Just got into this after the GOG sale. Holy shit! It's everything an RPG should be. When i play this it felt like there was hope for gaming evolving again. You know? There's these games once a few years that break the mold and takes games further as a medium. GTA3 addressed the fear of violence caused by entertainment media. Baldur's Gate was a step towards more depth in the gameworld. Dungeon Keeper opened up to being evil for once.
As of late, RPG's in particular (especially Bioware) have become more stiff and kinda plastic glossy, very contained and unreactive games in spite of their advertising to the contrary. Now we have a game that tries to push as many boundaries as it can and actually goes for it. Proper nudity, Proper sex, Proper consequences of choices, actually believable characters with a believable story and somewhat realistic (or non-manga) combat skills and vulnerability.
Maybe i'm just hyping here, but it feels like i just finally bought a game that was exactly what the dev promised. No Molyneux'ing, no pseudo-truth with kinda/not- choices from Bioware. I actually have a say. Not to mention that it doesn't contain any major canon changing retcons to the books or first game. I haven't seen such things since BGII.
It's pretty shit that this should be what we expected every production to be. Playing this makes me depressed at the state of the game industry. It's actually fucking shit and static.
Sorry for bumping the thread, but I recently bought this game and I have to fully agree with the post above. This game surprised me a lot because I haven't seen an RPG lately that made the experience so different based on your decisions. Very unique gameplay, great humor, characters and story. I'm glad I finally got it because the game is also a gorgeous to look at.
[QUOTE=Marden;34528587]Sorry for bumping the thread, but I recently bought this game and I have to fully agree with the post above. This game surprised me a lot because I haven't seen an RPG lately that made the experience so different based on your decisions. Very unique gameplay, great humor, characters and story. I'm glad I finally got it because the game is also a gorgeous to look at.[/QUOTE]
Try the first one, you won't regret it.
Too bad like none of the choices you make in the first one have any meaningful consequences in the second one. [sp]Which woman you side with, which order you side with in the final battle in Vizima, etc.) Hell, after massacring dozens of Flaming Roses in the Witcher 1, I was expecting them to outright attack you when you reach Loc Muinne[/sp] While there were big choices that were made within the Witcher 2 when taking it as a standalone game, hopefully every choice you've made throughout the entirety of the series comes into play when the third game comes out, and the choices in the Witcher 2 aren't just swept under the rug.
[editline]3rd February 2012[/editline]
Not saying I didn't enjoy it. It was one of the top Singleplayer experience I had in 2011, but I was hoping for more consequences related to the first Witcher.
[QUOTE=markfu;34529431]Too bad like none of the choices you make in the first one have any meaningful consequences in the second one. [sp]Which woman you side with, which order you side with in the final battle in Vizima, etc.) Hell, after massacring dozens of Flaming Roses in the Witcher 1, I was expecting them to outright attack you when you reach Loc Muinne[/sp] While there were big choices that were made within the Witcher 2 when taking it as a standalone game, hopefully every choice you've made throughout the entirety of the series comes into play when the third game comes out, and the choices in the Witcher 2 aren't just swept under the rug.
[editline]3rd February 2012[/editline]
Not saying I didn't enjoy it. It was one of the top Singleplayer experience I had in 2011, but I was hoping for more consequences related to the first Witcher.[/QUOTE]
I don't think a large part of my ending [sp]giving Anais to Radovid[/sp] would not have been possible if I hadn't [sp]saved Adda[/sp] in The Witcher unless you could do that regardless which would seem pretty strange, though admittedly that is the only real carry over I can think of.
Is the rebalance mod for TW1 as good as everyone says? I'm thinking about installing it.
[QUOTE=Takuat;34530207]Is the rebalance mod for TW1 as good as everyone says? I'm thinking about installing it.[/QUOTE]
I'm wondering this as well
I'm going to guess that they will pick one path to use as canon for TW3, while smaller events will depend on what we actually did. [sp]It'll most probably be siding with Iorveth, saving Saskia, and, this I really hope, letting Letho go.[/sp]
Hard to say, but I hope the canon path would involve [sp]saving Triss on either Roche's or Iorveth's path[/sp]. I'll be seriously ticked if the devs decide to kill the character they spent much of two games characterizing for the sake of a barely introduced woman you just spend a few minutes controlling and a backstabbing old sorceress nobody liked.
But then again I suppose a sequel involving working together with[sp] an animorphous rebel leader[/sp] could provide for a really interesting plot.
Im desperate to get back into TW2, but I cannot for the life of me, kill that first boss tentacle rape bastard thing. I suck.
So yeah, i've been playing the first game, and i'm currently milling about in the swamplands near Vizima, roundabout Chapter 2. Does anyone know the relevance of using the Sephirah Stones on the stone obelisks? I know Geralt mentions something about "the old magic still works", but will activating all the standing stones summon something unpleasant?
It's part of the main questline. You'll get to it eventually.
[QUOTE=ironman17;34534245]So yeah, i've been playing the first game, and i'm currently milling about in the swamplands near Vizima, roundabout Chapter 2. Does anyone know the relevance of using the Sephirah Stones on the stone obelisks? I know Geralt mentions something about "the old magic still works", but will activating all the standing stones summon something unpleasant?[/QUOTE]
Main quest related. Keep looking for those stones and place them in the obelisks or just wait until the game tells you to, you'll get the explanation at the same time later regardless.
