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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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iNvid02
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its just really refreshing when a game comes along and beats your expectations to a pulp, its even better when they were lofty to begin with.
but as much as i think this will be my favourite game this year, i welcome the competition if it means i get to play another game(s) that opens a can of kick ass on my expectations like the witcher did.
PLEASANT SURPRISES FOR EVERYONE
Denton
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A few questions,did she grow out of being a hunchback? And I thought they were separated due to the Wild Hunt and Geralt losing his memory, didn't know he willfully left her. Any more details on that?
She got healed through magic. And Geralt leaving her happened very early in their relationship, it was dealt with in the very first book, Last Wish.
Read the books
Fallout 4 will beat it. By that time Witcher 3 will be forgotten and we all know how the press love Bethesda.
shinobi602
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Thanks for the reply, but I just don't have the time to read many books at the moment lol. Care to summarize the details of him leaving her and what impact it had on her, etc? For a fellow gafferShe got healed through magic. And Geralt leaving her happened very early in their relationship, it was dealt with in the very first book, Last Wish.
Read the books
Denton
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I have no doubt that Fallout 4 will be inferior since Bethesda is just not capable of writing high quality, consistent story and chharacters, but yeah this is very possible. I wonder about GAF goty though.
GAF GOTY = Bloodborne
Wind's Howling
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True, true. But I honestly believe that this game is so unique in what it delivers and that it excels in every single thing the former RPG's set out to do, that it will surely hold a special place in allot of people's hearts.
Gurgelhals
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Fallout will win most GOTY awards; not because it'll deserve them, but because, for some reason, Bethesda seems to have a subscription on them regardless of the kind of product they actually turn out.
I agree though that I can't see any game in the foreseeable future topping The Witcher 3 in the open world RPG genre. Fallout 4 will not even be close, because The Witcher 3 is so far beyond what Bethesda has so far been able to deliver on the world building and writing fronts (which have never been their forte anyway) it's not even funny.
KINGofCRA5H
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Denton
Member
hmm, probably true, though personally as good as Bloodborne is, TW3 is even more impressive.
Thanks for the reply, but I just don't have the time to read many books at the moment lol. Care to summarize the details of him leaving her and what impact it had on her, etc? For a fellow gaffer
Well basically he left her one morning without saying goodbye because he found her "too controlling". She did not take it very well, especially considering he was not shy about sleeping around a bit. They do reconcile in first short story of the second book, only to separate several months later again
They go through a lot, but when all is said and done, they belong together.
God!... this game!...
I like it that most of the time ( not always ) I can choose a conversation option that best suits my personal mood at the time of playing be it the "dickhead response" or the "good guy response" and I get more or less the same results albeit through an entirely different conversation and reaction from the npc. There's been a few occasions where I've actually laughed out loud and there hasn't been many a game that has pulled this off.
This is my personal GOTY, I've never played anything as detailed and brilliant as Witcher 3. Yeah there's still time for other games like Fallout 4 to show off what they have but this game is going to be seriously hard to top!
PS. Sorry for stating any obviousnesess... I'm only about 28hrs into the game unlike some of you who are on your 2nd playthrough. RL sucks, what can I say!?
I like it that most of the time ( not always ) I can choose a conversation option that best suits my personal mood at the time of playing be it the "dickhead response" or the "good guy response" and I get more or less the same results albeit through an entirely different conversation and reaction from the npc. There's been a few occasions where I've actually laughed out loud and there hasn't been many a game that has pulled this off.
This is my personal GOTY, I've never played anything as detailed and brilliant as Witcher 3. Yeah there's still time for other games like Fallout 4 to show off what they have but this game is going to be seriously hard to top!
PS. Sorry for stating any obviousnesess... I'm only about 28hrs into the game unlike some of you who are on your 2nd playthrough. RL sucks, what can I say!?
A few questions,did she grow out of being a hunchback? And I thought they were separated due to the Wild Hunt and Geralt losing his memory, didn't know he willfully left her. Any more details on that?
Alright, so here's kind of the timeline (mostly book "spoilers," but a few things from the games, too sprinkled in:
When she was young, she was abused by her mother and father, physically and mentally then she went to Aretuza magic school, basically because they abandoned her. She tried to commit suicide there, but she obviously didn't actually kill herself. At this point she was a hunchback.
In the book, Geralt meets Yennefer when he and Dandelion accidentally find a Djinn. It is during this that Geralt learns she was a hunchback, though she obviously isn't now. Sorceresses and Sorcerers in the Witcher world can do some crazy shit with magic. In one of the books someone regrows his eyes, for instance. Yennefer is basically using strong illusionary magic to show that she's beautiful rather than a hunchback. Anyway, Yen tries to capture the djinn, and Geralt saves her by using his last wish. He binds her fate to his, and basically djinns can't attack their masters. Geralt was its master, so he couldn't attack her. Something to that effect. They have sex in the rubble, it's fun and crazy.
