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Sapkowski weighing in on his opinion of the Witcher video games. Watch the comments section tearing him apart and thinking he hates video games just because he says he has better things to do. What exactly were these people expecting from a guy whose seventy? Its the same epople who get hung up on canon.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:04
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He seems awesome! I got the books for free (I work at a bookstore) but if I didn't I would have bought them cause the game.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:32
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Arcsquad12 posted:Sapkowski weighing in on his opinion of the Witcher video games. I also bought the books because of the games, so I wouldn't let his opinion change mine either way. I like that even though he does watch movies and does not play any video games he still managed to compliment the game devs several times and disregard the movie as very lovely.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:41
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Seems like a real dude, can't fault him for not having played the games. Most people his age don't even know how to use a computer much less play games on them.
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Apr 13, 2016 04:23
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Completed Open Sesame! in HOS. For a heist that was supposed to be bloodless that went to hell rather quickly.
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Apr 13, 2016 07:08
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When CDPR was creating the first Witcher they were afraid of pissing off the books' hardcore fans to the point that they decided to use a random Witcher not to step on the canon. Sapkowski then told them to just go ahead and use Geralt and basically gave them the blessing to continue the saga how they pleased. He's really ok and was always fair to the creators. What does it matter if an old dude, who spends most of his day in a library reading historical books, played the newest next generation RPG. Game fans are a bunch of butthurt children and can't even manage to be thankful to a guy who came up with the franchise's universe as if it's something that was just always there and not written from scratch.
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Apr 13, 2016 07:43
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Yeah, especially because the Witcher games really aren't user friendly to people unfamiliar with video games, even on Easy.
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Apr 13, 2016 07:45
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Palpek posted:Game fans are a bunch of butthurt children and can't even manage to be thankful to a guy who came up with the franchise's universe as if it's something that was just always there and not written from scratch. So fanfiction writers.
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Apr 13, 2016 15:33
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Palpek posted:When CDPR was creating the first Witcher they were afraid of pissing off the books' hardcore fans to the point that they decided to use a random Witcher not to step on the canon. Sapkowski then told them to just go ahead and use Geralt and basically gave them the blessing to continue the saga how they pleased. He's really ok and was always fair to the creators. What does it matter if an old dude, who spends most of his day in a library reading historical books, played the newest next generation RPG. Game fans are a bunch of butthurt children and can't even manage to be thankful to a guy who came up with the franchise's universe as if it's something that was just always there and not written from scratch.
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Apr 13, 2016 15:36
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I have a weird issue where cutscenes will "pause". I can skip with space and everything and the game runs fine afterwards. It's not laggy or choppy it just... doesn't play. Like someone forgot to press play or something.
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Apr 13, 2016 16:47
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Heats of stone: gah that's not how you use a ladle!
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Apr 13, 2016 21:33
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Completed Hearts of Stone. Holy poo poo that was an unnerving finale. But I solved the riddle, and I feel satisfied. Gaunter O'Dimm, you creepy, fascinating bastard. Then I looked up the other endings. Don't really seem worth it as a deal with the devil should be. EXCEPT for the Ciri ending. Wow, that is some forethought, if you're still level thirty while ignoring the main quest.
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Apr 14, 2016 01:28
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honestly the "good guy" ending to HoS seems really weird and tone deaf compared to the rest of the expansion. I assume they threw it in because, well, gotta have a paragon ending i guess, but siding with O'Dimm is way, way better.
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Apr 14, 2016 01:36
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andrew smash posted:honestly the "good guy" ending to HoS seems really weird and tone deaf compared to the rest of the expansion. I assume they threw it in because, well, gotta have a paragon ending i guess, but siding with O'Dimm is way, way better. I don't think so. Olgierd reminded me a lot of the themes that surrounded Philip Strenger. A monstrous person that you have every right to hate, but can still feel sympathy for. Because as much as Olgierd deserves what is coming to him, he doesn't deserve O'Dimm. It's Geralt forced to choose "a lesser evil". Olgierd is human evil. O'Dimm is Evil Incarnate.
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Apr 14, 2016 01:47
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Arcsquad12 posted:I don't think so. Olgierd reminded me a lot of the themes that surrounded Philip Strenger. A monstrous person that you have every right to hate, but can still feel sympathy for. Because as much as Olgierd deserves what is coming to him, he doesn't deserve O'Dimm. It's Geralt forced to choose "a lesser evil". Olgierd is human evil. O'Dimm is Evil Incarnate.
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Apr 14, 2016 02:06
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Accordion Man posted:Also Olgierd genuinely seems that he won't waste his second chance. You know who else genuinely seemed like he wouldn't waste his second chance? That's right,
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Apr 14, 2016 02:13
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Accordion Man posted:Also Olgierd genuinely seems that he won't waste his second chance. I don't necessarily agree with that, but if he dies, he still gets what he deserves.
