Game News The Witcher is Fully Enhanced

[bezimek]

Hey look guys, he's Polish and he's agreeing with DU too. I think the Matrix needs resetting or something.

I don`t agree with DU, I am only saying that CDP do right thing - fix bugs in Witcher and it is just plain stupid to thanks for this action.

Even though it was perfectly playable out of the box or with the first patch released in 2-3 weeks after the release.

Bloodlines is one of the most buged game in history :twisted: For most players first patch didn`t work ( Instytut Leopolda - CTD ) and we have to use teleport cheat.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Even though it was perfectly playable out of the box or with the first patch released in 2-3 weeks after the release.

Not out of the box but with "cheating" after searching the net for me...

Some people did have a game breaking crush after completing the Leopold society quest, some people didn't. Hence the "or" in my statement.

Bloodlines? Patching is still in progress.

Even though it was perfectly playable out of the box or with the first patch released in 2-3 weeks after the release.

buahahahahahahahahahahahah hihihihihihihi hohohohohoh hehehehehe

enough?

Are you challenged in some ways?

 

[Silellak]

I don`t agree with DU, I am only saying that CDP do right thing - fix bugs in Witcher and it is just plain stupid to thanks for this action.

Updating the entire English script and changing ALL of the voice acting to match does not qualify as "fixing bugs".

 

[Quilty]

I really enjoyed playing as a monster slayer for hire in a world that was portrayed a lot more interesting than the standard fantasy.

While I agree with everything else you mentioned, I particularly agree with the above. So many game seem to promise a deep and intricate plot from the very outset, and then disappoint you by turning the game into pure hack'n'slash. The Witcher tells you from the beginning that it's a game in which you play a hired killer of monsters, no bullshitting here. You accept that and then the interesting plot that emerges during the game seems as a surprise, an added bonus to an already excellent hack'n'slash experience. I personally hate emphasis on action in RPGs but Witcher won me over, and that really says something about the game, at least in my case. I doubt I'm alone when it comes to this.

 

[Dandelion]

Witcher 1.0 (and NWN2, Gothic 3, etc .......and Fallout 1.0 ) was almost not playable (load/save time, CTD. uber PC to run) and now we all thanks CDP for free patches - something which should be included in first version of the game. It is just plain stupid.

TW was perfectly playable and enjoyable from the start, except maybe for the performance issues, totally worked out with the 1.2 patch.

What is really plain stupid is all this blabbering about a free update of your game that covers all the criticism issued by the customers.
How many companies would have done something like that?

 

[Monocause]

A guy from Poland says:

I haven't played TW so I can't appraise the quality of the game and of the EE. However, as it was pointed out earlier by many others, CDP policy of having to register your product is perfectly fine.

Aside from the fact that it's a security measure, it's also a dumbfuck barrier. I wonder how many idiots would download the EE without owning the original game and then bombard the support with emails "lol crap doesnt work i dwnloaded it and it wont install it says i need witcher but i HAVE downloaded the witcher EE wtf is wrong". It happened with another free game addon a couple of years ago, can't remember which.

And if someone is bitter enough to still bitch about it, no one is stopping you from getting the EE via torrents. I guess it's already there, and since you own the game you can consider it legal. Either way you're set, stop whining.
Also, I see nothing wrong with the fact that CDP is marketing the game again. EE in stores is directed to new players and the ones which were thrown back by news of crappy loading times, crappy voice localisation and other things; hence the hype.

And it's true, there's too much hype. But they need it, they're a relatively unknown company in Europe and in the US. If they aim to get large sales they need to exaggerate a lot, just to gain interest.

I look forward to play TW one day as it seems to be the best RPG released in the last couple of years. And it's a sign of hope for us RPG maniacs, because TW has shown that it's possible to make a game with a mature theme, gritty world, C&C and still be financially successful.

 

[Serious_Business]

Bloodlines? Patching is still in progress.

Even though it was perfectly playable out of the box or with the first patch released in 2-3 weeks after the release.

buahahahahahahahahahahahah hihihihihihihi hohohohohoh hehehehehe

enough?

I finished the game unpatched back in the day.

:avecaesar:

 

[Sergei Quaid]

Same here.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

DU doesn't expect to have to pay for patches and then be told it's a good thing by an army of fanbois.

http://www.thewitcher.com/registration/ ... patch.html

Don't let facts ruin your rant :patriot:

That's the 1.3 patch released in April, not the Enhanced Edition 1.4 patch. [Insert witty quip about facts here].

I don`t agree with DU, I am only saying that CDP do right thing - fix bugs in Witcher and it is just plain stupid to thanks for this action.

Updating the entire English script and changing ALL of the voice acting to match does not qualify as "fixing bugs".

It doesn't qualify as "new content" either. Other Game of the Year Editions usually include some decent expansion packs, not a quick "one hour to finish" mod. How awesome of them to hype their patch re-release.

Did I have to register my game before the EE's release in order to download it, or is DU just gibbering again?

The latter.

I understood you had to register before the release date of EE in order to get the upgrade. That's certainly the impression I was left with reading the announcement. Assuming of course, you don't have to re-install windows in order to register.

