Meh. I played on maximum easy with the best armour and not many signs, just whacking. Otherwise too much effort.
I started on the second hardest difficulty but it was proving to be a little too easy. ( I Love a challenge )
Don't get me wrong, I died a fair amount in the beginning and certain fights required many attempts. (Arch Griffons and the General at the end)
I switched to Death March at level 15 roughly.
Basically the things to avoid are standing in the middle of packs,
going toe to toe with the Pike wielding NPC's and generally standing in front
of any big mobs.
Movement is key. I cannot stress this enough. ( I assume you know this)
Quen is your friend, eat breathe and sleep Quen.
As for gear, witcher gear all the way. Its the most balanced and its ahead of other armour at the same level. At the end I had all 3 sets of Master crafted.
I forgot the name but the Heal potion (2 uses) is very helpful.
I used Fast attack 95% of the time. (Whirlwind of Death)
Use the talents that generate adrenaline when using signs etc.
Use gear that boosts Adrenaline gain, the more adrenaline, the more you
can use Quen.
Again this was just my play style, each to his own
Meh. I played on maximum easy with the best armour and not many signs, just whacking. Otherwise too much effort.
GTX 970 not good enough for 1080/60 Ultra w/Hairworks? I'm getting 40-50.
Hmm wondering if it will be cheaper to purchase the expansions separately or just to purchase the expansion pass for $20
I know I'm really late to the party, but I finally got a chance to start this, and WOW. It's immediately more engaging than Witcher 2, from the open landscape to the interaction with characters to the jaw-dropping scenery. The scenery itself makes me think of Red Dead Redemption if it had been made today (albeit in a more medieval and magical setting than the Old West; I think it's the lighting, or the horse). The combat is still janky, but the rest of the game is so enthralling that it's easy to forgive some minor control issues. I just wish I would've known that leaving White Orchard (post-griffin) meant 40+ minutes of cutscenes; I missed the opening monologue on Colbert!
Really an incredible game, even though I'm only 5 hours into it; I can see why people raved about it when it came out.
I can't for the life of me figure out the new inventory system, though. It hasn't been an issue yet, but I keep trying to meditate and inadvertently eating some bread. Oh, and why is it that only some enemies drop loot? I can see the drowner's head bobbing in the water, LET ME HARVEST HIS BRAIN. And how come I start in some excellent chainmail, and the first piece of armor I find with better stats makes me look like some damned court jester? "Well, I can either look like a badass fighting the griffin, or I can make the battle easier by equipping this and apparently cause him to die laughing." Who would be intimidated by this?
Fun game though.
Also I would probably hold off on playing the game until 1.10 is released, it supposed to fix a lot of the GUI issues and provide HUD improvements along with a lot of bug fixes.
Also I would probably hold off on playing the game until 1.10 is released, it supposed to fix a lot of the GUI issues and provide HUD improvements along with a lot of bug fixes.
my GOG version was still 1.08 when i played last night how do i get it too update?
If I install the patch, are my previous saves rendered unplayable? I don't have that much time for gaming as it is, the last thing I want to do is get stuck having to replay the first few hours (awesome though they were).
If I install the patch, are my previous saves rendered unplayable? I don't have that much time for gaming as it is, the last thing I want to do is get stuck having to replay the first few hours (awesome though they were).
not likely. You should be able to load the save files from earlier version and the new version saves rewrite those. I think the new patch functions or whatever won't work with older version saves until they are overwritten, or something like that.
They updated the game several times after release, and none of the patches ever broke any save file--at least, no saves were over unplayable and forced a restart.
Good to hear. I seem to recall some warning popping up when I first loaded the game (version 1.08 at the time) about compatibility, but it was probably saying that 1.08 saves would be incompatible if I rolled back to a previous version.
Does anyone know if it's possible to obtain a save file from another player on the PC? If so, I would be greatful for that savefile or a save somewhere around the 20 hr mark give or take a little. As much as I enjoy The Witcher I'm a bit too lazy at the moment to start all over.