orthodoxy1095
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Weird seeing all these complaints about the gwent tutorial. I was lucky I guess, because I had no problem. I had no idea that section was a problem until I came on here.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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MatrixMan.EXE
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I asked here yesterday but no one seemed to respond lol. Does anyone know where to get the Formula for Moon Dust bombs?
sciencerob
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This is my first Witcher game. Its fun, the side quests are meaningful which is rare (Much better than: Go to crypt, kill one bad guy, complete quest dialogue for your reward). They each feel important and have stories that you care about and may impact you. The fact that there is so much grey area and a blur of right and wrong (helping someone out who may in fact be a murderer who lied to you or similar things) is great.
Currently I'm having trouble making money (I'm on the BloodBones difficulty) which is making upgrading weapons difficult. I'm not sure the way around this. I am okay with upkeep systems (repair) but it seems that you often have to go repair which takes it toll on your money.
Not as much "sex" as there was rumored to be. There was one scene with nudity although it was decently tasteful and it was more about helping the player understand Geralt's relationship.
Combat is pretty good imo. Its challenging and punishes the player who is looking to play this as a "mashing" action-rpg. Tactics and planning are definitely required (for instance I am currently trying to upgrade my weapons because I couldn't kill a Were-wolf....leading to this loop). I definitely like the challenge. One note is that you can't depend on Geralt to pull out the current weapon all the time. If you do the enemies will occasionally hit you before you can block in time.
My major complaint is loading times. I'm on PS4 and it seriously takes 60 seconds+ everytime I die. There are some frame rate problems occasionally (frame rate is not that important to me) which may be distracting if you are the type who hates that.
But seriously people... how do I make money? I can't beat the werewolf in the second zone (I'm almost level 4). I get his health down before he
uses his regen at which point I can't beat out his healing per second
Fleet_of_Foot
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Can I make potions or does someone do it for me? I feel like I'm picking up SO MUCH shit and I can't make anything.
DOWN
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Is there no way to get the names over every rabbit and peasant to turn off? It sort of ruins HUD-less play.
Lol the response is "well mine doesn't look like that"
Console vs console visuals, it don't look so hot to me and in my PS4 experiences.
Those are both PS4, and one has much worse foliage with very little AO, so even in consideration of scale, that poor impression will be made on me since we've already had a few games with good open world foliage this gen. Sure, I'll play on and understand that scale is a factor, but that doesn't mean I get to stop seeing disappointing visuals. It looks frequently worse in the foliage and environment department than a cross gen game from over a year and a half before it.
There's like no AO and lots of missing shadows/depth in W3, and for being over a year and a half newer and current gen only, the character models (which I already praised in my earlier post) don't turn the tide for the whole visual impression.
Lol the response is "well mine doesn't look like that"
Console vs console visuals, it don't look so hot to me and in my PS4 experiences.
Those are both PS4, and one has much worse foliage with very little AO, so even in consideration of scale, that poor impression will be made on me since we've already had a few games with good open world foliage this gen. Sure, I'll play on and understand that scale is a factor, but that doesn't mean I get to stop seeing disappointing visuals. It looks frequently worse in the foliage and environment department than a cross gen game from over a year and a half before it.
There's like no AO and lots of missing shadows/depth in W3, and for being over a year and a half newer and current gen only, the character models (which I already praised in my earlier post) don't turn the tide for the whole visual impression.
ScepticMatt
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You can move the HUD right to the edges by changing uiVerticalFrameScale and uiHorizontalFrameScale in settings.ini
Very useful while playing in 4:3 or 16:10 aspect ratios. Something like 1.05 for 4:3, 1.02 for 16.10 for vertical.
Very useful while playing in 4:3 or 16:10 aspect ratios. Something like 1.05 for 4:3, 1.02 for 16.10 for vertical.
You need to find or buy diagrams. Edit: Oh you mean in general? Yes, open the alchemy panel.
Lifejumper
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Use Igni on the wolf.
texhnolyze
Banned
Open your character sheets and go to the alchemy tab.
You can brew/create your own potions, mutagens, oils, and bombs if you have the ingredients.
Ray Wonder
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Welp, time for me to wait for another 20 or so hours before I can play again. Goodnight Geralt. I'll miss you and Roach. lol
Anyone else fight that
? it was funniest thing in the game so far, made it land right in the room below and trapped it.
Yes you make them yourself. Go to the alchemy section and see what you're missing.
Wyvern in Lornruk
Yes you make them yourself. Go to the alchemy section and see what you're missing.
bigwinnerx
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I'm sure I missed a better way but the bit where you're walking with a character and have to stay within a protected area against beasts, Geralt's wild and imprecise attack animation immediately throws you outside the protected range and your health gets pummeled. It took me forever to get through that part.
sciencerob
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I have been (Thats what I've put all my points into actually...)
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Huh? If anything I find the AO in the PS4 version too heavy. For better and worse it's very noticeable, it certainly can't be accused of lacking AO.
MassiveNights
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I think there is emerald dust in that cave you are stuck in.
Make sure you go to all the question marks in the first zone to pick up armor, weapon blueprints and sell off the weapons you find.
Craft the Swallow potion so you can stop buying food or water.
Nah, just asking a question. I really don't care what you think, I just thought the screen you posted didn't look very good.
PoweredBySoy
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I liked W1 and 2, mostly, but I never found them interesting enough to finish to completion. I didn't dislike them enough to actively stop playing... one day I put the controller down and they just sort of faded from interest, and I never got back to them. I suspect this one will have the same fate with me.
There is a bomb that can negate monsters abilities.
Ahh this sucks. Mine crashed the first time literally as soon as you gain control of Geralt in bedroom, but hasn't been a problem since.
MatrixMan.EXE
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The Moon Dust bomb. I still don't know where to get the formula though. And no one else seems to know.
Thatonemoor
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So I was playing the game and died, tried to load from the most recent save but it wouldn't load after a few minutes. So I closed the game and tried to play it again. No it just sitting at the title screen saying "Please wait". I'm playing the Xbox One version anyone know what's up?
Whew, made it to Skellig. Boat ride was a tad costly, but luckily I had scrounged together almost 3k crowns. Do those monster contracts people! Easy (well maybe not) 250+ coins for each job
Have you made it active from the sign wheel?
Have you made it active from the sign wheel?
Twin Tails
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Where is the Vivaldi Bank? Map is big, I am trying to find it.
Yup, works on consoles like that.
Yup, works on consoles like that.
Summer Haze
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I wish the console version had chromatic aberration.
Why the hell would you want that?
Net_Wrecker
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Getting stun locked because every enemy in this game is on crack is infuriating, as is Geralt being incredibly finicky about getting into his gotdamn combat stance. It's unfortunate that the Red Dead Redemption comparisons also extend to the sluggish controls/animations.
Also: Weight and durability in a game where you're constantly being flooded with items continue to be some of the worst RPG systems ever. The inventory meta-game is such a gigantic waste of time.
Also: Weight and durability in a game where you're constantly being flooded with items continue to be some of the worst RPG systems ever. The inventory meta-game is such a gigantic waste of time.
I like the way it looks.
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I'm having trouble identifying it then I guess. I think graphically it looks dated and AO was what I thought was a factor in that impression, but feel free to help me find accurate terms.
I Completed 1 and 2. They are both great games, 3 is turning out great as well. 3 is reminding me of 1 in that its difficult to pick up, but it's all the better for it.
Wish some of the music from 1 would come back in 3.
I just finished the main storyline of the game and wow it was an emotional rollercoaster. Just when you think it's the end of the game, it just keeps going. There were multiple times where I thought that the climax of the game was happening but it was like one after another. More people need to finish the storyline so I can talk about it lol. The entire plotline with Ciri and
was incredible I live for that kind of lore.
quickly became one of my favorite characters. Also sidenote, riding your boat in Skellige with the instrumental playing and seeing (landmark spoiler)
in the distance is just super bittersweet because you know how important it is. Honestly there were so many wonderful quests favorites def being
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, and of course the entire final act of the game. I felt an incredible sense of wonder while playing this, it was so good.
Avallac'h
Avallac'h
Tor Gvalch'ca
where Geralt, Eskel, and Lambart get drunk as hell and dressed up in Yennefer's dresses and use her megascope
Throught Time and Space (because wow at the alternate worlds)
LOLCats
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UpDownLeftRight
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So you're the guy they keep putting it in games for
I'm having trouble identifying it then I guess. I think graphically it looks dated and AO was what I thought was a factor in that impression, but feel free to help me find accurate terms.
What's the source for that shot? Clearly it isn't rendering any grass shadows there which is leaving things obviously disconnected. I've seen grass shadows numerous times on PS4 so if that isn't from a PC with the shadows for grass turned off then it's a bug. Typically the game looks better than that.
Summer Haze
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I'm so glad you didn't develop this game.
But in all seriousness, I think it's used very subtly on consoles, to the point where you can only notice it if you zoom in on certain objects at the edge of the screen. Which begs the question why even use it at all?
M.W.
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Total playtime?
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I've had to overcome this bullcrap by always starting every fight with a dodge backward (Souls-style) otherwise he always gets popped right in the beginning.
Dodging gives him time to get his weapon out.
I've also completely given up on lock-on... it's easier to play without it, since the lock-on so often randomly disengages adding jank. I only lock in 1v1 now. It helps.
I love how his "quick" attack is him spinning around like a dipshit. And takes ten fucking years to land a hit, if he even connects. It doesn't even look cool, so I don't understand their thinking. Maybe if the spin was the second or third swing in a combo, but as an opener? So stupid.
So you're the guy they keep putting it in games for
Tastefully done chromatic aberration is so yummy. Some developers just don't know how to use it correctly.
The Order used it perfectly and it looked amazing but then you have games like Dying Light which just look horrible with it on.
ClayKavalier
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Quick question, my Geralt has some ugly purple face paint all of a sudden, I have no idea how it got there but it looks really stupid. I can't figure out how to get rid of it.
I noticed it after talking to the herbalist in the first area. I'm not sure if that's what caused it somehow, but I noticed it immediately after talking to her. There's like purple streaks going down his face.
I'm pretty sure I didn't equip anything that should have done this. Anyone else have this happen and know how to stop it?
I noticed it after talking to the herbalist in the first area. I'm not sure if that's what caused it somehow, but I noticed it immediately after talking to her. There's like purple streaks going down his face.
I'm pretty sure I didn't equip anything that should have done this. Anyone else have this happen and know how to stop it?
45 hours (for now).
GwyndolinCinder
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For those that have finished if i've just slain a certain werewolf like creature in the isle's, how deep in am i?
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