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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Are you using Yrden? Because you absolutely need to. That worked. I didn't realized it worked like that. Saxophone posted:I'm pretty sure I That kind of stuff in Witcher 1 made me love Geralt as a character. He just can't believe the amazingly insane things he gets roped into and just sighs and goes along with it. Is the dorky Triss outfit the deep cut V neck outfit? twistedmentat fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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twistedmentat posted:Is the dorky Triss outfit the deep cut V neck outfit? If you saw the dorky outfit, you wouldn't have to ask.
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The Sharmat posted:If you saw the dorky outfit, you wouldn't have to ask. I googled looking for the alt outfits, and i see one where you have deep cleavage and one that does not. I also saw the production Ciri's, those are awesome! Though I think I can understand why they weren't used because they look a little well equipped for a woman trying to lay low. Hahah, "Do I really have to keep ringing this thing to keep you following? Come on Dammit". Ah level 11 so I can finally craft all my Griffin Gear. twistedmentat fucked around with this message at 09:26 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:This game is really good about giving you chances to be an rear end in a top hat for no reason with various conversation options. Usually this results in someone getting mad at me and turning an otherwise complicated quest into "kill all these people you've arbitrarily insulted," and I wouldn't have it any other way. I really enjoyed the line of Gerald not giving "a green, runny poo poo" about Ulrich's little underground
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My favorite line was from the new expansion. "gently caress you, I do what I want" Clearly someone was having a lot of fun with that questline/dialog all around,
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I knew I was going to love Geralt when he counter's the university academic's credentials boast wirh "Geralt of Rivia, Witcher, with tenure". Pellisworth posted:You'll probably have a better ear for them than us Yanks, but Skelligers have Irish accents and I seem to recall a poster way back in the thread saying he noticed different Skellige villages (or islands, clans? I forget) each had their own specific Irish accent. Seriously, this loving game.
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"...supervises..." is one of my favourite lines in the whole game.twistedmentat posted:Ah level 11 so I can finally craft all my Griffin Gear. I hope you don't mind looking like a pagan santa claus. I'm one of those terrible people that modded it to look more 'witcher kit' style 
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I like how lighthearted some quests are compared to others, like when getting drunk with fellow witchers before dispelling Uma's curse, or the quest for the master alchemist. As for quotes: "Geralt... of loving Rivia."
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Kopijeger posted:Does the Polish version use regional accents as part of characterisation as well? I don't think so, apparently there's not really the same kind of cool variations you get in the UK.
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Found a video comparing the various dubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hHuEv9f1B8 Plus, one where they demonstrate the Russian voices specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4iKwP7nmg Kopijeger fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Kopijeger posted:Found a video comparing the various dubs: Interesting video. They all seem adequate, apart from the German dub which has terrible actors who display no emotion (apart from Yennefer), and I say that as one of those freaks that actually enjoys German as a language. The German Geralt is not someone I'd want to spend a hundred hours listening to. The French Geralt though, I'd let him get me drunk and molest me, he's a smooth bastard. All the French actors in that clip were great, even the kids. I think the English dub is so drat good I'm prepared to call it the definitive version. Sounds like France got a good deal out of things too. Not familiar enough with the other languages to fairly judge but they didn't stand out as much as these two.
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Doctor Bombadil posted:As for quotes: "Geralt... of loving Rivia." I'm partial to "Yes, tis I, Geralt, a witcher..." Also, a shame about not being able to get Shani's original VA back, but the whole cast in the expansion was solid.
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I dig how the expansion makes fun of Geralt's Gwent addiction and Gwent in general. When you play Gwent against Shani where she jokes that Geralt is probably the type that would travel to the other end of the world just to play against some dude - there was a moment of pause after that where I was sure Geralt is about to confirm that with a straight face because it's totally how it works in the game. The other moment was the elf merchant next to the Vegelbud Residence who was more interested in playing Gwent than showing Geralt what he has on sale and when you finally persuade him to show you what he's selling he has like 3 Gwent cards and nothing else. Good times all around.
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Parkingtigers posted:I think the English dub is so drat good I'm prepared to call it the definitive version.
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Really interested about that aspect. Is it like winking to the camera kind of references, like the Mad Max ones in HoS?
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Considering how people, including Palpek, have described the bulk of the game as basically being Poland but with Monsters and poo poo, I'd imagine the cultural point of reference is much more fundamental than just wry nods to the audience. Like how a story set in a country that's obviously just Japan at some point in history transplanted into a fantasy milieu with a new name slapped on will obviously ooze Japanese culture even if it's not "Japan" per se.
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Tirranek posted:Really interested about that aspect. Is it like winking to the camera kind of references, like the Mad Max ones in HoS? One example that I'm familiar with (since I worked on it): In the Forefather's Eve quest all those chants and lines are from a poem by super-famous polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziady_(poem) All those house decorations, with the painted flowers and such, it's polish as gently caress.
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"Do you know why they call chess the game of kings, Geralt? The pawns move about on one level, only focusing on their limited moves. The king sees things on another level, taking in the entire battlefield. Do you understand?" > No. "The king therefore has to worry about everything at once. He is surrounded by his strongest enemies, and even risks being blocked in by his own men. The true test of a king is whether or not he can effectively sacrifice his soldiers to achieve victory. Do you understand now?" > No.
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I feel like I should be worried that everything Radovid says there makes sense to me.
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There are different kinds of references in the game. Some of them are obvious nods but some fit both the setting and the time period so well that if you don't know the source material by heart you'd take them for genuinely written lines. A few examples:
That's just some of the stuff from the expansion and the list is probably already way too long for people from outside the country but you get the gist of it. I'm also sure that I didn't catch many of the references out of lack of knowledge. For example I read somewhere that Olgierd and his brothers are based on actual historical figures but I haven't heard of them before.
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If I'm not mistaken, Olgierd and his brother are wearing Kontusz, a costume considered typical of early modern Polish nobility, and they also wear their hair in a style considered typical of Cossacks.
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But I liked Triss's alt outfit. Yennifers is great too.
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Oh yeah I'm not counting visual references because they're all based either on history or famous book descriptions (that I don't remember). The expansion also uses characters from the new Witcher book from 2013 called 'Season of Storms' which is yet to be released in English. Cossacks is definitely an obvious influence but Olgierd and his men are also very much based on Lisowczycy also called 'lost men' who were an irregular and independent unit of Polish cavalry 'characterized as extremely agile, warlike, and bloodthirsty'.
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SectumSempra posted:
I believe it's not so much about werher it looks good or not, as it is about how over the top it is for someone trying to keep a low profile.
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Whoa, what? I just read there's a Witcher movie slated for a release in 2017? Which could even launch a Witcher movie franchise? See, I couldn't give a green runny poo poo about the World of Warcraft live action movie, but The Witcher? gently caress yeah! Edit: Let me rephrase – a hollywood budget movie that probably will not be despised by fans, critics and the creator of the character. mcbexx fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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It's been done already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hexer_%28film%29
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Palpek posted:Oh yeah I'm not counting visual references because they're all based either on history or famous book descriptions (that I don't remember). The expansion also uses characters from the new Witcher book from 2013 called 'Season of Storms' which is yet to be released in English. The Borsodis, right? All I know about that story is that it has Coral in it and Geralt gets his swords stolen like an idiot, apparently. Also that it has a dumb explanation about how mage immortality works. mcbexx posted:Whoa, what? I'm not remotely excited. It's probably not going to have a remotely appropriate budget to make live action work. Also a feature film is not at all the right venue for this stuff. Comte, tell CDPR to get the studio that does their cinematics to make an animated television series for HBO or Netflix.
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Tirranek posted:"...supervises..." is one of my favourite lines in the whole game. Looks fine to me. I also found the barber in Oxfort and now Geralt has muttonchops and an undershave. This being Poland, do Winged Lancers ever show up in any form? I remember discovering that they were a real thing and not just from Warhammer after seeing a documentary on them ages ago. They made a replica of the wing and put in in a wind tunnel to simulate a charge, and the thing sounded like 100 kinds of demons screaming.
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The Poland parallels don't go that far, no.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Besides, I thought the winged hussars were more of an Early Modern period thing. they are, but at the same time, it would have owned cause they were awesome
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Besides, I thought the winged hussars were more of an Early Modern period thing. Isn't this game early modern? The armor we see looks to be around 13-15th century.
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The Sharmat posted:The Borsodis, right? All I know about that story is that it has Coral in it and Geralt gets his swords stolen like an idiot, apparently. Also that it has a dumb explanation about how mage immortality works.
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I thought the game being set in not-Poland was super obvious, since Redania's coat of arms is the friggin polish eagle and everyone wears bright red.
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I'm very tempted to respec out of side effects just because of how god damned obnoxious Cat is
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The Sharmat posted:
I'm not remotely involved, I don't even think CDPR is involved, but I could be wrong. Regardless, my (limited) understanding is that the people who do our cinematics* are the people doing the movie, but I could be totally mistaken, you all probably know more than I do. *Two different companies do our cinematics, I know very little about either.
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Buschmaki posted:I thought the game being set in not-Poland was super obvious, since Redania's coat of arms is the friggin polish eagle and everyone wears bright red. Beautifoo pretty birdooo
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Well, looks like it's time for Sam Elliott to collect some naked lady cards
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So I've been avoiding this thread due to not being finished with the main story (I've been plugging at it intermittently since early June), but... Is there a save game database somewhere? I done hosed up Geralt's love life something fierce and would really like to see him end up with Yen for my first playthrough 
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