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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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Salaadin said:
Yeah the general ambience is striking. Even just a random NPC's house feels lived-in, warm, and is full of nice little details. And when it's pouring rain at night in Flotsam and you enter the inn/bar, it actually feels like you're taking shelter from bad weather in a warm, inviting place.
CDPR really nailed it there, it's beautiful stuff.
I have the same problem even I play in window mode with pad. Sometimes I have to re-click the game window with mouse because for some reason the game window just loses its windows focus.suikodan said:
And how do you find those options in catalyst control center? I'm using a mobility version (I play on laptop) but there's not much I can do in the CCC.
HeadlessRoland
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jim-jam bongs said:
It doesn't.
As opposed to a stationary "mine" that has a very random "effect" that may not immobilize anything reliably? Yeah, see when you mind control a mob it attacks what near it and they then attack it, therefore tying up any group or in this example of two individually powerful mobs takes one completely out of the picture while it soaks up damage AND wounds its partner.
Yeah, lets lay a mine that may not work that takes time to cast and must be walked over. Intending to CC a mob that spawns directly on top of us and can kill us nearly instantly. As opposed to a guaranteed MC mob. Maybe said skill gets better but its complete ass in the scenario we are talking about.
Hard mode, try it.
ColonialRaptor
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thetrin said:
Heh... it's okay man, I know what the thing is... but I was just getting frustrated that I was having to skip so many posts because nearly every post I was reading was almost always openly discussing spoilers without considering that the stuff they were saying was spoilers.
I know what the Kayran is, I didn't know that you could cut off it's arms though so I guess I was a little annoyed that I found that out... I was kind of making an example out of you... probably did it in a little too harsh of a way.
I should have said please mark any details of things with spoilers - but perhaps this way got noticed better?
Also... I don't know what your avatar is, but I just looked at it more closely... wtf is that? It looks like it's meant to be disgusting and made me feel a little sick in the tummy...?
Zeliard said:
Yeah. Just walking through the town at night and seeing the lights on in each house feels really authentic despite the fact that practically every RPG has done it before. It's really hard to think of other cases where amazing art direction has meshed with a top-of-the-line engine.
The Witcher 2 is one of the most visually complete games I've ever seen.
The fact they went for a really authentic styled world even though its filled with mythical beats etc does wonders. You can really walk around the town and see an enviroment you would imagine in the late 1200s etc.RedSwirl said:
The medieval world they show really fits more than the overly joyful and colorful world alot of games go for. These guys in the shitty outskirts are living in a shitty outskirt town where nobody actually cares but some corrupt lawman out for his own good.
Really progressing through Chapter 1 now and I keep finding little nooks and crannies in the town and forest that I had not seen before despite the nearly 10 hours of game time I've already clocked. The attention to detail and artistic excellence that CDP has on display here is really, really something to behold.
We have another thread discussing lighting and while I agree that the lighting suffers from too much bloom at times the overall artistic impression is fantastic. The Witcher 2 really is the "prettiest" video game I've ever seen and I'm enjoying even mundane things like walking around Flotsam just because it's so darn beautiful. I wish I was more eloquent and could better describe the feelings that are invoked in me but suffice it to say that I am completely immersed and connected with the world of The Witcher 2 in a way that I've been with few games before it. That's about the strongest praise I can give any game.
We have another thread discussing lighting and while I agree that the lighting suffers from too much bloom at times the overall artistic impression is fantastic. The Witcher 2 really is the "prettiest" video game I've ever seen and I'm enjoying even mundane things like walking around Flotsam just because it's so darn beautiful. I wish I was more eloquent and could better describe the feelings that are invoked in me but suffice it to say that I am completely immersed and connected with the world of The Witcher 2 in a way that I've been with few games before it. That's about the strongest praise I can give any game.
Yeah the use of color is just exceptional. At one point during daytime I looked up at the blue sky in Flotsam - with the sky dominated by the huge, towering trees surrounding town - and it almost looked like a watercolor painting due to the combination of colors and the depth of field effect. Just gorgeous stuff.
