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by Trelliz » Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:57 pm

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - PC

I've wanted to get into the Witcher series and have ended up with all 3 over the years so thought i'd start at the beginning. The movement and combat are a bit odd and the menu UI is a spectacular mess but its alright. I'm playing on easy as I have neither the time nor inclination to git gud for 3 massive rpgs if i want to get through them in a reasonable amount of time.

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by Jazzem » Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:04 pm

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Jazzem wrote:Final Fantasy VI on BSNES w/a CRT filter and this patch applied

This game has without question been on my to-do list longer than any other, and a big part of that was me being unsure which version to play. Decided that I'd be likely to replay the game down the line, so I went original for now and will likely go GBA or Steam in future. Funny how no matter which iteration you go for, you'll want to patch it to fix things heh.

Regardless, I'm having so much fun with it :D The script is pretty simplistic and clearly held back by the limitations of small storage space, but it still gets by with bags of charm and immensely creative scenarios. Was actually surprised to see how goofy it is too! I'm only a third in so I'm sure the tone will go south in time, but so far it's made me laugh multiple times. I also love the variety in characters, provides some really fun abilities to play around with.

Out of the FFs I've finished (1/3/4/5/7/9), this is easily ranking as one of the best so far. So glad to finally be playing it!

Out of interest, how did you settle on using BSNES?


I always heard it cited as by far the most accurate SNES emulator, albeit one that surprisingly requires a fairly beefy machine. The performance version of it works fine on my rig though and seems to run a dream :toot:

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Cuttooth » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:07 pm

Trelliz wrote:The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - PC

I've wanted to get into the Witcher series and have ended up with all 3 over the years so thought i'd start at the beginning. The movement and combat are a bit odd and the menu UI is a spectacular mess but its alright. I'm playing on easy as I have neither the time nor inclination to git gud for 3 massive rpgs if i want to get through them in a reasonable amount of time.

I spent about an hour each on both the first two Witcher games after owning them for years, before giving up and watching a couple of decent synopsis videos to get me up speed for The Witcher 3.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Ironhide » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:54 pm

Virtues Last Reward

Just spent half an hour deciphering an encrypted message as I kept losing track of which bit i'd got to - was trying to do it in my head as I can't physically write any more but eventually realised I could just use notepad :fp:

still felt like a badass for not using a walkthrough though :lol: .

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by OrangeRKN » Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:35 am

Cuttooth wrote:
Trelliz wrote:The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - PC

I've wanted to get into the Witcher series and have ended up with all 3 over the years so thought i'd start at the beginning. The movement and combat are a bit odd and the menu UI is a spectacular mess but its alright. I'm playing on easy as I have neither the time nor inclination to git gud for 3 massive rpgs if i want to get through them in a reasonable amount of time.

I spent about an hour each on both the first two Witcher games after owning them for years, before giving up and watching a couple of decent synopsis videos to get me up speed for The Witcher 3.


But the first game is the best one

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Cumberdanes » Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:34 am

Spyro: Year of the Dragon on PS1 via PS3. Having just beat Spyro 2 this is more of the same and a lot of fun thus far bar a couple of slightly frustrating objectives.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Saint of Killers » Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:37 am

I'm currently playing *all the games*.

The Walking Dead: New Frontier
Ys Origin (PS4 and Vita)
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Hitman: The Complete First Season

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:00 am

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Trelliz wrote:The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - PC

I've wanted to get into the Witcher series and have ended up with all 3 over the years so thought i'd start at the beginning. The movement and combat are a bit odd and the menu UI is a spectacular mess but its alright. I'm playing on easy as I have neither the time nor inclination to git gud for 3 massive rpgs if i want to get through them in a reasonable amount of time.

I spent about an hour each on both the first two Witcher games after owning them for years, before giving up and watching a couple of decent synopsis videos to get me up speed for The Witcher 3.


But the first game is the best one


As a fellow edgelord, I applaud this valiant effort.

It really isn't. It's got the least interesting story and worst mechanics of all three Witcher games. It's comfortably, comfortably the worst.

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by OrangeRKN » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:21 am

Tafdolphin wrote:It really isn't. It's got the least interesting story and worst mechanics of all three Witcher games


I ended the first Witcher engaged to Shani with Triss refusing to talk to me. Witcher 2 then open with you sleeping with Triss, and essentially just says "lol you made the non-canon choice" and retcons it away in a single journal entry. That upset me from the get go.

But away from me being bitter about my choices in a role playing game being ignored, there are gameplay reasons for me preferring the first game.

Witcher 2 was too hard - I completely bounced off the opening of the game and never got through it. Not only was it difficult, but it abandoned the three stance mechanic of the first game that I enjoyed, with the fast/heavy/group fighting styles. Also, what is a gameplay flaw in the first game, with certain combat abilities letting you one-shot bosses with randomly triggered finishing moves, I actually really liked because it greatly increased my immersion in the game world - with the added sense of realism of being able to instantly kill all enemies that it brought.

