The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Thread

[FordGT90Concept]

I just finished the game and ended at about level 24 doing all the sidequests I could find. My opinion didn't change: the original was far, far better.


Anyone know if starting a new game in Witcher 2 is the same as loading a save from the original taking the "Witcher's Path" (neutral)?

 

[Frizz]

I just finished the game and ended at about level 24 doing all the sidequests I could find. My opinion didn't change: the original was far, far better.


Anyone know if starting a new game in Witcher 2 is the same as loading a save from the original taking the "Witcher's Path" (neutral)?

You must not have found that many side quests, I am level 30 and only up to the beginning of chapter 3.

When I replay, I am going to use the alchemy tree as it looks very interesting. I am also going to go with Roche next time instead of Iorveth

 

[FordGT90Concept]

That might have been why. I went with Roche.


I just started Enhanced Edition again and I completely forgot about that intro video. Very impressive and very disappointing they didn't do something similar for The Witcher 2. At bare minimum, they could have replayed the outro from Enhanced Edition for those newcomers to the series (explains why Foltest trusts Geralt).

 

[Frizz]

I just started Enhanced Edition again and I completely forgot about that intro video. Very impressive and very disappointing they didn't do something similar for The Witcher 2. At bare minimum, they could have replayed the outro from Enhanced Edition for those newcomers to the series.

TBH I couldn't stand the first witcher gameplay, I thought it was pretty horrible I bought the enhanced edition from thailand eBay for like 20 bucks and I've reinstalled the game 3-4 times as I have tried to like it. The main issue was that the combat required no skill from my standpoint it was mix and match type gameplay for me. eg *Large group of small enemies - aoe attack *Fast enemies - use fast attack *Heavy enemies use - Heavy Attack then click your mouse consecutively when you see the sword icon change ... it felt very restrictive to me and to me it looked like a hybrid between RPG auto attacks and a hack and slash which I thought was pretty bad.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

The Witcher: fast, strong, group + steel, silver + chaining
The Witcher 2: fast, strong + steel, silver

The original had more options. One of the things I hate about Witcher 2 is the lack of group attack and the ability for a group of enemies (even just 2 pole-arms can) to virtually disable Geralt when he should (as he did in the first) have the speed and power to defend his flank.

Fast and strong really didn't seem to make much difference in The Witcher 2 either. That is to say, it didn't seem like enemies were really resistant to one or the other when armored enemies should be mostly impervious to fast attack and should be weak to strong attack. Not to mention, the game would never switch between swords when it was absolutely necessary. In other words, to me, the game devolved from tactical combat to a hack n' slash with a frequent, weapon-changing annoyance.

This game might become great once it too gets an "Enhanced Edition." It isn't there yet.


I agree though that either you'll love the combat system of the original or you'll hate it. The Witcher 2's combat system is more generic.


Edit: Ack, the more I play the original, the more I am reminded of its flaws. They both suck equally when it comes to combat. The original lacks randomness in attacking (only chain up to 3 and the animation of the attacks is more or less always the same) while the second has targetting and weapon-changing issues. Neither are ideal but I suppose the second is a better foundation to improve upon (as stated previously, it is more generic).

 

[WhiteLotus]

To be honest I think you rushed through the game to "do most of the side quests" and only be at level 24.

I'm at level 19, barely started chapter two, but doing everything thing I could find.

Though, i'm doing the Iorveth route.

Also, for any body with the deluxe edition, why is steam downloading a 3GB thing for it?

 

[AsRock]

The Witcher: fast, strong, group + steel, silver + chaining
The Witcher 2: fast, strong + steel, silver

The original had more options. One of the things I hate about Witcher 2 is the lack of group attack and the ability for a group of enemies (even just 2 pole-arms can) to virtually disable Geralt when he should (as he did in the first) have the speed and power to defend his flank.

Fast and strong really didn't seem to make much difference in The Witcher 2 either. That is to say, it didn't seem like enemies were really resistant to one or the other when armored enemies should be mostly impervious to fast attack and should be weak to strong attack. Not to mention, the game would never switch between swords when it was absolutely necessary. In other words, to me, the game devolved from tactical combat to a hack n' slash with a frequent, weapon-changing annoyance.

