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I ran into the Trollololololol off of the coast of Oxenfurt earlier today. The inside joke that the devs inserted was epic.

 Enigwolf wrote:
I ran into the Trollololololol off of the coast of Oxenfurt earlier today. The inside joke that the devs inserted was epic.

Oh, yes indeed. I could hardly play through that part, I was laughing so damned hard. Especially hearing the VA for the Troll pronounce the word.

Trolls are awesome in the Witcher games. I always look with a peaceful solution with them first.

The ones collecting shoes were great!

Psienesis wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
I ran into the Trollololololol off of the coast of Oxenfurt earlier today. The inside joke that the devs inserted was epic.

Oh, yes indeed. I could hardly play through that part, I was laughing so damned hard. Especially hearing the VA for the Troll pronounce the word.

I actually went back and replayed it a couple of times because I missed several lines of dialogue laughing

H.B.M.C. wrote:Trolls are awesome in the Witcher games. I always look with a peaceful solution with them first.

The ones collecting shoes were great!

They really are! It's as if the devs chose to make them all comic relief.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Trolls are awesome in the Witcher games. I always look with a peaceful solution with them first.

The ones collecting shoes were great!

I can't help but have a little chat with them every time I see one :')

 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.

What, 2?



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Dropbear Victim wrote:
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.

You should be fine. Its certainly better than my rig.
I still have an i3 and a r7 260x
Which is an improvement over my previous machine

For those who've completed the romancing...

And done! 119 hours all told.

The big climactic battle I was expecting turned out to the the finale to the second third of the game. Was surprised how much of the game was left after that.

Anyway, got the good ending. Very happy.

 Enigwolf wrote:
For those who've completed the romancing...

Spoiler:

Question, I heard you can tell Triss to stay and try again when she's leaving, to have that lighthouse scene, and then still romance Yen later? Is that true?

Did anyone find Tyrion Lannister dead?

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

Reavers or Warlords?

I think I may buy this now actually, CDkeys has it for £20.

Just completed the fist fighting quest, spolered below but if you've done it Im sure you know what Im talking about











And for anyone struggling with first fights, here is a small tactical spolier.

I just blocked at the last second so I could counter-attack. Worked every time.

Yeah, counter-attacking in fist-fights is a guaranteed win. When the enemy's name flashes red is when you need to push block to counter-attack, follow up with a few fast attacks, rinse repeat.

I'm no cop at counterattacking I have to admit, had to come up with my own way. By the time the enemy has broadcast what they are doing my brain is only just catching on and by then Ive hit the button too late. I can just about manage to deflect arrows back at the firer.

 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?

This is the best game I have played in years.

Is it because of the graphics, sound, music, voice acting? No, although all are (for the most part) excellent.

Is it because of the phat loot you can collect while playing, and the quest for ever bigger shoulder pads? No, but it's there if that's your thing.

Simply put, it's because of the characterisation and story. I have never played a game that has such depth and maturity to the characters and the involvement you have between them. It almost feels like I am 'playing' a fantasy novel, there is so much depth there if you want it; the character biographies, the backgrounds to the wider gamer world. And what's more there is loads of reference within the game and you actually have a meaningful impact on how it develops.

I've never felt such connection to characters in a game I've played, I loved Mass Effect for the same reason but this really is an evolution beyond that.

But, I think you have to take your time to saviour it, like you would a nice meal or fine wine, rather than just necking it. A friend of mine burned through the entire thing in a week and just muttered a 'yeah it was alright' before moving on to the next game. It needs patience, but if you're prepared to spend the time with it I honestly think it's one of the greatest games ever made. And, I don't say such a thing lightly !

I liked the call back to Shani (a side-character in TW1) during an investigation in Novigrad.

 Pacific wrote:


But, I think you have to take your time to saviour it, like you would a nice meal or fine wine, rather than just necking it. A friend of mine burned through the entire thing in a week and just muttered a 'yeah it was alright' before moving on to the next game. It needs patience, but if you're prepared to spend the time with it I honestly think it's one of the greatest games ever made. And, I don't say such a thing lightly !

