Witcher 3 Thread :) talk about anything witcher related.
I spent $60 on this
>>342538279
me too
about to start playing it for the first time
any tips?
>>342539062
Look up a guide on where all the places of power are. Those extra skill points early game will give you a great head start. Also wear and find witcher gear.
is this game any good, everytime i see threads about it nobody talks about anything else besides waifus
>>342539595
Yes, the story and gameplay are very good, also the dlcs are some of the best story dlcs i have ever played.
>>342539062
Gourmet is worth taking if you are one of those high difficulty players for the longevity it gives food regen while playing, if you are playing one of the first two difficulty don't bother.
pick either combat/signs/alchemy and prioritize that first.
the exp system is retarded and you will be op as fuck about mid teens regardless. if you are an open world player who only foes main story first, everything else second, you may not notice it. if you are an explore first, plot second you will despise how much exp this system screws you out of (even when you don't need it)
witcher sets > all
everything else is vendor trash
whirl is snoremode even ezier mode
alchemy best but enjoy the game randomly removing your buffs during a bunch of checkpoints.
Bloody baron best quest chain.
and that's all you 'need' to know, everything else you'll figure out.
who else excited about Gwent Online?
>>342539595
Yeh, game of the decade, maybe of the last decade as well, game is flawless, not even joking.
>>342538279
I got it for free with new Nvidia card
How much should i complete an area before moving on? Im in Velen but its so fucking big and i want to finish this game in my lifetime. Are there any super worthwhile areas/quests to do here that arent the main quests?
?
>>342539949
Not me, I could never really get into gwent.
>>342538279
How? I bought for $42.50 or something on release.
>>342537995
Sent ;)
>>342540138
how did you even enjoy Dodgeman3:Search for Daughterfu?
>>342540074
Don't really worry too much about that stuff, just do things you want to. I would try to do the main quests when you're their recommended level and not over leveled though. I think one of the main flaws in the game's difficulty is that there's so much content to do that you can easily out level the current main quest and it makes it too easy, I think on deathmarch and at or slightly lower than req level everything is well balanced.
>>342540412
I enjoyed it, I played the game 3 times.
>>342539895
i regret getting whirl and now gotta dish out 1k to respect
hardly fuckin have room to use it
>kill an enemy, get 1 xp
>explore around at level 5, find equipment with level req 40
>find out all the gear you find, LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE PIECE, is shit compared to witcher sets. why even bother putting those items in the game?
those 3 things really soured the whole game for me - what's the point of exploring new areas, finding dungeons etc if you never get get anything useable and don't even get xp so you can progress your character? the game tricks you into thinking this is an open world, but really you need to follow an extremely narrow path (with options in dialogue) to progress your character. why would you ever replay this game?
I played through it once at release because the writing and story is above average for a video game, but beyond that I REALLY don't understand all the praise.
>>342540630
There is scaling now as of 1.21, so enemies are always at your level. It doesn't really make sense that you need 20 hits to kill a generic bandit because he's level 40, but if you want a better challenge you can do that
>>342537995
ANTS
>>342541090
I (first playthrough guy) am using better combat enhanced, not sure how that changes things
>>342537995
>:)
Hang yourself.
Would you recommend using a guide/wiki for a first playthrough?
>>342541557
are you some kind of faggot?
>>342541557
I would recommend that, just try not to spoil anything for yourself.
>>342538279
I spent $50 season pass included
no regrets here, its a phenomenal game
>>342539895
new update added scaling. so would that negate any state of being OP early game?
Dump screens niggers
>>342539949
ME. i am. fight my northern realms deck.
alchemy builds are fuckin OP
stackin 3 pots at the moment
troll regen
stamina uses for hp
and archgriffon
shit man i might as well up the difficulty to the highest since i'm at the second to last difficulty setting.
man the game was tough starting out and now its pretty ez mode so i guess it makes me appreciate the sidequests a lot more
Get the expansion pass. HoS and BaW are fantastic and adds stuff in the vanilla game
Dump screenshots you bunch of black fellows
>>342537995
This has to be my favourite video game trailer of all time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjJ614QfeM
dat lullaby
>>342542420
when should i touch hos? i'm level 31 at the final prep part of the main story but really heard good things about the expansions
Screenpo dumpo
>>342542483
where did all your shadows go?
