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[Lagole Gon]

He's completely right. Thank god for people who are honest with the source of the fiction.

I know, right?
I especially like how faithfully they represented witchers - order of jedi knights known for casting fireballs, mind control and time-stopping spells.

Yeah, They should do it exactly like in the books so that it no longer is suitable as a computer game!

Because of people like you we have stuff like this:

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[AngryDude]

POTATO CAN INTO GRAPHICS: x

 

[Storyfag]

He's completely right. Thank god for people who are honest with the source of the fiction.

I know, right?
I especially like how faithfully they represented witchers - order of jedi knights known for casting fireballs, mind control and time-stopping spells.

The Igni and Axii Signs work exactly like in the games. CDPR did make the Heliotrope Sign is over the top, thatis true.

 

[Mortmal]

It make senses, his girlfriend was abducted, so no need to shave himself anymore , i would do same . Ah not only they can into graphics, but its the best ive seen since a while, true PC xbox 720 graphics.

 

[Declinator]

You clearly hate the story of the game, hate the gameplay, why are you here in this thread again?

Perhaps to find out why someone would like it? This may come as a surprise but sometimes people like to discuss their differing opinions.

Both games had combat based on auto-targetting and timed attacks. The difference is that in TW you could also strike nearby enemies, while in Gothic you were always hitting only one enemy, even if your big-ass sword literally went trough two others standing next to you. Also, the best way of dealing with enemy in Gothic was to wait for him to charge on you, then strike left/right when he was in your attack range. You could beat everything in melee using this tedious "tactics".
I spoke with numerous Gothic fan who acknowlegde that combat was the worst thing in Gothic, so I didn't know I would cause such butthurt by saing it was bad.

The difference is that in Twitcher you just had to time your clicks by the player character's own swings and in Gothic you timed according to the enemy's movements/swings.

In TW1 you just started your combo, continued your combo, and then continued it some more...
In Gothic (1/2) you had to actually watch the enemy as without that there is no hope of winning.

Also, about striking more than one enemy in TW, if I remember correctly, wasn't it just a simplistic change of sword style so you did a slightly different combo but it was exactly same click-fest where the character automatically did everything instead of the player? At least in Gothic you can decide how the character swings.

It's true that Gothic combat started becoming quite repetitive after a while but it's still the best real time melee fighting system I remember playing. I'm not really sure what else there is to Gothic aside from the combat. The story is...bare bones and while the the world is somewhat interesting I don't think it could carry a game by itself.

 

[Lagole Gon]

He's completely right. Thank god for people who are honest with the source of the fiction.

I know, right?
I especially like how faithfully they represented witchers - order of jedi knights known for casting fireballs, mind control and time-stopping spells.

The Igni and Axii Signs work exactly like in the games. CDPR did make the Heliotrope Sign is over the top, thatis true.[/quote

I must be suffering from a selective amnesia, just like Geralt, I struggle to remember witchers brainwashing their enemies. In TW1 they were even attacking their allies. R00fles!

 

[Outlander]

Why can't anyone make ARPG combat as awesome as Gothic 1 and 2 did?

Strike right, strike left, repeat 1000x. Seriously, even TW1 had better combat system than Gothic.

Seriously ?

Srsly

Both games had combat based on auto-targetting and timed attacks. The difference is that in TW you could also strike nearby enemies, while in Gothic you were always hitting only one enemy, even if your big-ass sword literally went trough two others standing next to you. Also, the best way of dealing with enemy in Gothic was to wait for him to charge on you, then strike left/right when he was in your attack range. You could beat everything in melee using this tedious "tactics".
I spoke with numerous Gothic fan who acknowlegde that combat was the worst thing in Gothic, so I didn't know I would cause such butthurt by saing it was bad.

I finished Gothic 1 and 2 (with NotR), both twice, playing like that, and I found it to be the best way to fight your way trough the games. It's tedious but effective.

Sure, you CAN beat the game like that, but for fuck's sake, why would anyone want to? It's way more fun to take advantage of the parry and flanking abilities.

Also I bet those 'numerous Gothic fans' are also TES fans

 

[Storyfag]

He's completely right. Thank god for people who are honest with the source of the fiction.

I know, right?
I especially like how faithfully they represented witchers - order of jedi knights known for casting fireballs, mind control and time-stopping spells.

The Igni and Axii Signs work exactly like in the games. CDPR did make the Heliotrope Sign is over the top, thatis true.[/quote

I must be suffering from a selective amnesia, just like Geralt, I struggle to remember witchers brainwashing their enemies. In TW1 they were even attacking their allies. R00fles!

Then read the very first short story. You know which one. Pay extra attention to the way Geralt deals with city guards at the very beggining.

 

[Lagole Gon]

He's completely right. Thank god for people who are honest with the source of the fiction.

I know, right?
I especially like how faithfully they represented witchers - order of jedi knights known for casting fireballs, mind control and time-stopping spells.

The Igni and Axii Signs work exactly like in the games. CDPR did make the Heliotrope Sign is over the top, thatis true.[/quote

I must be suffering from a selective amnesia, just like Geralt, I struggle to remember witchers brainwashing their enemies. In TW1 they were even attacking their allies. R00fles!

Then read the very first short story. You know which one. Pay extra attention to the way Geralt deals with city guards at the very beggining.