Hehehe, I'm 90 hours in, and I still have a lot more to go


I think it helps that there are no simple FedEx quests or Kill X number of monsters quests. Everything is fully voiced, everything has a story behind it, every character looks and acts different. A quick search online says CDPR spend about $35 million to make the game, and about the same amount to market it. Skyrim, for example, cost about $80 million just to make. I'm sure labor costs are cheaper in Poland, but it still makes you think, doesn't it?

 Pete Melvin wrote:
I'm no cop at counterattacking I have to admit, had to come up with my own way. By the time the enemy has broadcast what they are doing my brain is only just catching on and by then Ive hit the button too late. I can just about manage to deflect arrows back at the firer.

I'm the same as you. Instead I just use alt-dodge to the side the moment their name flashes red and then smack them as they're recovering from their punches. Requires less precise timing, and allows you to land 2 to 3 strong attacks instead of just 1 or 2.

Here ya go all!

Fail video is fail.

OK, now it's loading.

.... on a side-note, weapons built to proc "Stagger" are ridiculously OP. I found a silver sword with a base 10% chance to Stagger, 5% chance to Freeze (with a few other perks) that I dropped 2 +5% Stagger runes into. This thing was staggering mobs left, right and center like, all the time. I took on creatures 10 levels above me and handed them their asses (and completed a level 30 Witcher quest at level 22).

Met the Witcher version of Red Sonja. Won. Brown chicken, brown cow.

Hate gwent with a passion. The undying passion of a thousand burning suns. This is one quest chain that will never, ever be completed.

I felt the same about Gwent until I realised that its actually fairly easy once you get a couple of good cards, this happens if you keep the cards from the quest involving the Dwarf who is Dandilion's friend (whose name I cannot recall) First thing to do is drop all the specials except decoy and commander's horn (if I recall the name correctly).

Buy all the cards you can, medic cards which allow you to revive cards from your discard pile are what you need.

Spend the first turn making your opponent burn cards. If you have spy cards this is where I generally use them. I usually lose the first round on purpose to boost my hand for the next two and deplete my opponent's hand.

If you have two medic cards, use on in the second round to ressurect a strong card from the first. Then on the 3rd round use your second medic to ressurect the medic who can then ressurect another strong card. This works even better if you have a "decoy" card since you can decoy a medic, then put them straight back in and ressurect another strong card.

Remember to use the horn (kek) to double your strongest rank, but also remeber it doesnt affect characters! So your strongest rank may not be the best one to double if most of its strngth comes from them.

The above works well against Nilf, Northern and Scoia'tael decks.

If your opponent has a monster deck, stick in a couple of the frost specials that reduce CC cards to 1. Try to force them to use their "all monsters of the same type" cards early on by pumping less powerful cards onto the table and keeping close-ish to their total. Generally they will play one massive round where they put all their combo-monster cards down. (seriosuly, got beat by a dude who had a score of over 100)As normal give them the first round and make them waste cards, then if you have the frost special card you can wreck their big round as most monster cards seem to be CC.

Its actually fun when you start winning, but I was annoyed with it for a long time too.

 Psienesis wrote:
Fail video is fail.

OK, now it's loading.

.... on a side-note, weapons built to proc "Stagger" are ridiculously OP. I found a silver sword with a base 10% chance to Stagger, 5% chance to Freeze (with a few other perks) that I dropped 2 +5% Stagger runes into. This thing was staggering mobs left, right and center like, all the time. I took on creatures 10 levels above me and handed them their asses (and completed a level 30 Witcher quest at level 22).

Met the Witcher version of Red Sonja. Won. Brown chicken, brown cow.

Hate gwent with a passion. The undying passion of a thousand burning suns. This is one quest chain that will never, ever be completed.

Psienesis. Meets +10 level mobs. Kicks their asses. Meets a lowly peasant with a deck of gwent. Runs away in fear.

