Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
You have to buy them off the merchant you save at white orchard. 400 coins for each dlc
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You have to buy them off the merchant you save at white orchard. 400 coins for each dlc
Finally made it through to Velen after like...5 or 6 hours in White Orchard. No grinding, just visiting every point of interest and completing every quest. Annoyed that I missed part of the Griffin chain by obtaining the herb earlier. Incredible otherwise.
Approximately how far in am I after arriving in Velen?
Approximately how far in am I after arriving in Velen?
Argh I don't know what to do with the three ladies!
do I help the tree or kill it!? The witches seem dickish but not like "gotta kill them dickish" and the tree could easily be lying? But then again those witches are kind of dicks... where the kids at tree? Where the kids at!?
Literally, the only time I feel the need to immediately fast travel is when I need to repair my equipment asap. Other than that, I'm like you and have simply been soaking in the atmosphere on horseback, taking in the sights and enjoying the world CD Projekt RED has crafted.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Yeah pretty much exactly how I feel. There are times where it looks stunning, and like you said outdoors looks great, so maybe I'm just spending too much time in Novigrad. I just need to not be such a graphics whore, but it's hard lol
LookAtMeGo
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wanderingprostheyltite
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Lol, you've got a lot of game left. White orchard is a postage stamp compared to the rest.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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I say damn, Im barely surviving and I have to pay for that. Next time I won't even bother installing them lol
Thanks for answering
the_batman
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this makes me think of how curved swords would do a better job of slicing people up.
then it made me think of a witcher game during samurai times in japan.
CDPR, make it happen.
LookAtMeGo
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Excellent. Thank you.
So at this Garrison in White Orchid, there's a chest in their Base that seems to have some good wares inside, a Tumerian Sword or something similar included. Can I loot it and then leg it away from them all, and will they forget me if I return? Or do they forever remember you stole?
Obliterator
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You just started the actual game. White Orchard is the tutorial zone.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Hey I'm with you it's hard for me too. I've been playing gta v on pc the last few weeks with a killer sweet fx profile so yeah it's kind of jarring having the inconsistent quality going on visually in Witcher. Still enjoying it though, just there's that part of me that keeps yelling internally "why can't you look better?!" lol.
Like in the overall game? You just finished the prologue lol. There's three acts.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
lol yeah dude I ain't gonna lie I did some coin glitch in Novigrad to get 1000 coins real quick just so I could get the dlc. Before that the most coins I had at one time was like 200.
IAmRandom31
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Getting my ass handed to me by these spiders z. Big one kills me in one hit almost
Akiyama_AE
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Theres so much to do! in Velen i refuse to go to Skellege yet
I'd like to also repost a few "cheats" a user on reddit made for PC users that makes things better IMO.
I found it slightly irritating before when a super rare sword I found would only sell for 17 crowns at a vendor only to see that same vendor jack the price up too 500+ crowns when I try to buy it back.
Well, Geralt is a Witcher not a Mage.
GiecuMan said:
I found it slightly irritating before when a super rare sword I found would only sell for 17 crowns at a vendor only to see that same vendor jack the price up too 500+ crowns when I try to buy it back.
Well, Geralt is a Witcher not a Mage.
Same here.
White orchard had enough visual landmarks to make exploration by eye actually doable and the distances were appropriate and areas varied enough to never make me want to fast travel.
I only fast traveled at one point to maintain all important buffs for a certain fight.
LookAtMeGo
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Hopefully after Cyberpunk. That would be amazing.
Gerutai of Ryujo, a Ronin wandering Japan during the Sengoku Jidai, taking work where he can find it. Fighting bandits for the local peasantry, a la 7 Samurai.
EatChildren
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congratulations on completing the tutorial
haha I've spent like 8 running around in White Orchard. The scenery is amazing and it's such a perfect size to explore, not too big but still full of surprises.
Yeah I don't know why they didn't just employ the system from the Witcher 2. If it ain't broke....
VanCityGamer
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I really wish the stupid "talk" prompt could be turned off. Everything else can which is great. But the "Talk peasant" above everyone's head takes away some immersion. And it even pops up from quite a distance. In a town, have a bunch of floating text. That really agitates me.
flipswitch
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So white orchard is considered the tutorial?
apparently,which is absurd lol
Yep.
