Looks like 6 hairstyles and 5 beard styles, unless other barbers in different locations offer more choices.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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Looks like 6 hairstyles and 5 beard styles, unless other barbers in different locations offer more choices.
littlemagician
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where do you check to see how many hours you have played for?
Ah, gotcha
On consoles its R2/RT in the various inventory screens. No idea on PC.
Absolutely. This has tons of activities that are repeated over and over again (20+ times so far where I am, probably more).
Once we get some distance and the launch hype out of the way, we'll see how people feel. It's good IMO, but it's extremely repetitive at times, just like Ubisoft Game and DA: I.
FreddieQuell
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What activities do you mean?
You can always swim...
littlemagician
Member
Umm so I am releasing some
is this bad?
tree spirit
jim2point0
Banned
Nope. Resetting my card and closing afterburner didn't work. I still get crashes in my inventory....
MAX PAYMENT
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Geralt's beard always grows right? Even if you cut it?
Revolutionary
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What town did he say he would be in? I forgot the name, but I ended up finding a supposedly different barber in a town anyway.
Nothing1016
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Yes.
Yep.
If you get a clean shave yes. If you pick one of the stylized beards it stays a single length/doesn't grow.
WetTreeLeaf
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Yeah I was so disappointing when I looked at the stats, anymore armors with cool trench coats?
UpDownLeftRight
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If you grab the DLC beards then it stops growing. Otherwise yes, it keeps growing.
MAX PAYMENT
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I'm pretty sure the treasure hunting quests repeat. It's your own fault for doing it 20+ tines.
Orochinagis
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So no advice for the griffin boss? I will try to fight him again pretty soon
I can't remember( not playing it atm) but it is a town with water by or around it. When you first go to him he thanks you etc.
Outtrigger888
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man it feels great to be sucked back into the RPG genre after 10+ years. First blood borne consumed 80+ hours of my life and now this seems like it will be 100+ hours. Good job CDPR on creating a world I wanna walk around and explore and discover. I was hesitant at first but once it clicked I was hooked. It pisses me off when people moan and groan about performance issues, when all I can see is the hard work this team put into making this game.
It's like Ubisoft Game climb the tow... I mean, touch the notice board to unlock activities on the map and then:
Eliminate X bandit camps
Destroy x monster nests
Clear x abandonded sites
Free X persons in distress
Find X guarded treasures
Find X smuggler's caches
Draw from X places of power
And so on..
What it does have going for it, is the challenge of navigating a world without level scaling, the normal quests and the fact, that there's only one open world Witcher game, so it kinda feels fresh.
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there's markings on the outside of the lighthouse. This brings up the penitent dialogue with the lighthouse keeper. Clearly the quest log shouldn't show that as failed yet until you've found the signs. Must be a mini-glitch/oversight
Been playing for 28 hours.
Geralt still hasn't ploughed anyone.
CDPR fucked up big-time.
Seriously though, there's so much shit to do, I get constantly distracted. OTOH, I'm in the middle of this witch quest in some caves that has gone on for hours. I think I'd rather go back to being distracted now.
Geralt still hasn't ploughed anyone.
CDPR fucked up big-time.
Seriously though, there's so much shit to do, I get constantly distracted. OTOH, I'm in the middle of this witch quest in some caves that has gone on for hours. I think I'd rather go back to being distracted now.
Treasure hunting quests are basically one of two things 1) under water or 2) fight a monster which is most of the time around level 20. Still far better then Skyrim etc.
Please don't tell me this is the merchant in a cage near the hanging tree ... Cause I can't find the key for the life of me and I think it might have bugged on me (he wasn't in the cage when I got there but after killing the bandits something else killed me and my last save was after killing the bandits. He appeared in the cage when I reloaded but no bandits and I worry that some how the key was supposed to load on them and didn't.
MAX PAYMENT
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I think this game is easily in my top top 5 now. Maybe even top 3. I absolutely love it.
But it does really make me want to see a zelda game in a similar format.
But it does really make me want to see a zelda game in a similar format.
Apoleptica
Banned
Not too long ago I began having the feeling that I was starting to get too old for gaming, as I seemed to have less and less fun with them and wasn't even motivated to play. Turns out I was just playing crappy games because I'm addicted as hell to the witcher and having a blast. I honestly haven't been this addicted to an rpg since probably KOTOR. This game is truly incredible.
Admiral Woofington
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Just cleared it. They had nothing. And I can't find the supposed road on White Orchard with a herbalist. I think I'm gonna nerd cry if I can't find this god damn manuscript lol
I used that potion to increase my attack (on top of already buffed attack and magic from the blacksmith wheel, statues etc), then kept rolling or walking back till my magic bar filled up, did a force push attack (which temporarily stuns him), got in one or two heavy slashes, then immediately rolled back again before he countered.
When he flew away, I hit him with crossbow shots, and rolled sideways just before he dived at me. Rinse repeat these strategies and you're golden. Just keep a high quantity of meat or bread in your quick selection, and use as you need.
shinobi602
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Turned down dat Keira ass?
This is the closest I've been to Zelda since OoT. Hoping to come across a few cool puzzles.
UpDownLeftRight
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Hye man, that's on you. Plenty of characters to plough and even some whores at Novigrad should you feel the itch to give Geralt....well the itch.
littlemagician
Member
I hate fighting the water hags
Outtrigger888
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There's no sense of discovery in ubisoft games, in this game when I head to a check point I get to walk through a beautiful world and see some amazing scenery and you never know what the area that your going to brings. Also quests pop up on the way that have amazing story lines.
One thing I love about this game is that while the side quests sometimes repeat at their most basic objectives, the robust storytelling often gives each quest large and small a unique flavor, and the way quests intertwine and feed into other each keeps it from feeling like the clinical affair that characterizes many other open-world games.
What mars the open-world style we see from devs like Ubisoft and Bethesda is that, along with some often pedestrian writing, the missions and other activities largely feel like you're just checking off boxes. You may feel that way here if you're not into the story and setting, but it's undeniable that the overall quest structures from start to end are a lot more involved than in many similar games.
It certainly helps that the world they've created and setting they've used are beautiful and entice you to want to engage with it.
What mars the open-world style we see from devs like Ubisoft and Bethesda is that, along with some often pedestrian writing, the missions and other activities largely feel like you're just checking off boxes. You may feel that way here if you're not into the story and setting, but it's undeniable that the overall quest structures from start to end are a lot more involved than in many similar games.
It certainly helps that the world they've created and setting they've used are beautiful and entice you to want to engage with it.
Norwegian_Imposter
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So i know this is sacrilege but where do you shave? and if you are at work and want to watch a fellow gaffer play pitcher with some tips come watch my stream as I'm playing now click here if you want to
orthodoxy1095
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Anyone have pictures of each hairstyle and beard?
Inferno313
Banned
I think the ratio of content like that to meaningful, bespoke, narrative content is much more favorable in The Witcher though. Most exploration zones in DA:I had hardly any quests as good as the secondary quests here. Even if you touch none of those repeatable activities and just do every quest, you'll probably get a similar game time to doing every repeatable side quest in DA:I.
LegalEagleMike
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Anyone else going out of their way to let the world know trolls are just misunderstood?
littlemagician
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Okay, what would have happened if i decided to
give the tree spirit the ritual stuff?
You can't beat the shaved sides with just a ponytail hairstyle.
Slackbladder
Member
Found a barber in Novigrad and got my haircut. Oh I wish I had recorded it because it was funny! I'll let everyone else find it out for themselves!
If you want to know
It made me chuckle!
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Geralt asks for a haircut but doesn't get what you/he wanted. Instead it's some kind of metrosexual cut and Geralt complains that "This is not what I wanted" or words to that affect.
FreddieQuell
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I'm not sure why you find those activities a bad thing. They're all optional extra stuff that usually has cool rewards. Would you rather they weren't in the game? How would you fill out the world? Do you dislike fistfights, horse races, and gwent as well? Since those are just -activity- repeated multiple times through the game. You must dislike finding groups of monsters in the world as well.
And I don't think the comparison you made to tower climbing makes sense either. You pretty much can't play assassins creed with out doing those. That's certainly not the case with the stuff you listed.
Allforce
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Should I be selling off all the shit weapons I pick up or just paying to have them dismantled? The game is really daunting in this regard since I literally haven't left White Orchard yet (but I've passed the quest where I am allowed to leave) and I'm already at like 58/60 for "weight".
I hate encumbrance mechanics in games so much. I never know if I'm getting rid of something I really need. Should I ever get rid of Alchemy substances used for crafting?
I hate encumbrance mechanics in games so much. I never know if I'm getting rid of something I really need. Should I ever get rid of Alchemy substances used for crafting?
I don't think so. I will look it up later tho.
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