I've read The Last Wish so this is great news, but holy shit what takes them so long with these English editions?
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I've read The Last Wish so this is great news, but holy shit what takes them so long with these English editions?
Ah, nice to find this topic.
I'm playing Witcher 2 and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I retract a previous comment I made about the game not looking all that great. I disabled bloom and cranked the gamma up and it looks much better. Very nice looking game.
Got Gerard an armor without the stupid hood and a nice haircut (the pendulum one). Feels good.
I'm on the beginning of act 2 now. So far, story isn't terribly interesting, but I quite enjoy the gameplay.
I'm playing Witcher 2 and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I retract a previous comment I made about the game not looking all that great. I disabled bloom and cranked the gamma up and it looks much better. Very nice looking game.
Got Gerard an armor without the stupid hood and a nice haircut (the pendulum one). Feels good.
I'm on the beginning of act 2 now. So far, story isn't terribly interesting, but I quite enjoy the gameplay.
Deified Data
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No guilt for looking up the solution to the invisible ink reagent in act 3. They had the alchemist hint at adding acid to water just to fuck with you.
Deified Data
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Alright, Witcher 2 is down. That was a pretty fucked up ending.
Who's this secret boss that's supposed to be the toughest in the game, and how do you fight him? I never got the chance. Also,
Thinking of doing another playthrough to pursue Iorveth's route, maybe on hard.
Letho was so much easier when the artificial difficulty of fighting him in a tiny room was removed.
do all the mages get slaughtered if you hand Anais over to Natalis instead of Radovid?
Thinking of doing another playthrough to pursue Iorveth's route, maybe on hard.
I really liked Vergen. The night music there is sooooo good
The boss shows up at the end of this quest http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/From_a_Bygone_Era
And the game is definitely worth playing a second time. You'll miss a ton of content otherwise
Gully State
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About the end...
. Once Geralt cleared his name, I felt that he had no real reason to fight..
i liked being given the choice to not fight Letho and let him go...after all he was an ally to Geralt prior to this and was killing kings to save his Witcher clan
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Shit, I knew I forgot something. I found several entrances to the sewers in Ch.3 but kept putting them off thinking a quest would take me there. I guess that's what second playthropughs are for. Reading the wiki that boss doesn't seem important to the story.
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Yeah I felt as if they didn't delve deeper into
story. I really do love details for everything heh.
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Jay Shadow
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Well, there's always the next game...
ShadowgeistX
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Ok so I went on a bit of a hiatus between smash bros, Tales of Xillia 2, monster hunter demo, and lego marvel superheroes (which a friend lent me and is TERRIBLE) and some other miscellaneous games I was tinkering around with.
So I think I may have beaten Chapter 1 of Witcher 1 (leaving outskirts of vizima), and it's pretty awesome. I still don't really know what I'm doing though, so some questions:
- How far along should my equipment be? I haven't been looking for anything in particular so I'm pretty much using default equips that you get from the prologue. I'm asking because right now I'm getting almost manhandled by a lot of the bigger encounters (story related).
- Do the conversation branches matter that much in terms of overall plot? I'm not sure how open-ended this game is in terms of how the plot comes together based on choices you make.
- Also, is Geralt going to be poor forever? I don't seem to make much money in this game lol.
So I think I may have beaten Chapter 1 of Witcher 1 (leaving outskirts of vizima), and it's pretty awesome. I still don't really know what I'm doing though, so some questions:
- How far along should my equipment be? I haven't been looking for anything in particular so I'm pretty much using default equips that you get from the prologue. I'm asking because right now I'm getting almost manhandled by a lot of the bigger encounters (story related).
- Do the conversation branches matter that much in terms of overall plot? I'm not sure how open-ended this game is in terms of how the plot comes together based on choices you make.
- Also, is Geralt going to be poor forever? I don't seem to make much money in this game lol.
