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[2AdEPT]

Just started TW1 off steam ....i played dark mode on tw2 first but even with mulitple playthroughs in wait, I figured I would play tw1 first instead.....for 9.99 on either steam or gog its too easy (well as long as you have gaf to help you troublshoot.)

Enjoying tw1 although I can see many improvements in tw2 have been made, and not jsut with combat...the voice acting almost sounds compter generated in tw1 and this was not the case in tw2. But so far tw1 is prolly the best experience I have evey had for $10.....and I've tried quite a few in that price range off the PSN network.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Does anyone not playing Witcher 1 will get horribly lost playing this one? I usually always have this policy of not playing a number 2 if I haven't played number 1 but I foresee that I will not be able to play the 1st one anyways.

 

[subversus]

Does anyone not playing Witcher 1 will get horribly lost playing this one? I usually always have this policy of not playing a number 2 if I haven't played number 1 but I foresee that I will not be able to play the 1st one anyways.

read the OP

 

[Laughing Banana]

read the OP

Can't, the youtube is very very slow in here.

 

[patapuf]

The story of the witcher 2 is self contained. Only the prologue really refers to part 1 (and you can get up to speed by asking questions)

There's also a wiki page where you can read up on the story of part one i think

 

[graywolf323]

kinda sucks you can't preload if you have the Steam edition

 

[Elsolar]

kinda sucks you can't preload if you have the Steam edition

You can't? The pre-loader doesn't have any DRM so I don't know why it wouldn't work with the Steam version.

And even if it doesn't work, I guess this is the time to cash in your free GoG "backup copy."

 

[BladeRunner12]

9.0/10 review from Strategy Informer.

Embargo just broke

 

[The perfect Dark]

9.0/10 review from Strategy Informer.

Embargo just broke

25-30 seconds loading time after dying?

oh...even after installing the game?...hmm...

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

25-30 seconds loading time after dying?

oh...even after installing the game?...hmm...

What? Damn, noooo.

 

[BigDug13]

How often do you die in this game?

 

[Acidote]

I died a few times, always on QTEs I didn't expect.

 

[toddhunter]

25-30 seconds loading time after dying?

oh...even after installing the game?...hmm...

This is one thing I noticed in the 360 demos. Loading times did seem pretty significant. Guess there was always going to be a catch.

 

[Alexios]

I'd like to have the more doors etc version on PC so I can run it better >_>

 

[Anarkin]

What?

 

[Durante]

What?

Console gamers don't know about CD Projekt RED's existence, confirmed!

 

[RivalCore]

How often do you die in this game?

Quite a bit at the early stages of the game. You can get pretty fucked up by regular enemies if they get behind you.

 

[The perfect Dark]

Installing the game right now

 

[subversus]

What?

hahahaha

 

[Dmax3901]

What?

I didn't read the review but... dungeon crawling?

 

[Thrakier]

What? There was "dull dungeon crawling" in the game? Certainly not in the version I played.

 

[Marco1]

Just received mine in the post.
It's a substantial package for an ordinary release.

 

[subversus]

he meant the Mines in Chapter 2, I think.

 

[Fjordson]

Damn, lots of high scores. 9/10 for the 360 version from Eurogamer.

 

[Thrakier]

he meant the Mines in Chapter 2, I think.

The hell? Th at's far far away from "dull dungeon crawling"...

 

[subversus]

The hell? Th at's far far away from "dull dungeon crawling"...

Nekkers kicked his ass hard, I think.

 

[Kyaw]

The hell? Th at's far far away from "dull dungeon crawling"...

They probably didn't use the cat potions. :lol

 

[subversus]

They probably didn't use the cat potions. :lol

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it is the case.

 

[Corky]

I hate the way the difficulty system works in this game , getting 1shotted by a naked nekker or him needing 10 minutes of continuous swordstabs to the face to die.

 

[Castor Krieg]

Is the Dark Mode the highest difficulty without needing to restart when dead? I tried doing Insane when the game came out, did all of Act I, then died in a stupid way in Act II.

 

[subversus]

I hate the way the difficulty system works in this game , getting 1shotted by a naked nekker or him needing 10 minutes of continuous swordstabs to the face to die.

they are also more agressive.

but killing nekkers is easy. You should just stun them.

 

[Zeliard]

I hate the way the difficulty system works in this game , getting 1shotted by a naked nekker or him needing 10 minutes of continuous swordstabs to the face to die.

Use Alchemy, especially oils and potions. You can kill enemies fairly quickly.

When I originally played it I largely just upgraded my Alchemy tree and used crafting enhancements. I ignored the Magic and Swordsmanship trees and I was whooping on enemies on Hard.

 

[Anarkin]

Is the Dark Mode the highest difficulty without needing to restart when dead?

Yes and it has exclusive items.

 

[subversus]

Yes and it has exclusive items.

I heard there are some special quests to obtain them. Is that true?

 

[Ragus]

My copy has arrived. Only 3 hours left till I start playing.

 

[Megasoum]

Does the steam version still have the patching problems? I remember the first patch to be fucking huge on steam and very small on Gog?

 

[subversus]

Does the steam version still have the patching problems? I remember the first patch to be fucking huge on steam and very small on Gog?

it's 11 gigabytes for all versions now. Assets were redone.

 

[Kyaw]

they are also more agressive.

but killing nekkers is easy. You should just stun them.

Traps, man! Those things do a lot of damage to Nekkers.

The gargoyles and arachnid things are way harder to kill.

 

[Solo]

Traps, man! Those things do a lot of damage to Nekkers.

The gargoyles and arachnid things are way harder to kill.

None of them are hard to kill once you become a god.

 

[subversus]

Traps, man! Those things do a lot of damage to Nekkers.

The gargoyles and arachnid things are way harder to kill.

Gargoyles are badass, never had much problems with them.

Golems can be hard though.

 

[Megasoum]

it's 11 gigabytes for all versions now. Assets were redone.

Well that's for the EE download but I mean for the normal patches?

 

[Anarkin]

I heard there are some special quests to obtain them. Is that true?

I've never played it on the dark difficulty.

Dark Mode is a new difficulty level which was introduced with the Version 2.0 patch for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. It is described as similar in difficulty to the "Insane" mode while allowing the player to save their game. It also comes with three sets of special "Dark Mode" armor and weapons, listed below.

http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Mode

No word about quests.

 

[subversus]

Well that's for the EE download but I mean for the normal patches?

WHY WOULD YOU NEED NORMAL PATCHES AFTER THAT??

Spoiler

Steam fixed their patching system last summer so it might work ok now

 

[Kyaw]

None of them are hard to kill once you become a god.

I hope they rebalanced things so it's actually difficult in Chapter 3.

 

[Ciastek3214]

And I look forward to the day you stop being so god damn hostile. Every post I've read of yours in the last 48 hours has been a complete snarkfest.

Lighten up a bit, please.

Hostile? Where? I always try not to go over the line, and I apologize if I do so.

 

[Gowans]

A friend of mine had their copy show up from ShopTo today

 

[Xater]

Hai gaiz!

 

[Acidote]

Do not crop that wonderful USK logo!

 

[Fjordson]

Daaamn...y'all are making me jealous. I won't have mine 'till probably next Thursday =[

The regular enhanced edition package is really sweet. Saw an unboxing earlier on YouTube. Love what they've thrown in there for the standard console game price.

 

[RivalCore]

it's 11 gigabytes for all versions now. Assets were redone.

11 gigs? Damn, gonna have to leave it over night. Can't wait to jump right back in!