The Witcher 3

Grayditch · 03-08-2015 12:55am

Finished it today. All types of side quests/contracts and treasure hunts done bar a few failures and glitched ones. Easily in my top 5 games of all time.

Absolutely love how the Masterclass Wolven armour and weapons set look. Think I might start again.

Robert ninja · 03-08-2015 2:39am

It's doing that loading thing a lot more for me now.

It used to almost never do it.

kearneybobs · 03-08-2015 2:34pm

About to reach the

Isle of Mist

and have gotten to a point of no return. Got much left after that?

03-08-2015 4:05pm

Have had to restart the game, lost my save thanks to my own idiocy. Bumped up the difficulty this time to B+BB. Not getting your vitality back from meditating is a huge change, otherwise doesn't seem that much harder so far, but it's early days.

Thargor · 03-08-2015 8:46pm

Control niggles aside this is seriously the best game Ive ever played...

One thing annoying me though is the armour Im currently wearing, its hideous, red bows and all, but its the only decent armour Ive found. I tracked down the Griffin school armour and forged it, only to see its Lvl 11, Im only level 7 and it takes an age to level up. Is there any lower level decent armour around? The crap Im wearing now is ruining all the conversations for me as its so hideous but Im playing on hard so I need it...:D

EoinMcLovin · 07-08-2015 4:01pm

Patch 1.08 out now. Around 2.8GB in size

Corvo · 07-08-2015 5:49pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Patch 1.08 out now. Around 2.8GB in size

7.3 GB on XOne?

EoinMcLovin · 07-08-2015 6:09pm

Corvo wrote:

7.3 GB on XOne?

It's that size if you haven't downloaded the previous patches. It adds on to the previous patch so it could say 7.3gb but is actually downloading 2.7gb

naughto · 07-08-2015 7:06pm

i have the other patches and it came up as 7.3 for me as well

Robert ninja · 07-08-2015 7:17pm

Downloading the update now. Will probably jump on tonight and see if they've reduced the loading pauses and improved the performance at all.

Corvo · 07-08-2015 8:44pm

naughto wrote: »

i have the other patches and it came up as 7.3 for me as well

Yeah same here

EoinMcLovin · 07-08-2015 8:50pm

Corvo wrote:

Yeah same here

When the update came up on the PS4 the download was at 4.8gb completed out of 7.3gb

Ri_Nollaig · 08-08-2015 4:38pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

About to reach the
Isle of Mist
and have gotten to a point of no return. Got much left after that?

There is still a good bit to be honest. I'd say about 10 hours depending on how fast you play it. Few side quests only become available after this point too so depends if you do them [...which you should

]

Skerries · 10-08-2015 12:34am

Just finished it, 150 hours all told with a few borked quests left and the collect all the Gwent cards mission

I got an ending I was happy with so now to sleep

brady12 · 10-08-2015 3:25pm

I'm just gone to skellig now .am I only around half way into main story ?

Thargor · 10-08-2015 3:32pm

Im being pushed towards Skellige now aswell at lvl 15 but I still have loads of Witcher contracts ranging from lvl 23 to lvl 30 to do, without spoilers please, am I coming back to Velen eventually to do them later? I assume I am seeing as there are whole other cities and what seems to be a massive army camp in the East on my map that I haven't even been to yet...

Do I just head to those places myself now before Skellige?

Evade · 10-08-2015 3:39pm

Once you get there you can fast travel between Velen / Novigrad and Skellige.

Thargor · 10-08-2015 3:43pm

Thanks, they really need to sort out the questlog tbh, why no "Sort by Location"? There are 10-15 year old RPGs with that feature!

J. Marston · 10-08-2015 4:14pm

brady12 wrote: »

I'm just gone to skellig now .am I only around half way into main story ?

About 35-40% if I remember right.

CombatCow · 10-08-2015 5:02pm

Thargor wrote: »

Thanks, they really need to sort out the questlog tbh, why no "Sort by Location"? There are 10-15 year old RPGs with that feature!

The top quest in you list is always the closest one to your current position

Kirby · 10-08-2015 5:06pm

CombatCow wrote: »

The top quest in you list is always the closest one to your current position

:eek:

The hours ive played this game and never knew that.

