Have been playing DA and ME and some of the folk over at Bioware Social recommended this game.Well, after opening the box - wow, you get some real cool stuff, am up and running. I have not got very far yet, but I am really liking its vibe. I like all the inventory, class screens, etc as well. Combat is taking some getting used to after being able to pause and micromanage in DA. I have a couple of noob questions.Can you move the camera in active pause? Can you take screenshots? If so, is there a command that turns off the UI? Also, is there any way to make Geralt walk, rather than run everywhere?I think I am going to like this game ;D
Nice timing .. here I am about to get the Kasumi DLC for ME2 ... ;DI never pause the game, so I wouldn't know about moving the camera ..Screenshots .. err .. I think there is .. although I use FRAPS to do that. Free version allows 30 seconds of video as well as screenshots and such.No, there's no way to remove the UI, but there's a mod that does it. Not sure where it is, though.Geralt doesn't walk in over-the-shoulder view (a bit weird, I guess) ... he can in isometric view, though.
I loved this game, and until I played DA:O it was the best RPG ever made for me. DA:O changed that view a bit, because it had gone even further in terms of difficult decisions and combat possibilities.Still, I think TW1 is one of the greatest RPGs ever, and for me perosnally one of the five best games of the past decade. It had technical drawbacks, however, which I hope the devs get rid of in part 2 - I finally want to walk on the grass or past bushes, this whole walking in circles just to get to a location RIGHT NEXT TO ME annoyed me ... until five seconds later, when the game managed to fascinate me again beyond reason 
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.You may know CDPR developed their own engine which is made-to-measure for RPGs it also avoid all problems the devs had with TW1. Though it isn't specific mentioned I'm quite confident the extra ways around invisible obstacles is one of the glitches we won't face in TW2 anymore.
I'd like to recommend this thread to you. You can raise your voice there but don't use caps, you will get heard anyway ;-)
All of these small and petty comments about new looks that advancements in tech brings ..they will a evaporate within the first few minutes of playing such a game. Yeah! Witcher 2
Love the storyline and the details but hate the User interface.World of Warcraft has the best 3rd person User Interface. Learn from them. Surely one of you fine artists here have played WOW, no?
i played it a few months after it was released, and got around ten hours in before losing interest and also i must say i was very busy in my first year of a tough degree. so yeah, since this is heavily rated as one of the best rpgs of the past decade, and i just got a new gfx card soo i can max it out im going to start again.i have the enhanced edition. i was wondering what mods, and patches are out there to make sure i get the most stable, but also the best looking first playthrough i can. im not interest in extra weapons or missions just yet, but anything i can do to make it look beautiful and play stable would be great (GFX card excitmemtn kicking in )also can you guys let me know how hard this game gets? and i forget, is the difficulty adjustable. im not very good are games in general, and something that gets frustrating hard never usually gets a second chance (its a problem on my end mostly im sure )i really want to love this, because of what i remember of it before, the story was cool and importantly adult themed. mass effect 1 and 2 were so stale, the characters (esp in ME1) were like vegetables. but i remember the witcher being much better .anyway i apologise if this is a but of a stupid topic, i just wanted to get back into it and enjoy it as much as possible and figured you guys could help.ps: (if i do complete it, i figure by then TW2 will be announced (i play games slowly ) so i have something awesome to be excited about after too.)
)also can you guys let me know how hard this game gets? and i forget, is the difficulty adjustable. im not very good are games in general, and something that gets frustrating hard never usually gets a second chance (its a problem on my end mostly im sure )i really want to love this, because of what i remember of it before, the story was cool and importantly adult themed. mass effect 1 and 2 were so stale, the characters (esp in ME1) were like vegetables. but i remember the witcher being much better .anyway i apologise if this is a but of a stupid topic, i just wanted to get back into it and enjoy it as much as possible and figured you guys could help.ps: (if i do complete it, i figure by then TW2 will be announced (i play games slowly ) so i have something awesome to be excited about after too.)Regarding mods & patches i would say that the EE verision should take care of any possible bug.You can also download the newest patch to gain some extra adventures (made by players) and some other small fixes.http://tw1.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=24724.0In my opinion the only hard battle on normal difficult is the first boss in act 1. Other than that you should do fine if you have potions.The world is deep if that's what you ask. Aswell as the characters. And the world itself have a real dark deep atmosphere.And yes, I recommend that you finish The witcher before The Witcher 2 is released.idrisguitar said:i played it a few months after it was released, and got around ten hours in before losing interest and also i must say i was very busy in my first year of a tough degree. so yeah, since this is heavily rated as one of the best rpgs of the past decade, and i just got a new gfx card soo i can max it out im going to start again.i have the enhanced edition. i was wondering what mods, and patches are out there to make sure i get the most stable, but also the best looking first playthrough i can. im not interest in extra weapons or missions just yet, but anything i can do to make it look beautiful and play stable would be great (GFX card excitmemtn kicking in
As far as unofficial modifications are concerned I recommend you google for Texture MOD for revised high definition textures of all the inanimate objects in the game. And, yes - it is well worth to finish Witcher before its sequel, since you can use W1 savestate in W2 and it will somehow (hopefully) influence the gameplay.
