The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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sze5003

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Aug 18, 2012
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Haha nope. $25 for both is an absolute steal. More content in these than most $60 games. B&W is incredible, probably get 50+ hours out of it myself.
Yea definitely true. I spent hours just doing side quests and exploring. I will get these because it will take me forever to finish either way.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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Blood and Wine complete and the ending (no matter which one you get)seems very fitting and final especially if you did all the main quest previously. It was a super enjoyable story with lots of plot twists and numerous ways for things to end up if you missed clues or purposely skipped them because you think you know all you need to know. The writers for the quests had an excellent sense of humor in this one. I'm going to miss this game, just uninstalled it actually.
 

Eric1987

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Blood and Wine complete and the ending (no matter which one you get)seems very fitting and final especially if you did all the main quest previously. It was a super enjoyable story with lots of plot twists and numerous ways for things to end up if you missed clues or purposely skipped them because you think you know all you need to know. The writers for the quests had an excellent sense of humor in this one. I'm going to miss this game, just uninstalled it actually.


It's one of my favorite games of all time.
 

sze5003

Lifer
Aug 18, 2012
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Just got the expansion pass finally. I kind of don't want to play until I decide how I want to upgrade my PC lol. I need to back up my saves just in case something goes wrong. I'm sad that they won't be making this anymore. CD project red is now one of my favorite devs.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Just got the expansion pass finally. I kind of don't want to play until I decide how I want to upgrade my PC lol. I need to back up my saves just in case something goes wrong. I'm sad that they won't be making this anymore. CD project red is now one of my favorite devs.

Recent hints that another Witcher game is possible (long ways away)--but Geralt's story is done.
 

RockinZ28

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Mar 5, 2008
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Kinda sucky that you spend all the time gathering the gear upgrades, money to upgrade, dye your armor and look pimp in you Witcher gear. Then you level up a couple times and you find better gear in a random sack, except it looks meh.

Pimped out in the grandmaster Ursine gear with red dye:



Also forgot when I reinstalled after installing Windows 10, wasn't using my tweaked control config.

Switched the Right trigger that does axii on Roach with the A button that makes you gallop, so now you can actually look around while riding with an Xbox 360/One controller.

Recent hints that another Witcher game is possible (long ways away)--but Geralt's story is done.

Certainly be down for that. Hope it happens, and they can somehow make it better than W3.
 

sze5003

Lifer
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Recent hints that another Witcher game is possible (long ways away)--but Geralt's story is done.
I'm down to check out any other game they produce. It may be completely different but as long as it's made by the same people it can't possibly be that bad.
 

thilanliyan

Lifer
Jun 21, 2005
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Anyone do the tower quest where to get rid of Defensive Regulatory Magicon (DRM) you need to get Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire (GOG)?

I lol'd
 

mikeymikec

Lifer
May 19, 2011
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I've completed the main quest in W3, and there's one thing I consider to be a loose end as well as something I really wish I could have done:

The third crone who escaped Ciri, she seemed to have made an exit from the story. Every time I saw the crones, the one with the flies coming out of her eye was the one I sincerely hoped would have a date with the end of Geralt's (or Ciri's, not really fussed) sword, preferably through that eye. It caused me to cringe every time I saw it!

Anyone do the tower quest where to get rid of Defensive Regulatory Magicon (DRM) you need to get Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire (GOG)?

I lol'd

Heh, I missed that one. I was busy looking out for the tonnes of film and other story references
 
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cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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I've completed the main quest in W3, and there's one thing I consider to be a loose end as well as something I really wish I could have done:

The third crone who escaped Ciri, she seemed to have made an exit from the story. Every time I saw the crones, the one with the flies coming out of her eye was the one I sincerely hoped would have a date with the end of Geralt's (or Ciri's, not really fussed) sword, preferably through that eye. It caused me to cringe every time I saw it!



Heh, I missed that one. I was busy looking out for the tonnes of film and other story references



Yeah there was no explanation for that and nothing in the expansions.
 

Artorias

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I like to role play my Geralt and as cool as the new grandmaster sets are it looks ridiculous to wear something so heavy and warm like that in a land like Toussaint, I wish they put that in the base game much earlier. The Manticore set is the armor I'm going to go after once I get to blood and wine.

Currently I'm wearing the new moon armor and it looks a lot like the Stark armor(not the fur cloak) from the Game of Thrones. :thumbsup:
 
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ArenCordial

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Yeah there was no explanation for that and nothing in the expansions.

Its addressed in one of the ending variants. In the other two endings its left alone.

Basically if
Ciri dies, Geralt will go and hunt the last crone down. He will find Ciri's medallion and have an emotional breakdown while the Crone's minions swarm him. The implication is Geralt commits suicide by monster.
 
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Carfax83

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I like to role play my Geralt and as cool as the new grandmaster sets are it looks ridiculous to wear something so heavy and warm like that in a land like Toussaint, I wish they put that in the base game much earlier.

