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[viveks86]

Isn't the recap I posted the one EatChildren made??

Edit: Didn't mean to quote this twice lol

I meant this:

 

[lordkosc]

The OT finally! Its actually happening!

 

[Zolo]

The fact that this game has (supposedly) better combat than TW2, more monster hunting, and a more personal story has me really excited. Those were my biggest issues with TW2. I loved TW1, but was disappointed in the lack of monster hunting and the fact that I didn't feel the story was nearly as good. (Which is my subjective opinion of course.)

I'm also super excited that

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Vesemir and the other witchers from TW1 will be back. I just replayed the opening of TW1 and I really like those characters. I was sad when they never showed up for the rest of the game or in TW2.

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Play Price of Neutrality (mod that comes with Witcher: EE) if you can.

 

[Starviper]

Damn dude. Looks cool.

Thanks! Figured it'd make for a good first tattoo. Definitely gonna post it over on Reddit.

 

[Corpekata]

Quick questions:

Have any major sized cities NOT been shown in any released media yet? I am wondering if any other sprawling cities are waiting to be seen for the first time.

Are there any zones / areas that we have also never seen yet?

There's one zone where when someone posted a picture of it a reviewer said "I'm surprised you posted that" in response to it, so at the very least there's one area that's not had a ton of media about it.

 

[Animator]

Is my math wrong, I am pretty sure the game unlocks at 4pm pst not 5 like the OP says.

 

[Mifec]

Quick questions:

Have any major sized cities NOT been shown in any released media yet? I am wondering if any other sprawling cities are waiting to be seen for the first time.

Are there any zones / areas that we have also never seen yet?

Unless you watched the streams you didn't see much Oxenfurt and Novigrad. Don't know of any other big cities.

As for zones, yep there are ones we have not seen.

 

[Kajiba]

My Collectors edition delivers on Wednesday. Going to enjoy Destiny all tuesday and play Witcher 3 all Wednesday.

What a good week this is going to be.

 

[Bytes]

Geez, Vesemir has not aged well since the first game. He looks terrible!

EDIT: Clarified my comment.

 

[Phionoxx]

Anyone know when GMG are sending out keys?

Hoping for early tomorrow afternoon - need some time to preload before the Day 1 Patch goes live! Otherwise the GOG servers might be in rough shape.

 

[Nick_C]

Just put 150 hours into DA:I and I can't wait to dig in to this. It's supposed to be a birthday gift but maybe I can talk my girlfriend into giving it to me early.

 

[toastyToast]

WAIT TILL HE DROPS HIS FUCKING GUARD

First thing I'm gonna do is get into a bar fight for the npc dialog. Kinda hyped for the other stuff too. Kinda

 

[Majukun]

This game is enormous.

The map is MASSIVE and there's so much to do. Amazing.

Reminds me of RDR too.

damn i hope not..
i didn't like RDR :/

 

[Zolo]

Geez, Vesemir has not aged well. He looks terrible!

He looks pretty good for how old he actually is.

 

[viveks86]

If someone knows how to do this I'll put it in at the top.

 

[Bytes]

He looks pretty good for how old he actually is.

I just mean compared to his look in the first game.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Great OT.

 

[gate stormer]

This game is enormous.

The map is MASSIVE and there's so much to do. Amazing.

Reminds me of RDR too.

I was thinking the same thing earlier, just from various videos I've watched so far.

 

[Laurentius]

Geez, Vesemir has not aged well. He looks terrible!

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Isn't he like 300 years old or something?

 

[Yeul]

I need to find my Witcher 2 buddies in the game, but the game is so massive that I know it's going to take forever lmao.

 

[robotrock]

I've put in 30 hours since Friday. Game is absolutely amazing and lives up to its hype.

Did you play the previous two?

 

[Hurricane43]

Amazing OT, Great job.... Ready for my first Witcher game...

 

[Primethius]

God, sleeping tonight is going to be damn hard.

 

[owlbeak]

Fuck yes! Great OT post, OP!

Cannot wait for Tuesday at 11am when my copy gets delivered. Taking a half day and then Wednesday off from work to dive in. Bought Witcher 1 and 2 the days they came out and have played them multiple times and have read the books. I fucking love this series.

 

[Wolvesinthebathroom]

 

[Sax Russel]

Sooooooon. Tomorrow at this time I will be playing.

 

[SlasherJPC]

I was thinking the same thing earlier, just from various videos I've watched so far.

Don't have to think it, legit is RDR fantasy edition in a sense. The only game that has ever given me the same feeling RDR did since release. These don't come often. Enjoy it.

