JeffL
1702
I appreciate the guidance on the books - just finishing up the first one, the “connected short stories” compilation, and it already has made the game a lot more interesting to me. There’s some nice about having the background that makes the role playing of the character in the game much more interesting.
Kadath
1703
Anyone gotten their key from GOG?
Edit: Derp NM, forgot this is DRM free not Steamworks.
I just re-read a couple of the stories in the Last Wish as well. They hold up much better than I think I gave them credit for. Specifically the title story, which is where Geralt and Yennefer meet for the first time. That story, and the tale of Renfri are fantastic. I love the Rashomon-like way the latter tale unfolds, particularly. It makes things fairly clear: doing the right thing is never easy for Geralt, because it’s never really obvious what the right thing is.
What I also like is the portrayal of the women in Geralt’s life in these stories. When we meet Yennefer for the first time, it’s through her poor, current boy-toy, who happens to look as if he’s been utterly wrecked by her, and Geralt traces the signs of sheer carnal abandon to where he finds her…and it’s clear she’s the one in control and used to being in control, of everything. And then she leads him on a bit, and does so to outsmart him…which she does easily. I like that Renfri has to have her vengeance, whether Geralt interferes or not.
I also like the back-fiction of the beautiful sorceresses like Yen and Triss. They were once, likely, ugly. They’re women raised to be marriage prizes from well-to-do families, but considered too unattractive to be useful in marrying up…and so if they’re smart enough they can try sorcery, and then they modify their own appearances at their individual whim. I think it’s great that Geralt realizes that Yennefer was a hideous hunchback before…not being that, and that the knowledge of that makes him more attracted to her.
If the translation is a bit clunky, the world and story are much better than I may have given them credit for.
Finally home and preloading on Steam. :D
Jesse Cox has finally uploaded the rest of his preview to youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBWcRGWOTUQ
Is this the prima guide some of you are ordering?
Ah ok , it seems the digital version is $5 after discounts, prolly just gonna go with that and view it on my tablet.
http://www.primagames.com/games/witcher-3
use 50% off code : WITCH50
**** eguide as mono said below, pretty much useless unless your at a pc/tablet/phone that has internet access.
mono
1710
Be aware that’s a ‘web guide’. You can’t download a PDF to view offline.
It seems Geralt can slay big monsters, but he’s unable to kill game memes. :)
Oh… :|
Well then hardcover it is… I
Kinda too bad about the silly backlash but it’s still a lot of fun to see so much enthusiasm surrounding a new game.
heh a game card named “poor fucking infantry”
Yeah, I hate that crap. I mean, I know why they do it, it just pisses me off that they can’t just watermark that shit and go after anyone who makes it public on a torrent or something.
4000+ hours working on the guide.
1000+ hours playing the game.
23 hard drives… the fuck? That’s like saying 23 kilos of memory.
JeffL
1721
Yeah, for someone with zero background in this world, I feel like I have a much better “feel” for the game world now. Just little things, like when it explains how Witchers are produced, how the iron sword is special too, made from meteorites, and how the silver - monster/iron - non-monster is just a guideline and not a rule. And, of course, a much better feeling for how Geralt thinks, etc.
All of this really enhances the gameplay (I assume it will!)
