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The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition |OT| Bow low, you stand before a head crowned.
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Yes please!
Snapshot King
Member
YOU ARE THE WORST REVIEWER EVEEEEEEEER
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Krappadizzle
Member
Why not post it after you say this?
Complistic
Member
Krappadizzle
Member
I wish you had played the PC version so you could make a proper comparison. Though you reviewed on the xbox version on it's own merits. Good Review, Me personally i'd have given it a 9.8/10 but I am admittedly a fanboy of the series as a whole. Good Review.
Krappadizzle
Member
I am sorry. Pimps mess up too.
I wish you had played the PC version so you could make a proper comparison. Though you reviewed on the xbox version on it's own merits. Good Review, Me personally i'd have given it a 9.8/10 but I am admittedly a fanboy of the series as a whole. Good Review.
I wish I'd played the PC version too, now, honestly. I feel like I missed out on a great series, and I'm glad that I ultimately managed to play the game.
As for the comparisons, I admit that my review won't be the best review if you really want to compare the game to the PC version- but there are many other reviews and technical comparisons out there that hopefully help you with that. This review, hopefully, is enough to cover the often overlooked aspect of 'reviewing a game for what it is, rather than what it isn't, and on it's own merits'
And thanks!
Yes, you should be sorry! Feel bad
XANDER CAGE
Member
I mentioned it earlier in the thread - they seriously want you to install the game. I played through the tutorial area before installing the game and pretty much all textures had to pop in every time the camera or characters moved, and the framerate was all over the place. Installing the game makes everything run with nary a hitch.
I'm nearly done with my 360 playthrough, so I'll be reviewing it tomorrow or Monday probably. Really impressed overall, although I'm most excited to see the EE running on my PC.
Snapshot King
Member
Oh relax I'm just trollin. It's fine. The only thing I really have an issue with is the extreme length of some of these sentences and the fact that your attention grabber is so far reaching as to be useless. Best RPG ever on a console is kind of nuts as a first thing to read.
SerArthurDayne
Member
I can see how that might be confusing. Better compared to ME1 and ME2 is what I meant to say. As I think my second sentence made clear, the Witcher 2 is better than ME3.
Hell Yes!
Man I know that we shouldn't turn this into a vs thread, but all this talk of W2 being superior to the ME series is getting me hyped, as I enjoyed the series greatly (minus the ending of ME3 of course), specifically the plots that focused around gray areas (the sub plot of Mordin and Tuchanka in ME2 & ME3 is one of the best stories in gaming imo) so hearing W2 is more so in that area of choices/story telling is great.
Krappadizzle
Member
Also Pramath, Thank you, thank you, thank you for mentioning the damn orchestral score. The Withcer 2's music is some of the best I've heard in gaming history. It has great epic sweeping moments as well as gentle barely there backround flutes. The score did not get enough attention last year when all the reviews came out.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I giggled at the comparison, although at least that scene in ME3 doesn't have
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
wait till 'e drops 'is fookin' guard
Complistic
Member
I wasn't really insinuating anything. Just a funny "comparison"
I'll vouch for this. If you don't install it, there will be pop ins and screen tearing at least (allegedly, there are also frame rate drops, but I never encountered any of those myself).
Installing the game takes care of most of these issues.
I know, haha.
And I know it might come off as a bit hyperbolic, but honestly, I feel that way. I struggle to think of a console RPG that I have liked better than I did TW2.
It's posted above
Haha, I love the music! I got the OST disc with the game, and all those tunes are now in my iPod, on my most frequently played playlist.
EDIT: Damn, another double post. Sorry!
Yes, I am thinking that this is going to be quite a nice remedy after being taken to the top of a mountain with Mass Effect 3, only to be ultimately kicked in the balls and thrown over the edge at the conclusion. Definitely looking forward to seeing if the claims of CDPR being the new BioWare are indeed true. I know I certainly approve of how they operate and respect the gaming community. 'Tis truly a rarity to see these days.
Lion Heart
Banned
Is it normal for a DS3 (motionjoy 360 emulated) to feel a bit off playing this game? Its not the worst thing ever but if you hold the analog stick and let the camera pan, it does these pauses, almost like autoaim is centering on an object as it spins. Its a bit janky in other ways too.
PC related- My cpu is 48 deg Celsius running this game, within tolerances? Overclocked to 4.2ghz (i5 2500k)
PC related- My cpu is 48 deg Celsius running this game, within tolerances? Overclocked to 4.2ghz (i5 2500k)
I wish I had 48C under load. That's about what I get while idle.
Actually, how the hell do you get 48C while playing TW2? From what I hear temps of over 70C are common for this game. Mine's 90+.
Nice brag, bro.
keltickennedy
Member
I get temps around 46C-47C. Liquid Coooooooooooling.
Lion Heart
Banned
Relax bros, I dont know shit about hardware. The guy I bought this thing from said it never goes above 32 deg C. What a liar.
Also I checked by restarting the PC and going to bios, it was probably a bit higher. Anyway thats cool then.
Motionjoy...is it janky or is it the game?
Also I checked by restarting the PC and going to bios, it was probably a bit higher. Anyway thats cool then.
Motionjoy...is it janky or is it the game?
toastyToast
Member
You say that as if it's a good thing
Mine only ever gets to the mid 40s with a CM212+. Once you get into the mid 70s C you're in the danger zone and you need to do something about it. It's possible you could be getting false readings, but take no chances.
Well 100 is supposed to be my card's limit. 75 is what I get for most games. I just tried underclocking it and that didn't work. Dusting the inside with air didn't do anything either. I'm told that my computer's case just has insufficient airflow.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Never had an issue with temps, but my rig has a big case, lots of fans, and a huge CPU cooler. Avg 25-35C idle on each core. My vid card has a TwinFrozr cooler on it, temps on idle are around 32-35C there.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
He's talking about his CPU not GPU, if your CPU is running at 75+ degrees regularly you have some serious problems.
I currently don't have the game installed, but I do own it on Steam. Is the EE stuff going to be a patch, or will the Steam download incorporate a new executable and assets into the main download if you download the game after the EE is released and only download it as a patch for those that already have it.
Basically, if I'm going to be stuck downloading it as a patch even after release, I'll go ahead and start the download on Steam now for the original/base game and have the game on my PC already. Does anyone know how that is going to work?
Basically, if I'm going to be stuck downloading it as a patch even after release, I'll go ahead and start the download on Steam now for the original/base game and have the game on my PC already. Does anyone know how that is going to work?
Jay Shadow
Member
After the Enhanced Edition is released on Steam, that'll be the version you download when you start from scratch.
Cool, I'll just wait then, thanks.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Where do I go exactly to preload the additional content?
Inferno313
Banned
A fair amount. It's not constant but they show a lot when it is in there.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Great, thanks. Do I have to download the files into a specific directory or can it be anywhere?
Anywhere, but you need to download extra files on the 17th, so just make sure those are in the same directory.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
this is GOG only right?
Yeah its actually not that bad. Only a few scenes, and its done fairly tastefully.
People have said it apparently doesn't work with Steam. I have the GOG version so I dunno.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
You were faithful to Triss didn't you?
I've seen the other scenes but its hardly frequent over a 25hr game. Say in comparison to something like Game of Thrones where there's at least 2 per episode thrown in for kicks. I know, different case and all, but still comparable enough to give an idea. I do agree though, when its there, there is alot.
I understand why they pushed the sex a bit in the marketing campaign but you would think reviewers would call foul and say: well you know, actually there's not all that much nudity, exept when its there, its a lot.
instead everyone talks about it as if you see nudity all the time
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Well yes, you are right, there aren't that many.
the difficulty also includes the Dark setting after the last patch 2.0. I assume this option will exist for the 360 version as well. Dark can not be changed back once it is taken off and you will lose the bonus armour that comes with it. I played on easy to learn the game then restarted and switched to dark. As a noob to the series I had difficult times on dark but this is proabably the better setting for difficulty, especially if you want the cool armours. These have to be made from diagrams however and require a shit load of supplies and orens to build. I have seen others recommend just start on dark adn keep it there.... and I concur......makes it so much easier than worrying what setting to put it on a ll the time, even if you choose not to build the armours.Tnere is one tough part where you have to play as a ghost and as such lose your magic and alchemy cntrubution and are forced to use sword adn block only...this part may be tough on dark if you don't upgrade your sword tree at all. I had trouble on that part but have sinceused spoilers to figure out that there is a cheese spot/simple strategy which should improve it. Still say go dark as this spot is the only spot so far that I was not super powered usingthe magic tree.
Souls games feel just right to me in that every thing that happens to my character is closely linked to my button pressing. Full use of the R1 and R2 buttons was a good way to increase diversity adn the moveset changing for each weapon was so superior a move I can't even begin to compare other games that do not do this to that which is the souls combat. It is simply the best I have tried. Witcher does not use the r1 nor2 for combat and all swords have the same move set. When the guy does dance around it is arbitrary as far as I can tell and based on whether there is an enemy creeping into range or not. Basically I end up mashing x and hoping for the best. I think the magic an hotkey slow time but not stop in Witcher is actually superior ot any game I have tried but I really wish there was the full souls combat style for the witcher....combining more souls style combat in any rpg continues to be my plead.
yes this is worth a shot...the game is amazing even with weird combat...I just put the combat on easy for now and am having fun with the characters....althoguh the voice acting is not as good as tw2. For 9.99 on steam or gog there isn't any real reason not to try it out.
do laptops have a thermometer as well? how can I test my temperature?