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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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As Kyaw says, Quen is a life saver. Also, roll around a lot.
As far as mods go, I havent touched any for this game.
jim-jam bongs
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rolling rolling rolling
keep that witcher rolling
geralt can't stop rolling, he'll die!
all the things he's missing
ploughing yenn and triss-ing
be waiting at the end of this fight
keep that witcher rolling
geralt can't stop rolling, he'll die!
all the things he's missing
ploughing yenn and triss-ing
be waiting at the end of this fight
Once you get the extra roll distance skill you might want to stop abusing Quen though. It makes the combat more dull, since you can't use your other spells as effectively and you don't have to be as careful anymore.
GillianSeed79
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It kind of breaks the game, but I used the no weight mod. Also, it's kind of hard to be jack of all trades skill wise. I mainly did the swordsman skill path and ignored everything else.
Complistic
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There's no need to use the no weight mod since they added in the storage chests.
It pops up on sale from time to time so keep an eye out but if you want it real cheap, then the holiday Steam sale is probably your best bet.
You missed out..I think Amazon digital had it for 16 bucks last week. Not sure if it was on sale during the Steam Thanksgiving deals.
Yeah Steam had it during Thanksgiving but it was $25. I woulda got it but I had just got Skyrim ... and I'm not really feeling Skyrim (shoot me) so I want to get this.
This doesnt share many similarities with Skyrim aside from the fantasy setting so you might like it. Its my favorite game this year. Hopefully a deal pops up for you soon.
Thanks. Yeah I loved the first and am halfway through the first book now.
It should show you a marker for whatever your active quest is.
Not every quest has a marker I believe. If the quest tells you to learn more about Nekkers for example, I don't think there's any marker for that. You just have to find somebody who sells a book on them or go out and start killing Nekkers to learn more about them that way.
I read this very interesting quote about The Witcher 2 on PC from CD Projekt this morning on joystiq:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/30/4-5-million-pirated-copies-of-witcher-2-out-there-according-to/
I made a search and I couldn't find a thread about this on NeoGAF. Weird. Usually people on GAF likes to makes threads about PC piracy estimates so they can tear down and laugh at the "made-up" numbers and call for boycotts (see the recent threads about Ubisoft)
Double standard for CD Projekt?
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/30/4-5-million-pirated-copies-of-witcher-2-out-there-according-to/
I made a search and I couldn't find a thread about this on NeoGAF. Weird. Usually people on GAF likes to makes threads about PC piracy estimates so they can tear down and laugh at the "made-up" numbers and call for boycotts (see the recent threads about Ubisoft)
Double standard for CD Projekt?
Half will make up some angle to justify it, the other half will turn on CD Projekt and call them liars.
jim-jam bongs
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I'm sure that if he followed the figure up with a comment saying that they would be implementing always online DRM in The Witcher 3 as a result there would be a thread like the one you chaps are fantasising about.
Thanks for the link, the "4.5 million pirated copies" isn't in the title that's why I couldn't find it.
Not much controversy in that thread, huh? Very interesting...
Amazon's got the download version for 16 bucks
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BH6FK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
thank you based bezos
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BH6FK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
thank you based bezos
masterkajo
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Wow that is an awesome prize. Would totally buy if amazon.com download wasn't US only. What are the chances that steam will match this price during the Holiday Sale 2011?
Lasthope106
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Come on people. This is what you were waiting for!
Red Blaster
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I was loving this game up to the Kayran which is some grade A horseshit. Is there a mod that automatically loads your last save when you die? Can't believe I have to wait 20 seconds for a slow ass YOU DIED screen to show up.
Quickload before the screen begins to fade and you don't have to sit through it.
I think they will, if not my best guess would be 19.99
When I just know that Im about to die, I pause it and load my last save manually. Its much faster.
Red Blaster
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Well I beat that piece of shit after realizing that Quen would absorb all the damage from a hit. Still a huge difficulty spike, the wraiths in the hospital quest were tough but at least they were optional.
That fight was iffy for me.
The tentacle part wasnt bad but I always felt like the finishing section where you have to run up the broken bridge buggy as shit. I cant quite describe why but it just didnt feel like it was implemented all too well.
Did you have the extra roll distance skill? I beat the Kayran recently on dark and it was pretty much impossible without that skill but extremely easy with it.
For alle people with frame skipping problems (which should be all of you playing with a framerate not fixed at 60FPS)...try this fix. It helps.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32751375&postcount=4254
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32751375&postcount=4254
Yep, it worked here.
Do you copy that into .ini file?
stuminus3
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I can confirm this fix a) works and b) is awesome.
An awesome game.
W2 takes place literally months after the first game. Though I can't speak for the whole game(haven't played too deep), it does pepper lots of subtle callbacks that occur in the introductory sequences alone that will go right over your head. The game has a somewhat dense codex that does update regularly to help flesh out details that will surely have you confused. (Names, places, people...stuff that you won't be expected to know without intimate knowledge of the first game).
In terms of the actual experience though, it isn't necessary to play Witcher 1. The core drama and plot isn't directly required. But again, you will find the details more appreciable having played, and even imported, a Witcher 1 game experience into W2. Witcher 1 is good stuff though if you decide to jump into it first.
The story, mainly. There are a few connections in the first game that would be handy when playing the second but I honestly dont think that playing the first is THAT necessary. If you arent going to play the first, at least read the Wikipedia summary (which is a decent outline but not great, imo) and watch the final cinematic for The Witcher 1 just to get an idea. It might also be a good idea to read up on some characters like Geralt, Foltest, Triss, Dandelion, and Zoltan Chivay.
The first game is cheap so if you have 10 bucks and 40-50 hours to spare, Id say you give it a shot. The gameplay is tough to get into by todays standards though so keep that in mind.
Yea, I do recommend watching the final FMV of Witcher 1 on youtube. It isn't a true spoiler for the Witcher 1 experience as it is more of a setup to the sequel(actually shocking that it wasn't re-included in the intro for W2! It would have really helped get newcomers up to speed more quickly with the major events of the prologue in W2)
the most awesome plot twist ever (and not an obvious one!).
Thanks for the insight. Also, props to Salaadin and subversus for their help, too.
Just in the main folder.
I believe it should be in the bin folder, not the main one, since that's where the main executable is. Also, it seems that the witcher2.cfg.txt file is entirely useless, at least for me. Messing around with the fps limit setting does nothing. However, if the file is renamed to antilag.cfg the settings work. I guess this is probably just a repackage of the "antilag" fix from http://www.kegetys.net/. I have no idea why the config file was renamed though.
IonicSnake
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My game keeps crashing at the loading screen right after escaping the prison and finishing the prologue. Anyone else got this problem and fixed it?
Edit: Re-installed the game and it works now.
Edit: Re-installed the game and it works now.
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