How the hell did some of you get 100+ hours out of a single play through?
I'm just about done Blood and Wine, and it looks like the main quest, both DLCs and most important side quests will take me to 55 hours
How the hell did some of you get 100+ hours out of a single play through?
I'm just about done Blood and Wine, and it looks like the main quest, both DLCs and most important side quests will take me to 55 hours
Do every side quest, contract and treasure hunt. Explore every "?" on the map.
What the fuck. Did you rush the game user? This game offers way more then 55 hours worth of content.
Actually exploring the map would help.
i had around 75 hours from the main game
then now i have 88 hours with Hearts of Stone
havent played BnW yet
Well, I completely ignored witcher contracts and I ignored most side quests if they weren't given to me by a named NPC
you're beyond help, user.
>Yeah, I ignored about 50-60% of the content
No wonder you finished it in half the time.
>I ignored everything why is this game so short?
Fucking retard.
With barely exploring the map, doing most of the quests I found, like 30% of the Witcher quests and no treasure hunts, I finished the game including expansions in about 88 hours.
Currently on a NG+ doing a more comprehensive playthrough.
Still going for Yen and Witcher Ciri ending.
With the DLC included I ended up with like 120 hours I think. It's pretty easy to hit if you did a majority of the side shit. And I completely skipped everything to do with Gwent which could probably add like 5-10 more hours depending. Most of the time is taken up by the points of interest on the map, side quests, witcher gear treasure hunts, and generally just exploring. Hell, I even skipped all of the points of interest in Skellige's sea since it's all just shitty loot.
Did you just skip the points of interest or blaze through the side quests? Because it's not hard to sink a lot of time in it.
Is there really a point to doing quests handed to you by unnamed NPCs to track down their lost cart, or to fix statues scattered around the map?
I feel like I did most side quests that fleshed out the story
The base game takes 50 hours to beat if you skip ~40% of sidequests.
That's how long it took me to beat it for the first time
Then I played it again, just when heart of stone came out, did all the sidequests I could find and such, it took me over 100 hours.
Now I'm playing it again and I'm barely in novigrad and I'm already level 14.
Woooooooow.
You dumbass, the main gimmick of this game is that sidequests and contracts have the same quality of writing as the main quest and hence are all worth doing, more or less.
(Some of them are better than the main quest stories)
unforgivable, baka
>How the hell did some of you guys get 100+ hours out of a single playthrough?
>Well, I completely ignored witcher contracts and I ignored most side quests if they weren't given to me by a named NPC
It's almost like if you used your brain a little this thread wouldn't even exist.
^
>by a named NPC
Define this.
If you ONLY ignored quests by NPCs that literally had no name, you didn't miss a ton.
But if you mean ignored quests by unimportant characters, like named peasants or something, you skipped a fuckton.
Yeah,
They can have some pretty interesting stories.
While not long they paint a picture of an average persons life in the Witcher world.
Things like wanting a man to fall in love with you so you cast a curse on the other woman he is currently with and shit like that.
They also provide some nice coin
A majority of them aren't super interesting, but they still flesh out the world and a handful are genuinely great.
Regardless, they are a large chunk of the game's content as with most RPGs. Skipping them, no matter how dull they may be, means skipping a huge amount of the game.
Fucking disgusting
How you gonna skip the witcher contracts you tard?
>Skips most side quests in an RPG
>Skips witcher contracts in a game where you play as a witcher
>How did you guys get 100+ hour playthroughs?
I don't normally say this, but goddamn OP you're kind of an idiot. Play however you want, that's fine, but it's very easy to figure out how others could get almost double the play time out of the game.
I didn't play 2, do I pick the black haired one or the red haired one?
About to start tomorrow.
red haired one
Pick whichever one appeals to you. Or don't pick either.
Yen is a solid choice.
I skipped them in Witcher 1 and 2 also
Played through all three games and never took on a single witcher contract.
