Adam7Eight
Emperor
Has anyone here played The Witcher? Any good?
I'm looking to broaden my RPG horizons...
I'm looking to broaden my RPG horizons...
The Witcher
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Yes, its quite a fun game with a more mature theme (at least more so than most games). It has memorable characters, a medium medieval fantasy setting and plenty of sex 
Considering its quite cheap now ($19.99 and often goes on sale for half that) its a good buy. The combat isn't amazing and you have to time your clicks right but I like watching swordplay.
Considering its quite cheap now ($19.99 and often goes on sale for half that) its a good buy. The combat isn't amazing and you have to time your clicks right but I like watching swordplay.
TheDanish
Prince
I second Prince's comments. Very fun, as long as you don't mind a gaming manual the size of a small book. It's got enough complexity without spilling over into frustration. The combat is interesting and different but nothing spectacular. To top it all off the story is much more compelling than your standard fantasy setting "There be daemons!"
Adam7Eight
Emperor
Steam has a deal up for 50% off at $9.99. 
I'm going to get it.
I'm going to get it.
Disgustipated
Deity
I don't remember the manual being that large. If you want a small book, look at Civ2's manual. You'll never see anything that large ever again.
I should finish the Witcher. It had an interesting story, I'm not sure why I never finished it. Some parts seemed tedious to me, however. And that's one reason. The combat is another thing I didn't care for.
I'd get the Uncut version. The North American version has nudity cut out. It's a fairly simple patch.
I should finish the Witcher. It had an interesting story, I'm not sure why I never finished it. Some parts seemed tedious to me, however. And that's one reason. The combat is another thing I didn't care for.
I'd get the Uncut version. The North American version has nudity cut out. It's a fairly simple patch.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
The nudity isn't a big difference, just some paintings on the cards you get after sexy time.
Benefactor
Beneficial
The pacing is slightly off in many places, can make parts of the story a bit of a slog IMO.
Still totally worth whatever budget price its out at these days though.
LightSpectra
me autem minui
The Witcher is a terrible game. It's the single-player version of an MMORPG system. Boring.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Did you actually play it or are you basing that off of Zero Punctuation? While the combat isn't far off from an MMO, it doesn't have a skill bar and the timed clicking is a little bit more complex than autotargetting an enemy. The Dragon Age games have combat that is a lot closer to MMORPGs.
The Witcher's combat isn't amazing, but it was passable and not only major part of the game.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
System requirements for the Witcher 2 have been released (EDIT: This is according to some gaming website I forget)
Disgustipated
Deity
Baldur's Gate 2 (and 1), Dragon Age.
So basically you don't like being in direct control of a character.
LightSpectra
me autem minui
Dragon Age didn't have "great" combat. What made it good was the compelling dialogue and characters, which was not present in the Witcher.
Which was the case for neither of the games mentioned.
... Your sentence is confusing me. Yes, it's the case that he's not in direct control in either of these games.
LightSpectra
me autem minui
There's auto-pilot for your companions but it's far better to micromanage them. Only on the easiest difficulties is it acceptable to not be in direct control over your party.
I see what you mean. It's not what I meant though by "direct control". Maybe it wasn't the best expression, but I meant that The Witcher is more like... At all time you walk around with ASDW in combat, every click is an attack, there are some parry moves and such. That's opposed to a more MMORPG style control where you just click on actions that are performed more passively by your character(s).
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Mount&Blade, Lugaru, Dark Messiah Might & Magic.
I'm guessing you never played The Witcher or Mount&Blade or were utterly unable to figure out either combat system. Baldur's Gate's combat is pretty simplistic and Dragon Age's is quite similar to the average MMORPG. Neither is awful but neither is amazing either. The Witcher's combat isn't great but it isn't any worse.
Yeah I still have my Q6600 and I am NOT worried about replacing it until at least next year. I've had zero issues with running out of space (except for Minecraft of all things having the odd fit, I swear it must be epileptic). The Witcher 2 is very beautiful
and should be less linear more multipath with improvements to the combat.EDIT: Update to the system reqs (which I had grabbed off some gaming website), these are the ones from the developer's newsletter:
Glad I meet the recommended specs
And that at least one game is finally moving forward again and not tied down to the consoles outdated hardware.LightSpectra
me autem minui
What? Neither Baldur's Gate nor Dragon Age are MMORPGs, but World of Warcraft is, and that's controlled by ASDW.
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