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[OmegaDragon]

I know I risk being completely scorned for this but how easy is the easy difficulty on enhanced edition? Seeing The Witcher 2 has made me interested to play this but more for the story, choices and dialogue than the actual gameplay. Can I more or less steamroll through combat if I play on easy?

I'm playing on easy, because I heard the combat wasnt that good and I can be terrible at certain games. I'm at chapter 5 and there hasn't been a fight that really gave me trouble. Only annoying one is the first real boss (Ch1) because it has a pretty big cutscene before it. Getting swarmed by 5+ monsters or some of the bigger monsters got me killed as well a few times in the early chapters.

BTW, is there a person where you can store items in Chapter 5? I'm currently running around the swamp cemetery. I just had to drop a meteorite sword

LOL. Was walking around with the

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druids

in chap 2 when I heard one of them whistle the Star Wars Imperial March tune

Any other easter eggs in in there?

Chpater 4 has some, one is very in your face though

 

[Maleficence]

Reinstalled in preparation for the sequel... then I realised I need to patch it and get the enhanced edition download :/

3-4 hour wait to play!

 

[Typographenia]

First chapter I had no crash, Second chapter got 2 or 3, Third was FULL of crashes And I already had one when trying to get the boat in ch4.

Do you own a retail or digital version?

I am playing the gog version and I've only experienced a single crash. I keep seeing people mention constant crashes elsewhere, but I haven't had anything like that.

 

[Inkwell]

I know I risk being completely scorned for this but how easy is the easy difficulty on enhanced edition? Seeing The Witcher 2 has made me interested to play this but more for the story, choices and dialogue than the actual gameplay. Can I more or less steamroll through combat if I play on easy?

I played on normal and the game was pretty easy outside of a few fights. I'm also terrible about using items though and didn't really make that many potions. I started doing this near the end and it made the game a cakewalk. Honestly though, don't worry about it. Play on easy. I don't think anyone will scorn you for it or anything. I think most people play for the story and choices you have to make anyway.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn, dunno what to do in the big choice (I guess) in Chapter IV. I wanna stick neutral....but that seems like such a cowards way dammit.

Something interesting here. Even though my goal was to stay neutral, there was one side I tended to favor. After completing the game, my view has changed on that. Don't worry about going neutral. From what I played, the game might be even more challenging by staying neutral.

Just got the chapter 4 yesterday.

I really love the game, but damn it crashes SO MUCH ;_;
First chapter I had no crash, Second chapter got 2 or 3, Third was FULL of crashes And I already had one when trying to get the boat in ch4.

Crashes when saving are the worst ones as the save is obliterated in the process. I have to play alternatively with multiple frequent saves so I don't lose my progress too much.

I think I had 2, maybe 3 crashes the entire time I played the game. I feel for you though, as I've had to struggle with this in other games. It looks like you're soldiering through despite the crashes.

BTW, is there a person where you can store items in Chapter 5? I'm currently running around the swamp cemetery. I just had to drop a meteorite sword

No. I found it kind of annoying, but you don't really need it. You have more than enough resources for crafting potions, and you don't really need to buy anything (unless there's a few books with monster/plant info). I'm pretty sure you can carry that meteorite sword in your secondary sword slot if you really want to hold onto it. If you already have a good steel sword there's no point in keeping it though. You will get one last chance to get into your item store at the beginning of the epilogue.

 

[Schmattakopf]

I know I risk being completely scorned for this but how easy is the easy difficulty on enhanced edition? Seeing The Witcher 2 has made me interested to play this but more for the story, choices and dialogue than the actual gameplay. Can I more or less steamroll through combat if I play on easy?

It was easy on normal. Not "steamroll through combat" easy, but still very easy, and I can't really imagine it being much easier without it letting you do exactly that.

 

[Branson]

So I just started last night and enjoy it so far, but I have an annoyance. I get lines going through the screen during cinematics. Is that just another janky part? Any way to fix that?

 

[Carm]

So I just started last night and enjoy it so far, but I have an annoyance. I get lines going through the screen during cinematics. Is that just another janky part? Any way to fix that?

Can you post a screenshot? W1 had issues with pixelated cinematics. What resolution are you using? If it's 4:3,16:10, try playing at the highest 16:9 in windowed mode to see if it gets rid of it. Can also turn down the lighting option under video advanced section to see if that fixes it.

