Current Events > Just bought Witcher 1 and 2 on Steam

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Imma dig a whole in my life for this series. It better be worth it, yall.

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The first game has the best storytelling of the whole series, but the combat/skill system is kinda weird. I do recommend installing a "run speed" mod just to make things a little faster, since some of the maps get kinda big to move back and forth with.

2 is beautiful too. Just don't fall into the trap of save scumming.

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My advice for 1: you need to use alchemy to do anything in that game. Don't worry about wasting ingredients because you'll constantly be picking shit up, and you can buy stuff in stores.

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Potions in Witcher 1 & 2 are the most accurate lorewise. Witchers chug potions in preparation before a particularly hard fight, not in the middle of combat like in 3.
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Witcher 1 is janky as all hell and you can tell it's a first effort. I hope you like swamps.

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Pay attention to details, the first game has instances where certain actions can or cant be done based on the knowledge Geralt knows. All great games to be told. Stellar series.

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St0rmFury posted...

Potions in Witcher 1 & 2 are the most accurate lorewise. Witchers chug potions in preparation before a particularly hard fight, not in the middle of combat like in 3.

Which is cool but annoying in 1 for that very first boss fight >_>.

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Hexenherz posted...

Which is cool but annoying in 1 for that very first boss fight >_>.

The first time I played the game, I thought the first boss fight was basically unbeatable, though the game was shit, and left it for like a month or two before trying again.

Then I took like 3 potions then stomped it.

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2 amazing games in a perfect trilogy. Enjoy.

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Jabodie posted...

The first time I played the game, I thought the first boss fight was basically unbeatable, though the game was shit, and left it for like a month or two before trying again.

Then I took like 3 potions then stomped it.

The first boss is definitely the hardest thing in the game by miles, especially if you are still learning the mechanics. The way the stances work is super jank: basically Group Stance is god tier if there are 3 or more enemies and utter ass if that's not the case, and it's not for the traditional reasons like "AoE becomes more efficient with more targets" but rather "the stances just have ridiculous modifiers to your hit/damage/dodge rates based on whether you are in a situation where the game deems them effective".

I think I actually won the first boss fight with an instant kill off Aard when I won it, now that I think about it.

On the other hand, Witcher 2 is broken super hard if you immediately get tier 2 of the bomb skill in the alchemy tree and just bomb through the entire game, but all the other alchemy stuff is pretty crap with how they balanced potion toxicity (like the skill to have 4 potions going at once allows you to use literally a single combination of 4 specific potions that isn't very good). Getting at least one tier of the evasion distance skill is essential for travelling faster. I think I liked 2's combat the most despite how weird the skill tree balance was, with how you actually have to get out of the way of attacks and how tactical signs feel.

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The first boss in Witcher just bugged the hell out of me because if you start the quest too early in the day all your potions wear off >_>

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Hexenherz posted...

The first boss in Witcher just bugged the hell out of me because if you start the quest too early in the day all your potions wear off >_>

I got lucky with an aard shot <_<

Before that I failed many times and put aside the game for a few days.

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Yeah I'm reinstalling Witcher 3 now.

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