This game might become great once it too gets an "Enhanced Edition." It isn't there yet.


I agree though that either you'll love the combat system of the original or you'll hate it. The Witcher 2's combat system is more generic.


Edit: Ack, the more I play the original, the more I am reminded of its flaws. They both suck equally when it comes to combat. The original lacks randomness in attacking (only chain up to 3 and the animation of the attacks is more or less always the same) while the second has targetting and weapon-changing issues. Neither are ideal but I suppose the second is a better foundation to improve upon (as stated previously, it is more generic).

I a m one of the few who did really enjoy W1 even the combat which it seemed to me you had much more control over and fighting 2-6 people\creatures was a blast thought in witcher 1 although i am not saying it could not of been done better by adding more timed and longer combo's + different timed combo's.

my only real issue with W1 was the fixed camera and combo could of been lengthened

I am often asking my self WTF in witcher 2 as hes attacking some thing that i did not want him too and seems like he's been totally nerfed. Now he feels like he's hit 90 yo and started to forget how to fight groups as he sucks at it.

For now i love the game still but decided to put it aside for now in hope that they will improve it as one thing for sure CDR are really good at.

How ever i do think they have done a great job so no regrets of buying it but i cannot understand why people were so against timed combo's as i would enjoy W2 more if he had them but with a greater extent on how many kinds of combo's you could do or even mix them.

 

[douglatins]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1168535p2.html

I am really liking the game, though, act 2 was too easy for me, on normal. I played for 3 hours doing combat quests qithout dying. The hardest part was the spectres while protecting the king and the shield boss. I had to spend my 17 points to kill it. I think i figure out a perfect collection of skills to buy. I didnt get any alchemy points.

Finished the game now, level 32!

 

[mafia97]

hi all..
been going through the forum to find more about the game.Looks interesting..
But will my Pc be able to run it at 1920X1080..
specs given
thanks

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Probably. Your GPU is getting up there in age but it should still manage alright. It isn't a particularly demanding game.

 

[mafia97]

will i be able max it out???

 

[silkstone]

will i be able max it out???

nope, i can't on my system using only 1440*900, but then again i'm using dx 11, dx10 may be a bit faster

 

[the54thvoid]

I thought this is a dx9 game.

 

[mafia97]

I thought this is a dx9 game.

ya i thought the same too..
does this game have a demo or something..so i can test it before buying

 

[Easo]

It IS dx9 game.
Patch 1.1 is delayed do to issues with DLCs. Damn.

 

[erocker]

Update v1.1 is released. Updating on Steam now... 9GB's?!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

The patch...is 9 GiB? That's worse than Darkspore.

 

[the54thvoid]

Update v1.1 is released. Updating on Steam now... 9GB's?!

lol.... Server's down. Much online stories from today - patch delayed.

 

[MilkyWay]

9GB?

 

[erocker]

lol.... Server's down. Much online stories from today - patch delayed.

Working here:

 

[MilkyWay]

Apparently the retail boxed version will see the most improvements but i just cant see how they needed to make a 9GB patch to fix some bugs and performance issues.

The original EE edition wasn't even this big and this is just a regular patch.

I have the boxed version so im assuming i need to wait for my patch?

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Yeah...I'm waiting a bit longer before purchase.

 

[Frizz]

wtf... that is more than half the game

 

[AsRock]

Apparently the retail boxed version will see the most improvements but i just cant see how they needed to make a 9GB patch to fix some bugs and performance issues.

The original EE edition wasn't even this big and this is just a regular patch.

I have the boxed version so im assuming i need to wait for my patch?

Well i just got the international patch and it installed fine and it's only 15.8MB.

Just goto thewitcher.com site.

 

[MilkyWay]

http://en.thewitcher.com/patch/
yeah i was just about to post that lol

EDIT: okay so what is this 9gb patch? The 1.1 patch i just installed is only 15mb like AsRock said.