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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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cuevas. PhD.
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God I love the first witchers boss music
Just beat it. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is GOTY and likely to be still sitting in that position in 7 months from now. Almost everything in the game, from the way the story unfolds, how the paths diverge and converge, how the characters are written, the art design, the technical prowess and the gameplay are pretty much unparelleled, or at the very least, have raised the bar. I cannot come up with any superlatives that really say more than that. Cannot wait to play my second playthrough, this time on the Ioverth path. I'm thinking I will make that playthrough my canon playthrough for The Witcher 3, since I made a lot of decisions near the end of the game contrary to what I wanted to do, simply to see the results of those choices (chief among them:
- all of which I will be doing the opposite of next time, in preparation for the next game). The Witcher 2 is the most engaging PC game I have played since Deus Ex.
I didn't go after Triss, I re-spec'd from a swordsman build to a mage build, and I let Letho go
Exuro said:Well I'm not sure if you can beat that guy the first time around. Other than that though, all of them are easy.
Did anyone else laugh out loud at what Geralt says whenyou choose dandelion to go into the Succubus' lair?
I just came across that earlier today. Had to pause the game for a bit to recover. Found it - Chapter 2 Iorveth quest
jim-jam bongs
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Fun fact: anachronisms like that potion are a deliberate feature of The Witcher books.subversus said:
Solo said:
I'm still in the middle of my Iorveth run, but I wonder if picking Roche first leads to a more satisfactory impression of the ending. I certainly had no issues with how the game wrapped up the important plot threads and then strongly hinted at what's to come. The Epilogue, in particular, was a highlight due to being personal, instead of being a derivative 'save the world' yarn.
fizzelopeguss
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Van Buren said:
The world's even more doomed.
jim-jam bongs
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Did CDPR ever explain the decision to not even mention Shani in the sequel? It makes sense that she would have stayed in Vizima to help rebuild but it's weird that nobody even makes reference to that. I know she was sort of the Jar Jar of the first game, but she did occupy a rather central role... hmm just like Jar Jar.
Shit, she got totally Jar Jar-d, didn't she.
Shit, she got totally Jar Jar-d, didn't she.
fizzelopeguss
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Solo said:
Derp Age 2 perhaps?
Van Buren said:
They got fucking lazy though. None of the choices meant anything(I choose to help A and fight B, oh wait now I have to fight A anyway, great. Now I'll choose to save C! Oh great, now C left forever anyway.)
If the world evolved, expanded and changed over time it would have been good. Or if the characters which it focused on bothered to change over gaps of several years it could have been awesome.
Solo said:
Dragon Age: Origins is amazing. DA2 is not.
jim-jam bongs
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The first game is good but falls short of greatness because the combat is broad but without depth, and the writing is standard Bioware but trying to be The Witcher.Solo said:
Solo said:
Well, there's the rumored console ports and expansions they need to get out first. They've also been going on about other stories set in the Witcher universe. As much as I hate to think it, it could be a while before we see the third 'canon' game.
The expansions would be great though if they were full-blown games that progressed Geralt's story instead of saving the plot developments for the third game.
reptilescorpio
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Agree completely. The struggles of Temeria were only ever a backdrop to Geralts quest to regain his memories and his friends. Dealing with the kingslayer was about keeping the definition of what a Witcher is, rather than putting him to justice. A Witcher kills monsters, not humans, and that is what Geralt wanted to uphold. You can choose to get involved in the politics of Temeria and act accordingly but you don't have to. I was very happy with how neutral I ended up at the end of the gameSolo said:
Yeah I re-did my ending from the opposite of this to see what it changed as wasSolo said:
disappointed to see leaving Triss didn't affect our relationship yet. Especially since you get to see Roache in an awesome new uniform and head off as a trio. Still no idea on whether or not I should kill the dragon since Roaches side doesn't give us the truth of what the dragon is.
They explain who sent the assassin but not who the actual assassin was.scy said:
Yeah I would expect them both to get retooled in an Enhanced Edition. Arm wrestling might even get changed completely as it really was easy once you worked out the momentum pattern. You are supposed to fail that final wrestle as the mighty Numa is using steroids, you can then convince him to not use steroids next time and/or buy steroids off his assistant.Exuro said:
Early on it can be easy to Aard one attacker down and turn around and attack a far away attacker to break up the amount of people hitting you at once, like in Arkham Asylum. It is all about dictating the battle on your terms rather than letting them pile into you all at once until you get used to the spells/oils/potions/flow of battle.HowardRoark said:
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NopeDeVeAn said:
jim-jam bongs
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Van Buren said:
I hope so. I wasn't really very fond of her by the end of the first game but mainly because she's pious to a degree which seems utterly naive considering the world which she inhabits. The part in The Witcher where she talks to Geralt about dreaming about the battle of Brenna and then waking up refreshed is about the only time I can recall her perfect facade crumbling even for a moment.
