slop101

Oh, Baby!

Mok

Can't wait for more Witcher!

james2025a

Finally finished it this weekend. I had practically exhausted every quest in the game and ended up level 37 by the end. Still gonna play, but thankfully not as much time from here on out. Looking forward to the DLC and expanded quests.

One thing, i am still have problems with killing the Katakan in the barn. I just don't get whats happening with this and think its actually a glitch. The level for the quest i believe is 25, but my character even with the higher level, fantastic armor and weapons gets killed literally within one hit by this thing. I use my shield, drop down in the barn, the vampire thing hits me, for some reason loses half its health, and from that point on i rolll or dodge and hit and nothing. No energy is lost from the thing at all. I fight it in the middle of the day as well, so it is supposed to be vulnerable. It hits me once and i automatically die. Its just damn annoying. Other than collecting the remaining Gwent cards this is the only side quest i have to complete.

mewmartigan

Just got this game and really liking it so far. Where is this option to customize the touchpad? I looked around and I am not seeing it....

thanks!

slop101

Seems like the newest patch (1.08) kinda fucks up the game on the PS3, causing it to stutter, skip and go down to 20fps during more intense moments (Novigrad, rain, etc.). Glad I finished the game before this fuck up.

spainlinx0

The new patch doesn't fix the quest glitch introduced in 1.07. I can't finish the Witcher contract with the Wolf, Godling, Troll, and Doppler. Very annoying.

nickdawgy

That the one where the wolf sits there and howls in a stuck dying animation?

cruzness

Finally threw this in to my PS4 the other night and damn - I am weak. I get overwhelmed by everything it seems. Any advice on leveling up very early in the game. I may have to tone down the difficulty.

mewmartigan

for me, getting used to the combat was a bit difficult. In the beginning I would just take all the messages off the boards and then go explore the question marks on the map. Also, moving through the story can get you a lot more experience points than exploring so you could do a few main story missions before getting too crazy.

If you come upon an enemy and their health bar has a red skull next to it, it means you have absolutely no chance of winning and you should run.

For combat, I was of the "hack until its dead" type but in this game you need to attack 2 or 3 times and then retreat or defend for a bit.

For larger groups of attackers I use the "igni" fire sign because it seems to distract everyone and I can focus a few hits on one enemy before they all regain their composure and come for me.

Most important thing early on...took me a while to understand...one of the early side quests gets you a potion called "swallow". This is waaay better than food for restoring health during a fight.

cruzness

Thanks. I haven't seen enemies with the red skull butI have had a few higher level enemies kill me in 2 shots.

spainlinx0

Yes, that's the one I'm referring to.

jacob_b

So I just bought the game. Going through the last few pages, seems like it takes up a few days to finish the game, which to me would take about a week to play lol. How easy does it control one's live that time just easily passes? Looking at the Honest Trailer, seems like not going to work/school is easily in the cards for people.

nickdawgy

Did they fix it yet?

mhg83

Last patch they put out was a big one. They changed a few things players complained about and added a new game +

maxfisher

Finally wrapped this up last night. Fallout 3 was probably the last game I put this much time into. It was nearly the only game I played since the start of July, and I've been getting in 15-20 hours of gaming per week. Other than several small glitches and one larger one (Skellige's most wanted), the game was pretty much perfect. I didn't care for gwent, but that was almost entirely optional. This and Bloodborne alone make 2015 one of my favorite years for gaming in quite a while.

slop101

Next week!

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slop101

Reviews for the Hearts of Stone DLC are trickling in - looks like winner!

GameSpot - 9/10 superb
"The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone is at once a horror story, a romance, a character study, and a classic fairy tale. And somehow, these disparate parts mesh to form a cohesive whole."

redrum

Patch is out its 15gb!

slop101

Pretty sure that includes most of the assets for the HoS DLC, which will be playable Tuesday.

redrum

Scratch that its 17gb

And ya that would make sense

maxfisher

I rarely buy DLC for a game, but I went ahead and preordered Hearts of Stone. Looking forward to taking a break from slogging through MGS5 to revisit this.

nickdawgy

I'll get it eventually. I still haven't finished the main story.

mewmartigan

okay, think I hit annoying bug in a main line quest on PS4. It's right after you get to

slop101

Looks like Hearts of Stone is going to be playable today at 4pm (Pacific time).

Perfect timing as I'll get home from work by 5!

slop101

I can't believe no one's been playing and/or chiming in on the Hearts of Stone DLC.

Anyways, I finished it this last weekend. Took me right around 20 hours to do all main and side-missions, which is remarkable considering it was only $10. Some nice new locations and expansions of the main map, and more of Oxenfurt, which was underused in the main game. Great story and great new characters along with some fun new monster types and enemies. Probably the best DLC I've ever played. For $10, it's like they're giving it away. I've payed $60 for shorter, shittier content.

Also, the game's been updated to version 1.11, and it's rock fucking solid.