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[PS4] Crashed for me during Gwent tutorial. I restarted it and risked playing Gwent again - this time without a crash. Other than that I really can't see the stuttering some people are reporting nor any other bugs.

This happened to me right now. Going to try again.

 

[Luftwaffle]

The movement does feel quite sluggish and janky at times. Playing with an XB1 controller on PC and I went back to KB+M..feels better. Maybe I'm not used to the controller yet.. I keep running into things -_-

 

[QuantumBro]

[PS4] Crashed for me during Gwent tutorial. I restarted it and risked playing Gwent again - this time without a crash. Other than that I really can't see the stuttering some people are reporting nor any other bugs.

Not even during the cutscenes? It's really bad for me there.

 

[Akiyama_AE]

Anyone know how to turn in trophies for rewards?

 

[TriGen]

I'm a little confused. I've barely done anything and the main quest that I'm up to says "Suggested Level 3" even though I'm only level 1 and haven't had much opportunity to change that? I mean I've done a few secondary quests too which didn't do much...

Am I supposed to just explore and grind out for however long to reach level 3? I'm not sure how it works.

You can probably do it at your level. I did everything on the board and talked to every quest giver that I saw in that area and gained one level after all of it (didn't do that many ? mark areas). The level 3 mission isn't really that insane for a level 1. You gain experience and levels really slowly in this game and you gain the fastest by doing quests, so whatever you got I'd try as they're the best way to level up.

 

[Faynwulf]

Healing is rough on Death March.. I'm out of food and drink, finished my first contract with a sliver of health left but I did it.

I've been playing for some days now and I feel like fights are way unbalanced. Sometimes I trash a group of higher level humans and other times I get wrecked by 2 lower level ghouls.

 

[KorrZ]

Really enjoying the quests so far. I'm only in the first area but so far the side missions have enough narrative to them to keep them very interesting. This is how you do side content *looks at Dragon Age Inquisition*

 

[Wolvesinthebathroom]

It was cool seeing some of the stuff that was in blood of elves in the beginning of the game.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Just think, this game went gold a long time before it's release. Imagine if they hadn't taken the extra time to work on patches before release. I think that extra time will be put to good use and the first few patches will arrive relatively quickly for a game of this scope.

 

[catspit]

Should I be playing this on normal or blood and broken bones ??

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Is there any way to find out where certain alchemy items are on the map? I'm trying to make bombs and I don't know where to look at all for saltpeter or calcium equum.

 

[finalflame]

I guess I'm not the first person to mention Geralt's movement feels clumsy. Especially coming from Bloodborne, but also just in general. I doubt it will be "fixed" though, this is likely something that was carefully decided during development and is very, very obvious for any playtester to point out. I guess it was a design decision.

Isn't quite jiving with me right now, but maybe it'll grow on me. Died stupidly twice so I've put the game down for tonight.

 

[Wookieomg]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already but I'm wondering if it's possible to mod PS4 controller inputs into the PC version? Really dislike having the Xbox One controller inputs when I'm using a DS4.

 

[TriGen]

Thanks, guys. I haven't been disassembling stuff or really buying anything. I'll do that when I start up again tomorrow.

 

[OCD Guy]

Man I can't even beat the

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griffin

its not letting me lock on and so my

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arrows

are missing.

First complaint is definitely the load times inbetween dying. They are bloodborne pre patch length it feels like. And having to re watch cut scenes over and over again is annoying.

 

[cametall]

Anyone else on PC having problems with the game freezing while in the inventory screen?

Yeah, I had it happen once. The other two or three times my game didn't crash in inventory though.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Not a big deal at all, but I wish there was a way to get to the map in one button press instead of two.

So far (I've only done a few) it seems like the side quests have a lot of character to them, which is nice to see.

 

[Anung]

I get what they were going for with the over the shoulder witcher sense. But when they expect you to use it to track long distances while running all zoomed in and vignetted it just doesn't feel good.

 

[The Albatross]

How often does the game auto-save? I haven't seen the prompt at all and so I've been manually saving but hate having to do that.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Second crash on PC. At least it didn't freeze my whole computer this time.

 

[Afrodium]

Man I can't even beat the

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griffin

its not letting me lock on and so my

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arrows

are missing.

First complaint is definitely the load times inbetween dying. They are bloodborne pre patch length it feels like. And having to re watch cut scenes over and over again is annoying.

There's no lock on for that weapon. Just shoot a bit in front of it.

 

[catspit]

I get what they were going for with the over the shoulder witcher sense. But when they expect you to use it to track long distances while running all zoomed in and vignetted it just doesn't feel good.

When I was watching streams with users constantly using the witcher sense it almost makes you dizzy, or at least a little disoriented. They could have just went with the scanning thing like Dragon age.. Both annoying though.

 

[truestatic]

Yup, Geralt's momentum carries him too far forward for my liking. Hopefully when mods come out it can be made totally binary.

Not a fan of how it feels to lurch into a run or change directions either. Geralt has a lot of momentum. I guess Witcher 3 walking is a bit like GTA IV driving in that it 'has weight,' and 'doesn't feel floaty.' I didn't like GTA IV driving much either.

When I was watching streams with users constantly using the witcher sense it almost makes you dizzy, or at least a little disoriented. They could have just went with the scanning thing like Dragon age.. Both annoying though.

It's actually what they had in Witcher 2, although Geralt paused midstep to do it so it was slightly more awkward.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Simulate = choices once you reach a story point.

Not simulating = default canon choices, which I don't think they've disclosed.

Awesome, thanks for the heads up! Got a little worried when I got about an hour into the game and had made any choices yet.

 

[TriGen]

I'd also like to mention, I like Gwent. I've only done the tutorial game, but I won my first try and enjoyed it. Watching it on a stream the other day I had no idea what was going on but playing it myself I felt like I understood it pretty quickly. I'm actually looking forward to finding future players.

