The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

The masked guy was the first of those twists where it felt to me like they had no idea what to do with it going in, so they just randomly picked a name out of a hat and ran with it. I did like the scenes with him and it did work out well, but yeah, the initial reveal was pretty odd, to say the least. Though the one I really didn't like was how if you picked a certain episode 1 character for the final action sequence, you get this weird scene that pretty much reverses the plot twist of episode 1, which felt really silly to me. 

i bought an xbox one. this one

I've only watched someone else playing Resident Evil 4 and that was the original version, on the Gamecube I think. I think it was hyped as one of the Gamecube's best games at the time. It looked good but I never bought it myself. I might get that bundle myself as it's a series I wouldn't mind exploring. What's so bad about the PC version controls?

So, my family had to change cable plans today and internet was included, so I went to set the wi-fi up on my PS4, and guess what? The Witcher 3 is downloading ANOTHER 17 gb update! Are you fucking kidding me? I love the game, but this is getting beyond ridiculous at this point.

The only good news is, I got to use it as a test for my new internet. My previous connection was good for my laptop but somehow struggled with the PSN servers, but the new connection has downloaded over 14 gb of that path in about 90 minutes, so it looks like I may finally not have to worry about PSN downloads taking forever again, which is great.

Edited by DippoMagoo - 23 Oct 2015 at 5:31pm

Beat Wild Hunt on NG+ Death March and also managed to do the same on the Toad Prince and the Mage that follows. The Toad Prince was a funny fight this time because I was actually on the defensive then must have landed a hit on a weak spot which caused my silver sword to set it on fire (which apparently does work in this manner contrary to in-game dialogue suggesting it wouldn't). Quickly launched an Igni at the toad straight away and it's health was just decimated in seconds. Hopefully that is a legitimate way to beat it and not a glitch though. It somehow seems to be too good to be true. 

Well my satisfaction of beating the Caretaker was short-lived as the next fight (Wraith from the Painting) is literally impossible on NG+ death march. I'm not exaggerating either: my level 67 Geralt can only deal about 400 - 500 per strike to it and as soon as you deal roughly half damage to just the first of the three health bars a boss in the game has, it starts regenerating as 3000+ HP a second until you strike the painting it's connected to, which can take one or two rolls to get to, by which time its either back on 100% HP or damn close to it. All Signs are useless as except Quen which isn't as useful in this fight as others as the thing doesn't seem to actually do much damage anyway. Fought it literally until my silver sword was at 0% condition and still did not get it's health down to even the second bar. If it chooses to connect to a painting furthest away from you it's literally back to square one in the fight.

It isn't actually that hard so long as you know the game well. Quen will be your best friend. On the base game NG+ Death March is actually much easier due to having your gear and potions from the first run intact. I can kill way overleveled base game enemies on NG+ Death March no problem. Though admittedly I rely on Igni a lot. Superior Tawny Owl potion is a help too due to it never expiring at night, though it isn't so essential that I meditate all the daylight hours away. And remember to grab as much food as you can, as you won't heal during meditation. And check your Bestiary for enemy weakness and exploit them, including oils. 

Yeah they did something to the slowdown effect of Yrden. Apparently if you could get your Sign Intensity high enough foes would freeze. I never had that happen, but the slowdown effect does seem noticeably weaker for me since 1.10. In fact I don't find it half as useful against the enemies I used to use it on the most now. 

adg211288 wrote: I am so pissed off right now. Been playing Outlast on Insane mode. Insane mods basically means that I have to complete the game on the highest difficultly in one sitting (no saves permitted) with NO deaths. I was attempting this on the DLC Whistleblower this evening. I was doing quite well. I was quite near the end when the game crashes. Can you fucking believe it? This game has never crashes on me once before tonight and it picks my insane run to do it.