I also failed to fully engage with Witcher 3, partly because I had bounced off 2 so didn't flow into it, but mostly because of the fully open world and overwhelming side content. I found it much less immersive than the first game as I was spending so much time doing generic open world tasks such as clearing enemy camps and this completely threw off the story pacing, and the world was much less believable as a real world because of it being fully open and therefore necessarily shrunken. In the first game I could believe I was in this massive world precisely because they weren't worried about me actually exploring it all.

Essentially, I found the first game the most believable and immersive, which is very important to me in a fantasy RPG. It also has a wide-linear structure that is probably my favourite way of structuring a game.

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:34 am

Yup, that's a well reasoned response.

I mean, you're still objectively in the "wrong." I cannot recommend enough that you try Witcher 3 again. I too played about 5 hours of Witcher 2 so wasn't going into 3 with all the lore and backstory but it never penalises you for this. You miss a few easter eggs, but that's it. I understand your thoughts about the open world too, but it's the best open world I've ever played: this is not Skyrim. In terms of immersion, and I can't state how much this is not hyperbole, it's the most immersive game I've ever played. Places feel real, villages feel lived in, the NPCs have jobs and routines and lives. The quests, both story and side, are incredibly rich and the moment to moment gameplay is amongst the best I've ever experienced. After a week with it, it shot into my top 5 ever and it's remained there ever since.

Unless you have a dyed-in-the-wool, unshakeable aversion to open world games I'd strongly urge you to try again.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Squinty » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:23 pm

On the last chapter of Dead Space. It's been great to play through this again. The first turret section is still utter bollocks, but apart from that, it has been fun. I love upgrading equipment with the power nodes, it's weirdly satisfying for me.

Still think this is the best game in the series. I hope to see it come back at some point. I can understand the dislike of the last game, but I thought it was very enjoyable.

Edit - Witcher 3 is WANKKKKKKK

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by OrangeRKN » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:41 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:...
Unless you have a dyed-in-the-wool, unshakeable aversion to open world games I'd strongly urge you to try again.


I do intend to go back to it, it's just committing myself to the time needed.

I'm definitely not anti open world, and in fact I have put hundreds of hours into the similar Oblivion and Skyrim despite having major issues with design in both games, so I think I will enjoy Witcher 3 when I go back to it. I just need to go in with the mindset of not trying to complete everything on the map in a methodical nature, but instead "concentrating" on the story and doing side quests that I stumble across only naturally.

Basically I need to fight against the completionist inside me if I want to reattempt it. And leave it long enough to get over my open world BOTW high.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Gemini73 » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:50 pm

Forza 4 & COD 2.

Both still solid performers.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by jawafour » Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:11 pm

Still just playing PES. Not too interested in playing anything else... it's really quite odd. Just have to see where this goes.

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by Gemini73 » Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:17 am

Finally began RE7.

Got as far as the save point after meeting Mia and that was enough for one evening. gooseberry fool me right up. God knows how anyone can stomach RE7 in VR.

Anyway, what little I've played has impressed and I'll most certainly continue my play through. Just got to last more than 20 minutes at a time. :lol:

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Saint of Killers » Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:47 am

The Walking Dead - New Frontier

I don't give a gooseberry fool about any of these people. And that includes Clem. On the one hand I like how the bad guys in this aren't comic book baddies; David isn't a complete monster and so it doesn't feel like the right thing to do to start a relationship with his wife, and whilst there's zero doubt that Joan is in the wrong, TT did well to not make her moustache twirling villain either. The downside to all that is that the story doesn't have any of the tense dread I associate with TT's TWD games. And what with Clem being all aloof and edgy (for her) my interest in her story is at an all time low as well.

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by Tafdolphin » Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:58 am

Gemini73 wrote:Finally began RE7.

Got as far as the save point after meeting Mia and that was enough for one evening. gooseberry fool me right up. God knows how anyone can stomach RE7 in VR.

Anyway, what little I've played has impressed and I'll most certainly continue my play through. Just got to last more than 20 minutes at a time. :lol:


The first 30 minutes are by far the scariest in the game. Keep going, it's quite excellent.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Gemini73 » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:52 am

Tafdolphin wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:Finally began RE7.

Got as far as the save point after meeting Mia and that was enough for one evening. gooseberry fool me right up. God knows how anyone can stomach RE7 in VR.

Anyway, what little I've played has impressed and I'll most certainly continue my play through. Just got to last more than 20 minutes at a time. :lol:


The first 30 minutes are by far the scariest in the game. Keep going, it's quite excellent.


Yeah I got the impression that those opening 30 minutes or so would be the games main draw for scares and imagine it'll get less frightening as you play and, like most horror titles, you get used to it.

That said I'm still bricking it at the thought of re-enterinng that house. :dread:

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Tafdolphin » Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:53 am

I don't want to spoil anything, but Jack is the strawberry floating man. One of the best characters in a game in ages: dude's having the time of his strawberry floating life.

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PostRe: Currently Playing in 2017....
by Saint of Killers » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:52 am

TWD - The New Frontier
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