hehe thanks guys, got the patchis this the mod you are talking about?http://tw1.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=22598.0
sorry for the double post, didn;t want to create another topic though.basically im getting very blurry pixelated faces when having conversations. googled the problem and some suggested depth of field. or turning light down to medium.for me turning the lights down a notch did the trick. but im wondering is there a fix to this? can i play on full setting without getting this odd error?not to much of a big deal, but the lighting in games is usually my favourite bit about the graphics
@idrisguitar you can also check out In Game Tech You mite fine a lot of help there as well
I'm not a great technical gamer - I like story and atmosphere and just enough difficulty to make things interesting. You can set a difficulty level at the beginning of the game - I played through first on the mid-range level that lets you use all of the signs and potions without having to rely on them to succeed in quests.I'd play TW1 at least once before next spring, but honestly, you should try to play more than once if possible. There are so many choices!idrisguitar said:i played it a few months after it was released, and got around ten hours in before losing interest and also i must say i was very busy in my first year of a tough degree. so yeah, since this is heavily rated as one of the best rpgs of the past decade, and i just got a new gfx card soo i can max it out im going to start again.i have the enhanced edition. i was wondering what mods, and patches are out there to make sure i get the most stable, but also the best looking first playthrough i can. im not interest in extra weapons or missions just yet, but anything i can do to make it look beautiful and play stable would be great (GFX card excitmemtn kicking in
I found that I had some trouble solving two quests in Chapter 1 that made me feel as if I were going round in circles. The forum board that allows spoilers has a lot of good info to help with this and other potential points in the game where the next step is really not too clear. Reading "The Witcher" and "The Blood of Elves" is also a good idea
I cannot say enough about this game. So much so that i actually originally downloaded this game in a torrent and have loved the game so much that I am now on my 5th time around and actually purchased it this morning. I can not in a right mind enjoy something so much and not pay for said enjoyment? That is wrong and CD deserves all the money they get from this first Gem to hopefully a much memorable experience. Thank You CD\ .
Could not remember if i posted anything before on the old site? done the game 2 or 3 times plus the add on then stumbled on the witcher 2 . So wow what a game loved it each time i played. "better late than never" whats great is people still finding the game and playing. still have my copy of the enhanced edition.
I've played through the game twice now (my intent was to align myself differently, but I just couldn't do it, I went with the Elves again on my second play through. >.> Though I chose a few other things differently!) The first time was with the original release, and yes the slow load times were a pain (especially, I remember, during the fight with the Hound, I had somehow neglected to make specter oil and it never even dawned on me till later, so I had to go through the load time, then the whole angry villager cutscene (I did skip past the dialogue, but still) and i kept dying, and it took FOREVER... second runthrough, i made specter oil and other potions and it was easy. Anyway, it had some glaring technical problems back then, and dialogue problems (I remember the post-saving Thaler dialogue was especially wtf? inducing) but the story was good enough to keep me engrossed. And the delayed consequences system thrilled me to death. It forced you to live with decisions you made, but never in a way that made it un-fun. And I liked that there was no clear right or wrong, no 'karma points' to collect, just you and what you felt was right, or what you felt your vision of Geralt would think was right. and the decisions were rarely easy, they involved thought, self reflection. I found this to be a very refreshing thing considering so many games adhere to a strict black/white model of morality, especially around the time of the game's release. I also liked that it was a low/dark fantasy setting, as opposed to the traditional high fantasy in a lot of other games. After playing the games, I bought one of the books! (I'm in Canada, only 2 are available, haven't gotten Blood of the Elves yet, but plan on it) I loved that, too. Second play through, I got the Enhanced Edition all installed, and had at it. I was impressed by the changes made to load times and such. They had put a lot of work into the changes. to me, this showed that the devs cared about their product. The initial release had problems, due to a variety of factors from what I understand, and they did their best to make it right. I like that, they have my respect. There are still some rough edges, though they are ones found in many games, like the insurmountable waist high