no visible drops in framerate.

I'm running a Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X, so I do need pretty much every window in my room open, and the front cover of my case off, before I'm comfortable playing TW3 without setting my PC on fire, but it holds up very well.

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

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Running on a shiny new GTX970, and no graphical issues for me other than a missing item popping in after a scene change. For instance, when watching a scene from one angle, and the camera cuts to a new angle, sometimes a hat or helmet may be missing from an actor that suddenly fades in a half second later. I wonder if that is somewhat intentional, maybe not loading all objects in a scene that aren't initially in view?

Otherwise everything is perfectly stable for me. Almost everything is set to ultra, but I do have the Hairworks turned off. I think Geralt's hair looks better without it.

"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me."
- Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks 
   
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Twin TITANS baby! No graphics issues at all.

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PS4 here. I sometimes get a cut scene that goes blurry but then quickly fades in to clarity.

I also has an odd one where three bandits attacked me in Novigrad and as I killed them rather than dropping to the ground they stayed frozen in their death positions, half toppled over. If anyone has read "Excession" then what it reminded me of was the tableux's in the Sleeper service. Three blokes frozen in time all stood together, knees bent and half fallen over.

Other than that no framerate issues or anything.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Twin TITANS baby! No graphics issues at all.


Just think how many more IG tanks you could have bought instead. You can never have enough IG tanks.

"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
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- Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks 
   
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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Twin TITANS baby! No graphics issues at all.


Just think how many more IG tanks you could have bought instead. You can never have enough IG tanks.


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I so want this game but I dont think my i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz with a Radeon HD 6570 would survive it.

I even had to play skyrim on low detail but with render distances maxed to avoid framerate issues.
   
 
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