Any of the resident RPG lovers playing this?
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Any of the resident RPG lovers playing this?
Is it out then? I have heard massive amounts of love for this one??
Out yesterday in most of Europe, out a bit earlier in other parts AFAIK. The US has to wait until later this year.
owwwwwww hihihi, now THAT is great news.
Read about it a year or two ago on nwvault and it sounded promising. Haven't heard anything about it recently though (which may be partly due to me not frequenting nwvault anymore).
Probably not going to get it for now though. They already got a patch out on day 1, so there's bound to be more bugs abound.
Bought it and will install it once I get home. :2thumbsup:
Previews have looked promising, should be good.
So far I've seen it mentioned favourably alongside games like Vampire: Bloodlines and some of the older Bioware games. That's what has tweaked my interest.
I just watched the opening cinematic and it was propably the best one that I've seen in a long time. Now I'll see if the game can live up to it.
I watched the trailer on the dev's web site. Either that's pre-rendered and not in-game generated, or my computer definitely won't be able to handle it. :sweatdrop:
I think I read somewhere that it's built on a revamped version of the NWN1 graphics engine (Aurora)? Is that right? If so, it might run fine on what I have. The actual screenshots look reasonably low-density.
Also, the initial word I've heard is that it doesn't have any nasty DRM, so that's another plus. Looking forward to any player reports here, especially anyone with medium to medium-high specs, instead of a screaming latest build game machine.
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Originally Posted by Zenicetus
The trailer isn't ingame generated, but the great part about it wasn't the graphics. The story and fight was very nicely done in it.
Well my C2D E6600, 8800 GTS and 2 gb of ram has no probs running it at full graphic settings, so my guess is that it shouldn't be a machine-slayer type of game. But still I must say that the Aurora engine has never looked so fine before. :yes:
Anyway I've only played the game for about 15 mins before it crashed on me, but here are some of my first impressions. The game looks decent, although the camera view takes some time getting used to. The combat seems to resemble Jade Empire a lot, meaning that timing and the choice of correct styles is essential in successful fighting. But this also hints at a lack of depth in combat. Anyway I just hope that the story, setting and atmosphere will compensate for it like it did in Jade Empire. Overall the game seems like a Jade Empire set in a rather dark medieval fantasy world, but I'll have to play some more to get a true feel for the game.
Cool... my specs aren't too far off from that, I think (Athlon 64 3800+, 2 Gigs RAM, 8800 GTS). I upgraded to that GPU recently, and it's doing a good job keeping my 2-year old rig going for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
Yeah, I read about the combat style in one of the previews somewhere, and it seems like it's about timing when to throw a "combo" move that takes time to complete, along with choosing the right tactic and character build. Actually I like that setup better than a twitch fighter where you need good reflexes. But then I'm a geezer gamer. :laugh4:Quote:
The combat seems to resemble Jade Empire a lot, meaning that timing and the choice of correct styles is essential in successful fighting. But this also hints at a lack of depth in combat.
That's what I think I'd enjoy... the vampire hunter-ish theme in a medieval setting, with some storyline pathing based on player's moral choices. Seems like a nice theme for a RPG, if it doesn't turn out to be a bug farm.Quote:
Anyway I just hope that the story, setting and atmosphere will compensate for it like it did in Jade Empire. Overall the game seems like a Jade Empire set in a rather dark medieval fantasy world, but I'll have to play some more to get a true feel for the game.
Played about an hour now, but so far I'm loving it. It remains to be seen how important the decisions I've had to make will prove to be, but overall it does seem like a nice game. That said I do suffer from CTD's every now and then, but it is just a matter of saving often.
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I'll get this one sometime. :yes: Saw the screenshots at the chatroom. :smitten:
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From the bits I've read the fighting system seems a lot like the one in Summoner, an old PS2 launch RPG which also had a PC release. I expect I'm the only one here who played that game. It had a great storyline; the main combat feature, other than summoning monsters to fight at your side, was the chain combo system.
You'd order your character to attack. As the animation executed you would see an icon appear above his/her head, at which point you needed to hit one of the other buttons assigned to a combat move. Time it right and that move was executed right after the other finished, and the icon would appear again. Get it wrong, or try to use the move already being executed, and your character would need to wait a bit before attacking again. You could keep on building up chains of moves theoretically forever. As the timing got harder with each consecutive attack it never got to the point where you were doing absurd damage in one go. As you advanced in the game and performed sucessful chains you gained extra abilities to swap with those you began with.
