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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong

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kriskrosbbk

kriskrosbbk

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Guys give me a tip.Just bought it on PS4 but its how to say difficult to control Geralt.Maybe it is the framerate,I have some awful input lag as well.I dunno.
 
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Bittercup

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I hope someone can help me with this problem. I can't find the DLCs anywhere.
I remember I saw 2 when I installed the game but due to technical problems I hadn't played the game until now.
But now the DLCs seem to be gone. This is how it looks for me on gog.com. It's the retail version that I had pre-ordered if that matters.
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Jamaro85

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Anybody have a problem with alchemy manuscripts disappearing? I KNOW I had the recipe for Hanged Man's Venom but no longer do, and I even have a flask of it in my inventory. I specifically remember debating between making that or specter oil (was in a wraith heavy area) as I could only make one with having only four arenaria.

Would it be possible to obtain it again?

Edit: Ok I guess it really won't even be needed. I see a number of charges for oils on the weapon's stats, but I guess you need only reapply the oil to recharge it (I feared the flask would disappear, although they show no charges on the flask itself and I should've figured they would not). No biggie then. But I'm still wondering why the recipe would disappear, and that would be an issue for a recipe that hasn't been concocted yet.
 
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nib95

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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Appreciate the impressions, and damn you sunk a lot of time in to this game, and quick lol. If you had to give it a meta style rating, what would it be?
 
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Alpha Centauri

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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Awesome man. Your note on the ending is something I thought about. I love the different endings. And it has nothing to do with E-points like ME3 (have 4000 e-points, new ending unlocks! have 3999, no soup for you!) Has nothing to do with being a completionist, merely deals with your actions and
How you shaped Ciri
. Great story, great game.
 
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Applesauce

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Jamaro85 said:
Anybody have a problem with alchemy manuscripts disappearing? I KNOW I had the recipe for Hanged Man's Venom but no longer do, and I even have a flask of it in my inventory. I specifically remember debating between making that or specter oil (was in a wraith heavy area) as I could only make one with having only four arenaria.

Would it be possible to obtain it again?
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Yeah it happened right after I got enhanced moon dust I think, but that was right after I bought it. I had to exit the dialogue completely and then go into the alchemy menu. I haven't had one disappear and never come back though. You can try visiting herbalists or alchemists, the herbalist hut northeast of oxenfurt has quite a selection and I think that's where I bought Hanged Man's Venom.
 
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nib95

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On a side note, so many times I've lost Gwent games because of that super annoying field looking burn card, which they always save time the end. How on Earth does it kill like 3 of my best cards, and how do I get one myself?
 
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Nemmy

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Bittercup said:
I hope someone can help me with this problem. I can't find the DLCs anywhere.
I remember I saw 2 when I installed the game but due to technical problems I hadn't played the game until now.
But now the DLCs seem to be gone. This is how it looks for me on gog.com. It's the retail version that I had pre-ordered if that matters.
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I remember "buying" something called "Witcher 3 Free DLC program" separately on gog galaxy, and then the DLCs showed up for download for me. Could it be your case?
 
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LonelyGreyWolf

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nib95 said:
On a side note, so many times I've lost Gwent games because of that super annoying field looking burn card, which they always save time the end. How on Earth does it kill like 3 of my best cards, and how do I get one myself?
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You mean scorch? It kills the unit with the highest strength on the field, regardless of whose side it's on. If multiple characters have the same top strength, they all die. A merchant in a village outside Novigrad sells one.
 
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Sub Zero

his body's cold as ice, but he's got a heart of gold
So are
Iorveth
and
Shanni
the only two major characters that survive the previous two games no matter the choices you make and are absent in this game?

I guess these two are the most likely to show up in the expansion packs
 
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nib95

Banned
LonelyGreyWolf said:
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You mean scorch? It kills the unit with the highest strength on the field, regardless of whose side it's on. If multiple characters have the same top strength, they all die. A merchant in a village outside Novigrad sells one.
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Oh snap! It's wiped me out several times. Need to go get myself one. Does it scorch hero cards as well?
 
Nose Master

Nose Master

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Are there certain times of day or something to trigger "!" sidequests? I've ran into 3-4 now that clearly have a "!" next to their name and on the map, but I just get the generic "fuck off, mutant" when I try to talk to them.

EDIT: ^ Hero cards don't get affected by any special cards. No horns, no revives via medic, no weather effects, nothing.

I feel like I'm missing so much in every cutscene with Roche / Djisktra :( never played W1/2
 
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The1Ski

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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So you thought it was pretty good?

Just kidding. I'm only a couple hours in but for somebody not normally interested in these types of games, I'm hooked!
 
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misho8723

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I would love to see a comeback of a striga monster in some of the two expansions packs.. Adda is mentioned in W3, and even if she would again go back to become a striga, I don't care - but the design of striga is so fucking great in TW1
 
Denton

Denton

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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Nice impressions, good to see it keeps the extreme quality until the very end.
I have played 104 hours (steam says) and just met
Radovid with Roche
and haven't been to Skellige except for Lambert's sidequest.
How far would you say I am ?
 
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CarbonFire

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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100% agreed.

And CDPR nailed the landing, taking cues from some of the best, including

Ending Spoilers
Half Life 2 - Fully powered Ciri section
Red Dead Redemption - playable epilogue with surprise ending
 
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Blue Ninja

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One odd thing I've noticed absent in the game is waves. The world's so immersive and lifelike and then you walk up to the coast and there's no waves lapping up to it, just still water.

It's not a big deal at all, I just noticed it yesterday when I was walking by a lake, until I opened up my map and realized it was the ocean.
 
