I've only heard high praise of the first one, something like it being a better Bioware game than the games that Bioware make today. But now that the second game is almost out I think I'll go straight to that. After L.A. Noire and Dirt 3 that is 
The first one is on sale for $5 on gog.com for the month, no drm.
I need to finish that one before I jump to the second.
Yup, very eager to play this. Pre ordered the premium edition from amazon.co.uk just now for £24
When does the first one get good? I've put about 5 hours in, and each time I stop, I come out feeling like I've clicked more times than you would on a Facebook game and Torchlight combined, only with less progress and satisfaction. 
From November: http://torrentfreak.com/is-witcher-2-dr ... es-101122/
I wonder if they are still think that is going to work...
Installing, looks like I won't get much work done today 
From November: http://torrentfreak.com/is-witcher-2-dr ... es-101122/I wonder if they are still think that is going to work...
I hope so. As history has shown, aggressive DRM isn't the solution.
This game is pretty good. Shame about the combat, I didn't think they could make it worse!
Quote from duxThis game is pretty good. Shame about the combat, I didn't think they could make it worse!
I think its much better. Still could use some work. I do miss the stances though, just not that repetitive click system from the first game.
Dark called in "sick" at work today, guess what he was doing on Steam all day ;P!
Nope. The combat is ruining this game for me, I am so close to uninstalling it right now - all I do is die because of how unresponsive it is. The sound is fucked as well, you have to do some silly hack with you drivers to make it play anything. Ugh.
I want to like this game but it's slapping me away.
Same feeling about the combat, pretty awful.
Nope. The combat is ruining this game for me, I am so close to uninstalling it right now - all I do is die because of how unresponsive it is.
Same feeling about the combat, pretty awful.
LOl you guys suck at the game is the only problem 
Its very challenging, and I guess they made it this way to keep it challenging. Its not the best solution, that's for sure, but keep trying and you will get the hang of it. It's all about timing your attacks, being sword swings, magic, traps, bombs, etc. Once you get this down, you wont have trouble anymore. It gets really fun when you understand how it works.
No sound issues for me Dux, but I heard there have been driver issues with some sound cards.
Dark called in "sick" at work today, guess what he was doing on Steam all day ;P!
i died 6 or 7 times during the dragon prologue. i didn't understand the combat system and the interface was never properly explained to me. having the character catch fire didn't help much either. and that bed scene definitely gave off a try-hard vibe.
still, looking forward to playing the rest of the game. heard nothing but praise over the game (...except this thread).
Quote from DarkSame feeling about the combat, pretty awful.
LOl you guys suck at the game is the only problem Its very challenging, and I guess they made it this way to keep it challenging. Its not the best solution, that's for sure, but keep trying and you will get the hang of it. It's all about timing your attacks, being sword swings, magic, traps, bombs, etc. Once you get this down, you wont have trouble anymore. It gets really fun when you understand how it works.
I'm certainly no slouch at games but this just happens to be the first game I've encountered in years that has just outright cock slapped me across the mouth. My main complaints are not it's difficulty but more so the implementation and execution of the combat system itself. It's laggy, unresponsive, cumbersome and just downright annoying to use when there is a large group of enemies thanks to the horrible auto targeting system. The ballista section I had to repeat no less than 10 times until I beat it and my frustration only increased each time thanks to the inability to skip certain cutscenes.
I miss the fighting styles, I enjoyed those a lot from the first game. Especially group style.
i died 6 or 7 times during the dragon prologue. i didn't understand the combat system and the interface was never properly explained to me. having the character catch fire didn't help much either. and that bed scene definitely gave off a try-hard vibe.
Don't even get me started on that god damn dragon. I would just spontaneously combust with no explanation what so ever. I'd be running to the next little wooden building and just catch fire for no reason and die.
Yeah I hear ya, I died like 10 times before I finished that ballista scene. I died 30 on an even harder and smaller section later. Its a bad way to introduce a new player to a game, but for me, and many others, its a great way to prepare the player for whats to come 
It gets much easier when you start to level and when you learn how to master the timing, and flaws (at least for now) I'm enjoying the shit out of the game, 18 hours in now.
Enjoying this game a lot, and just now started on Chapter 2 , in Aerdin. Tried to do as much as possible before leaving Flotsam, but failed on 2 quests: Malena (where the shit did she go?) and the Flotsam Ballista (got spotted, derp). Crafting the Kayran Carapace Armor was god damn expensive but worth the upgrade. Shame it has a permanent hood with it.
I'm really enjoying this, including the combat. Once I got found the Parry button and bound the bombs to a pocket, things went smoothly. There's some funny business going on with video settings. On everything absolute minimum, even my resolution knocked down a notch to the next available 16:10 res, I only get like 20-25FPS on average. But then, on everything on minimum, the game still looks like this:
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The resolution and textures seem to be properly ass, but everything else, especially the shadows, looks way better than they have any right to on minimum.
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