drahkon Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Just wait until you get to Skelliga, the sailing around is just awe inspiring. Honestly, you can spend hours just sailing around. I didn't want to go there until I've done everything in Velen and Novigrad, but I had to just now because of a side quest. When I've reached Skellige I was in awe. It looks so beautiful. I ignored everything except that sidequest, though, and headed straight back to Novigrad after I completed my task Think I'm getting closer to the point where I stopped playing months ago. I remember certain quests I'm doing but the memories become more and more hazy. Everytime I complete a sidequest I can't believe how well thought out they are. They have meaning in itself and don't just act as a means to elongate the game. They make exploration interesting because they aren't just "solve this puzzle and get an item", or "fetch these materials", or "defeat monsters to acquire gear". Each quest has a story to it which can be simple or rather complex. It's astounding. This and a world that is so rich in secrets and so diverse and beautiful in every aspect (limited, of course, to the fantasy setting) makes The Witcher 3 not only a technical achievement but from a gameplay and interaction perspective a new standard in video gaming. Edited June 17, 2016 by drahkon
Jimbob Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 I didn't want to go there until I've done everything in Velen and Novigrad, but I had to just now because of a side quest.When I've reached Skellige I was in awe. It looks so beautiful. I ignored everything except that sidequest, though, and headed straight back to Novigrad after I completed my task Think I'm getting closer to the point where I stopped playing months ago. I remember certain quests I'm doing but the memories become more and more hazy. Everytime I complete a sidequest I can't believe how well thought out they are. They have meaning in itself and don't just act as a means to elongate the game. They make exploration interesting because they aren't just "solve this puzzle and get an item", or "fetch these materials", or "defeat monsters to acquire gear". Each quest has a story to it which can be simple or rather complex. It's astounding. This and a world that is so rich in secrets and so diverse and beautiful in every aspect (limited, of course, to the fantasy setting) makes The Witcher 3 not only a technical achievement but from a gameplay and interaction perspective a new standard in video gaming. I don't think i went to Skellige until i was level 26/27 (recommended was 16 (i think)). It is a beautiful landscape, loved it and spent hours just either sailing or listening to the ambient music. I do love how certain side-quests and activities affect how other quests go about and how some characters can behave. Certainly shows just how well thought-out this game was.
Blade Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 I just completely adore this game. I am part way through my second play through on New Game + after starting it the other week. Its been over 6 months since I finished it the first time. I'm coming close to finishing every side quest in novigrad and will be departing soon. I'm level 50 at the minute.
Fierce_LiNk Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Skellige is gorgeous but I honestly think Toussaint is now the best location in the game. It's absolutely fucking gorgeous. I'm going to play it through again soon, maybe during the summer. Tempted to try Death March difficulty.
Mandalore Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Temporarily went back to the older parts of the map to collect the rest of the Gwent cards and do the big tournament, I was getting annihilated in Toussaint. Is any particular deck supposed to be better than the rest, or am I fine sticking with Northern Realms?
Tales Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Northen Realm is the in my opinion best because of the number of spy cards. Should be four I think. Use all of them. Use at least one decoy and a horn. Also I don't use any regular cards below 7 except and Dandelion and those who double each others iirc. If you are talking about the tournament in Toussaint, it requires you to play with the Skellige deck.
Mandalore Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 After looking around a bit, the only notable card I added to my Northern Realms deck was Geralt of Rivia. Apart from that I just added all the spy cards and ditched a few lower scoring ones. The gwent tournament in Novigrad was easier than I was expecting, I found the hardest bit was the fist fight in between! Managed to get a really high scoring round against the second opponent, rarely see so many cards all played at once. After that I started taking on opponents in Toussaint and had one very close game.
Tales Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 The lady right? See she has given you four spy cards. When I played her we threw around so many spy cards and decoys then when she placed her last spy she didn't get any cards, she had already emptied her entire pile :p The fist fight was the worst. Played the game on death march and had no chance. Had to turn down the difficulty for a fist fight in a gwent tournament...
Kav Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Something just isn't grabbing me with this game. I really thought it would but it just feels it's lacking something that I can't quite put my finger on.
Kav Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Play Gwent. I could not care any less for Gwent... I can't be bothered with a card game.
Eddage Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 It sounds to me like it's your soul that's missing @kav82
drahkon Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 I could not care any less for Gwent... I can't be bothered with a card game. God, I hope the new Zelda has a card game. Jokes aside, it looks like The Witcher 3 is just not for you (duh). Go get Overwatch.
Kav Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 God, I hope the new Zelda has a card game. Jokes aside, it looks like The Witcher 3 is just not for you (duh). Go get Overwatch. Oh I'm enjoying it still, just not loving it. It may yet grab me as I'm still only a tiny bit into the game... but I don't feel like I need to put it on whenever I've spare time.
drahkon Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Oh I'm enjoying it still, just not loving it. It may yet grab me as I'm still only a tiny bit into the game... but I don't feel like I need to put it on whenever I've spare time. Have you gotten to the Baron questline, yet?
