The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Fishbait said:
Wasn't on about galaxy, although their latest stunt of wanting to install an installer for galaxy into offline installers was dumb enough...

A few of their games do have some DRM problems. The latest Gremlins game was one of them from what I've seen on the forums, along with a few others.
There's a gogmix list of them all, will link if can find it at some point.
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I checked and yeah Gremlins seems to require online. GOG should probably remove that.

edit: reading a bit more the forums, it seems Gremlins have offline standalone version that does not require online connection:

2) Of course, and this is the point which motivated us to invest in creating GvA in the first place. Every night we have a chance that something may go wrong with the servers and people would be unable to play. It happened 3 times over 2 years, but still. So crating GvA for us was a way to ensure that players can play regardless of what's happening with the servers. In features and single-player content, GvA is 1:1 Gremlins, Inc., so the whole experience of this digital board game will be there in 10 or 20 years. Which is also the reason why we update both products when new content or s/p features ship.

If that is true then it deserves to be on GOG, I'd say.

Fishbait said:
Oh, I did find one thing I didn't like.
Invisible wall, in the middle of a forest area.
Any time I headed towards what looked like creatures in near distance, it'll suddenly warn me "You've reached the worlds edge. None but the devils play past here... Turn back" & map opens & I've been ported back some distance.
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There is a great mod called "sensible map borders" that removes the hard map opening, but leaves the message so you know when you are going beyond. If you continue much further you can fall outside the map, but usually that takes a while to happen.
 
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GoogalyMoogaly said:
So I ended up getting the GOTY Edition from Steam.

Now just need to play:
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Fallout: New Vegas
Skyrim

and then I'll get around to playing it!
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Throw out NWN1/NWN2, those are not great. Skyrim is...decent for exploration and fun, but very poor story and quest design.
Bloodlines and New Vegas are brilliant classics.
Witcher 3 is still better overall though :)
 
Took a walk yesterday

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Wake me up when Kingdom Come comes out... :)
 
I didnt test the first person mod, but if someone implements high quality Oculus support for it, I would definitely test it once I buy Rift. Walking around Novigrad, Toussaint, in VR...god damn.
 
Bishie said:
I purchased Skyrim at launch in 2011 and still play it to this day, which is a testament to it's replayability! It's not without it's faults, as many Witcher fans would be quick to point out, but there's something to be said about tailoring a character to your preferred playstyle. I can be an archer, mage, thief or warrior. I'm not restricted to being a specific character, and I don't have to abide by some preset personality.
The addition of a first-person perspective is a major selling point also. I really hope that CD Projekt Red includes the option with Cyberpunk 2077!

Edit: Another thing I liked about Skyrim was the NPC scheduling.
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They are completely different types of RPGs, yes. Witcher 3 annihilates Skyrim in writing and quest design, but it does not allow for wide character customization since it is a sequel to specific books with specific characters. But if you can enjoy games like Red Dead Redemption and others with set characters, you should have no problem getting into Witcher series.
 
tommybhoy said:
Thanks mate, but probably should have been clearer, as I don't have vanilla W3 installed just now, if I purchase the expansion pack, do you have to install all the patches (since launch) one by one manually or would it install 'the whole lot' in one shot?
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If you buy on GOG, you will get both GOTY "all in one" installation, as well as separate one where you can install just the base game if you want.
If you buy on Steam, it will just add the expansions to your base game and when you download it it will contain everything.
 
Surfer said:
finally caved in and got the GOTY edition of this. Installed and did the tutorial last night 1440p ultra everywhere (except hairw) and its 75+ fps.

Just gonna get some munchies in and i have 10 hours set aside today :)

Any essential mods? The HD reworked project maybe? (its number 1 on nexus)

Maybe the weight mod thing ( i had that with w2) and uhh is there a mod that gives 2 points instead of 1 per level? :D
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One must have is Immersive Cam and its submods (Immersive Motion, alternative horse control etc). It gives perfect control over camera and improves controls as well:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/689/?
For immersive motion, get "Immersive Motion for Gamepads (with Input Adjustment)"
Make sure to enable alternative movement response in options.
Other cool mods are sensible map borders, HD reworked, Volumetric Clouds Skellige.

Bishie said:
I do enjoy the combat in this game! :D

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Hah, yep combat against human groups is super fun. Ripostes, dodges, signs, not to mention whirl and rend all result in a glorious dance of death when handled properly.
 
smogsy said:
i want to play it again too (completed the W3 4 times already)v but every conversation even side quests i can say their lines words for words. so can get wrapped up like i used too...
i wanted to do again but on Blood & Bones but it was still not much of a challenge. (not completed it mind)

the other reason is now my PC is hooked up to my 4K TV be nice to relax on the couch playing this. Shame no HDR support though. which CD projekt would recompile/Design a HDR colour gamut binary. would be a nice gift for their anniversary :)
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And that is why I played on release, then waited year and a half before playing for second time, and my next full playthrough will be again in couple years, after I have forgotten a lot. Plus I will reread the books and replay first two games as well. Keeping it fresh.
Death March, always, btw :)

Matmulder said:
Can you list what mods you used?
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Absolute must is Immersive Cam and its submods (motion, horse control) which improves controls and gives control over camera.
Then I have STLM 3.2, HD Reworked, Volumetric Clouds over Skellige.
 
Rezident said:
I’m wondering about the best way to manage all the quests too. I did so much wandering and exploring that now I have, I don’t know, maybe 30 or more possible quests. I’m trying to do the main ones around my actual level but there are too many side quests (good problem to have, I know) - I can’t possibly do them all before I am way over-levelled for some of them. What’s the best way to manage this? I don’t want to skip any of the side quests as some of them are great but a few more just appeared at level 12-14, but I’m level 25 now.

SO hoping we get snowed in for a few days now :) This game is tremendous.
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Actually you can do all the sidequests and will not get overleveled too much, because when you do sidequest that is 6 or more levels lower than you are, you will get tiny amount of XP for it. The game is balanced that way so overlevelling is not really possible.

In normal game this would be horrible since "why do quests if no XP??" but in Witcher 3 I did not mind at all because the sidequests themselves, their stories and characters, were the reason I did them all. Not imaginary numers on a stat screen :)

However if you are bothered by the low level quests being easy, you can enable enemy scaling in the option which will make enemies challenging.
 
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