The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[Arioch]

Yep, I'm noticing that. Very cool.

BTW this game has some of the most beautiful scenery since Skyrim. I sat for about 10 minutes just watching the sunset.

Yeah, there are some places and times when the imagery is great.

[Eisberg]

Yep, I'm noticing that. Very cool.

BTW this game has some of the most beautiful scenery since Skyrim. I sat for about 10 minutes just watching the sunset.

We're you defacating to it? It is downright glorius.

[Arioch]

Did you jack off also during that time because pretty sure the sunset doesn't last 10 minutes in this game.

Now it can!

http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/399/?

[Thr0tt]

Is it wrong that im jacking off reading about sunsets ?

Loving the game, just wish I could spend more time with it, hours at a time gone but sometimes rushed as r/l to get on with

[Brainstew]

Yeah that's pretty much how I've taken it. Seems a bit odd, but it really wouldn't be a CRPG if characters started out at high levels with uber skills. Character leveling is part of the fun.

Only other nit I have with this game is how windy it constantly is. Any mod out there to calm the winds down a bit?

Other than that, this is my favorite Witcher game so far. The graphics are beautiful and very smooth when maxxed at 1080p. I'm not a big fan of motion blur, though, so I turned that off.

I love the windiness, even if it isn't entirely realistic. Having all the trees and plants swaying around just makes the game feel that much more alive to me.

[Napoleonic]

Recently picked this game up and I'm really enjoying it. Only question I have is: why does Geralt start off at level 1 with 0 xp or skills? At least Witcher 1 had the "amnesia" excuse.

Yeah, I know, all CRPGs are like this. It's just a nitpick for an overall great game so far.

I can agree with the question though, why must every RPG games start with playable characters being weaklings?

[theshadowcult]

Did KAC get banned again!?

Anyway. at the johnny joke

[SD-[Inc]]

Yep, I'm noticing that. Very cool.

BTW this game has some of the most beautiful scenery since Skyrim. I sat for about 10 minutes just watching the sunset.

Keep looking. It doesn't take long before it blows away Skyrim and any other game. The attention to detail the developers put into the world is amazing. It's a giant world with a huge variety landscapes, towns, and people. Even after tromping around in it for over 100 hours I can still easily find somewhere I have never been and discover something interesting. Just stop and listen to what townspeople are talking about. They must have thousands of lines of different dialog and it changes as events occur.

BTW, has anyone tried the NG+ DLC? Is it worth another go around?

[Adanu]

Did KAC get banned again!?

Anyway. at the johnny joke

It's KAC. All he really does here is troll and talk about boners in video games.

[KAC]

Did KAC get banned again!?

Anyway. at the johnny joke

Why do you think I was banned?

[Munkus]

I love the windiness, even if it isn't entirely realistic. Having all the trees and plants swaying around just makes the game feel that much more alive to me.

Yep. As someone else pointed out, it's not that windy in other areas. Besides, the wind gives the devs an excuse to show off their cloth and hair physics...which are downright amazing, IMO.

[theshadowcult]

Why do you think I was banned?

Hmmm, strange, i couldn't see any of your posts earlier. They had all disappeared.

[KAC]

It's KAC. All he really does here is troll and talk about boners in video games.

... and all you do is keep repeating the same shite over and over. Get a ball gag already.

[Eisberg]

Yep. As someone else pointed out, it's not that windy in other areas. Besides, the wind gives the devs an excuse to show off their cloth and hair physics...which are downright amazing, IMO.

How far are you into the game now? Have you been to Crookback Bog yet, meet Johnny?

[SD-[Inc]]

Yep. As someone else pointed out, it's not that windy in other areas. Besides, the wind gives the devs an excuse to show off their cloth and hair physics...which are downright amazing, IMO.

Although it's a little buggy. Sometimes, during cutscenes indoors, the wind will magically appear.

[theshadowcult]

Although it's a little buggy. Sometimes, during cutscenes indoors, the wind will magically appear.

Are you saying they dont have open windows or doors?

[Crawdaddy79]

Although it's a little buggy. Sometimes, during cutscenes indoors, the wind will magically appear.

I encountered that a few times as well.

Also, after a cutscene, three or four times there was a cupboard that couldn't figure out where it was supposed to be anchored to and was flopping around like a fish, silently.

[SD-[Inc]]

A few bugs here and there don't even come close to blemishing this beauty. I recently tried the NG+ and restarted from the beginning. The one thing I noticed when starting over is how much the performance has improved from launch day. It was a little choppy on my system back then and it is so much smoother now.

[Arioch]

Spent a bunch of time last night working on the main quest line - I tend to get sidetracked A LOT in this game...

For those that have gotten to Kaer Morhen in the main questline.
The whole sequence with Geralt getting drunk with Eskel and Lambert there was epic.

