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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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toastyToast
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I think I've had enough for tonight. This game is unreal.
I can tell I made a critical decision and I can foresee major implications in the future.
One gripe, the animations that play to show you the consequences of your actions look a little silly and somewhat out of place. Much preferred them in the first game where they resembled paintings.
I can tell I made a critical decision and I can foresee major implications in the future.
One gripe, the animations that play to show you the consequences of your actions look a little silly and somewhat out of place. Much preferred them in the first game where they resembled paintings.
Barberetti
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Gah, this combat system is going to take a while to get used to. I keep hitting the "back" key expecting Geralt to step backwards, but instead he turns and leaves his back wide open to attack. That's been the cause of most of my deaths so far. Also, he doesn't always block when I tell him to. Oh well, I'll get used to it.
Other than that, loving the game so far. Can't wait to get the prologue done though, so that I can do my own thing for a while. Getting pissed off with the fucking king bossing me about like a servant :lol
Other than that, loving the game so far. Can't wait to get the prologue done though, so that I can do my own thing for a while. Getting pissed off with the fucking king bossing me about like a servant :lol
DangerStepp
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Newegg was having a heck of a deal on select Radeons the other day, plus a $20 rebate and a free copy of Shogun; Amazon is doing the same. I jumped on the 6870; upgrading from a GeForce 9800 GTX+.Median said:
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request. Again.
Download so I can go to work!
Download so I can go to work!
If you're running on NVIDIA card, there's a new driver to grab that will increase performance on NVIDIA cards: http://www.geforce.com/#/News/articles/r275-driver
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Blarg, I forgot AA doesn't work in windowed mode for some reason. Fullscreen 1080 it is... though it's running pretty fast and the motion blur takes any shutter out of quick turns. Might turn down texture memory to see if it lets things stream better. I have 1GB but I feel like that might be considered "Medium" in this game.
I don't have any Witcher 1 save but I take it this game defaults to Triss/Neutral path from the first? That's what I would have taken anyway.
I don't have any Witcher 1 save but I take it this game defaults to Triss/Neutral path from the first? That's what I would have taken anyway.
I was skeptical of the game's combat till release, but so far, it perfectly captures the feeling of "How the fuck am I going to survive these three enemies at once ?"
Can't wait to dive back in and see how the consequences play out. Btw, did anyone notice an Assassin's Creed reference in the Prologue, or am I misinterpreting it ?
Can't wait to dive back in and see how the consequences play out. Btw, did anyone notice an Assassin's Creed reference in the Prologue, or am I misinterpreting it ?
DangerStepp
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SorryMedian said:Thank you for making the upgrade itch worse
... I thought I was helping. I just wanna help a brother in arms.Spectacular! Are you happy with your purchase? I can't wait until I get it installed!DaBuddaDa said:
DangerStepp said:Sorry
Spectacular! Are you happy with your purchase? I can't wait until I get it installed!
Haha it's cool. The upgrade is going to happen at some point, either now or when Battlefield 3 comes out.
Minor prologue spoilers:
Thats where I left off before work. I wish I was unemployed.
That area where Foltest and crew are still banging away at the gate while youre stuck fighting those 6 enemies was a little rough. 3 of them go down easy but then theres that massive armored guy with the long sword, that other slightly less armored guy with a long sword, and then the buttfuck with the shield. I had to use every sign and block and dodge so much. It reminded me of Demons Souls with the way I was carefully planning my strikes. I loved it.
Thats where I left off before work. I wish I was unemployed.
Not really.
Nah, I mean I do, but if I'm doing this, I gotta do it up right. My rig is pretty old now, so I have planned on the overhaul for a while now. I was never the type to do just enough for one game or anything. Core 2 duo, 4870, 3gb memory. It's time soon enough.DaBuddaDa said:
ColonialRaptor
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RedSwirl said:
Doesn't really explain how to invert though....
Plus, I'm almost getting used to the Non Invert now.
I absolutely LOVE the sword play and I'm finding that I'm really good at it. I was dying HEAPS at the start but (that bit you just described Sal, I did in the first try without too much effort what dif r u playing on?) since I realised that alchemy is SERIOSLY IMPORTANT I started to own. Well, you can't just buff yourself and instant win, but with a mixture of alchemy, magic and good sword play you can do well easily enough.
DAMN i just love this game, it's so tactical, it's a nice challenge - it makes you think when you have to fight, the fighting is actually FUN so it's not a grind every time you have to fight an enemy but rather you look forward to fighting them rather than hate it (when RPG get that right, then they've done a good job of the whole thing).
I am going to love every damn second of this game (just like I knew I would) but the jump improvement from first to second game by these guys is simply staggering.
I really can't put it into words how impressed I am with this game.
That's enough talk - back to playing for another 40 minutes before bed <3 <3 <3 <3
These tags contain spoilers relating to the trailers released before the game and content of the prologue right to the end (I'm up to the very start of Chapter 1.
I found it a bit disappointing that they showed the head of a king in the trailers of the game just before release because it really gave away to me that King Folteist was going to die at the end of the Prologe, I don't know if that was widely known or not but I only really found out because of the trailer. Sets a good scene for the rest of the game.
In terms of the choice I made, I convinced the guy to lay down his sword and survive but in the end he committed suicide and blew up the dungeon causing a big racket as I was escaping which was a HUGE consequence that I couldn't see coming. I love that the choice I made had that kind of consequence it makes you realise that whatever you think you're making happen really you have no idea what is REALLY going to end up happening when you save someone's life. I'd love to hear what happens from someone who killed him when they escaped from the dungeon (and how they escaped considering that he showed me the way out on my run)
In terms of the choice I made, I convinced the guy to lay down his sword and survive but in the end he committed suicide and blew up the dungeon causing a big racket as I was escaping which was a HUGE consequence that I couldn't see coming. I love that the choice I made had that kind of consequence it makes you realise that whatever you think you're making happen really you have no idea what is REALLY going to end up happening when you save someone's life. I'd love to hear what happens from someone who killed him when they escaped from the dungeon (and how they escaped considering that he showed me the way out on my run)
bigace33
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Man, this game does not hold your hand at all. I've died like 5 times in the opening combat scene. It also seems like I should have played the witcher 1 as I feel like I'm missing some key points in the story. The hell if I'm going to go back and invest 50 hours into though. Guess I'll just have to enjoy learning the combat system and hopefully they will fill in the missing story details I need. Gorgeous game though, and works very well with the 360 pad.
EternalGamer
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Ok, my GOG download is complete. But I click install and nothing happens. I restarted and it doesnt' help. Same problem. Any suggestions?
Edit: Nevermind, I just went into the folder and clicked the install.exe file. That worked if anyone else has this problem.
Edit: Nevermind, I just went into the folder and clicked the install.exe file. That worked if anyone else has this problem.
Tried doing a search but didn't get any relevant results.
Anyone know where to get the Polish Voice Track for the game?
Tried looking on the official site but don't see anything.
Thanks!
Same happened to me. It opened VLC when I did it. Just go into the GOG download directory where it saved the files and run the setup file from in there. Should be good to go then
Anyone know where to get the Polish Voice Track for the game?
Tried looking on the official site but don't see anything.
Thanks!
EternalGamer said:
Same happened to me. It opened VLC when I did it. Just go into the GOG download directory where it saved the files and run the setup file from in there. Should be good to go then
Sir Garbageman
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This thread is making the wait here at work absolutely miserable. Can't wait to get home and then have to wait 3 hours for the install...ugh.
ColonialRaptor
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Sir Garbageman said:
Poor dude... I feel your pain, I went through a similar thing earlier.
Rest assured that when you get home you will be enjoying yourself a lot!
ColonialRaptor said:
Prologue spoilers
In the trailer's defense, that wasn't King Foltest's head they showed. The scene in question was 4 months prior to his death. That big mysterious dude had just killed a king from another land and said he'd do the same with Foltest if the scoia'tael helped him out.
Gully State
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I wish I could cut out from work. Staying up to play for an hour last night was such a tease.
Reluctant-Hero
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Steam buyers, have you been able to confirm the presence of SteamWorks (achievements, cloud saves, etc) in the installed game? The Steam page still doesn't show those features...
thanks!
thanks!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Okay, so apparently AA isn't working for me at all. Any mode, any settings, it is either never on or it is the worst AA in any game I have played because I don't notice any difference. Bummerrr.
Also, the thing to register an account or log in doesn't work. I type and nothing types.
Also, the thing to register an account or log in doesn't work. I type and nothing types.
Speculator
BioWare Austin
Having a blast with the intro level, did anyone else catch the Assassins Creed homage in one the tutorial levels?
â Narayan
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Downloading at 1.3 Mb/s... 15%.
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AppleSmack
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JWong said:
Why? What service you using?
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