fences. I think it could have actually done with some level scaling later in the game. now that I knew what I was doing, after the midway point in the game, some stuff just got too easy. On the one hand, ons shotting hordes of drowners when they gave me a run for my money in the very early stages of the game is kinda fun, but there was very little later in the game that was much of a challenge outside of boss fights. And on the second play through, after I knew the twist ending, there were a few fridge logic moments... the Grand master's plan really didn't make a ton of sense, to be honest. Though I suppose he may get a pass for, you know, being insane... Also it stuck me just how convenient some parts of the plot were (and judging by Geralt and Triss just HAPPENING to wander into town moments before 2 of their close friends are hanged, this does not seem to have been remedied in 2) While I do realize this was to keep certain characters involved in the plot, I think a less 'well, that was convenient' solution could have been found. Anyway, I still think it is a GREAT game, especially considering it was their first! It just has some rough edges. But then, there are very few games that don't have any, and from much more experienced companies.
Anyway, it had some glaring technical problems back then, and dialogue problems (I remember the post-saving Thaler dialogue was especially wtf? inducing) but the story was good enough to keep me engrossed. And the delayed consequences system thrilled me to death. It forced you to live with decisions you made, but never in a way that made it un-fun. And I liked that there was no clear right or wrong, no 'karma points' to collect, just you and what you felt was right, or what you felt your vision of Geralt would think was right. and the decisions were rarely easy, they involved thought, self reflection. I found this to be a very refreshing thing considering so many games adhere to a strict black/white model of morality, especially around the time of the game's release. I also liked that it was a low/dark fantasy setting, as opposed to the traditional high fantasy in a lot of other games. After playing the games, I bought one of the books! (I'm in Canada, only 2 are available, haven't gotten Blood of the Elves yet, but plan on it) I loved that, too. Second play through, I got the Enhanced Edition all installed, and had at it. I was impressed by the changes made to load times and such. They had put a lot of work into the changes. to me, this showed that the devs cared about their product. The initial release had problems, due to a variety of factors from what I understand, and they did their best to make it right. I like that, they have my respect. There are still some rough edges, though they are ones found in many games, like the insurmountable waist high fences. I think it could have actually done with some level scaling later in the game. now that I knew what I was doing, after the midway point in the game, some stuff just got too easy. On the one hand, ons shotting hordes of drowners when they gave me a run for my money in the very early stages of the game is kinda fun, but there was very little later in the game that was much of a challenge outside of boss fights. And on the second play through, after I knew the twist ending, there were a few fridge logic moments... the Grand master's plan really didn't make a ton of sense, to be honest. Though I suppose he may get a pass for, you know, being insane... Also it stuck me just how convenient some parts of the plot were (and judging by Geralt and Triss just HAPPENING to wander into town moments before 2 of their close friends are hanged, this does not seem to have been remedied in 2) While I do realize this was to keep certain characters involved in the plot, I think a less 'well, that was convenient' solution could have been found. Anyway, I still think it is a GREAT game, especially considering it was their first! It just has some rough edges. But then, there are very few games that don't have any, and from much more experienced companies.Oh.my.dear.lord.I cannot believe that I, whom I consider a serious sucker for good RPGs, did not play this game up until last week.I don't think that i have ever played a better RPG in terms of atmosphere and authenticity. The world is so vivid and credible- no fairytail bullcrap, no black and white, just a world mostly governed by the selfish ambitions and greed of its inhabitants. The part i like the best about The Witcher is the fact that Geralt is not your typical "hero". He does not fight for the Good nor the Evil, he really does not care much about "the great picture". All he wants is to put his boots down his assaliants throats and get his memory back, and on his journey he just happens to get involved. I know that there are plenty of RPGs which start off just like this, but The Witcher managed to make me BELIEVE it.Numerous times I found myself depressed when I was to make a decision; do I take the gold and do something that I know I would feel bad about all game long? or do i help the damsel in distress and gain nothing but a hearty "thank you", leaving at least my integrity intact? >.