The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

As my final test before deciding whether or not I'll get the game, I was able to try it out on my brother' PC for around 3 hours, and I definitely liked it a lot more than the second game, from what I played. Obviously the graphics are the best part of it (and as a sidenote, I find it ridiculous that player complaints were apparently bad enough to force CDPR to make a comment about "degrading", because to me it looks absolutely stunning in motion), but I also really like exploring the first area, both due to the side content and the overall immersion. Definitely way better than the swamp from Witcher 2. I also really liked the one monster contract I took on ("Devil in the Well", I think it was called.) They did a really good job of getting you invested in the backstory behind it, instead of just making you fight a generic monster and collect your quest exp. I hope there's a lot more quests like that one.

Combat seems pretty good, as well, definitely better than I remember 2 being. I even managed to kill a wraith, though that's partly because I gained enough exp to reach level 2, and because I found a way to enhance my weapon for a minute period, so that made the fight much easier. So yeah, at this point I definitely will be getting the game next Friday, which will likely mean waiting a week or two for Arkham Knight, since I doubt I'll finish this game in 3 and 1/2 weeks. 

I'm glad that the crossbow is just an addition, witchers don't use crossbows in the books so I think its limited usefulness was intended. 

I think preventing a witch hunt would not be something Geralt would be capable of in the books anyway (it's a damn dark world, full of hatred and untamed prejudice, after all) but judging by what you say, the choices could have had more impact.

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And have already started a second game to attempt to get a different ending. Can't say I was totally satisfied with how the story panned out the first time. It wasn't really a bad ending but it didn't feel completely good either (though with this series maybe that was the point). 

Combat has been good so far, much better than I expected. Actually, watching other people fight the first boss on the same difficulty as me ("Swords and Story", or something like that) I seem to have handled it much better than most, so that makes me feel better, after I managed to get myself killed twice by the same group of bandits within the first two hours. In fact, I haven't died since then: Even managed to take out a group of level 7-11 bandits in the second open world, and only took one hit. That one was particularly satisfying. I seem to play more aggressive and use Igni more than most people, and that has been working well. Aird and Quen have been working for me as well, but Axii and Yrden I almost never use so far, except against wraiths, for the latter. 

I've encountered a couple glitches, but that's to be expected in a big game like this, so it doesn't bother me anymore. So far, I've had one quest bug out so that even though I did everything in it, the quest is marked incomplete because it got stuck on the first objective, plus one quest where I had to redo a fight (actually that one with level 7-11 bandits, and it went slightly worse the second time, but still well enough) because a key wouldn't spawn. 

One thing I really like so far is how the sidequests feel more interconnected than in most games. Even some of the ? locations contribute to the lore, at least in the first area, and the first contract I did connected with quite a few other quests, which was pretty neat.