The Witcher 2 - Hyped or No?

[Greyblades]

Anyone else finding it realy hard to fight more than 2 people at a time?

[rajpoot]

Anyone else finding it realy hard to fight more than 2 people at a time?

I've been checking the forums and apparently it is only a low level thing. On higher levels the game is very easy. Parrying and dodging supposedly become useless.

[Greyblades]

I hope so. All I get is every time I swing a sword I can only hit one guy at a time even if the model hits several people, the block button seems delayed and if I end up wedged against 2 people or more I get tossed around unable to strike back until I die. This is especially annoying when

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you are running across a bridge avoiding a ticked off dragon.

Trying to fight in a cramped area with fire everywhere and a mage girl spacking me in the back with a fireball every few seconds, even though she's on my side, quickly makes a dead witcher.

[Graphic]

Signs help *A LOT*. At first it didn't occur to me to use them because in the original Witcher I never put points into it. But since you start with a low level version of each spell in this one, they seem to have designed the combat around you using them.

Traps, mind control, the damage absorbing spell, aard aka force push, etc. It does seem a little weird to have to treat every fight against 3 or more low level guys as a boss fight, but that's what you gotta do.

[White_eyes:D]

I can't see how you can survive by 'parrying'? (staying still to be hit by more then one opponent=dead)

Seems like it is such a waste, when you can just dodge for free and smack them with a sign.

Other then that, I am enjoying this more then I thought I would.

[Graphic]

I can't see how you can survive by 'parrying'? (staying still to be hit by more then one opponent=dead)

Seems like it is such a waste, when you can just dodge for free and smack them with a sign.

Other then that, I am enjoying this more then I thought I would.

You can get an ability that lets you parry attacks from all angles really early.

I don't use it though. I just roll around everywhere like a gymnast and drop the trap sign and hit people with Aard.

[White_eyes:D]

You can get an ability that lets you parry attacks from all angles really early.

I don't use it though. I just roll around everywhere like a gymnast and drop the trap sign and hit people with Aard.

I have not put any points in signs and yet, I am still stunning people with Aard.

The Instant kills it gives are badly needed in the early going, fighting more then three people without it is quite a headache.

Parry would be good if it didn't take any fatigue....but I still think I would use dodge.

[rajpoot]

Just a heads up for anyone who might be having problems with the game acknowledging their QTEs.
Reduce your settings.
While it might not appear so, on high settings with insufficient hardware the game is playable, but the lag prevents the game from properly detecting the QTEs like LMB/RMB button mashing sequences.

And a bug in the Troll DLC.

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If you want to get the head from that man in the village, then make sure your dice-poker level is upto the mark where you can play him before selecting that dialogue option, otherwise he'll agree to play and nothing will happen, and then the option will never pop up again later.