[editline]4th February 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Hellborg 65;34533577]Im desperate to get back into TW2, but I cannot for the life of me, kill that first boss tentacle rape bastard thing. I suck.[/QUOTE]
It's considered acceptable to turn down the difficulty for Chapter 1 boss fights :wink:
There are hard bosses in Chapter 1? Kayran only has predictable attacks that are really easy to dodge since they are the same every time. Letho is a bit tougher since there are many more variables to be taken into consideration, but even he is easy if you roll enough and have patience to wait for the right moment.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;34532752]Hard to say, but I hope the canon path would involve [sp]saving Triss on either Roche's or Iorveth's path[/sp]. I'll be seriously ticked if the devs decide to kill the character they spent much of two games characterizing for the sake of a barely introduced woman you just spend a few minutes controlling and a backstabbing old sorceress nobody liked.
But then again I suppose a sequel involving working together with[sp] an animorphous rebel leader[/sp] could provide for a really interesting plot.[/QUOTE]
If you [sp]save Saskia then Letho saves Triss, so you can have both.[/sp]
Never seen this thread, actually.
I've played through The Witcher 2 at least twice so far, not counting lost saves and etc. and it is by far my favorite game of all-time.
Not to make this post boring here's a screenshot I liked a lot:
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5617656/Screenshots/witcher2%202012-01-31%2021-15-42-24.png[/img]
Goddamnit when are they gonna fix the Steam overlay? This game is too pretty not to take screenshots.
[QUOTE=RautaPalli;34535352]There are hard bosses in Chapter 1? Kayran only has predictable attacks that are really easy to dodge since they are the same every time. Letho is a bit tougher since there are many more variables to be taken into consideration, but even he is easy if you roll enough and have patience to wait for the right moment.[/QUOTE]
I feel that chapter 1's difficulty lay in fights against multiple opponents like those weird monsters in the cave. The Kayran battle was pretty much just timing and quick-time events.
[QUOTE=acds;34532145]I'm going to guess that they will pick one path to use as canon for TW3, while smaller events will depend on what we actually did. [sp]It'll most probably be siding with Iorveth, saving Saskia, and, this I really hope, letting Letho go.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Why would you go on that entire hunt to let the egoistical cunt [sp]get away in the end[/sp] ?
Fuck that shit
[QUOTE=Takuat;34530207]Is the rebalance mod for TW1 as good as everyone says? I'm thinking about installing it.[/QUOTE]
Any word on it?
[QUOTE=FuzzyPoop;34542811]Why would you go on that entire hunt to let the egoistical cunt [sp]get away in the end[/sp] ?
Fuck that shit[/QUOTE]
Because [sp]he's only doing it to save his Witcher school, he doesn't even want to fight Gerald in fact. Also he saves Triss from Nilfgaardian soldiers, so he's kind of a bro.[/sp]
[QUOTE=venn178;34539896]Never seen this thread, actually.
I've played through The Witcher 2 at least twice so far, not counting lost saves and etc. and it is by far my favorite game of all-time.
Not to make this post boring here's a screenshot I liked a lot:
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5617656/Screenshots/witcher2%202012-01-31%2021-15-42-24.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Where's the last guy that you have to arm wrestle, I can't find him
[QUOTE=acds;34543092]Because [sp]he's only doing it to save his Witcher school, he doesn't even want to fight Gerald in fact. Also he saves Triss from Nilfgaardian soldiers, so he's kind of a bro.[/sp][/QUOTE]
I know that, [sp]but throwing an entire region into war to save your school is fucking ridiculous and made it pretty hard for me to sympathize with the character, I gladly killed him.[/sp]
And [sp]Saving triss made him not look like a sick fuck, but he's still a scumbag.[/sp]
I pretty much screwed over Roach in my first play through. I feel bad about it, because Geralt does make a promise to get the Kingslayer, and whenever Roach confronts you about fucking him over, he let's it slide and let's you go, only for you to continue screwing him over! Poor guy.
[QUOTE=Goodthief;34543299]Where's the last guy that you have to arm wrestle, I can't find him[/QUOTE]
go to the little village right outside of the town. he's over by the fishing site.
I'm searching google but it only brings up old threads on small forums... As of today, has the issue of jerky/jumpy movement despite getting 40-60 fps been fixed? (I have 260gtx, but it has been reported on numerous more and less powerful ATI's and nVidia's as well)
oh man i can't wait until witcher 2 ee comes out. i'll have to start a new save!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZV707da_G0&list=UUcaswDIh-nrXYofcYQm6KTg&index=1&feature=plcp[/media]
Dev Diary for The Witcher 2 EE.
Did any of you guys get The Witcher 2 off Direct2Drive? Now that it's merged with Gamefly I can't re-download it cause they don't seem to have it in the store yet. :(
This game really made me think about my decisions in chapter I. [sp]Both Roche and Iorveth are cool guys and bros. I mainly prefer Iorveth because his path seems to be a good way for equal society. At the same time I feel bad for abandoning Roche because he was the person who helped you escape from the prison. He believed you didn't kill Foltest and took great risk when he helped you. In the end though I feel Iorveth's path allows you to change much more than Roche's. As for Letho, so far I always killed him. He does the killing for his school, but I think the way he accomplishes the assassinations is too brutal and inconsiderate. The only reasons why I consider not killing him is because he doesn't see Geralt as an enemy and he saves Triss.[/sp]
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