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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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Minsc
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dino1980 said:Is anyone going to really try and beat the game on insanity difficulty settings?
"Die once, die forever"
My first playtrough is gonna be on hard. I want it to be as tough as Demon souls, but im thinking it will not be on hard. And insanity settings is just to insane for me
Pankaks said:
More likely you'll get surrounded by 4 enemies for the twentieth time in the first few hours of gameplay and be killed. Many reviews already complained the difficulty is very unforgiving when fighting multiple enemies and that was not even on insane, where the enemies use alternate moves/ai to fight you. Boss battles are said to be easy actually.
Luthos said:
It's all about the 200+ page artbook! Did you see those pieces of artwork from the press kit? The books going to have 200+ pages of that stuff, accompanied by hundreds of paragraphs about the development and game.
MedIC86 said:
They said it will get patched in very soon, I've always felt it was a minor deal, most movies are like that (actually far worse) on HDTVs, and the first game had issues with 16:10, and I don't even notice the black bars after a few minutes anyway myself, but if you want to make a statement, just wait a few weeks/months for the patch, if you can! I know I couldn't
I think there are no plans for 4:3 support though, so you'll be out of luck if you have a 4:3 display (yea, those aren't really sold too much anymore, but neither are 16:10 displays).
ColonialRaptor
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derFeef said:
U can't play until the online unlock anyway.
Minsc said:They said it will get patched in very soon, I've always felt it was a minor deal, most movies are like that (actually far worse) on HDTVs, and the first game had issues with 16:10, and I don't even notice the black bars after a few minutes anyway myself, but if you want to make a statement, just wait a few weeks/months for the patch, if you can! I know I couldn't
OO i was under the impression that the image would be modified, but black bars i can live with yeah
good to know. thanks
Minsc
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derFeef said:Aha! Shop-sale starts on the 17th though
Are all versions Steamworks? If, I could have enjoyed the collectors edition's extras!
All versions have SecureROM (except for GOG). It's the SecureROM authorization that requires a ~50MB download for the game to work after installation, that's what everyone has to wait for.
I think it's a great system really, pirates don't get day 0 releases, and stupid retailers that leak copies early don't do any damage either.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Minsc said:
I see.
Oh well, I guess I'll just roll with the difficulty above normal for my first run. I'm also pretty glad to hear they toned down the boss battles, considering how terrible the Beast and Azar Javed were.
Minsc
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Pankaks said:
I actually think it'd be kind of smart of them during the prologue to not skimp out on insane difficulty, and from the sounds of it, I don't think they do. We know the prologue involves an
attack on a castle/escape from prison
I expect a ton of people to try it out on insane first trying to be amongst the first to get the achievement, but chances are you will die, hopefully for your sake sooner than later. Combat does not sound easy at all against multiple enemies, it sounds like you can go from full health to dead in a few seconds / wrong moves.
indigo-cyclops
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With how amazing some of this artwork is I'm considering printing out my copy of the arthook on nice paper and binding my own custom artbookcand with cover. I reallu want to do something awesome for the artbook.
I am going to kick myself but I may just try starting on Hard...
I am going to kick myself but I may just try starting on Hard...
Minsc
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Archie said:
That's what they said initially, but in a recent Q&A session they said it would now be unlocked from the start, but they absolutely don't recommend anyone who's never finished the game use it. I'm sure it will come with a warning if you select it too, otherwise imagine the amount of bitter players who find out they can't just load their game after dying - not even by copying back saves they copied to another folder to trick it. They said the game "knows" you're supposed to be dead, so even if you manage to bring back a save, it still won't load if you died.
SneakyStephan
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Minsc said:
Man the rage if you die 40 hours into the game...
ColonialRaptor
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A printer copy would be better though...
I would recommend ensuring that you use permanent inks and probably printing on 180gsm+ Matte Paper with a slightly rough finish. So that when you run your hand over it it has that smooth / rough feeling that official artbooks usually have.
I want to eventually get a physical copy on sale if I can... I really love artbooks.
