| 22 MAY 2011 at 4:13pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Donna (22 MAY 2011 10:29am)
Ugh I'm on the verge of trashing this game into recycle bin. The combat is too hard, I'm incredibly annoyed by Geralt's slow response. I have to press Block attack button SEVERAL TIMES before it works, same for rolling and casting signs. Dumb slow animation.
dkaldlajdklajdkjdkajdlk
Hmpf.
You are running out of Vigor most likely. When you do thing sin combat it costs vigor (like parrying, using signs, etc).
The best way around this is to skill up in the tree that gives you vigor regen in-combat and you can also use potions that give you vigor.
This is one reason why dodge seems better to me, if you turtle with blocking (which doesn't absorb 100% of the dmg either, until you lv it up twice) you'll deplete your vigor quickly.
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| 22 MAY 2011 at 5:25pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Still taken back sometimes by the lighting and post processing effects this game uses. It's like walking into a painting.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8s0E3.jpg[/IMG]
I also found another good easter egg if you know what game it's taking a jab at
http://i.imgur.com/UB7cP.jpg
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| 22 MAY 2011 at 5:32pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | I'm levelling up... slowly. Tho fighting has been a lot easier since Chapter 1, I guess I got used to controls
Stiler, would you please put 'easter eggs' behind a spoiler tag in the future? I'd like to discover these things on my own but still be able to participate in this thread :C
I agree, post-processing is gorgeous. My screenshot folder is filling up quickly
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 4:23am |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Donna (22 MAY 2011 10:29am)
Ugh I'm on the verge of trashing this game into recycle bin. The combat is too hard, I'm incredibly annoyed by Geralt's slow response. I have to press Block attack button SEVERAL TIMES before it works, same for rolling and casting signs. Dumb slow animation.
dkaldlajdklajdkjdkajdlk
Hmpf.
You are aware that block takes vigor right? Perhaps you are out of Vigor when you try to block sometimes and therefore it doesnt happen (Just a thought). I am on Act I in Flotsam and combat is decidedly easier once you have upgraded a few skills. (especially with upgraded Quen). I roll rather than block anyway.
EDIT: Someone beat me to it (pays to read entire thread before posting I guess )
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 6:48am |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | That's alright I prefer to roll away, too, but sometimes it's faster to block and it's not fun when he refuses to do it. "I'm too tired to raise my arm, ooo what a poor and weak Witcher I am!" :/
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 7:23am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I just start buttonmashing furiously before the opponent has a chance to lift his arm. The problem is when someone attacks you from the front and another from behind, in which case I roll past the person in front of me to attack him from behind. It gets harder with mobs, of course.. (And aren't drowners amazingly more deadly in mobs than the were in the first game? Also harder to kite, I've found. I find nekkers and those spider thingies (because they don't clump so many together, perhaps) easier than drowners, actually... Rats, I need a game with rats. )
Ugh, and I hate the fistfighting QTE's...- if only the button would flash on the same place on the screen every time, but I have a big screen, so I don't always manage to see the yellow button against a variegated background in time...
I replayed much of the first part in order to rather let the La Valette guy live, and am a bit behind the rest of you - now still busy doing preparations for the Karyan thing.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 4:27pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | I like the QTEs, actually, they are easy enough. I have a big screen, too, and I agree it's a bit hard to see the buttons sometimes.
I'm behind, too, because I'm super dumb. I lost at least an hour because I looted/sold things around town, just to accidentally sell items I did not want to sell. Buying them back left me at 2 orens, so I reloaded... and made the same mistake two more times. fml.
Damn, I didn't know you could let emo Valette live. I tried to be as neutral as possible, but ended up facing him off 1 on 1.
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 5:20pm |
| Deleted User | I'm still at the Prologue myself but will be far behind everyone as time goes on. I like to check and loot everything as well as take on as many quests as possible. So far the game is stunning and took a little while to get used to the combat tatics. Boy, you sure do have to use everything at your disposal to move along without much trouble. Looks like the first patch should be out soon for those having technical problems. I was lucky and only needed a few tweaks to get it running smooth at max settings. Happy Gaming.
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 5:45pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Regarding QTE's. I was taken back at first because of how they move around the screen, but then I realized that the location of them correspond to the button. ONce you realise this it makes it a LOT easier because you don't even hav eto look at the letter. W = top, S = bot, A = left, D = right area of the left half of your screen. Then the moues button's appear on the right side of the screen.
