Prime crotch
Banned
I'm having some trouble with the combat, I'm playing with the strategic camera and I was wondering if I should be moving Geralt around. I usually just use the mouse to attack and the ocasional stance change.
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The Witcher |OT| Damn all dissonances
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Just got the game over the weekend, and played maybe an hour or so. I'm using the OTS view, and its pretty good so far. I'm still trying to get a grip on the combat system. I don't know how, but I made Geralt pull off a few slow-mo special kills which were awesome to watch.
For the people who beat it already, did it take 30+ hours?
For the people who beat it already, did it take 30+ hours?
dollartaco
Member
Haven't beaten it yet, but I'd definitely guess that the first playthrough would be between 30 and 40 hours, assuming that most side quests are followed.
Also, some of the special moves are dictated by abilities that you've given Geralt, I believe. Also, if you knock an over or stun them, there are a bunch of ways that Geralt will finish them. Oh, and I usually dodge hits manually while fighting. Use OTS view and it feels like you have much better control of movement and attacks.
Also, some of the special moves are dictated by abilities that you've given Geralt, I believe. Also, if you knock an over or stun them, there are a bunch of ways that Geralt will finish them. Oh, and I usually dodge hits manually while fighting. Use OTS view and it feels like you have much better control of movement and attacks.
Diggler said:
Did you take the stun ability for the first sign? If so you could, unless you get unlucky, end the fight within 10 seconds of it starting. Start a combo on him, let the first phase finish then use the sign, 9/10 it will stun him for a one hit kill, all other dogs go poof when he dies.
Use fast sword style when fighting him too if you weren't already, that's what I used anyhoo.
Diggler said:
I beat it easily by drinking a swallow right away and went after the minions that are after Abby, just let the boss maul you since I heard he can't stun you unless you attack him. After he's alone you just start tank him with the witch healing you and switch to group style whenever he summons more dogs. I killed it after 2-3 waves of summon.
MickeyKnox
Member
There's no game clock but I know for a fact I spent over 30 hours playing as I was really trying to do as many missions as possible.madmook said:
The end-game is fucking brilliant, there is a subtlety to the climax that I applaud them for not dumbing down and holding your hand through.
RPG of the Year, easily.
Prime crotch
Banned
Gawd freaking damnit! How can I keep the Cockatrice from
killing Siegfried? The damn thing is always going after him and I can't kill it fast enough.
MickeyKnox
Member
He won't die permanently, just finish it off and he'll rez.Prime crotch said:
In my case though I rushed the fucker, hit it with the Arad sign then started tearing him up with either Strong or Fast style.
Let me know when you get to the swamp so I can tell you where to get a badass named Steel sword.
Prime crotch
Banned
Arad's the fire of the push sign? Either he doesn't like fire and I gulped a blizzard potion before but that didn't helped me as much as it slowed time down way too much.
Which reminds me I only got the first and the fire sign so far did I somehow missed some?
Which reminds me I only got the first and the fire sign so far did I somehow missed some?
ZombieSupaStar
Member
I just had sex with some sorta tree woman.....
anywho game is getting much more fun as I get more combo attacks.
anywho game is getting much more fun as I get more combo attacks.
dollartaco
Member
You should have 5 signs by the end of Act 2. I think only Fire and Push from Act 1.
Prime crotch
Banned
K I'm nearing the swamp now where can I get this awesome sword? btw what should I give the hag that's on Shanni's house? I wish I could just kill her instead.MickeyKnox said:
PuppetSlave
Member
Great game and a great ending. However I have a question for those who have beaten it.
I got the alvin traveling in time bit but was you supposed to recognice the failed assassin? Who was he? Also is it possible to beat "death" in the final final battle? I tried but gave up and gave the bastard what he wanted.
PuppetSlave
Member
Prime crotch said:
You get a hint(she tells you) when she talks about company.
yellow gloves I think. or was it red?
Just enter and reenter until you get the right conversation.