 

[LostMyNarbles]

Enjoying the game a lot so far, but the movement feels like crap. Geralt moves too far during attacking or any other movement like trying to climb your horse and swimming is a mess.

 

[Darryl M R]

Really enjoying the quests so far. I'm only in the first area but so far the side missions have enough narrative to them to keep them very interesting. This is how you do side content *looks at Dragon Age Inquisition*

3 Hours into this game and I wish I had more time on my hand for all the quests and to grind for levels, 30 minutes into Dragon Age I and I was thinking about what bus I will take to return the game to Best Buy.

Man I can't even beat the

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griffin

its not letting me lock on and so my

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arrows

are missing.

First complaint is definitely the load times inbetween dying. They are bloodborne pre patch length it feels like. And having to re watch cut scenes over and over again is annoying.

What level are you right now? Just wondering to see if I need to level up some more

 

[Drazgul]

Are you sure its broken? I thought I had broken it as well, but I wasn't checking the correct area.

Yeah I couldn't get some of the necessary steps to trigger at all; once I loaded an earlier save and redid everything in the correct/intended order everything worked out just fine.

 

[Faynwulf]

How often does the game auto-save? I haven't seen the prompt at all and so I've been manually saving but hate having to do that.

Save as often as you can. I have been killed by enemies at the end of a mission and I had to replay the complete thing.

 

[OCD Guy]

There's no lock on for that weapon. Just shoot a bit in front of it.

Ah that'll explain it. I thought I was going nuts trying to press r3 ad started thinking maybe I was pressing the wrong button.

Its 4am here so I thinking time for bed lol

 

[Facism]

i hate that you can't name your manual saves.

 

[TriGen]

How often does the game auto-save? I haven't seen the prompt at all and so I've been manually saving but hate having to do that.

They say in the game that it auto-saves at important points in the story or something to that effect, so I don't think it auto-saves often.

 

[Piku_Ringo]

Early gameplay being streamed?

Looks good so far.

 

[aravuus]

I guess I'm not the first person to mention Geralt's movement feels clumsy. Especially coming from Bloodborne, but also just in general. I doubt it will be "fixed" though, this is likely something that was carefully decided during development and is very, very obvious for any playtester to point out. I guess it was a design decision.

Isn't quite jiving with me right now, but maybe it'll grow on me. Died stupidly twice so I've put the game down for tonight.

I dunno, developers aren't perfect, if the masses complain about a design decision, they'll probably fix it.

Skipping the annoying couple of steps long walking phase every time you start moving alone would make it a lot less annoying.

 

[Skelter]

Thanks! But it seems to have fixed itself. That or the intro is much quieter than the rest of the game.



Here's how I think of it... Would Geralt really pick everything he senses around him? Or would he pick what he needed and move on?

He would pick everything because he needs a ton of Swallow potions for Death March difficulty.

 

[OCD Guy]

What level are you right now? Just wondering to see if I need to level up some more

I've only levelled up once (so level 2).

I think it's defintely possible to defeat it at my level but I just suck at gaming lol.

 

[sonny4p]

Anyone else notice alot of the npc eyes are yellowish like their livers are all failing...this games need a quest with Dr. House !!

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I have a feeling this is going to end up being another DA:I type situation for a lot of people here.

 

[Afrodium]

So I think I'm done for the night and I have to say that I am throughly happy with my purchase. It's very possible that me deciding to buy his game like five days ago and having middling expectations for it (wasn't a huge fan of The Witcher 2) could have something to do with it. The game is so gorgeous, the world is so vibrant, and the quests and NPC conversations are actually engaging. I only really explored the outskirts of the first area too, so I can't wait to see what else is on this map. Can't wait to play again tomorrow.

 

[Dead]

Fuuuuu

Equipment for your horse actually shows

 

[catspit]

I have a feeling this is going to end up being another DA:I situation for a lot of people here.

Agree. Hope it doesent happen to me, it did with DA:I

 

[SlasherJPC]

I have a feeling this is going to end up being another DA:I situation for a lot of people here.

Honestly I feel completely opposite.

 

[boskee]

Two minor things that I don't like:

- how high Geralt can jump when standing still.
- Roach sometimes goes deaf and doesn't appear when you call her. Moving camera away from the only possible spot where you could see her spawn seems to solve this.

Anyways, 4 hours in and I can't wait to resume tomorrow.

 

[Baldwin_the_First]

Is there really no way to remove the day/time and how many feets we are from a objective from the hud near the mini-map? I've checked everywhere in the options and it doesn't seem to be there on PS4.

I thought the HUD was fully customizable, but it doesn't seem like it is.

 

[JJD]

Man the game crashes EVERY TIME I try to play Gwent for the first time on that tavern on the first quest.

How could CRPR overlook such a simple bug right at the start of the game???

Playing on the PS4 by the way.

 

[m_shortpants]

How do you downsample correctly? I'm able to change the resolution but the HUD gets messed up.

 

[Anung]

I have a feeling this is going to end up being another DA:I type situation for a lot of people here.

I never played DA:I. What was the DA:I situation? Just curious.

 

[boskee]

How could CRPR overlook such a simple bug right at the start of the game???

Will probably get fixed in an inevitable patch 1.03. Still, I remember couple of reviewers mentioning it, and they still couldn't fix it for day 1 :/

 

[DJSebolski]

What happened to Polish VO? All I see is text

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

I never played DA:I. What was the DA:I situation? Just curious.

People were skeptical of BioWare because of the s*** show that was DA2 and Mass Effect 3's ending, but DA:I ended up being a great game and many thought BioWare redeemed themselves. I had fun with DA:I, but some may question the lack of quest variety.