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The Witcher |OT| Damn all dissonances
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loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
The FCR mod adds a walk button. You guys really should play the game with that mod installed anyway.
AEREC said:
I'm honestly not aware of any game that has one. I guess it must be pretty common for RPGs to have since you seem to expect one like it's a given, but I'm genuinely shocked that people would use a walk button if there's no stealth involved in the gameplay. I've never, ever, ever been running to my destination in an RPG and thought to myself "how can I move slower?" If anything I'm looking for a turbo button.
My mind is blown. I guess I'm glad that you can walk in the Witcher, if that's your thing.
Slo said:
Did you ever think to realize people may enjoy playing games in a different manner than you do?
The only games I can think of that dont have a walk button are Max Payne 2 and The Withcer...at least those are the only two that have bothered me enough about it to remember.
Also for anyone else who knows...how is the difficulty in this game? I usually like a challenge but Ive been reading this game can be pretty easy even on hard, Im still in chapter 1 so Im thinking about just starting over in Hard mode.
AEREC said:
Truthfully? No, it never occurred to me that someone would want intentionally pimp strut from one NPC to another in a game. I understand exploring and doing side quests and not just blowing through the game, but no it never occured to me that somebody would want to literally move slower.
Out of curiosity, are there any games that have a "limp" button?
commish said:
Great, I'm not trying to piss people off.
To me there are quite a few dramatic scenes in many games that loses it's dramatic feel partly because of how the main character moves. For example last boss holding a speech while you bunnyhop around in a circle waiting for him to finish. Here I just prefer to have the option to walk slow and calmly etc
Sure it's far from a gamebreaking thing for me but just nice to have different options at least
Sure it's far from a gamebreaking thing for me but just nice to have different options at least
I picked up this game during the Steam holiday sale for $5.00. I finally started playing a few weeks ago in anticipation of the sequel. I am loving every minute of it. The technical issues are annoying but the story and characters are so strong that it isn't too hard to overlook.
Currently in the beginning of Act III and absolutely loved
Other RPG's should include more quests like this.
I just did the
.
I love what I'm reading about Witcher 2 and am excited that it will be a much better looking game that will run better than the original on my current hardware.
If there was one thing I would tell CDProjekt to change gameplay wise is the interface in the OTS view. Attaching the camera to the mouse and forcing the user to hold down shift to move the mouse pointer to an interface element is awful. This would control so much better with a WoW-like interface.
Currently in the beginning of Act III and absolutely loved
Leuvardeen's soiree in the upper floor of the inn.
I just did the
bank robbery quest. Although I have sympathy for the non-humans, I couldn't bring myself to support the Squirrels. Especially after that quest in the cemetery where you discover the dead bodies were killed by elves and consumed by ghouls after the fact. After I rescued that family in the crypt I made up my mind then and there. Problem is the Order seems to be made up of douches. We'll see how it plays out.
I love what I'm reading about Witcher 2 and am excited that it will be a much better looking game that will run better than the original on my current hardware.
If there was one thing I would tell CDProjekt to change gameplay wise is the interface in the OTS view. Attaching the camera to the mouse and forcing the user to hold down shift to move the mouse pointer to an interface element is awful. This would control so much better with a WoW-like interface.
I just started chapter 3. Man, this game is amazing. One of the best rpg's I have ever played. There is so much to do. I doubt I'll finish by the time Witcher 2 comes out but I will be ready in time.
Also, anyone have any stuttering issues? Every few minutes the game will pause for a brief second. This was happening in TF2 and I excluded a certain folder in windows live essentials and that fixed my problem. I'm wondering if there is a similar fix for the witcher.
Also, anyone have any stuttering issues? Every few minutes the game will pause for a brief second. This was happening in TF2 and I excluded a certain folder in windows live essentials and that fixed my problem. I'm wondering if there is a similar fix for the witcher.
Slo said:
I admit I'm one of those that looked for a walk button. Once I saw that I couldn't find one, I got over it and just got on with it.
