The Witcher 2 - Thread

[Buckster]

Surely no one would give you 50% off a game that only came out today ?

hehe

you'reright it seems Atari are not the publisher in Europe

 

[Indy500]

whys this game notinthe direct2drive Atari sale?

it says 50% off all Atari games?

Atari is only the publisher for the North American version.

says the publisher is namco bandai on the retail box

It does? There was someone further back telling me I was wrong about that

 

[Aedus]

Bioware employee reviews Witcher 2:

CD Project releases another misogynistic jaunt into the Mary Sue world of 'the witcher.' There is hardly anything of substance to recommend this train wreck to a discerning connoisseur of RPGs. Every element of its design can be described as 'embarassingly awkward.' Animation, art direction, dialogue, writing, combat. It's a list of sad mediocrities as long as your arm. The fact of the setting and characters being a shameless copy of Michael **** classic Elric of Melniboné series aside, the game itself behaves like a confused child. Does it want to be a brawler with peripheral RPG elements? Or an action RPG with brawler combat? In either situation the designers have failed to deliver on both satisfying combat or a compelling story that ever rises above the juvenile. Look to the masters at BioWare with their latest RPG epic, Dragon Age 2, for inspiration in your future games, CD Project. You certainly won't find it making shallow sex simulators based on plagiarized fantasy novels.

I especially like the last 2 sentences.

 

[Robert1986]

hahahahahaha - http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1892929

275.27(high settings)
270.61 (low settings)

 

[Buckster]

btw- whats the deal on this game re DRM again please?I'm erring between D2D and Steam atm- I'd normally use Steam- but its at RRP now

I thought the game was totally DRM free ??

 

[Margaret]

Love how BioWare have gone from being a loved dev to a hated one between now and the release of DA2. (copypasta game)

 

[andicole0]

btw- whats the deal on this game re DRM again please?I'm erring between D2D and Steam atm- I'd normally use Steam- but its at RRP now

I thought the game was totally DRM free ??

DRM free on gog.com. I downloaded most of it last week, got the remaining bit this morning and all is OK, just waiting to get the extras to download and re-run with the latest drivers, currently getting about 45fps with an i7 920 and sli GTX480's.

So far just run through the intro, nearly had sex and I'm now off to see a king.

Andi.

 

[Indy500]

Bioware employee reviews Witcher 2:


I especially like the last 2 sentences.

They must think the DA2 romances are a work of art...yeah, nothing shoehorned in about characters changing sexuality because Hawke is always irresistable

If Bioware didn't think 5 lines of flirting dialogue and a sex scene = romance, then I might have been inclined to take the comment more seriously.

At least in the original Witcher, there were no pretences about Geralt's sexual encounters being anything more than one night stands (with the possible exception of Triss, and that had actual character development).

 

[sammo62]

Any way to sort out the crazy mouse lag on this game? I can't do the arm wrestling because of it.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Hmmm, the Troll Trouble DLC seems to have screwed up for me. Found a message telling me to register the game even though I already had and had installed the DLC

 

[Pighardia]

Well, my Amazon order didn't arrive today. If I actually wanted to play it today i might have been a little more annoyed.

LOL at the "Bioware employee" review. Praising DA2 like that, could he have any less credibility
Seriously i might agree with some of the sentiments in the first half of the review IF it was about the first game, the stuff about the awkwardness adn the sex scenes, but even then it is completely OTT.

I am just hoping my other 5850 arrives before i start it now

 

[tom91x91]

local competitor didnt have it, blah, cba to download at that price on steam either.

 

[xaldub]

Just the usual from play, said it was posted on the 13th, they must send thier items second class as it always take about 5-7 days

Saame situation for me - posted on 13th but hasn't arrived today

Anyone imported a save from the first game yet ? How does that work, can you just point the game at a file or do you have to have Witcher 1 installed ?

 

[Margaret]

How do you access the bonuses from the premium edition on Steam?

 

[Buckster]

local competitor didnt have it, blah, cba to download at that price on steam either.

its cheaper on D2d

 

[Buckster]

are other forums correct in there being no 16:10 support????

 

[Shamikebab]

This is quite impressive, amazed how quick the loading is between areas, barely a flash.

Only let down for me so far is the A.I. in the prologue, friendly soldiers running into each other and the king failing to get past one of his own subjects bowing down :/

 

[Frenzy]

the king failing to get past one of his own subjects bowing down :/

are you sure he was trying to get past? Given the reputation of the game

3 hours to go... I dont like steam anymore

 

[shroomz]

Can't run maxed out @1920x1200 with my specs, have to drop to high
Looks like it's upgrade time
460 1gb
i5 760 @3.2
4gb XMS3
P7P55D-E

 

[NZXT30]

Love how BioWare have gone from being a loved dev to a hated one between now and the release of DA2. (copypasta game)

wait utill they release SW: The Old Republic. it will be the failure of the century considering their budget.

Anybody worried about the graphics you need to see the game in motion. it's absolutely gorgeous.