Originally Posted By Donna (23 MAY 2011 4:27pm)
I like the QTEs, actually, they are easy enough. I have a big screen, too, and I agree it's a bit hard to see the buttons sometimes.
I'm behind, too, because I'm super dumb. I lost at least an hour because I looted/sold things around town, just to accidentally sell items I did not want to sell. Buying them back left me at 2 orens, so I reloaded... and made the same mistake two more times. fml.
Damn, I didn't know you could let emo Valette live. I tried to be as neutral as possible, but ended up facing him off 1 on 1.
lol emo, Spoiler AlertI didn't know you could either. I thought it was far better to face him in a duel so that his men would stand down and you wouldn't have to kill all of them, to me that seemed more like what Geralt would do. If you do this when you are in the dungeon you'll come across his mother instead of him being tortured, which some of the male players might not prefer lol).
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 6:11pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | No, I'm glad I let him live. (Upon my second replay right back from when I was already sneaking through prison)
If you do, you still don't have to kill his men, and like Stiler says, he gets it instead of his mother, plus you just generally feel better, plus you get his help out of jail. I suspect it has an effect later on in the game too. With his mother perhaps? on't know, just heard a rumor).
What's really bugging me now, is that I can't seem to find any storage for my goodies... :-/
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 6:33pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | So... is it bad that I Spoiler Alertkilled everyone in prison instead of sneaking? (Whatshisface, with turban, already scolded me. "You were supposed to sneak out, not murder everyone!" EH.)
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 7:03pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (23 MAY 2011 6:11pm)
No, I'm glad I let him live. (Upon my second replay right back from when I was already sneaking through prison)
If you do, you still don't have to kill his men, and like Stiler says, he gets it instead of his mother, plus you just generally feel better, plus you get his help out of jail. I suspect it has an effect later on in the game too. (With his mother perhaps? Don't know, just heard a rumor).
What's really bugging me now, is that I can't seem to find any storage for my goodies... :-/
The non-storage annoyed me greatly, especially once you get out of the prologue and into Flotsam. You'll likely be encumbered soon and have to sell a bunch of things, even crafting things (because they can take up a LOOOOT o fweight).
So I d/led a mod that made crafting supplies weigh just 0.1 a piece, which has been soooooo much better. It still keeps weights normal for eoquipment, but you can pick herbs and make traps/bombs without really worrying about going over weight with it.
You can find the mod here in this thread:
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/the_witcher_2/full_list_of_mods/page1
There's also one that completely removes the weight limit but that one felt a bit too "cheaty" for me.
Also it's being reported that people have found a MAJOR FPS issue, it's caused by, you guessed it, the DRM.
Apparently the Securom (which is in the REtail version and Direct2drive) is causing around a 10-15FPS hit! That's absurd.
IF you are using the retail or D2D version you can replace the Witcher.exe with the GoG version and the Paul.dll (both are needed to work). This will not only increase your FPS by 10-15 but it also stops the game from taking so long to load at the start (When you see the Wolf logo splash screen).
I'm not sure where this treads on the JA rules. I can't find a good reliable source to get it yet since most everyone I know got it from either Steam or D2D. If anyone here has the GoG version and could send me those two files I'd greatly appreciate it.
Info about it:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/580627-witcher-2-performance-issues-solved.html
Link to d/l files there were deleted .
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 7:07pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | I believe these are the files you are looking for: http://www.mediafire.com/?b59voyw5uk5xgo0
Did a quick test and the game definitely launches faster So thank you!
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 7:40pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Thank you Dona! Gonna try that when I can, hope it works as good as some people say.
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 7:56pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Thanks for the link, Dona! How infuriationg that I have to be thusly punished for buying my nicely packaged copy ....
Yes, I've already been encumbered and to drop things out in the forest, while I was hunting Nekkers and the Endriag queen, and had downed some potions that were running out of time...
Ooh, thanks for linking to those mods, Stiler!
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 8:42pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | lol Trav, you are already ahead of me even though you started later.
BTW, how did you...
Spoiler AlertNot kill Ayran but also not kill most of us men? In the dialogue tree I didn't see anything that hinted toward that path, so I assume you had the choice of either fighting him and his men or choosing ot duel him and save his men from dying by your hand too..