That's the thing with the first short story. There's some little things that don't make sense in the context of later books. Because it's the goddamn first story. Signs got nerfed.

 

[oldmanpaco]

Getting away from the scintillating arguments about the writing I also would like to convey my annoyance at having Geralt back. They need to start making some stand-alone games with a new protagonist. As others have said the amnesia thing works (I'm being generous) for one game. Beyond that it's just annoying.

They could do so much with a game that stated off with a new Witcher. Or even some ho-hum regular human mercenary or knight. Or even a sorceress or wizard or something. Lots of possibilities in this world.

Also where are my nakkid lady cards? Those were awesome.

 

[AngryDude]

Also where are my nakkid lady cards?

libruls

 

[J_C]

Getting away from the scintillating arguments about the writing I also would like to convey my annoyance at having Geralt back. They need to start making some stand-alone games with a new protagonist. As others have said the amnesia thing works (I'm being generous) for one game. Beyond that it's just annoying.

They could do so much with a game that stated off with a new Witcher. Or even some ho-hum regular human mercenary or knight. Or even a sorceress or wizard or something. Lots of possibilities in this world.

Also where are my nakkid lady cards? Those were awesome.

The Witcher trilogy has an overarching story about Geralt and the Wild Hunt, so Geralt beaing the protagonist and the amnesia makes sense. If there happen to be a Witcher 4, I also hope they will try out something new. But for the Withcer 3, everyting is ok with Geralt. IMO

 

[made]

They could do so much with a game that stated off with a new Witcher. Or even some ho-hum regular human mercenary or knight. Or even a sorceress or wizard or something. Lots of possibilities in this world.

Or maybe a peasant from a random backwater village who levels up to be the greatest Witcher of all time?

Fuck possibilities. IMO they should kill off Geralt at the end of each game and resurrect him with convenient amnesia at the start of the next in an endless cycle forevermore.

 

[AngryDude]

Or maybe a peasant from a random backwater village who levels up to be the greatest Witcher of all time?

Won't work, Geralt is the only true Witcher.


And Zebrowski ofcourse.

Deal with it westerners

 

[Lagole Gon]

This picture reminded me a dicussion I once saw on a social justice blog.
They were raging how games make Geralt look like a typical tough guy, "while in books IIRC he's totally metro and even has no body hair."

 

[AngryDude]

Geralt is a fag, news at 11

 

[abnaxus]

indeed.

 

[Gerrard]

The Witcher trilogy has an overarching story about Geralt and the Wild Hunt, so Geralt beaing the protagonist and the amnesia makes sense. If there happen to be a Witcher 4, I also hope they will try out something new. But for the Withcer 3, everyting is ok with Geralt. IMO

In the matter of the Wild Hunt it really feels like the second game was completely unnecessary though. And the whole LOL MAGICAL SWORD THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WILD HUNT was just so incredibly retarded... it's like this was done in the last minute after they had something else planned but decided to change it.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

This picture reminded me a dicussion I once saw on a social justice blog.
They were raging how games make Geralt look like a typical tough guy, "while in books IIRC he's totally metro and even has no body hair."

We have our IRL Geralt already:

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[RRRrrr]

Because I'm interested in crpg games and have read the


books as a kid?

That explains why you liked them. The books were cringe-inducing, immature, and felt like a virgin's sexual fantasy. I can see why a kid would like them but they have no literary value whatsoever. I tried reading them, the first two (the short stories) were entertaining and even showed a little promise, but them the saga came and all the good ideas went to hell. Instead, they got melodramatic and plainly retarded. By the second half of the final book I was so embarrassed of the things I was reading that I couldn't finish it. If I had to read another chapter with Ciri I would probably have puked.

I think the game has better plot and ideas than the books, which speaks very badly of them considering the quality of game writing. I am actually interested in the wild hunt now and I look forward to TW3. Can't say I look forward to finishing the final book, though.


EDIT:
The old TW1 screenshots are interesting, I remember seeing them in an old gamers' magazine back in 2006. This is my personal favorite

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The preview said that the game would have a big open world and I thought that you would be able to travel many places. The engine wouldn't allow it, though-the game had extreme loading times when it came out with much smaller areas.
Too bad that this 2006 screenshot looks better than anything they have shown so far from TW3. I like TW1's art direction far more than the generic cartoony shit in TW2. I can't put my finger on it, but there is something about TW2's and TW3's graphics that just isn't right.

 

[Tagaziel]

I wager you just dealt with a very shitty translation. The Witcher series doesn't quite work as well outside Poland's cultural circle.

 

[Cyberarmy]

I like TW1's art direction far more than the generic cartoony shit in TW2. I can't put my finger on it, but there is something about TW2's and TW3's graphics that just isn't right.

Probably reason is very high amount of "The Bloom", I hoped they tone down it a little this time so I don't have to use any mods to "darken" the game but ...

Makes my eyes hurt like hell...

 

[Infinitron]

"Cartoony"?

 

[RRRrrr]

"Cartoony"?

For the lack of better word. It is certainly not clean and realistic.

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[Infinitron]

"Cartoony"?

For the lack of better word. It is certainly not clean and realistic.

Can you post some example screenshots demonstrating the differences between Witcher 1 and Witcher 2 that make the latter "cartoony"