The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Thread

[pantherx12]

Screenshots do no justice for this game. You need to see it to see it..... if that makes sense.

Bah! always a catch

But still, it be nice to see some

It's £35 at the moment on steam so it's a fair bit of cash considering games re normally £25 on steam on release.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Bah! always a catch

But still, it be nice to see some

It's £35 at the moment on steam so it's a fair bit of cash considering games re normally £25 on steam on release.

The retail box is too good for the same price to bother with steam imo.

There is a thread on guru3d in the ati section with some good highes screenies.

 

[MilkyWay]

Bah! always a catch

But still, it be nice to see some

It's £35 at the moment on steam so it's a fair bit of cash considering games re normally £25 on steam on release.

I got my Premium Edition Hard Copy for £20 i think it was with the Hut or something using a preorder code, its £25 on amazon.

EDIT: I never fail to get results! Here is an awesome link with over 250 ULTRA quality screen shots. It looks the same in game as ive played it although they probably have AA and AF on in those screenies if you check the ridiculous specs they use.
http://www.ripten.com/2011/05/08/the-witcher-2-250-more-ultra-quality-screens-to-die-for/

 

[Radi_SVK]

I got my Digital Premium Steam Edition Yesterday..OK,maybe I will hurt the feelings of a lot of you from this thread,but...Im not entirely impressed with the game.I can run the game even with everything max and uber sampling on,though its about 15-20 FPS away from smooth play(purely because of the uber sampling),its enough to see the graphics on full.its not that super amazing graphics wise as everybody praised.to be completely fair with the competition(once again graphic wise)..the cut scenes(graphic wise again) are a big let down,the characters movements are very far from being realistic,I wont even mention the lips -synchronization and lip movements are sometime ridiculous...lets talk now game play - this side of the story is OK,except,as others already mentioned before,when you come across with a group of foes,you better take your time to take them out,one by one,one hit then run style,other wise you get back stabbed all the time and die in no time..otherwise the game play is enjoyable,apart that I got a feeling that there will be lot of moments with intense fight,where(since the game is anything but open world) -you cant even jump of the stairs from side,but walk them..jesus) where you wont even have enough space to properly evade...music is very nice,the main menu theme sucks big time...again as others mentioned,because of the stupid back stabbing the difficulty even on normal is very challenging..all in all good game but Im affraid not as good as everybody expected.lets hope they will polish it little bit with some good patches.

 

[the54thvoid]

I ran FRAPS last night and while playing the game at 1920x1080 ultra settings, uber on, and all blur effects on I get between 18-30 fps depending on whats on the screen. I then disabled 'uber' and I'm getting between 45+ to 60 (I have vsinc enabled).

I really don't see a difference between uber enable Vs disabled. What does this setting even do?

I'm using older drivers too. When they release the hotfix I will update.

Ditto, I think it made it fuzzier looking and less sharp. Apart from the Frames lift from disabling it, I honestly think it looks better without it. I had 28-30 fps with uber on and ultra settings. I use the config below and like i said earlier, it runs smoothly now. Still makes my card hit 70 degrees. (which is laughable as my older vanilla 580 hit 78-80 on most 'decent' titles on high settings.)

 

[pantherx12]

The retail box is too good for the same price to bother with steam imo.

There is a thread on guru3d in the ati section with some good highes screenies.

Cheers dude will head over .

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Glad I didn't pre-order but definitely picking up. I need crossfire support too.

Finished the first about six weeks ago.

 

[Frizz]

would this game be better played with a gamepad or keyboard? I usually play third person games with a gamepad eg. ME, GTAIV, Batman Arkham, Fable 3 etc.

 

[Radi_SVK]

would this game be better played with a gamepad or keyboard? I usually play third person games with a gamepad eg. ME, GTAIV, Batman Arkham, Fable 3 etc.

I guess its a question of personal preference.I've always enjoyed RPG games perfectly fine with a combination of keyboard and mouse.This game is no exception,the controls layout is good.

 

[Frizz]

Everything on ultra, turned off uber sampling and I've been running around the first camp as a benchmark and the fps is generally around 40fps average, 60 highs with 35fps dips .. it is very playable, it may not be constant 60fps but the game looks bloody beautiful!! Playing on my LED TV with a gamepad since its hard to play on my coffee table with a mouse and keyboard, I'd rather sit on the couch like a vegetable .

GG time to waste my time!

