Witcher 3 - review @ PC Gamer

Originally Posted by azarhal
Because once you upgrade them the signs can do multiple things and there isn't enough buttons to maps everything.

Sorry I don't understand. Once you upgrade you get multiple spells of the same type? For example, if I upgrade Igni, I get multiple Igni spells with different effects?

Originally Posted by lostforever
Sorry I don't understand. Once you upgrade you get multiple spells of the same type? For example, if I upgrade Igni, I get multiple Igni spells with different effects?

Just one, it's called alternate sign mode in the skill upgrade.

Originally Posted by azarhal
Just one, it's called alternate sign mode in the skill upgrade.

Ah yes I now understand what you are saying. For each sign there is just one alternate version meaning you only get 10 "different" sings so key binds are not an issue on the PC for that. I mean, MMO have like 20 to 30 spells and its very easy to key bind all of them on PC. Key binds would have allowed for more smoother game play. Its not biggie but it would have been nice to have.

Patch 1.3 is live!

Anyone have the patch notes ?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Patch 1.03 changelog:
Improves stability in gameplay and the UI
Improves performance especially in cutscenes and gameplay
Fixes grass and foiliage popping that can occur after density parameters change
Improves Nvidia Hairworks performance
Boosted texture anisotropy sampling to 16x on Ultra preset
Sharpen Postprocess settings extended from Off/On to Off/Normal/High
Improves menu handling
Improves input responsiveness when using keyboard
Corrects an issue with stamina regeneration while sprinting
Fixes a cursor lock issue that sometimes occcurs when scrolling the map
Generally improves world map focus
Corrects a bug where player was able to fire bolts at friendly NPCs
Corrects an issue in dialog selections
Corrects some missing translations in the UI
Minor SFX improvements -Blood particles will now properly appear after killing enemies on the water
Rostan Muggs is back

You folks are weird.

It's just an input device for a game, it's not apostasy. It's a $40 controller that will outlast any video card you have.

Originally Posted by sakichop
So tired of hearing the controller bs. This game plays just fine with mouse and keyboard. I can only assume that people that can't play it with M&k just aren't very good with the M&K.

I don't mean to be rude but every time a 3rd person action game comes out its the same thing. This game needs a controller, controller is better, game was built for controller, blah, blah, blah.

Yet I've played every single one just fine with M&K. Dark souls, AC, lords of the fallen, shadows of mordor, batman,the witcher's, etc and I'm hardly a M&K savant.

I can only come to the conclusion that people that say the game shouldn't be played with M&K just aren't good with M&K.

Sorry for the rant, I'm just flabbergasted at the whole games need a controller thing.

I hate playing with a controller because it limits your freedom and precision in movement.
Games designed to be played with this in mind often already incorporate these limitations.
Some stuff which is a direct result of that is Aiming-help as present in shooters, animations you are stuck in, or making your character unable to do a 180° turn and instead let him run a smooth curve like in Mass Effect 2.

Therefore I feel crippled if I either have to play with a controller or play a game which has these typical limitations.
So for me this is a big factor. And the horrible controls of Witcher 2 were the main reason I didn't continue it after the very first hours even though I bought the Collectors Edition.

Of course this goes hand in hand with always minmaxing and playing the game on hardest difficulty. I love to die and fail in games. But I like to do so because I did something wrong. Not because of the controls.
In Witcher 2 they reworked the combat, I still didn't like it afterwards but I have my hopes that they will improve m&k controls in W3 as well.

Originally Posted by Ovenall
You folks are weird.

It's just an input device for a game, it's not apostasy. It's a $40 controller that will outlast any video card you have.

Yeah uh not the way I usually treat my controllers lol