The Witcher - its doing my head in !!

wildman · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:02

Picked up the witcher for 3.50 on steam sale, started playing, control system is ludicrously annoying. It makes me want to ram my fist into the monitor and go on a spine snapping spree.

Is it just me or is the control system actual pants ?, is there anything you can do to improve this or is it just a case of grin and bear it and eventually you get used to it ?

Diplexbullet19 · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:32

I had to quit it in the end, just didnt enjoy the gameplay at all!

smit101 · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:49

wildman said:
Picked up the witcher for 3.50 on steam sale, started playing, control system is ludicrously annoying. It makes me want to ram my fist into the monitor and go on a spine snapping spree.

Is it just me or is the control system actual pants ?, is there anything you can do to improve this or is it just a case of grin and bear it and eventually you get used to it ?

Stick with it, the combat becomes much easier once one you're used to the control system, it took me a while too, but eventually things clicked and I really enjoyed the game from there on.

Deception · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:52

wildman said:
Picked up the witcher for 3.50 on steam sale, started playing, control system is ludicrously annoying. It makes me want to ram my fist into the monitor and go on a spine snapping spree.

Is it just me or is the control system actual pants ?, is there anything you can do to improve this or is it just a case of grin and bear it and eventually you get used to it ?

I ended up using an xbox controller for mine, felt a lot better in terms of controls.

iamtheoneneo · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:59

never had a problem, its all timing based its not rocket science.
just click the mouse button when you see the icons on the screen.

Pighardia · 29 Nov 2011 at 11:27

I found it annoying at first, but after finishing the game i ended up thinking that the controls are actually one of the games biggest strengths. You know you can choose between different camera angles? I prefer over-the-shoulder view to isometric tbh.

Combat is actually quite brilliant once you get in to it imo.

buchtis · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:04

I've not played it for long but the stance switching really started to get on my nerves.

Pestilence · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:37

I don't know what people get so annoyed about with The Witcher's combat. It's not particularly hard - click, wait, click, wait... wait, click. Oh, look that's not doing too much damage. Pause. Switch stance. Unpause. Click, click.

Oh crap, use a bomb.

It's simple, but effective.

Paul_cz · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:45

I assume OP is not using over the shoulder OTS view.

Because OTS view is perfect in The Witcher, control-wise.

Ravenger · 29 Nov 2011 at 13:02

Paul_cz said:
I assume OP is not using over the shoulder OTS view.

Because OTS view is perfect in The Witcher, control-wise.

This is how I played the game - it's by far the best method for exploration and taking on small numbers of enemies. You can always zoom out to a tactical view if you're being swamped by a large number of enemies.