 

[AphexDreamer]

Downloading. I didn't like the first Witcher but this ones seem better.

Hope I like.

 

[Frizz]

Downloading. I didn't like the first Witcher but this ones seem better.

Hope I like.

Same here, for me it was mainly because of the weird timed combat system ... I couldn't stand it lol.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Good. I like beautiful. That's why I have this machine. It's not everything but I can generally experience any "good gameplay" on an 8600 GT or whatever.

 

[Funtoss]

i so want this game!! but it hasnt come out at the game shop where i live i heard uber sampling is totally awesome but has performance hit!

 

[Frizz]

^^ one word, Steam!

I am having trouble getting a hang of combat lol, when three people surround me there is no way I can parry their hits quick enough >.<

I am playing hard atm, anyone got any tips for melee combat?

 

[AphexDreamer]

I got it for $30 here

$28 actually, cause I liked them on facebook.

 

[1Kurgan1]

i so want this game!! but it hasnt come out at the game shop where i live i heard uber sampling is totally awesome but has performance hit!

Performance hit.... Yeah if you call cutting you from 40 frames to 10fps a hit... You won't be able to run Uber Sampling with a 460 thats for sure.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Anyone notice the game is very Overclock senstive? At least GPU wise?

My games always run fine at 975 but with Witcher 2 10 minutes in my PC artifacts then BSOD.

Lowered it to 970 played for like an Hour and 20 minutes then again artifacts and BSOD.

Either its the game that needs a patch or the game engine is just really tensing up my GPU.

Either way I guess I'll test my luck at 965.

 

[kaktus1907]

chapter 1-2 pics

 

[Frizz]

Anyone notice the game is very Overclock senstive? At least GPU wise?

My games always run fine at 975 but with Witcher 2 10 minutes in my PC artifacts then BSOD.

Lowered it to 970 played for like an Hour and 20 minutes then again artifacts and BSOD.

Either its the game that needs a patch or the game engine is just really tensing up my GPU.

Either way I guess I'll test my luck at 965.

The game is just really GPU intensive, I reach 80 degrees on my GPU in this game and yet I don't reach 75 while using MSI afterburner furmark, unigine 2.5 and 3d mark vantage or even Crysis Warhead. Lowering clocks is the surefire way I suppose. Anywho no BSOD here so far at 1ghz/1400 1.25mvolts.

 

[1Kurgan1]

My god this game is hard, walk into a courtyard with 2 guys with shields, 1 massive guy in armor with a sword, another guy in armor with a sword, and 3 lackeyes in leather with swords. Got it down to 2 of them left and they were really hurt, but finally died, and this is during the intro. :/

 

[Frizz]

My god this game is hard, walk into a courtyard with 2 guys with shields, 1 massive guy in armor with a sword, another guy in armor with a sword, and 3 lackeyes in leather with swords. Got it down to 2 of them left and they were really hurt, but finally died, and this is during the intro. :/

LMFAO, if this is behind the gates that you're supposed to open that area took me a while to clear, I only managed to get past it as I noticed I had a crap load of traps I could use in my inventory. I kited all of them around and used SUMAM bombs as I circled the courtyard... Not really how I wanted to kill them though

EDIT: For the curious, I wanted to kill them in an epic sword fight.

I am back on normal difficulty btw, hard is well... too hard for me.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah I'm on normal, I don't like the tutorial pop ups they have, they pop up and disappear and the combat ones pop up while I'm in an extremely hard fight so I can't read them. I'm not sure how to use potions or traps or anything really, just those Q abilities and lots of dodge duck dip dive and dodging.

 

[Frizz]

Yeah I'm on normal, I don't like the tutorial pop ups they have, they pop up and disappear and the combat ones pop up while I'm in an extremely hard fight so I can't read them. I'm not sure how to use potions or traps or anything really, just those Q abilities and lots of dodge duck dip dive and dodging.

I can't even read the tutorials since I am playing on a TV and the text is too tiny lol and your right they appear only for seconds then disappear then another one follows etc. Traps are surprisingly effective, it can potentially one shot soldiers in an aoe (The fire trap) ... Potions are meant to be drank during meditation before a fight etc.. idk what the effects are tho as I've just been spamming traps.

I am going to restart again as I don't like the decisions I've made so far

 

[1Kurgan1]

I was trying to drink the cat potion so I could see in the dark, must have been enemies close. Also you might enjoy this.