The Witcher seems to bypass that a good deal which is nice. It's set some time in the thirteenth century and doesn't go on for ages, people make use of Crossbows rather than just jerking themselves off with longbows, the Feudal lords seem to be about right rather than random nobles in an unknown structure, there's even talk of cultural progression in the peasants due to the endless war with non-humans.
The only odd thing is magical influence which appears to have given them knowledge about genetics and Evolution, a different prophet became popular leading to religion not even pretending to rule over Monarchs, alchemy making use of gunpowder bombs but metallurgy not being advanced enough for guns and the power of sorcerers making cannons obsolete anyway. The setting is a million times better than a normal fantasy one.
[video=youtube;ve63nrGxIyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve63nrGxIyM[/video]
Hory shet. Time to rip the soundtrack cd and just walk around with the ambient music playing.
Going to the store to buy milk - Assassins of Kings
Doing homework - Assassins of Kings
It's funny how almost every other word used in a sentence was plow in the 13th century.
Plow the lillies, plowing, plowing, fuck, plow.
Welp, 10 hours in and i'm in Vergen. This game is great, can't wait to play some more tomorrow morning. I like how Quen has been improved; back in Witcher 1, I never used it since it was basically just a stationary bubble where you could knock back a potion or eat a Chicken Sandwich. Personally, my use of Signs in Witcher 1 consisted of just using Aard and Igni, but now in Witcher 2 i'm erecting my magic shield every now and then.
Pity you can't eat food in Witcher 2, and though some could say that the having to drink potions whilst meditating adds a bit more "tacticality" to the game, as in you take the time to prepare for battle and whatnot, I miss being able to knock back a tasty White Raffard's Decoction in the middle of a battle, though I do admit that I approve of being able to meditate pretty much anywhere, not being restricted to sitting next to a campfire to brew your potions.
All in all, there are loads of things I LOVE about Witcher 2, even if there are a few things I kinda miss, but all those concerns were blown away when Phillipa popped in around Act 2, and protected me and the others as an owl, AN OWL THAT SHOT LASERS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. [B]IT IS AMAZING.[/B] If Geralt could ever do that, i'd play as a Disco Laser Owl for the entire game.
Someone needs to make a Disco Laser Owl mod where you play as one throughout the entire sodding game. It simply HAS to be done, that's how amazing it is.
So I'm at the duel between Roche and Iorveth at the end of act 1 (playing as Roche). Iorveth hits me before I can block or attack him and can still hurt me if I'm blocking. I can't hurt him while he's blocking though. Am I supposed to lose this fight?
[QUOTE=TheJoker;35727381]Why the hell would even want blur on a game like this let alone any game.[/QUOTE]
The technology behind the type of motion blur in this game is actually really cool. I recommend leaving it on.
I think Iorveth's meant to win this round.
[QUOTE=ironman17;35761330]I think Iorveth's meant to win this round.[/QUOTE]
I just looked the fight up on YouTube and the guy won as Roche by hitting Iorveth with a few hard attacks as soon as the fight starts. He must have been playing on easy or normal, though, because I tried that and Iorveth just blocked all my attacks.
With one of the extra quests [sp](on Iorveth's path)[/sp] you learn a bit more about your past [sp](You were a rider of The Hunt for some time)[/sp] but you also get another warning about [sp]Letho[/sp]. As much as I understand his motives, he is a skilled schemer and I fear [sp]Nilfgaard[/sp] could use him again.
[QUOTE=Marden;35761866]With one of the extra quests [sp](on Iorveth's path)[/sp] you learn a bit more about your past [sp](You were a rider of The Hunt for some time)[/sp] but you also get another warning about [sp]Letho[/sp]. As much as I understand his motives, he is a skilled schemer and I fear [sp]Nilfgaard[/sp] could use him again.[/QUOTE]
have you beaten the game? most of what you said is explained at the end.
[sp] Only now playing through the game, but I seem to remember Geralt, Letho, Serrit, Auckes all those guys ploughing The King of the Wild Hunt...so to speak [/sp]
I love using the Quen sign. It's so much more useful now. After some updates I can use it to run through a hallway filled with bear traps and lose 15 seconds of the shield. It won't even vanish, it just triggers all the traps.
