The Witcher 3

27-08-2015 3:53pm

Corvo wrote: »

Is the €24.99 DLC worth getting, lads? It says it adds 30 hours, but I'm wary...

The rule with season passes is never pay before anything comes out. I'm sure this will be great but why pay now? It's not like it will suddenly double in price by the time it arrives. At least if you wait you can be sure it's something you want to pay for.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan · 28-08-2015 6:46pm

Kirby wrote: »

It's pretty good but I could do without ever hearing that wailing woman from the combat music again. :P

The music on the islands is terrible too, a bit like Clannad and De Danann interfering with the Corrs.

28-08-2015 7:23pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The rule with season passes is never pay before anything comes out. I'm sure this will be great but why pay now? It's not like it will suddenly double in price by the time it arrives. At least if you wait you can be sure it's something you want to pay for.

Shouldn't that be the rule with all video games?

Mr Freeze · 28-08-2015 7:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The rule with season passes is never pay before anything comes out. I'm sure this will be great but why pay now? It's not like it will suddenly double in price by the time it arrives. At least if you wait you can be sure it's something you want to pay for.

CDPR....I don't mind giving them my hard earned dosh and paying full whack.

The Witcher 3 was the best game I played in years, it has ruined other RPGs for me.

dreamers75 · 28-08-2015 11:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Shouldn't that be the rule with all video games?

No the rule should be "make a decent game and we will support it afterwards".

CDPR nailed that so i have no issues paying for a season pass.

Underground · 28-08-2015 11:28pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

No the rule should be "make a decent game and we will support it afterwards".

CDPR nailed that so i have no issues paying for a season pass.

Usually I'd be against the idea of a season pass but in this case I'd be pretty certain you'll get plenty of bang for your buck. The likes of WB ruin the idea of a season pass for me as they just take the absolute mick with their DLC but this game has me thinking I might make an exception.

dreamers75 · 30-08-2015 1:32am

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Found this in France recently, fairly sure Drowners live here.

Azza · 30-08-2015 12:04pm

I was reading an article on Rock Paper Shotgun which was effectively a review of all 16 free pieces of DLC released for the game and in it they mentioned that they felt like all the DLC was cut from the main game and released as free DLC as a ploy by CDPR, purely to gain a large amount of community good will which will help drive sales of both the main game and the upcoming expansions. Of course no evidence was provided to back up the theory but then no evidence is provided when people say paid for DLC is content deliberately cut from other games either.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/21/witcher-3-dlc-guide/#more-308913

Those evil geniuses at CDPR....they were worse than EA all along....I knew it!!!

super_furry · 30-08-2015 12:09pm

Saw that earlier myself and thought that was a fairly disingenuous article. I mean the main point for me is that this is content that almost every other developer is also putting out, but charging for. Look at the paltry offering that the latest Batman season pass has offered, it's absolutely on a par with the Witcher 3's DLC expect you have to pay €40 for it.

jaffusmax · 30-08-2015 5:59pm

Azza wrote: »

I was reading an article on Rock Paper Shotgun which was effectively a review of all 16 free pieces of DLC released for the game and in it they mentioned that they felt like all the DLC was cut from the main game and released as free DLC as a ploy by CDPR, purely to gain a large amount of community good will which will help drive sales of both the main game and the upcoming expansions. Of course no evidence was provided to back up the theory but then no evidence is provided when people say paid for DLC is content deliberately cut from other games either.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/21/witcher-3-dlc-guide/#more-308913

Those evil geniuses at CDPR....they were worse than EA all along....I knew it!!!

Also who set the criteria of exactly what the difference between DLC and Base Game content is!
Even if what they say is true, CDPR have not asked for a cent unlike EA and their ilk.
On a side note I paid full whack for the game along withe the expansion from gog simply because they flogged it DRM FREE!

Josey Wales · 30-08-2015 11:04pm

Anyone have any advice for killing the Griffin in the first part of the game? I just can't seem to do it. I can get it down about 1/5 of its health but then I'm dead. Once I got it down to about 1/2.

I'm equipping the crossbow like the game is forcing me to. Plus I have the 3 potions that you're supposed to use but they don't make much of a difference.

dreamers75 · 31-08-2015 12:15am

Josey Wales wrote: »

Anyone have any advice for killing the Griffin in the first part of the game? I just can't seem to do it. I can get it down about 1/5 of its health but then I'm dead. Once I got it down to about 1/2.

I'm equipping the crossbow like the game is forcing me to. Plus I have the 3 potions that you're supposed to use but they don't make much of a difference.

Lock onto him with the lock on button and attack him from the side, hit 2 or 3 times then move away and wait for the next chance. Dont go head on he will damage you.

Use your sword does a lot more damage.

Should kill him without taking a hit if you time it right.

/that works for basicially everything in the game

Thargor · 31-08-2015 12:16am

You need to work on your combat techniques, dodging especially, you tend to roll for monsters/dodge for humans. Get into the habit of casting Quen as you fight aswell to absorb damage. The Griffin is a really easy fight though, shoot it in the face as it swoops, run in and give it a few thwacks, roll away and repeat.