>>342542742
damn thats bad ass
>>342542742
dude gets fucked up and uses a whole bunch of his potions trying to take down one monster, doubt the money was worth it in the end
>>342542837
They are set to high because my 280x can only take so much and keep it 60, where did your screenshots go?
>>342541090
i thought it was just upscaling lower lvl enemies
>>342540953
The point is in the finding
The exploration itsself
If that's not enough for you I understand, but for some people it's enjoyable.
I enjoy collecting all the gear and doing all the quests because they are interesting and it never feels like a chore to do.
Story accompanies every aspect of this game's exploration
There is a song in a trailer that goes "ererereererererererererererererererere" with a nice tune, could any of you give me the name of the song?
>>342544906
Silver for monsters if serious.
>>342541557
Never ever do that.
>>342541673
Literally impossible.
It's like saying:
>"Yo, would you recommend immolation?"
"Yes, just try not to burn."
Regis spinoff game WHEN?
>>342542074
No it just makes enemies who give no exp bs damage you like the high level ones.
Geralt's op because he just has too many good tools and most of the enemies 'only' bring damage to the table. it's better to treat the combat like you do say a batman game, the challenge is not in these guys are hard, but int hat you need to not look like a shitter and win with style.
>tfw running out of quests to do
>>342542345
the biggest penalty to alch builds is the checkpointing likes to randomly remove all your buffs. battle for kaer morhan in particular does this like 7 times.
>>342545318
his vamp form looks like a rat, it distracts me.
I want to pirate. Is there a torrent on Kat with full game all patches and dlc?
>>342545189
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQS4o_bYA_M
Thank you, friendo.
>>342539062
refund it
>Syanna is literally Renfri 2.0
Well they sure do seem to now the source material.
>>342542483
>Cats hiss at geralt
I didn't notice until I got to Toussaint but I'm sure it happens in Novigrad
I love little touches like that
>>342546475
Other than both of them being really bitchy cunts that were cursed by the curse.of the black sun I didn't see a whole lot of similarities
>Played the game when it came out
>Completed it pretty much 100% expecting it to get better at some point.
>Oh, big map with lots of points of interest! ...but they're all shit.
>Oh, cool combat animations! ...but it's clunky and trivially easy on any difficulty.
>Oh, RPG mechanics! ...they're all worthless.
>Crafting, maybe? Lots of ingredients and recipes....that are all trash and not worth the time invested in making them.
>Sidequests maybe? Nah, they're all the same "Pick one of two options" with insulting rewards.
I've beaten the entire game, and I literally cannot fathom ever wanting to re-install it and play it again. Nothing about the game is interesting or compelling enough to make me want to even play the DLC, much less a NG+ or anything.
So...10/10 perfect best game ever made, I guess?
>>342542420
>HoS and BaW are fantastic and adds stuff in the vanilla game
Huh, I didn't realize that. I was waiting to pick those up later but I'm enjoying the base game so maybe nows the time.
>>342544906
>that Philippa
Every time
So, one question, the games are suppossed to happen the books, right?
>>342547389
>The games are supposed to happen the books
After ?
Yes after the books
Geralt dies in the books but gets brought back to life with limited memory in witcher 1
>>342547389
Witcher 3 starts in May 1272 and the last book ended in June 1268.
>>342547038
>Completed it pretty much 100% expecting it to get better at some point.
This is were I know you are just shitposting, no one can be this retarded as to 100% a 200hs if they don't like it.
>>342547538
Geralt died then got resurrected and sent to Avalon with Yen. Death didn't fuck up his memories. It was when they got involved with the Wild hunt that they lost their memories.
>>342547538
Yes, after, sorry.
Thanks senpai.
>>342547735
What the fuck else is there to do?
Already fucking spend full box price on it and can't get a refund.
Might as well at least see everything there is to see, so that way when we're having a conversation about it I don't have to listen to fucktards like you saying "lol u didn't play it enough, it gets good when you do all the content!"
>>342547936
Haven't played the game yet but I do know I will like it based on the fact that I liked the first two games.
TW1>TW2
>>342548450
I liked the first two games too.
TW3 is not very good.
>>342547936
i kinda get waht you're saying anon. your original posts pretty much describes my time with the meat of the game.
i want to explore, i really do, but the controls make it such a fucking chore sometimes. feels like whenever i run around geralt continues to fuckin jog 10 more feet. calling the horse and gettin on it is shit compared to mgs5 horse mounting.
also forced to fight whatever shit comes up to me because horse fear, and combat engaging locks you into a slow ass walk speed.
the only joy i get is doing sidequest/contracts but outleveling the quests make them pointless in a sense depending on if i feel its worth doing.
>>342539062
Don't fall in love to both at the same time. You'll understand.Raven hair > redheads
>>342548626
>also forced to fight whatever shit comes up to me because horse fear, and combat engaging locks you into a slow ass walk speed.
What? I sprint away from enemies all the time while on horse.
>tfw you completed everything there is to do (even the greenhouse quest) in Kaer Morhen and knows you will never return as it's GOAT music plays.
op is a phaggot
>>342548626
>feels like whenever i run around geralt continues to fuckin jog 10 more feet.
God fucking dammit, I wanna go to Poland and stab the motherfucker who thought that having some sort of movement momentum that makes it impossible to hit a precise spot to stand on unless you physically stop moving a few feet before it, as well as being UNABLE TO FUCKING TURN IN PLACE was a good idea. Fuck you, guy.
>and combat engaging locks you into a slow ass walk speed.
I think this is patched now, but yeah. Being on foot and not being able to just run past fights I don't want to be in because "Yeah, they're attacking you, so that means your sword is out and you only backstep" is retarded. Fuck that shit, I don't want to fight more Drowners, I just want to run past them. I want to go in, grab the loot, and walk away because I have no interest in this boring combat.
Why do people say Witcher 1 combat is bad? First time playing and I enjoy it. Pretty strategic.
Real talk;
How long into the game did it take you before you
A.) Stopped looting anything
B.) Stopped selling anything
And don't tell me you never stopped, because we all know that's a lie.
So can I play BaW after beating Eredin or should I go for it now before the final fight starts? I know there's a NG+ so I don't know how that works with the post ending stuff.
How are the books? Really interested in reading at least one of them.
>>342542483
>>342549319
when i kept looting expensive ores and gems from peasant homes I kind of realized the loot was randomly generated to a degree
around 45 hours in
I 100%'d the game today. Including the DLC. Did every undiscovered location, every sidequest I possibly could, made every Grandmaster armor set. 140 hours. Geralt's face at the end of Blood and Wine made me cry
>>342549319
i'm starting to fuckin not want to loot shit anymore since geralt is a clumsy faggot
because in the end, you only need such amount of random droppings to get the gear/alchemy recipes/ingrediants, which you can most likely just buy anyway
>>342549346
You can do it after beating Eredin. some of your conversations will alter to refer to b&w taking place after you fight Eredin if you do. it's much more aware and intended to be a post game DLC than stone.
>>342549538
Bland and badly written/translated. There's a reason despite a comic adaptation and a tv series everyone knows the Witcher from the video game that doesn't follow the plot of the books. Read a summary to get the finer points.
http://www.pcgamer.com/why-i-love-the-witcher-3s-topography/
>CDPR’s artistry is in the small details. Even amid the gentle farmland of White Orchard there’s evidence of geological processes at work. Sheer, sandy banks overhang the river, fringes of grass suggesting ongoing erosion. Where many RPGs would dump a river in a convenient trough in the landscape, The Witcher 3’s ragged, crumbling riverbanks convince me that this stream was flowing eons before Geralt wandered by.
>When the heavens open, rain spatters every exposed surface. Decades-old games can simulate rain of course, but as the torrent develops, rivulets start to run down rock faces, explaining how their deep crevices developed. Even throwaway items like a quest-specific frying pan catches raindrops as you hand it to an NPC.
>Rocks, clifftops, tree roots and all the imperfections that make nature a pain in the arse each get their time to shine. They never feel like assets studding the landscape for variety’s sake, as boulders often do in Skyrim, for example. They are the landscape, born of imagined natural processes. I like to believe The Witcher’s NPCs considered the lay of the land before building their hovels. Roads, for example, typically take the easiest route up a hill, skirting ridges though a straight route would be quicker.
maybe you didn't notice thisbut your brain did
>>342549117
When the fuck does it get strategic? I'm into chapter 3 with 21 hours at this point and there is nothing strategic about it. Strong for slow or stationary enemies, Fast for evasive enemies, Group if you're surrounded. Various oils and potions make shit easier. This is almost mindless, a majority of the time you know what you're going up against and have or will soon have the journal entry for it. I'm enjoying the game but the combat is not something contributing to that enjoyment.
>>342550119
>TW3 the walking simulator
About what I'd expect from 'games journalism.'
