My point was that the dodge animations just take too long to finish to be very useful. The signs are cool but overpowered. Knocking down everyone within 180 degrees in front of you = too easy.
My point was that the dodge animations just take too long to finish to be very useful. The signs are cool but overpowered. Knocking down everyone within 180 degrees in front of you = too easy.
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IMO this is EASILY one of the best games of the year.
I simply cannot understand why the reviews dont show it.
Although it gets GOOD reviews, this game should be getting GREAT reviews!
And even be a contender for game of the year.
The writing , acting, story and gameplay are outstanding.
Heck the only thing i could even think to say bad about the game was the load times.
If you dont own this already, i suggest you buy it, you wont regret it.
I simply cannot understand why the reviews dont show it.
Although it gets GOOD reviews, this game should be getting GREAT reviews!
And even be a contender for game of the year.
The writing , acting, story and gameplay are outstanding.
Heck the only thing i could even think to say bad about the game was the load times.
If you dont own this already, i suggest you buy it, you wont regret it.
apoppin
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i am simply waiting for the patch to play it ... slow loading times and irritating bugs *ruined* Gothic3 for me .... and NWN2 ...
i learned to wait for some things ...
... good things ... cheaper ... fixed ... ya know
MTDEW
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I only encountered 1 bug throughout this entire game and it wasnt anything major especially for a game this size.
And i doubt a patch will do a whole lot for load times, but we'll see.
But believe me, this game is nowhere near as buggy as NWN2 or Gothic 3 were.
Not even close.
I even played the 1st 3/4 of The Witcher in Vista 64, then moved it to Winxp 32bit and finished the game and never had a single crash or lockup. ( i was tired of dual booting back and forth to play other games i had installed on XP...ie: Crysis)
I just read the Games For Windows magazine's Witcher review and all i have to say is, i now no longer trust their reviews in the least bit.
Its like someone played the first act and decided to write a review based off of just that.
Anyway, im glad the sales are doing well and hopefully we'll see a sequel. :thumbsup:
And i doubt a patch will do a whole lot for load times, but we'll see.
But believe me, this game is nowhere near as buggy as NWN2 or Gothic 3 were.
Not even close.
I even played the 1st 3/4 of The Witcher in Vista 64, then moved it to Winxp 32bit and finished the game and never had a single crash or lockup. ( i was tired of dual booting back and forth to play other games i had installed on XP...ie: Crysis)
I just read the Games For Windows magazine's Witcher review and all i have to say is, i now no longer trust their reviews in the least bit.
Its like someone played the first act and decided to write a review based off of just that.
Anyway, im glad the sales are doing well and hopefully we'll see a sequel. :thumbsup:
FYI: It seems the UK version is uncensored, so if you are still looking to get the game I would get that version.
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I need someone to compare this game to another PC RPG released in the last 10 years so that I know what the play style is like... I've read most of the posts and it sounds like the game is worth buying but there are so many games that are "worth buying" this holiday season I will have to dig deeper.
I noticed a bunch of people mentioned the game started crashing on them in Chapter 3. My crashing began when I triggered the rainstorm and continued into Chapter 3. I noticed that when I lowered my resolution the crashing went away completely. I don't know why I had to do this since the game wasn't running poorly, but it stopped the crashing.
I killed shadows and it has not crashed. That was about 15-20 hours ago and it runs smooth and nothing has fucked up again.
Ya I tend to agree here. They could've done a LOT more with the combat system, but instead its very vanilla with choosing your stance then clicking based on slightly different timings to come up with combos. Anyone remember the Eidos game Revenant? Now that was an awesome combat system. I've yet to see any 3rd person/isometric POV game that has as good a combat system as that game had.
I would've rather seen a combat system that allowed you to mix attacks between Strong/Fast/Group without changing stance based on your opponents vulnerability state to come up with combos. Would have been much more involved and responsive imo. Currently its like a free shot on you any time you switch stances mid-combat, or worst, switch weapons.
The skill branches are really pretty basic and linear. Basic idea is build up one sword-tree to max, then it becomes useless for awhile at which point you build up the other tree. There's very little customization involved because each stance needs to be built up so it works out that your build is very linear and pre-determined for the most part.
Lastly, the game isn't very weapon/gear focused at all, which may be good for some but a negative for others. Non-Witcher weapons are pretty much useless and Witcher sword upgrades are kinda few and far between (so far anyways, I'm only on Chapter 3).
To me its kind of a combination of Revenant and BG. I never played Oblivion for various reasons so no comparison there. The rich story, character development, interaction and drop-down dialogue menus remind me of BG. The combat system and POV remind me of Revenant although Revenant did it so much better.
One thing that kinda bugs me is this game is actually really light on combat so far (about 1/2 way through). I think that's to get you away from doing too much of it because its actually quite mundane and boring. Its nice in some cases because you don't have to mindlessly clear countless mobs when you're trying to advance quests, but at the same time, even dungeons and such where you expect to fight may only have a dozen mobs or so.
The game presentation overall though is really slick and the artistic direction is top-notch. Some of the controls, menu interactions, interface etc. could use tweaking but overall its a very good game and a fun gaming experience. If you enjoy rich story-driven RPGs with immersive graphics/environments and a great soundtrack its well worth the $50. If you like lots of action and an emphasis on items/loot you probably won't enjoy it as much.
I've had a two lock-ups when zoning in about 40 hours or so of play-time. In between sessions I just minimize the game and haven't had problems resuming or come back to the PC being locked up, so hopefully the next patch that addresses load times and memory clear this up. I've noticed in Chapter 3 everything can slow down to a crawl though, then speed back up which can definitely be fixed with improved memory management in the next patch. Haven't needed to adjust settings and running it now at 1920x1200 with everything maxed out.
But ya the long-ish load times are kinda inexplicable with this game since the my HDD isn't doing anything between transitions. Transitions from outdoor > indoor is really fast, but indoor > outdoor take a long time. I guess its because there's so many non-static objects with their own branches and AI in the outdoor environments. More RAM doesn't make it go away, although it may help. I have noticed that the game seems to be very CPU intensive. With a C2D its using 100% of 1 core and 70-80% of the 2nd core for a total utilization of 75-90%. I've also noticed that the app sometimes hangs on transitions (not responding) and then recovers, so hopefully this is fixed in the next update.
It seems that the demo has an uncensored version too. Did i read this right? If i decide to pick this up where can i find the uncensored version. This US versus EU censoring is lame. Also, has it been confirmed that the disc security is *not* securom? I think someone posted saying it was TAGS or something.
When it was crashing on me I was running at 2560x1600 everything maxed. But I've set it down to 1920x1200 and it removed my issue. It could also be a heat issue with my video cards.
You can 'choose sides' per say, although I don't know how much of an impact it has on the game.
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