It does get really annoying in quests where you are asked to follow an NPC and they proceed to walk. You end up sprinting a short distance, stopping so the NPC can walk a few paces ahead, and then sprint again. Rinse and repeat until you reach your destination. The whole sequence ends up looking stupid.
I've been trying to play this game without looking at any guides or FAQs because as soon as I do, I start having to min/max and become compulsively worried about missing any content (sidequests etc). I always start out rpgs intending to "just go with it", but the flesh is weak in the end, and I crack and look up a guide.
I've been staying away from guides for The Witcher so far, and I think it's part of the reason I'm enjoying the game so much. It's a relatively easy game in many ways, and no min/maxing is even close to required. Just from reading this thread, I realize there's several whole questlines I've missed, but it doesn't even bother me!
Free at last?
Not quite.
I've been staying away from guides for The Witcher so far, and I think it's part of the reason I'm enjoying the game so much. It's a relatively easy game in many ways, and no min/maxing is even close to required. Just from reading this thread, I realize there's several whole questlines I've missed, but it doesn't even bother me!
Free at last?
Not quite.
I've just finished Chapter IV, and I was curious about the piece of armor that I picked up in the Crypt where I met Berengar. I decided to take a quick look at the witcher wiki to see if I had missed a quest to complete the armor. I'm still rocking the starting armor, so I needed an upgrade. Looking at the article about the armor, I find that you get a different version based on who you sided with. Ok, I guess that makes sense.
Unfortunately, I'm a melee focused character who sided with the rebels, meaning I get stuck with what appears to be shitty caster armor. I know I just said min/maxing isn't required, but this really bugs me. I'm all for early decisions I make on the game having far-reaching consequences, but if I choose a side, there should be similar rewards either way, unless it's telegraphed ahead that there won't be. Don't mess with my phat lewtz!
Unfortunately, I'm a melee focused character who sided with the rebels, meaning I get stuck with what appears to be shitty caster armor. I know I just said min/maxing isn't required, but this really bugs me. I'm all for early decisions I make on the game having far-reaching consequences, but if I choose a side, there should be similar rewards either way, unless it's telegraphed ahead that there won't be. Don't mess with my phat lewtz!
On a positive note, I managed to beat the King at dice poker the first time, with MAX bet every round. I think there was 4-5k in the pot. Eager Thighs Brothel here I come...
lotrfan said:
Sure:
In Act III, you find Siegfried outside of his headquarters in the Temple Quarter training soldiers. If you talk to him you can get a quest to investigate the cemetery and find what has been killing people. When you first go in, circumstantial evidence suggests it is ghouls. If you look at the bodies a bit closer you will find that some of them have wounds that suggest they were killed by daggers. In the center of the cemetery there is a round structure (the one that has basilisk statue where you put one of Triss' sensors). If you go inside you will find a talking ghoul who tells you the ghouls are only eating corpses, and that the true killers are elves (pointy eared ones). He also tells you that they are at the crypt and I BELIEVE he tells you they have kidnapped some humans. I don't recall this last point though. It is up to you to believe him or not. Since I found the other evidence on the bodies, I did believe him. I then went to the crypt and there was a group of elves standing outside who tell you they have a family inside that they are leaving for ghouls to devour. You have a choice to attack the elves there, but if you do you are warned that you won't have time to save the family. I let them get away and made my way into the crypt. Inside you find a group of elves and the remaining members of a family who they captured and were going to feed to ghouls.
Thanks very much.rogue74 said:
I have a vague recollection of this on my first play through but still not sure (some parts seem to ring a bell). The thing is that my first play through was about a month and a half or so and I should remember it clearly. I guess its time to play as neutral and verify if I did this quest before or not. In any case thanks again.
Beat the game yesterday!
I Really enjoyed the game. It's weird because the game has quite a few technical problems (you could have a beast of a machine and still have frame rate problems) and design problems but I enjoyed the game nonetheless. From a design perspective, there were way too many fetch quests and backtracking and as you went along, it just felt like they were just padding the game with busy work.