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
Fail video is fail.

OK, now it's loading.

.... on a side-note, weapons built to proc "Stagger" are ridiculously OP. I found a silver sword with a base 10% chance to Stagger, 5% chance to Freeze (with a few other perks) that I dropped 2 +5% Stagger runes into. This thing was staggering mobs left, right and center like, all the time. I took on creatures 10 levels above me and handed them their asses (and completed a level 30 Witcher quest at level 22).

Met the Witcher version of Red Sonja. Won. Brown chicken, brown cow.

Hate gwent with a passion. The undying passion of a thousand burning suns. This is one quest chain that will never, ever be completed.

Psienesis. Meets +10 level mobs. Kicks their asses. Meets a lowly peasant with a deck of gwent. Runs away in fear.

I did the same thing. I had a sword that had a 20% chance to freeze and i faced things that were higher level than me. It felt like I was playing dark souls. But it was alot easier with the dodge ability. Its really fun actually just facing a numerically larger foe with higher levels than you, and just slaughtering everyone.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
Fail video is fail.

OK, now it's loading.

.... on a side-note, weapons built to proc "Stagger" are ridiculously OP. I found a silver sword with a base 10% chance to Stagger, 5% chance to Freeze (with a few other perks) that I dropped 2 +5% Stagger runes into. This thing was staggering mobs left, right and center like, all the time. I took on creatures 10 levels above me and handed them their asses (and completed a level 30 Witcher quest at level 22).

Met the Witcher version of Red Sonja. Won. Brown chicken, brown cow.

Hate gwent with a passion. The undying passion of a thousand burning suns. This is one quest chain that will never, ever be completed.

Psienesis. Meets +10 level mobs. Kicks their asses. Meets a lowly peasant with a deck of gwent. Runs away in fear.

I did the same thing. I had a sword that had a 20% chance to freeze and i faced things that were higher level than me. It felt like I was playing dark souls. But it was alot easier with the dodge ability. Its really fun actually just facing a numerically larger foe with higher levels than you, and just slaughtering everyone.

I brought that that level ??? wyvern near the big tree at the world's edge in Velen down to half health at level 16 staggering and freezing it (with Quen as a safeguard) while smacking it for about 45 minutes. I think its telling when its level indicator is "???"

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
Fail video is fail.

OK, now it's loading.

.... on a side-note, weapons built to proc "Stagger" are ridiculously OP. I found a silver sword with a base 10% chance to Stagger, 5% chance to Freeze (with a few other perks) that I dropped 2 +5% Stagger runes into. This thing was staggering mobs left, right and center like, all the time. I took on creatures 10 levels above me and handed them their asses (and completed a level 30 Witcher quest at level 22).

Met the Witcher version of Red Sonja. Won. Brown chicken, brown cow.

Hate gwent with a passion. The undying passion of a thousand burning suns. This is one quest chain that will never, ever be completed.

Psienesis. Meets +10 level mobs. Kicks their asses. Meets a lowly peasant with a deck of gwent. Runs away in fear.

Word.

Woo, just finished. 105 hours total to beat the game. I wasn't a 100% completionist, though. Still had about ten secondary quests and witcher contracts that I had massively outleveled by the time I got them so didn't do them, and I didn't hunt down every ? on the map. I did finish at level 35, though. I guess I'll have to look up to see what the different endings are, but in mine...

I tried Witcher 2, having never played the first, when it came out initially. I didn't like it and traded it in after only a couple of days. If I didn't like the second game, should I stay away from the third? It's been so long I don't really remember why I disliked the second installment, not very helpful I know. Thoughts?

Uh... well, if you didn't like TW2 but don't remember why, I can say that TW3 is basically an evolved version of that game, with the same combat mechanics, the same world-setting, and so on and so forth.

Without more specific information, afraid I cannot say whether or not TW3 will be for you.

New favorite call-back: Djange Frett, greatest bounty hunter of Skellige.