I played the PC version of Summoner and completed it. The controls worked very well with a mouse and keyboard.
EDIT: The review scores currently look like this:
* Joystick review (France) 9/10 + Megastar award
* PC Jeux review (France) 90% ‘Hit PC Jeux’ award
* Online welten (Germany) 84%
* Gamewelt (Germany) 84% (version with day one patch - 90%)
* X6 (Norway) 6/6
* 3djuegos (Spain) 8.8/10
* Gry-online (Poland) 92%
* Onet.pl (Poland) 9.5/10
* Gildia.pl (Poland) 9.5/10
* Eurogamer 7/10
Hey, this game has caught my eye too, but since i'm unsure if it'll run on my laptop, can you tell me what the requirements are? What are you guys running it on? Does anyone play it on a laptop?
On the game itself, do you get to create your own character? What makes it stand out? How witty is it? What is the tone of the game? Is it too Tolkien ish? I hate the ones that would speak in "thous" and "m'ladies"....
You play as a pre-designed character called Geralt of Rivia, a witcher, with no real customisation prior to the game. To me what made me get it was that Bioware recommended it and the fact that I figured this might be a nice warm up for Mass Effect. Comically I've found the game rather dry, but there have luckily been some moments where I've laughed. The tone of the game is dark and the themes are rather mature. That should already point out that it is far too gritty to be Tolkien-ish.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwordsMaster
How "Mature" is the game? I might pick it up if it has the three B's: Boobs, booze, and blood (and oddly enough, they all have two O's)
Yup, seen plenty of all three ingame.
*goes to grab a copy*
I'd question why Kekvit wants the first b of those 3 :tongue2:
The answer to that lies in a backroom topic of sexual orientation. :tongueg:
Anyway, what is Witcher like, exactly?
I thought about getting this, Leet Eriksson said it's very polished and good.
One thing that nags me a bit though are weapons and armour. I'm someone who likes collecting new armours and maybe weapons but from what I've seen so far, you only get similarly looking leather armours while some NPCs have very nice plate armours etc. Are you really stuck with almost the same leather all the time? :inquisitive:
I know it's a minor detail concerning gameplay but then I like medieval RPGs mostly for the purpose of commanding a big armoured guy around. ~D
I just noticed while browsing the official forum that there are TWO versions... Euro and U.S., and the U.S. version has some censored graphics (but not language, or gore, apparently). Can't let us Americans see to much, 'ya know. Apparently it's just one NPC with clothing instead of nude, and some images on Tarot cards. Here's the thread:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae
http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=3130.0
The workaround if you really care about it, seems to be buying the download version from the UK.
Other feedback seems pretty solid. I think I'll order it -- the U.S. disk version, since I don't like keeping track of more archived download purchases than I have to. And I've seen enough of the real thing... :magnify:
Really enjoying this one so far. Have finished the prologue and now playing Act 1. Great visuals which are not too taxing on my modest system (AMD 3700, 2 Gigs RAM, Gainward 7800GS+ AGP) which has everything on max except the pointless "depth of field" effect. Framerate is very smooth although I have heard Act 3 can be a bit of a framerate killer for medium to low end machines.
The biggest problem they have at the moment is the loading times between sequences and when you enter/leave a building. These are very long and if you are trapped having to reload a save on a difficult fight then it can get quite infuriating. The load times are bad on fast as well as slow machines and they are working to fix this in the next patch.
Storyline and voice acting is undoubtedly the best amongst the crop of RPG's released over the last year. Stacks of side quests to do for cash. You seem to get handed new weapons/armour as you advance through the storyline although I have only received one set at the end of the prologue so far. You can collect meteorite stone and get your sword ugraded or repaired by a dwarf smith. You can pick up other weapons lying on the ground after a fight, but I haven't seen anything better than the Witcher sword I have been given so far. No sign of new armour yet on dead NPC's or in shops.
Swordfights consist of attacks in Fast, Strong or Group modes and rely heavily on good timing to get the combos working well for maximum damage in the fastest possible time. You can only fight in third person modes, of which there are three. Personally I favour first person battles with slash and parry techniques as this is more immersive, but you do get the hang of the third person Witcher fighting very quickly.