Now, after this point the books kind of skip ahead and don't say a lot of what happened. Geralt gets hurt fighting a striga (seen in the flashback intro to the first game). While he's recovering at a shrine you get some info on Yennefer. You kind of get the picture that there was some strife over the fact that Yennefer, as a magic user, can't get pregnant. She's trying like hell to fix that, and Geralt is kind of avoiding her. He gives a gift to the shrine for the next time she comes, for instance. Then, the next time you actually meet Yen she's fucking pissed off because apparently Geralt just up and left her without a word.
They eventually kind of make up to each other, but keep going their separate ways both because they fight a bit but also because shit with Ciri gets real. There's one story where Yennefer is kind of forced to choose between another love and Geralt. She was ready to choose Geralt, but he was kind of a fucking ass about the whole thing and she ended up dumping both of them.
As I said, though, they kind of make up eventually but then keep separating, like they need to be together but also can't. They on again off again like crazy.
At the end of the book saga Geralt dies. Then Yennefer basically dies trying to save him. Ciri saves them both and takes them to a paradise on another world. They rest there a while, but then the game's storyline starts and the Wild Hunt attacks. That's when they take Yennefer (to get to Ciri), and Geralt follows. Him and Letho fight the Wild Hunt, and Geralt then exchanges himself for Yennefer. She's dumped in Nilfgaard with no memory for a bit and kind of gets Letho in trouble because, hey, she's kind of a feisty lady!
Geralt obviously gets away from the Wild Hunt (and you find out why in Witcher 3), and that's when he loses his memory and Witcher 1 starts.
So, yeah, from Yennfer's perspective she was abused all her life and the one time someone does something grand and nice for her he up and leaves without a word the first time. Then they keep ending up together, and she is obviously going to fear it's because of his last wish and not anything real.
In the book, Geralt meets Yennefer when he and Dandelion accidentally find a Djinn. It is during this that Geralt learns she was a hunchback, though she obviously isn't now. Sorceresses and Sorcerers in the Witcher world can do some crazy shit with magic. In one of the books someone regrows his eyes, for instance. Yennefer is basically using strong illusionary magic to show that she's beautiful rather than a hunchback. Anyway, Yen tries to capture the djinn, and Geralt saves her by using his last wish. He binds her fate to his, and basically djinns can't attack their masters. Geralt was its master, so he couldn't attack her. Something to that effect. They have sex in the rubble, it's fun and crazy.
Now, after this point the books kind of skip ahead and don't say a lot of what happened. Geralt gets hurt fighting a striga (seen in the flashback intro to the first game). While he's recovering at a shrine you get some info on Yennefer. You kind of get the picture that there was some strife over the fact that Yennefer, as a magic user, can't get pregnant. She's trying like hell to fix that, and Geralt is kind of avoiding her. He gives a gift to the shrine for the next time she comes, for instance. Then, the next time you actually meet Yen she's fucking pissed off because apparently Geralt just up and left her without a word.
They eventually kind of make up to each other, but keep going their separate ways both because they fight a bit but also because shit with Ciri gets real. There's one story where Yennefer is kind of forced to choose between another love and Geralt. She was ready to choose Geralt, but he was kind of a fucking ass about the whole thing and she ended up dumping both of them.
As I said, though, they kind of make up eventually but then keep separating, like they need to be together but also can't. They on again off again like crazy.
At the end of the book saga Geralt dies. Then Yennefer basically dies trying to save him. Ciri saves them both and takes them to a paradise on another world. They rest there a while, but then the game's storyline starts and the Wild Hunt attacks. That's when they take Yennefer (to get to Ciri), and Geralt follows. Him and Letho fight the Wild Hunt, and Geralt then exchanges himself for Yennefer. She's dumped in Nilfgaard with no memory for a bit and kind of gets Letho in trouble because, hey, she's kind of a feisty lady!
Geralt obviously gets away from the Wild Hunt (and you find out why in Witcher 3), and that's when he loses his memory and Witcher 1 starts.
So, yeah, from Yennfer's perspective she was abused all her life and the one time someone does something grand and nice for her he up and leaves without a word the first time. Then they keep ending up together, and she is obviously going to fear it's because of his last wish and not anything real.
Has to be Metal Gear Solid V right?
darkslayer101
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any good xp farming location? I am at lvl 38 and trying to get that undvik lvl 41 armor...
Bigboss242
Banned
Metal gear V will be game of the year.
Gurgelhals
Member
Has to be Metal Gear Solid V right?
Only if you prefer postmodernist drivel straight out of pseuds corner to profoundly humanist drama
I liked it. I also thought the fan translations were pretty great, too. Definitely worth a read through.
If you're only into reading physical books and don't want to read a fan translation for whatever reason, you'll have to wait a bit as the last 2 books aren't out yet. I think the last one will be out in 2017, unfortunately.
