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friznit wrote:Loving The Witcher. It's a bit slower and more convoluted than the Dragon's Age story, and all the clichés are thoroughly represented (scottish dwarves, welsh druids, cockney thieves etc etc) but I'm really enjoying the atmosphere - the confused way the story drips into place actually fits with the whole theme, the A-Life is some of the best I've seen and I disagree with what many say about the combat - it's not a single click fest at all and can get surprisingly tactical.

I remember struggling a little with the combat, iirc it's about the timing of the clicks and I've never been great at rhythm games. Am I right in recalling that different enemies needed different stances to beat effectively and that the timing was different for each one?

You could do that if you used the sword a lot, or if you buff out the spells you could fight and kill most things without even slicing them once.

I finally got around to trying The Witcher again, not least owing to Pete's constant praise for the game. Ironically it seems it was I who first recommended it to him before myself becoming disillusioned with the combat mechanic.

I shall plop some more specifics in the review thread but it is safe to say that I have missed out on a gem of a game by not playing this before.

FatherJack wrote:I shall plop some more specifics in the review thread but it is safe to say that I have missed out on a gem of a game by not playing this before.

Hmm, maybe I'll give it a try later then. I've been looking at it in my Steam list and not had the motivation start it up.

Definitely give it a go and make sure you don't write it off after the first 10 minutes. It's unfortunate that the first 10 minutes of the game are a little linear and almost arcadey because it give a very bad impression of the richness that follows. Give it at least and hour and you'll soon see what's so good about it.

Very this. Combat mechanic is a bitch at first and getting into it is a ball ache but like Friz says persevere for a short while and you'll find yourself hooked. It almost slipped past me until FJ pointed out as mentioned above. I swept it at first but thought enough of it to spring for the deluxe version. Now I'm looking foward for witcher 2 to arrive.

This is relevant to my interests. I shall add it to the list of games to try out, as I've wanted a new RPG to play for a while.

I have a bunch of new-ish games that I need to fire up:

Mafia II
R.U.S.E.
Just Cause 2
Prototype
Red Faction: Gorilla
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Bioshock 2
Dead Space
Star Wars: The horse Unleashed
ME2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
DA:O Witch Hunt

I'd be interested in hearing about RUSE.

Dog Pants wrote:I'd be interested in hearing about RUSE.

I was going to fire it up tonight. If I play enough to do a quick review I'll make a post.

I missed the CoD train, especially back when it was the cat's ass around here.

I also never got into Starcraft. I've never really liked Blizzard RTS games after Warcraft II. I just couldn't get into it, and I just assumed SC was more of the same. Sad thing was, I got into the SC2 beta and the only thing I did was adjust my video settings. I had something to do and said I would come back, but then I always would play something else.


I'm waiting for Red Dead Redemption to drop in price ($60 is a stupidly high price point).