Witcher mods ( for EE ) ?

[JeffNY35]

Suddenly have an urge to play the Witcher again with the enhanced edition. I tried it once and it was nicely improved over the original but I didnt get far.

Question is, are there any recommended mods that have come out that are worthwhile and compatible with the Enhanced Edition?

 

[zinfamous]

hmm. got this during steam holiday, and got halfway through the 2nd chapter, haven't played since...should I get back into it?

are there any mods that drastically improve the game? (not that i felt there was anything wrong with it..)

 

[KeithTalent]

hmm. got this during steam holiday, and got halfway through the 2nd chapter, haven't played since...should I get back into it?

are there any mods that drastically improve the game? (not that i felt there was anything wrong with it..)

I did, it was boring. Granted I did not get very far, but that first part was a true yawn-fest. Maybe if there is a good mod or something I will go back and try it again.

I actually started playing Assassin's Creed a couple of days ago and I really like it. There are some serious flaws of course, some of the controls are clunky and having to go through 5 screens to exit the game is freaking annoying, but I am really into the story and having a lot of fun with it.

KT

 

[JeffNY35]

hmm. got this during steam holiday, and got halfway through the 2nd chapter, haven't played since...should I get back into it?

are there any mods that drastically improve the game? (not that i felt there was anything wrong with it..)

Enhanced Edition is a nice bundle of improvements fixes, but I wouldnt say it drastically improves it.

Lot of threads on the witcher in this forum. I probably shouldnt of started another one but I had a specific question regarding mods that are compatible with EE.

 

[AFurryReptile]

I was quite impressed with the two of these mods:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-witcher-texturen-mod
http://www.moddb.com/mods/witchercharactermodels

Both of these really improve the resolution of textures; I noticed a major improvement. If you want to really improve the looks, this tweak guide really helped with the lighting.

http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=25801.0

All of the links on that page are broken, but you can find that mod here:

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26291

Besides those tweaks, I didn't use anything else besides a few blood mods. The game was great without any changes to the core mechanics.

 

[Arglebargle]

Considered playing the game in Polish, with subtitles? Not a mod per se, but I found the experiance to be much more enjoyable. The Polish voice acting is much better than the English, even in the EE (and much more so than the original). It's a lot easier to do that in the EE version. Though I did have to download the subtitles when I originally made the move.

 

[Martimus]

I did, it was boring. Granted I did not get very far, but that first part was a true yawn-fest. Maybe if there is a good mod or something I will go back and try it again.

I actually started playing Assassin's Creed a couple of days ago and I really like it. There are some serious flaws of course, some of the controls are clunky and having to go through 5 screens to exit the game is freaking annoying, but I am really into the story and having a lot of fun with it.

KT

That is funny. I played the Witcher all the way through no problem, but I couldn't force myself to finish Assassins Creed, since it was so repetitive and boring. I did give it a good try though, but I couldn't get past the second act. I guess we have completely different taste (although I agree that the first act is boring in the Witcher.)

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I did, it was boring. Granted I did not get very far, but that first part was a true yawn-fest. Maybe if there is a good mod or something I will go back and try it again.

I actually started playing Assassin's Creed a couple of days ago and I really like it. There are some serious flaws of course, some of the controls are clunky and having to go through 5 screens to exit the game is freaking annoying, but I am really into the story and having a lot of fun with it.

KT

You think The Witcher is boring but you like AssCreed? You're the worst human being on the planet.






Well, maybe not the worst....

 

[KeithTalent]

You think The Witcher is boring but you like AssCreed? You're the worst human being on the planet.






Well, maybe not the worst....

I know!

Of course I am only a short bit into The Creed, so very good chance it could all fall apart. The Witcher's first part was pretty painfully boring, maybe I would have liked it more if itwas The Hitcher. :hmm:

KT

 

[Liet]

Oh, Keith... How depressing... Incidentally, you don't have to go through 5 screens to exit. Just Alt-F4. I'm serious!

FurryReptile, THANKS for posting those links! I finished the original Witcher and decided to try EE recently during the Steam Sale, and some texture mods are just what the doctor ordered. Gonna DL them to a CD at work and install them as soon as I get home. You're the man!

 

[zinfamous]

I did, it was boring. Granted I did not get very far, but that first part was a true yawn-fest. Maybe if there is a good mod or something I will go back and try it again.

I actually started playing Assassin's Creed a couple of days ago and I really like it. There are some serious flaws of course, some of the controls are clunky and having to go through 5 screens to exit the game is freaking annoying, but I am really into the story and having a lot of fun with it.

KT

as repetitive as Assassin's Creed is, I definitely kept up with it. Found it more enjoyable--simply jumping from building to building and jumping stabby into guards--than the Witcher.

That was on PS3, though. I couldn't imagine playing it with a keyboard. My issues with the Witcher are the same across similar games, though the Witcher not being nearly as bad (Morrowind, et al being the chief offenders)--encouraged item hoarding and tons of quests that ultimately result in zero story/character enhancement and simply provide tedious distraction.

Having a night/day cycle, that adds to the "wait for the proper hour before x quest activates" factor simply triples the tediousness of these games. I like The Witcher more than Morrowind (too much depth can be crippling, imo), but would rather not endure the tedious and distracting aspects of the game.

 

[KeithTalent]

as repetitive as Assassin's Creed is, I definitely kept up with it. Found it more enjoyable--simply jumping from building to building and jumping stabby into guards--than the Witcher.

That was on PS3, though. I couldn't imagine playing it with a keyboard. My issues with the Witcher are the same across similar games, though the Witcher not being nearly as bad (Morrowind, et al being the chief offenders)--encouraged item hoarding and tons of quests that ultimately result in zero story/character enhancement and simply provide tedious distraction.

Having a night/day cycle, that adds to the "wait for the proper hour before x quest activates" factor simply triples the tediousness of these games. I like The Witcher more than Morrowind (too much depth can be crippling, imo), but would rather not endure the tedious and distracting aspects of the game.

The controls are a bit whacked on the PC, but I got used to them pretty quickly after plunging to my death a few times in a row.

The last part you mentioned starts to make it feel like an MMO and that's not something I want in this type of game. I will start The Witcher up again once I have either finished or get bored with A-Creed, but that boredom has not reared its ugly head yet.

KT