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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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Well I like the visuals of this game about 100% more with motion blur disabled. I was getting some massive eye strain headaches throughout the first half of my play through and hadn't been playing the game as much over the last week. Reading up on the 1.2 patch I noticed someone on another board talking about how much he disliked the motion blur (it made him motion sick) and that he was having a much better time with it disabled.
Lo and behold and I went and disabled the blur and not only am I not causing myself massive eye discomfort but I actually think the game looks better with it off. On to Chapter 3 now (climax of Chapter 2, Iorveth path, was frickin awesome btw) and boy do these mountains look incredible in Loc Muinne!
Lo and behold and I went and disabled the blur and not only am I not causing myself massive eye discomfort but I actually think the game looks better with it off. On to Chapter 3 now (climax of Chapter 2, Iorveth path, was frickin awesome btw) and boy do these mountains look incredible in Loc Muinne!
toastyToast
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Solo said:
You can only complete the quest if you haven't
made a decision about Stennis
There is a little lockbox in his crib (he hangs out in front of it).
toastyToast
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Solo said:
You would have been there first time you talked to him. Vergen is like a maze but I'm pretty sure it's high up, near Cecil Burdon's house.
jim-jam bongs
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I'm not trying insane again until they fix the control lock up bug. It's too annoying having to reload all the time because you can't risk taking damage to unlock them again.knitoe said:
BruceLeeRoy
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Just beat the prologue. I love this game. The combat is handled really well and just the general atmosphere of the game is so good.
thetrin
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I haven't watched it yet, but I'm going to go ahead and guess he complained that it was 1) obtuse and without proper hand holding and 2) ass hard.Gvaz said:
That's typically what he complains about.
toastyToast
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thetrin said:
To a T
I'm not understanding why reviewers are so comfortable ripping on the games combat, it's an RPG. Concessions are usually made since the focal point is the role playing aspect which is damn fucking good in this game.
I'm 100% sure ME3 combat won't get compared to Vanquish. Though if they could get Vanquish combat into ME3 I would jizz like a geyser.
Minsc
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Gvaz said:
He actually liked a bunch of PC classics though, Painkiller comes to mind but there's more. He has some sort of good taste in a few PC titles. He likes some newer stuff too, like Portal as well.
But I still stand by my opinion a reviewer should judge games on atleast high, if not max settings. I guess it's nice to have someone telling you how it is on the lower settings, but you don't always get to experience the game in as nice a way if you can't run it well, there are some jarring differences in some games, especially if you don't have a good framerate. But he's not a real reviewer anyway, he just threw it on low, and went with it for as long as he could, which was quite a bit longer than he lasted in TW1.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I just watched the Yahtzee review. Nightmarishly long? The game is like, 30 hours.
I usually don't pull apart Yahtzee's reviews, as they usually have a lot of good points, but it seems his biggest complaints are:
1) I suck at the game
2) I didn't bother to read anything to learn how to do things
3) This game is too complex
4) This game is relentless, and doesn't fulfill my rampant desire for power fantasy.
I honestly never thought we'd get to a point where we'd actually dock games marks for requiring us to actually learn the rules of the game. It's like playing Scrabble and then raging when we don't win because we didn't read the rules beforehand.
I usually don't pull apart Yahtzee's reviews, as they usually have a lot of good points, but it seems his biggest complaints are:
1) I suck at the game
2) I didn't bother to read anything to learn how to do things
3) This game is too complex
4) This game is relentless, and doesn't fulfill my rampant desire for power fantasy.
Painkiller and Portal are both great games that also do not suffer from his main complaint: the game is complex and requires reading the documentation.Minsc said:
I honestly never thought we'd get to a point where we'd actually dock games marks for requiring us to actually learn the rules of the game. It's like playing Scrabble and then raging when we don't win because we didn't read the rules beforehand.
jim-jam bongs
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thetrin said:
Honestly I think that he spent too much time in the review trolling the audience and not trolling the game, but that's just me. I usually enjoy it when he attacks a game I've just played and really enjoyed because most of his gripes are things I've noticed but haven't put under a microscope like he does.
This review didn't have enough of that in my opinion, it was more akin to a review of a first party Nintendo game where he spends the whole review making fun of Nintendo fans.
Hawk269
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I had to start over and decided to start the game on hard and boy did they nerf the Prologue big time. I died alot on normal and with hard I think I died only 2 times for the entire prologue. But for those that played past the prologue on hard, is it really hard or is as easy as the new nerfed prologue?
GillianSeed79
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How do you tell the degrees on the ballista part in the prologue? I know it's supposed to aim for 1.5 degrees, but I don't know how. Gamepad is extremely jumpy at that part too.
jim-jam bongs
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Just aim for the spot between the two dudes you can see in the scope and about level with the lip of the wooden wall they're behind.GillianSeed79 said:
toastyToast
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Punk ass Prince Penis
I decided on doing the 'neutral' thing this time around and left Saskia to pass judgement on Stennis. For some reason this never happens, or maybe she decides that he was innocent and you don't get to see it. Either way there is still that same dude in Loc Muinne that says that he was crowned King in Vengerberg two days prior. I was hoping it'd be a different outcome but it was the same fucking thing.
