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804040 No.4164[View All]

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/33354-Interviews-and-Articles-2015/page143?p=1570621
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/news/the_witcher_3,49062,3083995.html

Since /v/ overreacts and looks for every excuse to shit on something, looks like they were wrong again.

Who else is looking forward to the game? This is good news, but I'm more interested in the combat being improved, atmosphere being like witcher 1 (reportedly).
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fabb2f No.16958

>>16957

The biggest problem however, that needs to be addressed.

DOES IT SUFFER FROM SKYRIM COMPLEX?

Is the "open world" actually full of creative, exciting things to do and see, or is it just a bland miles of fucking nothing/copypasted assets?


9cb59b No.16959

>>16958

So far no, everywhere I go feels very distinct.


338d77 No.16960

>>16951

Most quest don't pay enough XP, neither does killing monsters.


9cb59b No.16961

>>16960

I'm starting to feel this way as well actually, at this point I'm several levels behind most of the available content.


338d77 No.16962

>>16961

Found a wild Wyvern In the Northern part of Velen

Managed to kill will being level 6, expecting lots of xp for it, does even move the bar.

Can't remember the exact level but it was higher than 15.


9cb59b No.16963

>>16962

Wonder if there is an XP bug or something, or if CDPR is actually this evil.


c11c60 No.16965

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I'm trying to parry like how it was in TW2 and I keep getting stunned.


35118b No.16969

>Witcher 3 comes out

>Retarded threads against it on /v/ dry up

I wish the owner was more attentive to that stuff, he's gonna kill vydia conversation with that shit.

Anyone can someone fill me in on how the game is? It looks good but I've never played a witcher title.


9cb59b No.16974

>>16969

>It looks good but I've never played a witcher title.

Should probably do that first to see if you even like the universe and characters. Or at least get a feel for the stories on youtube or something. The game is pretty great for me so far, but it is a direct followup to the events of Witcher 2. Witcher 1 though is kind of its own self contained thing, you don't miss anything for the other games by skipping it.


01a2f3 No.16995

What is up with blocking being worthless on most enemies? I wouldn't mind it if it didn't also mean that I couldn't counterattack.


c11c60 No.17000

>>16969

Mark seems to very laissez faire with moderation, apparently according to mark and others on /v/ - disagreeing with /pol/ shitposters is denying free speech. /v/ has become far worse than it ever has on half chan at this point.

I wish this board was more active.

>>16995

Some times it works but timing parrying in TW3 is very tricky. In the quest Family Matters I keep getting rekt by hordes of wraiths. They keep teleporting in back of me.


e3c806 No.17001

>>17000

>/pol/ shitposters

Those are just shitposters in general and the brunt of shitposters randomly complain about /pol/ even if it wasn't part of the topic - they're the ones who bring it into the thread. You can't have a topic tangentially related to /pol/ without someone complaining about /pol/ thanks to those posters. Same goes for people who randomly tie GG into a topic, derail the thread, and then blame it on GG while spewing go back to your containment board.

>>16958

>SKYRIM COMPLEX

The only way you can compare it to skyrim is that item drops gradually level with you. I'm still anxious about having a moment later where I'll find a sword better in stats than my own but hypothetically something I was supposed to find at a lower level.


9cb59b No.17002

>>17001

Are you sure there is gear level scaling? I found a level 7 crossbow when I was level 4, and I'm finding crafting diagrams for gear up to level 20.


e3c806 No.17003

>>17002

Craft items and uniques are the exception to the loot scale.


c11c60 No.17004

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>>17001

from what I've seen the majority of posts in witcher threads are

>hurr oy vey good goy buying witcher 3 downgrade edition


e3c806 No.17005

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>>17004

It doesn't help that the developers own admission that the downgrade exists just came out recently. It especially doesn't help that even in their own words, they're admitting the downgrade exists while deflecting from the real reasons why they did it. It's insulting to say the least.

For what the game's worth, I can still understand why there's some genuine /v/irgins who are bitter. Amidst the thread of chucklefucks who just want another trainwreck to watch, there's some people who feel really burned by it. Witcher 3 is just too unique a specimen of a game that transcends typical consolization.

Even though I'm downloading it at the moment, I've already lowered my expectations from the days where I was happily expecting another game to push my desktop specs to the limit. Since I recently finished my TW2 playthough I'm more or less situated how TW3 will look.

I can only hope that CDPR reassess what they did and don't repeat this for Cyberpunk 2077 and at least announce from the get-go that it will be on the same level as TW3 for PC users. That way there's less collateral involved. At the same time it will mean yet again another game that won't attempt to reward high-end PC users and then misconstrue their resentment as damage control.


fabb2f No.17006

>>17005

I enjoyed the witcher 1 and 2 for what they were worth. I even bought w2 retail and respected that it came with a proper manual and in game map alongside the game itself and the soundtrack. Retail goodies like that are few and far in between, and it was genuinely DRM free, as in install from disc, and directly run game after.

Those retail reasons may be the only reason I might buy w3 in the future, but for the present, I'm really disappointed in what the completed product is versus what they kept promising the past years. And, even with the downgrade, I'm not even sure if I can even run the game on my GT545. So yeah.


c11c60 No.17007

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>>17005

The graphics are still very good, but it just doesn't have the sexy particle effects that previous trailers had.

Even the graphics downgrade, its still one hell of a game. Honestly this is the first game since the Orange Box where I'm at the edge of my seat on what happens next, and I'm really excited to see returning characters from previous games and how they affect TW3 storyline.

I upgraded for this game, and I can't max it out. I'm even above the recommended specs. A fucking i7 5820k, 16 gb ddr4 2666mhz ram and gtx 780 3gb SC… and I can only run it on high. Good luck maxing it out.


26c576 No.17008

>>17005

Pretty much how I feel. I mean sure the game isn't bad but it's the first time CDPR looked like guys who downgraded it to either A: Sell us the game on 2013 graphics and keep the pre-order money or B: Downgrade the game due to consoles. After all, every trailer for Witcher has had the Xbox logo plastered on it, and I don't think they used the Xbone versions in the trailers either. It really wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft said 'We will give you money for the game, BUT the Xbone version has to look on par with all other versions.' Knowing Microsoft something like that really would not be surprising.


9cb59b No.17011

>>17007

Make sure you aren't using the latest nvidia drivers right now, they messed up the performance of everything that isn't Maxwell in Witcher 3.


c3ca3f No.17030

>>17001

Just don't sperg out. Ignore offtopic posts. It's just that we are incapable of this.


984953 No.17031

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Oh…

Now I'll never get his unique Gwent card.


fa53c0 No.17040

>>17031

Who is dis?

So since the gamevis out can we talk about the itself? It impossible to do that on /v/ becuase threads get shitposted to death


984953 No.17064

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>>17040

It's the Bloody Baron. He hangs himself after his wife die's at the end of the Velen quest line. As well, his daughter practically disowns him, so he feels he has nothing left to live for.

What's even sadder is that if you loot him, you find his daughter's doll -that was given as an apology to her earlier in the questline- lying on the ground below his corpse.


fabb2f No.17072

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>>17064

>geralts haircut


01a2f3 No.17085

I think I've got a broken quest. "An eye for an eye" won't progress. I'm supposed to meet a character next to "Hanged Man's Tree", but nothing happens when I approach the quest marker. Anyone else experience this?


3096a7 No.17095

>>17085

Try meditating nearby. Some quests also have time locks, usually in the form of "sunset" or "night fall", aka 10/11 at night.


01a2f3 No.17106

>>17095

The quest doesn't mention any specific time, and I've meditated for well over 24 hours on the quest marker. There's definitely something wrong with this quest.


3096a7 No.17111

>>17106

I looked it up to see if I would have more luck with it, but it seems others are experiencing issues as well: (Spoilers ahead)

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/702760-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/71839012/821301301

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/38322-Quest-An-Eye-for-An-Eye-Broken-%28-PS4-%29?p=1684721

https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/613958868361148013/

Maybe they will patch it, but it seems it is, as you mentioned, not completable for now.


984953 No.17121

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Oh dear.


984953 No.17122

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c1f1e5 No.17148

>>17003

I just dismantle all regular loot into crafting materials or sell it. I only keep unique stuff and whatever I craft myself.


1d889e No.17156

Apparently there's a save bug corrupting save data on all platforms. Seemingly at random. So good luck with that.


abff2f No.17159


338d77 No.17171

Beat the game last night, so

what happened to the fucking dragon? That shit seemed pretty important in the second game, and what happens to the Sorceresses at the end, how did the Lodge get so fucked up if they had the dragon under their control, why wasn't there an option to get Yen killed, and doesn't the purpose of Ciri faking her death only to become one of the worlds best Witchers sort of ruin her chances of staying hidden from her father?


c11c60 No.17328

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I know /v/ shitposts this scene to hell, so far downwarren looks the same to me. particularly the water during rain.

game still looks beautiful even with downgrade. and the bloody baron quest was absolutely fantastic, it had the darkness and eerieness of the first game.


fabb2f No.17330

>>17328

I will admit that pretty much every picture of the game has looked washed out and worse than TW2 to me before, but this one actually looks very good, almost like pre downgrade.


c11c60 No.17338

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>>17330

The game has a case of open world-itis, which is to say that parts of the world look beautiful and others look like 2006.


fabb2f No.17342

>>17338

That looks like the game I expected from the initial promises. What the fuck.


c11c60 No.17346

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>>17342

they possessively made changes to lighting, its less dynamic. The scene where they introduced the hunt in Velen looked like ass, but Skellige and Novigrad looks great.


fabb2f No.17347

>>17346

so how is the combat then? I've seen some videos that suggest the targeting is bad and ai isn't good either


c11c60 No.17348

>>17347

the combat is probably the most challenging its ever been in a Witcher game. Even with FCR mods of the past two games.

the ai bugs out on occasion, but drowners can catch patterns that player is doing. if you try stand there and spam you will get killed quickly. You gotta evade and dodge, you can't parry monsters that don't have swords. I've had drowners evade when I was spaming strong style and then they tried to surround me.

