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[jim-jam bongs]

Crossing the river on a whore's bottom drunk. The parallels are uncanny.

Exactly. Throw in the fact that Witchers are given a sweet leather jacket and it's pretty clear that they're medieval bikies.

 

[Chinner]

is there anyway to tell how long i've played? savefiles just show what time i've saved at.

 

[Solo]

Steam keeps a rough running tab.

 

[Red]

[futurespoiler]What if you have to choose between Triss and Yennefer in Witcher 3? :O [/futurespoiler]

Unless something terrible is revealed about Triss, I can't see myself picking Yennefer. Why would you go for a character who's been all but a nonentity this far into the trilogy?

 

[toastyToast]

but she's your soulmate :3

 

[Zeouterlimits]

[futurespoiler]What if you have to choose between Triss and Yennefer in Witcher 3? :O [/futurespoiler]

Kind of have to agree with the others, unless they create a meaningful relationship with Yennefer in the Witcher 3 (and not have it just be, you spend most of the game with her while Triss is away), I'd have to pick Triss.

Spoiler

How is Yennefer?

but she's your soulmate :3

She's more pre-Witcher 1 Geralt's soulmate. To an extent they're (or at least have the potential to be) quite different.

 

[subversus]

Triss, without a shadow of a doubt.

depends on how Yennifer acts. She's a bitch.

 

[rakhir]

Unless something terrible is revealed about Triss, I can't see myself picking Yennefer. Why would you go for a character who's been all but a nonentity this far into the trilogy?

(vague spoilers for books and the third game i guess)
I'm Polish and i've read all the books numerous of times and yeah - Yennefer is THE love of Geralt, despite what he feels for Triss.
They did split up a lot of times, Geralt had other women in between (Triss was one of those), but he always came back to Yen, in a sense they are meant for each other (short story The Last Wish ).

They did a poor job with explaining that in the games, but hopefully they'll get into that in the third one - especially since (hopefully) Geralt will get his memories back and Yen will make an appearance.

 

[Solo]

(vague spoilers for books and the third game i guess)
I'm Polish and i've read all the books numerous of times and yeah - Yennefer is THE love of Geralt, despite what he feels for Triss.
They did split up a lot of times, Geralt had other women in between (Triss was one of those), but he always came back to Yen, in a sense they are meant for each other (lshort story The Last Wish ).
They did a poor job with explaining that in the games, but hopefully they'll get into that in the third one - especially since (hopefully) Geralt will get his memories back and Yen will make an appearance.

That may be the case for the books, but I think the games are going in their own direction with respect to Geralt`s women. I suspect that in The Witcher 3, either Triss will remain the sole romance option, or you`ll be able to choose between the two.

 

[Krauser Kat]

I thought just about everything in TW1 was well-done. Didn't have a problem with the gameplay, and I thought both the story and world were genuinely interesting. The first game's only real weakness was the dated tech on which it was built, and TW2 pretty much cleared that up. TW2's only real problem is an almost total lack of gameplay balance, which I don't really mind because it doesn't get in the way of the game's extremely well-realized world.

Gameplay Balance? You are goddamn Geralt the white wolf. If fucking people up wasnt you day job, he would do it for a hobby and as another hobby when he gets bored with the first one. Being able to ruin people with such finesse in W2 was a joy to play and see.

Cant wait for dark mode to replay the game.

Will probably finish Blood of Elves today at work (its slow, and what im doing right now as well eating a pop tart) Yennefer is pretty awesome but i really like triss. Plus gingers make me tingle.

 

[rakhir]

That may be the case for the books, but I think the games are going in their own direction with respect to Geralt`s women. I suspect that in The Witcher 3, either Triss will remain the sole romance option, or you`ll be able to choose between the two.

Yeah, probably CDP will have to do that, since players don't know Yennefer at all - but Geralt would have choose Yen, i'm sure about that.

Yennefer is pretty awesome

She continues to be awesome throughout the saga. i

 

[Typographenia]

I preordered this game on gog back in the day, and I finally just started playing it yesterday. Playing on my import, and it was so good to see the Raven armor again.

