Not exactly. 80hrs finished. A contract or 2 left and I'm not going to spend 20hrs completing Skellige question marks when I have 46K. I also played on maximum easy because lazy.
I think I had about 104k in money when I finished the game,the actual main story is not that long,it's broken up so seems longer then what it actually is,as you probably know.
Did you guys ever use those money making exploits/bugs?
Did you guys ever use those money making exploits/bugs?
Right now I'm level 17 and I think I have 14K gold. You're right that there's very little to spend your money on in this game, as crafting doesn't really cost that much.. I guess I could have Geralt pay the whorehouse a visit or two though
BTW, this game is fricking amazing! The Novigrad main quests are amongst the best plotlines I've ever seen in a game! :thumbsup:
Eh? Run around looking for Dandelion, 4 criminal bosses wobbling in and out, then off to Skellige? Its serviceable sure, but it ain't no Planescape, I'd take Mass Effect 1-3 (minus the third ending) over it too. Witcher II was way more focussed with Geralt in the middle of it.
Here, Nilfgaard doesn't even attack. Just sits there at the bottom of the map. Consoles couldn't handle a pitched battle in the middle of Velen. :whiste:
What did you think of the endings?
There are a lot of people complaining about the "bad" ending, and it makes me think of when movies have to have special alternative endings put on them for the American market. The crone hut ending would be the original ending, the sword gift ending would be the American friendly ending, and the empress ending would be somewhere in the middle. I got the "bad" crone hut ending, and after seeing the others, I like my ending best. Supposedly it was keep Ciri vs sacrifice her for a chance of saving the world. I chose to try for the greater good (maybe it helped that I never liked Ciri anyway). Not really clear on whether it worked though.
As for Geralt's women, I again tried to make the best choice by sending Triss away on the ship. Apparently this was wrong. My bad, forgive me for wanting to get her out of the city where they were BURNING SORCERESSES. How was I to know that Geralt sends her to Kaer Morhan anyway, as I discovered on my second playthrough.
The hardest choice was probably Sigi vs Roche. Actually it wasn't hard at all, because I already had a history with Roche in TW2, so there was no hope for Sigi from the get-go, but I still would rather have not had to kill him. He was one of my favorite TW3 characters, and it seemed unnecessary.
What I didn't like about my ending was that it didn't say what became of Roche and co. Strangely enough it didn't say what happened to Geralt either, when the other two endings did. Last i see, he's in that hut being swarmed with monsters. Is it supposed to imply his death? They looked like common monsters that he could have killed easily.
What did you think of the endings?
There are a lot of people complaining about the "bad" ending, and it makes me think of when movies have to have special alternative endings put on them for the American market. The crone hut ending would be the original ending, the sword gift ending would be the American friendly ending, and the empress ending would be somewhere in the middle. I got the "bad" crone hut ending, and after seeing the others, I like my ending best. Supposedly it was keep Ciri vs sacrifice her for a chance of saving the world. I chose to try for the greater good (maybe it helped that I never liked Ciri anyway). Not really clear on whether it worked though.
As for Geralt's women, I again tried to make the best choice by sending Triss away on the ship. Apparently this was wrong. My bad, forgive me for wanting to get her out of the city where they were BURNING SORCERESSES. How was I to know that Geralt sends her to Kaer Morhan anyway, as I discovered on my second playthrough.
The hardest choice was probably Sigi vs Roche. Actually it wasn't hard at all, because I already had a history with Roche in TW2, so there was no hope for Sigi from the get-go, but I still would rather have not had to kill him. He was one of my favorite TW3 characters, and it seemed unnecessary.
What I didn't like about my ending was that it didn't say what became of Roche and co. Strangely enough it didn't say what happened to Geralt either, when the other two endings did. Last i see, he's in that hut being swarmed with monsters. Is it supposed to imply his death? They looked like common monsters that he could have killed easily.
There were also not so subtle hints that a rebellion was brewing in the south as a result of dissatisfaction with the Emperor's constant war footing.You make too many assumptions about why they chose what they did. They don't attack because of Radovid. They said so if you talked to the ambassador at Vizima. It became a stalemate for a time and they were focused elsewhere for now.
There were also not so subtle hints that a rebellion was brewing in the south as a result of dissatisfaction with the Emperor's constant war footing.
I prefer igni myself. Strips away some armor and does useful burning damage (and while they're burning, they are out of the fight)
I've upgraded igni to 2 and aard as well. Aard works well on monsters knocking them down as well as humans allowing you for a one stab kill. Igni works well on other beasts too. Also upgrade yrden too to get the one that zaps things within its radius.
How is everyone's beard doing? I'm going for the never shaved look. :biggrin:
I'm 8hrs in and still in White Orchid which is supposedly a "small" map and is fricking huge to me, doing the first real contract now.
I want to disable the stupid beard. I like old school Geralt, not grandfather Geralt, and I'm sick of having to find a barber every 5 minutes. Not to mention that the non-hairworks beard looks ratty as hell.
And speaking of finding barbers, what's the deal with this game and store markers. They never seem to persist. Every time I go back to the cities I have to hunt down all the locations manually because their markers have disappeared. That's not how maps work. It's not like these locations are going anywhere, so why aren't the markers permanent.
And speaking of finding barbers, what's the deal with this game and store markers. They never seem to persist. Every time I go back to the cities I have to hunt down all the locations manually because their markers have disappeared. That's not how maps work. It's not like these locations are going anywhere, so why aren't the markers permanent.
lol Soooo . . . Not a lot of Japanese RPGs in your collection, eh?Geralt is a man, and men have facial hair. And many of them from the northern parts of this world (not to mention northern-based fantasy worlds) grow beards. It's part of being a man. You have to shave or you don't have to shave.
He isn't some obnoxious angsty teen from a Japanese rpg that has purple hair, a girl's face, and is someone that you want to punch every time they open their mouth. Men have beards. Deal with it.
....as for the merchants. I totally agree. It's very annoying.
lol Soooo . . . Not a lot of Japanese RPGs in your collection, eh?
Mine neither. Beards rule, angst drools. Or at least cries a lot.
Merchant thing might be a bug...not having that issue here.
Geralt is a man, and men have facial hair. And many of them from the northern parts of this world (not to mention northern-based fantasy worlds) grow beards. It's part of being a man. You have to shave or you don't have to shave.
He isn't some obnoxious angsty teen from a Japanese rpg that has purple hair, a girl's face, and is someone that you want to punch every time they open their mouth. Men have beards. Deal with it.
....as for the merchants. I totally agree. It's very annoying.