The targeting system has gotten me killed, but nothing mods wont fix. the combat just needs a few tweaks and it will be a good combat system.


a64555 No.17357

>>17348

Drowners, strangely, are the most intelligent and challenging trash opponents.

>>17347

The combat is actually a big improvement over W2 once you get used to it. Parries, rolls and dodges all have different uses in different situations. All of the signs are useful. The only thing that kind of sucks is strong attacks, I guess, since you can easily upgrade fast attacks to do almost as much damage.

The most important thing is to wear only light armor. Medium and heavy armor slows you down just enough that you can't stun lock certain trash opponents with fast attacks.


a64555 No.17358

+The graphics are great, it's still better than Skyrim, Dragon Age, Ass Creed, and all the other open world AAA trash. I can't run the game on high graphics anyway so I don't really give a damn about a downgrade.

+The quests are great. The witcher contracts all feel like what the Witcher games always should have been about. Gathering clues about the monster, learning its weaknesses, preparing for a difficult fight, and then walking away with a trophy and taking a big cash reward. These are the best quests, with the best writing, of any CRPG, ever. Yes, better even than Planescape and VTMB.

-If there's one issue I have with the main quests it's the bullshit that there's no right choice. Not even that it's a difficult choice, just that you get cunt-punted no matter which you make, with totally unforeseeable indirect consequences. Consequences such as the baron and his wife dying because you released the tree spirit

-I want to keep Geralt clean shaven, but apparently the only way to shave is to go to a barber in Oxenfurt.

-The crossbow is gay. It's only useful if you exploit enemy AI when they get stuck like a faggot. Igni does 10x more damage, and you know igni doesn't do much damage to begin with.

-My biggest complaint: everything related to itemization and the UI is trash. EVERYTHING. Crafting shouldn't have been in the game if they're going to do it like this. Everywhere you go there are glowing sacks to pick garbage out of. You take the garbage to a blacksmith and you can pay him to turn it into crafting components. You buy or find diagrams to build things, but they're level gated, and you can get level 28 item diagrams at level 1, and the level 1 diagrams don't disappear, so your crafting menu will be full of stuff you either can't wear or don't want to because it sucks now. Letters and books don't have their own inventory menu but are split between your potion/bomb window (??????) and quest item window. I have about 50 books and letters cluttering my potion screen. Everywhere you go you will find swords and armor. They have randomized stats like a Diablo game. Since there are orange Relic swords and armors laying in every hidden chest you'll rarely have reason to pick up a plain, blue or yellow item. They sell for less than 10 coins anyway most of the time. You can only equip 2 potions and 2 bombs at a time. Oils only last for 20 hits and then you need to reapply them, which is retarded because oil supplies are unlimited, so it's just another step of tedium of reopening your inventory every 20 hits to reapply. There is apparently a retard at CDProjekt who thinks weapon and armor degradation are fun so enjoy blowing 50+ coins to repair your silver sword at the blacksmith after every quest.

If any enhanced edition comes out it needs to fix itemization and UI. Then this will be the greatest RPG of all time. With UI and itemization broken as it is it's 8/10 at best.


c11c60 No.17363

>>17358

I can only manage on high settings with AO set to SSAO, to get a consistent framerate.

I just upgraded my cpu and ram, when I maxed it out I'm getting a a framerate goes from 35-44 in Novigrad but on Skellige it goes to 22-28.

so annoying that I upgraded for this game and I can't do it what I want it to do, even with overclocking cpu and gpu. a 4.2ghz haswell-e should be able to tame this game.


c11c60 No.17366

>>17363

new driver released, managed to get a much better framerate

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/85823/en-us


3096a7 No.17372

>>17358

Don't understood the complaint that choices are morally gray. Do you really need the affirmation that your choice was "the right one" (or even that there are right choices)? Just seems patronizing to me.

Obviously a personal preference, but as such I prefer moral complexity over moral binarism in my vidyer gayms.

Also, provided the crossbow has enough power, it can stagger enemies. Very useful.


c11c60 No.17374

>>17372

crossbow is especially useful with enemies using ranged weapons. Especially if you don't level up some of those parrying abilities.


dd2e79 No.17382

>>17374

No it isn't. Are you playing on easy? They do about 100x more damage than you do at range. The way to beat ranged characters is to dodge their shots while approaching and then slice them up while they're switching weapons.

It is satisfying as heck to dodge out of the way of an arrow and have it hit the guy behind you.


c11c60 No.17398

>>17382

I meant that you can keep ranged enemies off-balance, it just staggers them.

I was playing on the 3rd difficulty setting but then I was getting annihilated by drowners, so for the most part I'm playing on second easiest difficulty. I'm loving the dodge ability, its made the combat so much more fun.

game is a bit of a grind than past witcher games, but that's made it more challenging.




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