This game is amazing! I've only gotten through the intro, but it was done in such a great way! The combat has a heavy learning curve to it after playing through the first's. I'm really liking it so far, other than a few spots where the camera would hang back into tree limbs or other environmental stuff that ended with me getting sliced up.

By the by, is there a keyboard shortcut to sheathe your current weapon? I just keep pressing 1/2 to sheathe my appropriate weapon.



I'm not terribly happy about how they keep you from switching between journal or inventory or character stats while you're in a menu window. It seems like a thing that should have been addressed by now.

Best addition- press Z to have your medallion send out that scan field. I'm so OCD about picking up items and finding every door, so this is the best thing ever for me.

I feel a little guilty but not really that I did use one cheat already. I had no idea this game used an encumbrance system, and the moment I opened my inventory to find weight added to my items I said "this will not do." I know there are some people who get their rocks off to that sort of thing, but that is not something I want to mess with. Zero item weight, mwahahaha!



Really looking forward to diving into it more, and so glad I finally got the time to sink my teeth into this.
Also, is it just me or is Geralt's audio really quiet most of the time in comparison to the other character audio?

 

[Chinner]

so erm, when i play this with the custom ini files the game is now loading back to low settings. any words?

 

[Van Buren]

so erm, when i play this with the custom ini files the game is now loading back to low settings. any words?

Make sure that the custom ini file is read-only. I tried it with the recent patch and couldn't notice any other issue.

 

[Chinner]

it was, but it kept resetting itself. anyway seems to be fine now.

chapter 2:

Spoiler

got to help the ghosts WIN THE WAR

 

[Kyaw]

so erm, when i play this with the custom ini files the game is now loading back to low settings. any words?

Set the ini file as 'read-only'.

 

[Red]

it was, but it kept resetting itself. anyway seems to be fine now.

chapter 2:

Spoiler

got to help the ghosts WIN THE WAR

On a scale of 1 to 10, what word would you use to describe how awesome TW2 is?

 

[Solo]

"Whoreson"

 

[Chinner]

Just completed Witcher 2 on Roaches path

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didn't let roche kill hanslet, spared the dragon and didn't kill letho cause he seemed chill actually

. I loved the game, but I'm still deciding where I stand because there's so much to digest. Crazy how much actually happens in the game. It owns either way.

 

[DualShadow]

Just completed Witcher 2 on Roaches path

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didn't let roche kill hanslet, spared the dragon and didn't kill letho cause he seemed chill actually

. I loved the game, but I'm still deciding where I stand because there's so much to digest. Crazy how much actually happens in the game. It owns either way.

Now you need to re-play it on Iorveth's path.

 

[Snuggles]

Now you need to re-play it on Iorveth's path.

Agreed, Iorveth path is awesome. You get to work with the better character and you get to spend ch. 2 in Vergen, which happens to be the best environment.

It's tough but I decided to quit my Roach playthrough until 2.0. Hurry up CDPR.

 

[Solo]

Agreed, Iorveth path is awesome. You get to work with the better character and you get to spend ch. 2 in Vergen, which happens to be the best environment.

So wrong on both accounts.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Aw yeah, time for Team Roche vs Team Iorveth round 827

 

[Twinduct]

Team Edward all the way here! I mean come onnnn! Jacob is just a shaggy dog .... oh wrong argument ......


Err team Iorveth here!

 

[Solo]

Aw yeah, time for Team Roche vs Team Iorveth round 827

Sticking just to locations/environments, Flotsam > *

 

[subversus]

IORVETH SUCKS!!

 

[DualShadow]

I wasn't picking a side :lol

Just to get the complete experience I recommend people playing the game twice.

 

[Chinner]

Also, one of my favourite moments from chapter 2 is when

Spoiler

is when Roch is running across the rope bridge, it breaks and Roch is like "fuck", gets up and kicks a guy in a chest

. It happened so quickly it just made me laugh.

 

[EatChildren]

Roche is too cool.

