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Looks like Arkham Knight just got South America locked keys.
I guess they really did get fed up with Nuuvem selling very cheaply.
Shit! I guess I have to get a refund.
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STEAM | May 2015 - Paid Mods? We hardly Nuuvem!
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Shit! I guess I have to get a refund.
https://steamdb.info/sub/68918/
Looks like Arkham Knight just got South America locked keys.
I guess they really did get fed up with Nuuvem selling very cheaply.
hmm. Wonder what that means for my pre-order I did like... as soon as it was up on Nuuvem? I'm assuming they'll ONLY get locked keys now?
See above. The game itself is region-free; a VPN is just needed to activate the key.
Nope. That's only happened twice, as far as I'm aware: Arkham Origins, which was actually the result of a mistake as the pre-order DLC was included in the gold master build, and Alien Isolation.
Jawmuncher
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I love getting guys still either for games that I know will be big like Final Fantasy, or ones that will streamline my playthrough like Souls games. Especially if i'm using it as I progress it's just so much more comfortable to go with. Plus they're basically just collector items now.
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that's a good assumption. why would WB send them region free keys when they're clearly locking things down?
and that's assuming that they'll be working with Nuuvem at all ever again.
Much like the russian bear, nuuvem was fun while it lasted. I look forward to getting the bats in a year for under $10, like i've done with all of those games on PC
Yes, but I'm sure it reduces number of buyers.
I wonder if Valve will lock key activations to store country sometime?
Oh well, guess I can do without Harley and the skin pack.
Because some are amazing and have additional artwork and more insight into the world.
corrosivefrost
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Still pretty much the same in Witcher 2... the only difference is that now it has an offical mapping for a controller, so it plays smoother... one major difference, I think, is that you don't have to level up your abilities to get extra hits on combos for a particular sword, they took that out. I think they also added "heavy/light" attacks, but at the core, it's still "time your button presses/clicks if you want to chain moves".
corrosivefrost
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Cheers to the birthday wishes.
And double that for ningen disappointing us.
That game should've been KF2.
NingenJanai
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Ningen, disappointing since 19XX, specially
females
Pretty much. It's somewhat the same with W3, too. It's just sort of hidden. I definitely think TW2's is a huge improvement over TW1, as it's a well-disguised rhythm-based combat with gorgeous animations. I also vastly prefer not having the three distinct, static combat styles that were in TW1. That might just be me, though.
Light and heavy attacks were in TW1, IIRC. Combined with group, they make up the three combat stances you have to choose from.
Edit: Well, "fast" and "strong". Close enough.
corrosivefrost
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Ahh, I forgot there were "stances". I mostly used group stance, I think, so this is why I forgot. So TW2 is streamlined, I guess, but it still feels a lot like TW1 to me.
Light and heavy attacks were in TW1, IIRC. Combined with group, they make up the three combat stances you have to choose from.
Edit: Well, "fast" and "strong". Close enough.
Ahh, that's right... the stances for each sword.
They got rid of that stuff with Y being heavy/group and X being light/single.
I tried to gift you KF2, but the fates were not kind and it was a bit out of my price range with all the BS I have going on.
You should've held on to that copy of Ori and saved it for 2k, silly ningen.
freshVeggie
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Interesting. Before playing Witcher I always assumed the swordplay to be more "direct".
It's still okay though this way. Leveled up a bit and the new animations are cool.
Ops, forgot to ask. If I use a grind/wheatstone on a sword, does the additional damage stay permanent and can I stack that effect?
A bit lazy to look up wiki. Got the cold. Be gentle fed-up-gaf.
It's still okay though this way. Leveled up a bit and the new animations are cool.
Ops, forgot to ask. If I use a grind/wheatstone on a sword, does the additional damage stay permanent and can I stack that effect?
A bit lazy to look up wiki. Got the cold. Be gentle fed-up-gaf.
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the witcher 1's battle mechanic is mostly you watching your mouse pointer and waiting for it to change into a lightning bolt or something. It's, ugh, i don't think it's very good at all and much prefer how the fighting is handled in TW2 but i know some folks really like the clunky and mashy nature of the first one's system.
there are all sorts, i suppose
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Whetstones/oils/potions should all have a duration listed.
When consumed, they buff you for x:xx -- where x is the duration of time (usually in minutes).
Witcher 2 is a lot more clear about this, I think, sa it shows all your buffs with timers under them indicating how long they will continue to remain active. I don't remember Witcher doing this.
Bah didn't put that one game i missed out on getting back on sale
I don't think the discounts are as good this time around anyway. Might as well wait for the summer sales at this point.
And now i will have this red mark hunting me for the rest of the game
Oh well i survived one in W2 and i will survive this one. I really don't want to reload save from two days ago.
