The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[queenofdisco]

wish I finished Witcher 2 (and Witcher 1) properly for that save transfer. Ah well. Thanks for the heads up.

After I do this game, I'm gonna go straight out and buy the second. I'll get the first aswell, but I need to have my laptop's fan cleaned. It keeps going into thermal shutdown whenever I play a game on it.

 

[Gikoku]

I am currently with Triss doing a couple of quests and she seems a far nicer person than Yenn and I like her accent too, I think I have done the Return to Crookbag Bog quest (last time I played it) and pretty sure im in Novigrad also. Hoping to get some time on it in the next few days so I can remember where I got to. I have purchased a cable to set an XB1 controller up to PC downstairs now so I can stream XB1 to my PC so might have more chance to play while downstairs so im not on opposite side of house to Amy feeling like im ignoring her while playing (I rarely play when shes at home as I feel bad like im ignoring her). :lol:

Definitely, her voice also struck me as much more inviting and enjoyable (she sounds really similar to Piper from Fallout 4 now that I think about it). Return to Crookback Bog was pretty intense (based on my choices anyway), hell that whole connection of questlines had me on the edge of my seat, easily my favorites so far. Clever thinking and to think people thought that feature was somehow useless, will be interesting when Microsoft rolls out the update that allows for vice versa. Had that problem when Kath was here sometimes, so we usually just played in the same rooms together.

After I do this game, I'm gonna go straight out and buy the second. I'll get the first aswell, but I need to have my laptop's fan cleaned. It keeps going into thermal shutdown whenever I play a game on it.

I recommend going for the Enhanced Edition for both since it includes all the DLC/Expansions and improved visuals for both games. Plus it's just cheaper. ^_^

I also just did my first DLC content with the Griffin gear scavange quest, only managed to find 4 of 6 diagrams though, having trouble with the other 2 pieces.. >_> journal says to read the note... but I don't have it in my inventory. Weird.

 

[Dark Drakan]

I still haven't actually downloaded any of the DLC yet, will try and remember to do that the next time I boot it up.

 

[queenofdisco]

Well... I've completed the story. I got the worst possible ending, so I'm quite royally majority ****ed off. I'll play it again as I know what not to do next time.

I'll keep playing till I level up to lvl 35. Then stop, and I'll save the contracts, missions, treasure hunts, and dlc for my next play through.

Overall an amazing game, great story. And now, my favourite fantasy rpg ever. Just wish I never got such a ****ty ending.

Edit; In grand total, the storyline and most of the missions in Velen & Novigrad (haven't done much in skellige) I took eight days total to get through everything.

 

[Gikoku]

Jeez, hopefully I don't end up getting a bad ending myself. I've been getting more careful with the choices I make realizing that each action I commit will have a cause and effect, whether it be immediate or distant. I've had things blown up in my face recently from minor choices I made like over 20 damn hours ago, it's pretty crazy.

I've done a lot in Novigrad and I think I may be almost finished with it soon, but I'm attempting to tackle everything in this first playthrough (not 100% completion, but somewhere close enough at least). They released the new modding tools for the game as well, but nothing worth getting excited over. You can only modify the meshes, textures, and scripts... so don't expect any TES, FO, or Half-Life scale modding to ever pop out. :/

Overall though I've really been loving this game and it's featured some of the richest and most engaging characters I've ever come across in a game before. The only word I can sum this game's world up with is "interesting", the world is actually interesting, the level design, the characters, every ounce of dialogue. There's been so many moments when in a conversation I can't help but smile from the dialogue (like when I'm watching a show or film, not often I react like that) and wonder what'll be said next, the emotions and reactions from the characters just feel real.

 

[queenofdisco]

Guys New Game Plus is out, it's out!

Just downloaded and installed it now. Only bad thing is I read on a site it only works once, so if you wanna max out Geralt do everything, to 100% completion. So I'm going to keep playing my finished game till I've done everything, DLC included. Also, I went back to Bald Mountain (after the story mission) and hunted down the monster I've been searching for, for bloody ages. Always thought it was a griffin, it was a Basilisk. Killed it, and the LVL 77 Griffin in southern Velen, weirdly as it turns out the game levels monster to insanely high level if you're not strong enough to tackle it. But brings it down to a normal level, meaning I've killed all the wild contractless monsters in Velen.

It's a good idea overall. The Griffin when I first encountered it was LVL 77, but LVL 25 when I went back to it yesterday. So I can safely say there's probably no monsters above LVL 40 in Skellige. Now I've done everything in Novigrad & Velen (Aside from the Gwent quests) So I'm heading to Skellige to finish everything there.

Hope you both have a great time playing the rest of the game, and yeah, hope you don't get a bad ending too, Giki. My advice? If you do take Ciri to see Emhyr, don't accept the money. DO NOT Accept the money. If you avoid that, then you won't get my ending.

