The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Daytrader said:
Guys just about to start this game, 2 quick questions, if i have never played witcher 2 before, and decide to start game without a imported save, will i miss anything from the game, i mean locked stuff, features etc and dont get to see everything that is in the game, also, if i choose a lower difficulty setting to play the game, will i also miss on not seeing stuff, i mean harder quests or monsters etc ? or do i get to see everything that game has to offer regardless what difficulty i chouse, thx
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Difficulty does not affect what you see, but I would suggest trying hard (blood and broken bones) it is a good challenge and more fun than smashing on easy

As for save import, if you do not import than some characters from TW2 that could survive will be dead and so you will not meet them, but nothing super major

But you should play Witcher 2 first because it is fantastic and then follow from Witcher 3.
 
kinger8938 said:
Oh really? How would that auto catch up system work for story choices etc?
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Expansion is very selfcontained, it can be played before the end, after the end or standalone from the menu.
If played with existing save, there are few dialogues that are reflected in the main game, which is cool.
 
This really isn't a game one plays for its imaginary numbers and stats. I play it for stories, atmosphere and exploration, can can't god damn wait for Blood and Wine to release when I will do a full second playthrough.
 
regulus said:
Agreed.

Long past are my days where I have a blank bit of A4 paper, a pen and calculator next to me to work out stats.

If it feels overpowered I dropped sword/gear levels.

Although I agree the balancing is pretty crap, the game more than makes up for it.
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I just didn't even care about being overpowered in the second half of the game. Hell, lore wise Geralt should be overpowered anyway :)
 
Mark A said:
Is there not going to be another Witcher game or do you mean last for this game?
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They repeatedly said this is last Witcher game starring Geralt. There might be another game set in this world, but given how busy they will be with Cyberpunk, any future possible Witcher game is a very long way off.
 
Witcher 3 won Game Developer's Choice award and its total tally is now at 251 GOTY awards, making it the most awarded game of all time (Last of Us is second with 249 GOTY awards).
Congrats CDP, deserved so hard.
 
Yeah I think we can expect another game in this universe in 2021 or later, just too bad it won't be starring Geralt. Personally I wish they would reconsider, I am not interested in a custom character or new one. Leave that to Cyberpunk :)
 
Usher said:
Blood & Wine looks fantastic, :eek: I think they modelled it on Hogwarts

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Actually they modelled it after the Witcher book saga, couple chapters take place in Toussaint.
 
agnes said:
Really???

My partner gave me the first book as a gift. I can't wait to get stuck into it. She's Polish and LOVES the books.
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Enjoy, and congrats on the girlfriend :p
I have been a fan of Witcher saga since 1999 when I read them for the first time, seeing what CDP did with it has been nothing short of stunning. Btw there are 8 books in total so you have some catching up to do.
 
Mark A said:
Just got to Skellige and the beautiful scenery coupled with the awesome chilled out music is a really nice experience. Kind of reminds me of Skyrim.

Just wondering what quests to do now. I'm lv20 and the main quest is lv17, but I have loads of secondary quests and contracts to do. Some of which are getting quite low in level and turning grey.

Should I be focusing on the main story so it catches up with my level or trying to get some of the lower level secondary quests done before they turn grey?

I have been avoiding most of the question marks on the map as someone recommended earlier in the thread so I dont get too over levelled, but seems to have happened anyway.
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Just ignore the quest levels. Whether they are grey or green is irellevant, this game is about the stories. And you cannot really get overlevelled since you will get very little XP for lower level quests.

redline said:
I only just reached Skellige as well :eek: I'm not sure of my hours played, but I've had it since release, and done lots of side quests along with the main story. I was desperate to see Skellige, so I did pop over there early, but quickly quit it and deleted the save, as I felt I was spoiling it by going too early.

It really does feel like getting new game... and I'll be sorry to see it finished; but at the pace I'm going it'll be a while.

How does the HOS expansion work?... does it follow on after the main game, or can you jump in any time?... any level requirement?
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HoS can be played during the main game or after, both work, depends on you. I feel it works better after the main game, as another one of Geralt's adventures. It requires high level.
 
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JulioH said:
I would say try and not get too overlevelled for the main quests, because they give the most XP. Just sucks getting 1xp when you could be getting 1000+
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It really is irellevant though if you get XP from main quest or sidequests. The game is balanced so that everyone ends up around level 30-35 anyway. And all the quests are worth doing for the quests themselves, not for imaginary numbers or stupid loot...and that's great. If only all games/RPGs had quests like this.

Pighardia said:
The worst thing about the quest levelling system is coming across say, a level 8 quest at level 30, steamrolling all of your enemies and thinking 'yeah, that might have been fun if I found it earlier!'
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Maybe I am weird but I enjoy both fights that are very challenging (I killed some enemies that were 10+ levels higher than me) and fights that are total Geralt bad azz steamroll. Why not ?
 
Yeah I am not a fan of any kind of procedurally generated quests. I am glad CDP went full on "everything handcrafted" mode. If only Bethesda could follow instead of doing everything generic.
 
Seanspeed said:
Majority of quests in Bethesda games are also handcrafted. :/
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I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

Even if that's true, they are still terrible. And it is undeniable that the amount of "radiant quest" BS is much higher in FO4 than in Skyrim, which is insane. And in NV/TW3, there is zero of it, thankfully.
 
I can remember two quests from Fallout 4 in good detail - silver shroud and the pirate robot ship. But even those two, which indeed displayed a modicum of creativity, devolved into fetch/kill quests and nothing else.
 
KillBoY_UK said:
the sad thing is Fallout 4 just won best game at the BAFTA's and not Witcher 3 which is a utter crock after playing both games.
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Yeah I was shaking my head when Livingstone (Livinglegend, more like) announced Fallout 4 as winner. Such a nice lineup of games (although Bloodborne, SOMA and Dying Light were missing, I would easily nominate those for GOTY as well) and it had to go to that bethesdic mediocrity.

The show itself was great though. No cringe, funny, classy.
 
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