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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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flipswitch
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I believe you have to complete the main quest first.
ah ok. Come to think of it, it makes sense. Unlike the damn font option...
Laurentius
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Hm, so sounds like switching lock on targets with mouse and keyboard doesn't work nearly as well as it does with a controller.
ColonialRaptor
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I'm not doing executions... Is that something that you have to unlock?
DamagedInc
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Last Hearth
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It's a bad game design decision to pick what to do with the save game situation but not have you make the choices until 5 hours into the game. If you make the wrong choice (like I did) you have to replay those 5 hours. They should let you pick your TW2 decisions in the beginning, or at least give you a chance to change your mind about whether to go with default or pick the world state at the end of the prologue.
It kind of depends on your reasons for enjoying DAI and not liking TW2. (I loved Inquisition, but also liked TW2),
If character creation and the party dynamic is your thing, then there's not a lot for you in TW3.
If you like exploring a large well-realised, well-written, beautiful dark fantasy world populated with believeable (though not terribly likeable for the most part, imo) characters, then you should have give it a go. DA is a bit more up my street because it's lighter in tone - I'm not a fan of too much darkness - but I'm still enjoying TW. CDPR are fantastic at sidequest and monster design, better than Inquisition (though I still think that game has better side content than many here give it credit for. It isn't all fetch/filler!), but I prefer the characters of the DA Universe (this being a Witcher thread, I doubt there'll be many here who agree with that though
).If you hated the combat in TW2 (as I did) then ... eh. I'm not finding it a whole lot better in TW3 to be honest (though opinions vary here). I'm turning down the difficulty, muddling my way through and liking the game despite it. As simple as it was, I much preferred the fighting in DA. But then I'm not a huge action combat fan anyway.
Laurentius
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You should probably just create a save right before you do it.
Do you know what the default world state is if you choose no?
I did the same mistake as you and I am really bummed about having to replay 4 hours of "yesterday"...
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Thanks, I watched some brief summary videos on youtube so I think I'm set. what are my choices when the game starts? I'd like to make the big decisions myself, but I'd still like the game to treat me as a newcomer to the lore.
Chance Hale
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It's a trophy, the big monsters give them. Special buffs and you equip them to your horse.
Nose Master
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Been doing nothing but sidequests / farting around on the map finding ?'s since I got home.
I wish silver swords existed, though. Gotten like 500 steel.
I wish silver swords existed, though. Gotten like 500 steel.
For those interested, following are the INI settings I used. There were so many variables I tweaked that I don't fully remember what I did.
Please do not hold me responsible if this crashes your system or breaks up your marriage. I followed Andy's guidelines for half of it. The rest, well, I was just a monkey with a spanner. I wanted to document everything the way Andy did so well, but I had no time or sleep. Just run the original user settings file against a text compare tool and you will see what I've changed (if you are so inclined). Good luck and let me know how it goes.
The only issue I've noticed is that some cutscenes that I remember having strong depth of field do not show it anymore. Have no idea why. Other than that I haven't really noticed any pop-in or streaming issues that accompany an open world game. I've got way too many screenshots that I need to organize, so for now, please bear with me for reposting the ones I posted earlier.
Also, this is still a work in progress. Shadows tend to be over exaggerated if the conditions are too bright. It still looks great, but some areas can get completed drowned in shadows. Will try to fix that. But I want to play the game as well, so we'll see!
My configuration:
Inter 5930k hexacore OC @4.4 Ghz
Titan X 2xSLI OC @+200/+400
16 GB DDR4 3000Mhz Ram
1 TB Samsung Evo SSD
Asus x99-A motherboard
Seasonic 1200W Platinum PSU
Corsair 500R case
Corsair AF120 Fans
H105 Water cooling
Logitech wireless KB
Logitech G930 headset
Windows 8.1
Resolution: 1440p. 4K60 ultra was too much for my rig with hairworks. It was possible without, but I had no headroom for these tweaks. And I don't have a gsync monitor, so 60fps vsync or bust. If CDPR can optimize even by 10%, I should be able to bump it up to 1620p.