Denton
Member
Btw regarding your summary above, I dont think the magic used to heal sorceresses is illusory. Afaik it physically corrects the flaws. And just like vilgefortz was regrowing his eye, so is actually Phillipa in the game.
I might have to get around to reading these one day. That was a good write-up by the way, much appreciated
shinobi602
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Thanks for the explanations RDreamer! Much obliged.
Except that Geralt could see through the "illusion."
I suppose maybe I'll re-read that section again to see, but that's why I took it to be more of an illusion than a rebuild. I know Vilgefortz was regrowing his eye, but remember Lydia van Bredevoort had to have an illusion to fix her fucked up jaw/mouth? That's more along the lines of what I thought Yennefer had done.
If Witcher 3 doesn't get GOTY around here, I'm through with you people!
Bloodborne is indeed my GOTY at this point (not that Witcher 3 is bad though, it is excellent in its own right), but it will (probably) have some serious competition with Fallout 4 and MGS V, I expect.
Obviously, just my opinion
blueteainfusion
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I always took the scene as Geralt "deducing" what she used to be looking deep into her eyes (and putting her slightly uneven shoulders with everything he knows about sorceresses). Yen's hunchback has been corrected through magical plastic surgery. Lydia (Vilgefortz' assistant) had her deformities inflicted on her through magical accident/experiment/whatever, and they weren't easily treatable, so they covered it behind an illusion. Ciri's scar was supposed to be hidden like that as well (at least at the beginning).
They are different methods of altering mages appearances. Physical changes and illusions are just the most popular of them.
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Deleted member 471617
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I see that patch 1.05 is now available for consoles but I have a quick question -
I started the game with v1.04. If I download 1.05, will I have to start a new game or I can continue where im at. Want to make sure before I download the current patch. Thanks.
I started the game with v1.04. If I download 1.05, will I have to start a new game or I can continue where im at. Want to make sure before I download the current patch. Thanks.
Yeah, you're probably right. I get the impression all of them use both methods all the time, so for all we know she did mostly heal it through magic, but was also using a lot of illusionary magic for other things, in addition.
Gamers don't care about those things, they care about sandboxy open worlds where you can craft your own houses and shit.
that is to say that Fallout 4 will be a game ass video game and will triumph in spite of probably very poorly written everything.
Coreda
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You're good. If patches affected saves there'd be all kinds of havoc. You may want to search for the separate console patch threads to check for the console-specific changes. Here's the one for 1.05.
NekoFever
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Haha, I felt exhausted myself from all the dodging when he starts doing teleport attacks. Beat him first time, though
lordfuzzybutt
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Yeah I remember that Geralt somehow saw through the illusion right at the first time they met.
If I am not wrong Triss also uses illusion on her chest scar, which for some reason can't be erased physically.
Is that any worse than TW3 "triumphing" in spite of having very poor gameplay, tons of filler, and being a trash-loot-fest? Different elements are important to different consumers.
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Deleted member 471617
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Thanks. Checked the other topic but no one has posted in it for days.
orthodoxy1095
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From what I remember, it seemed like Geralt saw through the illusion through kind of his "senses," maybe his "Witcher senses" if you will. There's some line about how her eyes looked like the eyes of a hunchback (and maybe something about her movement as well). Regardless, he can't actually see through the illusion, it's more of a deductive thing.
Elysium-777
Member
I probably went against canon, but I mostly played Geralt as a one woman guy. The only exception was with
Keira
lordfuzzybutt
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Yeah you are correct. "Sense" is the right word here.
RespectThySole
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This or MGSV will probably be GOTY. Fallout 4 will probably get a few, but I doubt it will win overall because it will inevitably be inferior to New Vegas with Bethesda behind it(not that it won't be a good game in its own right though).
Hank Scorpio
Member
Just completed Gremist's alchemy quest and all I received was some alchemy ingredients. Pfft. Was at least expecting to get some formulas. I have most of the superior versions already so maybe that's why.
Still, it was odd after the quest how he would say he's thought me everything he knows when he thought me nothing.
Still, it was odd after the quest how he would say he's thought me everything he knows when he thought me nothing.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
The first expansion should be out right about the time Fallout 4 releases.
There was a notice that said 1.02 saves would be incompatible with like 1.01 or something similar. Saves would not work going backwards, they would work going forwards.
Speaking of crossbows:
Which one do you use? Catschool or bear? It seems to me like the catschool crossbow is simply better than the bear one:
It has 3 more base damage
+10 armor piercing
15% more attack power
and only
3% less crit hit chance
2% less crit damage
I do not understand why. I mean, both are level 29 and need nearly the same amount of ingredients.
Which one do you use? Catschool or bear? It seems to me like the catschool crossbow is simply better than the bear one:
It has 3 more base damage
+10 armor piercing
15% more attack power
and only
3% less crit hit chance
2% less crit damage
I do not understand why. I mean, both are level 29 and need nearly the same amount of ingredients.
Hank Scorpio
Member
The ending to the new dlc quest is awesome. Would love to run into those dudes again.