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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
GeordieMark
Member
It took me ages to really get into this, but now it is easily my favourite game of the year, and one of my all-time favourites. Its almost the perfect story-driven RPG.
The quest design is brilliant. Even the most mundane sounding side-quest can lead to a fun little mini-story, and the voice acting and dialogue for all of them are great. I really enjoy that there are few all round good guys or bad guys in the Witcher. Its much more realistic and interesting than being black and white.
I've lost count of the times I have just had to stop and take in the view as I explore the world too. Skelige in particular is gorgeous, and feels like a credible place. The way the wind blows the trees and shrubbery give the world a much more 'alive' feel.
I've probably overdone the side quests a bit as I'm level 24 and not even finished act 1 yet, but I'm really playing for the story and exploration at this point. Its hard to concentrate on the main story when the side quests, treasure hunts, and contracts are so well written and fun.
In short, I fucking love this game.
The quest design is brilliant. Even the most mundane sounding side-quest can lead to a fun little mini-story, and the voice acting and dialogue for all of them are great. I really enjoy that there are few all round good guys or bad guys in the Witcher. Its much more realistic and interesting than being black and white.
I've lost count of the times I have just had to stop and take in the view as I explore the world too. Skelige in particular is gorgeous, and feels like a credible place. The way the wind blows the trees and shrubbery give the world a much more 'alive' feel.
I've probably overdone the side quests a bit as I'm level 24 and not even finished act 1 yet, but I'm really playing for the story and exploration at this point. Its hard to concentrate on the main story when the side quests, treasure hunts, and contracts are so well written and fun.
In short, I fucking love this game.
iNvid02
Member
they said 1.10 has a native toggle hud option for PC, default key is supposed to be HOME on keyboard but i heard it doesn't work properly yet. bound to be a hide ui mod on nexusmods though
Coreda
Member
Friendly HUD can toggle every UI element, in addition to a very neat 'live' meditation feature and direction-based objective marker overlay.
As for hiding Geralt you can install the debug console mod and use F2 (IIRC) to enter free cam mode.
Just make sure both mods are updated for 1.10, not sure if the console enabler mod is yet.
Right, just New Game+. Affects all DLC equipment, even horse accessories.
LurkerPrime
Member
Lion mane, bearded Geralt with the Wolven armour looks so good. mein gott
It really is amazing; I second everything you mention. That feeling of having something short and straightforward morph into this remarkable quest is just sublime. So few games try to surprise you in that manner, without trumpeting everything from the rooftops, and even fewer could pull it off so consistently.
The most amazing part, for me, is Act 1 itself (which I'm still in since launch, lol. Took a long break!). For any other game, Act 1 would be The Game. I can't even imagine what the other acts are like.
I'll never understand how CDPR managed to pack so much into the Witcher 3. It's absolutely crazy.
It really is amazing; I second everything you mention. That feeling of having something short and straightforward morph into this remarkable quest is just sublime. So few games try to surprise you in that manner, without trumpeting everything from the rooftops, and even fewer could pull it off so consistently.
The most amazing part, for me, is Act 1 itself (which I'm still in since launch, lol. Took a long break!). For any other game, Act 1 would be The Game. I can't even imagine what the other acts are like.
I'll never understand how CDPR managed to pack so much into the Witcher 3. It's absolutely crazy.
BizzyBum
Member
What's scarier is them saying Cyberpunk 2077 is far bigger.
R_thanatos
Member
The funny thing is that playing through heart of stone i'm coming across quests from the main game i hadn't done ..i thought i had done Everything , but NOPE i still have stuff to do ..i'm actually scared to think that i've overlooked a sizeable chunk of quest content
I'm NOT done with this game ! ( Rejoice ! )
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, but how many of those unfinished quests are going to net you more than like, 10 exp?
I finished one the other day and I got exactly 1 exp point.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
After what felt like 50 hours, I finally arrived at Skellige.
Knowing that I tend to do EVERY sidequest I come across, how much trouble am I in and how far am I into the game ?
Spoilers for Novigrad sidequests :
Knowing that I tend to do EVERY sidequest I come across, how much trouble am I in and how far am I into the game ?