I would recommend ensuring that you use permanent inks and probably printing on 180gsm+ Matte Paper with a slightly rough finish. So that when you run your hand over it it has that smooth / rough feeling that official artbooks usually have.
I want to eventually get a physical copy on sale if I can... I really love artbooks.
ColonialRaptor said:
Me too. I might check ebay and hope for a legit one or something.
I emailed CDPR about the artbook a few months ago and they told me that the only way to get the entire physical artbook was through the physical CE. Maybe theyll change their mind.
Kyaw said:
There are a few I can find on google but am unsure if theyre any good.
EDIT:
Minsc said:
Getting that too. 30 mins ago, it was still the coming soon message.
*crosses fingers for a new trailer*
Jay Shadow
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Now it's trying to send me to "en.com" so someone must have messed up the forwarding to the English siteMinsc said:
DangerStepp
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I've decided to upgrade to the 6870 from my current GeForce 9800 GTX+. New Egg has some pretty raw deals going on with the Radeon line.
I was going to fly with the GTX 460, but after reading several reviews and twisting myself up in the confusion that is the GPU market I've decided that I would be getting the best performance for my buck with this line.
Anyone looking into upgrading for Witcher 2 might wanna check it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=radeon_6870_1gb-_-14-161-349-_-Product
I hope that helps anyone looking to make the jump.
Huge thanks to Minsc for his help!
I was going to fly with the GTX 460, but after reading several reviews and twisting myself up in the confusion that is the GPU market I've decided that I would be getting the best performance for my buck with this line.
Anyone looking into upgrading for Witcher 2 might wanna check it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=radeon_6870_1gb-_-14-161-349-_-Product
I hope that helps anyone looking to make the jump.
Huge thanks to Minsc for his help!
Complistic
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Salaadin said:
They said they're going to have a launch trailer so I think it's a safe bet we're about to get one.
Exuro said:
They typically do that sort of stuff around noon, don't they?
Minsc
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It's up! 5:30 trailer, haven't watched, bunch of screens and stuff
1) Yes
2) Artbook is the thing from Amazon's picture with the teeth/fangs around the edges behind the image of the bust, I imagine it'd be in all versions...
Edit: It's in the product description too:
frogg609 said:
1) Yes
2) Artbook is the thing from Amazon's picture with the teeth/fangs around the edges behind the image of the bust, I imagine it'd be in all versions...
Edit: It's in the product description too:
frogg609 said:
Im pretty sure the first game puts ints saves into the same directory regardless of what version you have. The Wither 2 will probably look for that directory and find it...or youll have to point it to the directory. Either way, as long as you have the saves, you should be ok.
As far as the artbook goes, this is the only version to contain it:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CQRCF4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
130 dollar CE. ABout halfway down the page, youll see the artbook listed. Ctrl+F Artbook.
Website still isnt working for me! Youtube version?Kyaw said:
Trailer here: http://en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/2/world/video/
Its not too spoilerific, just explaining the details of the Monarchies over the Empire.
Its not too spoilerific, just explaining the details of the Monarchies over the Empire.
Minsc
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Alternate link, it's not what you'd expect, I agree, but still nice. Seeing that map propped up with Geralt and the King discussing stuff in front of it looks great! I have no sound till later, but it's definitely looking awesome!
Complistic
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Not a launch trailer but that vid was still incredibly intriguing by itself.
graywolf323
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well I did it
I bought The Witcher 2 twice, once on Steam and once on GOG.com
I bought The Witcher 2 twice, once on Steam and once on GOG.com
Gully State
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I don't know if this has been clarified but I emailed GoG the other day in regards to when exactly the digital copies will unlock (I specifically asked about the GoG version) and here's their response.
So it looks like we won't be getting it early after all (May 16th 10:00 pm GMT as originally stated).
So it looks like we won't be getting it early after all (May 16th 10:00 pm GMT as originally stated).
Hari Seldon
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I need to remember to pre-order this tonight on gog.com. I can't force myself to finish Witcher 1 but this game looks much much better.
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