The Witcher 3

CatInABox · 06-06-2014 10:17am

I tried playing the first one, but gave up after a couple of hours, it just didn't catch me at all. I then tried the second one when the price dropped in one of the sales, but again, I just couldn't get into it, I'm not sure why.

I think that at this stage, I'm better off ignoring the first one altogether, but should I give the second one another shot? And how long does it take to grab you?

Kiith · 06-06-2014 10:35am

The first one was tough to get through when i played initially, though that was mainly because of the demon dog boss that was practically impossible to kill (they nerfed it with the Enhanced Edition). The 2nd was absolutely fantastic, and is definitely worth playing through. I'm going to do a run through of it again a few months before this is released. Still haven't tried the Enhanced Edition of 2.

dreamers75 · 06-06-2014 1:38pm

1st imo is far better than the 2nd, altho i am stuck a big pond monster in 2 for nearly 2 years.

its on the to do list.

Storywise I think you need to play 1 and 2 to figure out who a certain person is.

Mickeroo · 06-06-2014 1:40pm

The first is probably one of the hardest games I ever played (and not in a good way), made dark souls look like a cakewalk. May have been all my own doing though.

Venom · 06-06-2014 2:17pm

It sucks that it's gonna be 2015 till release, but damm this game looks awesome

titan18 · 06-06-2014 4:37pm

Kiith wrote: »

The first one was tough to get through when i played initially, though that was mainly because of the demon dog boss that was practically impossible to kill (they nerfed it with the Enhanced Edition). The 2nd was absolutely fantastic, and is definitely worth playing through. I'm going to do a run through of it again a few months before this is released. Still haven't tried the Enhanced Edition of 2.

Saved Roche's path for another run through on The Witcher 2, did Iorveth's first time around. Probably do the second one at Christmas

Venom · 06-06-2014 8:24pm

titan18 wrote: »

Saved Roche's path for another run through on The Witcher 2, did Iorveth's first time around. Probably do the second one at Christmas

Of the two path's, Iorveth's I felt was the better and even had some sweet pop culture references

ShadowHearth · 07-06-2014 12:15am

So looks like if you buy from gog.com its going to be DRM free too. I love CD Project Red.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-06-2014 8:04am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So looks like if you buy from gog.com its going to be DRM free too. I love CD Project Red.

yeah but you're probably going to have to wait a year and buy the enhanced edition before it's playable

Skerries · 07-06-2014 8:31am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah but you're probably going to have to wait a year and buy the enhanced edition before it's playable

ooh! harsh!

ShadowHearth · 07-06-2014 11:51am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah but you're probably going to have to wait a year and buy the enhanced edition before it's playable

Emmmmmm I bought Witcher 2 day one and it was completely playable. I dont remember any game breaking stuff.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-06-2014 12:20pm

Switcher 2 was broken for a few weeks at least. There was a huge delay between Activating A Sign And It Actually Firing Or Activating. Rolling Was tucked up for a while too and there were several other things. I didn't play it properly until b it was patched and I remember the gotgog forums there were many people doing the same.

But yes switcher two wasn't as catastrophically awful as witcher 1.

ShadowHearth · 07-06-2014 1:10pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

Switcher 2 was broken for a few weeks at least. There was a huge delay between Activating A Sign And It Actually Firing Or Activating. Rolling Was tucked up for a while too and there were several other things. I didn't play it properly until b it was patched and I remember the gotgog forums there were many people doing the same.

But yes switcher two wasn't as catastrophically awful as witcher 1.

Any game when launches these days have issues. Witcher 1 was bad, yes, but Witcher 2 was a massive improvement and I dont think it is fair to say that Witcher games are "buggy messes".
Like I said, I played it without a single problem. More important that they always fix their **** ups, and not just leave it there, just because **** you.

Wooden Jesus · 07-06-2014 3:57pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah but you're probably going to have to wait a year and buy the enhanced edition before it's playable

Witcher 3 was supposed to be released this year but has been delayed mainly to fix bugs. This is going to be their biggest launch yet so its only fair to assume they want the game in the best possible state on release

Riesen_Meal · 07-06-2014 4:14pm

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

Witcher 3 was supposed to be released this year but has been delayed mainly to fix bugs. This is going to be their biggest launch yet so its only fair to assume they want the game in the best possible state on release

Trailer looks amazing, never played 1 or 2 as I don't have a decent PC.

