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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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EternalGamer
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Draft said:
The fights are only stupid if you decide to play them stupidly. If you just run up dudes until you are almost dead then run around the room waiting for life to come back, yeah the fights become stupid.
If you actually try to use your abilities and are willing to experiment, they become engaging. They are "hard" because the game doesn't want you to just mash buttons and win.
How About No
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Minor Chapter 3 holycrap moment:
Still wandering around solving rune puzzles...
Arayn La Vallete is still alive! Geralt doesn't seem as surprised as me though. He was just wandering around all casual-like, like nothing ever happened. In my prologue, he burned the castle to the ground and was thought dead.
Still wandering around solving rune puzzles...
How About No
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Lord Fruity said:
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I don't see what's changed.
Castor Krieg
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Luthos said:
It's an upgrade if you're playing a melee-oriented character, which makes it stupid because that's the only way you can finish the damn quest. For someone using Signs heavily the armor found in the chest is superior.
Man, going back through chapter 1 in my second play through I'm finding so much shit I missed the first time. I killed
Also, I'm going to be abusing the hell out of that 200 oren arm wrestling dude to get up to like 3 or 4k. That should tide me over for anything I need in chapter 2 and I'll have plenty for chapter 3.
Last game I completely missed
the bandits by the gravestones for the troll quest and got a key for a bandits hideout, but I've got no idea where it is. Any clues?
Also, I'm going to be abusing the hell out of that 200 oren arm wrestling dude to get up to like 3 or 4k. That should tide me over for anything I need in chapter 2 and I'll have plenty for chapter 3.
Last game I completely missed
the witch in the back who can remove the curse on the amulet. I didn't even know about it! I'm assuming I have to wait until I meet up with Iorveth in a bit to kill the arachas by him to get the eyes right? That's the last ingredient I need now.
Just got to Chapter 3 on my second play through. This time I'll be sure not to sucked right into the ending and fail all my optional quests 
Chapter 2 with Iorveth was more fun for me then Roche's Chapter 2. The whole
on both play throughs really annoyed me though.
Chapter 3 is really different so far.
Chapter 2 with Iorveth was more fun for me then Roche's Chapter 2. The whole
Aedirn/Kaedwen mist part
Chapter 3 is really different so far.
Can't go anywhere near guards since they'll attack me on sight
How About No
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1stStrike said:
Southeast corner of the map
DualShadow
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Stupid Steam patch, should have gone with GOG!
How About No
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Edgeward said:
If you set them up everywhere, you get something like this:
Or, that's what I imagine anyway.
1stStrike said:
Roche is a pure, unadulterated badass from Chapter 2 onwards. Especially when you make choices to further his goals. Awesome VA too.
ColonialRaptor said:I think I am just before where you're up to but almost there, I can feel that I'm going to be finishing the game soon too and I think it's grand. I don't think the game has been cut too short at all, and I can't wait to start it all over and see it all from the other perspective
Yeah, SO FAR (as I'm not done, but probably 99% done), I think the comments about the end have been unwarranted. The length feels just right, Chapter 3 doesn't feel truncated, and all the events have come to a head in a manner that makes complete sense given whats happened in the game so far. Regardless of what happens in the final half hour or so I've got left, I think the game has done a fantastic job of following through on the plot threads laid out in the prologue, while leaving just enough questions up in the air for expansions and The Witcher 3.
So there's one thing I never got about the story. Spoilers from Witcher 2 and 1:
Who was the assassin who tried to kill Foltest at the end of Witcher 1? There is plenty of story about Letho, Aukes and Serrit but I never saw any mention of any fourth witcher. And how does that attempt tie into the overall plot? Was it for the same reasons as when Letho killed Foltest? Had Demavend already been assassinated at this point or was that the first assassination attempt?
How About No
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Enkidu said:
I figure he was probably from the Nilfgaardian School of Viper, since the emperor was behind the plot
LiquidMetal14
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So does everyone here simply replay from the beginning or from a certain point to get different story arcs? Like when you
Or the the obvious big one in who
I just want to know so I don't have to completely replay. I wish I would have just chosen a 1 sided approach but I've been rather neutral in my playthrough.
can choose to give Triss the rose of remembrance?
