EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
That's why an invisible mesh would work. I don't want to use the glasses or hood.
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The Witcher III: Blood & Wine |Reviews Thread| Pour another goblet
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Sigh... I'm still waiting for the real GTX 1080 before I can embark on the whole Witcher 3 package. Glad to see they stuck the landing here, though.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Shaved except for a ponytail with full beard trimmed short is CLEARLY the best option.
Gamer @ Heart
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Anyone have pics of the new armor sets?
There is, for armours.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
In your vineyard you can put armour and weapons on display. You can also place "trophies", which I thought would allow for monster heads, but alas seems to be other goodies (like statues or ornaments awarded from quests). Any paintings and such can be hung on the wall, too. So if you acquired a painting from the auction in Hearts of Stone you can hang it in your vineyard.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
So far yeah.
It should be emphasised that Blood & Wine doesn't re-invent The Witcher wheel. There's still plenty of room for, if they had the time and budget, CDPR to go over the fabric and restitch things. The UI amendments aside (which are legit great, but even then could be better), Blood & Wine is more of a swansong to The Witcher 3. It does add some cool new stuff, and it's not a complete carbon copy head-to-toe of stuff from the main game, but it's still based on the same foundations. It's an expansion pack, to be sure, aimed at giving you another thrill similar you what fans would feel having arrived in Velen from White Orchard, or Skellige from Velen. A new landmass with its own adventuring to uncover.
It should be emphasised that Blood & Wine doesn't re-invent The Witcher wheel. There's still plenty of room for, if they had the time and budget, CDPR to go over the fabric and restitch things. The UI amendments aside (which are legit great, but even then could be better), Blood & Wine is more of a swansong to The Witcher 3. It does add some cool new stuff, and it's not a complete carbon copy head-to-toe of stuff from the main game, but it's still based on the same foundations. It's an expansion pack, to be sure, aimed at giving you another thrill similar you what fans would feel having arrived in Velen from White Orchard, or Skellige from Velen. A new landmass with its own adventuring to uncover.
Ah, I guess in the stash they will stay.
Doing some witcher work around a vineyard and it's really cool how quests are integrated into the surrounding environment. They did this in the base game but it somehow feels even more connected, feels like you're actually helping improve things for people.
Couple of more shots, first one shows off the more detailed grass, second just a nice view.
Trying to get enough money for Grandmaster Ursine is taking longer than expected. Because I sold my Mastercrafted one I've had to build it up again from scratch which costs a lot even before getting to the Grandmaster one.
Couple of more shots, first one shows off the more detailed grass, second just a nice view.
Trying to get enough money for Grandmaster Ursine is taking longer than expected. Because I sold my Mastercrafted one I've had to build it up again from scratch which costs a lot even before getting to the Grandmaster one.
Wait, how are you playing it already? Doesn't it release on the 31st?
I have a review copy, check out my previous posts.
Jeezis, those shots are gorgeous.
Oh, that explains it. Sorry, I didn't see your posts.
Awesome screens you posted by the way. Can't wait.
That all sounds amazing, thanks!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Marvel
could never
We all do... and shall!
GravityInsanity
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I pre-ordered already but been in blackout so far. Have they said how big this map is compared to the original game?
Fuck ass nipple breast that looks good. I'm both excited to play this and sad that Geralt's story ends for good.
FoxnHurley
Member
It's about the size of Skellige, if I'm not mistaken. In other words, pretty damn big..lol
Yeah no kidding, I've just written my Uncharted 4 review and am currently balancing Total Warhammer, DOOM, Overwatch and this. Still haven't finished Dark Souls III yet either.
GravityInsanity
Member
Wow, that's a massive DLC map. This will be fun.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Sorry? I was just stating MY opinion.
I like the combat too, and it is definitely the best in the series. But, in my opinion, it is defenitely not particularly outstanding either. However, I also dislike when people claim it sucks, because thats not true, simply because it gives one to chance to be very strong once you git gud.
Fair enough. In the end, if everyone had the same taste the world would be very boring.
Should I restart the game? I played vanilla-Witcher 3 when it got released but I stopped around a month later (had done SERIOUS amount of sidequesting, story-wise I had just reached the Baron). I tried to play it a bit couple of days back but it was too overwhelming after such a long break.
Freezasaurus
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Good. I need a break from Overwatch. I'm seeing red character outlines whenever I close my eyes.