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Apr 14, 2016 03:05
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andrew smash posted:honestly the "good guy" ending to HoS seems really weird and tone deaf compared to the rest of the expansion. I assume they threw it in because, well, gotta have a paragon ending i guess, but siding with O'Dimm is way, way better. Not at all, I made up my mind to gently caress O'Dimm as hard as I could when the bastard branded my face. Nothing could make me take his side after that. He was also clearly a torturous evil bastard but that's not a deal-breaker, branding me like a cow was.
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Apr 14, 2016 03:17
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Arcsquad12 posted:I don't necessarily agree with that, but if he dies, he still gets what he deserves. Deserve to die? Sure. Deserve to have his soul clamed by Literally The Devil? Ehhhh.
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Apr 14, 2016 04:24
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Ahh, wolves! How do I fight these furry fuckers as Ciri? They are the only enemy that gives me a hard time.
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Apr 14, 2016 04:35
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Red Mundus posted:Ahh, wolves! How do I fight these furry fuckers as Ciri? They are the only enemy that gives me a hard time. If any enemy gives you a hard time as Ciri then you're just not spamming flash in random directions fast enough. Wolfs? They're only a threat if they corner you, but how can you be cornered when you can literally flash through them as often as you want.
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Apr 14, 2016 04:46
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SirSamVimes posted:Deserve to die? Sure. Deserve to have his soul clamed by Literally The Devil? Ehhhh. That's what I meant. I absolutely do not think he deserves to go to O'Dimm. But if he's got his soul back, he can still be held accountable for his crimes the old fashioned way.
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Apr 14, 2016 04:48
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I tho Olgeird and O'Dimm are actually very similar people, with the difference being one of magnitude. "Let me tell you a story of a man, worse than most... who delights in the suffering of others" or something along those lines. They're like twisted reflections of each other in a... mirror
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Apr 14, 2016 06:11
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Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't Olgierd's evil mostly due to the deal he made with O'Dimm in the first place? Turning his heart to stone and accelerating his hedonic adaptation way out of proportion? Maybe Olgierd was an arsehole from the start, I forget.
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Apr 14, 2016 09:07
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Bobfly posted:Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't Olgierd's evil mostly due to the deal he made with O'Dimm in the first place? Turning his heart to stone and accelerating his hedonic adaptation way out of proportion? Maybe Olgierd was an arsehole from the start, I forget. He dabbled in banditry and sold out his brother to get what he wanted but he didn't seem to be EVIL.
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Apr 14, 2016 11:08
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Palpek posted:When CDPR was creating the first Witcher they were afraid of pissing off the books' hardcore fans to the point that they decided to use a random Witcher not to step on the canon. Sapkowski then told them to just go ahead and use Geralt and basically gave them the blessing to continue the saga how they pleased. He's really ok and was always fair to the creators. What does it matter if an old dude, who spends most of his day in a library reading historical books, played the newest next generation RPG. Game fans are a bunch of butthurt children and can't even manage to be thankful to a guy who came up with the franchise's universe as if it's something that was just always there and not written from scratch. Well, part of the reason he was so easy going with his material was that he is really old school (note how he calls comic books "catalogues"), he thinks that computer games are some kind of variations of tetris or pacman and books is the only medium that can tell a story, so he was like "lol do whatever you want you crazy bastards". I doubt he even wants to look at the game, them being a silly waste of time 
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Apr 14, 2016 11:57
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Lareine posted:He dabbled in banditry and sold out his brother to get what he wanted but he didn't seem to be EVIL. He was an rear end in a top hat and shady as gently caress, but I don't think he was evil pre-Gaunter.
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Apr 14, 2016 12:01
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Apr 14, 2016 12:14
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MMMMMMMMBOY
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Apr 14, 2016 12:21
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"Well, since it leaked anyway..."
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Apr 14, 2016 12:37
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Megazver posted:"Well, since it leaked anyway..." 
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Apr 14, 2016 12:45
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rad as hell
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Apr 14, 2016 12:46
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Megazver posted:"Well, since it leaked anyway..."
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Apr 14, 2016 13:07
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Palpek posted:No, don't drink it Geralt, it's not wine. but so tasty/refreshing
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Apr 14, 2016 13:14
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Spoiler quarantine begins now!
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Apr 14, 2016 13:24
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Palpek posted:No, don't drink it Geralt, it's not wine. It's Blood AND Wine 
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Apr 14, 2016 13:26
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That is gangster as gently caress.
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Apr 14, 2016 13:38
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smokin' fisstech sippin' on blood & wine laaaid back
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Apr 14, 2016 13:43
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:smokin' fisstech sippin' on blood & wine I don't think you're supposed to smoke fisstech... Don't you absorb it through your mucuous membranes?
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Apr 14, 2016 13:54
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It's weird to me that Sapkowski, or any author, wouldn't be irresistibly curious about what they'd done with his material. The games sold millions of copies and dozens of highly talented artists spent years bringing his world to life - how can he know that and be like, "whatever, not worth a look"? Along the same lines, I know Ken Kesey hated how they changed the PoV character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but when someone's adaptation of your story wins five academy awards, and you still refuse to try watching it... I don't get that.
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