The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

AnCapaillMor · 18-04-2012 8:32am

Yeah made a complete ar$e of the investigation in 2. Going through 3 now and somehow took a side, i was trying for neutral.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 18-04-2012 8:41am

hah, I did that too

spent the rest of the game shouting at the screen "god damnit no I didn't pick a side, I'm sorry!"

Dyr · 18-04-2012 10:02am

tbh honest I found the investigation plot to be really convoluted, it probably didnt help that I would drop the game for a few months and then come back to it.

AnCapaillMor · 18-04-2012 10:09am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

spent the rest of the game shouting at the screen "god damnit no I didn't pick a side, I'm sorry!"

Was that when you figured out you missed out on the 2 nurses card?

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 10:25am

FFs. If you downloading that 10gb patch lads, then do it in one go. It did not resumed, started it all from scratch FFs.

Skerries · 18-04-2012 10:26am

will the first one be updated on Steam as i bought it ages ago and got through most of chapter 2 but something else distracted me, also have finished the second one and am tempted to go back and play through the Elves story now

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 18-04-2012 10:31am

the steam version is already the updated enhanced edition

Kiith · 18-04-2012 10:37am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the steam version is already the updated enhanced edition

For Witcher 1 it is. Witcher 2 needs to be updated though.

I'm going to manually download the patch in work today, so i don't have to wait to download it later. Will hopefully get to start it up later.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 18-04-2012 10:39am

oh, I thought he was asking about witcher 1. whoops

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 10:51am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

oh, I thought he was asking about witcher 1. whoops

Yup, witcher 2. It's 10gb patch and my one is non steam version, so I have to go in one go. 1gb in so far. 1mb/s download speed is not bad

Kiith · 18-04-2012 10:53am

He might have been...there were a lot of 1's and 2's in there.

dreamers75 · 18-04-2012 12:53pm

Witcher 1 Chapter 1

Stupid question when

i buy the book from Abigail the witch should plants now have names over them? cant find that myrtle crap and noone will sell me any

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 12:55pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Witcher 1 Chapter 1

Stupid question when
i buy the book from Abigail the witch should plants now have names over them? cant find that myrtle crap and noone will sell me any

not really a spoiler, there are TONS of those plants, just run around with ALT pressed down m8.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 18-04-2012 12:58pm

yeah I think you need different books for different plants, or you learn the names of different plants in other ways

ages since I played witcher 1 so id ont remember exactly how it works
i remember it did confuse the sod out of me when i was playing though

AnCapaillMor · 18-04-2012 1:00pm

Did you right click and read the book? That caught me out the first time.

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 1:02pm

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Did you right click and read the book? That caught me out the first time.

you right click it and you can read it, after that it will be marked as " already read". It will put a notification too, a new entry added in to journal. so you can throw it away after.

AnCapaillMor · 18-04-2012 1:07pm

Or hold on to it and sell it for a pittance.

Ok here's one for ya'll, got a few runes for the sliver how do i actually apply\use them? do i need 3 like i did with the meteor stones?

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 1:14pm

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Or hold on to it and sell it for a pittance.

Ok here's one for ya'll, got a few runes for the sliver how do i actually apply\use them? do i need 3 like i did with the meteor stones?

you need 3 runestones or 3 meteorite metals, then go to blacksmith and we will be able to make you a swrod. though dont expect anything decent.

dreamers75 · 18-04-2012 1:17pm

Is pressing Alt the same as turning on item names in options?

AnCapaillMor · 18-04-2012 1:18pm

Dunno but alt highlights all selectable items and enemies in your field of view.

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 1:18pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Is pressing Alt the same as turning on item names in options?

emmmm dunno.... newer seen that in options.

Dcully · 18-04-2012 2:12pm

Really great game,the combat is the highlight for me, makes a complete laugh at the likes of skyrim.
Yet another game ive still to get anyway near completing, grrr too many games !!

ShadowHearth · 18-04-2012 2:15pm

finnaly got installed witcher 2. had to turn off that ubbersampling and keep the rest maxed out as possible. It is really weird, because in cut scenes ( in game engine ) my fps drops to 30, but when i am out playing its like 70fps+++. anyone else has this problem too?

anyway, game looksgreat and i forgot how awesome swearing was in witcher 2

. " Geralt, Come have a drink with me! Drinking alone is as bad as shieting in company!"