ColonialRaptor
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Miroku said:Started a new game on Normal
Talked to some guy about a dragon
Spawn in to a warzone running away from a dragon while having to kill like 20 guys in a row while dodging dragon fire and my teammates fireballs.
Spend 25 minutes trying to pass this and cannot do it.
wtf
You should definitely follow the correct order of the explanation here lol.
Zeliard said:
Oh yeah, looking up in Flotsam and in the forest is one of the most magnificant things that I've ever seen.
It's incredible how during one of the game world video interviews that I watched before the game was released the designers were saying that they went into so much detail with the world and how they meticulously placed every single tree, every single shrub and every single weed to make sure that it felt perfect in every area... I know what they mean now and it really paid off. Seriously the most detailed and amazingly perfect game world I've ever experienced.
By the way guys, if you're expected this game to set the sales charts on fire... don't - it's not gonna. No matter how good it is, it's too hard and too complicated for most people. Disappointing really because it's such a masterpiece. I really REALLY don't want this game to ever end :/ it's going to be so disappointing when it's over - and I understand that's why PC gamer docked points, because they wanted it to go on for longer... I hate it when games you just wanna keep on playing and playing end
though, I don't really find it a reason to dock points... although, yeah... I dunno.ColonialRaptor said:I understand that's why PC gamer docked points, because they wanted it to go on for longer... I hate it when games you just wanna keep on playing and playing end
Ahhh, length was not the reason why PC Gamer and Germany's Gamestar and PC Games docked points from the review score. You should read the text of their reviews to see why they did and length was only a very tangential issue.
Some complaints about UI:
1. Inventory menu: the default focus should be on your inventory area (left area) instead of equipment area (right area).
2. The game can't remember my custom combination when making potions: I'd like to use my 50+ useless nekker hearts instead of diamond dust to make a potion but every time after finishing one bottle the game resets the combination to default and I have to re-click everything again.
3. 360 pad is almost useless in attribution menu and mutagen selection menu. The pad sensitivity there is out of hand I basically can't pick the selection I want.
1. Inventory menu: the default focus should be on your inventory area (left area) instead of equipment area (right area).
2. The game can't remember my custom combination when making potions: I'd like to use my 50+ useless nekker hearts instead of diamond dust to make a potion but every time after finishing one bottle the game resets the combination to default and I have to re-click everything again.
3. 360 pad is almost useless in attribution menu and mutagen selection menu. The pad sensitivity there is out of hand I basically can't pick the selection I want.
ColonialRaptor
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sflufan said:
Yeah it ended too suddenly or something, but that sort of seems like a length thing to me. The way I feel about it is that if I want a game to keep on going and then it ends, it feels like it ends too soon. I can't comment on how this happens because I haven't finished it yet, but I will have to just wait and see what I think when I finish it.
GhostRidah
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Iorveth is the best designed elf I have seen in recent gaming, love that guy. I usually hate elfs to.
ColonialRaptor
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TheExodu5 said:
Have you done it yet?
MegaKungFuRadio
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Miroku said:Started a new game on Normal
Talked to some guy about a dragon
Spawn in to a warzone running away from a dragon while having to kill like 20 guys in a row while dodging dragon fire and my teammates fireballs.
Spend 25 minutes trying to pass this and cannot do it.
wtf
Ha, I did the exact same thing. Like someone else said, responding in order helps a bunch.
Even after learning the combat, I'm strongly considering flipping the game to easy to get through the combat more quickly, but I'll give it more time to develop before ultimately deciding whether or not it's something I find satisfying enough to leave on.
HeadlessRoland
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TheExodu5 said:
Have you read the novels by chance?
How About No
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Oh man, I think I'm taking this game too seriously.
I just realized I'm trying to play a shitty minigame (Dice Roll) so I don't have to kill an innocent troll and harvest his tongue. Stupid virtual morals.
I just realized I'm trying to play a shitty minigame (Dice Roll) so I don't have to kill an innocent troll and harvest his tongue. Stupid virtual morals.