I'm near the end of Chapter 4 and have only bought one sword and one armor. Equipment doesn't mean much. You need to do some alchemy and make potions when you think there's a big encounter coming up. Usually they'll tell you.
Choices do seem to matter a bit more than most games.
There's also not terribly much to buy outside of some books and stuff. As long as you don't go crazy with things and do a few side quests you should be fine. It seems pretty balanced with having about as much as you need.
For The Witcher Lore, ShoddyCast does an amazing job with his series of videos: http://youtu.be/YrrzVp2HIMk
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I need to retry The Witcher 2. Found it hard and didn't like the "no potions during battle" aspect.
But I want to beat it. The Witcher 3 looks beautiful, but I don't want to buy it unless I enjoy the second one on a second attempt.
But I want to beat it. The Witcher 3 looks beautiful, but I don't want to buy it unless I enjoy the second one on a second attempt.
Oh my god yes. The thing about this game is, sometimes you don't get to see the consequences of your decisions until much later into the game. So I would think carefully when deciding whether to aid or harm someone.
Wanted to get some good time into the game tonight, but it thoroughly pissed me off. Doing a quest where I have to kill some wraiths and it seems like my game is bugged tonight or something. I dunno. Randomly I'm just not able to cast spells... for a really long time. And every attack just won't go through. I went into the fight and got annihilated, and then every time after I couldn't cast a freaking spell. Then I finally was able to for about 4 or 5 minutes, then I got to the 2nd round of wraiths and I couldn't anymore. Reloaded and tried to fight a wyvern and none of my attacks worked at all. I dunno what the fuck is going on.
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Cool, I've been doing alchemy sparingly...I'm usually getting beaten pretty hard and have to use food + swallow to keep my health up reasonably. Mixed a few cats to see in the dark but only had to use it the once and the effects are surprisingly long lasting.
I do see a lot of books(plants/animals for example) for sale though, 100-200 orens and then I'm like "sssss....too rich for my blood" and I ditch it lol. Super frugal even with virtual money wtf.
Hm, well generally I'm playing "good guy but slightly greedy Geralt"...but your point interests me. I'm a little tempted to do a second playthrough as a terrible person lol.
Blizzard makes fights easy mode. So if you can, have some of that when you know a boss is coming up.
Yeah, I haven't bought much outside of what the story forces you to. I really wish you didn't have to pay for lore.
FYI but the Quen sign will allow you to see in the dark during its effect in addition to blocking damage. This way you would not have to lug around 'Cat's but would instead rely more on 'Tawny Owl's for the endurance regen.
Here's a tip/cheat for crafting upgraded Steel swords:
drop your meteorite chunks and pick them back up off of the ground
Forgive the douplepost but I just beat the Witcher 1.
Man, that game does a great job of making you feel like you're invincible by the end.
[Edit: Not really a spoiler, IMO but tagging just to be safe] Also, I'm a huge fan of
, that's for sure.
Now time to get some sleep...gotta wake up for work in 3 and a half hours for work
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Man, that game does a great job of making you feel like you're invincible by the end.
[Edit: Not really a spoiler, IMO but tagging just to be safe] Also, I'm a huge fan of
how many plot threads are touched on at the end. It's not a game that can be criticized for having an ending that comes out of nowhere
Now time to get some sleep...gotta wake up for work in 3 and a half hours for work
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Ok so i have just now finished playing through The Witcher Enhanced Edition for the first time, and enjoyed it on the whole i guess or though it hasn't aged extremely well. I was a bit lost at times in the story but just to summaries from what i understand....
The game has a habit of not completely explaining the mechanics to you and as a result i hardly made any potions, came across numerous unknown herbs, didnt know how to obtain or use mutagens to unlock some skills in my skill tree and never really used more than 2 magic spells/signs (Aard & Agni) let alone levelling up any of the other spells past level 1 and speaking of levelling up, i think i only got 2 gold tokens and that was in the last hour of gameplay so not sure how one is supposed to max out all your stats....or maybe you cant!?