The later. Those NPCs were so irrelevant I didn't even realize they had names. I only went through with them if the game forced me to
Triss is a CUTE
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The devs intend for you to pick the black haired one, the red haired one is thrown in for waifufags from W2. This is evident by the fact that Triss has about half the content Yen has.
I thought the black haired one was a bitch so I went with the redhead
Fuck.
You missed so much good shit. Did you even meet Letho?
>yencucks
Congratulations
You have common sense and intelligence!
Black Haired one repeatedly uses Geralt as a toy and flat out cheats on him with his knowledge and occasionally consent because Geralt goes full-beta when she's around.
Red haired one has always had a thing for Geralt but never really got to act on it because she is also beta as fuck when black-hair is around. However as soon as Geralt lost his memory she was all over his dick knowing it was the only chance she'd get and admits to taking absolute advantage of him in this state for two whole games.
Basically both are complete cunts but that's life in The Witcher, so it boils down to essentially old love (black hair) or new love (red hair.)
Depends if you want Tsundere or Dandere.
Yen is tsun is fuck, but also maximum mom.
Triss is Triss.
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Witcher 2 spoilers
No, I killed him at the end on the second game
do stuff like this
Literally impossible.
>The devs intend for you to pick the black haired one, the red haired one is thrown in for waifufags from W2.
Not really.
I'm not quite sure if it's set in the books, but I believe the ending is open for interpretation for you, the player.
It's a fact that Geralt was with Yen.
It's a fact that Geralt lost his memory and fell in love with Triss.
It's also a fact that Geralt was under a spell that made him love Yen.
So no, even the developers don't mean for you to pick Yen.
It's not pandering to waifufags either.
It's just that Triss has her part in the story and so does Yen.
You see Triss in Novigrad, Yen in Skellige.
Both in Kaer Morhen, but then they kinda fade into the background.
>plays a game about hunting monsters
>doesn't hunt monsters
>proceeds to complain that game is devoid of content
You didn't miss much. Witcher contracts are all more or less the same quest. (Talk to npc, use batman vision, find monster, kill monster). Sidequests are a very mixed bag between shit and the best content in the game.
>Literally impossible.
How so?
I'm not counting the Cockatrice you kill with Siegfried in the first game.
>flat out cheats on him with his knowledge and occasionally consent
In one story taking place 10 years ago.
Meanwhile, Triss fucked one of your "brothers" recently then dumped him as soon as she realized she could get some of that White Wolf dick.
And sold out your adopted daughter.
This is why people who haven't played or can't appreciate The Witcher and The Witcher 2 should be banned from playing The Witcher 3 until they suck it up.
They'll just rush through it, ignore all the meticulous details CDPR painstakingly added to the game, and basically just ruin the experience for themselves. I'm mad. This is exactly why I'm hesitant to recommend it to my normie friends. It's like ok, you can't even get into The Witcher or VtMB because of the graphics, you can't even bring yourself to play Skyrim, perhaps the most normie friendly RPG of all time, what the hell are you doing playing The Witcher 3? If you're just going to ignore all the stories and quests and environmental storytelling and complain about not being able to hack and slash through everything, what the hell are you doing playing an RPG.
My playthrough clocked in at just over 115 hours with Hearts of Stone (but not Blood and Wine).
55 hours is nuts though, you must have skipped out on a lot of side quests and stuff.
Are you retarded?
GONNA FLY NOW, FLYING HIGH NOW
what's with all the retards complaining about skipping witcher contracts and most of the sidequests here.
I'm playing the game again currently and doing a 100% run, I'm enjoying it. but if there's one thing for sure is that 95% of all the witcher contracts and side quests are incredibly uninteresting. witcher contracts are literally ALL "go to person who tells you a sob story about what happened, then go kill the monster which is a copy pasted version of monsters you find everywhere else, as opposed to cool shit like the hym from one of the main quests, and then go back and collect the coin"
and the random side quest stuff isn't much better.
if you ask me, basically all content worth playing is in the main story line or provided through the main story line (of the base game and the DLCs respectively). and gwent, of course
Well that is a witcher contract.