You reckon I could just dive in to this one oblivious to the other titles?

Wooden Jesus · 07-06-2014 4:22pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Trailer looks amazing, never played 1 or 2 as I don't have a decent PC.

You reckon I could just dive in to this one oblivious to the other titles?

I think there will be some sort of prologue or introduction to bring new players up to date with the story. The main storyline will be relatively new stuff anyway as no one knows anything about the wild hunt

ShadowHearth · 07-06-2014 4:26pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Trailer looks amazing, never played 1 or 2 as I don't have a decent PC.

You reckon I could just dive in to this one oblivious to the other titles?

Get at least witcher 2, its on 360.

Riesen_Meal · 07-06-2014 5:22pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Get at least witcher 2, its on 360.

Don't have my 360 anymore.... :-(

humanji · 07-06-2014 6:39pm

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

I think there will be some sort of prologue or introduction to bring new players up to date with the story. The main storyline will be relatively new stuff anyway as no one knows anything about the wild hunt

Yeah, they've said they're making the game friendly to first time players by explaining the background and important characters. And people can always read up on the story on Wikipedia.

jc4517 · 07-06-2014 9:34pm

What do you guys think the recommended specs are going to be? I'm thinking of building a pc in the near future, I'll probably build it entirely around this game it looks that good imo

Magill · 08-06-2014 1:35am

I always recommend going midrange when building a PC. Not entirely sure what the current components in the mid tier are but you pretty much are sure to be able to run all the latest games for 3-5 years at settings that far exceed that of the consoles.. While not paying over the odds.

jc4517 · 08-06-2014 11:05pm

Yeh I just wish my friends would move to pc, they're all console gamers.. Any advice on how to convert them?

Magill · 08-06-2014 11:25pm

Show them your PC when you get it !

ShadowHearth · 09-06-2014 3:30pm

jc4517 wrote: »

Yeh I just wish my friends would move to pc, they're all console gamers.. Any advice on how to convert them?

Kick them in the nuts, if that does not work - find new friends.

I actually managed to convert my buddy to PC gaming. He was a pure Xbox bot. He was a huge Battlefield ( ex cod ) gamer too. Played only BF/COD/Halo. I gave him a wee spin on my PC and it was the last nail in 360 coffin.

I gave him my old PC and bough him BF4 as Xmas Present. He did not just became a PC gamer now, but his gaming library went from 3 games to bazilion. In fact, he does not even play BF4 that much, but plays all sort off games.

Mickeroo · 09-06-2014 3:33pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Kick them in the nuts, if that does not work - find new friends.

How does that equate to giving your friend your old PC and buying them a game? :pac:

ShadowHearth · 09-06-2014 3:36pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

How does that equate to giving your friend your old PC and buying them a game? :pac:

Who said I did not kicked him in the nuts first? :pac:

Mickeroo · 09-06-2014 3:40pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Who said I did not kicked him in the nuts first? :pac:

Hey I'll take your current PC if that's all it costs. Having kids is overrated I hear anyway

Shiminay · 09-06-2014 4:06pm

Just saw this from GoG: http://www.gog.com/thewitcher3/en

You might find it cheaper elsewhere if you're looking to pre-order but I think there's a lot to be said for supporting the developer directly.

Spear · 09-06-2014 6:15pm

A little annoying that their loyaly bonuses can't be applied if you buy the physical collectors edition.

I've pre-ordered the physical collectors edition, as I did with the first two. No need to break the pattern now.

Lu Tze · 09-06-2014 7:35pm

Shiminay wrote: »

Just saw this from GoG: http://www.gog.com/thewitcher3/en

You might find it cheaper elsewhere if you're looking to pre-order but I think there's a lot to be said for supporting the developer directly.

Pretty impressive if you have the 2 previous game, gets you 27% off (€43.79).

Now to get the cd keys off steam!

jc4517 · 09-06-2014 9:40pm

Anyone else see that gameplay? :rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI4UFhMYDc4

Magill · 09-06-2014 11:07pm

jc4517 wrote: »

Anyone else see that gameplay? :rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI4UFhMYDc4

Yeah, looks insanely good. Doesn't even look that watered down in terms of graphics for a console version either !

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-06-2014 11:10pm

so i guess i'm still the only one not terribly enthusiastic about the direction 3 seems to be taking?