Also there appears to be a lot of stuff left unexplained and characters that just seem to be ignored for the rest of the game, take all the witches at the start i never see them again. Was it ever explained why Geralt was presumed dead and missing for ages?, a lot was made of this at the start of the game and then was bought up at a few other occasions in branching conversation with certain characters but that just seemed to be forgotten about around half way through the game and we never got any closure on it!. And just who was the
were we supposed to recognise who that was?. I was under the impression after the credits had rolled i would be allowed to finish of the remanded of my quests to get more answers about Geralts disappearance and unlock some more skills but this doesn't happen which is a bit of a disappointment.
Whats peoples views on the 2nd game is it much improved over the first game?, as if not im not sure i could endure another 30 hours or so of similar mechanics?, im guess this was a excellent game in 2007 just that time hasn't been very favourable to it but im glad i played it
The Grand Master hires Javed and the Professor along with Salamandra to attack the Witchers hideout and steal their mutagens so they can build an army of super soldiers to command and rule over humans in the forth coming ice age that the Grand Master has foreseen. Geralts is given a mission to track down Javed, Professor and Slamandra to find out what they want the stolen mutagen for, bring it back and eliminate Salamandra in the process.
The game has a habit of not completely explaining the mechanics to you and as a result i hardly made any potions, came across numerous unknown herbs, didnt know how to obtain or use mutagens to unlock some skills in my skill tree and never really used more than 2 magic spells/signs (Aard & Agni) let alone levelling up any of the other spells past level 1 and speaking of levelling up, i think i only got 2 gold tokens and that was in the last hour of gameplay so not sure how one is supposed to max out all your stats....or maybe you cant!?
Also there appears to be a lot of stuff left unexplained and characters that just seem to be ignored for the rest of the game, take all the witches at the start i never see them again. Was it ever explained why Geralt was presumed dead and missing for ages?, a lot was made of this at the start of the game and then was bought up at a few other occasions in branching conversation with certain characters but that just seemed to be forgotten about around half way through the game and we never got any closure on it!. And just who was the
assassin who tired to kill the King at the end of the game
Whats peoples views on the 2nd game is it much improved over the first game?, as if not im not sure i could endure another 30 hours or so of similar mechanics?, im guess this was a excellent game in 2007 just that time hasn't been very favourable to it but im glad i played it
Both The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition are currently 80% off on Steam.
Bumping this yet again to say I finally beat Witcher 1! I got distracted finishing Lightning Returns and getting Type-0, and just getting kind of burned out on it. Glad to have finished it now.
Overall it has a lot of problems, though it's still a good game. Ultimately combat didn't make much sense. I had to try the final battle over like 6 or 7 times. The time I beat it I did nothing different except he just went down in like 4 seconds. It was kind of hilarious because I was getting angry!
Even though it did technically tie in, the
plan just seemed kind of thrown in at the end. I mean, I know it's not, but to be following the
thread the whole game only to have it kind of vaguely be some other dude was kind of odd.
Onto The Witcher 2, now! Already like night and day going back to this. Their budget must have skyrocketed between the two.
Really hope I can beat 2 before 3 comes out.
The scene with the assassin is a direct teaser to the 2nd game. You're only supposed to recognize that he's
I've played a good chunk of Witcher 2 in the past, before trying to do both of them now, and Witcher 2 is definitely not 30 hours of similar mechanics. Well, similar, I suppose, but way more polished and a lot more budget. Witches 1 is kind of a very basic foundation for what's in Witcher 2.
Overall it has a lot of problems, though it's still a good game. Ultimately combat didn't make much sense. I had to try the final battle over like 6 or 7 times. The time I beat it I did nothing different except he just went down in like 4 seconds. It was kind of hilarious because I was getting angry!
Even though it did technically tie in, the
Grand Master's
Salamandra
Onto The Witcher 2, now! Already like night and day going back to this. Their budget must have skyrocketed between the two.
Really hope I can beat 2 before 3 comes out.
