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The Witcher 3: Horse training simulator.

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  • eobeteobet 8-bit childhood SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Why can't I find any video of the 45 minute developer playthrough of the game from Gamescon?

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    king looks great. cant wait to
    see him with the helmet off. i hope hes a badass looking space elf, like more badass than iorveth.

    i will seriously lol if it turns out the king is
    a split timeline version of alvin.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Does downsampling really provide a noticeable increase in image quality?

    It deblurrs things. Like, the big fat golden squares on Foltests robe are a bit blurred even at max. Downsampled they look more detailed. Of course, this "extra detail" is applied to everything, not just those lapels. Every item and texture on the screen is more detailed. It also AA's everything and it's less resource intensive than ubersampling.

    It's not really worth it though for general gameplay I reckon. It's more a screenshot kind of thing. Neither is ubersampling. I can't stand input lag.

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    king looks great. cant wait to
    see him with the helmet off. i hope hes a badass looking space elf, like more badass than iorveth.

    i will seriously lol if it turns out the king is
    a split timeline version of alvin.
    Nah he can't be, as OP as Alvin/Ciri are I doubt they can spontaneously turn into elves. Especially space elves.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Input lag is the worst, yeah, especially in a game as reaction-intensive as Witcher 2.

    I love how the King looks.
    Like he killed and skinned a Nazgul

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  • grouch993grouch993 Both a man and a numberRegistered User regular
    Just dusted off Witcher 2 last night and discovered that the bullshit QTE dragon event was made possible for non-twitch types. But I crashed to desktop shortly after reaching the lit room and disheveled Lady. PC/Steam version.

    Does this game crash a bit? Or maybe I have some problem with a corrupted save or file? Was going to remove and have steam redownload and see if that helps at all. But wanted to see if the crashing was typical.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Crashing isn't very typical, no, unless your graphics card is overheating

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  • PriscaPrisca Registered User regular
    Dark Horse and CDPR to collaborate on a Witcher comic:
    So, it's only natural that at New York Comic Con 2013, they'd announce their latest - like others, it's built off an RPG, but unlike others, it will be cast with the main playable character from the series. Teased just prior to the convention, Dark Horse and CD Projekt RED are teaming for an all-new story in the comic book version of The Witcher. Hailing from writer Paul Tobin, the series features Geralt in an all-new adventure that weaves itself into the canon of the games.

    http://www.newsarama.com/19175-nycc-exclusive-the-witcher-comes-to-comics-at-dark-horse.html

  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    Needs another comic starring Dandelion.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    oh neat. their last comic was pretty great

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    Anybody have a link to a good wiki or something where I can read all of the plot for The Witcher 1. I've given up trying to actually play it, because I find some of the systems fun but the game in general intolerable. Based on what i've heard about the changes in 2, I think I will actually enjoy playing that one, and 3 of course looks incredible, but I want to make sure I know all the major plot points of 1. The furthest I ever made it was to the swamp or whatever, fairly early.

  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Anybody have a link to a good wiki or something where I can read all of the plot for The Witcher 1. I've given up trying to actually play it, because I find some of the systems fun but the game in general intolerable. Based on what i've heard about the changes in 2, I think I will actually enjoy playing that one, and 3 of course looks incredible, but I want to make sure I know all the major plot points of 1. The furthest I ever made it was to the swamp or whatever, fairly early.

    I actually got that far before ending the game at that point on my very first playthrough. Then when Witcher 2 was about to come out I finally just went back to it and cleared the entire game.

    Keep going, the storyline gets by and large much more interesting and kind of makes up for the janky gameplay.

    Or at the very least have a save game handy to import into Witcher 2.

  • PriscaPrisca Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Sapkowski has confirmed the details of the latest book in the Witcher saga, Storm Season. It's due for release this November.
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    http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/37143-storm-season-new-book-by-andrzej-sapkowski/

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    say what.

    i thought he was done with it? anywho from the sounds of it seems like its a side story to the main saga, neither prequel or sequel.

  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Was anything except for the first two books ever translated to English?

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    Alegis wrote: »
    Was anything except for the first two books ever translated to English?

    The Time of Contempt was released. Book 2 in the Witcher Saga, but the 3rd book about Geralt including the short stories from The Last Wish. Baptism of Fire is due out late February.

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    The Witcher in numbers

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    the "Aw yiss" got me :lol:

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    Also should have posted:

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    Birthday art!

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    36 endings holy shit.

    edit: guessing thats world states rather than completely different endings like w2.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    I'm okay with it signifying world states - I think they come broadly in three big categories with about a dozen world states in each?

    I think that's what it is

    If that's what it is, that's still a massive degree of both variety and granularity

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  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    So I've been reading Time of Contempt.

