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Billy_
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Overpowered
Czech Republic764 Posts
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Draconizard
628 Posts
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heishe
Germany2284 Posts
I bought the game when it came out a few years back, but I actually never played it far beyond the part where you enter Vizima first, for various reasons (Alchemy system seemed confusing, monster and human enemy balance seemed to be really bad [And I still believe that Echinops are OP, lol], didn't dig the setting), but I've been playing maybe a good of 10 or 15 hours already in these two days, and seeing as I don't even receive silver talent points yet it seems like this game has a ton of content. I don't know what kept me playing this time, but after you "get" the alchemy system and it's uses, and after you learn to use your combat mechanics better (dodging, signs etc.) this game is really awesome. The story/setting of the world is a really gritty (very few black/white moral choices and views presented to you) and the way your decisions seem to impact the story seems to be rather huge, even though I can't judge it completely because I still just entered the Trade District of Vizima. Judging from the preview videos, the combat system seems to have been improved a lot, as it looks a lot more fluid now. Also looks like they've cleaned up the UI quite a bit, and finally there's also a bit of visual character customization. I'm not sure what they've done about the skill system yet, the one in the first game was largely flawless, safe for the fact that nobody tells you what some of the effects like "Pain +10%" etc. actually mean. One two edged blade though: The game looks really beautiful, but that makes me afraid that I won't be able to run it fluidly. I've got a pretty powerful graphics card (radeon hd 4890, it doesn't support DX11 but in terms of pure processing power it's still better than most medium-prized cards that come out these days), but my CPU is pretty bad (Core 2 E5600) and I've only got 2GB of DDR2 ram. The witcher 1 runs absolutely flawless, but then again it's also a few years old now. edit: lol what, I already posted a rather long post about the same thing on page two. Didn't remember that at all, anyways, I'll leave this post, I guess it can't hurt. | ||
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luckybeni2
Germany1065 Posts
On February 28 2011 09:10 Billy_ wrote: I don't agree with the people who disliked the start of witcher. I see why all of the backtracking was annoying, but the investigations were intriguing and worth the effort if you ask me. When it was released the game had one major problem in the city part: The way the loading worked made it pretty hard to really get into the game especially on mediocre PCs. It reloaded the entire district whenever you left a house but the patch made it much more fluently. Other than that I thought it was awesome to have these oldschool rpg parts where you actually have a lot of choices and you are encouraged to think for yourself. If they polish the small flaws that W1 had this might become the best rpg there was or at least top 5. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
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unkkz
Norway2196 Posts
I just hope TW2 sticks to this, all i want really is the first game with a new story and some minor tweaking and improvements, that would be awesome, don't fix it if it aint broken(something Bioware could take into consideration these days..) | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On February 25 2011 04:51 Manit0u wrote: Well, the first installment of The Witcher being referred to as 'Planescape: Torment of this decade' is no small thing. I only wish there was FPP camera available. is this serious? who says that? im really confused why witcher is so liked. i never deinstalled a rpg that fast. the start, the controls and esp the combat (and the cheesy imho stupid looking animations) totally turned me off . does it really get so good? does the combat get better then "pick right style, click,wait1sec,click,wait1sec,click" ? really wanna know. maybe i was just spoiled because at that time i had a bunch of awesome other games on my hd. also will the combat be different in witcher 2? any infos on that? | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On March 12 2011 04:12 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: is this serious? who says that? im really confused why witcher is so liked. i never deinstalled a rpg that fast. the start, the controls and esp the combat (and the cheesy imho stupid looking animations) totally turned me off . does it really get so good? does the combat get better then "pick right style, click,wait1sec,click,wait1sec,click" ? really wanna know. maybe i was just spoiled because at that time i had a bunch of awesome other games on my hd. also will the combat be different in witcher 2? any infos on that? I agree, beginning was AWFUL, it got way better. | ||
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unkkz
Norway2196 Posts
I've played the game through and through three times i think, and yes the first Chapter really is freaking dreadfull compared to the rest of the game. Mostly because the story hasn't really picked up yet and doesnt until you get to act 2. The combat system is similar in TW2, albeit it is said to be improved to include and bit more depth, such as counter attacks and the ability to dodge out of harms way and such. I think they show off and explain the system at the end of this video: Oh and the ingame voices in the video aren't of the real actors, its the developers voices so dont worry about that  | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
System specs revealed! 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 Vista and Windows 7 Hard Disk: 8 GB for the game installation and 8 GB for bonus materials Makes me really damn happy to see such high recommended specs. I think this game is going to look great based on that demanding hardware and the gameplay videos shown. | ||
Divine-Sneaker
Denmark1225 Posts
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
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True_Spike
Poland3434 Posts
CD Projekt's Spring Conference, the Witcher part: Gameplay starts about 15 minutes in. Looks very promising. What do you guys think? Ignore the Ponglish in the video, obviously, and keep the poor video quality in mind while watching this. | ||
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Overpowered
Czech Republic764 Posts
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True_Spike
Poland3434 Posts
I just noticed how bad the captions are in the video I posted. Wow. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
However, the makers obviously love their game / franchise, so i think my worries are unfounded. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On March 12 2011 04:17 FabledIntegral wrote: I agree, beginning was AWFUL, it got way better. Yea it was pretty bad. I'm actually surprised so many people stuck through it to realize that the game gets like 100 times better after a certain point. I was practically close to uninstalling it one point as well. | ||
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Neb1000
United States183 Posts
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Zidane
United States1692 Posts
On April 18 2011 12:26 DannyJ wrote: Yea it was pretty bad. I'm actually surprised so many people stuck through it to realize that the game gets like 100 times better after a certain point. I was practically close to uninstalling it one point as well. I actually did just stop playing, maybe i'll give it another try. | ||
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