The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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I do enjoy. Doesn't mean I can't correct other people if they are being unfair about something. Doesn't matter if it's fictional or not.
It is kinda irrelevant what Sapkowski things about games - what matters is that CDP writes games as book sequels (especially TW3) and it follows directly from them, so to discount it completely would be strange.
Also, that eurogamer interview was 4 years ago. Since then, Sapkowski wrote a new book (Season of Storms) which is completely compatible with games, story-wise, and TW3 netted him millions of new book sales. I would not be surprised if he changed his mind on this.
Indeed, especially when it is actually better written than most games or movies for that matter.
Look, this is not some hardcore turnbased RPG that would turn you off. This is third person immersive RPG with plenty of action and exploration. If you enjoy games like Last of Us or Read Dead Redemption, then you will enjoy Witcher 3. And because Witcher 3 is actually better than even those games, I am fairly sure you will enjoy it. As long as you have decent attention span.
You will get 16 smaller DLCs for free, then there are two expansions, one is released (Hearts of Stone) and it is brilliant. Better than most full AAA games.
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Eh, it's hit and miss. Shivering Isles was their best expansion work to date, followed by Point Lookout. The rest of their DLCs were mostly meh or terrible (Zeta/Anchorage, ugh).
None of their DLC/expansions are as good as Hearts of Stone though. And I suspect Blood and Wine will up the ante even further.
I am 105 hours into FO4 and it is dreadful when it comes to writing and quest design. Just dreadful. Not just a huge step down from Witcher 3 (it is in another stratosphere, frankly), but also from New Vegas and even Fallout 3. Bethesda just focused on completely wrong things.
Try telling the fan boys that. They are seriously easy to please.
I am a Fallout fanboy too
Fallout 2 was my favourite game of all time for 17 years, until Witcher 3.
Unfortunately Bethesda does not have very good writers and designers. They have great worldbuilders though. I still enjoy FO4, but the missed potential is a shame.
This is a great game but there are some really irritating things about it, the unskippable animated cutscenes when loading for one. I've watched the Uma one about 25 times now, why not just let me skip it
They can be skipped once the game is loaded in the background.
Plus there is a mod on nexus that disables the animated recaps completely.
In other news
Go into options menu and enable "alternative movement response".Installed this last night and played a couple of hours. Very impressed with the world and its detail and the gritty portrayal of life it produces. I like the lore of The Witcher too and as expected the characters and quests are really well fleshed-out.
There are some things stopping me getting quite a immersed as I might, though. First is the clunky feel of movement and combat. Every time Geralt starts off moving or changes dirsction it feels juddery in a way I'm not used to having become accustomed to g-sync. I'm not 100% convinced g-sync is actually working. Also I've lost count of the number of times I've ended up running him into walls, fences, doorways, etc. It quite breaks the immersion when my grizzled witcher seems unable to navigate a simple wooden walkway...
I'm finding the combat a bit cumbersome too. Having come straight from Shadows of Mordor, it feels very slow and clumsy controlling Geralt in fights. Also I suck at it, it seems
Despite the issues, the world, the lore and the detail will keep pulling me back in, I'm sure.
Go into options menu and set foliage distance to high, hairworks off, shadows medium. Leave rest to ultra. Framerate limit 60. Fullscreen on.
That should ensure you get 60fps (assuming you have at least 970). All your issues should be solved.
That was fantastic.
And WTF? I played for 240 hours and do not remember this. Must have missed it or do it differently or something.
Wrong.
Why would you need to replay it to play the expansions? There is no need.
I suffer from the opposite problem. Ever since I finished my first 200+ hour playthrough in June, all I wanted to play was more Witcher 3, but I have been postponing the replay until Blood and Wine comes out because I want it to be as fresh as possible. Hopefully I will manage to forget a lot by then. But I can't wait to go back, Hearts of Stone was already brilliant.
The E3 2014 lighting mod (STLM 2.0) just came out:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/657/?
Here is trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVylB3WoIt4
I like how it makes Novigrad look, but in other parts I look vanilla more. It has no performance impact that I could notice.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/657/?
Here is trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVylB3WoIt4
I like how it makes Novigrad look, but in other parts I look vanilla more. It has no performance impact that I could notice.
I've just completed the main quest after about 130 hours!!!
As for the ending... I had a major tantrum.
I was absolutely raging when Ciri didn't reappear from the Frost portal. Actually, I quit the game after telling Emhyr she was dead and had to cool down for a few hours.
Loaded back up again to continue and thought oh well, may as well see it through. Got to the Tavern and thought Triss was the shady looking character in the corner... Ah well, at least my Geralt romanced her and won't be foreveralone.jpg.
SURPRISE!
THANK GOD FOR THAT!!!!!
CD Projekt Red are absolute sods for doing that to me!!!
I was quite happy with the ending and thought it was fitting. I wish it cleared up what happened to Dandelion, Yen and co. though.
Also actually feel quite bad for romancing Triss instead of Yennefer now. Why did they have to make her come across as such a female dog early on?
Wish I'd read the books first to be honest, would have probably changed a few major choices for me.
Regarding Yen, Dandelion and Zoltan, they are present in the inn...in the second good (a little bittersweet) ending. That one is my favourite ending, glad I got it the first time.
Get Hearts of Stone, it is one of the best expansions ever made. After that you can join us in waiting for Blood and Wine.
Currently cheapest here
http://www.gamesrocket.com/download/The-Witcher-3-Wild-Hunt.html?ref=516
But I would get the steam version if I were you. The game offers 150-200 hours of highest quality entertainment, makes Fallout 4 look very poor in comparison.
Gwent is really not that hard..just let her play few games and she will get the rules..
CDP made even a tutorial video she can watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhnhf8VMmhM
Obviously, I disagree that Fallout 4 is excellent or in any way as good as Witcher 3. While it is possible to like and praise one game without bashing another, in this case, the person I was replying talked about Fallout boring him. I offered my opinion, since I played both games extensively (140 hours in F4 doing all the quests I found and finishing it, and 240 hours in Witcher 3, doing the same).
It is not a coincidence that Fallout 4 is the lowest rated Bethesda game since 2002 and doesn't win any notable GOTY awards. It took everything excellent about New Vegas (roleplay, choices and consequences, dialogue system, good writing..) and chucked it out the window in favour of "KILL LOOT RETURN" style fetch quests.
Now, this does not mean everyone must dislike it. I liked Fallout 4 too! Otherwise I would not have played it for 140 hours. But I only liked it for atmosphere and exploration. Everything else that was excellent about the franchise was missing or poor in this one.
Meanwhile, Witcher 3 took everything excellent about Witcher 2 and turned the notch up to eleven.
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