[QUOTE=Vallux;35768050]After some updates I can use it to run through a hallway filled with bear traps and lose 15 seconds of the shield. It won't even vanish, it just triggers all the traps.[/QUOTE]
Regarding those traps, something seems off about them. In the forest of Flotsam on Dark difficulty I take no damage from the bear traps, under any circumstances. The combat window just reads out the hit as Trap : 0 - 17 = 0 damage as if the traps are considered to do zero damage anyway.
[QUOTE=69105;35761913]have you beaten the game? most of what you said is explained at the end.[/QUOTE]
A lot of it is explained at the end. [sp]I understand Letho, Serrit and Auckes killed the kings in the North because the emperor promised them to rebuild the School of Viper. At the end Letho basically tells you his story ends. I haven't read the books so I have no idea what kind of person the emperor is, but at the moment I root for the North. That's why I fear Emhyr could trick/persuade Letho to help him again and with his help win the upcoming war.
Otherwise I really don't see point in killing him, especially if he saved Triss.[/sp]
[B]Apparently[/B] Nilfgaard is kinda like a mix between nazi-Germany and Rome, thinking themselves above others and with the "right to rule" kind of attitude, and people are oppressed and stuff even more than in the Northern kingdoms. Also Emhyr is [B]apparently [/B]pretty much a tyrant, with some sort of honor code so he seems less of an asshole than the northern kings as a person, but he's even more ruthless.
[QUOTE=Spool;35769911]Also Emhyr is [B]apparently [/B]pretty much a tyrant, with some sort of honor code so he seems less of an asshole than the northern kings as a person, but he's even more ruthless.[/QUOTE]
Don't be ridiculous.
He's a spice trader. In spices.
Saskia likes dem dwarfs
You know Zoltan is getting some
[QUOTE=JesterUK;35772746]Saskia likes dem dwarfs
You know Zoltan is getting some[/QUOTE]
Hopefully not from [sp]her dragon form.[/sp]
Any tips to how not to die? I fucking suck at normal difficulty. I had to go down to easy just to get passed the first fight with Letho. On normal, three hits with my sword did like a pixel of damage to him. On the other hand, he would kill me in a couple of hits with just his bombs and that push sign. I got him down to maybe 70% just by dodging around the room and slashing him when his quen expired. The fact that he could cause bleeding on me even when I dodged beforehand, is bullshit.
[QUOTE=Sharp_Shooter;35773099]Any tips to how not to die? I fucking suck at normal difficulty. I had to go down to easy just to get passed the first fight with Letho. On normal, three hits with my sword did like a pixel of damage to him. On the other hand, he would kill me in a couple of hits with just his bombs and that push sign. I got him down to maybe 70% just by dodging around the room and slashing him when his quen expired. The fact that he could cause bleeding on me even when I dodged beforehand, is bullshit.[/QUOTE]
Quen.
I beat Letho easy on Dark mode by just keeping my distance from him and throwing Igni at him whenever I could.
[editline]30th April 2012[/editline]
Also, on easy and normal enemies never block so all you have to do is hit Letho once to stun him and then just keep hitting him.
[QUOTE=JesterUK;35773213]I beat Letho easy on Dark mode by just keeping my distance from him and throwing Igni at him whenever I could.
[editline]30th April 2012[/editline]
Also, on easy and normal enemies never block so all you have to do is hit Letho once to stun him and then just keep hitting him.[/QUOTE]
Last year Letho couldn't block your throwing knives at all, you could beat him without taking damage, that was hilarious.
letho on dark mode is incredibly easy. after he throws he charges at you to attack and you stay away long enough you can just waltz up and do a heavy attack and two light attack combos (and maybe even two heavy attacks? never tried)
he becomes incredibly predictable because he can't block after you hit him with a heavy attack
how many endings are there? I don't mean variations to the entire ending, I mean how many variations are there to scenarios like flotsam, etc
that still doesn't make any sense
like, there are 4 things at the end (what happens to flotsam, what happens to temeria, what happens to the elves/humans and then geralt) how many variations exist for each? I think I managed the worst, lol
sorry, 5 - forgot vergen
[sp]Flotsam: If Loredo survives, he sells it to Kaedwen, bad times for non-humans. If he dies, new guy replaces him, loyal to Temeria and overall good times
Vergen: If you joined Iorveth, it becomes a haven for non-humans and people who believe in change. If you picked Roche, Cecil and Skalen are hanged and I think bad times for non-humans again.
