The Witcher 3

[JudgeDredd]

I have had trouble with multiples also. I just thought I was as crap at this as I am with all my games.

It certainly didn't help me locking onto one of 4 - so when I do come across multiples, I don't "lock" onto a single target

[Pete Dero]

Don't forget to use everything you can : use the blocking and other signs and prepare some bombs.  These can have an effect on multiple targets. Don't rely only on your sword.
Even potions and oils can make a huge difference.

[TacticalWargames]

Finding gaining money to be very slow and abit of a drag. I also have loads and loads of ingredients and still have hardly anything I can craft.

Thankfully have had no bugs. I actually use the Z key to lock on otherwise you can miss alot. Just make sure you hit Z once an enemy is killed.

[MikeGER]

compared to Skyrim, there is no immersive first person view, isn't it? 

- on a side note -
i bet in a few month/years there will be a small "GoPro drone"-gadget a common sight, that allways hovers above and behind the users right shoulder and follows him around to provide the "video-game-shot"-footage of the users sport activity  :o 

[Tpek]

compared to Skyrim, there is no immersive first person view, isn't it? 

- on a side note -
i bet in a few month/years there will be a small "GoPro drone"-gadget a common sight, that allways hovers above and behind the users right shoulder and follows him around to provide the "video-game-shot"-footage of the users sport activity  :o

Isn't there one already that stays ahead to take "Selfies"?
Reprogramming it to stay behind instead shouldn't be too hard.

[MikeGER]

- still on a side note  -

Isn't there one already that stays ahead to take "Selfies"?
Reprogramming it to stay behind instead shouldn't be too hard.

oki, i did a little reseach: and there is actually the Airdog shown on the CES this year :o
it tracks the Bluethooth signal of the armwrist-controller called Airleash to track the owner 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8GU1wPT0A)

...compared to Witcher3's cam it stays far out, and is shown in very open terrain only ...for a reason! ;)
i wait for the Airdog iteration #2 or #3.  That must has to be able to follow a Mountainbiker right through the woods 3m above the ground, evading trees and also other moving objects that about to cross its way literally 'on the fly'

[Tpek]

This game has some easter eggs in it.
I've found a Monty Python's Holy Grail reference already:
In the sidequest "Truth in our Stars", you are sent to retrieve Dragonroot from a cave. In the cave's entrance there are several human remains and blood, and a single white rabbit.  ;)

Plus some peasant says "War, war never changes..." (Fallout reference), and there are others I already forgot about.

[JudgeDredd]

Finding gaining money to be very slow and abit of a drag. I also have loads and loads of ingredients and still have hardly anything I can craft.

Thankfully have had no bugs. I actually use the Z key to lock on otherwise you can miss alot. Just make sure you hit Z once an enemy is killed.

I agree on both counts. Money is hard to find (though I have turned down some money 'cos I'm a nice bloke) and I can't seem to craft much of anything, despite having a huge amount of ingredients.

No crashes here as yet either.  O0

[Tpek]

Actually, as of the last patch (1.03) I've been having whole system crashes.
Before the patch I had the occasional CTD, now it reboots my entire system  >:(

[Arctic Blast]

This is for real. I couldn't get into the 2nd one because of the combat...and there is the performance and price to think of.

Who are you and what have you done with our beloved mascot?!

[Gusington]

I'll never tell.

[JudgeDredd]

Ok - so now I have a few hours of play under my belt I can say a few things I am finding annoying

• Crafting - what is with the humongous amounts of ingredients and yet almost nothing can be crafted?
• Identifying - it's quite annoying that you actually have to get off your horse to gather not knowing what the item is you are grabbing - it kind of makes you just gather everything even though it's entirely useless at the moment
• Understanding - maybe for me only, but I'm finding it difficult to have info at hand - for example breaking down "junk" to craft stuff...you don't necessarily know what you will be crafting. From how I remember it when I've done it, you have to go through several info screens gathering info on what's required to make a product then go back to breaking the items down...the "junk" listed just says "Can be sold to merchants or dismantled for crafting components" - so...what components and what can be crafted? Well, you have to go to a forger to dismantle items - and even then all you know is what it will be dismantled into - you have to go to yet another place to find out what the dismantled items can be used to create - all rather cumbersome
• Repetitive NPC's - whilst the world if busy with people wandering around and yacking,  what they are actually yacking about is repetitive. I thought the world and the people talking was a great thing at first, but unfortunately, it does get repetitive
• Desktop - I haven't had any bugs - but I have noticed on a few occasions when fighting that I'm dumped to the desktop. The game is still running and I can get back to it (and it's in PAUSE mode at that time, but it drops me to the desktop for some reason. I'll have a look at the screen mode - because I think there were 3 options - windowed, full screen and another option...and it could be that

I'm enjoying the game a lot - but the gathering/crafting aspect is very time consuming and not entirely intuitive. I just have an absolute shed load of ingredients but can't actually craft much of anything. On top of this, trying to find the right ingredient is very difficult and I eventually reverted to an online guide to find a particular herb to create a potion I needed for a quest.

If anyone else has a better way to do this, then feel free to chuck me a couple of hints.


Regarding my last point, there's window mode, borderless window and full screen and my option was borderless window - so hopefully it was that.

[JudgeDredd]

Just wrote a big post about some things and chucked it. I don't want anyone to get any bad vibe from what may well be just my lack of understanding - but in a nutshell, I'm finding it incredibly difficult to perform some actions and that is likely a combination of my lack of understanding of the mechanics, lack of available (fingertip) info and just confusion.

Currently, I can't seem to create more Grapeshot bombs even though I have the ingredients. In the crafting menu it just says "You already have this item"  ::)

I am doing a lot of searching on the internet - thankfully the game is ALT-TAB friendly

[donkey_roxor]

Currently, I can't seem to create more Grapeshot bombs even though I have the ingredients. In the crafting menu it just says "You already have this item"  ::)

I've not played this, but I recall hearing somewhere that you only need to craft some consumables once, and then they replenish (back up to three uses) every time you meditate.

See "Work Your Alchemy Skill" here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2015/05/22/6-tips-for-playing-the-witcher-3-this-weekend/

and "Make All the Oils and Bombs You Can" here:
http://kotaku.com/tips-for-playing-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-1705588522

[JudgeDredd]

Ah....so you have to meditate?

Thanks. I definitely haven't tried that yet...why would I? Why would I not imagine you could "craft" these things?


Thanks though. I'll try that when I get back from the gym