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Stoze

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Did anyone else find the "Is it 1385" quest yet? Found it yesterday, pretty well hidden unless there's a quest that leads to it or something.

I'm wondering if all the quests are found/documented yet. I've encountered multiple quests at places that aren't marked by POIs or linked to by other quests.
 
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Lingitiz

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Denton said:
Nice impressions, good to see it keeps the extreme quality until the very end.
I have played 104 hours (steam says) and just met
Radovid with Roche
and haven't been to Skellige except for Lambert's sidequest.
How far would you say I am ?
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Less than half.
 
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Dark_castle

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EatChildren said:
Credits rolled. Finish time: 139 hours. Shave off ~10 hours for idle. Handful of monster contracts and minor side quests remain, along with numerous points of interest (though Velen is almost entirely cleaned out). Fully intend to go back and clean up everything.

Outside of a couple of oddities it was an immensely satisfying climax with a particularly well handled "ending" that highlights the likes of the Mass Effect 3 disaster as absolute shame. I don't want to spoil anything, but I found it handled beautiful.

Game as a whole is a complete and utter masterpiece in my opinion. A monumental achievement of open world games and ARPGs. That CDPR accomplished this as their first true open world game, hell only their third "big" game, simply accentuates the immense talent they house. Easily one of my favourite games ever, and could very well be my favourite game, due to what it delivers and the kind of game I enjoy.

Wonderful.
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Btw, how do you check the exact amount of game time played? I found in the RT menu, saying 6 days and a certain hours, and I highly doubt I've spent more than 140 hours on it. Playing on PC.
 
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aku:jiki

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Is there a point after "Now or Never" where I can talk to Triss about side quest stuff? They sure tied an annoying amount of side quests to a character that spends 75% of her time forcing cutscenes and missions when you walk near her... I need to ask her about this stupid statuette I found.
 
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Anton Sugar

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jim2point0 said:
Had to go to youtube and hunt down the battle music that was playing when setting up this shot.

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It's my favorite battle music in the game so far
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Is the soundtrack out for public release yet? So many of the youtube mixes are different lengths, so I'm trying to find a definitive one. I'd gladly buy it.

There is this weird synthy bit of music that plays during one scene, but I can't remember the mission. Dying to find it, I loved it.
 
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LonelyGreyWolf

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Again, the in-game played time counter is confirmed glitched on all platforms. It displays far too much for most people, however for some it has even reset half-way through, showing too little instead.
 
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Citadel

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Lingitiz said:
Less than half.
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What the hell... Sorry, this kinda stunned me. This guy is a bit further than I am (I'm currently doing the
Whoreson Junior
quest in Novigrad) and we're not even half-way through the game? Jesus, this game is huge... I've already poured so many hours into it. Amazing. I need to explore more.
 
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Blitzhex

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Game says some sidequests will be unavailable after going in to the isle of mists. Are these the sidequests that pertain to
gathering buddies to beat up the wild hunt or does it block other random sidequests too?
 
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EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
nib95 said:
Appreciate the impressions, and damn you sunk a lot of time in to this game, and quick lol. If you had to give it a meta style rating, what would it be?
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It's a 5/5 game for me, going by the scale our website uses. That's not to say it's without criticism, but I firmly believe in the impression left by the sum total of parts, and none of the things I can nitpick about or suggest improving impact that in a negative way. This to me is one of the medium's "greats" that shows what can be accomplished with the right visionaries and talents.

Much like Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime, and Resident Evil 4, I see it as one of those titles that effortlessly springs to mind the moment someone asks "what are the best games you've played". It was just a wholly satisfying and enthralling experience from the very top to the very bottom, and as the credits rolled I felt no sense of dissatisfaction or frustration. A "complete" masterpiece.

Denton said:
Nice impressions, good to see it keeps the extreme quality until the very end.
I have played 104 hours (steam says) and just met
Radovid with Roche
and haven't been to Skellige except for Lambert's sidequest.
How far would you say I am ?
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Shitloads to go.

As I said earlier though length of the "main quest" will vary depending on how much time people invest into side quests, and most importantly when. The first act of the game lends itself to side questing than act two and three, and I feel most players will spend the bulk of their play time in this period.

Dark_castle said:
Btw, how do you check the exact amount of game time played? I found in the RT menu, saying 6 days and a certain hours, and I highly doubt I've spent more than 140 hours on it. Playing on PC.
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I use Steam and the counter is on the library page.
 
Denton

Denton

Member
Lingitiz said:
Less than half.
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So good.

EatChildren said:
Shitloads to go.

As I said earlier though length of the "main quest" will vary depending on how much time people invest into side quests, and most importantly when. The first act of the game lends itself to side questing than act two and three, and I feel most players will spend the bulk of their play time in this period.
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Yeah, I am going for a complete playthrough, trying to do everything before the main quest. I always play RPGs this way, because after finishing the main story playing further feels somewhat less motivating. I like the finale and credits to be The End....

until the next full replay couple years later.

But with Skellige ahead of me and so much of the main quest as you say, I think another 100 hours is perhaps possible.
Which is awesome (since yay, more of amazing game!) and terrible (since my vacation ends in 5 days and I will not be able to play as much after that).
 
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LegendX48

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So, random question about the area you go to for the "In Wolf's Clothing" quest,
in the garden, near where Morkvarg's "den" is located, there's a sluice and opening one of those gates reveals a hidden cave with some loot, and quest related stuff, but once I go into the water I cannot find a way back up out of the water. Is there a way or are you just permanently fucked the moment you jumped in there if you had the wrong gate open/closed?
 
Majmun

Majmun

Member
Wish I could see total playtime on Ps4. The current one is bugged. I have a feeling that I've played almost 100 hours lol

And I still can't get enough of it.
 
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