Skerries · 31-08-2015 12:25am

soap1978 · 31-08-2015 9:56am

Skerries wrote: »

what else will u do for gwent cards?

CombatCow · 31-08-2015 6:39pm

Azza wrote: »

I was reading an article on Rock Paper Shotgun which was effectively a review of all 16 free pieces of DLC released for the game and in it they mentioned that they felt like all the DLC was cut from the main game and released as free DLC as a ploy by CDPR, purely to gain a large amount of community good will which will help drive sales of both the main game and the upcoming expansions. Of course no evidence was provided to back up the theory but then no evidence is provided when people say paid for DLC is content deliberately cut from other games either.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/21/witcher-3-dlc-guide/#more-308913

Those evil geniuses at CDPR....they were worse than EA all along....I knew it!!!

In my 12 years working in the games industry on over 30 games I have never seen or heard people talk about "cutting" content from a game to be released as DLC. Not saying it's never happened in the history of game dev but i'd like to think that if it's as common as all these click-bait articles say; I should of seen it by now :cool:

Dcully · 31-08-2015 7:10pm

Only played an hour or so of the game so far since i got it :P
Far too many games and genres with so little time,like xcom its one i put on the back burner with plans to return to them.
Quick question about W3,s there much replayability with the game?
I enjoyed just roaming around exploring in skyrim, you didnt have to play the story to progress or to have fun.
Can you do similar in W3 or is it strictly story mode?
Since the game is supposed to have an expansive open world,it would be nice to have this option.

Darwin · 31-08-2015 7:31pm

I'm just 12 hours in to the game, and have spent most of the time exploring and doing secondary quests, so yes you can ride around and explore as much as you want, then come back and do the main story quests. I've collected loads of loot at this stage, need to find somewhere to flog it all!

Skerries · 31-08-2015 7:32pm

there are a lot of sites of interest that are marked on the map but there are also things to see if you just go wondering off the road

Josey Wales · 03-09-2015 2:03pm

Well I finally did it. I left White Orchard. I've had the game since launch but I've only been pecking away at it in little chunks. It is amazing how much this game has opened up. The new areas look massive.

TitianGerm · 03-09-2015 2:06pm

I picked this up last night seen as it was on sale. Downloaded and ready to go for this evening

Kiith · 03-09-2015 2:26pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

I picked this up last night seen as it was on sale. Downloaded and ready to go for this evening

See you in around 100 hours

Thargor · 03-09-2015 2:31pm

Is there much left after

The Battle of Kaer Mhoran

?

I thought it must be finished now after that but it keeps going and going...

Also hope they dont leave

Nilfgard and the other armies

unresolved, I want to see what happens there...

DeclanRe · 03-09-2015 2:38pm

Thargor wrote: »

Is there much left after
The Battle of Kaer Mhoran
?

I thought it must be finished now after that but it keeps going and going...

Also hope they dont leave
Nilfgard and the other armies
unresolved, I want to see what happens there...

Yea there is a decent amount left,

You will just be going into Act 3, so there are about 10 missions left - and they are all a decent size

Corvo · 03-09-2015 3:38pm

Did anyone else find that the battle against

Eredin was really easy

?

Saying that, I found Imelrith torturous!

Thargor · 03-09-2015 3:45pm

Corvo wrote: »

Saying that, I found Imelrith torturous!

The Quen stone right before the fight was a big clue, I didnt even need a potion taking him down, very easy boss.

Noopti · 03-09-2015 3:45pm

Corvo wrote: »

Did anyone else find that the battle against
Eredin was really easy
?
Saying that, I found Imelrith torturous!

I found them both easy. I think it was because I did all the side quests etc, so my level was probably above what the designers would have expected for most people to be at, at that point. Or maybe not, but it was really easy.

Corvo · 03-09-2015 4:21pm

Thargor wrote: »

The Quen stone right before the fight was a big clue, I didnt even need a potion taking him down, very easy boss.

Noopti wrote: »

I found them both easy. I think it was because I did all the side quests etc, so my level was probably above what the designers would have expected for most people to be at, at that point. Or maybe not, but it was really easy.

I was a little disappointed to be honest!

After Imelrith I expected a really tough ending (and I went in a couple of levels over what I should have been along with Mastercrafter Griffin Gear)

It's at the stage now where I actually can't find a challenge, which is a little bit of a letdown!

Washington Irving · 03-09-2015 8:33pm

Corvo wrote: »

It's at the stage now where I actually can't find a challenge, which is a little bit of a letdown!

What it's there for

dreamers75 · 03-09-2015 9:09pm

Corvo wrote: »

I was a little disappointed to be honest!
After Imelrith I expected a really tough ending (and I went in a couple of levels over what I should have been along with Mastercrafter Griffin Gear)

It's at the stage now where I actually can't find a challenge, which is a little bit of a letdown!

Really?

Go to Skellig and there are a few un named islands to the north, get out of your boat on the one on the furtherst right and make it all the way to the left

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The Witcher 3

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