 

[Branson]

Turning the lighting to low did the trick. Damnit I want it on high though lol. Also my resolution is at 1280x768

Also heres a screenshot, the main parts to look at to see it is the neck and face, but its through the whole screen.

 

[No45]

Dammit, I seem to have had my choice made for me. Didn't want to side with either the order or the Scoi'atel, but I've seemingly decided to go with the Order, although I didn't select any option (Ended up fighting some Scoi'atel in the bank, but then I've fought against them before without the game seeming to make the choice for me). Really pissed off, and don't have a save to go back to (it's only just been made clear that my choice is made) - honestly not sure I want to carry on with the game now. :'(

 

[Inkwell]

Dammit, I seem to have had my choice made for me. Didn't want to side with either the order or the Scoi'atel, but I've seemingly decided to go with the Order, although I didn't select any option (Ended up fighting some Scoi'atel in the bank, but then I've fought against them before without the game seeming to make the choice for me). Really pissed off, and don't have a save to go back to (it's only just been made clear that my choice is made) - honestly not sure I want to carry on with the game now. :'(

If I'm not mistaken, you pretty much have to side with one or the other for that quest. If you want to be neutral, you should still have the chance to choose at the end of chapter 4. If you want to side with the Scoi'atel, you might be out of luck.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Posted about this in the Witcher 2 thread but I just love the boss music.

 

[gdt]

Daaaaamn, I can't beat Azed!

I walk into a room, fight two huge guys, but before I can't get to the fireplace to heal and de-toxify, Azed teleports me to his chamber with low health, almost maxed toxicity, and no active potion effects except Tawny Owl. Dammit.

 

[Van Buren]

Anti-knockdown potions help a ton for that fight, btw.

 

[No45]

If I'm not mistaken, you pretty much have to side with one or the other for that quest. If you want to be neutral, you should still have the chance to choose at the end of chapter 4. If you want to side with the Scoi'atel, you might be out of luck.

Ah, I hope so thanks. Entered into a dialogue with Triss where I was given a choice of three reasons why I'd sided with The Order and thought that was it.

Personally I'd like to murder both sides.

 

[Riposte]

Posted about this in the Witcher 2 thread but I just love the boss music.

Just about the only good battle theme in the game. Great atmosphere music, but the battle music wasn't up to snuff. (Huge improvement in Witcher 2, even if only consdering length of songs.)

 

[Inkwell]

Daaaaamn, I can't beat Azed!

I walk into a room, fight two huge guys, but before I can't get to the fireplace to heal and de-toxify, Azed teleports me to his chamber with low health, almost maxed toxicity, and no active potion effects except Tawny Owl. Dammit.

I hope you're using your steel sword to fight those guys. I used a Full Moon potion and diamond dust on my sword for that section and thought it was really easy.

 

[Van Buren]

Just about the only good battle theme in the game. Great atmosphere music, but the battle music wasn't up to snuff. (Huge improvement in Witcher 2, even if only consdering length of songs.)

When it comes to the soundtrack as a whole, I'd say Witcher 1 handily bests its sequel outside of a few stellar pieces. The Celtic style of the music in the first game is the one thing I sorely missed.

 

[Corran Horn]

Crash on me twice while starting it out :/
Few hours in, guess Ill give it a go again sometime soon.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Daaaaamn, I can't beat Azed!

I walk into a room, fight two huge guys, but before I can't get to the fireplace to heal and de-toxify, Azed teleports me to his chamber with low health, almost maxed toxicity, and no active potion effects except Tawny Owl. Dammit.

If you've upgraded Yrden to deal damage you can place one on the small landing at the top of the ramps in that room and he won't be able to avoid passing over it to get at you. Do that a few times and you should get him down.

Also he has a special strategy; if you use the same attack against him several times in a row he begins casting an instant unavoidable and irresistible blind whenever you use that attack against him. Switch between fast and slow sword styles when he blinds you or you will spend the entire fight blinded and unable to deal damage to him past a certain point.

 

[gdt]

Beat the game, wow what an ending.

Really cool that

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Alvin grew up to be the big bad.

Awesome, AWESOME ending cinematic.

Overall, an 8.5

Thinking about starting Price of Neutrality, how is it?

 

[Snuggles]

Thinking about starting Price of Neutrality, how is it?