FPS w/ ultra w/o tweaks: 90-105
FPS w/ ultra + tweaks: 70-90
Sample screens:
Please do not hold me responsible if this crashes your system or breaks up your marriage. I followed Andy's guidelines for half of it. The rest, well, I was just a monkey with a spanner. I wanted to document everything the way Andy did so well, but I had no time or sleep. Just run the original user settings file against a text compare tool and you will see what I've changed (if you are so inclined). Good luck and let me know how it goes.
The only issue I've noticed is that some cutscenes that I remember having strong depth of field do not show it anymore. Have no idea why. Other than that I haven't really noticed any pop-in or streaming issues that accompany an open world game. I've got way too many screenshots that I need to organize, so for now, please bear with me for reposting the ones I posted earlier.
Also, this is still a work in progress. Shadows tend to be over exaggerated if the conditions are too bright. It still looks great, but some areas can get completed drowned in shadows. Will try to fix that. But I want to play the game as well, so we'll see!
My configuration:
Inter 5930k hexacore OC @4.4 Ghz
Titan X 2xSLI OC @+200/+400
16 GB DDR4 3000Mhz Ram
1 TB Samsung Evo SSD
Asus x99-A motherboard
Seasonic 1200W Platinum PSU
Corsair 500R case
Corsair AF120 Fans
H105 Water cooling
Logitech wireless KB
Logitech G930 headset
Windows 8.1
Resolution: 1440p. 4K60 ultra was too much for my rig with hairworks. It was possible without, but I had no headroom for these tweaks. And I don't have a gsync monitor, so 60fps vsync or bust. If CDPR can optimize even by 10%, I should be able to bump it up to 1620p.
FPS w/ ultra w/o tweaks: 90-105
FPS w/ ultra + tweaks: 70-90
Sample screens:
If you dig around the Amazon support links, you should eventually be able to find a web chat option. I think I've had this once or twice with guaranteed one or two day shipping that did not go through, and support might at least refund you the shipping price.
MagicWithEarvin
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It's 2015 and developers are still releasing games with tiny ass on-screen text? What's up with that?
A couple of things after playing the game for a few hours...
1. combat is shit.
2. pc controls are unintuitive
3. performance is all over the place
4. bugs, so so many bugs, from people getting stuck, to horses not summoning to falling through the world.
5. If this is what CDprojket considers good quest design, then they know nothing.
1. combat is shit.
2. pc controls are unintuitive
3. performance is all over the place
4. bugs, so so many bugs, from people getting stuck, to horses not summoning to falling through the world.
5. If this is what CDprojket considers good quest design, then they know nothing.
sheepishlord
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Big thread. Is the PS4 version solid?
Last Hearth
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Nope, but I decided to just move on because my schedule is tight and I can't just throw away 5 hours of gameplay.
It's a terrible design decision though and I hope somebody makes a mod soon.
Apart from pre-patch bloodborne loading after death and what seems to be very slight frame pacing issues (not as bad as bloodborne) its great.
Hey Valkyre, I just have to ask again to be sure. I chose to not emulate a Witcher 2 savegame. Right now I´m shortly after the griffin.
Was it a bad decision? And should I start the game all over and choose to emulate a savegame?
Saiyan-Rox
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Started playing last night but no "previously on the witcher" type thing to catch up on there story?
flipswitch
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PS4 version does indeed have AF. It's not x16 but somewhere around 4-8.
Nose Master
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Taming wild horses is fun. They usually buck you off, but you can
them to ride them around. Doesn't seem to be any point to doing so and they're not permanent, but it's cool
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Mentallyerect
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Quick question, I'm fairly early in the game, a couple of hours in and just clearing some points of interest but is there any other way to repair your gear outside of the blacksmiths and the repair items? I've nearly gone broke just repairing my main items for the first time. I guess I'm still early in the game so the money isn't flowing in yet but damn, I had to sell off a lot of loot just to repair my gear.