 

[Juanfp]

What a great OT. Tomorrow will be great.

Right now I am reading the books, I think I can finish them in two weeks

 

[M.W.]

Less than 24 hours. OMG it's happening.

 

[bbd23]

Yea I fucked up my saves gg boys.

oh well. at least I can cheat now :3

 

[Exuro]

Just watched the gamespot review. Super hyped now.

 

[dcassell]

So ready for this. After beating Bloodborne, I've had trouble starting anything else in anticipation for this time sink.

Gonna study early in the day for my final on Tuesday, and then this is all mine. Can't believe it's here.

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

Geeze, that would be awesome if I can play tomorrow night as Monday is a holiday in Canada and I don't have to work tomorrow night.

 

[Dinjoralo]

I've still got my save from The Witcher 2. I hope that using the Combat Rebalance mod hasn't screwed it up in any way that'd make it nontransferable.

 

[tuxfool]

Geez, Vesemir has not aged well since the first game. He looks terrible!

EDIT: Clarified my comment.

Well even Geralt in the first game was smoothfaced, even in the prerendered media he looked young.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

I meant this:

Ahhhh, sweet I remember seeing that but I forgot about it.

I kind of liked this one as well, but it didn't suit the OT style... not that it has much of a consistent style all the way through heh.

BTW, done.

God, sleeping tonight is going to be damn hard.

I am worried about this also, I had enough trouble sleeping last night.

 

[tuxfool]

Yea I fucked up my saves gg boys.

oh well. at least I can cheat now :3

You have the option of importing or doing the simulation I think.

 

[Daverid]

Don't have to think it, legit is RDR fantasy edition in a sense. The only game that has ever given me the same feeling RDR did since release. These don't come often. Enjoy it.

As a "feeling", this is fantastic, RDR did a lot right.
However RDR lacked depth in a lot of ways and its mission structure was very repetitive. I do hope that TW3, especially being an RPG, will generally have more depth, and do a better job at providing varied quests/missions.

 

[tuxfool]

I kind of liked this one as well, but it didn't suit the OT style... not that it has much of a consistent style all the way through heh.

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Fairly sure the data in that chart is out of date.

 

[SlasherJPC]

As a "feeling", this is fantastic, RDR did a lot right.
However RDR lacked depth in a lot of ways and its mission structure was very repetitive. I do hope that TW3, especially being an RPG, will generally have more depth, and do a better job at providing varied quests/missions.

While I can only speak of the first few hours, I feel the mission varied is great so far. Will see if that continues.

 

[zlatko]

I took this avatar for the hype train.

 

[Altairre]

I'm in the second area now and I think I'm just going to follow the main quest for now since I come across mobs that are way above my level in every direction I go. I do have a monster contract that's just two levels above mine so maybe I'll try that. Got a sweet new silver sword from a chest before the monster guarding it (a lvl 14 basilisk) could get to me though so I'm pretty stoked about that.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

The second confrontation between Letho and Geralt in Witcher 2 was so good.

Wish all games ended like that.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Is blood in the water still a thing? I was watching one of their old videos of Geralt fighting a water hag and when she'd get chopped or lose blood in the water you could see it floating in the water. I haven't noticed it in recent media. Is it still in?

 

[m_shortpants]

Just finished the Witcher 2 for the first time about an hour ago!

Game was legit amazing, I'm sooo pumped. The new PC I just built for this is ready.

 

[Mifec]

Is blood in the water still a thing? I was watching one of their old videos of Geralt fighting a water hag and when she'd get chopped or lose blood in the water you could see it floating in the water. I haven't noticed it in recent media. Is it still in?

Nope it doesn't stain the water

 

[Krappadizzle]

Nope it doesn't stain the water

That is a bummer. Damn.. O well, game still looks amazing.

 

[Gully State]

Any chance Amazon will deliver the gave tomorrow instead of Tuesday given the actually release date is the 18th for many timezones?

 

[tuxfool]

Is blood in the water still a thing? I was watching one of their old videos of Geralt fighting a water hag and when she'd get chopped or lose blood in the water you could see it floating in the water. I haven't noticed it in recent media. Is it still in?

I don't think so. Blood decals also were supposed to be cut, but then they turned around and said that they were looking at fixing it. Does anybody know if blood decals on the floor are still in?

 

[Hoje0308]

Don't have to think it, legit is RDR fantasy edition in a sense. The only game that has ever given me the same feeling RDR did since release. These don't come often. Enjoy it.

Fuck. Almost want to buy digital now just so I can play at midnight.