Nothing special, it's set outside of the stronghold in the intro chapter, and you help solve a dispute. There aren't really any important plot elements and you just fight a bunch of wolves and shit. Pass unless you really want more TW1.

 

[Branson]

Any idea what could be causing my issue? The lines? Could it be resolution?

 

[Grinchy]

Turning the lighting to low did the trick. Damnit I want it on high though lol. Also my resolution is at 1280x768

That's probably the issue. Like this other guy was saying, it has to be 16:9 (1.777778) while your resolution is 1.666667.

I have to play in 1080p while the image stretches to fill my monitor. *edit: sweet I finally found the setting to maintain aspect ratio

 

[Branson]

That's probably the issue. Like this other guy was saying, it has to be 16:9 (1.777778) while your resolution is 1.666667.

I have to play in 1080p while the image stretches to fill my monitor. I haven't found a way to fix this yet. My only picture options from my monitor for DVI appear to be Wide or 4:3

Hmm. Ok thanks. I'll play around with it a bit.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Nothing special, it's set outside of the stronghold in the intro chapter, and you help solve a dispute. There aren't really any important plot elements and you just fight a bunch of wolves and shit. Pass unless you really want more TW1.

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It also has Sabrina Glevisseg in it. Which, come to think of it, sort of makes the timelines a bit messed up considering that she had been burned to death long by Henselt before the events of the first game. Unless the extra stories take place before the first game?

 

[Van Buren]

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It also has Sabrina Glevisseg in it. Which, come to think of it, sort of makes the timelines a bit messed up considering that she had been burned to death long by Henselt before the events of the first game. Unless the extra stories take place before the first game?

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That's the only logical thing I can think of. Geralt is stuck at Foltest's side since the events at the end of the first game, though I cannot remember if the modules explicitly state when they take place in the timeline.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

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That's the only logical thing I can think of. Geralt is stuck at Foltest's side since the events at the end of the first game, though I cannot remember if the modules explicitly state when they take place in the timeline.

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It makes perfect sense but it is odd that they've never really made it clear. Also, I haven't played all of them; what is the status of Geralt's amnesia during the story-modules? If they take place before the first game, then they'd also have to take place long before he left with Letho and company to pursue the Wild Hunt, so it stands to reason that he wouldn't have amnesia at that stage.

 

[Xanathus]

Does anyone know a way or mod for increasing Geralts run speed? The only method I found from the witcher wikia does not actually work with the latest version.

Edit:this is the wiki mod that doesn't work http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Movement_speed_mod
Edit2:I'm sure i'm doing it correctly but Geralt's movespeed is only affcted if I change the default speed, but that causes everything else to move at that speed as well

 

[InternHertz]

I think I had 2, maybe 3 crashes the entire time I played the game. I feel for you though, as I've had to struggle with this in other games. It looks like you're soldiering through despite the crashes.

Yup, the game is amazing so I want to get to the end of it.

I just started chapter 5, chapter 4 was quite small and I got only 2 crashes maybe. So far only chapter 3 was absolutely horrible in that regard.

 

[Typographenia]

I have a quick question about a quest in chapter 3...


In Gold Rush

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is there any way to come out of this neutral? I've been pretty good so far about remaining neutral, but it seems no matter what I do I end up siding with someone. I realize this isn't the final deciding point on if I will remain neutral, but since I have my current saves before and after this quest I wanted to know.

 

[Varna]

I have a quick question about a quest in chapter 3...


In Gold Rush

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is there any way to come out of this neutral? I've been pretty good so far about remaining neutral, but it seems no matter what I do I end up siding with someone. I realize this isn't the final deciding point on if I will remain neutral, but since I have my current saves before and after this quest I wanted to know.

Nope. Didn't you say to attention to the cutscene at the end of chapter 3.

If you plan to stay neutral though, it's pretty much a balancing act at this point. Whoever you pick will eliminate the other as a possible path.

 

[Maleficence]

Was doing fine escorting gramps through the swamp when BAM a pink plant monster owned me in seconds. Last save was half an hour a go in old vizima :/

 

[darkwing]

Was doing fine escorting gramps through the swamp when BAM a pink plant monster owned me in seconds. Last save was half an hour a go in old vizima :/

i didn't go back to the swamp until i did all possible quests

 

[Pancakes]

Was doing fine escorting gramps through the swamp when BAM a pink plant monster owned me in seconds. Last save was half an hour a go in old vizima :/

The game will fuck you over like this alot. Don't ever rely on autosave helping in TW1.

