5223

I finished at level 35 without doing any Skellige sidequests or finishing any of the Wolf/Viper/Goat sets-of-armour scavenger hunts.

5224

Eurogamer just published some of the best game writing ever:

I also recommend reading previous piece by the same writer:

5225

I actually kind of completely disagree. I read that piece this morning, and came away thinking: “Robert Purchese was right there as an eyewitness to a pretty interesting and perhaps very important software release…and he missed the story.” It’s a shame, because the background article on the company was terrific.

But the launch article? Man. He walks right up to getting the story a couple of times, gets tantalizingly close…and then gets distracted and veers away.

Needs an editor.

5226

These people come across as human beings, which makes the Internet hoi polloi that much more petty and naive.

5227

I just completed Witcher 1 and 2 for the first time. What great games! And now, I’m ready to start W3, with all the free DLC done and in. I’m pretty excited :)

5228

Oghier you are in for one huge bump in game quality coming from 1 and 2. :D

5229

Ooooh boy, understatement of the week. ;)

5230

Some interesting concept art of stuff that never saw the light of day.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-19-unseen-concept-art-and-renders-from-the-witcher-3

5231

Just hit Imlerith. Went from my favorite RPG of all time to “maybe I’ll finish this some day.” So f’ing tedious.

5232

Just put the difficulty way down and learn all the reads before you really go for the kill.

5233

Denny, what difficulty are you playing on & what level are you?

When I finally reached those end battles I was pretty underwhelmed by them, but I guess the second difficulty (ie “Story and Sword”) made a huge difference and had just reached level 29…?

Didn’t actually fiddle around much with oils and bombs. My suggestion would be to just drop the difficulty and enjoy the ride!

5234

I beat Imlerith on my third try on normal difficulty. I found the key was to liberally use the dodge-roll rather than the side-step dodge, which I’d been using exclusively until then. Alt-Quen for healing is also mandatory.

5235

Yeah, I was on Death March and had to drop the difficulty at that point. A real plummeting in enjoyment. You can console yourself that if it feels like they’ve messed up the ending, you still have about a normal RPG’s worth of content to go…

5236

I’m already playing on a lower difficulty. :) I’ve died twice, but I’m sure I can work through it with patience. I just hate boss fights where you have to pick at a boss while avoiding its attacks for 15 minutes. That’s in no way entertaining. Especially when you get them down to 20% and they kill you.

Alas, don’t have the alt-quen healing…

5237

That’s a pain but not insurmountable. He isn’t as hard as he seems. Use the roll, take advantage of his downtime (I think he pauses to pull his axe out of the ground, so spank him then). The payoff when Geralt kills him is so worth it.

5238

I beat him on Story and Sword first attempt, but yeah, it was a lot of somersaults and Quen healing.

5239

I’m finally getting to the point where there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. My quest to find Dandelion has been maddeningly long. I think I’ve been searching for him through the end of June, all of July, and now most of August. I’m loving the game, but it really felt like they kept dragging this part from one step to the next to the next to the next for a little too long.

I’m glad I feel like I’m finally getting somewhere though.

5240

I hate to break it to you…

5241

Heh. I laughed. :)

5242

Triss & Yennifer Choice seems to have been made for me

I suppose I made the choice by being a player. I still have a ways to go yet, but it’s apparent that romancing both leading ladies does not afford you the opportunity to make a final decision in the matter. Once you romance the second, you’ve made your bed ie: neither. I didn’t realize it at the time, and would’ve gone a different route.

Alas, such is life!