The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Paul_cze · 2012-06-18T09:29:05.000Z

Yeah, hopefully :-)
It does boggle a mind a bit that this was not included right away, but hey, baby steps.

Patrick_S · 2012-06-18T12:08:52.000Z

These guys are just awesome.

TurinTur · 2012-07-11T13:01:23.000Z

The Witcher series has sold 4 million copies worldwide - VG247

CDP RED has announced The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has sold over 4 million copies of both games. That is awesome news. “I’m still amazed with the result we have achieved with The Witcher franchise,” said Adam Badowski, head of CD...

4 millions for Witcher 1 and 2.

Phred · 2013-04-10T12:16:19.000Z

Hi Folks. I picked this up at a steam sale a while back and am trying to get into it but the quick time events are driving me crazy. The one with the arlabest in the court yard is kicking my ass and I can’t progress past it. It took me a while to realize they wanted me to power click on the damn thing but I just can’t seem to get how to wind that damn arlabest. Is there a mod or any way to cheeze past this crap?

mono · 2013-04-10T12:18:33.000Z

Phred:

Hi Folks. I picked this up at a steam sale a while back and am trying to get into it but the quick time events are driving me crazy. The one with the arlabest in the court yard is kicking my ass and I can’t progress past it. It took me a while to realize they wanted me to power click on the damn thing but I just can’t seem to get how to wind that damn arlabest. Is there a mod or any way to cheeze past this crap?

I have no recollection, but if you go into settings you can disable ‘Difficult QTE’s’ which I believe takes them out of the game entirely except for fist fights.

Phred · 2013-04-10T12:20:21.000Z

mono:

I have no recollection, but if you go into settings you can disable ‘Difficult QTE’s’ which I believe takes them out of the game entirely except for fist fights.

Wierd the only setting I found was to lower the difficulty. I will look again.

TimJames · 2013-04-10T12:38:19.000Z

You said you are clicking rapidly but then said you don’t know how to wind it. Those should be the same.

TurinTur · 2013-04-10T12:41:58.000Z

The QTEs in “easy qte mode” are that, pretty easy. I don’t know how you can be stuck in one of them. Are you sure you are using the correct button?

divedivedive · 2013-04-10T13:00:18.000Z

You reminded me that I need to play this again on Roche’s path. Thanks for that, Phred.

TurinTur · 2013-04-10T13:07:26.000Z

Broche. It’s written Broche. :P

I have to try Iorveth’s!

Phred · 2013-04-10T13:39:31.000Z

Tim James:

You said you are clicking rapidly but then said you don’t know how to wind it. Those should be the same.

Well if that’s all I had to do then I didnt click rapidly enough. My RSI kills me after a few minutes of trying.

TimJames · 2013-04-10T13:42:01.000Z

Everyone should definitely try the other path. If you’re short on time, use an old save game near the decision point. It’s fun to use another build or watch different choices play out in the other chapters. But at least burn through the alternate path. It’s a quarter of the game!

Equisilus · 2013-04-10T16:09:20.000Z

Wow, this just reminded me that I never did finish TW2. I sort of lost interest somewhere along the line and got distracted by everything else. There wasn’t anything particularly bad about it, though, so I should give it another try sometime.

robc04 · 2013-04-10T16:52:06.000Z

Equisilus:

Wow, this just reminded me that I never did finish TW2. I sort of lost interest somewhere along the line and got distracted by everything else. There wasn’t anything particularly bad about it, though, so I should give it another try sometime.

It did get very easy with my fighter (?) build. There wasn’t anything that compelling to really revisit the game if you already own better games now.

Enidigm · 2013-05-13T19:16:47.000Z

The front page also reminded me about finishing the Witcher 2 (and… 1). I was defeated by the inventory last time. The number of craftable upgrades, goods, and miscellany and trying to sort out all the combinations of such that i needed or wanted… it was even worse (imo) than my Skyrim hoarding simulator, where at least i had a better idea of what did what, more or less.

instant0 · 2013-05-14T01:28:19.000Z

I recall having just crossed some battlefield… and haven’t played since. Guess I should finish it some time.

Warning · 2013-05-14T03:41:29.000Z

I played through the beginning twice now and enjoyed it. Then I get to some town where people are getting hanged, the game loses its tight focus and I lose interest.

TurinTur · 2013-05-14T04:33:04.000Z

Warning:

I played through the beginning twice now and enjoyed it. Then I get to some town where people are getting hanged, the game loses its tight focus and I lose interest.

Funny, lots of people think the opposite: the start is too linear, the real game begins with Act 1, where you have more freedom, exploration, crafting, side quests, people to talk, etc.

Warning · 2013-05-14T04:58:32.000Z

TurinTur:

Funny, lots of people think the opposite: the start is too linear, the real game begins with Act 1, where you have more freedom, exploration, crafting, side quests, people to talk, etc.

I can understand that. I appreciated the tighter story focus of the opening. Things just seemed to grind to a halt once I got to a town with 50ish NPCs & too many things to do. I loved the open-worldyness of the Elder Scrolls games but this wasn’t doing it for me.

DeepT · 2013-05-14T05:23:42.000Z

I think I got to act 1, it was after the starting town and you met a King in a very brown muddle landscape after rescuing him from ghosts or something. It took effort to keep my interest up until that point. I looked around at my new “quest hub” and my will to play evaporated.