The scene with the assassin is a direct teaser to the 2nd game. You're only supposed to recognize that he's
a witcher, too
I've played a good chunk of Witcher 2 in the past, before trying to do both of them now, and Witcher 2 is definitely not 30 hours of similar mechanics. Well, similar, I suppose, but way more polished and a lot more budget. Witches 1 is kind of a very basic foundation for what's in Witcher 2.
Because this is based off of the book series, the story is explored in a trilogy. You learn more about Geralt's disappearance in TW2. The witchers in TW1 are going to reappear in TW3. The cinematic at the end, as the poster above me said, is meant as a teaser for TW2 and you're supposed to identify that he has the eyes a Witcher does.
TW1 does explain most of the mechanics but it does leave room to be desired. Depending on what difficult you played on, the necessity of potions varies. You absolutely need potions if you're going to succeed on higher difficulties. If you looked through any of the shop owners, you can see that they have books you can buy in order to identify more herbs. IIRC you also have skills that you can level to make more potent potions and be able to identify more herbs.
No you're not supposed to be able to max everything out in terms of skills. The game is centered around making choices so you have to choose which specialty you want to focus on.
Already past the
fight in The Witcher 2. It was kind of rough. I opted for a hop-around-like-a-damned-rabbit approach and just hurled bombs at him and used aard. Worked well enough.
I don't like that they basically went with the same choice as the first game, Scoia'tael vs Military (humans vs nonhumans). Probably going with Roche, even though I went with him back when I last played half the game. The game doesn't do the greatest of jobs in making you like Iorveth. I mean I don't dislike him a ton either, it's just it seems like you have to be going for a more weirdly chaotic personality to pick him. I mean you're trying to clear your name with Roche...
Anyway, I'm really loving the game. It has aged brilliantly, too, especially compared to the first. Looks wonderful.
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I don't like that they basically went with the same choice as the first game, Scoia'tael vs Military (humans vs nonhumans). Probably going with Roche, even though I went with him back when I last played half the game. The game doesn't do the greatest of jobs in making you like Iorveth. I mean I don't dislike him a ton either, it's just it seems like you have to be going for a more weirdly chaotic personality to pick him. I mean you're trying to clear your name with Roche...
Anyway, I'm really loving the game. It has aged brilliantly, too, especially compared to the first. Looks wonderful.
Love the games but the combat and overall balance is terrible in each. Rough up front but way too quickly the player becomes an unstoppable god after a mere few skill points spent. Swords especially are just way too overpowered and nothing was able to graze my life even a fraction by the endgame of both, even on the hardest diff.
Fantastic world building and engrossing characters though. Really hope the third game finally fixes up the combat issues.
Fantastic world building and engrossing characters though. Really hope the third game finally fixes up the combat issues.
I don't understand this at all, especially with the first game. I was getting my ass handed to me on a few of those ending fights. I had to cheese a good amount of it.
Jay Shadow
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I think it's contextualized much better in Witcher 2 than it was in the first one. First game felt like picking sides which isn't very Geralt like. In Witcher 2 both sides are a means to an end. Roche's side if you're focused on clearing your name. Iorveth's side if you're more focused on where Triss went. Even in the inevitable future conflicts they make it clear that you're not really fighting for the cause on either side.
Huh, I didn't really get that from the choice at least in the first act. How does Iorveth focus on that? Unless I missed some dialogue or something it seemed like Roche was the far more logical choice in either case.
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An amazing series. Easily the best RPGs of last gen.
I hope I will have time to replay both after finishing Pillars.
I hope I will have time to replay both after finishing Pillars.
Jay Shadow
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Come to think of it, they might not have made the distinction until after you've already made the decision. They pretty much just both say they can help you. I've played the game so many times it blurs together. They'll make it more clear in Act 2 that you're not necessarily siding with the people you're with against the other side.
I also went with Roche the first time around. Seemed like the natural continuation of what I'd started.