Kiith · 18-04-2012 5:43pm

10gb download started. Ugh! :pac:

Temptamperu · 18-04-2012 5:49pm

God damn this is a great game I just finished off the first massive boss, took some doing too but doing all the quest related helped out, then i got the ride of triss again :pac: and became champion at fight club and champion arm wrestler took a few goes at the last fella though.
Do any of yee know what the top level is so I can figure out which of my skills to level up?

Kiith · 18-04-2012 7:17pm

Bah! Can't even install the patch. Gives me an error early on in the install. Apparently it's a known issue, and re-downloading the first 2 parts fixes it, but not for me.

Bah! :mad:

calex71 · 18-04-2012 7:41pm

Temptamperu wrote: »

God damn this is a great game I just finished off the first massive boss, took some doing too but doing all the quest related helped out, then i got the ride of triss again :pac: and became champion at fight club and champion arm wrestler took a few goes at the last fella though.
Do any of yee know what the top level is so I can figure out which of my skills to level up?

I'm thinking 35ish as there is an achievement for it on the consoles.

Anyone offer any advice for crafting weapons and swords??? Just got my silver one back so that might help but feeling very under powered at the moment.

Temptamperu · 18-04-2012 8:18pm

calex71 wrote: »

I'm thinking 35ish as there is an achievement for it on the consoles.

Anyone offer any advice for crafting weapons and swords??? Just got my silver one back so that might help but feeling very under powered at the moment.

If you do both the Nekker Contract and the Endrega Contract at the same time you will get a superior silver sword schematic then just head to the dwarf smith and he will fix it up for you he can put runes on your swords aswell.

Stev_o · 18-04-2012 8:27pm

Temptamperu wrote: »

God damn this is a great game I just finished off the first massive boss, took some doing too but doing all the quest related helped out, then i got the ride of triss again :pac: and became champion at fight club and champion arm wrestler took a few goes at the last fella though.
Do any of yee know what the top level is so I can figure out which of my skills to level up?

If you skimp on magic your going to be ****ed later on. That is all.

Wolverine359 · 18-04-2012 9:29pm

Anyone order this from amazon.co.uk? I received my copy today, and was pleasantly surprised (and confused) to see a signature on the outer sleeve. I looked it up and found out that the developers at CD Projekt signed all of Amazon's launch stock. They are awesome! :cool:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-04-witcher-2-enhanced-edition-amazon-copies-signed-by-dev-team

calex71 · 18-04-2012 9:34pm

Temptamperu wrote: »

If you do both the Nekker Contract and the Endrega Contract at the same time you will get a superior silver sword schematic then just head to the dwarf smith and he will fix it up for you he can put runes on your swords aswell.

Just got there, made a huge difference :eek:

Edit: Whats with the monk in the tavern ? I've beaten him at dice 15 times no and still wont give up his prize ????

Creature · 19-04-2012 12:01am

If you bought a physical copy of the game you can avail of a free downloadable back up copy from gog http://www.gog.com/en/witcher2/backup/

You also get all the extras that came with the digital special edition too like the art book and soundtrack.

Kiith · 19-04-2012 8:07am

Had to download the patch twice last night to get it working. I'd recommend anyone who is downloading it to manually download it from the site, as the automatic patcher is a bit ****.

http://en.thewitcher.com/ee_manual

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-04-2012 8:42am

i left my computer on overnight to finish downloading the witcher 2 game files and the bloody thing cut out soon after I went to bed

6 gigs left

Temptamperu · 19-04-2012 1:48pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i left my computer on overnight to finish downloading the witcher 2 game files and the bloody thing cut out soon after I went to bed 6 gigs left

They turn off? :eek:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-04-2012 2:04pm

they do when you have six case fans and one that looks like a jet engine turbine

Gbear · 19-04-2012 10:48pm

Have to say, I've played probably about half of it and I just don't think much of it.

I like the ambiance, the grit, the voice acting (particularly the welsh people).
It's pretty too.

But ultimately the actual gameplay doesn't really do much for me.
And I don't like the inventory system.

calex71 · 19-04-2012 10:55pm

Gbear wrote: »

Have to say, I've played probably about half of it and I just don't think much of it.

I like the ambiance, the grit, the voice acting (particularly the welsh people).
It's pretty too.