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| 23 MAY 2011 at 10:37pm |
| Deleted User | Definitely loads much faster now compared with my original retail version files.
However the frame rate seems unaffected even though it always seems to improve the longer I play per session. :-/
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 7:15am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (23 MAY 2011 8:41pm)
lol Trav, you are already ahead of me even though you started later.
BTW, how did you...
Spoiler AlertNot kill Ayran but also not kill most of us men? In the dialogue tree I didn't see anything that hinted toward that path, so I assume you had the choice of either fighting him and his men or choosing ot duel him and save his men from dying by your hand too..
Nevermind, I'll fall even more behind soon, since i really should be working and studying rather than playing
Re Aryan:
Spoiler AlertThe first time I played, I thought like you, and said: "This is between the two of us" which then leads to Geralt duelling him.
Then when I was altready at the jail part, I heard someone saying somewhere that if you let Ayran rather live, it will turn out better for you later in the game, so I reloaded a muuuch earlier save and went through all that dragon nonsense again, right up to the prison break.
The second time around, I said to him : "on't be a fool" ("Or don't be foolish" and then if he asks about his mother, you must say that Foltest has protected her. I think you must also say that Foltest will be merciful, or something like that.
He then ends up trowing down his sword and saying he'll get back at Geralt if his mother is hurt. His men also throw down their swords then, at the end.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 8:58am |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Ok.. I'm having some sort of black out here... Before I start playing the game, can any of you please enlighten me on how the previous game ended? I seriously don't remember much! :-/
By the way, on another note, Fable 3 has come out as well, right?
I guess I'll have a fun summer this year...
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 10:24am |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Spoilers for The Witcher, naturally:
Spoiler AlertThe ending of The Witcher doesn't really figure much into the sequel, at least not so far (though I'm still only in Chapter 1). In short (from what I myself can remember), Geralt fights in the streets of Vizima, either on the side of the Order or of the Squirrels, or just trying to limit the carnage by himself, and is given a vision of Ithlinne's prophecy come true, with the world locked in an ice age and primitive beasts all that is left of humanity.
Geralt fights the grandmaster of the Order and kills him, thus ending the ascendancy of the Order of the Flaming Rose. In the end no one really "wins" the conflict in Vizima: the Squirrels and the human governments are still at odds, and everyone's just that much more angry over their dead and wounded.
One other notable point is that, even if you save Adda from the striga curse, she is, for plot reasons, said to have died in the sequel.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 3:56pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Umm, did you import your save Jking?
Also you forgot important parts of the Witcher ending.
Spoiler AlertGeralt is with Foltest at the end of the Witcher collecting his reward. As Geralt is leaving he senses danger and realizes that someone is there to kill the king. HE rushes back kto save him and fights with the assassin to save foltest. Geralt saves Foltest and realizes that the would be assassin is a Witcher.
AS far as Adda goes, if you import your save and in it you've saved her, Foltest will mention that she is now married to the king of redania (not dead).
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 5:48pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Thanks for your comments guys.
Sadly, I can't seem to remember who Adda is... :-/
I won't be importing my saves as I no longer have them.
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 5:52pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Adda was the princess/monsters.
How scalable is this game? I might get my hands on a better used graphics card, and while my computer is still slightly bellow minimum specs, it might work on 800*600 and low graphics settings in general.
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 6:41pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Inesrocks (24 MAY 2011 5:48pm)
Thanks for your comments guys.
Sadly, I can't seem to remember who Adda is... :-/
I won't be importing my saves as I no longer have them.
This should help:
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Adda_the_White
(Make sure you read the game version, it's a bit different then her from the book.
Originally Posted By Fnord (24 MAY 2011 5:52pm)
Adda was the princess/monsters.
How scalable is this game? I might get my hands on a better used graphics card, and while my computer is still slightly bellow minimum specs, it might work on 800*600 and low graphics settings in general.
It has quite a few things to tweak, turning off AA/SSAO/Ubersampling can almost double your fps easily an dthat's on the same texture setting.
BTW Fnord never heard from you about my graphic card, were you still interested in it? (My older 9800GX2, I'm not sure if there was a problem with it last time or my monitor so I'm not sure if it'd work 100% or what since I can't test it).
PM me if you are and I'll try and find it and get it to you if you want.
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