Some DLC where you go back to Vizima after what happens at the end of TW2 would be a great way to reintroduce her.
Solo said:
Fixed. And I'm okay with this actually. Hope the choices we made in 2 will have a major impact in the add-on(s), and then a new setting/characters/story for The Witcher 3 (just like they did with The Witcher > The Witcher 2) Also old school WRPG add-ons can offer some AWESOME material given that the engine and gameplay mechanics have already been made (remember Mask of the betrayer, Throne of Baal...)
Anyway I just started a second playthrough and I've chosen to
kill Aryen
his mother
TW2 really is the best game in terms of choices since a long, long time. That's why I wish it was longer so it could be even more complex and deep.
jim-jam bongs
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Van Buren said:
To be honest I'd be happy with them taking the same approach with TW2 DLC stories as they did with TW1, where the main game is the novel and the DLC are the short-stories. Having lots of little stories which aren't part of the main arc really help to make the world feel authentic to me. It's a world where Witchers are needed, not a world where one Witcher being controlled by the player is needed... if that makes sense.
Keikoku said:
The third game will probably focus on both your wants. Ending spoiler -
Nilfgaard & meeting Yennefer. Fans have been asking about Yennefer for a good while now, and so they might try to make it a pivotal plot development in the third game.
The larger world story does not "need" Geralt, I agree - that's what is different from the standard "chosen one" Bioware story. That said, Geralt's personal story gathered a lot of momentum during the second game, and I'm very curious about what comes of it. I wonder what the fan reaction would be if the expansions/spinoffs focussed on characters other than Geralt in order to flesh out the rest of the rich universe more. Has he become synonymous with the game franchise that there is bound to be an uproar ? Or will they focus on the events between the end of the books and the beginning of the first game, thereby still featuring Geralt ?jim-jam bongs said:
Solo said:
I was as well. I can see how some people would want more (and really, who wouldn't want this game to be longer) but
the conflict of the northern kingdoms that was set up is resolved while also introducing a larger one with the south, and the whole Kingslayer thing is finished as well, pretty satisfyingly too. Yennefer isn't found but I didn't really expect it to happen either
L0st Id3ntity
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I remember I was all over this screenshot months ago, but doubted the game would actually look like that, well: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2286376/witcher2 2011-05-30 01-53-40-67.jpg
Looks even better, right?
Tokubetsu
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Solo said:
Going through again but still in Act I. I'll probably go Roche again tbh, I know I missed somethings and I loved it but I'll probably do the end a bit different. Then I'll do another run from my Act I end save for Iorveth. Taking a break for a few days to see how AMD responds with the light bleed stuff.
jim-jam bongs
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Van Buren said:
One thing which they said recently was that they were considering filling in the gaps between the chapters, so we might see a DLC mission about what happens on
the Prison barge or Roche's boat
I'd be interested in some stuff which wasn't based around Geralt myself, but it would have to be based on a character with some special powers because the parts of TW2 where you control a normal person weren't much fun to actually play imo, especially the part in chapter 2
where you're controlling Seltkirk.
L0st Id3ntity said:
Damn, finished the game for the second time, this time on Roche's path.
What a massive difference from Iorveth's path!
There was a lot more fighting and action involved and the story is slightly darker/grimmer.
What a massive difference from Iorveth's path!
There was a lot more fighting and action involved and the story is slightly darker/grimmer.
You never actually find out that Saskia is the Dragon. I let Roche kill Henselt, the scene was horrifying, i kinda regret it but what he did to Roche's men... Ploughed Ves. Never came around to the Operator's fight, i basically rushed through the last chapter. Went with Roche to save Anais and kill that Dethmold motherfucker.
I noticed one touch to detail that was really cool. I went into a cave and fought my way through, spoke at the end and started my way back. I noticed on my way back water had started dripping through the cracks in the roof. When I went loaded back outside it was raining. That's fucking awesome.
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