Also I believe finding that detective in the first game is also a contract.
Sure, they're main quests, but still.
Also Keyran in W2 could be considered a contract.
The gripphon in W3 could be considered a contract.
I did everything in 72 hours, and that was before HoS was released and 20 hours more of what the first Witcher took to complete
Yennifer is literally the default save in Blood and Wine.
She has more actual content and is far more involved in the story. CDPR actually had to add in additional Triss content into the game because they forgot about her.
She's also pushed as fuck, what with you meeting her first and ending on a kiss. You even have to sit through a ballad about the epic love story you two shared.
I'm not sure why you're arguing, the point is both are not nice people. They're sorceresses, so its ingrained in both their characters that they consider themselves more important than most people. They vary in this, both also wanting to help save people and protect the world and shit, but they inherently value themselves more than others and are a bit sociopathic about getting what they want at the cost of whatever.
Keep in mind that the vibe Yenn gives for the first half of W3 isn't even so much hurt/betrayal if Geralt romanced Triss in previous games, but more just flat out anger at Triss for knowingly taking one of Yenn's 'things'.
They both love Geralt for various reasons, but neither of them is a great person on their own. Honestly though this is again The Witcher universe, so most characters aren't great people on their own and the ones that are are usually minor, male, or fools of some kind.
>who haven't played or can't appreciate The Witcher and The Witcher 2 should be banned from playing The Witcher 3 until they suck it up.
>This from a fucking casual who didn't read the books.
Literally get over yourself.
NG or NG+?
I'm doing a 100% run myself too atm.
Just getting all the pois is soooo annoyingggggggg
Also finding quests and such.
Eh.
I just want wolf's armor already.
Well that's because she Geralt's long lost love.
Why wouldn't she be the default.
If someone told you what happens in the games and then didn't tell you who Geralt would pick in W3, what would you answer?
I'd say Triss. You'd say Yen.
Most of people would probably say Yen.
But that's what's great. The choice.
It took me like 50 hours before I even got to Skellige.
I'm 150 hours finally finished the main plot.
Stop rushing and games can last quite a while.
Admittedly it is very very repetitive.
Actually, I'm disappointed with the lack of continuity in Witcher 3.
Witcher 3 as a self contained story was great, but it's so detached from the other games because they knew most players would be complete normies who never played the first two
What happened to Natalis, Saskia, Anais, Siegfried, and Adda? Given the war in Witcher 3, all of them should have major roles, but none of them appear
So cat armor is pretty much the best for most people right?
>most players would be complete normies who never played the first two
Like me. I'm glad it was like this.
>Saskia,
For that one, it's confirmed that her and Iorveth were eaten by budget/time constraints.
I really really wanted to like this game. I played for about 6 hours and never went back. The combat was wonky and I just generally didn't like it.
Did I give it a fair shake or do I have to play longer for it to get good?
Actually I have read the books but I wouldn't consider it a prerequisite to playing the games, because the games are a bit of a retcon/fanfic continuation of the books.
If you don't care about looking like a douchbag.
Best fashion is Manticore.
desu most of the book retcons are for the better.
How would you feel if the game started with Ciri climbing off Galahads dick?
Should I do a NG+ before I get HoS or B&W?
Though you know, Wyzima was taken over by Nilfgaard, so.
depends on what diff you played.
generally the combat doesn't change that much.
I'd suggest finishing the first area of the game (and I mean, finishing, so pois, side quests, etc) and then deciding.
I don't really mind. Like you said, the stories are usually pretty self contained, so keeping on referencing shit that isn't really that relevant anymore is kinda pointless.
No.
Do them, then NG+
What if I was pissed with the ending I got and I want Ciri to live? Can I just got nack to Isle of Mists by loading up an opd save?