I know it doesn't help you now, but be sure to F5 every time you do something important.

 

[Oni Link 666]

Any idea what could be causing my issue? The lines? Could it be resolution?

Yes, it's the resolution. It needs to be higher for the lines to go away if you're using the best lighting.

I think it's only a few choices that determine if you're neutral or side with someone and they all have to do with helping either the Scoiateal or the Order of the Flaming Rose.

 

[InternHertz]

Main game finished, it was awesome. Can't wait to buy and play the second one. Playthrough took 50h, give or take a couple minutes.

Now I just need to do the adventures and I'll be done.

 

[Maleficence]

The game will fuck you over like this alot. Don't ever rely on autosave helping in TW1.

I know it doesn't help you now, but be sure to F5 every time you do something important.

The annoying thing is, I was doing that a lot prior to the swamp. I rarely died though and became complacent/forgot. More fool me.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

The annoying thing is, I was doing that a lot prior to the swamp. I rarely died though and became complacent/forgot. More fool me.

The auto save system tries to be clever and only save when you change zones if you advanced a quest since your last save. Basically if you're in the swamp where that won't kick in at all you have to quick save every 10 minutes.

I started again twice since my last post. FCR pissed me off after a while, because it really does only have one optimal character build, and that particular build bores me. So I tried Flash Mod from the same guy, but it just adds huge amounts of vitality to enemies so it feels like Gears of War with a sword.

After some thought I went back to vanilla hard mode, which isn't quite hard enough but it's still challenging at times. Chapter 1 revelations:

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did Declan's quest and met the King of the Hunt! I had no idea that quest even existed. Is it possible to encounter the King in every chapter? I'd only ever seen him in chapter 4 and the epilogue.

 

[Van Buren]

After some thought I went back to vanilla hard mode, which isn't quite hard enough but it's still challenging at times. Chapter 1 revelations:

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did Declan's quest and met the King of the Hunt! I had no idea that quest even existed. Is it possible to encounter the King in every chapter? I'd only ever seen him in chapter 4 and the epilogue.

Only those three times as far as I know.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Only those three times as far as I know.

Ah well. Really glad I'm being totally thorough this time around either way. I did

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The Rat quest for the first time this run too, so I could prove Vincent was innocent right away which I assume will make the rest of Chapter 2 a lot smoother.

 

[zer0das]

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It also has Sabrina Glevisseg in it. Which, come to think of it, sort of makes the timelines a bit messed up considering that she had been burned to death long by Henselt before the events of the first game. Unless the extra stories take place before the first game?

It was explained it happened in the past at the very beginning. Or maybe it was the text to introduce the module, or Dandelion's intro. At any rate, it was made pretty clear it happened in the past. (Note: massive Price of Neutrality spoiler: don't read it unless you've beaten it)

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The most obvious way to tell is that Eskel's face isn't messed up when you first meet him.

So even if you missed all of the above, that should have been a dead give away.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I may have accidentally skipped Dandelion's intro :\

But you're right, I started it up again after I posted that and it is pretty clear if you pay attention.

 

[Bebpo]

Question about how to get those level up abilities that require a mutagen: I made a mutagen in alchemy but drinking it only gave me one bronze talent point, it didn't let me unlock the bronze abilities that say "require mutagen"; how do you unlock those?

Also this game has a ridiculous amount of quests. I'm somewhere in ch.2 and mapped out the temple quarters/dike/swamp and I must have taken on 20 quests doing that. Man, this game is going to take a while

 

[Xanathus]

Question about how to get those level up abilities that require a mutagen: I made a mutagen in alchemy but drinking it only gave me one bronze talent point, it didn't let me unlock the bronze abilities that say "require mutagen"; how do you unlock those?

Also this game has a ridiculous amount of quests. I'm somewhere in ch.2 and mapped out the temple quarters/dike/swamp and I must have taken on 20 quests doing that. Man, this game is going to take a while

You automatically get those after drinking potions made from special monster parts, like werewolf fur.

Yah, one thing to note is not to bother too much with the monster parts collection quests if you are getting tired of them, because they don't have any worthwhile rewards or content.