There is three general endings, but overall about thirty-three variations.
(I IGN'ed it)

This isn't a spoiler, just warning you guys.
-Oh and when you get to the isle of mists, explore a little. That island is brimming with treasure, manuscripts and has a Fiend to kill too.

Also, I hit LVL 35.

And I found the sleeping vampire, dunno if you guys have?
If not here's how to;

 

[Gikoku]

Only once for NG+? Well I wasn't expecting that for it, but I'll likely give it a shot once I've completed it. I'm pretty sure I killed a Basilisk already, might not have been the same one you faced though. The one I tackled was done via a quest as a favor for a little boy... tough fight though, died like 5 times from the thing. I have a couple Lvl 80 contracts on me at the moment, been that way for ages so I'll likely have to save those for a NG+ instead. Wait, do creatures not respawn in this game? I thought they did, well, the minor ones like wolves anyway.

Thanks for the tip man, I'll definitely make sure to remember not to do that when the time comes.

I'm getting close to Lvl 20 now, so I'm not too far behind you. I haven't met that sleeping vampire guy yet, no, but I was down there earlier for a quest I think with Sigismund (looks like the same dungeon that's connected to his place) and my exploration was a bit limited due to the gases. I'll swing back around there later and check it out as I believe it clears up once the quest has been finished. Thanks man.

 

[queenofdisco]

The first paid dlc will arrive in October, adding ten hours and bringing back a character from the witcher 1. I've done all contracts in the game and only have treasure quests and the random side-quests, as well as the question marks left in Skellige. After that I will have done everything in the game, currently lvl 37.

Also, if you want to carry weapons and armour over to new game plus, then you'll have to store it in the stash otherwise it will disappear.

 

[Dark Drakan]

New Witcher 3 Patch to Expand Romance Dialogue

As a result of player feedback, CD Projekt Red will add new dialogue options to further flesh out the love triangle between Geralt, Triss, and Yennefer in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Some players have criticized how this was handled, in particular the options that are available if you decide to leave Yennefer to be with Triss.

In July, CD Projekt Red acknowledged fans' concerns about this. Now, the developer has provided even more insight into the romance changes coming to The Witcher 3 through an upcoming patch.​

 

[queenofdisco]

So I have all the Witcher gear now, and have outfitted him with master-crafted Wolven gear. Been hunting down everything, and finally been able to craft all bombs, potions and decoctions, with only one drawback. The Leshen decoction. I stupidly thought that not killing the ancient Leshen in Skellige would be okay.

Well maybe for the village, but now I have one item I can't brew. Lesson learnt, never be merciful in a video game.

Struggling to reach LVL 37, once the game ends and you've done all the contracts, missions, hunts, etc the game gives you zilch XP. Really cannot wait for the DLC in October, want to get to at least lvl 45 so I can equip all the armour and weapons I've crafted for higher levels. I have the best armour and weapons in the entire game in my stash; Undvik Armour and the Black Unicorn sword, among other weapons, but these are the best of the best in the game apparantly.

But that Ancient Leshen Decoction.UGGGGH... *Pulls hair out*

Also; https://twitter.com/PlagiarismIsKey/status/640645778084601860

Just me hanging out with free willy.

 

[Gikoku]

New Witcher 3 Patch to Expand Romance Dialogue

As a result of player feedback, CD Projekt Red will add new dialogue options to further flesh out the love triangle between Geralt, Triss, and Yennefer in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Some players have criticized how this was handled, in particular the options that are available if you decide to leave Yennefer to be with Triss.

In July, CD Projekt Red acknowledged fans' concerns about this. Now, the developer has provided even more insight into the romance changes coming to The Witcher 3 through an upcoming patch.​

Wow, now this is the kind of update and fan service I wasn't expecting and for free too. I remember when Bioware received major complaints for Mass Effect 2 over how they handled Ashley, Kaiden, and Liara if you romanced them in ME1, and in response to the feedback they did absolutely nothing and just jumped straight to ME3 instead. But in Liara's case they released a DLC that included romance, but you had to PAY for it and it wasn't cheap. Serious kudos to CDPR for actually listening to their fans.

So I have all the Witcher gear now, and have outfitted him with master-crafted Wolven gear. Been hunting down everything, and finally been able to craft all bombs, potions and decoctions, with only one drawback. The Leshen decoction. I stupidly thought that not killing the ancient Leshen in Skellige would be okay.

Well maybe for the village, but now I have one item I can't brew. Lesson learnt, never be merciful in a video game.

Struggling to reach LVL 37, once the game ends and you've done all the contracts, missions, hunts, etc the game gives you zilch XP. Really cannot wait for the DLC in October, want to get to at least lvl 45 so I can equip all the armour and weapons I've crafted for higher levels. I have the best armour and weapons in the entire game in my stash; Undvik Armour and the Black Unicorn sword, among other weapons, but these are the best of the best in the game apparantly.