Kiith · 10-08-2015 5:54pm

100+ hours and i never knew that either. I do wish they'd add any quest that is near you to the map. Or the ability to track multiple quests. So many times i rode straight past a quest, but didn't realise because it wasn't being tracked.

brady12 · 10-08-2015 7:30pm

J. Marston wrote: »

About 35-40% if I remember right.

thanks

Robert ninja · 11-08-2015 1:36pm

I got that feeling... where I'm not even that close to finishing the game but I already feel sad knowing it's going to end. Mostly because I know that if I replay it I won't be as interested or intrigued by the dialogue (of both main and side quests) because I've heard it before. I think I know how to save myself from this feeling, though. I'm going to continue playing this tonight, fully enjoying it at my own pace... and when I've completed it (Whenever that is) I'll play it again when I have a stronger GPU to experience the game all over again in 1080p+ 60+fps (comparison to the 720p 60fps I'm on now), along with the big expansion pack they're making! And hopefully I'll be able to nab that on sale by then or something since it's gonna be quite some time before I justify upgrading my GPU given the climate of graphics in games (Star Citizen might push me early on full release though but at least then I'll know it's justified

).

Yes... that worked. I feel much better about continuing to clear it now :pac:

Thargor · 11-08-2015 1:47pm

Wow you really need to do all the sidequests in this dont you? Some of them unfold into equal plots to the main in other RPGs, hope other RPG makers get the message. I don't fast travel for them either, regret doing that for Skyrim now, it cheapens the game world, wont be doing it for Fallout IV. Ive gone back and cleared all the low level quests in my log last night, nearly missed all of the Tower Full of Mice saga and the Peddlers request for help if I hadn't done that.

Pretty funny being back in the starting areas at a higher level, there are cannibal and bandit camps with about 20 mobs in them, one blast of Igni so they're all staggering around screaming then dancing through them lopping of heads without being hit, or just knock them all down with Aard and walk among them shoving your sword into their chests like a cold mofo, I could barely take 3 bandits the last time I was around white Orchard...

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 11-08-2015 2:20pm

Agree with the fast travel to a point. This game lends itself well to not fast travelling, the map is very open and you can outrun nearly everything. In fallout (particularly 3) the map was less open, ****ed if I was going to walk through those metro tunnels every time I wanted to get to the interior of the city. Also if you get caught by a Deathclaw in the wild at anything below level 20 ish its insta death. Not fun.

I think Skyrims map was bigger than the Witcher as it was all joined together. The thought of riding from the mages college to river run routinely is pretty grim. Maybe if I had more time to play the games I'd wander a bit more, but real life gets in the way unfortunately.

Having said all that, I rarely, if ever, fast travel in the Witcher. Its a nice, manageable map to ride across as its broken into sections. Plus it looks fantastic.

Thargor · 11-08-2015 2:26pm

It is all a bit flat and swampy would be my only criticism for a lot of it, could do with a few mountain peaks or just large hills to break it up a bit.

recyclops · 11-08-2015 3:30pm

Thargor wrote: »

It is all a bit flat and swampy would be my only criticism for a lot of it, could do with a few mountain peaks or just large hills to break it up a bit.

have you visited skellige yet

Thargor · 11-08-2015 3:40pm

Nope, going to clear every ? remaining on the map tonight then jump on the boat.

Grayditch · 11-08-2015 3:54pm

The hidden stuff in the waters of Skellige became too monotonous, even for me.

Corvo · 11-08-2015 4:06pm

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Agree with the fast travel to a point. This game lends itself well to not fast travelling, the map is very open and you can outrun nearly everything. In fallout (particularly 3) the map was less open, ****ed if I was going to walk through those metro tunnels every time I wanted to get to the interior of the city. Also if you get caught by a Deathclaw in the wild at anything below level 20 ish its insta death. Not fun.

I think Skyrims map was bigger than the Witcher as it was all joined together. The thought of riding from the mages college to river run routinely is pretty grim. Maybe if I had more time to play the games I'd wander a bit more, but real life gets in the way unfortunately.

Having said all that, I rarely, if ever, fast travel in the Witcher. Its a nice, manageable map to ride across as its broken into sections. Plus it looks fantastic.

Agreed. I was walking through a field of sunflowers at sunset the other day. I was like some hippy, it was beautiful!

Thargor · 11-08-2015 4:20pm

Ive had a load of moments like that, like when you ride East and burst out of the swamp into big wide grainfields and its nice and sunny. I had a perfect screenshot lined up of Geralt sailing a boat out under the big bridge into Novigrad at sunset another time and I was going to make a Reddit post out of it because it was so good looking, even had a bit of water on the lens, hit print screen, game crashed, an hour of trudging back and forth in town talking to people wiped out, learned about all the trouble people are having taking screenshots of the game that day.