[t0adp1p3]

Just started this, got it for $18 seems pretty good so far. Thinking of only doing enough side quests to level up so i can do the main quests. Wish i could do main quests only. Open world rpg's with too much stuff, typically means i get bored before i can finish, so any more I try and stick to the main quests as much as possible. Is that doable with this game?

[mynakedrat2]

YES THATS PERFEXCT!! youll love just going through the main quest, and it wont be so easy getting all the elvels doing the side quest. Not too difficult, but not cake. i got mine for 18$ too ! what site did you use>?

[KAC]

I think they poured too much dope in this game. Reached level 7 on PC now and going to bone Keira in a few minutes.

[Adanu]

... and all you do is keep repeating the same shite over and over. Get a ball gag already.

Says the person constantly trolling the board.

Has anyone tried the NG+ stuff yet? I'm wondering if you get level 1s at the start, or if they scale.

[Meteor_of_War]

Just started this, got it for $18 seems pretty good so far. Thinking of only doing enough side quests to level up so i can do the main quests. Wish i could do main quests only. Open world rpg's with too much stuff, typically means i get bored before i can finish, so any more I try and stick to the main quests as much as possible. Is that doable with this game?

Honestly I am trying to do the same.

The game is so damn big and daunting to tackle. The main problem for me is when traveling to locations I keep finding new ? marks and things to fight or explore in the world along the way, and it sucks up all my gaming time. I need to really focus on main quests or else I'll never finish it. Also, pretty sure you can continue and clean up side quests after finishing the main quest.

Try hard to stick to the mission at hand without being side-tracked, and an essential tip is as your quest list fills up just do the ones that are at or near your level.

[Dungeoncrawler]

i don't get the ciri story-line skew regarding level scaling and the inability to access inventory. should it be viewed entirely as an interactive cut-scene?

[Eisberg]

should it be viewed entirely as an interactive cut-scene?

Basically yes. They stated before release that the Ciri part of the game is basically an action game with no RPG elements, so yeah looking at it as an interactive cut scene would be another good way to look at it.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Basically yes. They stated before release that the Ciri part of the game is basically an action game with no RPG elements, so yeah looking at it as an interactive cut scene would be another good way to look at it.

cool - thanks. i'm still pretty early into the storyline and thought maybe it evolved the further into you get. believe i've used her 3 times so far. only died once due to her power-slide getting me stuck between objects and enemies.

[Sir Duke]

Ciri is bad ass with her matrix moves.

[Lazy8s]

Ciri is bad ass with her matrix moves.

If there's one thing this game needed it's more Ciri.

They built her character just enough to make you want more, but didn't quite flesh out her story arc as full as it could have been imo.

I would have been quite happy with her having 35% of the game.

[Meteor_of_War]

I think the Ciri controlled parts are boring as shite.

She is way over powered (I know she's supposed to be) and it essentially turns into a pure action game when controlling her. I just speed through the Ciri sections as fast as possible.

But I will say she's a bit easier on the eyes than Geralt, however.

[theshadowcult]

I never understood everyone saying she is op and her segments are easy etc. Ciri is the only time i died in the game, and i died multiple times with her. She did no damage, and had almost no healing.

[Mangler]

Ciri is the bloodborne of TW3.

At least in the beginning of the game.

[SD-[Inc]]

NG+ all enemies start at level 31.

[Munkus]

I was wandering around Velen last night and came across a small hamlet occupied by "??" level ghouls. 2 seconds later I was dead. So I learned that "??" means

[Exposed]

Think it means "way above your level".

If you come back later, it will have a specific level once you come to within 10 levels of them.

[Munkus]

Think it means "way above your level".

If you come back later, it will have a specific level once you come to within 10 levels of them.

Yep, I know that. At my level it means

[SD-[Inc]]

I think I am going to move my difficulty level back to normal. I have been playing death march for a while and I don't like the additional health management required. I still rarely die, but it requires more micromanagement of my vitality and less focus on combat. I like my battles to flow more without interruption for Quen shield or delays while swallow works. It's more fun to focus on dodging, parrying, and signs. (Call me lazy)

[KAC]

I am playing on normal on both my runs. I can't be arsed to drink potions or wait for health regen before my next encounter. To me this kind of dark souls retarded mentality to increase difficulty is horse shite.

[SD-[Inc]]

This is one area where I think Witcher 2 was better. The greater the difficulty, the more skilled the opponent was. That method sounded great. But it was a bit messed up in Witcher 2 because the difference between normal and hard was ridiculous at times. They went from being a defenseless sack of potatoes to ninja warrior. I found myself adjusting difficulty far too often. I like this approach but it seems pretty hard to create a good implementation.

[Meteor_of_War]

Witcher 3 is one of the easiest damn games. You can literally spam attack most enemies to death.