Toussaint is still a temperate region by the looks of it, so it's not as though it's boiling hot.

Plus, I'm sure Geralt appreciates protection from monster claws and teeth more so than protection from the Sun's warmth. :whiste:
 

Artorias

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Toussaint is still a temperate region by the looks of it, so it's not as though it's boiling hot.

Plus, I'm sure Geralt appreciates protection from monster claws and teeth more so than protection from the Sun's warmth. :whiste:

Haha true, sometimes you just got to look spectacular and where some spectacles too.
 

Artorias

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Just finished Hearts of Stone and what an amazing experience that was, great story, great voice acting, incredible production values. Just amazing all around.

CDPR really have a great group of talented developers, they got an amazing engine to work with and I cant wait to see what Cyberpunk is going to be about.

Onto to Blood and Wine!
 
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zinfamous

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My first Windows 10 screw up?

--went into Steam to load it, and I discover that it is uninstalled for some reason...
--I usually just let my PC go to sleep and this morning, it woke up from one of those BS Win 10 autoupdates. fine. Restore previously open Chrome tabs. fine
--Open Steam, steam updates. Go to Witcher, not installed, no DLC installed but expansion pass is installed?
--scans for locally installed files, continues download anyway...and my main SSD seems to be showing remaining space that would account for Witcher 3, so I don't know what is going on.

 

Mem

Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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My first Windows 10 screw up?

--went into Steam to load it, and I discover that it is uninstalled for some reason...
--I usually just let my PC go to sleep and this morning, it woke up from one of those BS Win 10 autoupdates. fine. Restore previously open Chrome tabs. fine
--Open Steam, steam updates. Go to Witcher, not installed, no DLC installed but expansion pass is installed?
--scans for locally installed files, continues download anyway...and my main SSD seems to be showing remaining space that would account for Witcher 3, so I don't know what is going on.


Very Strange.
FYI I purchased both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine lastweek for my Witcher 3(using Win10 x64 Pro and GOG version) having taking a break from W3 since finishing the main story last year.

So far had no real issues even continuing from my last save from last year, so that has seen many Win10 updates and W3 updates on top of that, two bugs in game but fixed them by reloading earlier saves ( one was could not attack an enemy NPC on stairs, was like an invisible barrier in front of him bug).

I have had no in game crashes so very stable. I've finished Hearts of Stone and working my way through Blood and Wine.

Impressed with the effort they put into the storyline for the expansions.
 

Rhezuss

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Damn the Gwent tournamenet...WTF hahahah
My deck was undefeated until I entered the tournament...at least I had a savegame just before starting it...
 

RockinZ28

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Mar 5, 2008
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Finished B&W last night. So now completed the main game and both expansions. Has to be my fav game of all time, no question. Phenomenal job by CDPR.
 

Mem

Lifer
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As I went to play W3, it was downloading a huge 13GB patch, been that way for a few hours now, only 6GB to go.

I wish the patches were smaller lol.
1.22 patch notes.

Patch 1.22 doesn’t offer any vast improvements to The Witcher 3, but instead offers several fixes to the open-world RPG. The patch introduces a number of fixes to Roach, such as his tail no longer randomly vanishing and being unresponsive during The Warble of the Smitten Knight quest, tweaks and improvements to the inventory system, and additional tweaks to various quests.
Here’s the full list of patch notes:

  • Fixes issue whereby Corvo Bianco upgrades would not complete if players left Toussaint while an upgrade was in progress.
  • Fixes issue whereby Roach would not move during the quest "The Warble of a Smitten Knight."
  • Fixes an issue whereby camera hard lock could not be enabled following completion of the quest "The Warble of a Smitten Knight."
  • Fixes issue involving incorrect progression of the "Wine Wars: Vermentino" quest if player had completed all "Wine Wars: Belgaard" tasks previously.
  • Fixes issue whereby the "Envoys, Wineboys" quest would not progress correction under certain circumstances.
  • Fixes issue whereby mutagen icons were not updated on Steam and Origin.
  • Fixes additional instances of issue whereby interaction was sometimes missing from chests containing loot in the quest "Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear" in Kaer Morhen.
  • Fixes issue whereby some NPCs could not spawn after the completion of Blood and Wine.
  • Adds Dark Iron Plate diagram to the crafting list.
  • Fixes issue whereby upscaled levels of selected enemies would not be calculated correctly.
  • Fixes issue whereby negative experience points were sometimes displayed if progress had been initially started in version 1.0.
  • Fixes issue whereby a golem guarding treasure located between Bowdon and Brunwich could prove invulnerable.
  • Fixes issue whereby Bandit Camp near Kilkerinn Ruins could not be marked as cleared.
  • Fixes issue whereby Roach's tail could vanish.
  • Fixes issue whereby some enemies' upscaled level would be improperly displayed as too high.
  • Fixes issue whereby it was possible to permanently lose swords in Gravity Cave.
  • Fixes issue whereby an improperly high amount of experience could be required to level up above level 96.
  • Corrects Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone credits.
  • Fixes issue whereby it was impossible to obtain the gwent leader card "Francesca Findabair: The Beautiful" after finishing the main story.
  • Fixes the issue whereby the corpse of Golyat had corrupted visuals.
  • Introduces tweaks and improvements to the inventory system.
  • Fixes issue whereby picking up only one piece of dirty cloth at a time during the "Burlap is the New Stripe" quest could block progress.
  • Fixes issue whereby borders established during the "Night of Long Fangs" quest would sometimes exist after completing the quest, preventing users from exploring Toussaint.
  • Fixes issue whereby sword sound effects when Eredin was hit could be muted.
  • Fixes issue whereby some streamed audio assets could not be played.
  • Fixes issue whereby The Wicked Witch could be rendered invincible.
  • Fixes issue whereby Majordomo could refuse to move in to Corvo Bianco.
  • Fixes issue whereby the "Contract: Bovine Blues" quest did not progress correctly if the "Big Feet to Fill" quest had not been completed.
  • Fixes rare issue whereby the "Be it Ever So Humble" quest did not progress correctly.
  • Fixes issue whereby the "empress" ending would not trigger under certain circumstances.
  • Fixes issue whereby Legendary Feline Silver Sword was one one of the ingredients required to craft Grandmaster Legendary Griffin Steel Sword.
  • Fixes issue whereby diagrams required to progress in the "From Ofier's Distant Shores" quest could not be looted from a chest.
  • Fixes issue whereby Aerondight acquired in New Game Plus mode would not scale to Geralt's level.
  • Fixes issue whereby extra ability slots would not unlock correctly while researching mutations.
  • Fixes issue whereby pressing 'O' would add an unlimited number of Decoy gwent cards.
  • Fixes interaction with noticeboard near the Little Flint Girl.
  • Fixes possible exploit enabling unwarranted gains in experience points during "The Path of Warriors" quest.
  • Fixes issue whereby the player was sometimes unable to progress in the "Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige's Here" quest.
  • Fixes issue causing infinite loading screen after leaving portal in the "Turn and Face the Strange" quest.
  • Fixes issue whereby one of Geralt's hairdos could be more visible than it should when using Feline Grandmaster chest armor.
  • Fixes issue whereby Viper Armor could change color to red when displayed on armor stand in Corvo Bianco
  • Fixes issue whereby the collar of one of the armors was red.
  • Fixes issue whereby Marlene would be unable to engage in conversation.
  • Fixes issue whereby Oriana's guard could become translucent during the "Night of Long Fangs" quest.
  • Adds display of food or drink vitality regeneration amount.
  • An art dealer sets up shop near Lazare Lafargue’s Workshop in Beauclair.
  • Fixes issue whereby access to the Alchemy Table could be blocked.
  • Fixes issue whereby stamina would regenerate at a larger rate than it should after starting a new game.
  • Fixes issue whereby players could knock down horses.
  • Fixes issue whereby dogs and wolves would not die immediately after being knocked down and frozen at the same time.
  • Fixes issue whereby the "Wine Wars: Consortium" quest did not progress correctly.
  • Fixes issue whereby the "A Lady, Her Knight and True Love" quest could be restarted even if Jacob was already dead.
  • Fixes issue whereby courtesans at Belles of Beauclair could reappear in the room after a sex scene.
  • Fixes exploit whereby Aarding a beehive towards the dwarven blacksmith in White Orchard was possible.
  • Fixes issue whereby an infinite loading screen could occur after fist fight with Baron in the "Family Matters" quest.
  • Fixes exploit whereby Aarding a beehive towards the dwarven blacksmith in White Orchard was possible.
  • Fixes issue whereby the game could crash after meeting the knights from the "Envoys, Wineboys" quest.
  • It is now possible to acquire the "Emhyr var Emreis: Emperor of Nilfgaard" gwent card from the innkeeper at the Inn at the Crossroads in cases where this formerly was not possible.
  • Fixes issue whereby music/sound effects would sometimes not play.
  • Fixes issue whereby day value was missing from displayed total played time.
  • Fixes issue whereby Marlene could disappear from Corvo Bianco after a few hours.
  • Fixes a rare issue whereby players could lose earned levels.
  • Fixes issue whereby witcher gear and diagrams could go missing.
  • Fixes issue whereby Geralt could die after a loading screen in the "Turn and Face the Strange" quest.
  • Fixes issue whereby a noblewoman in red would sometimes follow Geralt everywhere he goes.
  • Fixes issue whereby body parts would sometimes remain suspended in mid-air after an enemy exploded.
 

sze5003

Lifer
Aug 18, 2012
14,293
670
126
As I went to play W3, it was downloading a huge 13GB patch, been that way for a few hours now, only 6GB to go.

I wish the patches were smaller lol.
1.22 patch notes.
Since I just updated my mobo and CPU I'm going to do a clean install. This will suck having to download all this. At least I still have my saves.
 
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