 

[Bebpo]

Also, this game is really difficult so far on normal. I'm not even talking about big bosses. Just your average battle surrounded by 3-4 enemies using group combat and aard. They all keep hitting you and your life drops incredibly fast. If your aard attack fails to knockback/stun and you're sitting with no magic just doing piddly damage while your life is slashed to death, you die in like 10 seconds flat. I feel like If I'm not using a swallow potion, I'm either barely going to survive battles or not survive at all. It's kind of frustrating.

Is there anything I can do to make the game easier? I can't afford the real armor that's 5000 orens since I only have like 1600 at this point. And I'm just using the starting armor/swords with bronze talents since I'm only lvl.11 and haven't gotten any silver talents yet.

*wait, nm, I was using the regular damage-10% sword instead of my witcher sword

 

[Teknoman]

I know the Witcher 2 looks amazing, but after starting a new game here, as a refresher before starting 2, it still looks really nice. The lab in the prologue really captures that dark and dank feeling nicely, and the soundtrack fits perfectly.

Mouse+keyboard for W1 and then i'll switch to 360 pad for 2.

 

[Riposte]

When it comes to the soundtrack as a whole, I'd say Witcher 1 handily bests its sequel outside of a few stellar pieces. The Celtic style of the music in the first game is the one thing I sorely missed.

I think in terms of atmosphere music they are almost matched, but Witcher 2's music has better dramatic songs and Witcher 1's battle music is really lame and dull. I think Witcher 1 does benefit from having the main theme motif pop up more often(but on the other hand Witcher 2 has the awesome sorceress theme). I guess the stronger "celtic" flavor of Witcher 1 is cool and fits well, but doesn't resonate(aside from... tavern music?). Reminiscing thanks to YouTube.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Which one do you use when going the neutral path? I think one of them will still do business but I don't recall which one.

Funny story on this. My current play through I started out chapter 3 with both factions happy to do with business with me. I'm pretty sure that this was because the only faction influencing side-quest I did in the swamp

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was gathering the beggartick for Yaren, but I stayed neutral by refusing to give him his cut of the dough.

Then I took a quest from

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Siegfried to find out what was killing people in the cemetery

and I pissed off the non-humans even though

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I didn't kill the elves, but rather saved the civilians

. At the early turning point of the chapter,

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the bank robbery

, I sided with the non-humans out of a desire to try to balance the scales somewhat. Apparently that wasn't enough to satisfy the Squirrels, but it was obviously enough to piss off the order because from then on neither would do business with me.

I love this game.

 

[Bebpo]

Need help with chapter 2:

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So after doing the autopsy and discovering Ramsmeat was innocent I talked to him and he seemed like a good guy. Meanwhile after talking to the detective Raymond after the autopsy he seemed pretty shady.

Now the game is telling me for my primary quest I have to follow the detective and kill Ramsmeat. Is there a way to avoid this? I don't want to kill him because it seems like he's being setup by Raymond who is the bad guy.

Also even if I wanted to kill Ramsmeat, it seems literally impossible for me to do right now. Even with a swallow potion and lots of aard spam, there's like a dozen guys and while I'm instant killing 1 or 2 or 3 of them, the rest slice my HP down to zero ridiculously quick and I just can't beat this fight in any way.

Need help, cause right now I'm stuck and can't advance the story either way

 

[Narag]

Need help with chapter 2:

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So after doing the autopsy and discovering Ramsmeat was innocent I talked to him and he seemed like a good guy. Meanwhile after talking to the detective Raymond after the autopsy he seemed pretty shady.

Now the game is telling me for my primary quest I have to follow the detective and kill Ramsmeat. Is there a way to avoid this? I don't want to kill him because it seems like he's being setup by Raymond who is the bad guy.

Also even if I wanted to kill Ramsmeat, it seems literally impossible for me to do right now. Even with a swallow potion and lots of aard spam, there's like a dozen guys and while I'm instant killing 1 or 2 or 3 of them, the rest slice my HP down to zero ridiculously quick and I just can't beat this fight in any way.

Need help, cause right now I'm stuck and can't advance the story either way

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I ran into that myself and gave in. Killed Ramsmeat, moved on, didn't look back. Blizzard, Swallow, Tawny Owl as well as group stance trivializes that fight. Igni is great too.