Or the the obvious big one in who
you're going to aide while giving the sword or not to Iorveth?
I just want to know so I don't have to completely replay. I wish I would have just chosen a 1 sided approach but I've been rather neutral in my playthrough.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Looks like I will just replay from the beginning most likely. And on a higher difficulty. I just hate to have to go through all that again but the game is so good that it's worth it.Kyaw said:
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Thanks, something to ponder.Kyaw said:
So, after getting extremely annoyed trying to figure out quests in late Act 2 Iorveth path, I find out act 2 is designed badly. You can pick up a quest in Act 2 that has nothing to do with that path, and notes for another quest, that has nothing to do with that path. Kinda lazy of them to leave them in there.
Last boss of the act was pretty easy though, which took away some of my frustration.
Last boss of the act was pretty easy though, which took away some of my frustration.
cleveridea
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so what are the gameplay benefits of finishing witcher 1? do you get extra stat points or something?
As someone who hasnt read any books etc the story and characters just done mean anything to me. Have a feeling its a lot more interesting if you finished the first game.
As someone who hasnt read any books etc the story and characters just done mean anything to me. Have a feeling its a lot more interesting if you finished the first game.
Cow Mengde
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Kyaw said:
Wow, really? I just might get the game then. I thought it was an open world game so I avoided it like a plague. That said, I stumbled onto the sex scene and the the woman he's fucking is enough to give me early erectile dysfunction. Can we skip them?
You can skip all the sex scenes apart from the one at the beginning i believe. (not even a sex scene, just topless-ness)
Also before you guys go off and thought it would be a completely linear story focused game, it is not.
There are greatly detailed and relatively big environments to traverse for side quests and the main quests, just not as expansive as you would expect from an open world RPG like Oblivion or Fallout 3.
Also before you guys go off and thought it would be a completely linear story focused game, it is not.
There are greatly detailed and relatively big environments to traverse for side quests and the main quests, just not as expansive as you would expect from an open world RPG like Oblivion or Fallout 3.
Cow Mengde
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Kyaw said:
I don't want Oblivion and Fallout 3. Oblivion's one of the worst games I've ever played. The free roam world can cure insomnia. I'm hoping this game won't be like that.
Yeah, the tutorial tips like 'hit left click to swing fast and right click to swing strong' with no indication about the fact this works differently on different enemies, you can chain together combos with timing, you can put aard into them, a lot of other information besides.
I think there's a reasonable middle ground between handholding and bare minimum essentials and the Witcher 2 is on the bare minimum essentials side of the equasion
I think there's a reasonable middle ground between handholding and bare minimum essentials and the Witcher 2 is on the bare minimum essentials side of the equasion
VisanidethDM
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EternalGamer said:
I still think challenge is poorly designed. There's a video of a fight against the Operator that really looks terrible. If the challenge in the game is designed around striking once, running out, recharging, running in, hitting once, running out, repeat, your formula is broken.
It's not always like that, of course, but some boss fights are really underwhelming.
Enkidu said:
Letho mentions another two witchers of the Viper clan whose whereabouts are unknown, and that they can come out of hiding now that the Vipers can start rebuilding. Letho has two short blades hitched on the front of his armor that resemble the assassin's. So it was probably a witcher from the Viper school that Letho was unaware of.
Although why Geralt never brings this up is a mystery to me.
Harry_Tequila
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Chapter 1.
The fight against Letho is impossible, just died for about the 17th time. Don't understand what I'm supposed to do when the odds are stacked so much against you.
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
Harry_Tequila said:
Roll alot. Bombs are a nice plus. Whenever he shield himself, just stay away from him. An Aard on him from time to time helps, and if you are quick, you can really lay him down hard with a combination of 2-3 swings, aard, two swings, roll back, bomb. Eventually he will knock you around or shield up, so if you don't want to risk that, stick with the simple roll around and strike when he shield is down.
The fight is not nearly as bad as it seems once you know how he fights. Never stay close to him for too long.
The fight is not nearly as bad as it seems once you know how he fights. Never stay close to him for too long.
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