But that Ancient Leshen Decoction.UGGGGH... *Pulls hair out*

Also; https://twitter.com/PlagiarismIsKey/status/640645778084601860

Just me hanging out with free willy.

Nice stuff man, I've only gotten a handful of the Witcher gears crafted thus far. Also, there's whales in the game??? I never saw one before, whenever I go underwater I'm usually assaulted by other sea creatures keeping me from being in there for any major length of time. So wait, will XP gain still be okay before beating the game then? Cause if so then I can hold off on the main quest completion for awhile, still a lot of side stuff to go through. At the moment I'm currently juggling this game and the Mass Effect trilogy on PC, but I took some screens of my Geralt and sometimes I'm still taken aback at how gorgeous and detailed the environments can be in this game.

And his current look.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Just finished a couple of those quest lines that you are currently doing in those screens Scott. Spent around 7 hours on it yesterday trying to make some headway and got a decent amount of quests done in that time and some contracts.

 

[Gikoku]

Just finished a couple of those quest lines that you are currently doing in those screens Scott. Spent around 7 hours on it yesterday trying to make some headway and got a decent amount of quests done in that time and some contracts.

Nice, glad you've been able to get more time with it. I'm going to try and make some time for it today and get a lot more done in there. Hopefully I'll be able to finish the game before the end of the next month rears in.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Nice, glad you've been able to get more time with it. I'm going to try and make some time for it today and get a lot more done in there. Hopefully I'll be able to finish the game before the end of the next month rears in.

I'm going to be playing it for an age yet, rare to get a decent chunk of time to play it so have to fit the odd hour here and there in & hard to get enough done in that time.

 

[queenofdisco]

Giki you'll be fine with xp, but once you've done everything like I have there won't be anything to give you xp except the random question marks and killings enemies which gives you bare amounts of it.

I still have the question marks in Skellige but I bored of doing them. Seems every Skellige sea qm was just smuggler stash and I got sick of doing them, started New game plus and levelled up straight away as did the equipment in my stash. So that lvl 40 odd weapons I crafted is now lvl 60 odd.

 

[Gikoku]

I'm going to be playing it for an age yet, rare to get a decent chunk of time to play it so have to fit the odd hour here and there in & hard to get enough done in that time.

Mm, hopefully you'll get to have some enjoyment time when FO4 releases as well. Why not take some paid vacation off? Have a well-deserved binge.

Giki you'll be fine with xp, but once you've done everything like I have there won't be anything to give you xp except the random question marks and killings enemies which gives you bare amounts of it.

I still have the question marks in Skellige but I bored of doing them. Seems every Skellige sea qm was just smuggler stash and I got sick of doing them, started New game plus and levelled up straight away as did the equipment in my stash. So that lvl 40 odd weapons I crafted is now lvl 60 odd.

Ah okay, thanks. Yeah I had the same annoyance with them as well, decided to run out to some random question mark in hopes of some fun discovery only for it to be some random chest surrounded by enemies. I don't know if there is, but it would be pretty nice to stumble upon some stash that isn't a monster's nest just so it doesn't feel so... deliberate (for lack of a better word). Feels unnatural to the rest of the world that every loot stash is surrounded by a band of creatures/bandits.

I might do a new game+, if nothing else to see what happens when I choose the opposite of every decision I made from my first run. I'm not sure yet though.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Mm, hopefully you'll get to have some enjoyment time when FO4 releases as well. Why not take some paid vacation off? Have a well-deserved binge.

Think Fallout 4 will be Christmas present & I will continue ploughing solely through The Witcher 3 for some time yet.

 

[Gikoku]

Think Fallout 4 will be Christmas present & I will continue ploughing solely through The Witcher 3 for some time yet.

Sounds good then, same situation for me... >_< Going to be difficult trying to avoid FO4 spoilers for over a month after release. The internet is unforgiving, I couldn't even survive 1 day without a GoT spoiler.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Sounds good then, same situation for me... >_< Going to be difficult trying to avoid FO4 spoilers for over a month after release. The internet is unforgiving, I couldn't even survive 1 day without a GoT spoiler.

Story wise spoilers shouldnt be too bad overall, in games like Skyrim and Fallout the game world is so large most of the good stuff is in side quests and even after 2 years of playing the game a lot there are places and quests I havent found in Skyrim or Fallout 3.

Hoping to get a good amount of time on The Witcher 3 in the next few days to finish up some more quests and make some progress.

 

[Foxtrot94]

So, since no one has posted it, here's the teaser for the Hearts of Stone expansion:

And here's some screens too:

That's right folks, Shani is back from TW1!

Remember the Man of Glass, from TW3's beginning in the White Orchard tavern? Looks like the expansion will have him play an important role in the story, as seen in the teaser too.

Also, looks like Geralt will receive something in his body that's gonna change him permanently and cannot be removed. That mark there on his face?

Visible in the cover art too as a blue scar: