The Witcher 3

EoinMcLovin · 17-07-2015 8:14pm

The next patch is 7.4GB
http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/07/17/the-witcher-3-patch-1-07-rolling-out-on-ps4-and-xbox-one-its-a-huge-download/

Skerries · 17-07-2015 8:35pm

that's no moon! ..I mean patch
that would have filled most of my first pc hard drive :eek:

Nodferatu · 17-07-2015 9:16pm

Does anyone know what Gamestop are offering for The Witcher 3 in store credit or cash?

CombatCow · 17-07-2015 10:18pm

Patch is live if you have the PS4 U.S version anyway.... 7.5Gb

TitianGerm · 17-07-2015 10:30pm

Nodferatu wrote: »

Does anyone know what Gamestop are offering for The Witcher 3 in store credit or cash?

What system do you have it on ? I'm looking to pick this up.

MiskyBoyy · 17-07-2015 10:39pm

CombatCow wrote: »

Patch is live if you have the PS4 U.S version anyway.... 7.5Gb

Same for Xbox ONE. 7.3GB, live now.

Knex* · 17-07-2015 11:21pm

No wonder its taking forever...

SterlingArcher · 18-07-2015 2:29pm

Nodferatu wrote: »

Does anyone know what Gamestop are offering for The Witcher 3 in store credit or cash?

No but think cex is 35. Can't see gamestop giving more.

SterlingArcher · 18-07-2015 2:34pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

What system do you have it on ? I'm looking to pick this up.

Do, its going to be a classic.

Argos has it for 60. Cheapest new.

Hans Bricks · 18-07-2015 4:31pm

Have to say I'm blown away by the depth, atmosphere and environment if this game. Weather system is something else. Does anyone know if I can store inventory anywhere convenient? It's becoming a pain getting rid of items for new gear.

Also how near should you be to suggested levels before attempting quests ? I'm at level 13 and have contracts and quests at levels on the thirties. I'm afraid to go to skellige cos I'm three levels off the suggested 16

Captain Chaos · 18-07-2015 4:32pm

Hans Bricks wrote: »

. Does anyone know if I can store inventory anywhere convenient? It's becoming a pain getting rid of items for new gear.

Thats being added in the new patch due out today.

Hans Bricks · 18-07-2015 4:35pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Thats being added in the new patch due out today.

Oh is it ? Yeah I'm watching it download as we speak.

Hans Bricks · 18-07-2015 6:17pm

Good lord. Downloading at least three hours now on the xbox and it's stagnated at the mid 60s range. The original download wasn't even this slow.

Captain Chaos · 18-07-2015 6:19pm

The PSN side of things ain't much better.

Evade · 18-07-2015 6:37pm

Hans Bricks wrote: »

Also how near should you be to suggested levels before attempting quests ? I'm at level 13 and have contracts and quests at levels on the thirties. I'm afraid to go to skellige cos I'm three levels off the suggested 16

Go to Skellige, it's the best part of the game. The quest to get there is level 16 but it's not too difficult and there are quests as low as level 12 in Skellige.

The most minor almost not even a spoiler for the quest to get there,

it costs 1000 gold but you get it back.

ERG89 · 18-07-2015 6:43pm

The patch isn't out yet on my PSN but apparently the game doesn't run as well after the patch with frame rate drops from the last patch....:mad:

Savage Tyrant · 18-07-2015 7:50pm

Still no patch for me either...

CombatCow · 18-07-2015 8:18pm

https://twitter.com/Marcin360/status/622456694094827520

Savage Tyrant · 18-07-2015 9:34pm

ah for fück sake... I couldn't be more pissed off right now... :mad::mad::mad:

Full sure I was getting the Yen and Trish 3-way on like donkey kong... Even convinced myself it would be a dream sequence .... Teasing whøres!

saneman · 18-07-2015 9:41pm

All good with the new patch here (Steam).

No issues with the old saves (checked 5 most recent).

Stash and inventory changes most welcome (finally trim 80/160 weight, just couldn't sell those swords). Stash only works with "equipment" and "other" items but not an issue as crafting components now weigh nothing and books weigh feck all. Can't split items to store in stash (eg. weapon repair kits) so workaround is to drop what you want to carry, stash the balance, and pick up the dropped loot.

Alternative movement option not a major change but I like it, just more responsive, sharper turning (using m/kb).

J. Marston · 18-07-2015 9:53pm

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

ah for fück sake... I couldn't be more pissed off right now... :mad::mad::mad:
Full sure I was getting the Yen and Trish 3-way on like donkey kong... Even convinced myself it would be a dream sequence .... Teasing whøres!

That's what you get for being greedy.

cadea · 19-07-2015 12:19am

Just in case anyone has a problem with the Matches Count Error in the 1.07 patch like I did on PC, rename dsound.dll in \The Witcher 3\bin\x64

Turtyturd · 19-07-2015 1:19am

Literally just finished the campaign now and the in game clock has me at 21 days and a couple of hours. Did all the witcher contracts, and hidden locations in White Orchard and Velen/Novigrad...was gonna do Skellige too but too many are out at sea and the mountains make the terrain a pain in the hole to traverse.

Have to say for a series I only bothered with because it was free on games with gold and almost quit during the prologue of 2 because it was so difficult, I have really gotten engrossed in the world. I love that the game can be a straight forward mystery or a layered political drama. Also love all the nods to other fantasy works like the snow white reference made a few pages back, and being able to craft

Longclaw

also another favourite (dont click unless you've read all the GOT books) was coming across a woman

believed to be half wolf leading a group of bandits made up of deserters from different armies.

On the ending

got the Ciri/Witcher one, which I was happy with. Only complaint would be the small part played by Roache and Ves after they were so prominent in 2, but there were plenty of characters to fill in. Also pissed that I missed the kill Radovid mission, had wanted to off him since 2.

Knex* · 19-07-2015 11:55am

I'm level 17 and still haven't got around to Skellige yet. There's just so much to do in Novigrad.

Should I follow the quest and come back to Novigrad later?

Turtyturd · 19-07-2015 2:09pm

I went to Skellige just to complete Lambert's (?) quest and then just came back to Novigrad directly after to finish up the quests there. It's a bit of a trek out to the mission location but there's plenty to take in during it, and it mostly by boat so no mountains blocking your path.

Also dunno if you've unlocked the 'Black Pearl' quest yet where a guy in Novigrad asks you to meet him by the bridge on one of the Islands but my OH found it to be glitched since the patch and

the guy is killed by drowners as soon as you come back onto land.

I played it before the update and it was fine.

Does anyone know the name of the artist who does the art for the intro/load screens/credits?

Kirby · 19-07-2015 2:56pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Also dunno if you've unlocked the 'Black Pearl' quest yet where a guy in Novigrad asks you to meet him by the bridge on one of the Islands but my OH found it to be glitched since the patch and
the guy is killed by drowners as soon as you come back onto land.
I played it before the update and it was fine.

I encoutered that "Black Pearl" bug just a few hours ago. What happens is, when you get near the coast, his health bar appears and then if he even touches a drowner, he dies. Quick loaded a dozen times and he gets one shotted every time. No way to save him normally. It's clearly broken.

But I did it eventually. Swim towards the coast where he is fighting them. As you approach land, hold down your Sign selection button and it goes into bullet time slowmo. You keep moving forwards but his health bar doesnt trigger so you have time to get out of the water, Aard the drowners and save his silly backside.

It's a little cheesy but frankly its allowable because this is clearly a bug and you shouldnt be failing quests due to a bug.

Savage Tyrant · 19-07-2015 4:05pm

I finished up the game last night... Beautiful.
I managed to avoid all spoilers for the endings of the game... I chose all my actions and dialogues naturally without second guessing myself. I think that alone says a lot for the game rather than dialog options being clearly "good guy/bad guy" it's all so subtle for the most part.
If I had any criticism ... I had a lovely set of master crafted wolven gear and swords in my inventory and equipped it as soon as I hit lvl 34 then finished the game 20 mins later.
Also some of the random swords that could be found looked so much better and ornate than the crafted witcher sets yet they just didn't compare stats wise.
Overall though, between the depth of detail, the storyline, the voice acting and the design of the world and enemies.... It's a masterpiece of gaming.

J. Marston · 19-07-2015 6:54pm

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I finished up the game last night... Beautiful.
I managed to avoid all spoilers for the endings of the game... I chose all my actions and dialogues naturally without second guessing myself. I think that alone says a lot for the game rather than dialog options being clearly "good guy/bad guy" it's all so subtle for the most part.
If I had any criticism ... I had a lovely set of master crafted wolven gear and swords in my inventory and equipped it as soon as I hit lvl 34 then finished the game 20 mins later.
Also some of the random swords that could be found looked so much better and ornate than the crafted witcher sets yet they just didn't compare stats wise.
Overall though, between the depth of detail, the storyline, the voice acting and the design of the world and enemies.... It's a masterpiece of gaming.

Probably my biggest gripe with the game, which says a lot.

They are so many swords that look cool and sound even cooler like Winter's Blade and Longclaw (The Dev team must love GOT) but they don't match up to the Griffin, Feline, Ursine and Wolf swords.

dreamers75 · 19-07-2015 8:56pm

Odd I found better swords then anything I crafted.

Kiith · 19-07-2015 9:09pm

The crafted swords are definitely better than anything of similar level that you will find, but there are some high level (lvl35+) ones that are better.

Washington Irving · 19-07-2015 9:09pm

Goddamnit

The patch seems to have broken a lot of things. Achievements, custom settings, certain quests, weather, animations, save games, and stashes all having issues to some degree.

ERG89 · 19-07-2015 10:03pm

Washington Irving wrote: »

Goddamnit

The patch seems to have broken a lot of things. Achievements, custom settings, certain quests, weather, animations, save games, and stashes all having issues to some degree.

Oh, good thing it hasn't been released to download yet or this past week's DLC....

Kirby · 19-07-2015 10:41pm

I've had no problems with the new patch on pc. I'm still crashing occassionally but I've had that issue since launch. The new inventory system is a vast improvement on the old. Knowing which books you've read, knowing what ingedients you need at shops, having weight to spare, etc. It's minor sounding but it makes life a lot easier while playing.

GodlessM · 19-07-2015 11:29pm

So, for someone up to date on whatever patch is the latest for PS4 right now; have they patched the final Skellige horse race yet?

Zero-Cool · 20-07-2015 9:49am

GodlessM wrote: »

So, for someone up to date on whatever patch is the latest for PS4 right now; have they patched the final Skellige horse race yet?

The 'race' for the Platinum continues :pac:

Knex* · 20-07-2015 10:07am

I've only ever done one horse race, or two actually, if you include one completed as Ciri. Didn't really seem much fun, tbh.

Am I missing out?

Zero-Cool · 20-07-2015 10:09am

Knex. wrote: »

I've only ever done one horse race, or two actually, if you include one completed as Ciri. Didn't really seem much fun, tbh.

Am I missing out?

Horse Races are awful but they do give you excellent Horse Gear like Saddles, Blinders and Saddlebags. You also need t owin all of them if you're looking to 100%/platinum the game. If you're not interested in either, stay well clear.

Turtyturd · 20-07-2015 10:41am

Gave up on the horse racing after the race against

Ezkel back to Kaer Morhen

when Roach decided to just stop at the entrance way, luckily I had the 100 saddle bags by then.

GodlessM · 20-07-2015 11:41am

OSI wrote: »

This is in the patch notes if that's any use:

Awesome.

EDIT: Turned on the game, installed patch, race still not fixed. Are you sure those aren't the PC patch notes?

Captain Chaos · 20-07-2015 12:03pm

The consoles and PC now have the same patch notes as V1.07 is a common version for the first time.

Zero-Cool · 20-07-2015 12:25pm

GodlessM wrote: »

Awesome.

EDIT: Turned on the game, installed patch, race still not fixed. Are you sure those aren't the PC patch notes?

I'd say check out their PS Tech Support forum

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forums/181-PlayStation-4

You might see if other people have that issue after the patch and if any workarounds are there. Devs regularly read those forums as well.

Randall Floyd · 20-07-2015 2:03pm

Is this patch live on PS4 yet? I still don't have any notification of it downloading.

wes · 20-07-2015 2:26pm

Randall Floyd wrote: »

Is this patch live on PS4 yet? I still don't have any notification of it downloading.

Started downloading for me yesterday.

Captain Chaos · 20-07-2015 2:35pm

wes wrote: »

Started downloading for me yesterday.

Mine still says up to date when I try to force it. In the info it still says V1.05.

wes · 20-07-2015 2:44pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Mine still says up to date when I try to force it. In the info it still says V1.05.

Ah ok, just realized that I got my version of Witcher from the US store, and that is probably why I got the patch.

GodlessM · 20-07-2015 2:48pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The consoles and PC now have the same patch notes as V1.07 is a common version for the first time.

Except PS version is on 1.05 according to my game, and up to date. That's two patches behind PC; not very common.

Captain Chaos · 20-07-2015 2:51pm

GodlessM wrote: »

Except PS version is on 1.05 according to my game, and up to date. That's two patches behind PC; not very common.

The US PSN got V1.07. Its delayed in most of Europe, CDPR are checking why SCEE delayed it. Going forward from now the consoles and PC are on the same version V1.07. They skipped V1.06 for consoles as there was so much stuff to add.

Kylo Ren · 20-07-2015 3:40pm

I've heard the newest patch negatively impacts the frame-rate.

It was already poor in parts, especially heavily forested areas and in rainy sequences. Disappointing if true.

Knex* · 20-07-2015 5:24pm

Keno wrote: »

I've heard the newest patch negatively impacts the frame-rate.

It was already poor in parts, especially heavily forested areas and in rainy sequences. Disappointing if true.

Definitely making conversations lag for me. Select an option, then an annoying pause before it plays out.

Not all the time, but it was definitely noticeable.

GodlessM · 20-07-2015 8:16pm

OSI wrote: »

They did mention their was an issue with the patch not being available on EU PSN for some reasons that they were investigating.

It is honestly probably a problem with the EU PSN itself and not the game as many of the newer MKX DLCs are missing on it too.

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