Temeria: Iorveth's path is simple, Henselt and Radovid divide the land to their kingdoms. With Roche same happens if you go save Triss, otherwise you either give Anais to Radovid and then Temeria will become protectorate of Redania. If you convince Roche to keep Anais then Temeria will maintain it's independence.
Mages: If you saved Triss, only Síle and Phillipa are accused of treason, if not council isn't established and all mages are hunted.
What I'm not sure about is what happens if you kill Henselt and then go save Triss on Roche's path.[/sp]
That's all I remember.
Also Saskia doesn't get some sweet dwarf ass if you don't [sp]save her.[/sp]
The only thing that truly matters.
If I turn the difficulty down from Dark mode when I'm not playing as Geralt (specifically, the part where you play as Seltkirk) do I still lose all my items?
[QUOTE=Sharp_Shooter;35773099]Any tips to how not to die? I fucking suck at normal difficulty. I had to go down to easy just to get passed the first fight with Letho. On normal, three hits with my sword did like a pixel of damage to him. On the other hand, he would kill me in a couple of hits with just his bombs and that push sign. I got him down to maybe 70% just by dodging around the room and slashing him when his quen expired. The fact that he could cause bleeding on me even when I dodged beforehand, is bullshit.[/QUOTE]
Don't complete weapon combos, you don't deal extra damage in them and they throw you into a long animation, which often get you killed or have you jump right in the middle of a crowd.
Roll/dodge CONSTANTLY, hit and run tactics. Roll in, deal 2-3 swings, roll out (try to get behind), roll in, 2-3 swings, roll out, etc.
Quen is basically insurance, try to have it on at all times. Watch out though - you don't regenerate vigor with it active, and if you have no vigor you take extra damage. Talents in Swordsman tree help with survivablity, namely the backstab prevention one (#1 cause of death for me) and the roll distance one.
If you are backed up in a corner or surrounded and can't feasibly roll out of an enemies attack right at that moment, BLOCK. Blocking saves your life and can open hard-to-hit enemies (aka ones that block all your attacks) - but don't rely on it because generally rolling/dodging is much better. An alternative is to use bombs, especially cheap ones like Grapeshot (does good damage and a small stun/delay with attacks) and Sanum (good for stronger stuns and crowd control). When you are dealing with crowds, you must use either bombs or magic. The only exception is if you have really good positioning (aka you are advancing onto the crowd, and have room to manuver/dodge around), then you can pretty much rely on good dodge/swordplay to control crowds. There's plenty of times in the game though where you just don't have that luxury and you are fighting a crowd. So get comfortable using bombs or magic (and it helps to talent into their respective trees to give you more damage in those areas).
[QUOTE=KorJax;35776587]you don't regenerate vigor with it active[/QUOTE]
Well that would explain a lot of my issues with vigor.
You get better at the combat the more you play, it's that simple. For Letho, here's what I did. Stay close to him whenever you are attacking. Do not attack when he has Quen up, let it go down. Don't hold block otherwise he'll just use Aard on you so wait until he makes an attack and either riposte it or counter-attack once blocked. When he does use Aard, if you don't have your block up you should be able to dodge to the side and get some possible backstabs in. If you get low on health and have a health regeneration potion active, step back and let it work for a bit because the bombs and signs are easy to dodge.
Speaking of healing in combat, I know swallow does it but are there any others? Armors, skills, potions, whatever.
Pretty much swallow and some talents that increase health regen. You can also run into places of power that give you health regen bonuses (the red ones) for 5 minutes or so.
Health regen is kind of pointless on Dark Mode though, because you're going to die with X number of hits anyways and you won't regen health nearly fast enough to recover the damage you take in a single fight, IF you do take damage.
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