But ultimately the actual gameplay doesn't really do much for me.
And I don't like the inventory system.

None of that actually changes later, but over all (I'm only at the start of act 2) but I found the amount of actual combat in the game pretty sparse to be honest for an action RPG, not saying there is not that much combat but a lot less of it than you would expect

Am I alone in finding that ?

Temptamperu · 20-04-2012 12:18am

Are yee doing the side quests you pick up on the boards, lots of swashbuckling on them. The UI is poo though and ingredients weigh to much.

ShadowHearth · 20-04-2012 4:36am

Combat was the last thing I cared when playing witcher games.
Then again, combat in witcher 2 is really good. A lot of options items etc. it does feel satisfying too. It feels like you have a sword in your hands, not a tickle feather,

The Freeman · 20-04-2012 6:52am

calex71 wrote: »

None of that actually changes later, but over all (I'm only at the start of act 2) but I found the amount of actual combat in the game pretty sparse to be honest for an action RPG, not saying there is not that much combat but a lot less of it than you would expect Am I alone in finding that ?

Ya a fair bit in myself and disapointed with the fighting element, expected less dialogue and a little more combat,I can see its a great game but not for me, timeto give skyrim a blast finally...

calex71 · 20-04-2012 8:13am

This game can be so unexpectedly mean to you.

Was at the end of act 1 and choose the Ivoreth path so

the town rioted and was effectively a bloodbath

was heading for the quest marker at the inn and was approached by 2 guards who told me they were not happy with me but willing to over look my crimes for earlier good deeds but I should pay 100 gold

pffff yeah right I said so declined,

I was shot dead instantly in a hail of arrows

After I reloaded the event didn't trigger again.

Edit: I had a good chuckle at the The Lord of the Rings reference in act 2

Temptamperu · 21-04-2012 3:21am

This game is physically and mentally draining, I havent had to use me head in a game so much since the 90s.
The Lord of the Rings joke was funny, The humor is great I just got two trolls back together one of them was groping Triss so his wife left him :pac:

ShadowHearth · 21-04-2012 7:06am

Temptamperu wrote: »

This game is physically and mentally draining, I havent had to use me head in a game so much since the 90s.
The Lord of the Rings joke was funny, The humor is great I just got two trolls back together one of them was groping Triss so his wife left him :pac:

Humor is briliant in this game. I still think that getting drunk with blue stripes is one of the most funniest things you can ever do in video game.

calex71 · 21-04-2012 9:11am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Humor is briliant in this game. I still think that getting drunk with blue stripes is one of the most funniest things you can ever do in video game.

Did you speak with triss or the other sorcerer ladies in the games re:

Getting the tattoo removed

Also the guy in the market area of act 2 who says nothing other than screaming "Emo" at you

Ha did any one save the elves from the burning building at the end of act 1?

the burning building at the end of act 1?

I just got to

bang one of them

as a reward

CptMackey · 21-04-2012 4:55pm

Just started playing this on Xbox. Loving it so far. Really enjoyable. Story is well written. Nice to play a game with an actually story. More like that please

lkasprzak · 21-04-2012 6:40pm

CptMackey wrote: »

Just started playing this on Xbox. Loving it so far. Really enjoyable. Story is well written. Nice to play a game with an actually story. More like that please

Hi, can you or anyone check if there is polish language or polish voices to choose from options menu? Ill appreciate that

humanji · 21-04-2012 7:34pm

lkasprzak wrote: »

Hi, can you or anyone check if there is polish language or polish voices to choose from options menu? Ill appreciate that

The gog.com page for it says it has Polish language. I think you select it when installing.

ShadowHearth · 21-04-2012 7:40pm

lkasprzak wrote: »

Hi, can you or anyone check if there is polish language or polish voices to choose from options menu? Ill appreciate that

Pc has a full polish pack alright. No idea about Xbox version though.

balkieb2002 · 21-04-2012 7:47pm

Did anyone else have the issue where the Windows 7 taskbar appears over the game when you start it up? Tried a few different things but just won't go away.

Auto-hide does work but still leaves a blue gap along the bottom.

Using W7 Ult 64 and updated Witcher 2 EE

Doh nevermind... found the issue, the game was defaulting to Windowed mode for some reason, changed that and full screen goodness now!

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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