WetTreeLeaf
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Iorveth wants to leave Flotsam as quickly as possible, Roche wants you to wait to finish some stuff.
I would suggest picking Iorveth's side honestly. I feel like it's the better of the 2 paths.
Ooooh that makes sense. I didn't actually talk to Iorveth before talking to Roche.
Still seems weird. I mean don't you still have to "finish stuff" with Iorveth too? I.e. Break him out of the barge? Or is that really easy and quick?
GavinUK86
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They fixed that issue with the enhanced edition. Added a tutorial and softened early enemies up.
Iorveth's path is way better imo. More fun and I was more interested in finding out about Triss.
Do you not get to find out about Triss on Roche's path?
Also, are either of these canon for Witcher 3?
GavinUK86
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Yeah you do but I just found that path more fun. Both are equally good though. Not sure about what's canon. They don't like to point that out so I'm guessing they're as canon as you make them.
Depends on how they frame the game's story. I wasn't able to import Witcher 1 to 2 (played 1 on PC and 2 on 360), but it started out nullifying one big decision. Luckily it seemed like I didn't make too many crazy different decisions. Witcher 2, thoigh seems like you go pretty different paths and can affect things more. I just don't want to boot up witcher 3 after catching up with all these and still be lost.
GavinUK86
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They'll probably frame it well for newcomers so people who's played the previous 2 shouldn't have any problems. You could always read the books too, there's only like 8 or 9 of them lol. If you really want to punish yourself you could watch the TV show, The Hexer.
Aren't only 4 or 5 actually translated?
I am starting to read them, actually. I'm a bit into The Last Wish.
GavinUK86
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Yeah, a couple. I got most of them in english from the fan site. I'm on the Last Wish atm too!
Jay Shadow
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3 of them are missing translations, but are finally on track to be released. Sword of Destiny is a short story collection coming out this year, which was skipped over in translating before. Chronologically it's between The Last Wish and Blood of Elves. Then Tower of the Swallow comes out next year, and Lady of the Lake the year after that.
As mentioned before, all the missing books were translated by the community in the Witcher forums.
Both paths come together in Act 3. It's 2 sides of the same story more or less. Each side has information about the main plots that the other side doesn't have, so you don't have the absolute full picture without seeing both sides. But the events of both sides still probably happen more or less even if you weren't there.
Rad, thanks for the link! We'll see how far I get. I've got a good pace now, but I've been known to start strong and slow up a ton. That's what happened to Witcher 1, lol.
Thinking I can realistically beat W2 and read maybe 2 of the books by the time 3 comes out.
GavinUK86
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I always find it hard to set aside time to read. I might read for a couple hours one day then not get back to it for a week.
It's kind of an in-between everything else activity for me, so a lot of times my reading time gets cut by me just fucking around on my phone instead.
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I never would have thought what a whiny emo Geralt is after playing the games but he really can't shut up about the injustice he faces in the books... Despite being
Also fun fact Dandelion's name is 3 different flowers in German, English and Polish.
80+ years old.
Also fun fact Dandelion's name is 3 different flowers in German, English and Polish.
I think I'm finally nearing the end of Act 2 for Witcher 2. I took Roche's path, but I'm still really liking the story. About to head to the Kinglsayer's lair.
Also almost finished with The Last Wish. I'm kind of wondering whether I should jump into the fan translation of Sword of Destiny or head into The Blood of Elves.
Also almost finished with The Last Wish. I'm kind of wondering whether I should jump into the fan translation of Sword of Destiny or head into The Blood of Elves.
The fan translations are great, you should read Sword of Destiny.
Jay Shadow
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I'd say fan translation if you're aiming to do this before Witcher 3. Or you can wait until Sword of Destiny's official translation is supposed to come out when Wild Hunt does. Either way I wouldn't skip it with Yennifer and Ciri's heavy involvement in the new game. It's probably the best look at his relationship to both of them given how often they're all separated from each other in later books.