Witcher 3

Brotherly tension

GOTY is on sale on psn, yes please.

Noodleface said:

Witcher 1 is really hard to enjoy

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Combat is a mess and graphics didn't aged well, but story is really good and in it's own time it was joy to play.

i think witcher 1 was a game that ONLY works in the time that it was released. even then i never played more than about 10 hours of it. the CONCEPT of the game is still pretty great, obviously, but the game mechanics are... not fun.

when it was released, the gameplay was intact but the story was messy because the english localization was terrible. conversations were extremely hard to follow because responses didn't make much sense. but then CDPR released the remastered version that fixed all the dialogue as well as a few quality of life things. they told gaming stores to stop selling the original version and gave the remastered version away free to anyone who already bought it. this is before digital downloads were a thing so people brought in their physical copy and traded it straight up.

so the game itself wasn't really anything to write home about, but the way CDPR handled it is what made them a household name

Witcher 1 is so rough, made by 9 people with the old bioware aurora engine. I just reinstalled it though with like 25 mods, so we'll see how that goes.

(god the first mage fight is incredibly annoying)

I wish they'd remaster the first 2 games with the W3 engine.

Witcher 1 combat was amazing, so much fun watching Geralt spin his sword around in a perfectly choreographed routine for 5 minutes just to get 1 shot when a wyvern randomly sneezed on you

The most important part was it had collectable cards with titties

Geralt at least wasn't picky with ladies. My favourite was the green one. Moreen I think

Nothing wrong with dryad pussy, it's all pink on the inside

I finally completed both the Main Quest and Blood & Wine. I'm pretty sure I got the "good" ending in the Main Quest, which was satisfying.

On to New Game+ now, which is way better than the first time around, since I feel like a seasoned Witcher and not some newb this time in White Orchard.

Crazy fucking question.. When you start rocking like 20+ potions in your inventory, is there a way to differentiate between them besides hovering over every single one or memorizing the subtle differences in images lol? Drives me crazy to spend two minutes just trying to find a specific potion.

Potions generally aren't worth using outside of utility potions like Cat which give you night vision. If you're on PC you can mod but on PS4/XBox you just gotta rely on memory. The inventory in this game is piss poor and there are a TON of consumables and crafting items.

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Khane said:

Potions generally aren't worth using outside of utility potions like Cat which give you night vision. If you're on PC you can mod but on PS4/XBox you just gotta rely on memory. The inventory in this game is piss poor and there are a TON of consumables and crafting items.

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Wut? I'm finding potions, particularly those decoctions, pretty OP, especially when combined with points in skills that reduce toxicity. Troll decoction, the potion that slows counterstrikes, and the adrenaline point regen potion all combined let's me cut through swarms of mobs.