Fallout 3 is the one game I think about that did side quests right. Even though they were secondary to the story, Fallout made you want to do them because there was a base interest to find out what was going to happen within the small story arcs they developed into them. It's that little extra narrative that you get from FO3's side quests that really help you invest into them.
Although the combat system is fun in The Witcher, it doesn't sustain it for the 60 hours I played it (I know I'm just a freak and do every side quest but still).
I enjoyed the alchemy angle, but I wish it was a bit fleshed out more. It could have stood to be more obvious what spells did what and maybe even encouraged you to use it more often. That and they reused characters way too often.
Now on to the things I liked about the game. More than anything, the art direction was phenomenal. There were tons of instances where I had a "wow" moment from just walking around. What a lot of RPG's get wrong is that they have towns that feel more like hubs than anything which breaks the elusion. In the Witcher, it really felt like you were going to real places and you got a sense of where you were, the people that lived there, and what your place in that world was.
Another thing I really enjoyed was the whole detective angle. I found all the quests where you were finding and piecing together all of these clues to solve a mystery a lot of fun. I can't think of many RPGs that have done quests like that so it felt really fresh and interesting to me.
It's pretty amazing to think that CD Projeckt cut their teeth with this game. It feels way more polished than it should be for a first time game in some aspects while showing it's signs of infancy in others. Can't wait for The Witcher 2!
I Really enjoyed the game. It's weird because the game has quite a few technical problems (you could have a beast of a machine and still have frame rate problems) and design problems but I enjoyed the game nonetheless. From a design perspective, there were way too many fetch quests and backtracking and as you went along, it just felt like they were just padding the game with busy work.
Fallout 3 is the one game I think about that did side quests right. Even though they were secondary to the story, Fallout made you want to do them because there was a base interest to find out what was going to happen within the small story arcs they developed into them. It's that little extra narrative that you get from FO3's side quests that really help you invest into them.
Although the combat system is fun in The Witcher, it doesn't sustain it for the 60 hours I played it (I know I'm just a freak and do every side quest but still).
I enjoyed the alchemy angle, but I wish it was a bit fleshed out more. It could have stood to be more obvious what spells did what and maybe even encouraged you to use it more often. That and they reused characters way too often.
Now on to the things I liked about the game. More than anything, the art direction was phenomenal. There were tons of instances where I had a "wow" moment from just walking around. What a lot of RPG's get wrong is that they have towns that feel more like hubs than anything which breaks the elusion. In the Witcher, it really felt like you were going to real places and you got a sense of where you were, the people that lived there, and what your place in that world was.
Another thing I really enjoyed was the whole detective angle. I found all the quests where you were finding and piecing together all of these clues to solve a mystery a lot of fun. I can't think of many RPGs that have done quests like that so it felt really fresh and interesting to me.
It's pretty amazing to think that CD Projeckt cut their teeth with this game. It feels way more polished than it should be for a first time game in some aspects while showing it's signs of infancy in others. Can't wait for The Witcher 2!
scitek said:
That's actually a little bit more powerful than mine:
Athlon II X4 635 @ 3.1GHz
4GB DDR3
Nvidia GTX 460 1 GB
Windows 7 64-bit
I play at 1920 x 1080 with almost all settings on max. Only exception is I have AA off. There is a visual glitch where you get white dots all over the screen (particularly in the trees at night) when AA is on. Game didn't seem to need the AA at this resolution anyway.
My cutscenes play fine. I once was getting a weird bug where the mouse wouldn't move on menu screens unless I held down the SHIFT key. Disabling the Steam overlay for the game fixed that issue. I looked around on Google for a bit and you aren't the only one with this problem. Unfortunately there is no definitive fix other than what you are already doing. One guy did mention that he only exhibited this problem when connecting to his monitor via a bad HDMI cable. Once he changed the connection the problem went away.
thehillissilent
Member
I don't know if this was posted yet, but this game will be $4.99 for a limited time on GOG starting May 10, then the price will go back to $9.99.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/14/the-witcher-coming-to-gog-on-may-10-alone-in-the-dark-trilogy-a/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/14/the-witcher-coming-to-gog-on-may-10-alone-in-the-dark-trilogy-a/
Sir Garbageman
Member
3chopl0x said:
I'm pretty sure after Chapter I you never return to the Outskirts so any unfinished quests will remain that way.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Just thought I'd post a tweak that boosted my FPS in The Witcher EE by 5-10
(20-30 indoors in certain scenarios) FPS.