Hahaha, that may have been my first choice too. I was WONDERING why I had no potions. Took me like 10 deaths to get past that on normal, even with the shield spell.Miroku said:Started a new game on Normal
Talked to some guy about a dragon
Spawn in to a warzone running away from a dragon while having to kill like 20 guys in a row while dodging dragon fire and my teammates fireballs.
Spend 25 minutes trying to pass this and cannot do it.
wtf
ColonialRaptor
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zlatko said:Find Snoop Dogg and Don the Magicwon... they'll hook you up.
Check out the brothel duuude.
Brothel was hard to find for a while for me but there is a door next to bar fight area that takes you to the PROPER brothel area.
You have to offer them full price in order for them to accept your offer.
HeadlessRoland
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Anyone notice neogaf is now being linked on the Witcher 2 site as an alternative (to their down servers). Need a patch asap so I can play! Cant figure anyway around it, I cannot interact/speak with any NPC. Even if I use a save from hours previously the NPCs turn off at some point.
EternalGamer
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Kaldea said:Absolutely loving this game so far. Trying not to play much at a time so I don't finish it too quickly.
I still enjoy playing the dice game, but I can't help but miss some of the sound effects from the dice game in the first TW. Made it a bit more satisfying when you win.
The dice game is the one thing that oddly seems a lot worse in Witcher 2. What is up with that pathetic manual dice roll? The automatic animations from the first game looked way better. And then there are the numbers on the dice, which look ugly and sometimes even make it hard to see what the numbers are. The artwork on the board and the music are also inferior to the first game's dice board.
They should of just left the dice game alone. It was perfect in the first game.
Callibretto
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TheExodu5 said:
hey, at least all dlc will be for free right?
scorpscarx
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About that Troll Trouble DLC, first I clicked download and it had a file that was like 7.5 mb's and that bar was on the main launcher window, it disappeared so I launched the game, no message board side quest or anything.
So I relaunched the dlc sub menu, the little icon is green now, I clicked it, and this thing is pulsating Downloading with a little square next to it.....
Is this normal? It's been doing that for a good 15 minutes...
So I relaunched the dlc sub menu, the little icon is green now, I clicked it, and this thing is pulsating Downloading with a little square next to it.....
Is this normal? It's been doing that for a good 15 minutes...
Finally caved and bought the game, loving it so far! Graphics are amazing and combat seems much improved, though I'm having a hard time with it. I started off with the second option in the prologue (storming the tower) and holy crap were there some hard sections to go through. Once I got used to the combat though and properly used buffs and spells, I had a much better go at it. Only thing that's annoying so far is how Block is associated with Vigor, but I guess it would be too overpowered otherwise. Fighting multiple enemies is still pretty tricky, I usually end up kiting them.
I still need to figure out how to use potions. The tutorial tooltips are fairly worthless.
I still need to figure out how to use potions
. The tutorial tooltips are fairly worthless.scorpscarx
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thetrin said:
Where? In the download folder in doc's? That disappeared now it's just downloading with a pulsating square (under that picture and short description in the dlc window).
Getting impatient as hell.
I spent my first talent point once the other trees opened up on Feetwork, which increases your rolling distance by 100%. Everyone should probably try to grab that one early on, it's pretty much invaluable as far as I'm concerned. I'm rolling all over the place, enemies have no idea wtf I am. Its second level increases distance even further.
Callibretto
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joesmokey said:Finally caved and bought the game, loving it so far! Graphics are amazing and combat seems much improved, though I'm having a hard time with it. I started off with the second option in the prologue (storming the tower) and holy crap were there some hard sections to go through. Once I got used to the combat though and properly used buffs and spells, I had a much better go at it. Only thing that's annoying so far is how Block is associated with Vigor, but I guess it would be too overpowered otherwise. Fighting multiple enemies is still pretty tricky, I usually end up kiting them.
I still need to figure out how to use potions
you can't use potions mid battle. potions are reserved for preparation before battle, you have to meditate and choose drink potions.
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