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/41518 ... ed-Edition

If you bought the original version of The Witcher and registered it at thewitcher.com, you’ll be able to download all of the great content from the Enhanced Edition for free starting September 19!

Given I bought it and hadn't registered, there's nothing in that announcement that says "just register now". To me it reads "if I bought and didn't register it before..." I'm outta luck. Maybe their English needs a little improving and they should've said "just register to get the EE content".

Still, I don't see why I need to register to download a patch other than to give the marketing department my details. I don't want your "cool newsletter" or "developer updates".

 

[Serious_Business]

lol

 

[HardCode]

Okay, I bought TW:EE today. I didn't have much time to do anything more than start the tutorial mission thing in the keep. Just some impulsive, not-completely-qualified observations:

The movement and combat is a bit odd. But I guess I need to get used to it and learn what to do.

Graphical overload. Using the OTC (?) view - because that other third person view puts the camera way too far out for point-n-click combat - is just way too pretty and takes up quite a bit of screen real estate. It's a distraction. A simpler HUD would have sufficed. Something not so rounded and flowing.

The cutscene intros are awesome, although that doesn't help rate a game good. It's not a movie after all. However, they are great.

That chick's big boobs are way too low. They'd be there when she's 65, not 25.

I'll give some non-Polish, honest feedback in a few weeks after I actually play the game.

 

[dagorkan]

I'm not at all surprised CDP's done this and I agree with DU.

 

[Solohk]

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[Jeff Graw]

DU needs to learn to quit while he's ahead.

Or in this case, quit while he's a hundred miles behind, and with no sign that the butthurt will end any time soon.

 

[mahdi]

One more in support of DU. This game blows.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Still, I don't see why I need to register to download a patch other than to give the marketing department my details. I don't want your "cool newsletter" or "developer updates".

Is it possible for an admin to dumbfuch himself?

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend the Codex, to ride out the storm of the Polish invasion, and to outlive the menace of The Witcher 1.4 Patch Hype, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.

At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of the Codex. That is the will of the Codex.

A small army at the Codex stands, linked together in their cause and in their need, to defend to the death their forum, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.

Even though many old and famous forums have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Polish Witcher Fanboi Club and all the odious apparatus of their hype, we shall not flag or fail.

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in the Codex,
we shall fight on the forums and message boards,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength, we shall defend our Codex, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight in the topics,
we shall fight in the posts,
we shall fight in the news items,
we shall fight in the game comments threads;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, the Codex or a large part of it were subjugated to hype, then TacticularCancer beyond the seas, armed and guarded by Codex minions, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

 

[Jeff Graw]

That desperate, huh?

While there are certainly some Witcher fanboys here, just as there are despicable Morrowind fanboys, or even NWN fanboys, most people are just making fun of the ever more absurd rationalizations you have to make to prove your point. You would have been just fine if you would have stopped at "This hype is lame", but you had to go on about the EE not being free because you need to download it, or because you're too fucking lazy to register your game. Now everyone thinks you're an idiot.

 

[Trash]

Now everyone knows you're an idiot.

There.

 

[Mayday]

For those interested:
http://www.sciagnij.pl/programy/1,90718 ... tania.html

There's a download link there and you DON'T need to be registered.

 

[Kraszu]

Gothic 2 gold have big context on its own

Gothic 2 Gold is vanilla Gothic 2 + Night of the Raven in one box

I mean Gold as 1.0, in Poland Gothic 2 was realised alone, and then add-on was realised it is one of the most popular games in Poland.

It is not like G2 story was broken or had unfinished houses

Water mages? Dexter? Too little escaped convicts running around?[/quote]

That is nit picking. Far from unfinished, and actually G2 had more context then G1, gameplay was improved, more ways to solve some quest. In G1 there was cut context also, and no add-on was realised. Still G2 is 40-50h game whit some re playability at least for the beginning part of the game. (that is rather big)

They could make other things worse like fire mage guild, and add water mages in dexter, that would make G2 1.0 better? Not necessery. Personally I would rather like to have better later chapters, more ways to sole quest, and so on. But whit those criteria you can add something good to pretty much every crpg. I hope that they will improve on those aspects in Risen as they said that improving is on they primary list.

 

[Kraszu]

Downloading EE is stealing.

 

[bozia2012]

Witcher 1.0 (and NWN2, Gothic 3, etc .......and Fallout 1.0 ) was almost not playable (load/save time, CTD. uber PC to run) and now we all thanks CDP for free patches - something which should be included in first version of the game. It is just plain stupid.

TW was perfectly playable and enjoyable from the start, except maybe for the performance issues, totally worked out with the 1.2 patch.

What is really plain stupid is all this blabbering about a free update of your game that covers all the criticism issued by the customers.
How many companies would have done something like that?

This thread is some funny shit indeed.

This may be nitpicking, but Bezimek - how the fuck you were playing TW 1.0? Patch 1.1 was available on the day of the release.

 

[meeneque]

For those interested...

Doesn't work for me. just keeps refreshing the site.