I hope this doesn't become an issue in the long run. I've never been a fan of item degradation in rpgs but I decided I'd stomach it for this game. This seems like a bit much though, hopefully it gets tuned in an upcoming patch to slow the process a bit.
I hope this doesn't become an issue in the long run. I've never been a fan of item degradation in rpgs but I decided I'd stomach it for this game. This seems like a bit much though, hopefully it gets tuned in an upcoming patch to slow the process a bit.
1. opinion
2. as always pc is only good with strategy games / fps play with pad
3. pc yup yup #downgrade #wegotscrewd, but yes there are problems with PC version
4. i can only say for ps4 - no bugs ~8h
5. its godlike quality game for shit they feed us this gen
My version is perfect! No bugs no crashes.
Omotesando
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R2 (cast magic) doesn't work for me, wth?
DistortionOfReality
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Anyone from Europe order the hardback guide with the game? Just got notice from amazon that it's been delayed until May 30th. Its the Bloodborne guide all over again!
sheepishlord
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Kewl. Thanks.
TommyTosser
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I know nothing about this game. I played 2 until i met the dwarf bloke and still had no idea what was going on (but that was a long time ago and i'm old now)
Sell me on it cause it looks super fun, i just don't know what it's about.
Sell me on it cause it looks super fun, i just don't know what it's about.
Last Hearth
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Depends on how important those decisions are to you and how you feel about losing 4-5 hours of progress
Hyrule Warrior
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Been playing this for a few hours tonight, and so far I think I'm actually enjoying it. Unexpected really, because every time I tried playing Witcher 1 or 2, I felt bored to tears. This game's set up seems much more interesting, and gets you into the gameplay quicker. I'm not very far into the main quest, I'm at the point where I'm about to lure the griffin, but it's mostly because I got hooked on doing a few side quests.
I'm playing this on PC with a i5 cpu, and only a 760 gpu, with mostly mid settings, and I still think it looks really nice. The weather effects are my favorite thing so far. Where I left, it was around noon in game, and some storm clouds were coming in, and the way the wind blows, and the light shifts looks so much more natural than anything I've ever seen in a game before.
I almost hate to stop playing, but I guess I should sleep for a bit.
I'm playing this on PC with a i5 cpu, and only a 760 gpu, with mostly mid settings, and I still think it looks really nice. The weather effects are my favorite thing so far. Where I left, it was around noon in game, and some storm clouds were coming in, and the way the wind blows, and the light shifts looks so much more natural than anything I've ever seen in a game before.
I almost hate to stop playing, but I guess I should sleep for a bit.
It's downsampled from 1440p. It won't be that small when you are playing native (assuming you are referring to my screens)
Had one crash on PS4 in the first two hours. But after that it ran just fine (15h in). Some bugs with pop-ins and weird peasant movements but nothing super critical for me.
Weather feels so good. The sound the trees make when heavy wind is blowing, just awesome. I love even the sidequests and just roaming around.
Weather feels so good. The sound the trees make when heavy wind is blowing, just awesome. I love even the sidequests and just roaming around.
What the fuck is wrong with you? Opinions and such a nice, but
1. Combat is better than many other clunky RPGs
2. Cannot say anything to that, but PS4 controls are fine
3. Don't have that problem (PS4, yes, ok, PC could be worse)
4. C'mon, there are always bugs in big worlds - got nothing game breaking so far
5. This is the point where I just had to post and take the bait... Tell me one fucking open world RPG where the quests are better than this...They have a story, choices, they aren't always too long and they aren't real fetch quests (like kill 5 wolves and come back bro!) the NPCs also look nice. You are insane. You can take quests from notice boards, find them in the wild or take them from random NPCs... wut.
MagicWithEarvin
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Finally got home and got my set-up all ready. Let's do this!
Right but I dont now anything about the first and second game because I didn´t played them.
Yeah, you have to restart if you want to make witcher 2 choices....
Player is so poorly informed when making the decision...
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