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Lycus posted:No, don't do that. Stick with your own choices. Whichever way you do it, it's always less fun if you're only doing what other people tell you to do. Alright I'll stick with it then  .Also, did I lose out on my chance to get a bad rear end tattoo from getting overly drunk? I just started Chapter 2.
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GoldenNugget posted:Alright I'll stick with it then
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After playing both paths, I found siding with Iorveth infinitely more enjoyable. It's a bit more rewarding to aid egalitarian fantasy Joan of Arc than King Rape. When I was on Roche's path I kept waiting for an option to join Saskia's side but it never popped up. Also, did anyone else not familiar with The Witcher's back story feel a bit confused why we were supposed to regard Nilfgaard as the bad guys? I mean I understood that they were aggressors in a past war, but between hearing about how the Emperor allowed the Elves to have their own kingdom, and seeing what complete racist fuckups the northern monarchs are made it seems like Nilfgaard wouldn't be that bad of an alternative.
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Apr 23, 2012 23:43
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So the ending is a downer sure... but is there anything more satisfying than watching Sile explode? hahahahaha oh Letho you prankster
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keiran_helcyan posted:After playing both paths, I found siding with Iorveth infinitely more enjoyable. It's a bit more rewarding to aid egalitarian fantasy Joan of Arc than King Rape. When I was on Roche's path I kept waiting for an option to join Saskia's side but it never popped up. Mostly just because they're an empire that is rather overly aggressive and ambitious. Trying to conquer the world is always seen as kind of a dick move, even when the rest of the world is run by assholes. And I do believe that they address how the whole elven land was never the paradise it sounded like. The Niilfgaardians are crafty bastards who don't mind the cost of bloodshed that their goals entail. Plus everything so far has always been from a Northerner perspective, so it makes sense that most people don't have a kind view of their aggressors. Wachepti posted:So the ending is a downer sure... but is there anything more satisfying than watching Sile explode? hahahahaha oh Letho you prankster Honestly, did anyone actually save her?
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Apr 24, 2012 00:26
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Davos posted:Honestly, did anyone actually save her? The first time my friend played through the game, he saved her. He was working off of the assumption that anyone left alive will be useful sometime down the road, maybe not in this game, but the next, a la Mass Effect. I tried to explain to him that in the world of the Witcher, once a bastard always a bastard, but he wouldn't have it.
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Davos posted:Honestly, did anyone actually save her? Oh well, maybe she'll still be hanging around in the next game!
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Davos posted:Honestly, did anyone actually save her? In my second playthrough on Roche's Path, most of my hate was for the Kaedweni leaders, not the Lodge. So I went ahead and saved her. If I recall, she repays you by telling you that Yennefer is alive and in Nilfgaard (same info you can get from Letho later anyway). Lycus fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 00:34
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Just starting, are there any specific items I should be watching out for; herbs, equipment, etc?
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Apr 24, 2012 00:45
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I usually save her. She has some of my favorite lines in the game, like when you're trying to flirt with her in flotsam. "Is that how you see yourself, witcher?", and when she's dissing Dethmold.
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After getting used to crafting in Skyrim, getting the Blasphemer's set made was loving painful even with the price cheat file. It's too bad there's so little gear variation in this game aside from filling Aeondight with moon runes.Magical Zero posted:I usually save her. She has some of my favorite lines in the game, like when you're trying to flirt with her in flotsam. "Is that how you see yourself, witcher?", and when she's dissing Dethmold. Are you wearing make-up?? What I really don't like is how you can't save and explore the various conversations with her immediately after the Kayran fight. Shumagorath fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 00:56
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Shumagorath posted:You kind of gave the spoiler away there  You can work out who all the previous spoilers were talking about from the context of the last line of your post. Could it maybe spoiler it?
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Donny posted:Yes, this game will be far more fun if you avoid spoilers and just make the best decisions you can (or worst, for hilarity) based on the information you have. I think my favorite thing about the Witcher 2's story structure is that I as the player never feel punished for the decisions I make. Sure Geralt may get hosed over once in a while but he'll manage. Also I always save Sile because Letho is right. She's going to become a pariah in the Northern Kingdoms and when she inevitably gets caught I'm sure she'll wish she exploded instead.
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InvisibleHand posted:I think my favorite thing about the Witcher 2's story structure is that I as the player never feel punished for the decisions I make. Sure Geralt may get hosed over once in a while but he'll manage. Eh, while its a reassuring thought, you must remember that she is damned crafty, even among sorceresses. I wouldn't put it past her to find a way to survive, and no doubt to get involved with something that would make me want to put a sword through her all over again. Justice in the Witcher world needs to be cold and swift, I never saw any way in which letting her leave was a good act. Whether or not I would have killed her if I had the chance I'm not so sure of, but Geralt sure as hell isn't gonna save her.
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I'm playing the first Witcher for the first time, and despite the gameplay being pretty uninteresting I'm warming up to the rest. Are there any general tips to keep in mind to make the game more fun?
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RBA Starblade posted:I'm playing the first Witcher for the first time, and despite the gameplay being pretty uninteresting I'm warming up to the rest. Are there any general tips to keep in mind to make the game more fun? Play it on easy. I pretty much hated the gameplay to the first game, but the story is incredible. To make things magnitudes easier, crank Aard up as strong as you can, pump up its stun chance as high as possible, and you can trivialize a lot of fights with instant kills.
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RBA Starblade posted:I'm playing the first Witcher for the first time, and despite the gameplay being pretty uninteresting I'm warming up to the rest. Are there any general tips to keep in mind to make the game more fun? Aard is God in Chapter one, after that max out Igni. Be sure to get Herbalism early and harvest plenty of herbs. You run fastest in group style and the swamp is going to be a drag. Keep extra jewels and rings with the innkeeper in storage, so you can make gifts of them later. If you have duplicates sell them, though you'll be swimming in cash by the end. Fist-fighting while drunk isn't fun, when drinking open with a medium alcohol (wine or mead) for the first 1-2 drinks then stick with weak alcohol.
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Coughing Hobo posted:Play it on easy. I pretty much hated the gameplay to the first game, but the story is incredible. To make things magnitudes easier, crank Aard up as strong as you can, pump up its stun chance as high as possible, and you can trivialize a lot of fights with instant kills. Yeah just play it on easy. The combat can get pretty annoying, especially later in the game where you have to keep running back and forth between a town and one area over and over again. Also have fun figuring out whether mutants count as humans or monsters. The answer isn't exactly consistent.
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Servetus posted:Aard is God in Chapter one, after that max out Igni. Be sure to get Herbalism early and harvest plenty of herbs. You run fastest in group style and the swamp is going to be a drag. Keep extra jewels and rings with the innkeeper in storage, so you can make gifts of them later. If you have duplicates sell them, though you'll be swimming in cash by the end. Fist-fighting while drunk isn't fun, when drinking open with a medium alcohol (wine or mead) for the first 1-2 drinks then stick with weak alcohol. With silver talents in Igni and potions on all the time (not hard to do once you're in chapter 2) the combat is pretty easy even on normal. Vertigus posted:especially later in the game where you have to keep running back and forth between a town and one area over and over again. With group style on and your sword out you run faster by a decent amount. This area is still annoying.
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Found another Enhanced Edition trailer to add to the OP. This one loving rocks, definitely worth watching. [New Elements Trailer] I've also added links to the into and ending cinematics to the Witcher 1. [The Witcher 1 Intro Cinematic] [The Witcher 1 Ending Cinematic] If nothing else, it's worth seeing how CDPR's CGI has massively improved. Hell, while we're at it, I added the Reduced Dark Mode Items mod to the second post. Reduced-price Dark Mode Items - Reduces the price, both in orens and in crafting materials, of the Dark Mode armor and weapon sets. Even if it's your first time through Dark Mode, I recommend this mod, if only to save yourself the serious tedium of grinding for money and materials. Namnesor fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 04:09
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As far as horrifying moments go, Roche's path has it won with (pretty big spoiler) walking into the tent filled with hanging Blue Stripes whereas when I played Iorveth's path last time Dethmold's end was incredibly boring. Nothing like Roche carving his junk into a vagina in the middle of his BDSM session. Seriously, night and day there.
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Jetfire posted:As far as horrifying moments go, Roche's path has it won with (pretty big spoiler) walking into the tent filled with hanging Blue Stripes whereas when I played Iorveth's path last time Dethmold's end was incredibly boring. Nothing like Roche carving his junk into a vagina in the middle of his BDSM session. Seriously, night and day there.
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Lycus posted:Roche's Path is definitely darker. I always liked the summation of: Iorveth's Path is more epic, while Roche's Path is darker and more dramatic. And Roche is really Pro especially killing someone with a thrown two-hand weapon.
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Coughing Hobo posted:Reduced-price Dark Mode Items - Reduces the price, both in orens and in crafting materials, of the Dark Mode armor and weapon sets. Even if it's your first time through Dark Mode, I recommend this mod, if only to save yourself the serious tedium of grinding for money and materials. I can't seem to find where I'm supposed to put the def_item_schematics.xml file for this mod
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Is this ever coming out on PS3? How about the Witcher 1?
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You can just write off Witcher 1, for sure. So I've got the game to play tolerably well, and had a general gameplay question: Should I save up armor enhancements for particular good gear or just throw it into whatever I have on?
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Coughing Hobo posted:Found another Enhanced Edition trailer to add to the OP. This one loving rocks, definitely worth watching. Holy crap. I want that music. Anyone know what it is?
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Lotish posted:You can just write off Witcher 1, for sure. Generally Id say throw it on whatever you have on unless its something really cool. Even then youll probably find something better later so you may as well use it.
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Coughing Hobo posted:Play it on easy. I pretty much hated the gameplay to the first game, but the story is incredible. To make things magnitudes easier, crank Aard up as strong as you can, pump up its stun chance as high as possible, and you can trivialize a lot of fights with instant kills. quote:Aard is God in Chapter one, after that max out Igni. Be sure to get Herbalism early and harvest plenty of herbs. You run fastest in group style and the swamp is going to be a drag. Keep extra jewels and rings with the innkeeper in storage, so you can make gifts of them later. If you have duplicates sell them, though you'll be swimming in cash by the end. Fist-fighting while drunk isn't fun, when drinking open with a medium alcohol (wine or mead) for the first 1-2 drinks then stick with weak alcohol. Thanks for the suggestions! I've heard that Witcher 2 is better in every conceivable way, but I've already purchased the first, and I might as well go through it so I have an idea of what's happening in 2, and see what I've been missing out on. Is there a way to set the game to easy after starting it? I'm two hours in and don't want to redo everything, but don't see it under settings? Can I just change a value in a .ini file or something? RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Davos posted:I can't seem to find where I'm supposed to put the def_item_schematics.xml file for this mod Oh, sorry. It goes in CookedPC/items You'll likely have to create the items folder.
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Lotish posted:So I've got the game to play tolerably well, and had a general gameplay question: Should I save up armor enhancements for particular good gear or just throw it into whatever I have on? Lycus fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Lycus posted:There's no need to save them, really. The only particular enhancement that's truly rare is the one you make out of kayran parts. Hell, you can buy a diagram for one of the all-around best ones in Chapter 1, and make as many as you'll ever need. Go ahead and use 'em.
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Davos posted:Eh, while its a reassuring thought, you must remember that she is damned crafty, even among sorceresses. I wouldn't put it past her to find a way to survive, and no doubt to get involved with something that would make me want to put a sword through her all over again. Justice in the Witcher world needs to be cold and swift, I never saw any way in which letting her leave was a good act. Whether or not I would have killed her if I had the chance I'm not so sure of, but Geralt sure as hell isn't gonna save her. Sorceresses can permanently change the way they look with magic, that's why they're all beautiful. Pick out a new face, change your name, set up shop in a different country. The only hard part is building up your reputation again.
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Stroth posted:Sorceresses can permanently change the way they look with magic, that's why they're all beautiful. Pick out a new face, change your name, set up shop in a different country. The only hard part is building up your reputation again. If I recall from the books (Yennefer related book spoilers) Yennefer was a hunchback when she was younger before she became a full sorceress and changed it with magic.
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PureRok posted:Holy crap. I want that music. Anyone know what it is? It wouldn't surprise me if it were original. It definitely fits the style of the rest of the soundtrack.
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Donny posted:It wouldn't surprise me if it were original. It definitely fits the style of the rest of the soundtrack. Found it. It's Day of Reckoning - Composer Terry Devine-King, Andrew Barnabas, Paul Arnold.
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Beanpants posted:If I recall from the books (Yennefer related book spoilers) Yennefer was a hunchback when she was younger before she became a full sorceress and changed it with magic. Yeah, it's a running theme with sorceresses. Almost all of them have something like that.
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etalian posted:And Roche is really Pro especially killing someone with a thrown two-hand weapon. Roche is seriously one of the few genuinely likable characters in these games... Zoltan and Dandelion are two more. That was a large part of why I ended up siding with him my first playthrough, he was so much more likable than Iorveth.
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At least in chapter 1 they didn't do a good job of presenting Iorveth as anything but a bandit in the woods with delusions of grandeur (like probably all bandits in woods have). Loredo was a scumbag but it sure seemed like he had the right attitude towards the Scoiatel at least in that area.
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