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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong
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I know there's no official "acts" in game, but most guides separate sections of the game into acts so that's probably why people call them acts.
Yup.
Gravemind IV
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Nameless quest spoiler
I wanted to clear Skjald of his namelessness. At the end of the quest line, he tells you to go to Donar, but it doesn't really initiate a quest of any kind. So I went to Donar of my own volition, and behold, he had a conversation option pertaining to restoring Skjald's honor. However, the guy flat out tells me that my and Skjald's words don't matter and only blood counts. There isn't any follow-up to that however, is there a way to still ensure his name is cleared? A yes or no would suffice, no later down the line spoiler please.
toastyToast
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The act classification is pointless when one is overwhelmingly larger than the others. You can for plot reasons but game structure wise it gives the wrong impression.
I'd split the game into before Ciri and after and understandably
once you find her the focus is about resolving that conflict.
The story is clearly broken into three Acts.
Act 1 = Looking for Ciri
Act 2 =
Reuniting with Ciri
Taking the fight to the King of the Wild Hunt
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Nope lol. You'll know when "Act 1" is over when you embark on a quest Isle of Mists, the game will notify you you are about to pass the point of no return, and some of your side quests may fail, which I guess happens 2 more times marking the end of an "Act".
Edit : I was thinking of the other ugly baby way early on in the game.
RespectThySole
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toastyToast
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There seems to be unique pick a fight dialog mechanic with her that doesn't appear elsewhere. Going through the optional dialog in a different order can shift the tone of the conversation. Disappointed it doesn't show up with other characters.
well in that case I failed a few quests super early in the game by moving forward with the story, so was that Act 0?
Arjen
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Holy shit, lol. Still a long way to go then.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
No, the game displays a warning in this case and the end of the quest marks a significant point in the game. It was the only time it happened for me, I assume that was the and of what everyone refers to as Act 1.
Thanks!!
They show up later.
You still got a long ass ways to go. "Act" 1.
one thing I didnt like, and this might be my old man memory, I admit to barely remembering Witcher 1 and 2, but the game felt more like Witcher 5 and I somehow missed Witchers 3 and 4 along the way.
Its not just the whole Ciri thing, but a bunch of these Sorceresses and characters that Geralt talks to as if he (and by proxi we) know for past adventures and im like "who are you again?"
again, maybe its my shit memory, but it feels it hangs on people knowing the books a bit too much
Its not just the whole Ciri thing, but a bunch of these Sorceresses and characters that Geralt talks to as if he (and by proxi we) know for past adventures and im like "who are you again?"
again, maybe its my shit memory, but it feels it hangs on people knowing the books a bit too much
Cool. That part a couple hours into the game pissed me off because all of a sudden it just auto failed 3 quests I think, without warning.
Jay Shadow
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GOG Galaxy keeps track of it if you launch the game through Galaxy. Unfortunately for me I often launched it without it, so my counter was incorrect.
jim2point0
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By that logic, I'm still in Act 1.
My current story mission is
gathering up friends in Velen, Novigrad, Skellige, etc etc to join in the fight.
I have no idea how much of the game is left. Around what level do you typically end the campaign at?
WorriedCitizen
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She does tho. I guess it all depends how you play your dialogue choices. What was apparent to me is that she's self aware about how she often treats Geralt and knows when to give him a break.
For instance in that quest where the boys dress up in her clothes piss drunk. You expect her to lose her shit and bitch about it but she handles it pretty well actualy and just tells them to get some sleep and sober up. There are other situations where Geralt expects to get shit for something he did but instead she thanks him for his support.
Their relationship never comes off as focused on superficialities. It goes way deeper. That to me also resonates with how Geralt handles other characters in general (at least if you play it out like that). He is one of very few people in this game world full of prejudice who are able or willing to look beyond facade and see the good in some of the outcasts and monsters. It's the same for his realtionship with Yen. The other witchers just see a bitch. Geralt sees the loving, caring woman behind the facade.
CrichtonKicks
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Come on. Really ?
Triss had no idea where Yen was. If Geralt came back, she must have suspected Yen could be back too. Yen and Triss are good, if not best, friends, with their point of conflict being Geralt. Triss knows Geralt has always loved Yen. But hey, now he does not remember her, so what ? He is mine !