Playing this on a G60JX laptop, so my Core i5 and 360M GTS are more than enough to handle this game maxed out.
I play it with FRAPS on, so my avg FPS is around 40-60 from what I've noticed.
Anyways, I found a super old thread online that claims setting thewitcher.exe process priority to "High" instead of "Normal" boosts FPS. Figured it was worth a shot.
Holy shit, was it ever. Saw boosts of 5-10 FPS on average, and in scenes where my FPS would dip down to 30-40 FPS (cutscenes of dialogue with characters), it never drops below 60.
In Windows 7, press CTRL - SHIFT - ESC. While the game is running, go to Processes, right click thewitcher.exe ---> Set Priority ---> High.
Use FRAPS to measure your before and after FPS. The difference is noticeable, but depends on the scene.
(20-30 indoors in certain scenarios) FPS.
Playing this on a G60JX laptop, so my Core i5 and 360M GTS are more than enough to handle this game maxed out.
I play it with FRAPS on, so my avg FPS is around 40-60 from what I've noticed.
Anyways, I found a super old thread online that claims setting thewitcher.exe process priority to "High" instead of "Normal" boosts FPS. Figured it was worth a shot.
Holy shit, was it ever. Saw boosts of 5-10 FPS on average, and in scenes where my FPS would dip down to 30-40 FPS (cutscenes of dialogue with characters), it never drops below 60.
In Windows 7, press CTRL - SHIFT - ESC. While the game is running, go to Processes, right click thewitcher.exe ---> Set Priority ---> High.
Use FRAPS to measure your before and after FPS. The difference is noticeable, but depends on the scene.
Gully State
Member
What's your framerate in the trade quarter?
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Gully State said:
Not there yet. Just started the game again.
Changing the priority lets me use AA at about the same framerate (slightly better) than Normal Priority with no AA.
rogue74 said:
odd...I am on a somewhat similar set up:
i7 870 @ 2.93 GHZ
8GB DDR3
Nividia GTX 460 1GB
Windows 7 64-bit
and I dont notice any white dots in trees at night, I have everything maxed as well and AA on. Is it possible there is something about the night scenes where it is overheating your card or anything...or maybe a potion that causes it, I know at high toxicity level red dots appear on the screen which actually freaked me out at first since I thought my GPU was overheating.
Anyways enjoying the hell out of the game in hard mode, Chapter 1 boss was a bitch though.
AEREC said:
No, it isn't an overheating issue. Look up 'white dots witcher' in google and you will find a thread on the official witcher forums. Not sure why you aren't getting it with the same video card. I have tested my card with Furmark and OCCT and get no artifacts. No other game gives me issues either.
Complistic
Member
Forkball said:
The ending will blow your mind.
Finished!!! Holy shit, what a game that was.
Something that bothered me though: (End game spoilers)
Time to count the days for Witcher II. So glad I haven't had to wait as long as most people
Something that bothered me though: (End game spoilers)
I didn't seem to get any sort of warning that I was about to enter a quest chain that would be the last. I had a couple things to tie up, the main one being the special Raven armour. ah well. I probably did get warned, but was too engrossed!
Time to count the days for Witcher II. So glad I haven't had to wait as long as most people
MickeyKnox
Member
Been replaying the game in preparation for 2, just hit chapter 3 and I've come to the conclusion that Geralt is basically medieval fantasy Batman.
MickeyKnox
Member
Download the demo, which is the prologue and the first chapter of the game IIRC and those are the weakest parts of the game so take whatever enjoyment you get from that and you can extrapolate how much you're going to like the full game.Hawk269 said: