Alcoholikaust
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so well written-that entire quest is insane
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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so well written-that entire quest is insane
alt tabbing does pause cut scenes on PC
I really, really hope that at least the design of the monster hunting quests becomes more common in RPG's. It's so much more rewarding to kill them when you had to study them beforehand.
Does this apply to PC w/ a controller? Is there a sensitivity option? I tried playing M/K but hated it, and the controller just feels perfect for this game.
Yeah, I dropped it even further than that.
The weird "hang" of the camera when rotating seems to be much less pronounced when you decrease the camera sensitivity and it still feels fast enough for me.
Was the first thing I did.
No crashes during my time playing release night.
Yesterday, I switched to Nvidia "Optimized Settings" and crashed three times (froze) -- once during the bath cutscene, once just sitting at the inventory screen, and once looting from the bloody battlefield side mission.
Turned off "Optimized Settings" for the last hour or so last night, and got no more crashes.
Obviously I can't say for certain Nvidia's settings fucked me up, either way it sucked after having four hours with no problems on release night, to then having three closely grouped crashes.
Both settings were similar, mine had medium hairworks but no HBAO+ as one difference.
Loving the game, but crashes make me nervous.
Yesterday, I switched to Nvidia "Optimized Settings" and crashed three times (froze) -- once during the bath cutscene, once just sitting at the inventory screen, and once looting from the bloody battlefield side mission.
Turned off "Optimized Settings" for the last hour or so last night, and got no more crashes.
Obviously I can't say for certain Nvidia's settings fucked me up, either way it sucked after having four hours with no problems on release night, to then having three closely grouped crashes.
Both settings were similar, mine had medium hairworks but no HBAO+ as one difference.
Loving the game, but crashes make me nervous.
Not finished yet, but I am surprised by my turn of feelings in this quests. Bloody good writing.
What is "the boss of the first area" supposed to mean. Bronn is the boss, but I am sure you refer to
the griffin encounter.
Damn. I read that beastiary but must've missed that blurb. Thanks
Daffy Duck
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Yeah, I finished playing 2 the the other night, and the combat between this and 2 is worlds apart IMHO.
flipswitch
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Has anyone got a trophy/achievement yet? From 7hrs30mins of play time nothing lol.
His Majesty
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The hint is in the name of the monster. It is classified as a noonwraith. If you come back at night, you can explore the area and the monster will not appear.
There is a achievement on steam for meeting
Yennefer
Hans.Gruber
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Twin Tails
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yup same for me, he is dead btw.
Daffy Duck
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I got the 'Fist of the South Star' last night.
When you come out of the Inn and those three guys give you grief.
Yep, I actually dropped it to .75 during the tutorial cause it felt way to loose.
Is it always so windy? it's like a constant 40 mph gust...at least in the first town.
flipswitch
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Feels like there's some acceleration applied on the default.
I got 4 achievement in about 15 hours.
It's so extremely addictive. I played from the time I got home from work yesterday until the time I went to bed. I only stopped for 20 minutes to eat dinner when I started hearing my stomach growling through my headphones.
Mmmmmhm. Gonna order this badboy on Sunday night! Found a place that sells it for 40 EUR (which is a small sum of 360 SEK). Quite a nice rebate. Retail disc from legit site (Spelbutiken, for any interested Swedes)
That + 4x2gB ram sticks because 4gB ain't cutting it and next week will be awesome. I'll have to finish up Witcher 2 quickly this week though :lol
That + 4x2gB ram sticks because 4gB ain't cutting it and next week will be awesome. I'll have to finish up Witcher 2 quickly this week though :lol
Admiral Woofington
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Yep. Didn't even want to read the guide as it would cut into precious witcher 3 time lawl
I want to emphasize I haven't done this with a game since witcher 2.
I am loving this game. But i don't like the segmented world. Also... the points of interest are few and kinda spread evenly. I wish i could just stumble on more things as i explore. Right now i just kinda set my marker to the next question mark and head over there. =\ kinda takes away from the exploration.
Think i've had a couple at least one in the prologue area.
Non-story spoilers
Combat related one when I was destroying bandit camps on my horse, think it was for not getting hit.
Inferno313
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Wonder if a lot of people's issues with controls and combat come from the lower framerate of the console versions? I'm playing on PC with a smooth 60, and while the combat is not on the level of a Souls game, it's pretty smooth, I like the amount of options I have, I like the difficulty. I think in comparison to nearly all open-world RPGs it's near the top of the heap.
No, it's not on par at all with a game that's ALL about the combat like Souls or God of War, but it's much better than an Elder Scrolls game or Fable game, in my opinion.
EDIT: Bah, bottom of the page.
No, it's not on par at all with a game that's ALL about the combat like Souls or God of War, but it's much better than an Elder Scrolls game or Fable game, in my opinion.
EDIT: Bah, bottom of the page.
His Majesty
Banned
The storms in this game...so good.
flipswitch
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I seem to be doing that too, but I think you can turn off the markers somewhere.
Hans.Gruber
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Yeah, I kept overshooting stuff I wanted to loot and couldn't keep geralt straight.
0.75 does the trick tho. Now let me increase the font size in the menus and I have a perfect game.
SaberVulcan
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4 apparently. About 8-9 hours in
There are some points of interest that dont appear on the map, at least at first. I was wandering around last night and found 2 different spots that resulted in a quest/scripted event which were not on the map. I just wandered near a building in both cases.
I'd like to know this too. I noticed you could upgrade the torso and thankfully still had it.
flipswitch
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Come to think of it I may have gained one trophy unless I'm confusing it with another game. I will check tomorrow.
I think one problem with the markers is the missing background information, once you get them from the notice board.
Every marker has his own little story, but after you get the notice you can't read it again. I'm missing a way to assign interest points to notices and read them again.
Have you gotten to the main map yet? White Orchard is a bit sparse but so far in Velen I'm finding it's so massive and I'm stumbling onto a lot more quests and the like.
Controller seems to be working best. Combat controls suit it much better.
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I'm using a 360 controller, it's fine apart from ranged combat, using a crossbow is as awkward as fucking a doorknob.
SinSilla
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I like the gamepad controls, it feels like its slightly compensating some of those jerky movement.
I just saw a huge build to a storm. But it never actually rained. Most epic sunset with black clouds rolling in a gusts of winds.... and then it got clear haha
Dragon1893
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Indeed, this is what being a Witcher is all about and I'm glad that this time they designed the first big encounter in a way that really gets that across.
I'm hoping that the game has creatures that can't be killed without specific oils or potions.
The semi-official combat mods for the first 2 games added this feature (for example, it was completely impossible to kill specters without specter oil). These things shouldn't just be there to make fights easier, in certain situations they should be a necessity.
360 controller. Played TW2 with kb/m but going with controller for this one, it works well.
It has to be said that despite the scale the game seems more polished at release than the previous games were.
Brutalitops
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So I've never been a big RPG guy, in fact Mass Effect 2 is the only RPG I've ever really gotten Into and it's rather light on RPG elements, but it's a genre I would love to get into, and Witcher 3 looks like such a fantastically made game that I'm considering starting there.
Are the first 2 games required before playing?
Are the first 2 games required before playing?
GwyndolinCinder
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My ingame playtime is over a day already, only level 11...
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