TheMightyEthan Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 On this I will not budge. I will hold the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Is that meant for gaming catchphrases? Or are you just stubbornly refusing to buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 The cards were even censored initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 I'm stubbornly refusing to buy it, because of my above post about already having too many games I'm never going to actually play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 But you need to finish it before the second one arrives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 The cards were even censored initially. Only in the prude countries. Our Dryads had less hair too. As for the trading cards, doesn't have too much to do with some good dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 I think Mister Jack was making a joke anyway. As in... 'This game is incredibly well-written and mature' 'Don't you collect nudey cards of women?' 'Oh, yeah. Teehee.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Thanks Dean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendish_Foe Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 So I finished the first one it last night after having it gathering dust on my shelf since release. Loved it a lot with all it's flaws. Definitely going to buy the the next one, just cant decide which language version to get. I played the first one in original polish (cause that's how pro i am) and thought the voice acting was alright, hence the question was the english voice acting bearable in the first one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 For all the main characters it was. Also... isn't it just going to have a language option like the first game did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendish_Foe Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 the polish version only had polish as a language option. i was most displeased... did the others have different languages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 The NA version had multiple language options in fact. I would switch back and forth between English and Polish depending on my mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendish_Foe Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Might go for the UK version then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slatz_grobnik Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 When I hear about the Witcher, my first thought, and I'm not trying to be a smartass here, is "why should I play this instead of Dragon Age or Elder Scrolls"? What sets THIS RPG apart from all the cookie cutter ones on the pc? - Two Words: Vizima Confidential. A lot of games talk sandbox or having thousands of choices. While there are segments that collapse, The Witcher is one of the few games I know that has a few incredibly detailed, multi-faceted quests, with different ways to deal with it and none of this newfangled hand-holding. A lot of the choices are, for lack of a better term, meaningful: you're able to make informed character choices. - A lot of 'mature' or 'dark' fantasy...isn't. The Witcher is a lot higher grade (possibly if you excuse the playing cards, but there is at least some sort of vague, in game justification for how and why you get a lot of women to sleep with you). In a lot of ways, the motifs are more suited to a cyberpunk setting. But there's a lot of it that feels much more realistic than your typical game, even non-fantasy ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-20-retrospective-the-witcher-article EG have a "retrospective" on the first game. Maybe worth a look through for those interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/03/15/gog-com-offers-exclusive-pre-order-video-chat-with-the-witcher-2/ Certainly quite the incentive. I'm kinda juggling between price and if I want my items physically . I think I'll be ordering a physical copy from Play or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I read about it earlier and figured that I'd risk the DRM. I mean really I know they want to push GoG but this is not the way... Disclaimer: Tainted with personal opinions. Buying from GoG is still around £2 more than buying the same version in retail. The price can come down further closer to release. Plus iirc The Witcher tends to go down in price fast at retail and this is not going to win any favours for an early purchase. I think they're forgetting that while The Witcher is a good title the other titles during release are Brink, F3AR (both better on the PC), Heroes 6 (which is my personal preference) and of course LA Noire. Of course the Witcher 2 and LA Noire will get most coverage. But I don't think this is a good incentive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Yeah, they dropped the price on GoG but it's still not massively competitive with other outlets. And GoG should be able to get new folks through it's old games, which are good. I've bought a few games through them, not bad experience compared to other DD outlets. Helps their games are as updated as they'll ever be which is a slight issue with other DD outlets. Still, they have their own DD network, can't hate em for doing some self-publishing even it it's maybe not a very appropriate game for the service they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 That I do agree. I mean I do buy games from GoG (rebought BG1 and 2, Psychonauts, Planescape etc) but if they could've been more competitive with the price and not do 'hey our version is DRM free but all the rest have DRM'. That's just leaves me feeling a bit irate. Though I can totally understand that they want to promote their other businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I played Witcher 1 and hated it. Bland combat, wonky voice acting, presentation issues (what is UP with that "door opening" sound when you transition between maps?), and a skull-crushingly boring first chapter. I couldn't stomach much past the second chapter, but recently I've kept hearing that the general consensus is that the beginning is terrible, but once you get past some swamp area (dunno, never got there) the game picks up very well until the end. So now I'm wondering if I should go back and bother. Witcher 2 looks genuinely good and since I already have Witcher 1 it'd be a no-brainer to finish it, but I really wasn't enjoying it and I have plenty of other games to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yeah I'll be honest, I'm replaying it and Geralts VA isn't bad, but some of it could do with a bit of work. Kinda Oblivion-esque And I'm a fan of the combat, it kinda grows on you. It's not like it's terrible and awkward, just can be a bit bland I guess. Seems they're really going for a more visual feast with fancy flourishes n such in the second. If you hit spot on (the combat kinda plays like guitar hero with "good" "perfect" n "miss") if you get the "perfect" he goes all out and it looks pretty fancy. Most the time it's "good". The alchemy is pretty nice and I'd love to see a similar feature in Skyrim, having stuff align to particular bases you mix them up wither with known or experimental recipes. It'd be a nice skill/class to have. Like a perk that kind maybe makes useful ingredients stand out more when mixing. Also by first chapter you mean the one with The Beast yeah, not the epilogue in the castle? Cos I'm doing it for a second run it's all going much smoother. I think it's kind of a case of shrugging off what you "know" on "how to play WRPGs" and just going with it's thing. Also remembering to sleep n stuff, if you don't do that it gets a bit funky cos you spend every night wandering through demon dogs which gets a bit of a grind. You only need to do that like twice.. maybe three times if you don't position yourself near squirrels for that quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) I like Geralt and most of the main characters... it's just everyone else that sucks! Plus, it's nice to play in Polish, too. Personally, I loved the way my first chapter ended. Really showed that this game went to places that other games wouldn't touch all because of your own actions. But yeah... getting there kind of sucked. Game def gets better near the end of the 2nd chapter and the 3rd. Edited March 16, 2011 by Faiblesse Des Sens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Recommended specs Processor: Intel Quad Core or AMD equivalent Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 260, 1 GB memory / Radeon HD 4850 with 1 GB memory Memory: 3 GB for Windows XP / 4 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7 Hard Disk: At least 16 GB of free space Minimum specs Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD equivalent Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800, 512 MB memory or ATI equivalent Memory: 1 GB for Windows XP / 2 GB for Windows XP Hard Disk: 8 GB for the game installation and 8 GB for bonus materials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 So now the time has come when my Core 2 Duo is now minimum spec instead of recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovach_ Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Those are some pretty decent requirements. I thought they'd be a lot higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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