>>342537995
>Required level for the Kaer Morhen wolf school armour is 14
>Still in skellige mainly just doing the main quests, level 20
When the fuck can I get one of the only good looking armours in the game already?
>>342540041
>free
>nvidia cards cost twice what they are actually worth
the game was just to sweeten the terrible deal
>>342550769
that poster armor is the best looking to me. too bad i sold it and it sucks shit
rockin superior wolf armor at level 31
>>342550934
It looks pretty great but it's useless once you level up 3-4 times.
Still using the cat school gear.
>>342544906
>that pic
Favorite characters anyone?Letho is a straight badass, Eskel is also pretty bro tier, best girl is obviously Saskia
I got bored of witcher 3 after 25 hours. honestly witcher 2 was better even though it was much shorter.
>>342537995
It's alright but I think Skyrim is better
>>342549615
>>342550934
when i heard of the new wolf armor i was really hoping it would be that set for higher levels
i hate the fuckin vertical stripes honestly
>>342550108
>when npc's get geralts name wrong
i notice every time and it makes me smile. been happening since the books.
>>342541557
Might as well be watching a movie if you do that, the experience would be ruined
Shit game.
>>342540953
I've played through the game twice + dlc once and have never found witcher gear. Played through on death march without it, upgrading gear as I find it is fun.
Not even sure how you get witcher gear, assume it's a thing people look up
so i'm level 31 and got contracts for like level 35 or whatever
are they just monsters that i've already seen but just have a special name? because that was really the charm of having to do a contract of something i haven't fought before
>>342549930
You don't need to craft ANYTHING in the game.
Every sword you pick up from an enemy, every chest you open, every piece of junk you sell, it all just gets added to the pile of "Money I have no use for because there's nothing to buy in the game".
So you end the game with like, 100k gold, and it's completely worthless.
>>342537995
Are there some performance mods or somesuch? I loved 1&2 and need to run this on a semitoaster
>>342551694
i mean in terms of gettin concoctions or whatever the fuck they are called and the materials needed to upgrade witcher gear.
outside of that shit, theres really no need to keep looting shit except for those recipes for alch builds or ways to make runestones better
by then you're already an overpowered piece of shit anyway
>>342543324
thats how you play the game. different potions/oils/bombs/ depending on the beast
>>342546621
You know what I noticed? when I have to swim or dive for something I usually take out the chest, boots and gloves and also the two swords and do it with just the pants and crossbow, well, if you equip the rest of the armor pieces after getting out of the water they wont be wet, just the pants.
>>342551694
That explains why you have money
You don't craft anything
You're playing on nofunallowed mode
>>342555456
>That explains why you have money
>
>You don't craft anything
Dude, I bought every recipe in the game. They're not worth crafting. Why would I spend money to craft potions I never need to use, gear that isn't an upgrade, or whatever the fuck else they didn't bother to spend time making worthwhile?
Money has no purpose in the game.
is the witcher 3 better than the first one ?
>>342539062
If you do all your sidequests you WILL outlevel the main quest at some point. It's normal, doesn't affect anything, you won't automatically fail anything because you are too far ahead or anything.
>>342540074
Do as much as you want.
>>342540953
Witcher sets only is advice for plebs. In reality certain gear compliments certain builds.
I really wish the comment wasn't so shit.
tfw Ciri isn't real
I got the game yesterday and this shit is fucking overwhelming.
>>342557009
>I don't need anything to cut down this tree, just his knife!
>>342553812
I actually noticed this recently when I started getting really into the role playing
I took off my clothes whenever I swam and I noticed after like the third time nothing was wet
The last months before Witcher 3 was releasing, everyone started shitting on this game.
Fuck /v/, I fucking love this game. I can't think of a single quest outside of that flotsam stealth bullshit that didn't like. Even the harpy feather collecting was great because of the result afterwards.
I loved that the choice I made whether to go with Iorveth or Roche determined where I ended up and what would happen at the end of the game. The story was great.
The characters were great and well written, voice acting was superb.
I don't care if the combat was janky, it was passable and considering how good everything else is I don't care.
>>342559174
It's a great game but I play something else when I need better fights. It's interactions, dialogue and characters are top tier.
>>342558432
I don't know what you're implying.
That the game is somehow more fun when you waste time crafting junk you don't need?
That the game is somehow more fun when you load up on potions and stuff that make it even easier, when it's already pitiful?
