Jay Shadow
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No way that happens. The reason Shani was completely dropped was most likely because the story they want to tell about Yen and Geralt only works if you're with Triss, since she's got the strong connection to both of them.
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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jim-jam bongs
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You guys are all way off. Read the books.
The game is amazing. Immersion and graphics are insane.
Two problems though:
1. The tearing is pretty bad. :/ If you use vsync the game as a bad delay, especially mouse lag.
2. I have a hard time with this game. It's very overwhelming. Especially the fighting so far is very hard (on normal). I get owned pretty much all the time and I can only win by glitching the fights. Meaning for example finding the border where the enemy is going back and fight him beyond this border. It's kinda bad that this works anyway because it really breaks immersion. Any tips for a noob?
Two problems though:
1. The tearing is pretty bad. :/ If you use vsync the game as a bad delay, especially mouse lag.
2. I have a hard time with this game. It's very overwhelming. Especially the fighting so far is very hard (on normal). I get owned pretty much all the time and I can only win by glitching the fights. Meaning for example finding the border where the enemy is going back and fight him beyond this border. It's kinda bad that this works anyway because it really breaks immersion. Any tips for a noob?
1. Use triple buffering. (D3DOverrider)
2. Roll and use Quen. Effectively use your signs/magic. Use traps (yrden) in tight corridors/caves. The exploding trap is really useful.
Upgrade your roll to do 200% distance ASAP.
Do you use Quen at all? It was my best friend in battle. Overall the combat in the game was not very good though. It just didn't feel very fluid. I was using a gamepad not sure if that makes a difference.
1. TB does nothing sadly. Mouse lag is there as soon some sort of Vsync is activated. And it's a real hefty mouselag to begin with. Whole game feels way less responsive with vsync. And I'm not too sensible with that normally, playing all my shooters with vsync on.
I never used quen so far. Only that fire spell.
Flying_Phoenix
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Playing this game again and man I forgot how awesome this is. And the graphics are still INCREDIBLE both from a technical and artistic standpoint. I still stand that the graphics are so good that this should be considered a next-generation game.
Anyway how can I check which version I have?
I'm worried that I may not have version 2.0.
When I check my downloadable content I get this:
Anyway how can I check which version I have?
I'm worried that I may not have version 2.0.
When I check my downloadable content I get this:
Readme file mentions the version 2.0. Also the main menu has 'Arena' option added in 2.0.
Just started my third playtrough at Dark difficulty. It's great and graphics still blow me away.
Should be part of the thread title :lol
toastyToast
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Ever since I updated to 2.1 I haven't been able to boot. Get an error at the launcher.
What should I do?
What should I do?
toastyToast
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have you completed the tutorial? or it doesn't show up in the menu?
Yeah, played it. And I think I unterstood now what is meant by "quen and roll". That works pretty fine, just cleared the hospital in the woods. Nice quest btw.
So the only annoying thing left is the tearing or mouse lag. :/ I think I'll go for the tearing...pitty though.
Flying_Phoenix
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So yeah this confirms that I don't have version 2.0.
But the patcher claims I don't have the latest version.
Any resolutions to this?
Also if I do figure it out do I have to restart my current game?
So I am stalled in playing the origional Witcher in Chapter 3. I like the story but feel the game is being drawn out for no reason at all and get bored. Is it really best to finish the origional since you make choices that effect the 2nd one, or can you just look up the story online and move along?
SpartanForce
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True.
How Geralt and Yennefer met and felt in love was one of the most awesome things I read in a book.
I just look TW1 up and started with TW2. No problems so far, though the game is pretty overwhelming...it's just a lot of content. But I think it's more about the characters (character driven) than about the actual world so it's fine. Witcher is a cool guy.
You can indeed look up the story online but you aren't far too off from finishing it. (IIRC)
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
So I figured it out. I just had to reinstall the game.
Anyway now that I have version 2.1.
but it says this in the bottom:
Is that normal? The whole "register online text on the bottom?
Finally. Do I have to restart my current game for the changes (new quests and what not) to take effect? Or will they be in my current game?
Anyway now that I have version 2.1.
but it says this in the bottom:
Is that normal? The whole "register online text on the bottom?
Finally. Do I have to restart my current game for the changes (new quests and what not) to take effect? Or will they be in my current game?
Complistic
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I think you're talking about adrenaline. When that becomes full target someone and press X I think for awesome.
Flying_Phoenix
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So yeah I'm in
but there's supposedly a town in the north that I can get to but I don't know how to get to it. I assume I have to take a bridge but the only one I can find is the one that goes to
and that is only one way in, one way out. Am I missing something?
Wat?
Flotsam
the bandits hideout
Wat?
Ended up doing a marathon and beating it today. Game is amazing, outside of the game chugging hard when I still had Cat potion in effect during the big battle in chapter 2 the game was smooth on my modest rig. Glad to see the final boss battles were more manageable than chap 1 that fight was unfair. But it was only fine because of how great Quen is. Would not had survived without it.
Game is fucking awesome, has to be said again. Every chapter was great and new and never slowed down the pacing. And maxing out the combat tree makes you so gdlk, I didnt really bother with defense mostly after i got the tree maxed. Wonder how a max alchemy or magic would be but the combat was really fun and rewarding by the end. Such a shame this got ignored by the press at large becuase this is definitely a top 3 game of last year for me.
Edit: I will say the game doles out exp very unevenly, by the end of chapter 2 the game started handing out 1000-2000+ xp constantly and was allocating skill points way faster than chap 1 ever did. Whcih is part of the reason why the last part was way easier and the beginning was fairly difficult but it's a minor quibble.
Game is fucking awesome, has to be said again. Every chapter was great and new and never slowed down the pacing. And maxing out the combat tree makes you so gdlk, I didnt really bother with defense mostly after i got the tree maxed. Wonder how a max alchemy or magic would be but the combat was really fun and rewarding by the end. Such a shame this got ignored by the press at large becuase this is definitely a top 3 game of last year for me.
Edit: I will say the game doles out exp very unevenly, by the end of chapter 2 the game started handing out 1000-2000+ xp constantly and was allocating skill points way faster than chap 1 ever did. Whcih is part of the reason why the last part was way easier and the beginning was fairly difficult but it's a minor quibble.
Pretty sure there's no other town (that I know of anyway).
Yeah. I can't believe a video game journalist would opt not to play this game because it's on PC or any other reason, it's easily a GOTY contender.
It's beautiful, no question, but I would've preferred better framerates and responsiveness. Mouse lag is pretty bad. Also some of the stylistic choices are rather weird. Like the sharpen filter and the high contrast.
But yeah, when it looks great, it looks GREAT. And overall it's just an amazin experience.
Flying_Phoenix
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The framerate is INCREDIBLE for a game with such graphical fidelity. I'm not sure how you can have that viewpoint.
Yeah, it's more about the responsiveness and slight hicups like stuttering, frame skipping (with vsync), mad tearing without vsync, mouse lag...stuff like that.
Flying_Phoenix
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Never notice any of this. Maybe its because of your PC?
No, it isn't my PC. It's how the engine works.
There was that frame skipping fix posted in the performance thread. Maybe check that out:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430456&page=86
For the most part, I think TW2 runs better than the first game. It could use some tweaking here and there to minimize/eliminate some of the issues but Im pretty happy with what they did with it. No load times every 10 seconds like the first game!!
EDIT: An I just realized that Thrakier is the guy who posted the framerate skip fix. Oh well. Not editing it out in case someone else is interested.
This x1000
Sad part is that Im so ready for another Witcher game but I wont get one for a long ass time. Maybe since they arent designing a new engine this time around, they can get a sequel out to us faster.
Hopefully they do some meaty DLC/Expansion. If i remember correctly they talked about doing something like that, but we haven't really heard anything from them recently. I wonder if plans have changed.
Playing my third playtrough... This game is just amazing, still. Playing at dark difficulty and i don't really find this game very challenging. First time i died was at first boss fight. I think they have made the beginning easier with 2.0, but hopefully it gets a bit harder as game goes on, unlike at normal difficulty, which gets dumb easy.
Playing my third playtrough... This game is just amazing, still. Playing at dark difficulty and i don't really find this game very challenging. First time i died was at first boss fight. I think they have made the beginning easier with 2.0, but hopefully it gets a bit harder as game goes on, unlike at normal difficulty, which gets dumb easy.
Flying_Phoenix
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Is it confirmed that they are currently working on The Witcher 3 and not a new IP?
Nothing is confirmed beyond them having something in development outside of Witcher 2 xbox.
Beginning of chapter 2 when you escort this guy and all that stuff happens around you my framerate dropped down to low 25 sometimes. Is that supposed to happen? Also in Philias HQ I get a bad framerate when I look at her bed... Other than that I have solid 45 to 50 in the town. 560TI @9o0mhz and i52500k @4.3...
Other than that I have solid 45 to 50 in the town. 560TI @9o0mhz and i52500k @4.3...No, but I think its pretty obvious its The Witcher 3. They likely want to get a trilogy done before moving onto new stuff.
When I run around it's like in some areas (f.e. if there is a lot of grass though it wasn't that noticable in the floatsam forest but very noticable in some areas of chapter) there is an invisible line or shadow which I'm moving in front of me...some meters in front of Geralt. It's a bit distracting TBH. I think it could be related to the LOD but that is already set to max, as is the Texture thing. Any ideas? Did you guys notice this as well?
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