Magill · 09-06-2014 11:10pm

Yep, get out.

Mickeroo · 09-06-2014 11:11pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

so i guess i'm still the only one not terribly enthusiastic about the direction 3 seems to be taking?

Having a massive open world instead of smaller separated areas you mean?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-06-2014 11:16pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Having a massive open world instead of smaller separated areas you mean?

yeah
the "eleventy times bigger than jesus" world map, the "more play hours than there are books in the lord of the rings universe" .. it just reminds me of skyrim

Mickeroo · 09-06-2014 11:20pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

yeah
the "eleventy times bigger than jesus" world map, the "more play hours than there are books in the lord of the rings universe" .. it just reminds me of skyrim

Yeah I liked how tight the 2nd game in particular was, very few side quests felt superfluous. I hope it doesn't end up being all filler outside of the main quest line.

Magill · 09-06-2014 11:26pm

Have faith men.

jc4517 · 12-06-2014 7:53pm

If there's a studio I trust, it's cd projekt red.. They're sound

Skerries · 12-06-2014 11:31pm

CD Project were giving away free statues and the game at E3, lucky bastards

Antar Bolaeisk · 13-06-2014 10:06am

Lu Tze wrote: »

Pretty impressive if you have the 2 previous game, gets you 27% off (€43.79).

Now to get the cd keys off steam!

Mine's only showing as 20% off yet I have both previous games. Is there something I need to do to update it?

danthefan · 13-06-2014 11:45am

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Mine's only showing as 20% off yet I have both previous games. Is there something I need to do to update it?

Daft question but are they in your GOG library?

Skerries · 13-06-2014 12:51pm

I have the first on Steam so does anyone know how to get the key to register it on GOG?

danthefan · 13-06-2014 1:08pm

Skerries wrote: »

I have the first on Steam so does anyone know how to get the key to register it on GOG?

Yeah you have to have it installed or downloading, then find the option in Steam to view your CD key, copy and paste it into your GOG account. Don't have either Steam or GOG open so can't give the precise instructions but that's the gist.

Antar Bolaeisk · 13-06-2014 8:20pm

danthefan wrote: »

Daft question but are they in your GOG library?

Yeah they're both in my library but only the sequel was purchased through GoG, the original was activated when they started their activation program.

Somnus · 14-06-2014 3:09pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Yeah I liked how tight the 2nd game in particular was, very few side quests felt superfluous. I hope it doesn't end up being all filler outside of the main quest line.

I do agree with you, I liked the more focused feel of the smaller areas. Kinda kept the pace up on the main plot. But I have full confidence that the open world will be handled well. Can't wait to see more.

I love the facial and body animations during the dialogue scenes in the latest gameplay trailer. Just gives it so much more character. Really makes the character conversations from the previous game and the likes of Skyrim etc seem so wooden.

Robert ninja · 14-06-2014 4:12pm

I think open world is good for The Witcher as long as it serves a purpose unlike needlessly open world games that we've seen a lot of lately.

There weren't a whole load of places to explore or go hunting in or do side missions in. There are basically a few main areas that have respawning enemies and you know that any side-quest is going to have you go there. The linearity kept the story on track but given the complex RPG elements of The Witcher, from simply requiring 2 swords down to researching monsters and making the right antidotes and poisons to fight them, I think open world would really benefit from all of this.

With how good this games looks... I'm scared for my GPU.

Genghiz Cohen · 16-06-2014 1:01pm

Playing through 2 now, is it just me or is 1 on 1 combat really simple?

Aard and then smack him in the head until he falls down. Is this getting improved in 3?

calex71 · 16-06-2014 1:06pm

Not sure how to embed this so I'll link to it

http://www.viddler.com/v/f0ea259c?secret=60661080#errorExplanation

Shows gameplay and part of a quest.

Steviemoyne · 16-06-2014 4:18pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Playing through 2 now, is it just me or is 1 on 1 combat really simple?

Aard and then smack him in the head until he falls down. Is this getting improved in 3?

Playing through 2 also, yeah 1v1 is pretty easy, hell...1v many is pretty easy too in some situations. Keep meaning to download the semi-official combat overhaul.

Those looking at buying it from GOG, just remember you also get about €11 cashback because of their policy on alternating currency. I doubt preorders will be cheaper elsewhere if you have the full discount for owning the previous two games.

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