Holy shit finally got it. Pro tip: do not sell or dismantle your mastercrafted sets even if you moved on to the Viper one in Hearts of Stone. Grandmaster is no joke, the money it costs to make and the components you need are very expensive. The enchantments from HoS, upgrading Corvo Bianco and then making another mastercrafted set? Brutal, although I never got round to New Game+ so that might make things easier.
I've only managed to make the chest armour, the rest will have to wait. It does look lovely though, if a little inappropriate for the climate:
So... you won't be using witcher sense then?
I've only managed to make the chest armour, the rest will have to wait. It does look lovely though, if a little inappropriate for the climate:
So... you won't be using witcher sense then?
Revolutionary
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Fuck me... I made a horrible mistake of forgetting to backup my save when I reformatted a few days ago. So I'm back to where I was in June of last year (right after I found Uma).
Thank god for those DLC character builds because I don't have the patience to play the back half of the entire game again lol
Thank god for those DLC character builds because I don't have the patience to play the back half of the entire game again lol
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
how are people playing this already? review copies?
if you are on PS4 i can send you my game save? i'm lvl 39, finished all quests (none failed), collected all gwent cards, have fully mastercrafted wolven set, and the viper set from HoS. i've done everything in the game except for a lot of the POI's and geralt is just standing outside Kaer Morhen. I'm all ready to go for B&W. i did have a similar PC save except i hadn't yet played through HoS but i accidentally deleted it.
if you are on PS4 i can send you my game save? i'm lvl 39, finished all quests (none failed), collected all gwent cards, have fully mastercrafted wolven set, and the viper set from HoS. i've done everything in the game except for a lot of the POI's and geralt is just standing outside Kaer Morhen. I'm all ready to go for B&W. i did have a similar PC save except i hadn't yet played through HoS but i accidentally deleted it.
Tenacious-D
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I like how they're reusing certain Witcher 2 assets for that armour.
You posted a pic earlier in a field. Are you on PC, or using any ini tweaks? Because the amount of grass that was there was pretty awesome. There's nothing like that in the base game.
I have some saves if you're on PC. If you tell me your choices, maybe one of mine will be similar, if you want.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i hope we can easily make money in this because i only have about 15,000. i want to be able to upgrade my wolven set. i'm really regretting paying that runewright 30,000.
Yeah it's on PC but no ini tweaks. That's just grass density and foliage view distance on ultra. I play with them on high for FPS.
That is a hell of a lot, should be fine. Whether you'll be fine for everything? Not sure.
I'm regretting it too tbh. Money is fairly easy to come by, over the course of the whole DLC it should be ok I've just been focused on getting the Ursine armour asap.
Exentryk
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IGN posted an article about mutations. If they are correct, it seems the devs have nerfed the mutations from what they were in the preview videos, but they've made them more accessible (require less skill points).
http://au.ign.com/wikis/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/Mutations
http://au.ign.com/wikis/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/Mutations
Yeah the glasses to me are kind of a joke / gimmick item. Though I'll say personally my biggest (only?) disappointment with Blood and Wine is a lack of new hairstyles. I usually do the elven rebel cut with full beard - makes Geralt look old and wise - but I could definitely do with a change. Surely the barbers of Beauclair must have their own special styles?!
Truth. Geralt looks more badass this way imo.
Exentryk
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+1, cos I use the same look.
Ultra Numb
Member
Went and picked up Witcher 3 for PS4... still haven't played it yet!
Guess, I'll pick up this DLC when available too.
Guess, I'll pick up this DLC when available too.
endlessflood
Member
OléGunner;204975967 said:
If you bought the season pass on the EU PSN then there's no preload:
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=204954196
There's a preload if you bought the season pass on the US PSN, or if you just bought Blood and Wine individually on the EU PSN.
RipperGrim
Member
Anyone done any proper comparisons performance wise for the PC version compared to the base game?
Finished my session for the night. According to GOG Galaxy I've played for 22 hours and I feel like I've just started getting my head around the area as a whole. I've visited every notice board and done a fair amount of side quests etc. As usual with my playstyle the main quest lies rather neglected so I expect there's quite a bit more of that to come. Definitely on track for 30+ hours.
It's fantastic of course. Not sure if this has been mentioned, but there's new songs for Gwent!
It's fantastic of course. Not sure if this has been mentioned, but there's new songs for Gwent!