Overall a very good game if you like RPG's ~:thumb:
The fighting actually has a lot more depth than I had initially thought. Drinking the right potions, using the correct bombs and signs and oiling your weapon with a suitable oil will make or break you. In that way it is similar to BG2, where you needed to prepare yourself for tough fight with the correct spells, tactics and equipment.
The voice acting is only sub-par. One minute they talk in a frightened tone, the next they talk in a peaceful tone. It's inconsistent.
I get crashes. A lot.
Combat is again sup-par. Sometimes Geralt will just blindly stand there and not attack unless you click several times.
I picked it up after reading this thread. I am enjoying it a great deal. I like the combat and am not having any technical problems at all (patched before I started). The only thing that gets to me is the dialog. I think the voice acting is relatively decent, but the writing is simply... bizarre. Clearly it has been butchered in the translation, but that knowledge doesn't make it any less distracting. It's not 'engrish' in any sense, it's just... off. That breaks the immersion for me, but it's still pretty fun. Not a must-own by any means, but if you've got money to blow and want a new RPG to play, I recommend it.
I ordered the UK version (didn't want to be left wondering what's been censored). Hopefully I'll be getting it in the next couple days. Looks like a really good game. :2thumbsup:
From what I've read at the Witcher forums, the translation and the english voiceovers were butchered to a shorter form from the original english translation, which was a lot closer to the Polish version.
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I picked it up a few days ago. I'm just happy that's there a decent RPG for the PC that isn't a two year old port off a console.
I'm enjoying it, good graphics, decent story line so far, and a rather "continental" approach to sex that isn't found in rather chaste RPGs like KotoR.
I'm still struggling to acclimate to the combat system, I've never been a good timing player. One of the reasons I prefer strategy games is the ability to ponder a move, build up your forces and then unleash unstoppable hell only when ready. I've bounced between the OTS and Isometric perspectives. The first doesn't show enough of the environment during combat, and the second has camera angle issues in tight quarters. The jury is still out on combat, but I think I'd prefer a click and forget method with a standard "behind the party" camera.
Another issue is load times, specifically that there are no sub levels. If you enter a house in a village, when you exit it takes the same amount of time to load the village as when you started the level. This is a detriment to immersion. On the plus side, this encouraged me to finally upgrade my PC's memory.
Cut scenes seem to afflicted with stuttering. I turned down some of my settings and turned off grass, and that seemed to solve most of the problems, or at least enough where I wasn't missing important plot developments.
Still despite these issues, the game is better than 90% of the drek out there.
Well I am pretty sure thats its out in Oz but I havent had a chance to grab a copy, I have seen trailer and looks very promising.
Btw, has anyone here read the book series that its based on?
I looked it up, since the universe is interesting, but according to Wikipedia, the main novels have not been translated into English and my Spanish is far too rusty for lengthy reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarathos
Yeah I know I read that too, only the last one is and I think thats where they are basing the game. Pity though I think they would be a good read.Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
The short stories (two volumes) and the Witcher novels (5 volumes) are very well used in the game with much effort put to make the fans of Sapkowski happy.
As far as I know only the first volume of short stories has been translated to English, but more will follow FOR SURE - the game seems to be great success so it is more than probable.
Personally I enjoyed the world of Sapkowski's stories and most likely I will read them all again soon - it has been almost 10 years since I have read any of these.:book:
The books are meant to be hitting English shelves in early/mid 2008.
I've got my copy, all I need now is the time to play it. It's a nice production; embossed card sleeve for the DVD case and a prodigious manual
I got my copy yesterday and managed to get in a couple hours of playtime. I immediately installed the patch before attempting to play. When I went to review the video settings, I saw that everything had already defaulted to max quality, so I stuck with it. I have yet to see a single crash and the game has been running pretty smoothly.
Combat is nothing to get excited about one way or the other (so far). But overall, I'd say it's an enjoyable game with a mature theme that's seldom seen in games.
Got this a while ago but only installed it last night...
I was thoroughly impressed... Excellent visuals (really puts NWN and even NWN2 to shame IMO) and controls. Engaging story, great fun...
I have Assassins Creed, Crysis and The Witcher on the go at the moment and I got to say it was The Witcher I was up late playing last night...
This game is a gem. An upolished gem, but a gem nonetheless. I just started playing, I'm still in the first chapter. There are some blunders, like huge loading times (although CDProjekt promised a patch to fix that pretty soon), some nonconvincing parts of the story (Geralt seems totaly disinterested about his past, even when he meets people who knew him before he "died") and such stuff. The storytelling is not of Bioware quality, but all these flaws fade when compared with the good things. Towns actually look alive, buildings are scaled properly, eye candy is great and maybe most importantly, the dark medieval atmosphere is represented properly.
I'm really shocked that gaming sites gave it an average review, emphasizing the bad side while overlooking the good side. But it can probably be explained with the fact that CDProjekt didn't pay for a review...
Anyway, take it from a guy who enjoys rpg games, and played just about every rpg game that came out in the last ten years, this is a game worth having if you have even the slightest interest in rpgs.
The English translation was butchered from the original Polish. There is FAR less dialogue explaining the story and sidequests than the original.
I played it to the end of Chapter 1, then left it alone for a few weeks to play things that are infinitively more interesting, then picked it up again tonight to play some of Chapter 2 in the sewers. I wasn't impressed.
Well the game slowly gets better with each chapter and the ending is thought-provoking to say the least. So I'd advise to stick with it if you have the time to actually play it.
Hmm, maybe I should try the german version then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae
Wanted to get the english version from here but we usually don't butcher the translations IMO. It's cheaper on that site though than anything I could get in stores here. Yes, that includes shipping.
Of course there is a chance that you mean english as in US english? Since we established before that the british english version is less butchered. :inquisitive:
The english translation should be the same in both versions, but that said I was content with the dialogue provided.
Ducky is right, both versions are the same in regards to dialogue. And besides, I'm playing the UK version of the game, not the censored US version.
I'm really having a hard time enjoying The Witcher. I don't know if it's a balancing issue, or if my skills are assigned wrong, but it seems I can cleave through lesser minions with great fervor, whereas I get torn up by bosses or minibosses such as the cockatrice in the beginning of Chapter 2. Heck, even the Beast in Chapter 1 killed me a few times before I got lucky. I'll have to give it another go when I'm done enjoying Beautiful Katamari, Warriors Orochi, and the various sex mods in Oblivion. :tongueg:
You are making heavy use of potions before the big battles, right?
I'm not far in, but I am enjoying it. Small bites though, cause that load times are very painful indeed.
Is it just me, or is ore completely useless? By the time I got enough together for a sword upgrade, I had found something better just laying around
Well the Beast is propably the hardest boss to beat in the game. Against the rest you can prepare against properly. Especially Alchemy plays a huge role here. When I played I noticed a couple of things.
Fighting Styles:
You only really need to buff up the Strong Styles and Group Styles. Most bosses can be beat with Strong Style + Aard Sign/different bombs, while most of the weaker opponents can be cut down with the group styles.
Signs:
Here I'd say Aard sign is a must. It really helps in battles from both groups to bosses. For example I managed to 1-hit KO the Beast thanks to it. Igni can also be very powerful if you bother to increase your sign intensity by intelligence, places of power and potions. Some skills in Quen can also come in handy.
Alchemy:
Alchemy will make or break you in the Witcher. So do take your time to create those potions, oils and bombs, because preparation is usually necessary to defeat any stronger foe and having the right combination of potions is essential. I especially like the fact that Potions have toxicity, which actually forces you to decide which potions you're going to use. That said you've got to love the Quen Sign + White Raffard's Concoction (?)+ White Honey combination. If you stock up enough you can virtually keep up fighting for a very long time.
Probably it would be a good idea - most likely the have based the german translation on the Witcher novels published in Germany some time ago so the original flavour wouldn't lose too much.:inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Husar
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Not to be a spoiler but, I'm told that the Czech (pretty close to Polish AFAIK) translation was butchered too.
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Hmm that is strange Sapkowski's novels (about the Witcher) were translated to Czech years ago - strange they didn't use the opportunity - it would be so easy...:juggle2:
Hell... maybe they will learn for Witcher 2 or any expansion which surely will follow the success of this game.:idea2:
EDIT - Polish and Czech are similar, but any translation is not without certain hazards.. to say the least a number of words has extremely different (and sometimes offensive) meaning and it is very easy to create an unintended comedy of the most grim or tragic situations because both languages seem work perfectly as parodies of each other...
Okay, a little help here please...
The Beast is kicking my butt... I have had no real issues in any fights up to now, but after numerous tries it is clear that I must have missed something in my preperation for the fight (of which I admittedly did little)...
I am playing on medium...
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Siding with the witch makes the whole the Beast thingy a lot harder. I personally struggled for a long while with the battle. From what I've read there are a couple of alternatives to deal with it. The first is to hope that you get lucky with the Aard sign and manage to knockdown/stun it and then follow up with a coup de grace. The other option is to concentrate on the hounds that attack Abigail and protect her. She should keep healing you every now and then, which should be enough to allow you to battle against the beast, especially if you have drunk a Swallow potion. Additionally there's one skill you can purchase that makes you immune to pain when intoxicated, which is very useful for this battle. Either way it's a frustratingly hard battle.
Thanks...
RE: The Beast
Incidentally, another time saver I found it that you can actually pull off a quicksave right before the fight with the Beast starts, so you don't have to keep watching the cutscenes over and over if you die.Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I've gotta say, after playing this game for awhile longer, my opinion of it has only improved since my earlier comments. A thoroughly enjoyable game. :2thumbsup:
After playing it more, I have come to the conclusion that I totally gimped my skills. I may have to restart, and I HATE Chapter 1. :(
How's the eye candy?
It's pretty good. Not as visually stunning as Oblivion, but the makers have put a lot of thought into making Geralt's attacks look good. You often stare in amazement at how finesse he is when you chain your attacks, especially when you upgrade your combat skills.
Well the Bronze Talent skills can be gimped to be honest. You'll get a lot more of them in the process of the game. It's the Silver and Gold Talents that are more critical in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae
Got past the Beast basically the same way as Xiahou...
It's funny how what seemed impossible is now pretty easy...
Got into the city and again they have achieved a much more lived in, real feel to the place than NWN/NWN2 managed...
The group attack is quite handy against the Beast, and other bosses where there are lots of minions around - as it seems to have more attacks the more enemies are around, with sufficient enemies, not a single attack can be landed on you because everything keeps getting hit. It's when you're down to 2 enemies that there's a problem - then a bit of aard is always handy to stun/coup-de-grace one of your assailants. Fighting humans is easier - igni them - enough will be standing around screaming in flames for you to deal with the rest fairly easily.
Oh, and always swallow a swallow. If things get really nasty, blizzard helps a lot. Of course, if you have the potions, and the preparation time, take a whole cocktail (don't forget to use albedo potions so they stack better).
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Generally, I don't tend to bother with the fast style - group for large masses, strong for individuals - if they're hard to hit, flame them - the resulting pain will slow them down enough to whack. Or just knock 'em down and give them a coup de grace.
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I have been reading good things from end users who have bought this game.
However, the North American version of this game is a censored version with some watered down content.
I have not yet purchased this game solely because I hate buying censored video games and if I buy the UK version and have it shipped to Canada then it can involve lots of nonsense surcharges at the border, especially if a courier company is involved at any point.
I recommend those who like me, hate buying censored video games, to buy the UK version instead of the censored North American version.
I have about 50 hours to devoted to it...I'm fighting Azar Javed
On the subject of censorship The Witcher wiki has the following to say:
So while I applaud you moral stand, if you do chose to get the US version you are really not missing out on much. In fact if you really want to see the european version of the collectable cards you can go to the witcher wiki site and search on "sex cards"...Quote:
Localization variations
All the female portrait cards shown after Geralt's "conquests" were retouched to a more modest standard for the US release version. The in-game Dryad was also reskinned so her hair covered more of her body in this release.[citation needed]
Some dialogue between characters is shortened in the non-Polish language versions. Lead Designer Michal Madej has disputed claims by fans that this was due to the sometimes crude language, but that the decision to edit down dialogue occurred because of production-related concerns in game development. Proof reader Martin Pagan noticed this shortened version during his work and writer Sande Chen confirmed that it was not due to censorship. Fans have theorized that it may have been done for voice acting cost savings, especially since much of the vulgar language has been retained. Such cost savings would normally occur during any shortening of dialogue, even in cases where no major crudity was involved.
I obviously can't provide a link due to forum rules...
The whole sex thing about Witcher was blown out of proportions. It's just a small part of the game. It adds flavour, sure, but even you play censored version, you're not missing much. I don'r really see the need to censor cards, as they are more artful than sexy, except one or two maybe...
I finished the game recently and I can tell you that it is fantastic. A must have for any fan of the genre...
When I got the Witcher-on-Witch action in Chapter 1, I was expecting... I don't know... something sexy for the card. What I got was a cannibal DO NOT WANT.
Yeah, given the way the NPC had acted and how they appeared, the card was a bit of a shock...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae
You could be all, ummm, I suddenly got this really intense headache and there are kids hanging around down here somewhere, so I am going to have to say no... :laugh4:
Does anyone else wonder if the Game Designers have a thing for red-heads? Seems most of the "card-worthy" women in the game have red hair, particularly the more central NPCs.
I'm certainly not complaining. :winkg:Quote:
Originally Posted by OverKnight
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Originally Posted by OverKnight
Perhaps Sapkowski did... at least I remember few interesting 'reds' from Witcher novels and stories.
But it was several years ago so I cannot say too much about the whole 'problem' if you can actually call that a problem at all...
I didn't say it was a problem, just a trend. :laugh4:
Unfortunately the series doesn't seem to be available in English yet.
I am quite sure they will be in some time.
In POland the Witcher is already the 15 years old classic of fantasy - currently the new generation of writers is taking a different path (or paths actually), but with the current 'speed' of translations to English that might be available in 2020...
Maybe earlier if Tomasz Baginski ( you can see some of his cut scenes in the game) will finally deal with his life project 'The Iron General' by Jacek Dukaj.
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I did this as well :) I'm not sure...but I may have also used Blizzard (an extremely useful potion that I wish I had a lot more of)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiahou
Really, what's absolutely key is potions believe it or not. And a recommendation: get the toxicity removal potion...it helps A LOT.
What a coincidence, I was just browsing around gamespot to see what games had been released lately, and this caught my eye for being one of the more interesting games released lately that I haven't yet gotten. From what the reviews say, everything is great except the voice acting - or?
With exceptions, I think the voice acting is generally quite good. The biggest problem I have with the voices is that certain portions sound like they were re-recorded later and they don't blend well with the surrounding dialog. Of course, that's just my opinion- ymmv.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodion Romanovich
I think the biggest annoyance is their overuse of the same few character models for the various townsfolk. There's a handful of pretty well-done character models, but it seems like I keep seeing them over and over again, with slight variation all over the place. Even still, I've found the locales to feel much more immersive and real than say, Oblivion's were. :shrug:
There is now a demo.
Great, now I may finally have to buy it. :wall: :help:Quote:
Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
Will try that of course, they have the game for 30EUR these days, special offer. :inquisitive:
Just as there's an annoying overuse of the same 10 or 15 models, which was frankly just lazyness on the devs part, there's also an overuse for the english voiceovers (and probably for any other single traduction), that's why you noticed that weirdness during dialogs, for example: the expression "What?" or a simple "No!" have the same tone regardless of context, so it's quite funny to hear my american Geralt come with a "WHAT!!!!!" while talking calmly.:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiahou
Thanks, the demo was great - but it took some time before I could figure out how to handle the combat combos without making the character freeze ~:) Also, the OTS camera is the only sensible way to play it IMO, the other camera modes ruin both combat and atmosphere. I think I'll definitely grab a copy of this asap!
Slightly different opinion here, found the OTS camera worst because the character stands to the left but runs toward the middle(well, that he runs crooked fits with the way he seems to stand crooked :dizzy2: ), also the crosshair is small and I often misclicked or targeted the wrong enemy so I used one of the overhead perspectives(the only difference I found between them is that F1 is slightly more zoomed out than F2).
Then the engine limitation I actually found worst, you see those wide open fields everywhere but are limited to small fenced corridors and whenever you enter or leave a house you get a reload screen, to me that just doesn't fit very well into an atmospheric modern RPG and it's so linear. :shrug:
Oh and if the first act really ends after you placed five fires, I'd call that a rather short act, I was expecting to see a bit more of the game for a 2GB download and the promise of a "tutorial plus a whole chapter" though I guess there are quite a few sidequests I didn't make. :sweatdrop:
I think I'll get it eventually since it's still an entertaining RPG and I'd like to see more despite the flaws but for now I spent my money for some christmas presents. ~;)
Yeah, the OTS camera is the easiest for me to use as well. I also find it more immersive than the overhead view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodion Romanovich