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is that just me or they are trying to start forums etc?
got 504 gateway error on thewitcher site...
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 13:26 Post subject: |
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| skolo666 wrote: | | btw: switching off antyaliasing to improve FPS (with ubersampling on) did nothing. no improvement. |
Yea, it's due to the powerful videocard. Nowadays most cards handle easily antialiasing. At least up to 4x. Higher isn't even necessary, imo.  |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 13:28 Post subject: |
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The antialising in game is a very lightweight version, what you have in drivers as 4x would be quite a lot more costly.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 13:31 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 13:43 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 14:08 Post subject: |
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So I just beat it..and.
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No ending? Just geralt on the cliff looking over the city and...that's it..? I saved triss, roche went off with the girl, I pretty much slaughtered everyone else. Saved ioverth in act 2, and sided with roche in act 1 |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 14:19 Post subject: |
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| blackeyedboy wrote: | | Yea, it's due to the powerful videocard. Nowadays most cards handle easily antialiasing. At least up to 4x. Higher isn't even necessary, imo. |
| abija wrote: | | The antialising in game is a very lightweight version, what you have in drivers as 4x would be quite a lot more costly. |
The game uses MLAA, which is not as accurate as MSAA, but it works well with engines that have deferred rendering (like TW2) and it's very efficient. It's also the most used AA method for consoles for that reason 
Even with my system, ubersampling is not playable. I can have everything turned up as far as I want, except that one option. Although, I've disabled all the fucking blur 'n bloom, can't stand that shit |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 14:20 Post subject: |
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quite the shocker really, given that mw2 is like, the pinnacle of gaming... mankinds greatest artistic achievement.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 15:01 Post subject: |
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And how exactly you see how many hours you have in game?
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 15:04 Post subject: |
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It seems as if you have to use external tools for measuring the time. Someone mentioned it but I forgot the name 
*actually I just wanted to be on page 300  *
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 15:14 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 15:28 Post subject: |
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Chapter 3 is starting to piss me off. After the awesomeness that was chapter 1+2, this feels like an afterthought. The design is unimaginative and not very exciting. The same shit happened with Risen, though I do believe the turn to the dark side was much more sudden and worse in Risen. What a fucking shame, but I guess they couldn't have worked on it endlessly.
Still the two chapters lasted me 30 hours or so (Steam isn't accurate since it seems to think chapter one took me 2 hours). That's two modern shooters, maybe even three. This game also has superb replay value, I miss that in modern games. Definitely worth every penny, though close to the ending it's beginning to lose its magic.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 15:30 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | | How long is chapter 2 if you do everything? |
Longer than ch 1 for sure. More exploration, more stuff to do. At least on Roche's path.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 16:09 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | Chapter 3 is starting to piss me off. After the awesomeness that was chapter 1+2, this feels like an afterthought. The design is unimaginative and not very exciting. The same shit happened with Risen, though I do believe the turn to the dark side was much more sudden and worse in Risen. What a fucking shame, but I guess they couldn't have worked on it endlessly. |
Same as in W1, the chapters are not meant to delimit portions of similar content length but more like steps in the story.
I doubt people would have complained about that portion being rushed if game wouldn't be split in Chapters. The story makes sense, it's not being forced to conclusion all of a sudden. It was obvious since C2 it will be a showdown in that place.
Thing is, when you see C3 you instantly expect same amount of content as previous 2 chapters and feel disappointed.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 16:29 Post subject: |
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For some odd reason, throughout the game, I had a weird feeling that the game is too short :S. I'm about 30 hours in now, 3/4 through Chapter 2.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 16:43 Post subject: |
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| abija wrote: | | Mister_s wrote: | | Chapter 3 is starting to piss me off. After the awesomeness that was chapter 1+2, this feels like an afterthought. The design is unimaginative and not very exciting. The same shit happened with Risen, though I do believe the turn to the dark side was much more sudden and worse in Risen. What a fucking shame, but I guess they couldn't have worked on it endlessly. |
Same as in W1, the chapters are not meant to delimit portions of similar content length but more like steps in the story.
I doubt people would have complained about that portion being rushed if game wouldn't be split in Chapters. The story makes sense, it's not being forced to conclusion all of a sudden. It was obvious since C2 it will be a showdown in that place.
Thing is, when you see C3 you instantly expect same amount of content as previous 2 chapters and feel disappointed. |
Well maybe because it is rushed. It's all buildup Act1&2 then Act 3 just throws everything in you're face. In basically all explained to you in the Epilouge. Compared to the story and pacing of the first one it does feel lackluster. And the open ending (with no real ending) leaves me feeling a bit empty. Compared to the awsomeness of chapters 1&2, the third one is a huge letdown.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 17:19 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | | xExtreme wrote: | | And how exactly you see how many hours you have in game? |
If you have the Steam version you just check your profile, otherwise, no idea. |
With Steam you might get a seriously bloated number at the end of the day. It counts on and on even if you paused the game so better use your watch than Steam.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 17:32 Post subject: |
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One thing people tend to forget about witcher 2 is that it isnt just a game but it has several endings and paths you cant take during the first playthrough. Act 2 in particular.
So a fair estimate of the total gameplay time should be something like 50-60h, though you have to replay some parts which might be boring to some.
Planning on playing it again soon, this time I'll go with Iorveth and his squarrels.
Dont mess with God, he can impregnate your girlfriend/wife without taking his pants off!
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 17:36 Post subject: |
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The overall ends are fairly similar but I suppose the full sixteen different variants stretch over a long period throughout the entire game for the more important decisions.
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Spared or killed "Kingslayer" (Letho) with either Roche or Iorveth and with or without rescuing Triss or what her name was, royal heir of foltest, one of the two bastard children.
Then there's all the other stuff and variations outside of this deciding how you reach this conclusion.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 17:36 Post subject: |
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Sorry if this has already been discussed, but theres just too many pages on this thread...
Which versions is Skidrow's release? Steam? or Retais?
Which patch should i apply? and does it really remove the DRM or is it a future patch?
Thank you
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| Posted: Sun, 29th May 2011 17:38 Post subject: |
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Skidrow is using the retail EFIGS version of the game, install the 0-day update and then the 1.1 patch (Which in turn removes the DRM.) and remember to use the original game files as the updater will fail otherwise.
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