Prime crotch
Banned
Can't find the last two professional poker players on Vizima. Any help?
Woo-Fu
Banned
Prime crotch said:
The last two players I found:
A skeleton in some ruins in riverside. Go there at night, touch the skeleton, that summons the wraith, chat with the wraith.
The very last guy is the King. Beat him and the quest is over.
The very last guy is the King. Beat him and the quest is over.
Just finished it myself, best RPG I've played in a long time and probably my PC GOTY at this point.
I've got a slight graphical question here that probably stems from my general ignorance re: PC gaming, but on the off-chance someone can help--res is at 1920 x 1200, I've got all the settings on High and DOF off (per an earlier recommendation), AA at 2X (max, oddly), and AF on 8X (just picked this since it seems to fall in the middle). Game runs well, 30-45 FPS pretty much constantly, but on the cut scenes, the faces of many of the characters seem almost "blocky," not jaggies or super-noticeable, but just that there seem to be these almost translucent blocks comprising their faces.
Looks almost PSXish and is a stark contrast to the rest of the game, which looks great. Any ideas on what this is and whether it can be fixed?
Game continues to be awesome as well.
Looks almost PSXish and is a stark contrast to the rest of the game, which looks great. Any ideas on what this is and whether it can be fixed?
Game continues to be awesome as well.
MickeyKnox
Member
Are you patched?AstroLad said:
Mine looked like this:
MickeyKnox said:
Yeah, I do have the patch from around release (I think there was only one), but I'll try re-applying it as well as scaling back my drivers. It's such a weird issue but I guess it's nothing to do with the game. Glad that it runs really well now otherwise, even the cutscenes which were a bit hit-or-miss before.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Just wondering if my laptop could handle this game...
C2D 2.0
X1700
2 gigs RAM
C2D 2.0
X1700
2 gigs RAM
Kaako said:
If you're looking for an RPG and don't mind a fun timing-based fighting mechanic (I don't think I could play any other ARPG after this just due to the combat here being so intuitive, even if basic) and a slightly hokey fantasy world (though the story is solid), you should love this. The game is quite deep and has really lush graphics provided you can handle it.
Galanthas said:
Damn, thanks. I think I actually magically didn't have it once. It was after I bumped AF for 4 to 8 so I thought that somehow fixed it but yesterday it came back. I'm gonna try to roll back the drivers (I'm on a laptop using lv2g unofficial drivers right now, going to use manufacturer drivers instead to see how it turns out) and if that doesn't work just ignore it and hope it gets patched I suppose.
Tom Penny said:
There are tons of load screens. I think it was Jeff on GFW who mentioned that he actually thought twice about entering random houses b/c he didn't want to deal with the load screen and I've had the same experience. If loading is a big pet peeve of yours, I might advise against this game, at least until they can somehow fix it.
AstroLad, I can also vouch for that blocky look in dialogue mode. First I thought this was some kind of leftover artifact from having DOF enabled, but even when disabled the invisible blocks are there. I've also tried several different (Nvidia) drivers, and they all have the same problem. Probably some engine limitation or something.
Honestly the loading so far hasn't bothered me, 20ish seconds transitions from houses to outside, it's the mandatory autosaving that happens right after loads that gets old real fecking quick. Takes longer to auto save than it does to load. But they are apparently improving all of that with the patch that is suppose to hit before christmas.
Fun game but its buggy, had a save just go wonky and game crashes when I try to load it. Every once in awhile when I shut the game down I get an exe error from it as well *shrug*. Wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't all caused by the crappy theft prevention software.
Fun game but its buggy, had a save just go wonky and game crashes when I try to load it. Every once in awhile when I shut the game down I get an exe error from it as well *shrug*. Wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't all caused by the crappy theft prevention software.
Hellsing321
Member
I have the same problem with the blocky looking cut-scenes. The weird thing is it wasn't like that when i first started playing it but this past weekend when I booted the game up they were there. They make Triss look like some skinny crack whore.
Lonesome_Raod
Member
So any more on the console version 'rumblings'? or just hot air.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Tom Penny said:
On my machine (Q6600@3ghz, 4gb ram, WD 7200rpm 16mb cache hard drive) the load times aren't long at all, maybe like 15 seconds, as high as 20 in some spots. It's a tad annoying but nothing I can't live with. The game's worth playing despite the loading, trust me. It looks fairly awesome fully cranked, too.
Prime crotch
Banned
Oh my gawd! What an awesome ending, that's all I'm saying.
MickeyKnox
Member
Told you it was badass.Prime crotch said:
**SPOILERS**
My favorite aspect of it is that
they don't completely come out and tell you that the head of the order was in fact Alvin but just drop enough hints in and treat their audience like adults by expecting them to figure it out. Also, Ninja Fucking Witchers, I need an expansion.
Prime crotch
Banned
I thought theMickeyKnox said:
medallion was a bit unnecessary they dropped so many hints during the dialogs at the last area that it was enough to figure it out. Although I wonder if I had said something diferent to Alvin during the fourth chapter things would be diferent. Oh and The Wild Hunt was pretty easy kind of a letdown.
Melhisedek
Member
Any ETA on the 1.2 patch?
Hellsing321 said:
I think I figured out how to fix this. Basically the problem is that the game is not accepting the AF settings, so I just went into the NVidia Control Panel-->The Witcher and set the AF myself. Now all the cutscenes work great. The game does seem to be fairly Vista unfriendly right now though (or at least Vista 64)--crashes for me a good deal. Believe a new patch is coming soon.
MickeyKnox
Member
Prime crotch said:
it depends on what you've said to him throughout the game, the dialog reflects your various conversations.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
AstroLad said:
Wierd. I've been playing the hell out of it (just reached Chapter 2) on Vista 64 and haven't had a single crash, lock-up or anything. Cut scenes are smooth, etc. Glad you got it working though. This game is turning out to be one of my top games of the year.
Big Nate said:
Might be because I've been messing around with the settings, I also added a second graphics card so I've got all sorts of nonsense going on. But yeah the game is great...I hope they get to release it on consoles. Deserves a wide audience and imo the 360 audience would eat it up.
Being playing this for awhile and just got finished killing that cockatrice.
Question...I seem to have a problem with some graphic glitchs..But its probably my videocard(Radeon X1200).
Geralts character model is screwed up along with alot of other characters.. I have these "Spikes" coming off the characters...its the characters textures that are being spiked out from thier bodies. I've also seen like these gray poles extending from the bodies of chickens.
Does anybody have any idea what could be doing this? I am guessing its because my VC is pretty crappy(i'm playing at low settings @1024x768)
Any help would be appreciated.
Also..is there anything i should be unchecking or checking in the catalyst control centre?
My machine specs are
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
2 gigs of DDR2 Pc-6400 800mhz
480w PS
Radeon X1200 Integrated Graphics
Xp Prof SP2, Updated Direct X, Catalyst drivers, Audio drivers.
Question...I seem to have a problem with some graphic glitchs..But its probably my videocard(Radeon X1200).
Geralts character model is screwed up along with alot of other characters.. I have these "Spikes" coming off the characters...its the characters textures that are being spiked out from thier bodies. I've also seen like these gray poles extending from the bodies of chickens.
Does anybody have any idea what could be doing this? I am guessing its because my VC is pretty crappy(i'm playing at low settings @1024x768)
Any help would be appreciated.
Also..is there anything i should be unchecking or checking in the catalyst control centre?
My machine specs are
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
2 gigs of DDR2 Pc-6400 800mhz
480w PS
Radeon X1200 Integrated Graphics
Xp Prof SP2, Updated Direct X, Catalyst drivers, Audio drivers.
Joe Molotov
Member
AstroLad said:
It crashed on me several times (running Vista 32) but after I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers, I haven't had anymore problems.
Joe Molotov
Member
Zzoram said:
The UK version is uncensored.
Zzoram said:
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Souther said:
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