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The Witcher 3 Discussion Thread
Topic Started: May 19 2015, 01:58 PM (9,322 Views)
Derpstrom
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Jun 3 2015, 01:17 AM
Yeah, I honestly thought the Letho fights were tedious garbage. The weakest part of the game to my memory.
I don't get these fights in mine :(
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Moo
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Wait, why would you not get them? Are they DLC content?
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Yeah, what? I had no idea they were optional / avoidable? They can't be DLC, he's the main antagonist.

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My bad. I saw "Witcher 3 Discussion" and thought you were talking about a certain quest in 3. Depending on choices in 2 he will or will not appear for certain activities.
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So how radically does going with Vernon Roche instead of Zoltan change the game? Does it mean entirely different locales and quests or does the choice only lead to a small diversion before linking back to the main storyline? I'd consider playing it twice if it was entirely different, but not if it's just going to affect a few sidequests and small details.

I haven't played this for about a week. I just helped that king cross the battlefield with all the undead.
Edited by Moo, Jun 12 2015, 06:22 PM.
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Moo
Jun 12 2015, 06:21 PM
So how radically does going with Vernon Roche instead of Zoltan change the game? Does it mean entirely different locales and quests or does the choice only lead to a small diversion before linking back to the main storyline? I'd consider playing it twice if it was entirely different, but not if it's just going to affect a few sidequests and small details.

I haven't played this for about a week. I just helped that king cross the battlefield with all the undead.
Who you choose to go with at the end of the first chapter changes everything about the second chapter. You're in a different area with different characters and a different story. They link up in the same are for the third chapter but the story is still different and they don't really converge until the final mission.
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Furthermore all seems forgiven in the Witcher 3 which is a shame.
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@Chickan, Do you mean the story doesn't diverge much in TW3?

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Edited by Moo, Jun 14 2015, 04:42 PM.
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Jun 14 2015, 04:41 PM
@Chickan, Do you mean the story doesn't diverge much in TW3?
Nah the story diverges in Witcher 33 although it's more integrated into every quest than it is distinctly different chapters like in 2.

What I more meant was that you make a decision in 2, it affect the second chapter completely then, when you meet those characters in 3, they don't seem pissy with you any more.

E.g. I chose to help the Scoia'tael in chapter 1. As such I was in the dwarven city (forget the name) for most of chapter 2. When I played thru again I chose Vernan's route and had a largely different chapter 2.

First time playing Witcher 3 I used the save where I sided with the Scoia'tael. Second time (current playthrough) I loaded the one with Vernan. Despite the pretty significant choices in 2 the characters reactions to me were only marginal.... except for the people I killed in The Witcher 2. Chose against one in particular and found that it offered me an entire quest I'd missed out on the first time round.

How's that? Vague enough not to spoil but clear enough to portray what I wanted? Lol
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Yeah cheers. I won't get to carry my save over since I'll be switching platforms, so I'm glad the carryover isn't majorly significant.
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When you start a new game you get to choose if you want to "simulate" a witcher 2 save, which basically puts a small dialogue part into the game where you recap your choices. So, switching platforms isn't an issue anyway (providing you can remember what you did).
Edited by Doomguy, Jun 15 2015, 11:45 AM.
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Oh cool. It's about time games started doing that.
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The beauty of the way they do these games is that, whilst the world carries, each game has it's own unique story. CD Projekt Red do a great job of putting the required lore into conversations too. In the Witcher 3 this is a mix of the books and events form prior games. So, if you need to know that sorceressesesesses fell out of favour because of a big event - they'll give you just enough so you have context relevant to events in the current game. If you play the Witcher 2 you see a little more of that and, if you read the books, an entire 1/4 of one is dedicated to the events.
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Moo
Jun 12 2015, 06:21 PM
So how radically does going with Vernon Roche instead of Zoltan change the game? Does it mean entirely different locales and quests or does the choice only lead to a small diversion before linking back to the main storyline? I'd consider playing it twice if it was entirely different, but not if it's just going to affect a few sidequests and small details.

I haven't played this for about a week. I just helped that king cross the battlefield with all the undead.
The choices are split between Iorveth and Vernon Roche technically.

The environments are the same, but you have different starting hubs that you have access to. With Vernon, you're in King Henselts War camp, with Iorveth, you use Vergen as your hub. The narratives that are told are completely different, going as far as to seeing or not seeing key characters. There are completely different main quests associated to each path, too.

Act 2's ending in Vernon Roche's path is amazing. Act 1's ending if you sided with Iorveth is stellar. So there are rewards for each path. I feel like going with Vernon Roche first is the ideal way to experience the game if you plan on going through it twice. The game does some clever branching narrative tricks of hiding truths delivered in each path that better contextualizes the other if you've seen one path play out.
Edited by Red Panda, Jun 16 2015, 10:42 AM.
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Two small complaints: the map is terrible and opening doors is terrible.
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