5uspect · 12-08-2015 9:05am

F12 takes a screenshot through Steam no problems.

Corvo · 12-08-2015 9:12am

Anyone tips on further armor to be obtained? I got the lovely Griffin armor and thought no more, but you level up so quickly in Novigrad that I'm now nearly level 19 and have a lot to do before I head to Skellige. So I fancy I'll be a decent level heading over there.

FreudianSlippers · 12-08-2015 9:16am

Corvo wrote: »

Anyone tips on further armor to be obtained? I got the lovely Griffin armor and thought no more, but you level up so quickly in Novigrad that I'm now nearly level 19 and have a lot to do before I head to Skellige. So I fancy I'll be a decent level heading over there.

I switched between the Griffin armour and Feline armour as I levelled up - they're staggered levels, so I think around 20 you can put on enhanced Feline, then 23 enhanced Griffin, then 26 is the next Feline upgrade, etc.

Thargor · 12-08-2015 9:49am

Im sticking with Griffin, got the Griffin school points spent anyway so cba looking for different medium armour for feck all gain, Ill go after the enhanced stuff before I go to Skellige probably.

Thargor · 12-08-2015 9:53am

Is there a noticeable difference in fighting in light armour actually?

FreudianSlippers · 12-08-2015 9:58am

Thargor wrote: »

Is there a noticeable difference in fighting in light armour actually?

I noticed very little, hence why I kept climbing the ladder.

Turtyturd · 12-08-2015 10:05am

I love that they do such a good job hyping up Skellige that people are apprehensive about going there.

Thargor · 12-08-2015 10:05am

Off to research the Ursine armour then...

EoinMcLovin · 12-08-2015 10:10am

Thargor wrote: »

Off to research the Ursine armour then...

here's a guide for finding out where all the blueprints are sold
http://www.gosunoob.com/witcher-3/gear-map-locations-for-witcher-armor/

Corvo · 12-08-2015 11:22am

Turtyturd wrote: »

I love that they do such a good job hyping up Skellige that people are apprehensive about going there.

Haha, true. Though I have loads to do in Velen (the ? marks) so will try complete all of them before heading over.

FreudianSlippers · 12-08-2015 1:02pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

I love that they do such a good job hyping up Skellige that people are apprehensive about going there.

I have to be honest that I was a bit let down by Skellige compared to Velen/Novigrad.

Xenji · 12-08-2015 1:08pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

I have to be honest that I was a bit let down by Skellige compared to Velen/Novigrad.

I have a few friends that lost interest once they reached it, think they were more burned out than anything, but most still have not picked it up again.

Turtyturd · 12-08-2015 1:37pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

I have to be honest that I was a bit let down by Skellige compared to Velen/Novigrad.

Was the same myself, it's too disjointed due to the different islands, and travelling across an island is a pain due to the hilly terrain.

Velen is so well depicted though, it feels like there is an actual war going on. It always reminds me of how The Riverlands are described in Game of Thrones.

Skerries · 12-08-2015 2:56pm

here is a list of missions that you might miss due to teleporting or just miss due to reasons

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/699808-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/71884534

Robert ninja · 13-08-2015 10:52pm

Respec'd my upgrade path a while ago and decided to do away from the igni, quen, strong attack build. Now my build is quick attack and full adrenaline build. It's higher risk/reward and actually more fun so I'm going to stick with it. Progressed through the story a bit more finally. Streamed for about 4 hours tonight and had a blast.

Thargor · 14-08-2015 9:58am

Too many Witcher contracts involve killing a Noonwraith, which wouldnt be so bad if you didnt always have to traipse back to the contract giver to get something that belonged to the deceased and usually one or 2 other trips to learn the tragic backstory, just get on with it.

I really fcuked up last night, thought Enhanced Griffin Armour was level 16 but a patch has changed it to 18, didn't realise this when I forged it now Geralt is running around in his boxers and Im only half way through lvl 16. Clearing every ?, secondary quest and contract trying to get to 18 now.

super_furry · 14-08-2015 12:08pm

Any more on the New Game + mode? Eager to go back for another play through but I'm waiting for that.

Skerries · 14-08-2015 1:39pm

Thargor wrote: »

I really fcuked up last night, thought Enhanced Griffin Armour was level 16 but a patch has changed it to 18, didn't realise this when I forged it now Geralt is running around in his boxers and Im only half way through lvl 16. Clearing every ?, secondary quest and contract trying to get to 18 now.

wasn't there something in the last patch release that you get in your inventory about this?

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