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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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Wind's Howling
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Skellige is such a breath of fresh air because you are basically 'stuck' in that war torn piece of country called Velen, which is something I always admire about that part of the game.
People seem to absolutely hate Velen and find it boring but it portrays the story so perfectly that you can not have the same beautiful fields of Skellige in that area.
Blood has been shed in that part. Two superpowers are fighting over their future reign and it is supposed to feel that way when traversing through the game.
V1LÆM
Gold Member
almost at 100 hours played. it's gonna end soon though. i don't want it to end. i haven't enjoyed a game this much in who knows how long. 100 hours isn't a lot to some of the more "hardcore" gamers but this is the most time i've ever put into a game.
i've just done the quest where you
. about to return to skellige to
.
i've just done the quest where you
travel through the different worlds
find the sunstone
texhnolyze
Banned
I really want to explore this elven city. 
MrJoobJoob
Member
Just got hit with a platinum-busting bug -- can't unlock a certain merchant in Velen (the one in the cage) who sells some specific cards. Oh well, can't say I'm not excited to replay the first 20 hours or so!
Wait, so, if you desired to collect all available cards in this game, would you have to keep reloading saves in order to win specific cards from them?
I know there are duplicates, or rather, variations of the same type of cards in the Scoiatel and Monster decks. Is there a way to nab them all?
I loved that quest, simple yet amazing!
Gurgelhals
Member
You can have
unicorn sex with Yennefer without it locking you into the romance.
reject her later during the Last Wish quest and say the three magic words to Triss at the docks to get the Triss ending.
I probably will never bring myself to go with Triss in subsequent playthroughs - not because I couldn't bring myself to break Yen's heart (though this is definitely the harder choice in the game than
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I lost my mind at that quest and it was then when the game secured itself in my top 3 for this year.
Also,
qa_engineer
Member
Looks good but why are some of the objects in the distance so blurry? Did you pan the camera?
endlessflood
Member
No, but if you did that you might be able to get all of the unique cards sooner. I didn't bother about it, I just played everyone who offered Gwent as soon as I met them until I came across one who didn't give me a card on my first victory against him, bought every card I ever saw on sale, and did the Gwent quests. Wasn't as tough as I thought it would be.
Your question is asked in a weird way. How far are you into the game? Or do you mean how long it take as soon as you start the game? It took me around 100 hours, and that's with "wasting" a lot of time doing sidequests and exploration.
I haven't even played AK, but I'm going to say The Witcher anyways.
Do want cute waifus? Then Witcher.
So many things to consider here... what setting do you prefer? The PS4 version of Batman has been acclaimed for performing well, etc, yet the ps4 version of Witcher apparently still has some framerate issues. If that bothers you, Batman now, Witcher later?
I am about tp start the
, but the sad thing is that I won't be able to finish my sidequests and contracts before that, or I might overlevel even more (I am lvl 24) You can level up so easily in this game that it starts to feel wrong.
Btw, loving it, 5 days of gane until now and planning a 2nd playtrough on DM.
Battle for Kaer Morhen
Btw, loving it, 5 days of gane until now and planning a 2nd playtrough on DM.
Crap, I did the same. There was so much time in-between when I did these two quests I completely didn't even realize how bad an idea this was. Dammit.
Only the quests that involve main characters can fail if you start a big story quest. So finish at least those and you're good. Contracts are unaffected afaik and can wait.
True, Skelliga is relatively peaceful and well off compared to the conflict zones. The natural ocean barrier helps them. It's also nice to not see a body hanging from every other tree.
I love Velen and Novigrad though. Its depressing and bleak, but not enough games do that well. I think they did a good job of showing the people who are truly affected by war. I often find myself wanting to help the people of Velen, but everything and everyone is so shitty at times I just wanna burn it all down.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Hey Geralt, if you take all this time to prepare and concoct potions and set lures and shit, why do you choose to fight in this tiny pitch black cave where you can't dodge and can't see shit?
Cat, bro
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Cat and Quen. There is a strategy for every battlefield.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Y'all missing the point. Why would Gerry pick the spot to begin with?
iNvid02
Member
Please note: This title will be delivered as a GOG key, that will be redeemable on http://www.gog.com/
so nope
I've kinda avoided these threads so far as I always seem to ruin the game for myself by clicking on a spoiler by mistake but I think I'm far enough through to be safe now.
I'm around 40hours in (I think - game time is a bid fucked up) and I'm just mopping up some quests in Novigrad/Velen
before I head to Skellige. I've just finished up the quest where
I'm just wondering if I've missed out on anything by doing so?