It's funny because the sidequests in the game are so interesting I play them for the story and gameplay rather than the reward.
Spoilers for Novigrad sidequests :
The Priscilla agressor sidequest was awesome imho.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
You're less than 50% through the game.
As for your spoiler, don't worry, everyone does that.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
ohmygod
I really enjoy passing by someone and hear "will name my first born son Geralt."
That's one "fuck yeah" moment
R_thanatos
Member
Actually i'm lv 37 , was doing a lv 25 quest i've missed that gave me 27xp BUT the quest was linked to another lv15 quest and when i've finished it it gave me a nice lv 37 sword(green) and 54 xp points
You never know with this game, it's trully full of surprises
MrCookiepants
Member
Thought I'd give this game a go after putting it down for a while.
First quest I need to talk to a blacksmith, but the game won't let me do it. I google and find that if I keep meditating until he's in a certain position, it'll let us speak. Next quest the game won't let me dive underwater. After a few minutes of frustration I reload my save and it works. Next quest I'm navigating a lighthouse and it takes legit 20 seconds for me to get Geralt to climb a ladder. Then the janky movement and awkward camera cause me to fall off and die. Cue long ass load screen.
*removes disc from PS4 and puts game back on shelf*
First quest I need to talk to a blacksmith, but the game won't let me do it. I google and find that if I keep meditating until he's in a certain position, it'll let us speak. Next quest the game won't let me dive underwater. After a few minutes of frustration I reload my save and it works. Next quest I'm navigating a lighthouse and it takes legit 20 seconds for me to get Geralt to climb a ladder. Then the janky movement and awkward camera cause me to fall off and die. Cue long ass load screen.
*removes disc from PS4 and puts game back on shelf*
RoadHazard
Gold Member
That game is going to be so damn broken, lol. Might wait for six months or so before I pick that up.
alright someone help me with the novigrad quests:
also wtf at the ending of the cabaret quest. that was a very good quest.
god I fucking love witcher 3
I have finished them, so what the fuck happened to the huge treasure? have I found it and just missed that scene or something? I have no idea. I have freed dandelion etc. but no talk of the treasure.
also wtf at the ending of the cabaret quest. that was a very good quest.
god I fucking love witcher 3
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
You need to use Axii during a conversation. It was handled a bit poorly by CDPR and they should've made it more obvious, and yeah if you fail that it's a tad strange how the treasure is just dropped. It's mentioned a little in act 2. Anyway, Menge was the only person who knew where it was, and if you kill him, you'll never find it.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
If you think you're done with Novigrad, you have to keep in mind that you're still in act 1 out of 3.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Like I said, still in act 1. I'd say you have more than 50% left if you do much in Skellige. Act 2 and 3 are way, way shorter than act 1, but just saying you'll be back in Velen and Novigrad, and other locations too. In either case, you're nowhere near the end
GeordieMark
Member
One of the best things about this game is that I do the quests for the quest, rather than the EXP. They are so well written that I don't want to miss out on fun little adventure, even if I'm way overlevelled and won't receive any particularly useful reward. There are quite a few examples of pretty epic side quests that start off with a seemingly unassuming task.
Denton
Member
Area north of Novigrad is extensively expanded in Hearts of Stone expansion, there is plenty of stuff to do there.
All three Witcher games are like this. Who needs fucking grinding and useless rewards when we can have well written interesting experiences instead ?
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Finished the game today, getting this ending.
I'm sad now. At least it could be worse.
Ciri becomes Empress and Geralt is alone because I fucked up with Triss and Yen.
I'm sad now. At least it could be worse.
funkystudent
Member
Finally back into this.
Dumped
Game is very pretty but boy...a few weeks of MGSV its weird going back to the rocky 30fps feel.
One of these days Ill get a decent PC. One day.
Dumped
Yen. Felt bad.
Now I am gonna go crown the next leader of Skelage.
Now I am gonna go crown the next leader of Skelage.
Game is very pretty but boy...a few weeks of MGSV its weird going back to the rocky 30fps feel.
One of these days Ill get a decent PC. One day.
This is the reason I've stopped playing MGSV and I'm just sticking to The Witcher, the 60-30 fps makes the game feel too awkward every time.
LurkerPrime
Member
I really like how expressive Geralt is in TW3. (I want to say the previous games relied on the VO to emote) This game can do it without a word uttered and it's always a treat to see.
Yabberwocky
Member
Er, has anyone else had a gwent card disappear from their deck? I'd realised today that I hadn't had
pop up in any of my games recently, and after checking, it's no where to be seen in my deck. I'm a bit baffled.
Villentretenmerth
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Do you have the dragon?
RandomSeed
Member
Did the patch increase enemy health/armor on death march, or am I remembering wrong? Started back up my sign build character to play the expansion, and the lvl 30+ mobs take forever to kill it seems. Igni seems pointless...may have to respec.
illusionary
Member
I've not seen the details, but there were certainly changes to Death March difficulty. The changelog includes "Improves balance for Death March difficulty."
Zeouterlimits
Member
GOG Galaxy is behaving super weirdly for me.
I can launch W3, but I can't access any of the menus in the Galaxy client (to download the dlc for example), they just seem to try to load for ages.
I can launch W3, but I can't access any of the menus in the Galaxy client (to download the dlc for example), they just seem to try to load for ages.
RandomSeed
Member
I disagree.
Yeah, I read they changed things, but I didn't have a clue what that actually meant. Each patch seems to nerf signs in some way.Every fucking enemy in this game loves chain jump/charge stagger attacks, so I figure the chort decoction would be helpful as I get back into the game, but it doesn't seem to work at all. Stun and stagger is made worse when enemies have tons of health. Monsters and animals dodging away from your sword attacks looks ridiculous. The game is still probably my GOTY, I had a blast with a couple of playthroughs, but I really dislike the changes CDPR are making to the game. I guess I'll just turn down the difficulty to blood and broken bones so I can experience the fantastic RPG aspects.
LurkerPrime
Member
KB&M: Home button. Might be bugged currently?
Controllers: IIRC they couldn't fit it into the control scheme.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Why bring Jesus into this?Christ, why do they even put it in the patch notes if they aren't including it. That was the only reason I downloaded that 16GB patch
Yu Narukami
Member
Spoiler Romance question.
I told to Triss to stay but she left anyway. After that I slept with Yen. I still haven't got the option to tell Yen that I love her but plan not to. Is it still possible to romance Triss or to sleep with her? If I don't tell Yen that I love her will I end alone?
Denton
Member
You should be level 30. Other than that it can take both before or after the main quest depending on when you play it.
And get it, it's incredible.
Glad i picked this up on PS4 recently. Yesterday i finished everything at Wild Orchard and went to Velen. I was riding on my horse, it was raining ingame and raining outside my flat, sitting on the couch with a blanket around my shoulder, 5.1 surround sound and the bleak atmosphere from the countryside and village was giving me serious vibes. That was such a great moment that it gave me chills.
And damn we have come a long way in console gaming, even on these laptop CPUs. The faces (animations/expressions) are so good and the women look really attrative and diverse so far.
What is a good sign investing into? So far i almost exclusivly used Igni and gave it two points. Resenting to looking up to much online but there was no real need for it till now.
Thanks, had a similar question in mind. Does the expansion add anything (gear/items/skills/whatever) to the main game?
And damn we have come a long way in console gaming, even on these laptop CPUs. The faces (animations/expressions) are so good and the women look really attrative and diverse so far.
What is a good sign investing into? So far i almost exclusivly used Igni and gave it two points. Resenting to looking up to much online but there was no real need for it till now.
Thanks, had a similar question in mind. Does the expansion add anything (gear/items/skills/whatever) to the main game?
Lanrutcon
Member
Quen is always a solid bet.
It's not a standalone expansion, it's just another (long) side quest added in an area that was barren in the base game. So, yeah, it integrates itself into the main game. Pretty clear case of content they couldn't finish in time for release, but still pretty worth it.
It comes with a few new outfits and weapons, a few new diagrams and a new way to enchant your gear (which most people seem to agree is kinda useless). There's a disappointing lack of new contracts, potions/decoctions or smaller quests a bit meatier than "I buried a chest 2 meters from my corpse".