The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

izzop · 20 Feb 2017 at 00:33

So... how important is it to have played 1 & 2, or could you just dive straight into 3?

Minstadave · 20 Feb 2017 at 00:44

izzop said:
So... how important is it to have played 1 & 2, or could you just dive straight into 3?

Dive on in.

ic1male · 20 Feb 2017 at 00:45

izzop said:
So... how important is it to have played 1 & 2, or could you just dive straight into 3?

There were some things I didn't understand such as who was Phillipa Eilhart and why did she have her eyes gouged out but that didn't really spoil my enjoyment of it. It's such a great game.

izzop · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:01

Minstadave said:
Dive on in.

ic1male said:
There were some things I didn't understand such as who was Phillipa Eilhart and why did she have her eyes gouged out but that didn't really spoil my enjoyment of it. It's such a great game.

Thanks, I think I'll certainly give it a go.

Graphics do look very, very good. Not to mention the rave reviews it has.

izzop · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:06

Slightly off topic.... Anyone used GOG.com before?

It's available there for £17.49 (Includes: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt + Expansion Pass (Blood & Wine and Hearts of Stone) + all 16 DLCs + all 3 soundtracks.)

Normally use Steam, which is £24.99

Thanks

Westie · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:09

yea i use gog for witcher 3.. zero probs!

izzop · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:24

Westie said:
yea i use gog for witcher 3.. zero probs!

Cheers for the confirmation, GOG it'll be.

Fishbait · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:42

izzop said:
Slightly off topic.... Anyone used GOG.com before?

It's available there for £17.49 (Includes: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt + Expansion Pass (Blood & Wine and Hearts of Stone) + all 16 DLCs + all 3 soundtracks.)

Normally use Steam, which is £24.99

Thanks

GOG.com iis the daughter firm of CDProject Red.
CDPR are the chaps that made The Witcher series, so yerp, you're perfectly safe

Tupro · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:40

wheres the best place to buy gwent cards?
i thought it was from the regular merchants but seems not all of them have some

ic1male · 20 Feb 2017 at 16:10

There is no best place. You just have to go round to each merchant/blacksmith/armourer and do some quests.

Journey · 20 Feb 2017 at 16:45

Anyone use an Xbox 360 controller to play this? Mrs would love this game but she wants to play it like a console.

Paul_cz · 20 Feb 2017 at 16:57

Journey said:
Anyone use an Xbox 360 controller to play this? Mrs would love this game but she wants to play it like a console.

Finished it twice with x360pad, works perfectly (although it is even better if you download Immersive Cam mod and its submod Immersive Motion, and select alternative movement response in menu).

Kainz · 20 Feb 2017 at 19:23

Journey said:
Anyone use an Xbox 360 controller to play this? Mrs would love this game but she wants to play it like a console.

All I use for it (wireless controller) and its perfect. Not a single issue through two playthroughs.

mattyfez · 21 Feb 2017 at 10:05

Just getting into this game, is there any way to turn bloom down but not off?

I find it really distracting at dusk for example when the light hits tree trunks and they go bright orange and look to polarised?

Tek81 · 21 Feb 2017 at 10:26

Journey said:
Anyone use an Xbox 360 controller to play this? Mrs would love this game but she wants to play it like a console.

Played through the game twice using a controller. No issues at all. To me it's preferable.

Maundie · 21 Feb 2017 at 10:46

I also use a 360 pad, works fine for me.

I'm 75+ hours in and just done the Kaer Morhen defence, got to admit the visuals are epic at times.

Narj · 21 Feb 2017 at 10:46

izzop said:
So... how important is it to have played 1 & 2, or could you just dive straight into 3?

While you don't need to have played 1 & 2, I'm certainly glad I played both as you get much more of an appreciation of the Lore and have more of an affinity with the characters, especially the likes of Triss, Zoltan, Roche, Dandelion and Shani. I think there's a Witcher 1 reworked project which might make it more bearable given its age.

Entirely up to you and dependent on how much time you have to spare. W1 is a bit of a slog early on. W2 has a few bits that are hard going but it's epic overall.

Bishie · 21 Feb 2017 at 11:34

I've finally committed myself to starting the game again. The furthest I've been is just beyond White Orchard after killing the Griffin. The main problem is how daunting everything seems, largely because of the wealth of content etc. I'm steering clear of Gwent for this reason. I just want to get down to the meat of the game.

IvanDobskey · 21 Feb 2017 at 12:20

I'm nearing the end of the game now and never bothered with gwent.

Card games just dont interest me at all.

izzop · 21 Feb 2017 at 12:52

Am I correct in thinking I'm best going for the "Game of Year" edition, which includes the Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine expansions?