I'm around 40hours in (I think - game time is a bid fucked up) and I'm just mopping up some quests in Novigrad/Velen
specifically on the hunt for Dandelion
Triss is tortured by Menge's men. I kinda folded when she started screaming and had to intervene and kill ever last Mo-Fo in the place.
Redmethod18
Member
endlessflood has it right. Maybe I explained it poorly, basically there are some number of cards, say 60, that you have to get from vendors, so your first one will be a random one of those 60 and the next a random one of the remaining 59, etc. Basically if you just play every vendor you come across you will eventually get them all.
All the others are found for sale, obtained through quests or some are found out in the world. The only one I can think of that you find out in the world is the one found on
Hammond's Body
Bummer. Thanks
lol, I didn't even let them start touching her. They all died quickly, didn't care if I missed something.
Redmethod18
Member
I haven't finished the game yet but it affects some stuff towards the end of the game I have read.
Apparently Dijkstra doesn't give you money when you need it.
How that affects the ending I do not know.
Finally getting back into this game. Started it on launch day, ran into camera and frame rate issues. that and destiny took a lot of my free time. Now i have time to give this game the attention it deserves. started over fresh. Haven't killed the griffin yet. keep finding side quests. Also no way in hell i finish this by end of summer.
His Majesty
Banned
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Same, I refused to even let
a single hair of that woman's beautiful head be touched and slaughtered them all, down to the last man. RIP Menge
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Heh... kind of unintentionally hilarious when you wind up drinking a bunch of potions and then have a sex scene. Geralt looks like something out of the Walking Dead and yet the ladies love him!
Yeah, Velen is great at what they're going for. I know its kind of beating a dead horse but compared to something like DA:Inquisition which basically tries to portray the same sort of war torn locales, TW3 does such a more convincing job, in large part because you have actual ripped up and shitty looking battlefields, with dead bodies and mud and refugees and burnt out villages. They just do a great job of giving you the feeling that this part of the world has just been torn up between two rival factions.
But just starting into Skellige myself and its a great change of pace.
Yeah, Velen is great at what they're going for. I know its kind of beating a dead horse but compared to something like DA:Inquisition which basically tries to portray the same sort of war torn locales, TW3 does such a more convincing job, in large part because you have actual ripped up and shitty looking battlefields, with dead bodies and mud and refugees and burnt out villages. They just do a great job of giving you the feeling that this part of the world has just been torn up between two rival factions.
But just starting into Skellige myself and its a great change of pace.
Ha. I was very close to doing so but I thought if I can hold out then I'll ultimately be rewarded... fuck that. After getting jiggy with her in The Witcher 2 it only took one scream from my crimson headed siren and I was all up in their faces.
I'm really digging how ambiguous the quests are so far. Normally in RPGs when they tell you there's no good or bad choices there's normally a pretty glaringly obvious good one. TW3 forces you to choose how you think Geralt would, for good or for bad.
I'm Loving the game so far and think I've still got a long, long way to go.
DrGonzo615
Banned
Thats a great shot.
Yeah the game looks amazing. I mean some of the small details fall apart under close examination but the overall presentation and effect of the visuals is just fantastic.
Got it. Thanks, guys.
V1LÆM
Gold Member
100 hours in. 2nd game crash. Luckily i had just finished a quest where I spoke to
. So didn't lose much progress.
I can't beat him at Gwent. I need a unique card from him.
Also, I really hate my current armour. I need to find a better set. Not sure how long I have left until the main story is done. I only have a few gwent quests left to do and 2 contracts. Don't want it to end.
Once I finish I'm gonna focus on reading the books then play through Witcher 1 and 2. Damn, I've fallen in love with this whole Witcher thing since I started playing 3.
Ermion while trying to find the sunstone.
I can't beat him at Gwent. I need a unique card from him.
Also, I really hate my current armour. I need to find a better set. Not sure how long I have left until the main story is done. I only have a few gwent quests left to do and 2 contracts. Don't want it to end.
Once I finish I'm gonna focus on reading the books then play through Witcher 1 and 2. Damn, I've fallen in love with this whole Witcher thing since I started playing 3.
endlessflood
Member
Because in the land of pitch black caves, the Witcher with Superior Cat is king
I was blown away that they bothered to model all of that. I mean, sure, it's low-poly and low-res, but you're there for like 3 minutes!I really want to explore this elven city.