You can slow down time by holding down the attack button when near an enemy, can help a lot with the timing. Just need to then go out and come back at a good angle.
The horseback combat is laughably bad, I have so much trouble hitting anything and horseback on horseback sword play just involves me and bandits running in circles whiffing at air. Am I doing this wrong?
The horseback combat is laughably bad, I have so much trouble hitting anything and horseback on horseback sword play just involves me and bandits running in circles whiffing at air. Am I doing this wrong?
I just finished the story and aside from swimming missions and riding the damn horse I absolutely love this game. I was playing trying to do every single thing early on in Velen and then after several hours of playing and hunting down points of interest I realized that I hadn't put a dent in to the game, I'd probably be at it until next year. So I just focused on main story stuff and the game was still hefty. The story was fantastic, I really enjoyed it. As usual combat isn't Witcher's strong suit but it wasn't the worst.
I'd say more but my ability to write coherent sentences is something that never fully matured. Now time to do a much slower, more thorough playthrough.
I am not gud at this vidya game business. I am playing on 'Story and Sword' and even mobs two levels up are destroying me. Hell, I came across two level five alghouls and it took me 4 or 5 attempts to beat them (I am at level 4). Failing quests which are suggested for level 7.
Tried a couple of side quests I spotted while riding around where enemies were level 8 or 9. Got destroyed.
My next two story quests suggest that I should be level 5 or 6, I need to find some quests to level up a couple of times.
Finally done with the main questline in Novigrad, although that of course leaves a bunch of threads in play that I've yet to follow. It doesn't have the emotional punch of Family Matters + Ladies of the Woods, but the intricacy of it is still really damn good. I guess it goes for the game in general, but the way the writing incorporates your decisions - and your actions that break intended sequence of play - and takes it all in stride is pretty marvelous.
I think it's time to finally explore the southern end of No Man's Land, and go for some of the upgrades I don't have. Maybe find some more red mutagens, finish brewing some decoctions, finish out contracts. This fucking game, man.
Wow, so that's how you should deal with Noonwraiths like the White Lady or Jenny of the Woods. when she splits up, she starts draining life from you when she gets close. What you do is run away and hit the clones with a bolt from your crossbow to beat them and still prevent them from draining your life. That would have made the earlier fights so much easier, lol
I decided to *Return to Crookback Bog* and the red-eyed devil pony I turned loose on the unsuspecting countryside is behaving badly. The Baron said he was going with or without me, so, I figured I might as well.
I mean, it was evil death pony or let the children get eaten. Sigh, well, the swamp's a-waitin'.
Thought this was a nice little detail. I was running in the forest, pack of wolves behind me. Ran into a few guards and the guards start firing arrows and fighting the wolves back.
Wow, so that's how you should deal with Noonwraiths like the White Lady or Jenny of the Woods. when she splits up, she starts draining life from you when she gets close. What you do is run away and hit the clones with a bolt from your crossbow to beat them and still prevent them from draining your life. That would have made the earlier fights so much easier, lol
Thought this was a nice little detail. I was running in the forest, pack of wolves behind me. Ran into a few guards and the guards start firing arrows and fighting the wolves back.
Thought this was a nice little detail. I was running in the forest, pack of wolves behind me. Ran into a few guards and the guards start firing arrows and fighting the wolves back.
dodging and rolling in this game happen at the speed of molasses. I press the buttons when I see an attack beginning and still get hit. Quen is pretty much a must against multiple enemies, at least early on (< lvl 10). I am still learning the ins and outs of the combat, it's my first Witcher game. Clearly not your typical button-masher.
Turns out upgrading witcher armors, trousers, boots and gauntlets don't change anything aesthetically. After seeing a world so big with so much details, I don't know why but it really bugs me and I feel disappointed.
I think only the chest piece changes, cause the leggings stayed the same. But the chest piece definitely changed. You get more spikes and more "leathery"
Turns out upgrading witcher armors, trousers, boots and gauntlets don't change anything aesthetically. After seeing a world so big with so much details, I don't know why but it really bugs me and I feel disapointed.
Finally got a chance to really sit down and play this last night and wow, I'm seriously impressed with everything. Performance seems pretty good on my 280X (mostly ultra, high foliage, high shadows, no hairworks, HBAO+, ~45-50 fps average). Movement controls are a bit loose but I'm really loving the combat controls which are quite responsive. Atmosphere and characters are insanely good. I'm playing on the hardest difficulty for that authentic Witcher experience of being heavily beat up or near death after every monster fight.
I don't really stream many games but I'm doing it for this one. Here are some highlights I had from last night in White Orchard (I've basically just killed [boss spoiler]
the griffin, not sure how much of a spoiler that is
):
Some random wargs and a wolf pack. This shows off both how intense some fights can be and how responsive the controls are. I die like 10 times but at no point did I feel it was because I wasn't in control but mostly because I was outlevelled (I was level 2, they were level 5) with crappy gear against agile foes. If I had the +100% damage I have now at level 3 after that boss and after getting some ability points (I had just 1 in this video), it would have been a lot easier because I would have basically killed one wolf with every combo I did, quickly evening the odds.
I love how the fights in this game are like a dance with death. (Victory battle starts at 8:15 if you want to skip to that) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfx2pqSqRxE
A bandit camp. Having gone through those wolves, most every other fight was relatively a piece of cake. I do this fight in one try. Some random dodges and rolls to avoid arrow shots turned out to be really well timed. Had 3 finishers occur. Human enemies are far more predictable in their movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xipZ0oD_Q
The aforementioned boss fight. Only needed 3 tries to beat it. This link is to the final try where I got a better handle on how to position behind him for some good combos. https://youtu.be/rE8Z-m9zrLY?t=7m53s
I experienced a weird bug where the game kept me in combat after I sprinted away from some higher level enemies. Combat even persisted through cutscenes and quests and everything. Couldn't save manually and the battle music kept playing. Fortunately, checkpoint saves were still made, and loading one got me out of combat.
Like all the other Witcher outfits you need to find the diagrams, but I really cant remember where if found it. I usually loot stuff and walk away. Check under your "Treasure Hunting" tab in quests and see if theres anything there for Griffin Witcher armor.
I think only the chest piece changes, cause the leggings stayed the same. But the chest piece definitely changed. You get more spikes and more "leathery"
man.. fuck. think im sticking with this death march save and replaying
game is even more fun this way. don't think you really need to use stuff as oils in blood and broken bones. each encounter really matters here and im surprised at how much im enjoying replaying what I played just 2 days ago
maybe it's cause I enjoy the combat tho and I know some people here don't. I think I was burnt out on the batman-ness of every new release