 

[Solo]

Also, one of my favourite moments from chapter 2 is when

Spoiler

is when Roch is running across the rope bridge, it breaks and Roch is like "fuck", gets up and kicks a guy in a chest

. It happened so quickly it just made me laugh.

Thats why he is a boss. Not one single fuck does he give.

 

[Salaadin]

Thats why he is a boss. Not one single fuck does he give.

LOL!

That was hilarious. I died when I first saw it.
Someone had a gif of it at one point in this thread.

 

[Van Buren]

 

[Solo]

Look at that BOSS. Straight up PIMP. Iorveth wuld have needed to be carried out on a stretcher after that.

 

[Chinner]

god he's so dreamy. I really want to play Witcher 2 again but got Human Revolution to play.

 

[Krauser Kat]

That gif shits on most action game cut scene this generation.
Dont want to start my next playthrough until dark mode.

 

[Salaadin]

There it is!

The thing I loved about Roche is that even when

Spoiler

you go against him and pick Iorverths path, he still has your back.

 

[theignoramus]

Holy shit at the length of Act III. No real side quests other than the typical dice, arm wrestle stuff.

Everything else was awesome, but CD Projekt really missed the mark. Hopefully there will be some sort of expansion. I can't wait another 4 years for a proper sequel.

hahaha. what a joke. game is chalk full of everything.

 

[Complistic]

Unless something terrible is revealed about Triss, I can't see myself picking Yennefer. Why would you go for a character who's been all but a nonentity this far into the trilogy?

I can't see me leaving triss either. I might do it on my pro non-human save but for my main file I just wouldn't be able to do it. The old geralt might have loved yennefer, but Geralts really not the same person he was anymore.

 

[Vyer]

Getting back into this game. Question about Chapter 2: How do you get to

Spoiler

the main part of Vergen? Do you not access it until after breaking the curse? I can tell these big iron doors near the Old Gate lead me in, but they are closed off. Just seems odd to be here without access to the usual stuff, Inn blacksmith, etc.

 

[Bad7667]

Finally had some time to play and I just (Chapter one spoiler)

Spoiler

killed the kayran

which was awesome.

When I arrived in

Spoiler

Flotsam

, I noticed a weird visual glitch kinda like lines of static whenever I moved my camera around. I am uploading a video now and can't see anything with pictures. I have loaded other parts of the game and the lines are not there. They are only in

Spoiler

Flotsam

when I am outside near bushes and tress. If I am inside, they are not visible. Anyone else hear about this or experienced this first hand?

I have updated drivers, changed settings around, and tried different displays. No other game has this problem so I don't think its the video card. Anyway, so far I am loving the game and can't wait to play more.

 

[Solo]

Getting back into this game. Question about Chapter 2: How do you get to

Spoiler

the main part of Vergen? Do you not access it until after breaking the curse? I can tell these big iron doors near the Old Gate lead me in, but they are closed off. Just seems odd to be here without access to the usual stuff, Inn blacksmith, etc.

If you're on the Roche path (aka the winning path), you don't get in there. You have to follow that nancy boy Iorveth to get in there.

 

[Kyaw]

If you're on the Roche path (aka the winning path), you don't get in there. You have to follow that nancy boy Iorveth to get in there.

Do you find out about

Spoiler

Saskia the dragon if you go the Roche path? Because i didn't.

 

[Chinner]

Do you find out about

Spoiler

Saskia the dragon if you go the Roche path? Because i didn't.

nope.

 

[Kyaw]

nope.

INFERIOR PATH CONFIRMED.

your gonna get it from solo.

Yup.

 

[Chinner]

your gonna get it from solo.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Saskia > triss

Come at me bro.

 

[Totobeni]

Saskia > triss

Come at me bro.

Nah, that butterface bitch had nothing against Triss.

 

[EatChildren]

Saskia > triss

Come at me bro.

*nods approvingly*

 

[Snuggles]

Triss and Saskia are both nice, but my heart will always belong to the vampire sluts in TW1.

 

[Data West]

Saskia > triss

Come at me bro.

Ves > both