Revolutionary
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Damn, Chapter 2 Vergen side is full of LOTR references. As soon as I saw that the foreman of the mine's name was Balin, I knew what was up. Fly, you fools! :lol
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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jim-jam bongs
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Zeliard said:
Jenga said:
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Jenga said:
I love Zoltan, but Dandelion is just the best. His relationship with Geralt is really nicely outlined in their interactions. Although Geralt thinks he's a bit of a clown he's still a mate, so he's always got his back no matter what stupid thing he does. And Geralt has saved his arse so many times that he'd do anything to help him, but he hangs around him because their friends, not out of some kind of hero worship.
Having him write the journal was a stroke of genius.
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Proposed Law said:
I hope that it's happening but I would also like to remind everyone that Kotaku probably got that from the GAF thread about it.
AppleSmack
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MickeyKnox said:
Which gate exactly? I see an elf craftsmen near a castle in vergen. But thats it.
How About No
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Revolutionary said:
There was also a reference to someone named Gondor! (there was a random NPC named Gondor too)
There was ever a Wolfenstein 3D reference!
MickeyKnox
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That would be him.AppleSmack said:
Square Triangle
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PC Gaming noob question:
I'm looking to get a pre-built PC (I know, I know) I just don't have the time nor patience to build one piece by piece. Would this computer do justice for playing Witcher 2? Keep in mind I have never gotten into PC gaming aside from playing CSS on my roommates PC lol.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Elite+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/1244663.p?id=1218240959102&skuId=1244663
I'm looking to get a pre-built PC (I know, I know) I just don't have the time nor patience to build one piece by piece. Would this computer do justice for playing Witcher 2? Keep in mind I have never gotten into PC gaming aside from playing CSS on my roommates PC lol.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Elite+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/1244663.p?id=1218240959102&skuId=1244663
Very poor choice. GPU is not a gaming card.Square Triangle said:
You could build a much more powerful gaming machine for that price or cheaper.
Even paying someone to build a rig for you, you could get a machine to just about max out W2, minus ubersampling, for the same price BB is asking for that PC.
Square Triangle
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Okay. Is there anything offered on BestBuy.com that anyone can find that would be a good prebuilt? I realize it's cheaper to buy it piece by piece.
Square Triangle
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God damn it.
I realize you think you don't have the patience, but we are trying to help. You'd likely be saving yourself a couple hundred bucks.Square Triangle said:
There are people here who would gladly tell you exactly what parts to buy, and all you'd have to do is add to cart and have someone assemble it for you.
Square Triangle said:
If you're going to go for a pre-built there's better options then BestBuy. Check out the thread Crunched linked to and you'll find some great advice on pre-builts that should cater to your needs from the people there. Just make it clear that you don't want to build one.
LaserBuddha
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zoner said:
Well, gameplay wise it already works perfectly with a controller. I guess you're talking about graphics?
cuevas. PhD.
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Probably been asked a million times already but, should I play the witcher 1 or just read the stuff in the OP?
If/when this game is ported to consoles I don't believe, at least on PS3, that it'll suffer too bad. Think of Uncharted 2/3 and if you compare The Witcher 2's environments, it's not that much larger. Sure, there's some exploration, but it's still streaming and doesn't have environments on the same scale as say, Oblivion.
So, while you'd see textures scaled down, I believe it'll still look great overall and control without any issues. As was said, it was designed with console controls in mind, and with a bit of optimization it should run great on consoles. They can toss it all onto one disk on the PS3 and still have minimal loading screens (as Naughty dog has proven is possible) with a great looking game.
So, while you'd see textures scaled down, I believe it'll still look great overall and control without any issues. As was said, it was designed with console controls in mind, and with a bit of optimization it should run great on consoles. They can toss it all onto one disk on the PS3 and still have minimal loading screens (as Naughty dog has proven is possible) with a great looking game.
Right, but Uncharted 2 is a case of a console exclusive developer who has worked with that technology before. Who can also go to Sony at any time and be like, hey we need some help. Witcher 2 is a case of a PC exclusive developer, who has NEVER worked with consoles(other than whatever work they got done on Rise of the White Wolf) much less something as different as a PS3.1stStrike said:
Square Triangle said:
I just took a look through their desktops and they have nothing with a decent graphics card, yet their high end systems are like 800-1000 bucks. That's ridiculous. I just whipped together a decent rig on the memory express system builder and made something that stomps a mudhole through anything on Bestbuys site for 650 Canadian.
Seriously, build one yourself. Check your local computer shops, most places will sell you the parts and assemble it for you, assembly might set you back $50.
cuevas said:
The Witcher is a fantastic game, absolutely play through it first.
