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The Witcher |OT| Damn all dissonances
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DangerStepp
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This. :lolSRG01 said:
One of the user created mods gives Triss a fire bush.
Couple quick Q's:
Did they never fix the blocky faces issue? I have everything maxed out--I guess the solution is to turn off AF and run it manually through the control panel?
Did they never fix the problem where all light sources show throw walls and, well, everything?
Did they never fix the blocky faces issue? I have everything maxed out--I guess the solution is to turn off AF and run it manually through the control panel?
Did they never fix the problem where all light sources show throw walls and, well, everything?
DangerStepp
Member
AstroLad said:
1) I didn't notice any blocky faces. If you're referring to the weird vertical lines on characters during cutscences, then no. That's still there and you're correct regarding the AF/AA.
2) I noticed nothing of the sort, so I'm assuming they fixed this.
DangerStepp
Member
AstroLad said:
That is pretty weird. I honestly don't recall seeing it, but I'm sure it's something I couldn't help but notice now that you've mentioned it.
A good thing that I finished the game a couple weeks ago. It's great, though the story is a little "meh" at points.
Minsc
Gold Member
AstroLad said:
Seems you can thank SLI for that feature. There's a workaround there, and a link to a FAQ for troubleshooting other problems.
BattleMonkey
Member
Loving the game but do you ever really need to use anything other than the sword? I've never found use for any of the other weapon types.
DangerStepp
Member
Nope. Silver and Steel swords are all you need; you needn't carry any other weapons. But Geralt wouldn't look as cool then, would he?BattleMonkey said:
BattleMonkey
Member
It's on indefinite hold for now, with work on Witcher 2 still going on.
Vlodril
Member
Finaly finished the game. Took a month off (i got burned out around chapter 5). Fantastic game. Came out of nowhere but thanks to gaf i decided to get that (this and demon souls validate the time i spend in here :lol ).
It has bugs here and there but the story is great and its very well done. Happy there is a sequel do we have any eta on it?
It has bugs here and there but the story is great and its very well done. Happy there is a sequel do we have any eta on it?
Just getting towards the end of chapter 2.
wow.
This may be the best WRPG I ever played. I like how it still has custscenes and a very narrative-driven story, the world is awesome, music is awesome, graphics are pretty damn good as far as I can see.
The only drawbacks I've seen are that the combat (so far) is pretty simple, and there's a TON of crap to remember for all the alchemy stuff. I like the Journal constantly keeping me on track, and I feel like there's always a bunch of quests and stuff to do.
Anyway, very impressed with it.
wow.
This may be the best WRPG I ever played. I like how it still has custscenes and a very narrative-driven story, the world is awesome, music is awesome, graphics are pretty damn good as far as I can see.
The only drawbacks I've seen are that the combat (so far) is pretty simple, and there's a TON of crap to remember for all the alchemy stuff. I like the Journal constantly keeping me on track, and I feel like there's always a bunch of quests and stuff to do.
Anyway, very impressed with it.
I've been teetering on whether to buy this.
On the one hand, I liked the setting and direction in the demo. The main character was nice (if a bit stiff) and the different combat styles were intriguing. Now my complaints:
-On my X1900XT, most resolutions have a blocky, prismatic look, like someone put a filter of tiny squares over my screen. This seems to only happen with certain cards and certain scalings, but there doesn't seem to be a fix from what I gathered on their forums. It's beyond annoying and would a be a deal-breaker were there no patch.
I tried a lower resolution (think it was 1280*960? My monitor is 1280*1024) and the problem went away like I thought.. But it's disappointing to play the game in windowed mode.
-Are all the cutscene characters so wooden? Geralt looks like he broke his jaw and almost had it wired shut.
-Good dialogue, shifty translation. Some of the responses seem way out of place and unnatural. Does this get better?
-Click-happy combat. I liked the different styles. The constant mouse repositioning made me feel like I was playing an FPS. Why the hell can't they have keyboard inputs?
What do you think? I'm not going out of my way to attack this game, I just felt it had some big downsides from the short part that I played through.
On the one hand, I liked the setting and direction in the demo. The main character was nice (if a bit stiff) and the different combat styles were intriguing. Now my complaints:
-On my X1900XT, most resolutions have a blocky, prismatic look, like someone put a filter of tiny squares over my screen. This seems to only happen with certain cards and certain scalings, but there doesn't seem to be a fix from what I gathered on their forums. It's beyond annoying and would a be a deal-breaker were there no patch.
I tried a lower resolution (think it was 1280*960? My monitor is 1280*1024) and the problem went away like I thought.. But it's disappointing to play the game in windowed mode.
-Are all the cutscene characters so wooden? Geralt looks like he broke his jaw and almost had it wired shut.
-Good dialogue, shifty translation. Some of the responses seem way out of place and unnatural. Does this get better?
-Click-happy combat. I liked the different styles. The constant mouse repositioning made me feel like I was playing an FPS. Why the hell can't they have keyboard inputs?
What do you think? I'm not going out of my way to attack this game, I just felt it had some big downsides from the short part that I played through.
Yasae said:
It's easily the best rpg released in the last few years, and the demo is a terrible example of the full game, imo.
Regarding the translation, the demo is taken from the original release of the game, which had a shoddy translation and a huge amount of cut dialogue compared to the original Polish version. With the enhanced edition release, they retranslated the whole game and filled out the rest of the cut dialogue, and it's a huge improvement over what you've seen in the demo.
This games a piece of crap now and the Enhanced edition patch doesn't even work. I was so looking forward to replaying the game but apparently they did not test the 1.4 patch which takes forever to install and all it does is crash at the star menu. I searched for my error message which tons of people had and there is no fix :/
Steve Youngblood
Member
It's on 1.5 now, isn't it?Tom Penny said:
I bought the Extended Edition box copy last week, which out of the box was at V 1.4xxxx (don't remember the exact number now). I don't know what was wrong, but it wouldn't work until I patched it to 1.5.
bigmit3737
Member
inner-G said:
The combat is what's holding me back from getting this game.
I may opt for Drakensang since it's more party based as well.
CabbageRed
Member
Has this been posted yet?:
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut Patch (NA)
This patch brings the North American edition of the game in line with its European counterpart, adding nudity, among other things. European players who have applied the recent version 1.5 patch are already experiencing the Director's Cut version.
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut Patch (NA)
This patch brings the North American edition of the game in line with its European counterpart, adding nudity, among other things. European players who have applied the recent version 1.5 patch are already experiencing the Director's Cut version.
I have the base version of witcher... my buddy got it for me. The thing is I can't patch 1.5 directly... what patches do I need to apply and it what order. Thanks!CabbageRed said:
EDIT: does this not work on windows 7? It says i need to be an admin to run some driver install.
MirageDwarf
Member
Jirotrom said:
Patch 1.4 - http://www.fileplanet.com/185053/180000/fileinfo/The-Witcher-Enhanced-Edition-Full-Patch
Or
http://www.fileplanet.com/191956/190000/fileinfo/The-Witcher-Enhanced-Edition-Ultimate-Patch
Patch 1.5 - http://www.fileplanet.com/202241/200000/fileinfo/The-Witcher-Patch-v1.5
Director's Cut Patch - http://www.fileplanet.com/203091/20...cher:-Enhanced-Edition---Director's-Cut-Patch
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I can't patch since Atari are total fucking morons
(You need to register to patch, you need a cd key to register, Canadian copies don't have CD keys, I've emailed Atari 3 times to get a key and no reply).
Is it possible to "pirate" a patch? Can I do that? Is it piracy to download a free update that you can't get legitimately because a company fucked up a retail release and are too stupid to respond to support emails?
(You need to register to patch, you need a cd key to register, Canadian copies don't have CD keys, I've emailed Atari 3 times to get a key and no reply).
Is it possible to "pirate" a patch? Can I do that? Is it piracy to download a free update that you can't get legitimately because a company fucked up a retail release and are too stupid to respond to support emails?
Steve Youngblood
Member
Really? I bought the Extended Edition, which had a key, and I don't remember needing to type it in. In fact, I thought that any and all DRM was removed with 1.5.Stumpokapow said:
Steve Youngblood
Member
Pardon my ignorance, but did this pertain to pre-Extended Edition copies of the game? EE comes in at V 1.4xxxx, and I didn't need the key at install or when downloading the 1.5 patch.
Shake Appeal
Member
I played through this in its entirety for the first time over the course of about ten days a week or so ago. Version 1.5 yadda yadda. I still experienced a few crashes, as well as generally quite poor performance until I turned FSAA off completely.
I can't imagine what it was like on release, because even now it's a ramshackle affair, with an unfriendly UI, "quirky" engine, inconsistent writing, and fairly simplistic (and too easy) combat mechanics.
All that said, this is easily the best RPG I have played, on any platform, in the last five years (i.e. since Bloodlines). I found it to be absolutely staggering in places. Chapters 2 and 3 in particular, with their numerous interwoven quests, floored me. It does so, so much right, and wipes the floor with other, much more celebrated, titles like Oblivion or Fallout 3. I was completely hooked, and played it for many, many hours a day until I finished it, and the spell was broken.
The only thing I can think of that unites all I love in this game is that it treats the player with respect. The themes and storytelling are for the most part successfully "adult" (and I'm not talking about the tits). Nothing is oversimplified. You are placed in a world and made to feel powerful, not just because you have big swords and cast spells, but because your actions irrevocably affect the world and the people in it, without ever giving you "karma", or "light side points", or patting you on the back just for opening the world map. There are numerous difficult decisions, and some of the hardest involve your relationships with other characters -- with Shani, with Triss, with Alvin. A videogame that both allows you to womanise and philander mercilessly, and then make you reconsider that philandering, is rare, and worthwhile.
The Witcher gave me hope for a genre I thought all but broken beyond repair ("Push A to complete quest, push B to level up! Well done, [player name here]! Now press X to fast-travel to the next quest!").
We need more games like this.
I can't imagine what it was like on release, because even now it's a ramshackle affair, with an unfriendly UI, "quirky" engine, inconsistent writing, and fairly simplistic (and too easy) combat mechanics.
All that said, this is easily the best RPG I have played, on any platform, in the last five years (i.e. since Bloodlines). I found it to be absolutely staggering in places. Chapters 2 and 3 in particular, with their numerous interwoven quests, floored me. It does so, so much right, and wipes the floor with other, much more celebrated, titles like Oblivion or Fallout 3. I was completely hooked, and played it for many, many hours a day until I finished it, and the spell was broken.
The only thing I can think of that unites all I love in this game is that it treats the player with respect. The themes and storytelling are for the most part successfully "adult" (and I'm not talking about the tits). Nothing is oversimplified. You are placed in a world and made to feel powerful, not just because you have big swords and cast spells, but because your actions irrevocably affect the world and the people in it, without ever giving you "karma", or "light side points", or patting you on the back just for opening the world map. There are numerous difficult decisions, and some of the hardest involve your relationships with other characters -- with Shani, with Triss, with Alvin. A videogame that both allows you to womanise and philander mercilessly, and then make you reconsider that philandering, is rare, and worthwhile.
The Witcher gave me hope for a genre I thought all but broken beyond repair ("Push A to complete quest, push B to level up! Well done, [player name here]! Now press X to fast-travel to the next quest!").
We need more games like this.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Will my 6150 card run this? I'm guessing no. 
Shake Appeal
Member
Lots of little things: most icons are a little small and indecipherable, so you have to learn the keyboard shortcuts; the minimap isn't particularly well-designed; the "signs" are presented in the order you learn them, which is different to the order they are listed in your character sheet ('H' key), meaning you have to learn the symbols, and how they correspond to the 1-5 keys; similarly, the order of the quick-slots doesn't make intuitive sense; icons are too small for ingredients, so for the most part you have to run your mouse over them to find out what they are, especially to find out whether they are rubedo/albedo/nigredo; similarly, the colouring on the character sheet makes it difficult to work out whether you have some upgrades without running the mouse over them to see the green ring around the button; battle text is too small and pops out too quickly; buying and swapping weapons is handled strangely; generally the interface is a bit niggly and inapparent.Fredescu said:
There's also a lot of inconsistency as to how conversations behave, and sometimes just unnecessary fuss. Paying the ferryman to the swamp, for instance, involves asking to pay, then selecting the button to pay left of the dialogue, then being taken out of the dialogue to another screen asking if you really want to pay all of 5 orens, then back into the conversation to confirm, again.
What are the chances my laptop can run this game at a decent framerate? I really want to check it out, but I have a feeling the game will end up being a slideshow.
Specs
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory
Specs
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory