Sage advice for IRL, too.bang everyone else, but..... confess your love to only one of them..... seriously.
Sage advice for IRL, too.bang everyone else, but..... confess your love to only one of them..... seriously.
NoIs this meant to be a joke?
You're not meant to lock on when you're fighting multiple enemies. Just move the camera around. I don't understand any of these complaints honestly.Besides the awful combat, Witcher 3 is one the best games I ever played.
And Baron Arch is by far the best quest ever made of gaming.
Locked camera sucks. Is almost impossible to do what the game suggest, playing like dumb while foes do critical damage on you. Reduce your stamina while combat, you can't jump (need to stay of vision to back jump) making huge mistakes while trying to jump between edges.
I've been waiting the next gen update since current consoles launched and been fighting with myself not to play the game before the update.
To be honest I'll be totally okay if the patch is "just" 60 fps, better resolution, updated textures, faster loading and snappier menusOoooh, i forgot about that. Definitely gonna wait on that for my 3rd playthrough now.
Don't put too much faith in what you see in the TV show, i'm reading the books right now and the show is a very loose interpretation of the books. Like most of season 2 plots didn't exist at all in the booksI'm a bit different on this now, though, because I've learnt through the tv series that Yen is basically a result of magical plastic surgery, and Triss is natural, so yeah maybe I aught a go with Triss. Then again, Geralt is an artificiail being too in many ways so maybe that just adds weight to him and Yen being the perfect match.
I've often thought of doing that, not gonna lie... If they're on audiobook I'll grab them, my problem is I have no time to actually read, but I ride my bike all over town and listen to heaps of books while I ride.Don't put too much faith in what you see in the TV show, i'm reading the books right now and the show is a very loose interpretation of the books. Like most of season 2 plots didn't exist at all in the books. If you like witcher 3 that much, I would advise you to read the books or at least good summaries to understand the realtions between each characters, it really is worth it.like yennefer loosing her powers and kidnapping ciri... They on the contraty have a mother-daughter relationship at this point in the books
good news, they are !I've often thought of doing that, not gonna lie... If they're on audiobook I'll grab them, my problem is I have no time to actually read, but I ride my bike all over town and listen to heaps of books while I ride.
You're not meant to lock on when you're fighting multiple enemies. Just move the camera around. I don't understand any of these complaints honestly.
me neither. rant incoming:You're not meant to lock on when you're fighting multiple enemies. Just move the camera around. I don't understand any of these complaints honestly.
It runs good and is beautiful to look at (you cannot really do much better in terms of artistic direction) but it is starting to show its age a little bit (really gross use of AO, low shadow resolution, "simple" lighting by today's standards, some bad textures) + it can have painful loading times on console (specially in menu navigation which goes slower the more items you get in your inventory). Remember that it was one of the first true next gen PS4 games to come out during last generation, AAA production has gone a long way since (in terms of visual production I mean - overall the game in itself is wonderful and has not been topped).How does this run on vanilla PS4?
Witcher 3 is easier that the Witcher 2. I love the Witcher 3, but I can admit this. Both great games in their own right.this might be true, but I went into The Witcher 3 right after beating The Witcher 2. The Witcher 2 was 10x more brutal and unforgiving if you didn't know the mechanics of the game well. I actually made a thread about it when I first started it, couldn't understand why Witcher 2 was so damn hard:
could be that The Witcher 3 just feels easier because I learned a lot of the mechanics from The Witcher 2, but even normal mode on The Witcher 2 felt nearly impossible unless you utilized various mechanics that the game didn't really explain well.
I find that The Witcher 3 does a much, much better job explaining the mechanics to you than The Witcher 2. Not to mention Witcher 2 was just more brutal in general, not being able to use potions during battle, needing to have the ingredients to craft a potion each time you wanted to craft one as opposed to them auto being crafted once you meditate with liquor, etc.
the game feels quite easy compared to Witcher 2 and much, much easier to wrap your head around
Have you tried CP77 by any chance ?I'm a bit of a story whore and in the games medium there just isn't nothing which comes close to the quality of The Witcher 3 for me, at least when it comes to modern AAA. Especially Hearts of Stone shocked me with the quality of the writing in a way nothing in games ever managed before or since. It's a bit of a cliché but TW3 ruined a lot of games for me. I try to enjoy things like the nu-Assassins creed games, but they almost feel insulting with the generic boring ass writing and side quests. Will definitely replay it again when the enhanced version releases and REALLY hope CDPR can come up with something at least close to as good for the next Witcher game, but I imagine it will be tough.
I was long in love with W2 before three came out so I initially chose Triss but damn CDPR made the Yen rejection scene so well. I felt sick, so i reverted to old save file to spare a 3d animated persons feelings. smhI usually sleep with as many women as I can. Already banged that blonde sorceress, can’t remember her name. She’s in a hut outside of a small town. Me and Tris got pretty serious in Witcher 2 but I know Yen is Geralt’s main chick
Yen is still super salty about Tris
Oh, well if thats the case the only dingus here is you if it takes you 5hrs to do the tutorial
Have you tried CP77 by any chance ?
It's really pretty close according to me. Maybe less consistent overall but the better quests of CP have nothing to envy to TW3.
And I'd say that CP77 is even more emotional and has better characters than TW3 who you really get attached to (that's saying a lot)
Although I played it on PC, I used an Xbox Elite controller, and I had no problem handling groups without camera lock. So I don't know what people are talking about.me neither. rant incoming:
i wonder if it might be because they play it on console, or some platform they just suck at manipulating the camera in... i played it on PC all the way and yeah I think the only time I ever locked on with my camera was when harpies were like 10m above me, when i was using my crossbow (rare), or I was taking on a beast like a griffon one-on-one, or whatever... it's not like the witcher is a platforming game either, i think these people complaining about jumping have just watched a few youtube compilations after buying the game for $5 and playing the tutorial for 20 minutes... youtube compilations are about as real as partisan political videos lol, they are just cherry picked moments that have been deliberately fabricated/staged with cheat engines or just bloodyminded persistence...
I'll admit, I think maybe 3 or 4 times in my playthrough of The Witcher 3 an evade roll landed me somewhere I didn't expect, 3 or 4 times is hardly a "this game sucks" amount... unless you're going into the experience wanting to say it sucks, because that's the only way you can impress ur group of friends lol
I didn't like it at first
Then it became my best game of the past 20 years
Because gameplay is not great at all. But the story, atmosphere and the whole narrative universe it's what make it great.I just couldn't get with the gameplay. Same for Cyberpunk.
I don't get the CRPR love at all but to be fair I dropped both games fast.
Yeah. The Witcher 3 didn't even show up on that Japanese poll of best 100 games. I think BOTW was#1. Japanese gamers have no taste (or need to broaden their gaming horizons)I didn't like it at first
Then it became my best game of the past 20 years
Soundtrack will never be matched
Also fuck you Breath of the Wild
probably a way-off Triss with a bad wigthey're supposedly adding content from the netflix show to the next gen upgrade. not sure what exactly that entails.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. TW3 also ruined open world games for me. It is still doing better what other studios can only dream of capturing in new open world games. For a game that's approaching 7 years old, it is showing its age a little bit. However, the sheer quality of the game puts others to shame. Which is embarrassing for other developers.I'm a bit of a story whore and in the games medium there just isn't nothing which comes close to the quality of The Witcher 3 for me, at least when it comes to modern AAA. Especially Hearts of Stone shocked me with the quality of the writing in a way nothing in games ever managed before or since. It's a bit of a cliché but TW3 ruined a lot of games for me. I try to enjoy things like the nu-Assassins creed games, but they almost feel insulting with the generic boring ass writing and side quests. Will definitely replay it again when the enhanced version releases and REALLY hope CDPR can come up with something at least close to as good for the next Witcher game, but I imagine it will be tough.