I really wanted to see his bitch ass locked in a dungeon getting passed around by some hard as fuck dwarves
I really wanted to see his bitch ass locked in a dungeon getting passed around by some hard as fuck dwarves
Refreshment.01
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So you missed it too? I feel less bad now. >8Dsubversus said:
Asking again, htting the mark with the ballista introduces any changes in the level?
A sugestion to players using a pad. Put inventory in the back button and journal to up on the Dpad.
jim-jam bongs
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Refreshment.01 said:
Nah it's just a cheese mint.
Solo said:
Well, they're actually puzzles that you can solve using note in the room and the books that you can by from one of the vendors, but if you just want the solution:
There are 3 rooms, and according to the guide that comes with the GOG version, one of two possible solutions to each are chosen at random:
Room to the left of the main city gate (south):
1) rune on the wall to the right from the entrance, rune on the wall to the right, rune on the floor to the left and finally rune on the floor near the chest.
2) rune on the wall to the left from the entrance, rune on the floor to the left, rune on the floor near the chest, rune to the right of the entrance.
Room to the right of the main city gate (north):
1) rune on the wall to the right of the entrance, rune on the floor to the right of the entrance, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the floor to the left.
2) rune on the floor to the left of the entrance, rune on the wall to the right, rune on the floor to the right, rune on the wall to the left.
Room in the ruins near the amphitheatre:
1) rune on the floor to the left of the entrance, rune on the floor to the right, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the wall to the right.
2) rune on the floor to the right of the entrance, rune on the floor to the left, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the wall to the right.
Room to the left of the main city gate (south):
1) rune on the wall to the right from the entrance, rune on the wall to the right, rune on the floor to the left and finally rune on the floor near the chest.
2) rune on the wall to the left from the entrance, rune on the floor to the left, rune on the floor near the chest, rune to the right of the entrance.
Room to the right of the main city gate (north):
1) rune on the wall to the right of the entrance, rune on the floor to the right of the entrance, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the floor to the left.
2) rune on the floor to the left of the entrance, rune on the wall to the right, rune on the floor to the right, rune on the wall to the left.
Room in the ruins near the amphitheatre:
1) rune on the floor to the left of the entrance, rune on the floor to the right, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the wall to the right.
2) rune on the floor to the right of the entrance, rune on the floor to the left, rune on the wall to the left, rune on the wall to the right.
Refreshment.01
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Well i did it manually, i also forgot to tell you that i switched adrenaline to rightthumbstick click, is better this way since you don't need to move your hand as much. Here are the adjustments to the user.ini:subversus said:
IK_Pad_Back_Select=(GameKey="GI_Inventory",Value=1)
IK_Pad_DigitUp=(GameKey="GI_Journal",Value=1)
IK_Pad_RightThumb=(Gamekey=GI_Adrenaline,Value=1.000000)
Tell me if it works Subversus.
Also some people like to put next sign to left dpad and next item to right Dpad, for example. Geralt has an auto sword selection when hes facing enemies but can also quickly select the correct sword from the radial menu, it even works as fast as selecting from the dpad. CDProjekt could have mapped all swords plus sheath to down on the dpad with no problems while leaving the other 3 directions for better things.
I meant the ballista king Foltest fires while Geralt gives him the aiming coordinates. 1.5 degrees is the correct adjustment so it hits the target.
Guess is still interesting that you can take out the guys, i failed to do so in my first 2 walkthroughs.jim-jam bongs said:
Just read the 4 magic books from the sellers in Lock Muin. I think you just need to memorize or recognize 5 of them. Very few puzzle's in this game so its kind of a waste to spoil them with a guide. You can protect Geralt with Quen so you don't take any damage if you fail. I really which this type of western RPG's could incorporate more puzzle elements.Solo said:
Yes, also death and joy from what i can remember.Xilium said:
Question:
In Phillipas room at lock Muin, when using the notes to start the spell for the dagger. Can you use any of the 4 diagrams to initiate the sequence? I just used the left most one because i thought all 4 of them were needed.
Gvaz said:
The four runes always mean:
Sky (diamond with slash through it)
Art/beauty (looks like a harp)
Animal (S-shaped snake symbol)
Time (hourglass)
Read the book in each room. It will tell you which order to push the runes. There are only 3 lines so 1 line has clues to 2 runes.
Sky (diamond with slash through it)
Art/beauty (looks like a harp)
Animal (S-shaped snake symbol)
Time (hourglass)
Read the book in each room. It will tell you which order to push the runes. There are only 3 lines so 1 line has clues to 2 runes.
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