The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition

[cretin]

Got the game in a sale. Really beautiful but Geralt's sounds like he's trying to hard to sounds like Nolan's Batman lmao

If you get tired of the banal gameplay consider redoing with enhanced edition redux mod. Not perfect but elevated the game a great deal for me. Still didn't finish it because it's just a fucking slog but I still think about reinstalling it to play the docs that everyone raves about.

 

[Ryzer]

Got the game in a sale. Really beautiful but Geralt's sounds like he's trying to hard to sounds like Nolan's Batman lmao

If you get tired of the banal gameplay consider redoing with enhanced edition redux mod. Not perfect but elevated the game a great deal for me. Still didn't finish it because it's just a fucking slog but I still think about reinstalling it to play the docs that everyone raves about.

Another issue with Witcher 3 is that it's not really replayable. Nothing except the end slides does ever change unlike in Witcher 2 where you can get completely new chapters depending on your choices.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

I played for a 2h or so. The combat (playing on the secondest hard difficulty) seems really basic and kinda stiff. If you're fighting anythng ''mano-a-mano'' you simply stunlock them , but figthing anything in group means spamming dodge and killing a few enemies using Igni.

 

[VerSacrum]

Got the game in a sale. Really beautiful but Geralt's sounds like he's trying to hard to sounds like Nolan's Batman lmao

If you get tired of the banal gameplay consider redoing with enhanced edition redux mod. Not perfect but elevated the game a great deal for me. Still didn't finish it because it's just a fucking slog but I still think about reinstalling it to play the docs that everyone raves about.

Another issue with Witcher 3 is that it's not really replayable. Nothing except the end slides does ever change unlike in Witcher 2 where you can get completely new chapters depending on your choices.

That was pretty much only the second chapter though, right? The dorf city vs. Henselt camp. I still feel that it was a bit of a gimmick and the dorf city was much more fleshed out with content, but it's nice how they tried new things.

 

[Storyfag]

That was pretty much only the second chapter though, right? The dorf city vs. Henselt camp.

There were also some changes in chapter 3 dependant on it being Roche or Iorveth path. The former gave you quite some additional content if you also sided with the Order in TW1.

 

[Just Locus]

If you're fighting anythng ''mano-a-mano'' you simply stunlock them , but fighting anything in group means spamming dodge and killing a few enemies using Igni.

Combat in TW3 is by far the most underwhelming part for me tbh. I like the fact that you can kill enemies that are 30 levels above you if you're "skilled" enough, all it takes is using signs like Quen and dodge-spam, especially if you have the "Fleet-footed" perk and you can dodge in any direction you want with no danger to yourself.

I'm currently doing a crit build and it's a lot more fun on higher difficulties since you can kill enemies in one shot, but so can they. So combat is a lot more engaging.

 

[Maxie]

That was pretty much only the second chapter though, right? The dorf city vs. Henselt camp.

There were also some changes in chapter 3 dependant on it being Roche or Iorveth path. The former gave you quite some additional content if you also sided with the Order in TW1.

Said additional content being Zygfryd letting you pass Let's not kid ourselves that save transfer amounts to anything in Twitcher games. As Roche puts it in TW3, if you've sided with Squirrels, nobody cares about that now.

 

[Storyfag]

That was pretty much only the second chapter though, right? The dorf city vs. Henselt camp.

There were also some changes in chapter 3 dependant on it being Roche or Iorveth path. The former gave you quite some additional content if you also sided with the Order in TW1.

Said additional content being Zygfryd letting you pass

Thus access to the Order's camp, their merchant the Half-brother Polycarpus, and a chance to listen to their prayers. Which were excellantly translated to English, might I add.

 

[Falksi]

I played for a 2h or so. The combat (playing on the secondest hard difficulty) seems really basic and kinda stiff. If you're fighting anythng ''mano-a-mano'' you simply stunlock them , but figthing anything in group means spamming dodge and killing a few enemies using Igni.

It's fucking dire.

I played it on Death March, and for the base game you can literally shut your eyes for 10 seconds at a time and still win with getting the right attack-dodge-attack rhythm down.

 

[Maxie]

I played for a 2h or so. The combat (playing on the secondest hard difficulty) seems really basic and kinda stiff. If you're fighting anythng ''mano-a-mano'' you simply stunlock them , but figthing anything in group means spamming dodge and killing a few enemies using Igni.

It's fucking dire.

I played it on Death March, and for the base game you can literally shut your eyes for 10 seconds at a time and still win with getting the right attack-dodge-attack rhythm down.

you've burnt your brain out with retarded souls combat and cannot appreciate third person perspective games anymore

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

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They could have unlimited funds and time for Twitcher 3 yet never reach this peak. You are a midwit if you were tricked into thinking the shiny environments & cutscene simulator Twitcher 3 is anything more than mediocre (except HoS that is top tier).

 

[Storyfag]

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They could have unlimited funds and time for Twitcher 3 yet never reach this peak. You are a midwit if you were tricked into thinking the shiny environments & cutscene simulator Twitcher 3 is anything more than mediocre (except HoS that is top tier).

Twoja stara puściła się z krasnoludem!

TW3 is far from the peak that is TW1, but mediocre it is not. It is simply good. HoS is top tier, as you mentioned, while B&W is very good.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

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They could have unlimited funds and time for Twitcher 3 yet never reach this peak. You are a midwit if you were tricked into thinking the shiny environments & cutscene simulator Twitcher 3 is anything more than mediocre (except HoS that is top tier).

Twoja stara puściła się z krasnoludem!

TW3 is far from the peak that is TW1, but mediocre it is not. It is simply good. HoS is top tier, as you mentioned, while B&W is very good.

Twitcher 3 is a 100+ hour game with 1 good questline & an amazing DLC. "Good" is stretching it.

B&W is as ridiculous as base game, while still holding true to the design. The "improvements" are some better/more unique quests and the fact its smaller. HoS is what stands out, a testament to what Witcher can be in isolated short story form as opposed to the ridiculousness caused by trying too hard to shoehorn in book stuff.

 

[Decado]

I started this up again after the new upgrade/update for my PS5. Well worth another playthrough. This is one of those games I bounced off of pretty hard the first time around, but I'm glad I stuck with it . . . even though I wouln't really consider this a hardcore RPG.

Two years later and I'm still not done with this game. It's always lurking in the background, giving me something to do if I really need it. Lately I've been playing for an hour after I put the kids to bed before I crash out.

It is very easy to unbalance this game. I am level 23 and still in Novigrad/Velen. Combat is ridiculously easy. I am forcing myself to finish the game at this point because 1) Gwent is fun (even though I never lose anymore) and 2) this is probably the last Witcher game I'm ever going to play.

I'm close to maxing out all potions/oils/bombs, and the only limiting factor for other gear is stuff that's locked behind the main quest, e.g. I can't get the Wolf School armor yet because I haven't gone to Kaer Mohren. That sort of thing. Otherwise, I am blandly enjoying the game but I can go a week at a time without touching it, forget everything, and not care. It's easy to get back into, because it is not difficult.

 

[Just Locus]

I really like how the game gives you a brief narration on what happened in your last session. Makes returning to the game a lot less inconvenient.

 

[Justicar]

Said additional content being Zygfryd letting you pass Let's not kid ourselves that save transfer amounts to anything in Twitcher games. As Roche puts it in TW3, if you've sided with Squirrels, nobody cares about that now.

Also 1 long unique quest for each path. Roche path gets Lillies and vipers (court conspiracy about who killed Foltests son and kidnapped his daughter) and Iorveth gets the Secrets of Loc muinne (Dungeon raid with great lore and fun riddles best quest from Witcher 2 by a long shot for me)

 

[Maxie]

Said additional content being Zygfryd letting you pass Let's not kid ourselves that save transfer amounts to anything in Twitcher games. As Roche puts it in TW3, if you've sided with Squirrels, nobody cares about that now.

Also 1 long unique quest for each path. Roche path gets Lillies and vipers (court conspiracy about who killed Foltests son and kidnapped his daughter) and Iorveth gets the Secrets of Loc muinne (Dungeon lore with great lore and fun riddles best quest from Witcher 2 by a long shot for me)

These are not accessible by importing tw1 saves

 

[Justicar]

These are not accessible by importing tw1 saves

Yes but storyfag was talking about new content in act 3 depending on the path chosen those are exclusive side quests (added only in enhanced edition the game felt so unfinished when I played it in 2010 without any real side quests in Act 3). The game though still feels unfinished due to cut Chapter in Valley of the Flowers ( Triss was foreshadowing Francesca Findabair while in Flotsam yet we never meet her...)

 

[Maxie]

These are not accessible by importing tw1 saves

Yes but storyfag was talking about new content in act 3 depending on the path chosen those are exclusive side quests (added only in enhanced edition the game felt so unfinished when I played it in 2010 without any real side quests in Act 3). The game though still feels unfinished due to cut Chapter in Valley of the Flowers ( Triss was foreshadowing Francesca Findabair while in Flotsam yet we never meet her...)

The former gave you quite some additional content if you also sided with the Order in TW1.

Said additional content being Zygfryd letting you pass

You should learn to read, kiddo

 

[Justicar]

I played it on Death March, and for the base game you can literally shut your eyes for 10 seconds at a time and still win with getting the right attack-dodge-attack rhythm down.

So just like Witcher 1 you dont need to dodge in Witcher 1 though clicking in rhythm is enough.

 

[Justicar]

You should learn to read, kiddo

I can read just fine nigga.

There were also some changes in chapter 3 dependant on it being Roche or Iorveth path.

 

[Maxie]

You should learn to read, kiddo

I can read just fine nigga.

There were also some changes in chapter 3 dependant on it being Roche or Iorveth path.

Are you for real now? Let's just pretend you did not post that

 

[Ryzer]

So I tried out the Redux mod, dear god it turns the experience from boring to awful. It has some good points: removing levels, unlocking all moves for signs and attacks from the start, better economy, throwing daggers from witcher 2 but on the bad side you get:

- A stamina bar that prevents Geralt from doing more than 3 attacks without getting blinded, breathless and staggered

- An over-aggressive AI that does fuckall without any sense or logic and almost one shot you

- Ah yes I forgot to mention the god awful HP bloat too

I think I will continue to try it out and see if it gets any better.

 

[Old Hans]

So I tried out the Redux mod, dear god it turns the experience from boring to awful. It has some good points: removing levels, unlocking all moves for signs and attacks from the start, better economy, throwing daggers from witcher 2 but on the bad side you get:

- A stamina bar that prevents Geralt from doing more than 3 attacks without getting blinded, breathless and staggered

- An over-aggressive AI that does fuckall without any sense or logic and almost one shot you

- Ah yes I forgot to mention the god awful HP bloat too

I think I will continue to try it out and see if it gets any better.

honestly the best way to play Witcher 3 is turning to the difficulty down to easy, because the combat is just not good enough for high difficulty stat bloat

 

[Just Locus]

I'm playing on normal and I can remember two instances where I had to re-check the difficulty to make sure it's not on easy with how brain-dead the gameplay.