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Witcher 2 for Xbox 360 'Enhanced Edition', 4+ hours bonus content, out April 17th
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Baraka in the White House
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High is fine with me. Now to decide if the 360 content is worth it...
What choo mean? PC will get all the same new content as the Xbox version. Or are you thinking of grabbing it for the awesome box set?
Felix Lighter
Member
I would think it would run quite well on that rig. High/Ultra settings. There are a lot of helpful tweaks in the Performance thread.
I've never played Witcher 2, and I definitely got that impression. So you actually play a character who tries to stop that assassin dude?
Riposte
Member
Letho is easily one of the best videogame characters/villains in a long time. Aside from how well they use him in the story, I love that he is a mass of muscles. He's a fucking man and he doesn't get "typecasted" into some mentally weak buffoon mid-boss. That's a character I can get behind.
Robot Pants
Member
Yea Letho rules.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
You can easily play it on High/Ultra.
rollingstart
Banned
curious about the differences/advantages of buying on GOG or Steam for Pc
from what I understand, Steam has achievements and steamworks, but GoG version is completely DRM free. No way to get both without double dipping? (as in the gog version registers with steam)
also confused by what it means by "anyone who owns it before April gets it for free." is the enhanced edition content paid content afterwards?
from what I understand, Steam has achievements and steamworks, but GoG version is completely DRM free. No way to get both without double dipping? (as in the gog version registers with steam)
also confused by what it means by "anyone who owns it before April gets it for free." is the enhanced edition content paid content afterwards?
this means that you won't be able to get anything other than Enhanced Version.
Perhaps it will be the CG intro that plays once you boot up the game. The first game had something like that which was a CG rendition of Geralt's first encounter with a Striga. At least this new scene connects with the game, as the scene from the first game is years before all of the other adventures that take place from that encounter in the novels to the start of the games. I think there's a 5-7 year gap between that scene and the start of the game.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Oh, fuck yeah. Put it in me. I'm ready for my second time through.
Yeah. Saying it's "alluded" to is an odd choice of wording. It's showing exactly what you said, Iorveth taking out the king whose head he shows to Letho. Pretty awsome opening.
It will be.
Of course. CDProject doesn't fuck around. OP is banned, so there won't be updates to be found there.
Yep, they announced it at GOG: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2/ It's not often that a single player game gets this much attention after release, especially free content.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
He basically is what he is. No needless bullshit or emotional trimmings.
reptilescorpio
Member
I hope they release another CE for the EE. Would love a Letho or Triss bust up next to Geralt. Plus I just love spending money on CD Projekt stuff.
samus4ever
Banned
Can't wait for The Witcher 2.
Probably yes.
You know how awesome CD Projekt is?
While your ordinary X360 game costs about 220PLN here, the Witcher 2 (Standard Edition, that already includes OST, a guide and a world map) will be sold for 130PLN (almost half of the default console game price).
For 220PLN (again, the default price for a new console game) you can get the Premium Edition that includes:
- the game
- OST
- the making of video
- a world map
- an instruction
- a guide
- an artbook
- a medallion
- some stickers
- a kick ass box
I mean DAMN.
While your ordinary X360 game costs about 220PLN here, the Witcher 2 (Standard Edition, that already includes OST, a guide and a world map) will be sold for 130PLN (almost half of the default console game price).
For 220PLN (again, the default price for a new console game) you can get the Premium Edition that includes:
- the game
- OST
- the making of video
- a world map
- an instruction
- a guide
- an artbook
- a medallion
- some stickers
- a kick ass box
I mean DAMN.
GoncaloCCastro
Member
Well, 4th playthrough here I come!
I'd be surprised if the difficulty of that fight weren't tweaked for the console release.
reptilescorpio
Member
That CE better make its way to Australia again
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Would they have to? Doesn't it control well with a gamepad?
I play KB + M so I can't speak to that, but it's the one fight in the game that felt unbalanced, even on PC.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm not sure what it was like prior to the 2.0 patch but the fight wasn't that difficult on normal difficulty in it's current state. Just keep your distance when his Quen was active, roll away from his range attacks, use bombs and stay behind him when attacking him with standard melee attacks.
At launch version he killed me like 50 times before I could finally squeek past him :lol
toastyToast
Member
One on one encounters are pretty simple if you use the trap sign.
I get the feeling that it goes ignored.
I get the feeling that it goes ignored.
NemesisPrime
Banned
You know how awesome CD Projekt is?
While your ordinary X360 game costs about 220PLN here, the Witcher 2 (Standard Edition, that already includes OST, a guide and a world map) will be sold for 130PLN (almost half of the default console game price).
For 220PLN (again, the default price for a new console game) you can get the Premium Edition that includes:
- the game
- OST
- the making of video
- a world map
- an instruction
- a guide
- an artbook
- a medallion
- some stickers
- a kick ass box
I mean DAMN.
Woah! SOLD!
I had a lot of trouble with him too. Up to that point, I felt like I actually "got" the gameplay and was able to work around its early quirks but then they threw Letho at me and all went to hell.
Hes a lot better now but I wouldnt be surprised if they tweak it further.
Exactly. That fight wasn't the natural culmination of the skills you'd picked up at that point - instead it was a huge difficulty spike.
All pre-patch. I haven't played 2.0.
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
I don't get why this isn't on PS3? Game looks so damn good.
3rd party exclusives are dead my ass.
3rd party exclusives are dead my ass.
Felix Lighter
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up on the PS3, as well, but CD Projekt RED isn't huge and I don't think they are the type of developer that would allow someone else to handle the port.
ScepticMatt
Member
They tried this with TW1 for 360 (called rise of the white wolf) but the port house didn't meet expectations and the project was cancelled.
Hypertrooper
Member
CD Projekt Red is a small studio. I think it was easier for them to port the game to Xbox 360 because the Xbox 360 is similar to the PC than a PS3.
nelsonroyale
Member
Hell, the original Witcher 1 release on PC shouldn't have shipped...that game was terribly optimized. Quite a gulf between that and the enhanced edition.
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
Figured that but still.
The Witcher2 for 360 and Xenoblade for Wii are both games im interested in. And they both come out in april. Yay for me.