I will literally cut my ps4 game with scissors if they dare to touch my Triss from the game.probably a way-off Triss with a bad wig
Not going to lie, I jumped onto the bandwagon after giving the Netflix show a try.
I originally didn't like it, but the show ended up growing on me. It's not amazing or anything, but by the end of season 1 I was totally invested. After finishing season 2 I decided to give the games a go.
I beat The Witcher 2 last week. Game was great. Story was excellent. Not much to say other than I had a blast playing it. Think I spent about 40 hours to beat it?
Decided to pick up The Witcher 3 GOTY edition after beating it and holy shit. I'll get this part of the way: The Witcher 3 is likely the best video game I've ever played.
I say likely because I'm still in the first chapter. I'm about 40 hours in and only just recently got to Novigrad.
This game has, by far, the best side quests I've ever experienced in a game. The fact that they are optional and so easy to overlook is almost criminal. This actually brings me to one of my first criticisms (actually, only real criticism of the game). The side quests are so, so, so good and so rich in story I went out of my way to do every single side quest I found. I made a habit out of not skipping them because I'll pick up a seemingly random, unimportant contract only to run into fuckingas part of the quest. The problem is, if you do the side quests you'll quickly over level yourself. If you take a break from the side quests to focus on the main story, you'll quickly over level yourself making the side quests only reward 1 xp. This ia fairly minor criticism as I believe you can remedy this by increasing the difficulty which reduces XP reward. I'll definitely be doing this in NG+.Letho
I hear that some people aren't a fan of the combat system. I don't really get this criticism. It's definitely a noticeable improvement from The Witcher 2 and I find it very enjoyable. There are so many different sorts of monsters each with unique attacks. The combat feels responsive and makes each battle feel engaging. I like that you can choose how much you want to invest in signs/magic and have a viable build either way.
The level of detail in the open world is astounding. I gave up on AC: Valhalla like 40 hours into it. Despite finding the world beautiful, it just left me with no real compelling reason to explore it. After a while it just became a bore. I'm only 40 hours in but am having an amazing time exploring the world. If something looks cool, odds are you will have a highly rewarding experience if you simply go explore it. Whether it be a hidden treasure or trigger some side quest.
Dialogue is amazing, story is amazing although I will say the side quests hugely help here and provide more than a enough filler where the main story may be lacking.
I actually enjoyed Cyberpunk. It was my first CD Projekt Red game and I didn't get why people set their expectations so high. I get it now. While I find Cyberpunk enjoyable. it's not even in the same universe as The Witcher 3.
My only dilemma now is whether to continue to take my time as I've been doing or beat it a little faster than I originally planned so I can replay it on NG+.
If this game does eventually get a significant next gen upgrade, then just wow. The game looks stunning already tbh.
Sorry if I seem to be rambling. The Witcher 2 was like $3 and The Witcher 3 GOTY was like $9 when I bought them a couple weeks ago on the XSX. Definitely the best money I've ever spent on a game ever.
This is likely the best game I've ever played in my entire life. I actually took a break from it and didn't play yesterday because I don't want the experience to ever end. Can't remember last time I felt this way playing a game.
That quest was heavy, the ending I got was brutalAs time goes on I really believe Witcher 3 is the goat. I put 200 hours into that game, it's a masterpiece. The writing and dialogue is so good. It takes a lot to shock me nowadays but the real everyday themes of that bloody barren questline will likely never be surpassed for me. I played it on pc max settings on a sli 780ti rig at 1080 60fps. I never played the dlc I wanna play it through again on my 2080ti but a part of me doesn't want to ruin the perfect experience I had with that game. Though it does drag on towards the end I suppose.
the main issue of the combat not on the system/mechanic. but the responsiveness(it is actually lacking especially with the spinning strong attack), problem with hit weight and hit box. not count of Geralt running animation is feel weightless.The combat feels responsive and makes each battle feel engaging. I like that you can choose how much you want to invest in signs/magic and have a viable build either way.
