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Post by geneweigel on Oct 16, 2015 17:04:14 GMT -5
I received a fantasy game called WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT as a gift and after 24 hours of trying to upgrade my computer to run the damn thing, I finally got to play it. Wow, the world is pretty immersive however it seems like they needed the nerd police for certain elements (There is an ingame collectible card game. SKIP...  ) Anyway the combat seems immersed and its painful. I got butchered by some semi-aquatic, animal-like humanoids while roaming outside a village after dark. The swimming is the best that I've seen in a game with sunken treasure in the riverbeds. However just be careful what and when you take something. I was picking up ten tons of crap inside a fort and then one barrel made the guards turn on me out of nowhere. I still haven't figured out how the magic and health works but I think its more fun not knowing. |
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Post by Scott on Oct 16, 2015 17:45:53 GMT -5
I haven't played it, but I heard a few good things.
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Post by GRWelsh on Oct 17, 2015 2:12:09 GMT -5
It's visually very impressive. But I just can't excited about this kind of video game anymore. Maybe I'm old. Or maybe I just got burned out on LOTRO, which was the last world-immersive video game I played extensively.
But I do like the look of the Witcher 3 world. It sort of has an Eastern European look, which I like.
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Post by geneweigel on Oct 24, 2015 11:08:46 GMT -5
I just thought I'd post how immersive this game feels. A sreenshot in a town as the sun sets in the game:  There are "bandits" and monsters everywhere in this country and the urban areas are the safe areas usually. I went into a town and got attacked by the residents. |
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Post by geneweigel on Oct 24, 2015 11:25:34 GMT -5
 Here is a mountain forest outside of that town a few minutes after the last shot. |
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Post by geneweigel on Oct 24, 2015 11:26:55 GMT -5
The silver sword is busted but I can't find a smith anywhere that is why its highlighted red.
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 2, 2015 9:37:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I got to play it some more over this weekend and that same city/town has a wealthy quarter, a "clickable" whorehouse, a demihuman outer quarter with "normal eared" elves, dwarves and halflings and an intolerant and wealthy religion that seems not straightforward (evil?).
The being you're playing is a "mutant" and everyone seems to know it. You have senses that see remarkable things. You consume otherwise toxic mixes of ingredients (that you find or buy) and use it for magic effects. There are five "signs" that are regular powered abilities which I can describe as a push/stun, a slow field, a fire burst, a confuse, and protection. Sometimes these work with the magic effects.
The monsters are mostly traditional and its refreshing. There is even a lacedon type monster that is really everywhere there is water.
The style is pushing late medieval so its definitely not my "center of gravity" but its well researched for feel of being quasi-medieval.
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Post by Scott on Nov 8, 2015 10:48:43 GMT -5
I see there's a Witcher movie being made. Has anybody read any of the books?
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 8, 2015 19:04:51 GMT -5
I was not aware of it. Seems odd as there is a lot of sex in this game which seems unusual but I haven't exactly been going nuts getting every PC game that comes out in recent years.
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Post by geneweigel on Dec 4, 2015 16:18:31 GMT -5
The locations and views are great in this game. There is a lot of "D&D thought" put into it and its not the lame ass kind either that you would expect from FORGOTTEN REALMS. The only flaws that I find with this game is the gratuitous sex is really fucking awkward and the choices for quest endings often seem morally fucked in a modern sense of "whatever". For instance, in real life I would never do either. Like I mentioned earlier, the inclusion of the in-game card game is nerdbait but I've totally avoided it so far and with that in-mind its enjoyable. |
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) Anyway the combat seems immersed and its painful. I got butchered by some semi-aquatic, animal-like humanoids while roaming outside a village after dark. The swimming is the best that I've seen in a game with sunken treasure in the riverbeds. However just be careful what and when you take something. I was picking up ten tons of crap inside a fort and then one barrel made the guards turn on me out of nowhere. I still haven't figured out how the magic and health works but I think its more fun not knowing.
