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[MilesTeg]

Just completed the game.

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Great last few missions. My Geralt was on level 34 on standard difficulty so really it was a breeze. End game with setting down with Trish. Ciri became a witcher. Got a lot of question marks especially in Skellige but I'm burned out, not sure if I'll ever get around to it. Is there any really worthwhile stuff out there?

Great game at any rate. Maybe come back to it at some point, I guess when expansion stuff comes.

 

[CambriaRising]

*reads note detailing a story about a higher vampire saving a person from a burning building, with the vampire being completely unaffected by the fire, seemingly immune to it*

*checks new bestiary entry and sees Igni as one of this creature's vulnerabilities*

Magic fire is different man.

 

[TM94]

Wanna hear a limerick?

Lambert, Lambert what a prick

 

[boskee]

My Geralt is so camp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4F7Q57IYu8

 

[Renae]

Just out of curiosity, what did you do in the great Woodland Spirit quest ? Seriously it's a very good Witcher quest, without any

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perfect ending

 

[Isendurl]

Wanna hear a limerick?

Lambert, Lambert what a prick

 

[Diablos54]

You're joking, right?

That yellow snow bit BTW is a throwback to the old Ace Ventura game, the first (iirc) game translated to Polish and distributed in Poland by CD Projekt.

How was I meant to know that?! Never played a CD Projekt game before this I think lol.

 

[KorrZ]

Wanna hear a limerick?

Lambert, Lambert what a prick
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Really wasn't expecting The Witcher 3 to be one of the funniest games I've played, but it's top tier.

 

[zonezeus]

How was I meant to know that?! Never played a CD Projekt game before this I think lol.

It wasn't directed at you, just a fun fact from CDP's past, I really doubt anyone not from Poland would know that

 

[tootsi666]

How was I meant to know that?! Never played a CD Projekt game before this I think lol.

I don't blame you for not getting that reference, but have you never heard the saying 'Don't eat yellow snow' before? Or are you just overthinking this?

 

[dripdripsplash]

Just got the game. Absolutely living it. The voice acting is great, humour and irony is actually humoristic.

Example of the good voice acting in my opinion is

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the emperor of nilfgaard when you first meet him. He spoke in a way that I afterwards felt was perfect for a powerful man as he, all serious and shit you know.

Also example of fun moment or dialogue is the quest where you get the choice of

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freeing a deserter from the Northern armies where some villagers chained him and put him to die by downers by the riverbed. He says something along the lines of "damn village I ran to was full of patriotism suddenly and they set me here." thought it was fun.

Just been playing for some hours can't wait to dive in.

 

[mr teaspoon]

It looks incredible,when you stand still.

Looks incredible to me when I'm wandering around.

 

[Mr. F]

Lore question/possible plot hole;

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Why is there a rush to get mages out of Novigrad by boat? Wouldn't they just be able to teleport out of there by magic instead and save a whole lot of trouble/suspicion?

At the end of quests in remote locations both Triss and Keira have teleported like halfway across the map back to their houses. And it doesn't strike me as being an issue of "some mages can teleport and some can't" considering Triss and Keira offer Geralt a lift through teleporting several times through the game.

Curious to know if there's an actual reason or if it's just hand waved for the convenience of the story.

 

[Stoze]

How was I meant to know that?! Never played a CD Projekt game before this I think lol.

You weren't...but "yellow snow" is a very well known jest, the snow being yellow because someone pissed in it.

 

[Shane86]

Why do half the NPC's look like Bronn?

 

[MaulerX]

Really wasn't expecting The Witcher 3 to be one of the funniest games I've played, but it's top tier.

I literally rolled on my recliner when I heard that. LOL

 

[MickeyKnox]

The Horse of Black and White, aka The Many Faced Horse

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Bad Game of Thrones/SoIF reference

I thought the dead Tyrion in the sky cells was decent.

 

[Fitts]

Have maybe 10 hours into this game now. Maybe more.

Really high quality game that's clearly meeting the developer's goals. I have nothing but respect for what the game is. With that said, I'm not sure it's exactly what I want. I think the major problem that I'm having is that there feels like there's a lot of "downtime," whether that be drawn out exposition, inventory management, weighing crafting/alchemy/whatever, or searching an area with my Witcher sense. (it seems like I've been hitting a lot of these scenarios) I think what I'd enjoy more is if the game were more streamlined so I can keep moving forward with exploration. I hate to say it, but I think I've become prisoner to Bethesda games.

Again, Witcher 3 is clearly awesome. It's a benchmark for detail in an open world setting and there was clearly a lot of love put into the development of this game. Hell, even the combat system, while far from perfect, is better than I expected going in. I'll keep forging on to see if it can hook me and I'm confident that at least a few quest designs will blow me away, but thus far it's looking like this will be my first and last Witcher game.

Playing on PC by the way. Gorgeous game.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Lore question/possible plot hole;

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Why is there a rush to get mages out of Novigrad by boat? Wouldn't they just be able to teleport out of there by magic instead and save a whole lot of trouble/suspicion?

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Teleporting isn't supposed to be as easy as they make it look in the games. The devs use it as a shortcut to move Sorceress NPCs from place to place. It is still a bit of a plot hole though since they do make it look simple.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Thing I hate though is that the game timer keeps counting when you pause your console.

Also is that bug with the main quests not giving xp fixed? Want to know if I should move on with the quests or not.

 

[psychotron]

Something odd is happening. I just reached a place with 3 question marks. There were noonwraiths by the dozen. Killed them all, found some treasure. There are two question marks left at this point. One disappeared and said place of power, but it's not there. I'm standing right on the icon but there's nothing. The other question mark won't disappear at all. It's at some old ruins.

 

[His Majesty]

Something odd is happening. I just reached a place with 3 question marks. There were noonwraiths by the dozen. Killed them all, found some treasure. There are two question marks left at this point. One disappeared and said place of power, but it's not there. I'm standing right on the icon but there's nothing. The other question mark won't disappear at all. It's at some old ruins.

Quest-related

 

[psychotron]

Quest-related

Thanks.

 

[Sai]

Lol... That post I made a while back, where I mention how I got smacked off a mountain cliff by a Cyclops? Think I lost almost 70k crowns at that point. Only just now noticed what happened when I ran out of money while crafting components for my mastercrafed armor.

Aahhh... I could go back to a save before that point, but I'd have to retread too much. Forget it.

 

[Augemitbutter]

When are the developers going to fix that dumb glitch that

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spawns Wraiths instead of Letho

in the Reardon family side quest? Also, We still can't craft duplicate mutagens too unless we drop them.

so that's why i never met him, lol. goddamnit, these bugs.

 

[Sai]

There really did end up being a lot of palette swaps among the selection of monsters, I was pretty concerned about that pre-release.

Hope they mix things up a lot more with the DLC and/or Enhanced Edition.

 

[Applesauce]

Finally got my DS4 and DS4Windows to work properly, this is such a huge improvement, dare I say a game changer. Wish I got it to work during my initial play-through. For some reason it works perfectly after updating DS4Windows.

My X360 controllers will be re-purposed into the den when Steam Link drops

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

When are the developers going to fix that dumb glitch that

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spawns Wraiths instead of Letho

in the Reardon family side quest? Also, We still can't craft duplicate mutagens too unless we drop them.

Son of a bitch. That quest is where you're supposed to meet him!? Goddammit....

Save game import bugs are the bane of my existence, whether its Dragon Age or Mass Effect or (seemingly) now The Witcher. Just makes me start wondering what else I'm maybe missing and I don't even realize it. I really don't want to restart but I cannot stand that kind of shit.

 

[psychotron]

Son of a bitch. That quest is where you're supposed to meet him!? Goddammit....

Save game import bugs are the bane of my existence, whether its Dragon Age or Mass Effect or (seemingly) now The Witcher. Just makes me start wondering what else I'm maybe missing and I don't even realize it. I really don't want to restart but I cannot stand that kind of shit.

That quest caught me off guard. I was there for something else and there he was! I was so happy to see him, lol.

 

[The Red Viper]

Anyone else when trying to meditate you get a "you can't do that right now" message but it still regains your health?

 

[Augemitbutter]

Anyone else when trying to meditate you get a "you can't do that right now" message but it still regains your health?

you're probably in a story quest which doesn't allow you to skip the time.

 

[Beefy]

Damn

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Sven

is a dick.

Just found a sword diagram for level 46

Tir Tochair Blade
Slashing damage: 405
Critical hit bonus: +50%
Critical hit chance: +5%
Chance of causing bleeding: +15%

Also just maxed out the Crippling Strike perk. Enemies lose 125 vitality per second for 5 seconds.

 

[Applesauce]

The Witcher 4 better have Lambert, Zoltan, Gwent 2.0 and ROCK TROLLS

 

[Stoze]

Thing I hate though is that the game timer keeps counting when you pause your console.

Also is that bug with the main quests not giving xp fixed? Want to know if I should move on with the quests or not.

Timer is completely bugged unfortunately, just ignore it.

And yes the exp bug is fixed, just know you're not supposed to always get exp at the end of quests, and sometimes you don't get it from small intermediary quests. They basically give it to you when it makes sense, like after defeating a main enemy or finishing a goal story-wise.

 

[AuthenticM]

Help: I have read that in order to romance Yennifer, I need to wear a black and white outfit during one of the quests (that I am currently doing). However, I did not find such an outfit. I have two: a green & gold one, and a blue one. I chose the green & gold one. Have I messed up ?

