stealth archer on Skyrim was cool, don't recall anything similar on Witcher 3
― badg, Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:56 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i did miss this, as this is typically my favorite class
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
Only gave Witcher a cursory try but it seemed a bit more of a drag to get into than Skyrim, with all the alchemy and potion stuff. Ready to believe that there's an awesome game in there once you get past that but skyrim otoh hooked me from te get go
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
tbh my least favorite parts of both skyrim and witcher were the alchemy and potion and crafting stuff.
i love picking spells and weapons and upgrading equipment, but for some reason when it extends into keeping track of 60 different sets of recipes to make marginal upgrades to stats i just get overwhelmed and stare distantly and wistfully.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
kinda like this, but with just a hint of hope
http://i.imgur.com/LuGknMf.png
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
Free public beta for online Gwent is livehttps://www.gog.com/game/gwent_the_witcher_card_game
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
this was a good choice for breaking in the new pc, the environments look incredible
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 May 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
stealthing and sniping is how I always like my characters to live, have only played the first Witcher which I like just fine but it isn't a patch on any Elder Scrolls game and you totally have to tank along and the alchemy is a huuuuuuuge buzzkill
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 May 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
this is still fun 15 hours in though the combat kinda sucks relative to the rest of the package. i also haven't had much desire to dig into the crafting or alchemy systems, i've just been leveling up quick attack and the magic signs and playing it as a hack & slash
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
Also replaying this on PC rn
Still as beautiful as the day I married it
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Is the Complete Edition worth getting over the vanilla (and $20!) version?
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
what's the price difference? the extra content is very good but the base game is already pretty huge
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Looks like it's pretty easy to find CE (new) between $35 and $40.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
i'd say if you have the hours to pour into it you can't go too wrong with the CE but i think the 2 expansions were priced at $10 and $20, so you're not going to be enormously punished if you hedge with just the base game
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
blood and wine is a pretty huge expansion and worth it if youre the type who doesn't burn out on RPGs 50 hours in
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
personally I ran out of steam before getting there
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
yeah i still haven't finished blood and wine. hearts of stone was good though.
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
I guess I'm really out of the loop because I've spent two marathon sessions on the game so far even though White Orchard is considered a prologue level. I've barely even scratched the surface of crafting, but that's probably because in still early in the game and I'm missing a lot of key ingredients.
And OMG Gwent, I can see myself easily sinking hours into it.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Sunday, 29 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
Will ILX revoke my Kool Kid's Club Kard if I say that the flood of ?s on the Velen map make me want to skip all those sidequests and get on with the main story?
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 30 July 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
I mean my god: https://witcher3map.com/v/#2/128.0/111.9
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 30 July 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
do not try to do every sidequest in witcher 3 you will die
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
velen is the largest area by far fwiw
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
i did everything, in the main game at least, and have no regrets
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 July 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
Roberto r u a ghost?
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 30 July 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
no comment
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 July 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
Regarding possible ways to die, I can think of worse ways than Witcher 3 sidequests.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
it took me 2+ years to finish this game and I found myself forgetting the entire plot when I'd pick it back up..
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
I was a little disappointed after last night's session, because although I'm on the trail of the Bloody Baron's daughter, I did not open any areas with new Gwent players.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
you should just get the gwent standalone game! i haven't played it but have heard it's pretty good
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
xp to jingles good grief
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
Bloody Baron: I'll never know what bloom would've been the favorite of my miscarried daughter, and the fault lies with me.Geralt: Wanna play Gwent?BB: LAY 'EM DOWN, PODNER.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Thursday, 2 August 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
Not sure I'm actually enjoying this now (level 14), might need to take a break.
Don't care for these characters much TBH.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 6 August 2018 06:24 (five years ago) link
I think that Geralt's general lack of affect may be why I'm connecting to him, but that doesn't explain why I'm not connecting with other, more colorful/expressive characters.
― Abercromb Metrion Finchos (Leee), Monday, 6 August 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Is the story supposed to be good or merely good for an open-world RPG? I haven't been impressed, and I'm in Act II now.
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Monday, 20 August 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
the overall story did not strike me as a strength at the time and i can barely remember anything about it now. i don't think that the main storyline/plot is ever done well in open world games, and the smaller stories you discover (or sometimes create) as you go about the world are where narrative elements can actually shine.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 20 August 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
What prompted me was actually a secondary quest, the one where you help the Irish viking princess help free a local chieftain from a demon tormenting him by...
SPOILERS BEGIN
... throwing his newborn infant into an oven -- basically, the demon needs to find a new host who genuinely has intense feelings of guilt, but the outlines of the plan were already described by Geralt so why would he feel real remorse?
― Gwent Stefani (Leee), Monday, 20 August 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
yeah people mostly like it for all the weirdo side stories and world building. i never finished the main quest, same as all open world games
― ciderpress, Monday, 20 August 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
I finished it on accident
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
i find the story more amusing than necessarily good but it still has some sense of character to it and a consistency within its own world. some of the skeillige scenes were hilarious, as an irish person. the acting and the diff accents from diff parts of ireland.
it's weird reading the diff reactions to it. i never played a single hand of gwent after the first 10-minute foray, and i was a magic the gathering nerd in my teens. just couldn't get into it.
prob be surprised if i ever enjoy a game as much as this tho i am already looking forward to their cyberpunk game.
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSqi-8kAMmM
in a world
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 July 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
where you have to change your sword to suit your enemy
one butt is
flexin
*slow motion shot of butt muscles gently breathing in and out*
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 July 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
I just started this today ! I mean III. I hate starting games though and this one seems massive but I will try.
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 21 July 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
One butt cheek is for human enemies, the other butt cheek is for monsters.
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 21 July 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
that explains the unbalanced tingling when the witcher walks through the woods
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 July 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
henry cavill sucks and is bad, therefore this show will suck and be bad
― A man offers an inverted bottle of water to the Techno Viking. (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 21 July 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
^
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 21 July 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
Also the game is bad.
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Sunday, 21 July 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
Nah.
All three instalments are worth playing. 1-2 do certain things better than 3.
― pomenitul, Monday, 22 July 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link