not sure if it's because my build specializes in fast attacks (I'm doing fast attacks with max crit damage), but I haven't had any issuesthe main issue of the combat not on the system/mechanic. but the responsiveness(it is actually lacking especially with the spinning strong attack), problem with hit weight and hit box. not count of Geralt running animation is feel weightless.
when it launch the combat has issue where Geralt automatically enter battle stance, which is affected his movement speed. its like player doesnt has the agency over this aspect. but it already been patched for quite long time ago so not a problem anymore.
other complaint is, the combat is like designed to fight on flat wide area not on narrow or smaller space. i often had Geralt stuck to rock, fences etc.
That quest was heavy, the ending I got was brutal
Definitely can’t wait to play that quest line again…I’m sure I could have done a few things differently
As time goes on I really believe Witcher 3 is the goat. I put 200 hours into that game, it's a masterpiece. The writing and dialogue is so good. It takes a lot to shock me nowadays but the real everyday themes of that bloody barren questline will likely never be surpassed for me. I played it on pc max settings on a sli 780ti rig at 1080 60fps. I never played the dlc I wanna play it through again on my 2080ti but a part of me doesn't want to ruin the perfect experience I had with that game. Though it does drag on towards the end I suppose.
Me too, mate, me too, dat ending..I was legit crying once it was over
my built is fast attack too and yet for me the responsiveness made me sleepy. overall the combat not that hard too me. stuff i mentioned i can manage but still, sometimes it give me frustration that how the combat could be actually better.not sure if it's because my build specializes in fast attacks (I'm doing fast attacks with max crit damage), but I haven't had any issues
I do think, to some extent, fighting in tight spaces is supposed to be a pain. reason I'm saying this is because during Witcher 2 it recommends you actually parry over dodge/roll when fighting in tight spaces.
it can become pretty easy to abuse roll/dodges in fights. tight spaces remove this, so I've found myself having to parry in these situations which is definitely more difficult.
maybe I've just been playing games with REALLY bad combat so this just feels like an improvement. I recently beat BOTW and found the combat in Witcher 3 to be much, much, much more challenging and engaging. in BOTW there are only a few types of mobs, once you get down the doge and parry timing you become literally invincible. master mode doesn't change this. it just makes the mobs essentially do more dmg, take more dmg and self heal (not hating on BOTW, game was one of the best games I played last year, they just definitely need more monster diversity and the combat system is very basic) I've played many of the AC games, most recently Valhalla, and greatly prefer Witcher 3 combat.
as for the run animation, I actually run more than I use my horse and can't say I've noticed anything weird about it? maybe I'll pay more attention when I hop on tonight
edit: if I don't properly prepare for a battle in Witcher 3 and especially Witcher 2, I can get destroyed. I mean some monsters are pretty impossible to beat unless you prepare properly (nightwraiths for example taking zero dmg unless they're in a trap, monsters that can blind you unless you use cat eye potion, some monsters will self heal and not take dmg unless you get their summons/minions first, etc.).
I've been meaning to play Dragon's Dogma. While I've heard the combat is great, I've also heard the story is very weak. And I'm huge on story. I'll probably eventually check it out.my built is fast attack too and yet for me the responsiveness made me sleepy. overall the combat not that hard too me. stuff i mentioned i can manage but still, sometimes it give me frustration that how the combat could be actually better.
i dont actually bother much about the combat system design, my main gripe is the responsiveness. not asking something like MGSV or DD level of responsiveness, but made it little bit better is enough for me.
the horse...for me the horse is terrible. i end up spend most time running on foot. well maybe thats me but i see lot of similliar sentiment before.
BOTW combat feels like just barebone system too me. compared to Witcher 3 it indeed lacking behind. well maybe i'm too used to play games with great control and responsiveness so it affected my 'standard'. if you have time, can try game like Dragon's Dogma, Souls game or MGSV for example.
Me too, mate, me too, dat ending..