Also, I let this woman win the race to the axe. What happens if I lose ?

 

[Stoze]

Help: I have read that in order to romance Yennifer, I need to wear a black and white outfit during one of the quests (that I am currently doing). However, I did not find such an outfit. I have two: a green & gold one, and a blue one. I chose the green & gold one. Have I messed up ?

Also, I let this woman win the race to the axe. What happens if I lose ?

I could be wrong, but I don't think doing either of those has any consequences other than a few lines of different dialouge.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Help: I have read that in order to romance Yennifer, I need to wear a black and white outfit during one of the quests (that I am currently doing). However, I did not find such an outfit. I have two: a green & gold one, and a blue one. I chose the green & gold one. Have I messed up ?

Also, I let this woman win the race to the axe. What happens if I lose ?

I don't believe either of those things matter. Although it would be pretty funny if you've been with Yennifer on and off for 20 years but she dumps you for good over your outfit color choice.

 

[Beefy]

Help: I have read that in order to romance Yennifer, I need to wear a black and white outfit during one of the quests (that I am currently doing). However, I did not find such an outfit. I have two: a green & gold one, and a blue one. I chose the green & gold one. Have I messed up ?

Also, I let this woman win the race to the axe. What happens if I lose ?

Yen just takes the piss out of your outfit that is it (from the guide book).

 

[Warablo]

Damn

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Sven

is a dick.

Just found a sword diagram for level 46

Tir Tochair Blade
Slashing damage: 405
Critical hit bonus: +50%
Critical hit chance: +5%
Chance of causing bleeding: +15%

Also just maxed out the Crippling Strikee perk. Enemies lose 125 vitaity per second for 5 seconds.

I found a low level blade similar to this with 35% bleeding.

 

[AuthenticM]

I could be wrong, but I don't think doing either of those has any consequences other than a few lines of different dialouge.

I don't believe either of those things matter. Although it would be pretty funny if you've been with Yennifer on and off for 20 years but she dumps you for good over your outfit color choice.

Yen just takes the piss out of your outfit that is it (from the guide book).

Alright, thanks.

 

[m_shortpants]

I only just met

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Yennefer in Skellige, but we ended up having sex on the unicorn. Should I just do Now or Never now? I'm fine with romancing Yen for this playthrough, I guess.

 

[loaf of bread]

Finally finished the game at 150+ hours.

 

[Elysium-777]

I only just met

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Yennefer in Skellige, but we ended up having sex on the unicorn. Should I just do Now or Never now? I'm fine with romancing Yen for this playthrough, I guess.

That was more or less a freebie, you aren't forced into a romance with her yet. That happens a bit later in her personal quest. So if you want to go with Triss instead(the correct choice) you can do so now with no repercussions.

 

[Gattsu25]

Why do half the NPC's look like Bronn?

Because you're only talking to Nilfgaardian shopkeepers?

 

[AlimNassor]

How far am I? Just finished drinking with my fellow Witchers, and am now setting off again? I don't want the game to end.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

holy shit! I just got to the part where

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you get drunk with lambert and esker... LMFAOoooo! this whole thing was funny and well done and reminded me a bit of myself with my friends when we get drunk. it felt genuine and not corny... "Summon the bitches!!!" Im sorry but this was so well done.

the comedy in this game is so good at times. Never forced or corny.

 

[m_shortpants]

That was more or less a freebie, you aren't forced into a romance with her yet. That happens a bit later in her personal quest. So if you want to go with Triss instead(the correct choice) you can do so now with no repercussions.

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Is that really the correct choice or is that your opinion?

 

[misho8723]

When are the developers going to fix that dumb glitch that

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spawns Wraiths instead of Letho

in the Reardon family side quest? Also, We still can't craft duplicate mutagens too unless we drop them.

I just had the quests yesterday without any bug or problems (with imported save file from W2)

 

[RDreamer]

It's gotta be so much less exciting to play this without reading the books. I read the books and after the High Stakes Gwent quest

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I was just like OH MY GOD IT'S CANTARELLA!!!

It was a small cameo in a small quest, but I've liked the references like that strewn throughout.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

I just had the quests yesterday without any bug or problems (with imported save file from W2)

I'm almost wondering if something larger is screwed up with my save game import. Because in addition to the House Reardon quest not having worked properly based on my TW2 import, for most of the game now I haven't had the ugly neck tatoo you can get from TW2. It wasn't until I went to a barber and had Geralt's beard trimmed to a goatee that the tatoo magically appeared.

I really wish there was some easy way to check whether your import imported right. Sucks for me since I was looking forward to seeing

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Letho

again but I don't really feel like starting over again and wasting 50 hours and then having to truck through all of White Orchard again only to see whether the import worked again.