Consider it part of your "realism" experience. If you're going to scrub the HUD from existence then fucking up quests from time to time is realistic too, no one is perfect (no matter what they think). Doing all that to make exploration more organic then save scrubbing when you don't get an outcome you like is kind of diametrically opposed to each other.
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And now i will have this red mark hunting me for the rest of the game
Oh well i survived one in W2 and i will survive this one. I really don't want to reload save from two days ago.
I have a red mark on defeating the first contact enemy. Totally defeated it. I think the log was just bugged.
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Happy birthday!
To chime in with the Witcher 1 thoughts, I just started it and I'm really enjoying it. The combat took me a few moments to understand but it isn't as dreadful as some make it out to be. I do yearn for something like Arkham or Shadow or Mordor but I can't see myself giving up on the game because of the combat, especially when I learn more magic.
The transition to the first area outside the castle (I need to learn names
) reminded me of Dragon Age: Origins which is no bad thing at all. The voice acting is great, even if I skip about half of it after reading the subtitles and it doesn't look too bad for an old game.Freedom = $1.05
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the best thing the Witcher 1 has is that i'm pretty sure Uncle Scrooge from Ducktales does some of the NPC voices.
his voice always makes me feel like im 8 years old again.
his voice always makes me feel like im 8 years old again.
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Haha, this is so true
That's exactly what I am doing in combat. Sure I could look at enemy movement to dodge but at this point it is absolutely not needed, so the cursor it is, haha.
Have to agree with milena though. Has something soothing when you don't have to circle-strafe, dodge, attack all the time but just "go with the flow of combat".
It's nice to experience but sadly imo ages not well. Gold-standard for swordplay is souls-series for me. It's very technical if you want it to be as well.
Remember on the Cat potion precisely saying how many minutes it lasts but not on the stones sadly.
Another very cryptic thing is how blacksmiths work. I seriously doubted my inteligence when I could not find a way to upgrade my existing weapons at one with runes. had to look up the web to find a forum post saying that I need three runes to forge a new weapon and existing ones cannot be enhanced with them. From the in-game description though that was exactly what I got.
From what I hear, I can't wait to play the Witcher 2&3.
Did you try to go to her and ask her regardless?And now i will have this red mark hunting me for the rest of the game
Oh well i survived one in W2 and i will survive this one. I really don't want to reload save from two days ago.
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just checked out that game Sunset on the store. that seems..interesting
And now i will have this red mark hunting me for the rest of the game
Oh well i survived one in W2 and i will survive this one. I really don't want to reload save from two days ago.
Sure you do.
Well they could just marked it as done because i got item and just remove first cutscene with herbalist.
There is bug with Treasure Hunt quests. You can't finish them in Quest Log if you find treasure before you trigger first clue.
Yes and i was able to get another quest from her not related to this one. Only thing that was different is missing cutscene that you get if you visit her before you find item.
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Haha, this is so true
That's exactly what I am doing in combat. Sure I could look at enemy movement to dodge but at this point it is absolutely not needed, so the cursor it is, haha.
Have to agree with milena though. Has something soothing when you don't have to circle-strafe, dodge, attack all the time but just "go with the flow of combat".
It's nice to experience but sadly imo ages not well. Gold-standard for swordplay is souls-series for me. It's very technical if you want it to be as well.
Remember on the Cat potion precisely saying how many minutes it lasts but not on the stones sadly.
Another very cryptic thing is how blacksmiths work. I seriously doubted my inteligence when I could not find a way to upgrade my existing weapons at one with runes. had to look up the web to find a forum post saying that I need three runes to forge a new weapon and existing ones cannot be enhanced with them. From the in-game description though that was exactly what I got.
From what I hear, I can't wait to play the Witcher 2&3.
If that's the case then, yes, you'll absolutely love the combat in TW2 & TW3 as it has that tough but fair way to it that the Souls games have, too. A lot of dodging, hitting, rolling, using your magic, etc. It's still an RPG and doesn't feel quite as good as the souls games but it's leaps and bounds better than TW1.
Thanks for mentioning that.
Then I'll use Google Chrome instead of Chromium, since it has Flash Player integrated by default.
edit: Chromium doesn't even update itself automatically, so definitely going Google Chrome!
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Aww, I just want that 96 page bonus book.
And the hardcover "The World of the Witcher" book.
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Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I know, right? Easily my GOTY so far.
And I'm sitting here, playing Witcher 3. Damn, I can't even bring myself to finish episode 2, because of the other games that pile up on me.
Drop those other games and play Life is Strange.
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i'm still holding out for the whole series of LiS to be out. I just don't have the memory or the patience to wait for each of those releases. Rather play them all at once and see if Life really is that Strange.
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I just decided to knock out ep3 so I can play W3 on the long weekend. it seemed shorter then first two though
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