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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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As am I! CDPR has done a great job keeping this from getting out before they wanted it to.BeeDog said:
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I really applaud CDP for making the regular boxed PC version so jam packed with stuff. Considering we live in an age where PC games come with a disc and a slip of paper with a code on it, it's so refreshing to see a regular version of the game coming with a map and more.
â Narayan
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Hmm. Maybe I'll buy a digital copy on top of my physical CE.
Yeah, I can't wait to get mine in!thetrin said:
Gully State
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Out of the 5 games, which one is the most casual/easy to pick up/can play for small chunks of time?
Barberetti
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I thought all versions were supposed to be DRM free, or am I remembering wrong?
Jay Shadow
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Remembering wrong.Barberetti said:
It's one of those things that often get twisted along the way. Company says they don't like DRM, so people assume their games won't have DRM. But they're not 100% in charge of the security for their game, the publishers are. So the game ends up with DRM.
Complistic
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They did say they plan to patch out the DRM after release, like they did with Witcher 1.
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Minsc said:
Fuuuuuck.... I'm going home early on May 16th, then.
SneakyStephan
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thetrin said:
I'd buy a retail copy for that reason but I'm pretty sure CDP gets a bigger cut when buying on GOG... so that's out of the question.
Don't have money to throw around atm else I'd buy 2 copies, one for someone who isn't interested (but would be soon enough).
DangerStepp
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My GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB should be able to hand this, eh? ...i7 rig with 6GB RAM.
The card has been pretty boss for the years that I've had it but have a hard time gauging whether or not it's old hat. If so, I'd like to look into SLI or getting a new GPU all together.
The card has been pretty boss for the years that I've had it but have a hard time gauging whether or not it's old hat. If so, I'd like to look into SLI or getting a new GPU all together.
Minsc
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Salaadin said:
Yup, should be fine to move them wherever you want after they've downloaded, that's how it's always worked. They just all need to be in the same folder when you install the game, filenames left unchanged.
Zefah said:
Watch them be like 45 minutes late, you'll see a swarm of angry forum goers. It is just a tiny file, so it should be fine, but who knows. I don't plan on checking it out until later that night, hopefully by then it's been up and all the frustration of waiting past the due time is over.
DangerStepp said:
My guess would be a combination of medium/high, given the GPU is ~15% slower than the one in the recommended specs which is said to run high (high textures are probably out of the question without the recommended 1GB video ram).
BoobPhysics101
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Just bought this game on D2D for $33. Wanted to buy it through GOG but $33 is a great deal for such an awesome game. Next week is going to suck, waiting for this epic beast.
Flying_Phoenix
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Yeah brought the game on GOG.com. I know that D2D is cheaper but with GOG CDProjekt gets ALL of the profits.
Picked Gothic II: Gold as my free game of choice as well.
Downloading now. Can't wait.
Picked Gothic II: Gold as my free game of choice as well.
Downloading now. Can't wait.
I know it only says that it supports the Xbox 360 controller but what are the chances of it supporting a PS3 one?
I just saw that Zavvi has the collector's edition for £65, 3 quid cheaper then Amazon which I have my preorder with, but Zavvi does say it contains the Finisher pack, WTH is that?
I just saw that Zavvi has the collector's edition for £65, 3 quid cheaper then Amazon which I have my preorder with, but Zavvi does say it contains the Finisher pack, WTH is that?
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BoobPhysics101 said:
I guess... if you're really strapped for cash or something, but it's only an $11 difference. Instead of supporting DRM-free and giving all of your money to CDProjekt and GOG.com, as well as getting a bunch of extra goodies and a bonus old game (assuming you didn't already have all of them), you are supporting good ol' Rupert Murdoch and his massive corporate entities.
Oh well, this thread doesn't need my hate.
Barberetti
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Jay Shadow said:
Complistic said:
Sounds good enough to me. Thanks guys.
Minsc
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Retailer specific DLC.
TW2 forums said:
Not to mention the various exclusive content you get from buying it from Steam or GOG. Someone get their excel sheet out, this may give Dragon Age: Origins a run for the money.
I think I could do without any of the suits, since they just make the game easier, but the finisher pack and mysterious merchant selling unique and illegal equipment sound interesting.
Wessiej said:
Were you playing on Ultra or something? It's been confirmed to run on lower-end C2D + 4870s on medium fine.
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Wessiej said:
What's a "monsterpc"?
AllIsOneIsNone
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So how story driven is this going to be...I ask because I love story, but I hate too many cutscenes, really takes away from the immersion for me. So will this be more like Oblivion talking to NPC's or more like Mass Effect where every 2 minutes the camera breaks away from your character and you have to talk to someone and go through a set of dialogue choices? My guess would be somewhere in the middle.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Leonsito said:
What the fuck, I bought it in the spanish zavvi and the collectors edition is more expensive!
Can i buy it from thsi one, arent the stores the same?
Yep, 6 euros more expensive. WTF?
Minsc
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Wessiej said:
Interesting, though can't really comment till we know the exact specs, you could have a dual core CPU and average GPU, and you could have not updated to current drivers in which case the SLI would be somewhat if not entirely worthless.
I'm pretty sure high requires a 1GB card to run well, so that could be another issue.
AllIsOneIsNone said:
It's sounding like it will be the perfect mix for you, more like Oblivion, less like Mass Effect 2. The original game also sounds perfect for you, it very rarely breaks the camera away from your control and is heavily focused on story and talking to NPCs.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Minsc said:
That's a little bit on the excellent side of things.
So.. if I don't pre-order and get this for $45, how long can we expect until there's a deal on Steam? I bought Civ 5 at launch and it seemed like it was much cheaper in relatively short order but that's the last full price PC game I've bought outside of WoW/expansions in who knows how long.
SpacePirate Ridley said:
Yeah, the store is the same, the games are the same version, zavvi.es is like zavvi.com without the shipping cost, but normally prices are higher in the spanish one, and you end with the games cheaper in zavvi.com.
In this case, the CE has free shipping.
Flying_Phoenix
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spicy cho said:
Get on GoG. The developers get every cent of your money then.
And as much as I love Steam, its never good to have a near monopoly.
spicy cho said:
You shouldn't feel obligated to buy it from GOG, they're still making money when you buy from Steam. I'm probably gonna go with GOG since it has the preload, but I can understand why some people would rather get it from Steam.
Do whatever offers the most for you, not them.
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spicy cho said:
Do you not own anything on GOG already? Why not?
Unless you're one of those people who cares about achievements more than anything, go with GOG. Support DRM-free. Support the removal of region locking from online digital stores. Support CDProjekt and GOG.com. They are an example of what is good in this industry, so show some support.
I love Steam and Valve, but GOG.com's version of the The Witcher 2 is as close to being objectively better as can be.
MollyMillions
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On a more story-driven note...anyone see in the GameBanshee preview the illustrations of Geralt and
? There's also mention made of
I'd love to see some of the more central characters from the novels make an appearance in the game, but I think they've shifted to focus to Triss so that they're not tied down to the baggage from the complex relationship Geralt had with his ex.
Yennefer
Ciri.
Gully State
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Nice...Witcher 2 is slowly creeping up the Steam bestsellers list again..
Complistic
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MollyMillions said:
This right? [spoiler and nsfw warning]
http://www.gamebanshee.com/images/com_sobi2/gallery/1379/screenshot130.jpg
I would absolutely love for them to bring
Yennefer back
I realize she died, but so did Geralt.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Leonsito said:
Does that mean I can change my peorder for one web to the other being save it will arive?, I dont want to loose my old one preordered weeks ago if there is some tiny chance that there will be no more of them.
Didnt happen something similar with 3DS and amazon, that some people who preordered weeks in advance (even saying preorders were still possible) didnt get the console until much later?
Im in fear that if I preorder it now in zavvi.com theres a change i dont get one becuase I was too late.
Im also scared there is a chance that because they canceled the collector's edition in Spain I get message or something that the game will not arrive to zavvi.es or some shit like that.
I really dont know what to do.
Complistic
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Micius said:
I think it's a flashback. Though I obviously don't know for certain.
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