Who cares that they have 20 year history, partially raised a daughter together and after enduring hardcore hardships finally got together? She is gone, he has no memory of her, I will make him mine !
As I said, I cant be too angry at Triss because she loves Geralt and unrequited love sucks.
But its still shitty from her.
And I completely understand Yen throwing out that bed
You can't really take the character motivations in Witcher 1 seriously- CDPR was still getting their feet wet and the Triss in W1 was not book/W2/W3 Triss. It was closer to a Triss/Yen combination.
I brought this up before- NOBODY in Witcher 1 does Geralt a solid and fills him in on his backstory. The other Witchers, Zoltan, Dandelion, Shani, etc are just like "can't remember your past? No biggie! Let's move on!" It's unfair to single out Triss.
Witcher 2 is far, far better about it. And, early in Witcher 2, the moment Triss hears from Geralt that Yen is alive she basically says "Our relationship be damned I will drop everything right now and help you find Yen!" She even tries to convince Geralt to stop pursuing Letho so they can work full time on restoring his memory.
Sigh.. that sucks...I do the same and it shows 3 hours of play time in GOG..lol.. I just beat the game yesterday..
Fastest playthrough ever? LMAO
DomsPlaying
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By that logic, I'm still in Act 1.
My current story mission isAnd I'm way overleveled (24) for itgathering up friends in Velen, Novigrad, Skellige, etc etc to join in the fight.
I have no idea how much of the game is left. Around what level do you typically end the campaign at?
I stopped at *almost* 35. The XP system is heavily biased towards the main quests.
CrichtonKicks
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Pokemon Trainer Red
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Near endgame
Anyone fought
Anyone fought
"Ice Mage" boss, the one Ciri heavily injured? He didn't do anything at all. No moves, no attacks. He just stood there and I spam Fast Attacks from 100 to 0. It's like attacking a statue.
Awesome! Patch notes out, and does it fix XP bug?
http://gearnuke.com/witcher-3-patch-1-04-now-available-xbox-one-full-patch-notes-released/
Denton
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Yes, I know, I posted the same thing. Witcher 1 was least consistent with books, they fucked up by replacing Yen with Triss and Ciri with Alvin, and I am sure if they could go back in time and write it differently, they would like to do so. But alas, it is what it is. Thankfully Witcher 2/3 are fantastic, consistent with lore, and they handled pretty much everything as gracefully as possible.
CrichtonKicks
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Well that's why I think it's poor form to place blame and/or motivation for Triss's action in W2 and 3 on anything from W1. And, on that basis, I really don't think she did anything bad even if she feels understandable guilt.
And I don't mind that that they weren't actively looking for Yen at the beginning of W2- one of the first conversations in the game makes it abundantly clear that Foltest will permit neither to leave so even if Triss did suspect Yen was alive at that point there wasn't a lot she or Geralt could do.
jim2point0
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I don't think I could ever go back to playing The Witcher 2 now that I have 3. The only thing I miss from The Witcher 2 are the witcher-style armors (I think they dropped the ball here in TW3).
Unrelated shot because I love dat grass
Cpt.Underpants
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Geralt should have a room so he could hang all those trophies he collected from the monsters he killed
good to know. How are you getting those far away shots? can you control the camera on PC?
I ended up selling most of them because of the weight and annoyance in my menu. They're pretty worthless.
Not directly related but I'm trying to remember one of the short stories. I don't have the time to go back and read it but I think it was Phillipa's first appearance in the book series. I think it was Eternal Fire but I can't find an English synopsis. For many characters the Witcher Wikia only details events of the games.
I might be wrong, haven't read the books in long while but I think her first appearance is in the Blood of Elves. Eternal Fire may be Dudu's short story.
Denton
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Well, we already went over it. She did something bad in TW1, CDP's back-then writers are to blame, but it is what it is. She even acknowledges it in TW3. She is still a good person, obviously.
Anyway, I just finally found
Ciri...the feels, that reunion was so beautifully done...and then the battle, just incredible. Poor Vesemir, I expected it but it still hit hard
m_shortpants
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Oh yeah.
The story I'm thinking of also had Shan'is first appearance too though.
Edit: It was Blood of Elves.
The Trail reminds me of it, but it's not the one.
jim2point0
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Yus. On PC, you can unlock the debug console which allows you to enter all kinds of commands, as well as accessing a free camera.
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