Kav Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 Have you gotten to the Baron questline, yet? Currently doing it at the mo. I've just had a fist fight with him and I'm about to go to the grave of his child.
drahkon Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 Currently doing it at the mo. I've just had a fist fight with him and I'm about to go to the grave of his child. Tell us what you think when you're done with the questline. It's regarded as one of the best questlines in gaming history (rightly so) and shows what makes The Witcher 3's quest so great. The writing is incredible. If you don't fall in love with the game after this you will probably never fall in love with it :p
Fierce_LiNk Posted June 26, 2016 Posted June 26, 2016 I'm still powering on with the Blood and Wine expansion and I'm going to be absolutely gutted when I get to the end of it and that moment of realisation hits that I've reached the end of the game. I must have sat down for hours yesterday and barely moved from the sofa. The additions they've made with the mutations are excellent and I spent most of yesterday running around the beautiful world of Toussaint using Aard on enemies to freeze blast them. One enemy was frozen and then proceeded to explode on site with his limbs shattering off into different directions. It's glorious. Fucking glorious.
Kav Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 I'm nearing the end of The Bloody Baron quest-line (I think) I'm just heading with him to get his wife from the Crones of Crookback Bog (think it's called that). Now I'm all for a good story but I'm finding there are too many cutscenes and that they're too drawn out, I still find myself skipping through them once I've read the subtitles... and in some conversations I'm just skim-reading to see if there's anything important in there and not taking in all the chatter as I don't care for a lot of it. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much enjoying the game, but would rather less cutscenes and cutting of dialogue and that there be a little more gameplay in there.
Kav Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 You should never play a Metal Gear Solid game Yeah, I've played MGS, a bit of MGS2 & 3... I hate them. Seriously think they're the most overrated tripe out there! The Witcher is still a very good game and I'm enjoying it, but I just feel the flow of the game is broken far too often.
drahkon Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Yeah, I've played MGS, a bit of MGS2 & 3... I hate them. Seriously think they're the most overrated tripe out there! Ah, I didn't know that you are still stupid played MGS. Well, with this series I think it's either "love 'em" or "be kav". :p but I just feel the flow of the game is broken far too often. Never had that feeling when I played the game. Think I struck a good balance between quests which involve lots of dialogue and other stuff, i.e. exploration, Gwent, fighting monsters, etc. But I can see how you'd feel that way.
Kav Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 I do enjoy the monster hunts! I'll be doing as many of them as I can.
dan-likes-trees Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 I'm nearing the end of The Bloody Baron quest-line (I think) I'm just heading with him to get his wife from the Crones of Crookback Bog (think it's called that). Now I'm all for a good story but I'm finding there are too many cutscenes and that they're too drawn out, I still find myself skipping through them once I've read the subtitles... and in some conversations I'm just skim-reading to see if there's anything important in there and not taking in all the chatter as I don't care for a lot of it. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much enjoying the game, but would rather less cutscenes and cutting of dialogue and that there be a little more gameplay in there. To be honest I think it might just not be for you. The dialogue is probably the best thing about the game (and to my mind some of the best in any videogame - incredibly impressive considering there's some 450,000 words). If you're not that bothered about the story and worldbuilding then it might not be worth it. I agree about the flow, at least earlier in the game. I recommend bumping down the difficulty for the first few levels, (unless they've patched out the steep learning curve (although I didn't know about quen at the start)). -- Anyway! Been loving the expansions. Interesting to read about people's choices in Hearts of Stone. Thought it was extremely well written, with some memorably moments, like this fight. Did that bloody mirror sequence about 4 times before I managed to grab the Viper sword and get out, lol. The wedding scene was brilliant, the heist was brilliant, and the bosses, frog aside, were pretty good. Shout out to raunchy Vesimir's backstory too. I wound up helping out David Beckham. Got stitched right up like. Barely skimmed the surface of Blood and Wine, although loving the mutagens as Flink mentions. I actually think I prefer Skellige as an area, but then again I've never stopped and waited to watch the sun come up in a game before - yet here How could you not? Also - it's amazing how much more I'm enjoying the general lore now that the option of 'r3 to read' when you've just picked up a book has been added! I read everything now - yet more terrific, often hilarious writing. Been doing a couple of the scavenger hunts, which have some great backstory. So yeah.. awesome as expected.
Kav Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) I don't find the difficulty an issue and for the majority of the dialogue it is fantastic... but there's a lot of needless dialogue in there too. It's that I'd prefer was cut. I've been enjoying a lot of the dialogue with the Baron. Edited June 30, 2016 by Kav
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