The key is near that underwater chest on one of the human bodies ashore. There most likely will be Drowners.
Laurentius
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Personally I would consider White Orchard the Prologue not the Tutorial.
Yup. Game doesn't really start until Velen
Does it really or is this just the usual exaggeration that people make with these "200 hour long omg" games?
Its a prologue but its also very much a tutorial in the sense that most of the quests are designed to introduce you to the different aspects of gameplay.
WanderingWind
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Exaggeration. I don't even know what they'd be referring to, considering everything that happens before Velen.
flipswitch
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I've put 10hrs in white orchard and I'm about the start the
I think I'm ready for it. I was just completing other minor quests before that.
griffin quest
I am about 8-9 hours in, and still at level 1 in the prologue area (White Orchard) lol. I am playing it on Death March tho, and enjoying every minute of it
You've not encountered Roston Muggs yet?
Begging for help again.
There is a bandit camp to the far west of velan, near the shore, there is a large rock with blood on it.
Weest of fyke isle
I can not get this bandit camp to show i have completed it.
I do not know what I am missing, but it is clearly something. I have looted everyone and everything. Nothing shows up in my witcher senses.
There is a bandit camp to the far west of velan, near the shore, there is a large rock with blood on it.
Weest of fyke isle
I can not get this bandit camp to show i have completed it.
I do not know what I am missing, but it is clearly something. I have looted everyone and everything. Nothing shows up in my witcher senses.
Laurentius
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I will never not cast a spell around children. Watching them run around screaming is one of the funniest things ever. (Only to have them stop 5 seconds later and then turn around and say to you "What happened to yer mug?".)
It really does. White Orchard is nothing compared to Velen and the rest of the game, it's just a tutorial/prologue area.
Exentryk
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I don't recall that name, so don't think so?
I've only gotten the Griffin quest, and am still finishing off some sidequests.
Net_Wrecker
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Once you start getting into the meat of the game it all comes together and really starts to shine. Not to say that it takes a long time for that to happen, but it's a different beast once you get out of White Orchard. It feels very holistic, and there's a level of quality present across the board from long interconnected quests to short one offs that I haven't encountered in an RPG of this type before. It's crazy how huge this game is considering the detail- 20 hours in and I haven't even really explored the east, west, or northern areas of Velen, much less Novigrad- but it's interesting how CDPR has managed to ground and personalize your interactions and missions through sheer mission design. As in pretty much everything you do feels designed. There are very few throwaway missions. Even short ones that could be inconsequential in another title snowball into bigger missions and general forward progression in a way that makes everything just work. The reluctance to fall into lazy MMO quest design is commendable.
I also love what Witcher Sense does for the game. At times you're pretty much playing Sherlock Holmes or Batman, it's so fun. I know there have been some people who dislike how much they lean on the mechanic, but it's a major part of how the title manages to craft these flowing missions that gradually piece themselves together without resorting to awkward open world WRPG storytelling. In fact, I like the detective/hunter aspects so much that I'm disappointed when the more bland, typical videogamey aspects rear their heads like dungeons that are very obviously fantasy dungeons, and encounters that play out exactly like you think those encounters will in a videogame. Detective Geralt is the best part of this.
And the soundtrack amazing as well. Every single track is great.
I also love what Witcher Sense does for the game. At times you're pretty much playing Sherlock Holmes or Batman, it's so fun. I know there have been some people who dislike how much they lean on the mechanic, but it's a major part of how the title manages to craft these flowing missions that gradually piece themselves together without resorting to awkward open world WRPG storytelling. In fact, I like the detective/hunter aspects so much that I'm disappointed when the more bland, typical videogamey aspects rear their heads like dungeons that are very obviously fantasy dungeons, and encounters that play out exactly like you think those encounters will in a videogame. Detective Geralt is the best part of this.
And the soundtrack amazing as well. Every single track is great.
Laurentius
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Yeah, that was a great moment (with a good sidequest to go along with it).
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