The Witcher

[Nimsky]

Alright, I remember the ones you mean. But again, they're not anywhere near like those in the picture. They have a style of their own.

You're arguing for the sake of arguing, I'm done here.

 

[Fedorov]

well, the only diference is how poor they are, and that that drawing looks horrible

 

[SiC-Disaster]

Anybody got any tips for that ****ing Beast?
I tried hundreds of times, applied spectre oil etc, all the bonusses that could help you in this fight, drank 3 swallow potions, ate a bunch of crap for vitality, and i still get killed way to ****ing fast.
And each time i have to go through that lengthy ****ing cutscene again too!
I genuinly have had it with all ****ing bossfights in every ****ing game in existance.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

Uh, which beast?

 

[SiC-Disaster]

Uh, which beast?

The Beast. The Hellhound that haunts outer Vizima.

 

[Fedorov]

aahh, I feel your pain, I've been throu that, even before the loading time was fixed, so imagine how desperated I was, use the potion that increase the reflexes, tempest i think it was called, use mainly group fight style, when there is more than one, and strong when fighting the beast alone, that with some health potions and the spectre oil should work

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

Oh. OK. I think if you use Willow, you won't get stunned as much if I remember correctly. Also, leap over the hounds when you can. The main key is not to let them encircle and trap you.

Been awhile since I got thru that.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

So, has anyone tried the new Enhanced Edition or Patch/Update? How does it look? Has anyone tried it from the beginning or from mid-game?

I had finally gotten it downloaded, but haven't had the time or a chance to really install it.

 

[Heldentod]

Speeches have been changed a bit and i think the voice of Leo has changed (could be wrong tho), the npc have different color clothes now

haven

 

[Dcode]

Just to alter anyone that may have missed this: The Steam version has been available for over a week or so globally. Before it was restricted to the US.

 

[Wiglaf]

Well regarding the beast, I dont think there is ingredients for Willow, but yuo can take the buzz fighting skill giving pain resistance. Also signs work well also, particularly the aard, yuo can stun it.

Also same potions dont stack just renew the effect and build more poisoning.


To an extend it pays to be jack of all trades in this game as there is some stuff that is completely immune to certain damage type.

 

[Reddog]

You can use that shock throwback skill you get first up to knock the beast over and execute it in one hit, I watched my housemate do this

 

[Grobut]

Thats all well and good lads, but are there any Pufferfish?

 

[Hirmuinen]

You can use that shock throwback skill you get first up to knock the beast over and execute it in one hit, I watched my housemate do this

This is what I did...and many monsters to come . Feels a bit like cheating.

To be honest the beast is the hardest or on top of the hardest/unfair/annoing battles in the witcher.

 

[Byte Me]

*casts resurrection spell*

Still a few hours away from the download being complete, so a few questions while I wait.

Which language do the cut-scenes come out better in? Meaning, is the native language (polish IIRC) acted better than English? I can't stand dubbing without lip syncing and/or terrible voice actors.

Does the Steam version come with a manual in the installation folders? Usually you can download it separately, but not for this game. I also did not find it on the official game website.
Edit: Manual is downloaded with game, just found the answer right before the dl finished.

Are there any mods that previous players here would recommend? As long as it isn't too game changing I'm willing to try it.

 

[SiC-Disaster]

English is the main language of the game i think, at least that's what i played it in and the voice-work is good and convincing.
It wasnt perfect at release, so the devs actually re-recorded a lot (pretty much all of them) of voice-overs and replaced the old ones with a patch, making it pretty good as far as i can remember.

 

[LemoN]

Ok, finally got around to buy the game (did during the xmas steam sale), finished downloading and started the game for the first time.

The main menu seems completely bugged.
It's completely black (letters are white) with just about 1cm of what seems to be the graphic overlay at the top.

I don't have any buttons.

I did a quick search on the steam forums and googling but couldn't come up with any solution...

Has anybody else had this problem and, if yes, how did you solve it?

Specs:

Nvidia 8800GTS (with 260.99 drivers, aka the newest ones)
AMD 64 x2 5200+
Windows 7 64bit

 

[doomis]

Hmmm strange, I bought the game as you during this sale and first played it yesterday but it was all right for me... maybe redownload it? Even if steam servers seem x100 slower this period

 

[LemoN]

Ah, sorry forgot to update this.

Already solved.

If anybody else is having this problem, turn off the "steam community" for this game.

 

[Byte Me]

Put a few hours in the past couple days. Outside of some questionable acting in cut-scenes, great game so far. I love Geralt's character, no matter the task asked of him there is always a fee negotiated upfront, and the man can bargain too. Not like in other RPG's where you do a quest and hope for a reward at the end, I currently have over 1000 oren and it just keeps on rolling in . All I need to do now is stay away from dice poker .