>What if I was pissed with the ending I got and I want Ciri to live?
How do you fuck up like that?
M8, the choices that lead to that are spread out over the entire second half of the game.
You'd have to replay the entire second half to change the ending.
And no. NG+ just carries over inventory and levels. Otherwise the game starts at the beginning.
The difficulty wasn't an issue. The combat just didn't feel right. I guess I'll pick it back up for a while this weekend. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it the first time around.
Go back by loading up an old save*
Damn my spelling is shite today
Yes, after Isle of Mists cheer up Ciri and trash Avellac'hsdns's room and you should cure your big fuck up.
This game is bad. After a dozen hours and you already want to end the game because of its awful combat.
Not really, the choices I messed up are all very late endgame ones. I can do it in another 3 days or so
>muh combat
All three games have shit combat fuck off
Never denied that. Although Witcher 3's combat is even clunkier than the second one.
It's not terrible it just has nothing going for it. There's no progression aside from numbers. Alternate mode signs is something but it's not very satisfying or fun.
It's not awful.
It's just average.
300 hours in and only just arrived ay skellige
That's just objectively not true.
My first playthrough was 127 hours
I recommend a good headset and playing with the lights off
As someone who just started W2 again, you're a liar.
>Want to play in the dark as use the torch for max comfy
>torch literally makes it harder to see in most places.
Why play the game at all man?
>Not just using cat potion and hissing at the light when you emerge from a cave.
I know what you mean about the lack of continuity. But I also think it was a conscious decision made by CDPR to disregard much of the happenings of the second game in order to make a "dream Witcher game" solely about being a Witcher in the world, and being a witness to the unfolding events rather than being an active player.
If you think about it, there was little continuity between The Witcher and The Witcher 2 too. It only feels like the continuity was stronger because of Foltest.
Also The Witcher 2 was a bit of an anomaly with a VERY well-written and focused plot, more self contained and character centric than the other two games arguably. The game focuses on fleshing out each character and kingdom in a way that would understandably hard to top for a sequel with so many more characters.
Cat vision looks like garbage and it kills the atmosphere.
Worse than even Bioware RPGs is not "average". It's as bad as combat in ARPGs get.
>when I exclude the witcher contracts I have done, I haven't done any.
What is your fucking deal?
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The combat is better than the DA games because you can actually die and you still have to dodge. It's by far a more involved experience.
>I completely ignored witcher contracts
this level of retardation should not be tolerated.
>play a witcher game
>doesn't witcher
Over on reddit, they had this pointless little guide to get newbies up to speed for the series. I glanced at it after playing for ten hours and it was literally 100% things the game told if it mattered at fucking all. Like the wish about yennefer. The devs purposefully explained things for people to understand, the dweeby guide was a waste.
Learn to read and you might uncover why.
Triss a shit
Yen a bitch
Shani a perfect
How dense can you be? We're clearly talking about the optional contracts you get on post boards, not required story missions
DA:O puts anything done by CDPR to shame. Mass Effect 1 has also combat that is actually engaging and fun. Witcher 3 combat is neither deep or fun. It's stuck in a limbo of nothing. CDPR took inspirstion from shitty western games like Ass Creed and BamHam instead of genre greats.
This can't be real. You are the Platonic ideal of the Plebe.
>DA:O puts anything done by CDPR to shame
We did not play the same games, apparently.
I remember DA:O being a poorly animated, slow, mage fest that often had my dual warrior spending 10 seconds walking a circle around his target because the target shifted a foot. Characters were amusing, but overall quite flat. A much more cartoonish game that was worse than the game that inspired it 9 years before.
I did enjoy ME combat and was disappointed how streamlined it was in ME2
Whatever you say assface. You got your answer. The game is short because you don't fucking play it all. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out. I hope you don't ever play them because I don't want you to get any more enjoyment.
>genre greats.
>Dragon Age
Holy shit