That somehow funneling looted junk into the retarded crafting system is fun?
im looking forward to the ciri easter egg/cameo in cyberpunk 2077
>>342559260
Absolutely.
>>342559335
So you went through the full game on deathmarch without any potions and just witcher gear, that's what you are saying
>>342559629
>So you went through the full game on deathmarch without any potions
I turned it up to DM like 1/3 of the way in, and completely forgot about it because it was still boringly easy once you learn how to side-step.
At no point did I feel the need to use oils or potions to any real extent.
>>342559813
>Being a quen spamming fast attack cheeser
Way to play the game in the least fun and most ham fisted way possible
>>342539294
>any tips before I start this game that heavily emphasizes exploration?
>sure just look up a guide that tells you where all the cool shit is so you don't have to explore too much
What a fucking worthless advice
>>342557974
game just turned into dad simulator for meI cried a bit when she was reunited with Geralt and he realized she was alive.all their little bonding moments were so heartwarming and I actually felt proud of her at the end.
>>342559813
How do you kill arachnomorphs
>>342559990
>You need to intentionally use sub-optimal play methods because that makes it fun!
Sure, yeah, I believe you. I totally believe that somehow my experience would have been massively different had I somehow played the way you think is the "right" way.Also I didn't use Quen that much, I just rolled and sidestepped a lot.
>>342560126
the one you are targeting backs up until it hits a wall, that's literally ALL they do. drink anti poison potion and run at one until it backs up into a wall, or place yrden and die of boredom waitign for one to bother walking into it.
ootherwise go witht he old standard WhIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRL
>>342539949
I thought it worked perfectly inside the game, but I doubt it can stand on its own without finding dudes to challenge, cards to find in secret places and doing cool quests in an open world
>>342560175
It's not about being sub optimal
It's about not cheesing the game
Sapkowski wrote his crappy books as if sword fighting was ballet
So the devs took that and ran
So pretend to be a witcher, take some potions, and feel the rhythm of the fight and dance with it instead of hammering quen and roll
But the game actually becomes more fun if you read at least the 2 anthology books sapkowski wrote and get to know the characters and world a bit and get enveloped in the game instead of just treating it like any other shitty game
>>342560501
I just want you to know, all your arguments are complete shit.
You're saying "The game is great if you pretend it's great".
>>342560126
let them spit web and catch you, then hold the block button, as you can still parry their attacks even when tangled
Axii and Yrden help as well
>>342560692
it's fucking batman logic combat. your guy is broken as fuck and everything ends up a joke, so you either derive fun from trying to 'look' badass not taking damage, or you accept the enemies are idiots and power kill everything as fast as possible.
>>342560692
You probably post those threads that say "why didn't frodo just fly the eagles to Mt doom"
It's hard for you to imagine putting out a little extra effort I bet because you're just damn lazy
>>342560969
>Beat the game on the hardest difficulty
>"You need to put more effort in!"
Uh huh. This is what we call "bad apologetics".
>>342561101
>Play easy game
>Beat it using the easiest least inventive method
You probably just used the cape to fly past all the levels in super mario world just because "it's the optimal way to play"
>>342560861
or you can literally run at the one you locked on and it does nothing but back up until it hits a wall then you can like most bugs perma stunlock them them in fast attack.
Arachnamorphs may be the most pathetic enemy AI in the entire game.
How does this make you feel, anon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5SzrrxFlNg
>>342561393
assuming it's related to the stupid Empress ending indifferent, i went with witcher ending the only ending worth a damn.
>woman's entire life is her being a slave to a destiny, and people using her and telling her what she should do because they said so, yeah the best ending is totally where you let her dad further guilt obligations on her the SECOND she's even remotely free to choose her own path.
I could understand it if free temeria required empress Ciri to enact it, but there's NO need for her to be a fucking ruler ever.
>>342561372
in enclosed areas, sure
but when fighting them in the open, unless you manage to make it back up against a tree or a rock or something, you have to bait them into getting closer
of course you can just simply run away, since there's no need to fight them
I do agree that they are shitty enemies though
>>342561372
>>342562093
You guys know northern wind bombs trivializes them, right?
I think samum also stuns them reliably
>>342562381
My point is more to show they have one of the 'saddest' AI patterns in the game.
speaking of why do the Centipedes when coming up in a yrden trap almost always face opposite to you? are they always coming up this way or is this just some random annoyance bug?
>>342562381
Sorry anon we are talking about no crafting runs so you can fuck right off with that.