    Finally got to see two certain people meet up.........and it goes without saying who has the last word is definitely firmly established.

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    Cade wrote: »
    So I've been reading Time of Contempt.

    Finally got to see two certain people meet up.........and it goes without saying who has the last word is definitely firmly established.

    I'm guessing it's
    Triss and Yenn?

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    36 different endings is less than it sounds. It's just 6 different main events with two endings each.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    Prisca wrote: »
    Board game reveal at GamesCom

    Roll for foreplay.

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  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    Lorahalo wrote: »
    Cade wrote: »
    So I've been reading Time of Contempt.

    Finally got to see two certain people meet up.........and it goes without saying who has the last word is definitely firmly established.

    I'm guessing it's
    Triss and Yenn?

    Yup.

    That would be it.

  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    Seeing Red, the Story of CD Projekt and how the console version of The Witcher: The White Wolf was almost the end.

    Lots of great information there, read up, you'll learn how they developed Witcher 2 in half the time as the first, had to cut content hence why the third act was so short and more.

    If your a fan, this article is for you.

  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    They were going to include The Valley of Flowers? That sounds amazing. Too bad we missed out.

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  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    That's a good article. I want to play the first Witcher game.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The first Witcher game is a seriously jank-ass PC RPG with some real problems with how it treats female characters

    But for all that it's still a pretty good time, it's just that its sequel is better in pretty much every way

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  • JediabiwanJediabiwan Registered User regular
    The Witcher in numbers

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    Haha that jumping box is the best! Aw yiss indeed!

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    So I'm reading The Time of Contempt

    I gotta say, this book is seriously enhancing my understanding of the games, particularly the second one

    Quite a few people in here would enjoy these books to death

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    Worst part of reading this thread, waiting for more Witcher 3 news. :(

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The Witcher books are great ways to pass the time

    Find them at your local library

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    I'm currently stuck in the middle of a Dan Abnett omnibus, it'll be a while. :P

  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    http://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/1qrddk/translation_of_a_russian_cdpr_interview_some_new/
    KM - Will our choices maded in The Wither 1 affect The Witcher 3? (giving soul of Jacques de Aldersberg to Wild Hunt or not)
    MP - We will implement different consequences of your previous decisions from TW1 and TW2 and you will probably see some characters because of your choices which you made in both games.
    KM - Will we see absolutely new mini-games?
    MP - Yes.
    KM - Will we see dice poker again?
    MP - Definitely not. We planned several mini-games. Few of them small, and one for two-three minutes and longer.
    KM - Will we see Geralt's outfit from first game?
    MP - I'm not seen model of this outfit yet, I'm not seen most of them actually. In TW3 will be about 30 new outfits. Every of them has absolute diferent look.
    KM - Can we do something else with horse, not just riding on it. Talk or feed maybe?
    MP - Yes, horse have characteristics which you can increase, and train your horse while your journey. You can saddle wild horse with axii, but she runs away after you get down. Geralt will talk with Roach, just like in "52 and half" trailer.
    KM - Will Geralt have realistic needs: eat, drink, sleep and relieve himself?
    MP - No, it will be realistic, but that's not Sims you know.
    KM - Can Geralt steal things?
    MP - Yes, he can. And NPC will react on this.
    KM - Stealth elements?
    MP - No, we are not a big fans of it. And it not fits with our game.
    KM - What about UI? How will inventory look like?
    MP - We don't like lists in TW2 and we want to make it more flexible and with slots or cells for items to find them faster. And limitations will be in remaining free cells not weight.
    KM - How works jumping? There will be special quests with it?
    MP - No, you can just jump through fences, pits and also you can use ladders.
    KM - Can Geralt use additional weapons, like his hook for trophies?
    MP - We prepare something special for this matter, but this is surprise.
    KM - Will you implementing group finishers?
    MP - We working on it and trying to make them smoother. It will be not a cutscenes from TW2, but nonstop fighting.
    KM - Can you tell us more about tactics in combat?
    MP - You were attacked by five bandits. They are in aggressive state. You kill their leader, and others is now in defence state, if there is only one enemy left he will try to escape. And against this one you can use finisher.
    KM - Will we meet tough opponents, which hard to defeat at low levels?
    MP - Yes, you will meet worthy opponents.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    i hope the part where it says "no dice poker" is just a bad translation and it actually means "yes lots of dice poker" because D:

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    ooo, old school inventory, neat

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    Dice poker is pretty fun irl.

    Good way to ruin friendships.

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  • Banzai5150Banzai5150 Registered User regular
    Not a huge fan of Tetris inventory, but I trust them to make it work.

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