How About No
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Achievement Unlocked: Fat Man. Success!
Thanks to Snuggler, who suggested to use a bunch of bombs. So I spammed 17 grapeshots in a row and whittled down his armor.
Then thanks to MickeyKnox, who suggested I just use Quen and heavy attacks only! He didn't stand a chance.
Starting with Chapter 3, I may push the difficulty up to Hard.
Thanks to Snuggler, who suggested to use a bunch of bombs. So I spammed 17 grapeshots in a row and whittled down his armor.
Then thanks to MickeyKnox, who suggested I just use Quen and heavy attacks only! He didn't stand a chance.
Starting with Chapter 3, I may push the difficulty up to Hard.
ColonialRaptor
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MY GOD this game is so good.
I just saw some screen shots from the HD screenshot thread and there is just no way that you can not play it through twice, you're missing such a huge chunk of the game. It kind of sucks to have to go through flotsam twice, but I suppose it's not so bad and the second run through when you're not taking your time I imagine it will be a whole lot quicker. It will be a lot of fun to see what it will be like to speed through the first part of the game the second time through and choose a different skill tree path that time too.
Not sure if I want to bump it up to hard on the second play through, but probably will.
Has anyone gone through flotsam just being a murderous bastard just killing everyone and seen how that prevails?
I just saw some screen shots from the HD screenshot thread and there is just no way that you can not play it through twice, you're missing such a huge chunk of the game. It kind of sucks to have to go through flotsam twice, but I suppose it's not so bad and the second run through when you're not taking your time I imagine it will be a whole lot quicker. It will be a lot of fun to see what it will be like to speed through the first part of the game the second time through and choose a different skill tree path that time too.
Not sure if I want to bump it up to hard on the second play through, but probably will.
Has anyone gone through flotsam just being a murderous bastard just killing everyone and seen how that prevails?
cuevas. PhD.
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Sinatar said:
I am buying it completely off this single post. If I don't enjoy the game I will blame my bad purchase on you. Beware.
Square Triangle
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I'll take a look at custom rigs, I appreciate you guys being honest with me on. The more I look at it, I'd rather not get one at all compared to getting ripped off =/ I do get a discount on Dell/Alienware from my work- 15-20% off. Still worth building your own?
Square Triangle said:
Does that discount apply to Dell's website? If so I think you can definitely get something from there, and the price might still be better than Ibuypower (though those guys still have really good prices for pre-built gaming rigs). Let me go see what I can see.
cuevas. PhD.
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Square Triangle said:
Don't worry about building it. I was afraid to do it last year but once it got down to it there were pretty much no problems. I hooked one thing up wrong but figured it out pretty quickly with the help of the guys in the PC building thread.
There is so much help out there you shouldn't really worry about it.
zoner said:
Right, but I have a lot of faith in them. Look at what they've pulled off with less staff and less money. Now that they're bringing in money on this game, and adding to their staff, I'm confident that they'll put out a quality product. They're not the kind of company that's going to do a half ass port and toss it out there.
Square Triangle said:
About a year ago you could have built something okay on Dell. Right now, they don't have any Sandy Bridge CPU(other than hugely overpriced Alienware PCs), and well, Sandy Bridge is so easily overclockable that I would not want to pass that up today.
Come to the PC thread and we'll help you out.
If you don't want to build it yourself, you have options. You could get a local PC shop to order the parts and build it for you, or you could order off a site like NCIXUS that will offer to build it for you as well.
zoner said:
My point is that the overclocking ability of these CPUs is pretty huge, and it's so easy to do that it's hard not to pass it up.
However, if they would have even had a regular it 2500, I would have looked into them. Since they're just selling the 3 year old i7 series...well that makes it a pretty tough sale.
I finished a quest in Act 2 yesterday morning and still tonight, it's annoying the shit out of me thinking about it. Listen up developers, if you have AI controlled companions with the player, in tight spaces, turn off collision detection on the AI ones for the players, so they can walk right through them. Fuck the three little dwarfs making me reload lol.
The fuckers would either get me stuck or stand in a doorway and be stuck, or stand in a doorway I just opened. I would auto walked through, into the gaping maws of the monsters with no way to retreat back into the original room.
The fuckers would either get me stuck or stand in a doorway and be stuck, or stand in a doorway I just opened. I would auto walked through, into the gaping maws of the monsters with no way to retreat back into the original room.
jim-jam bongs
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Dwarves have short legs. Just stay way ahead of them at all times and it's not so bad. In the first game Geralt would just shove anyone he collided with =DCarm said:
fizzelopeguss
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i wish i had my own posse of dwarves. Geralts the man...
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