MikeHawthorne

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Hi

I just installed The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.

No problems installing but be warned there are a few strange things in the install process, mainly be sure to click on Options if you don't want to install on drive C:\, and instead of asking you to change disks it asks for the next file it needs, you have to insert the next disk and select the correct file from the on screen file manager.

I didn't know what was going on the first time.

The game looks fantastic and runs very smoothly on my computer.
Combat has a lot of options so it takes a while to get the hang of it.

I only played through the tutorial and I'm going to do it again. befor I go on into the game.

I looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

Note: this game isn't for kids. LOL

It's pretty gritty.

Mike
 
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I also like the fact that once you make a potion it will always be in your inventory and replenish itself when you rest, as opposed to the earlier games where you had to make them over and over to keep them available.
Damn I wondered why I couldn't make anymore... Thank you this has cleared up a mystery for me.
In battles I find pressing the 'Lock on target' key helps enormously (I've also popped this on my mouse using a thumb key, I also use another thumb key to cast signs) I changed the Tab button key which opens the signs panel to Q so it's a little nearer. I tend to use the roll command too as the new dodge skill is a little awkward to initiate.
As to what level I'm on I can't remember right now but I think it was the second...
New patch released. (as well as new game plus DLC)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Patch 1.08.2
 
Patch 1.10 released with 5 pages of changes!




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Here's a screenshot i took the other day:
 
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Patch 1.10 incoming today:
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Oh and it's between 6-15GB depending on platform.
 
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Hearts of Stone DLC is now active and available:

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Witcher 3 patch 1.11 released for all platforms:

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Fyi gog.com has it on sale right now... I may let myself be carried away.
Q for you guys that have it... What kind of replay are we talking here i.e can I get two complete runs in without that bioware after taste?
 
Is there one good guy and one bad guy ending with all choices leading to that outcome aka bioware games or are there reasons to replay i.e. if I'm on my third play through and sleep with so&so does that give me a different story or just a (well deserved) slap in the face cut-screen then more on?
  • How many times can we play this game before it gets old?
 
You could decide to play it a number of ways and the ending is probably the best I've ever seen in a game before. It all depends on the choices you make within the game. I've played it twice amounting to some 429hrs. The game is simply vast and i've still to finish the latest DLC not to mention various bits and bobs still left to do around the main map.
The only reason I won't be playing a third time is because Fallout 4 comes out in 5 days time. I just hope i manage to finish the Hearts of Stone DLC by then..
 
More wallpaper is released based on the DLC this time:


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The new Blood and Wine expansion will be released May 31st!

Apparently it's 30+ hours of Witcher mayhem.. Deep Joy!
 
CD Projekt has released the patch notes for the coming 1.20 update to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

This patch fixes an awful amount and is available sometime after this weekend but before the expansion is released on the 31st.

'Other big changes include the addition of optional enemy “upscaling,” which will make low-level enemies more challenging'


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http://wpc.4d7d.edgecastcdn.net/004D7D/mkt/document/Changelog-1.20-ENG_l9fczl2s3h.pdf