Video Games Do any of you like The Witcher series of games?

[Warrior Spirit]

I don't know what to feel about it man. Every corner anywhere in that game it seems like some poor soul is getting mutilated. It just doesn't feel pleasant.

Well-designed monsters though, without a doubt. The combat is fun.

I guess I'm a softie, but I want my RPG worlds to be sunshine and rainbows. lol.

 

[AaronMk]

To be fair the Witcher games do generally take place at basically where the front in a war is. Aside from the first Witcher games, then Geralt's quest does take you generally close to where a sect of criminal mages are trying to do mutagenic research on humans and monsters.

But as for 2 and 3; you're on the front lines of one kind of war or another. The reality of warfare for that equivalent period wouldn't be conducive to law and order or even magical monster defense. When you got troops of one side or the other marching around doing Small War activities they are going to invite the opportunity for ghouls to take advantage of the un- or under protected villages and masses of refugees keeping out of the war of violence and plague

 

[Nu Epiq]

I can't speak for the first two installments but if they are anything like W3: Wild Hunt, you might want to try something else, maybe? At least for a little while? I started on that one first. I had to put it down after the bloody baron quest that was disturbing and depressing. Not sure I will ever get around to finishing it though.

 

[AaronMk]

I can't speak for the first two installments but if they are anything like W3: Wild Hunt, you might want to try something else, maybe? At least for a little while? I started on that one first. I had to put it down after the bloody baron quest that was disturbing and depressing. Not sure I will ever get around to finishing it though.

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[Warrior Spirit]

I can't speak for the first two installments but if they are anything like W3: Wild Hunt, you might want to try something else, maybe? At least for a little while? I started on that one first. I had to put it down after the bloody baron quest that was disturbing and depressing. Not sure I will ever get around to finishing it though.

Damn, you mean it gets worse? I'm at the part where he wants me to find his wife and daughter. No spoilers please but you're telling me there's worse disturbing stuff in this part of the game?

I thought seeing a guy get used as food bait for ghouls was bad enough.

 

[Nu Epiq]

Damn, you mean it gets worse? I'm at the part where he wants me to find his wife and daughter. No spoilers please but you're telling me there's worse disturbing stuff in this part of the game?

I thought seeing a guy get used as food bait for ghouls was bad enough.

You will just have to play it and see.

 

[Nu Epiq]

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Well...alrighty then.

 

[AaronMk]

Well...alrighty then.

If you ever do play Witcher 2, you absolutely must turn off the vanilla bloom effect because it's blinding

 

[Warrior Spirit]

You will just have to play it and see.

Now I'm very curious. lol

I'll play more of it on a day off.

 

[Nu Epiq]

Now I'm very curious. lol

I'll play more of it on a day off.

Give me an update on your progress.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Give me an update on your progress.

I'm currently well settled in in the Bloody Baron's castle and small community. I'll just freely explore the wilds and fight stuff for experience points. I do that all the time on RPGs.

I just met the hermit who has a pet goat. I refused to help him find the goat for now...

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Give me an update on your progress.

I've been working hard recently on all aspects of my life. I feel like I earned a break. Gonna play Witcher 3 in my PS5 in a few minutes. So far, I'll just be grinding on the wolves and monsters in the surrounding area before moving forward in the story.

To double-check, this game doesn't have enemies scaling to your level, right? They're all static and absolute with their strengths? Which means your character being level 10 will always be strong in level 3 areas and always weak in level 15 areas?

 

[AaronMk]

I've been working hard recently on all aspects of my life. I feel like I earned a break. Gonna play Witcher 3 in my PS5 in a few minutes. So far, I'll just be grinding on the wolves and monsters in the surrounding area before moving forward in the story.

To double-check, this game doesn't have enemies scaling to your level, right? They're all static and absolute with their strengths? Which means your character being level 10 will always be strong in level 3 areas and always weak in level 15 areas?

Yes. Enemy levels are determined by where on the map they are and where you should be according to your progress in the game (as in: if you walk into a place where you're expected to be there in the late game but you are still in the early game; you will be absolutely destroyed). However, if you're good levels are just a literal number. I had hit a point last I played Witcher 3 where I was just charging into difficult situations because I understood the mechanics well enough I could handle most enemies double my level.

And this may also be a Blood and Wine DLC thing but while enemies may be high level in some areas, individually they'll be weakened if they are in large enough groups. In Blood And Wine there are some areas that are occupied by essentially armies of bandits and it is a quest to clear an area of those bandits. They're generally pretty high level, but since there's so many of them their HP is pretty low and you can cut up a bunch of them pretty easily

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Yes. Enemy levels are determined by where on the map they are and where you should be according to your progress in the game (as in: if you walk into a place where you're expected to be there in the late game but you are still in the early game; you will be absolutely destroyed). However, if you're good levels are just a literal number. I had hit a point last I played Witcher 3 where I was just charging into difficult situations because I understood the mechanics well enough I could handle most enemies double my level.

And this may also be a Blood and Wine DLC thing but while enemies may be high level in some areas, individually they'll be weakened if they are in large enough groups. In Blood And Wine there are some areas that are occupied by essentially armies of bandits and it is a quest to clear an area of those bandits. They're generally pretty high level, but since there's so many of them their HP is pretty low and you can cut up a bunch of them pretty easily

Thanks!

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Give me an update on your progress.

Hello friend.

I got done playing an hour ago. I’m fighting whatever enemy I can find in the Bloody Baron’s surrounding wilderness. I fought and killed a few things, including some bandits in some camp, and then I rescued some caged guy after defeating them. Those bandits were particularly high in number this time compared to the ones before.

Just fighting stuff and gaining loot and experience points before continuing with side quests.

 

[Jon-LockeEdwards]

Is this a trick question? We're talking about a near-masterpiece of game design and interactive storytelling here!

(Note I said near masterpiece, Roach bugging out all the time in the last game was.... I'm gonna say hilarious.)

 

[Nu Epiq]

Hello friend.

I got done playing an hour ago. I’m fighting whatever enemy I can find in the Bloody Baron’s surrounding wilderness. I fought and killed a few things, including some bandits in some camp, and then I rescued some caged guy after defeating them. Those bandits were particularly high in number this time compared to the ones before.

Just fighting stuff and gaining loot and experience points before continuing with side quests.

I saw in your other topic about your dislike of it, are you putting it down permanently?

 

[AaronMk]

Is this a trick question? We're talking about a near-masterpiece of game design and interactive storytelling here!

(Note I said near masterpiece, Roach bugging out all the time in the last game was.... I'm gonna say hilarious.)

Horses are basically impossible to code anyways

 

[AaronMk]

Also, OP will never go to the wedding because they can't get over Velen and White Orchard

 

[Warrior Spirit]

I saw in your other topic about your dislike of it, are you putting it down permanently?

Honestly, man, I just don't have time for video games at all. Worrying about whether to play or not play The Witcher 3 is the least of my concerns. All I can say is that I don't like horror games and The Witcher 3 has a lot of themes that are basically horror. The monsters are specifically designed to be terrifying.

I want my game worlds to be pretty.

My own Geralt is 9/10 away from reaching level 5 for what that's worth and I met that sexy blonde witch recently. I killed a bunch of monsters in Velen.

 

[AaronMk]

The mistake you're making is you're not leaning into it enough