Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[Falconeer]

Yes but in the comic strip are we supposed to assume that the character on the left was saying "you need an handjob" or more like "you need an aitch jay"?

I think we all need a break from the internet.

[Jeff Kelly]

It's Penny Arcade so I'll always assume that the stupidest reason for a lame joke is generally the correct one. Also since Tycho is someone who adopted such a pretentious and grandiose style just for writing blog posts for a gaming site he probably is a grammar nut so yeah.

I'm seriously analyzing PA strip for grammar. I should probably stop, amirite?

[Jeff Kelly]

Does anyone know if it will run with specs that are lower than the recommended? My two year old Macbook Pro matches everything except the 2 GB VRAM requirement (it#s only the NVidia G650M with 1 GB of RAM)

[Teleku]

"an HJ" :sneer:

Guess I have to ask.  Why the sneer?

Grammar. You can't get an handjob.

Guess it was already discussed, but I took it to mean he was actually saying the letters HJ out loud, in which case 'an' would be most appropriate.  Otherwise he would have written out Hand Job, and used 'a'.

But yeah, the fact I'm having this discussion means I should probably back away from the keyboard for awhile.

[Paelos]

HJs are terrible, grammatically and otherwise.

[MrHat]

When's the release on this? I feel like we've been talking about it for years.

Edit: May 15 2015.  First mentioned here Feb 2013.  That's not bad actually.

[Falconeer]

HJs are terrible, grammatically and otherwise.

You must be circumcised.

[Paelos]

HJs are terrible, grammatically and otherwise.

You must be circumcised.

This thread has taken a very personal turn.

[tmp]

Does anyone know if it will run with specs that are lower than the recommended? My two year old Macbook Pro matches everything except the 2 GB VRAM requirement (it#s only the NVidia G650M with 1 GB of RAM)

If I get it right the M card series is weaker in general (e.g. 650m shows benchmark performance that's ~30% of what the minimum specs gtx 660 can pull off) so the amount of RAM is probably only part of its problems.

[schild]

HJs are terrible, grammatically and otherwise.

You must be circumcised.

This thread has taken a very personal turn.

That would be your fault. Maybe you should play some Monopoly for relaxation.

[Paelos]

That would be your fault. Maybe you should play some Monopoly for relaxation.

Sure, winner gets "an HJ"?

[Teleku]

Things are starting to get very meta around here.

[calapine]

That would be your fault. Maybe you should play some Monopoly for relaxation.

Sure, winner gets "an HJ"?

So you want to collect one of those? 

[calapine]

Back on topic. GTA V system specs are out, and besides being easier on the GPU, they are looking very much like Witcher. I guess 4 cores and 8 GB RAM is starting to be the new normal:

Recommended specifications:
OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)
Memory: 8GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
HDD Space: 65GB
DVD Drive

[rk47]

Saw the gameplay vid and don't see why this needs a high-end system.
I'm sure if you crank it up to max you'll need that kind of rig, but what if I just tone down the details? Or turn off the shadows?

[Gimfain]

Checked out minimum requirements for gta V and they were very sensible.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
Memory: 4GB
Video Card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)

[Mithas]

So anyone going to buy this? I'm very rarely a day one kind of person anymore, but this looks pretty damn good. Green Man Gaming has it for $38.99, but it is a GoG.com code instead of Steam.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/witcher-3-wild-hunt/

[Ard]

I'm not entirely sure why you'd buy this one from steam to begin with, given that GoG is the same company that makes the game, and it won't be wrapped in DRM this way.  I preordered it from them last year, I really enjoyed both the witcher 1 and 2, launch issues aside.   It's one of the few games I have zero qualms about paying full price for.

[Rasix]

I'm going to try and wait.  Both Witcher 1 and 2's launch issues were fairly severe although in different ways.  The "enhanced editions" and "director's cuts" fixed a whole lot of glaring issues both on gameplay and performance.  Hell, Witcher 1 had its longest chapter able to be completely derailed if you did things slightly out of order at launch. This is a lot more ambitious, so I imagine they'll fuck up in really grand fashion.

I know people love to slobber all over CDPR, but the 1.0 versions of their games, while fun, don't really pass cursory QA standards.  They're wrecks.  

edit: Of course, I'll probably cave and buy it, like I did with Witcher 2.  I'm a moron that doesn't learn from my mistakes.  Hope springs eternal.  

[Paelos]

Witcher 2's release bugs were pretty awful. I'm going to watch for Patch 1 overhaul.

[Lantyssa]

"An LP" is correct because it's said "an Ell-pee".

[Rendakor]

Someone missed a page. 

[Mithas]

That comment makes a whole lot more sense to me now.

[Hawkbit]

$39 is so tempting, but I'm thinking this is going to destroy my PC based on what GTA5 is handled on it. I might have to snag a PS4 for this to start this next console generation up.

[rk47]

If you need a refresher course on why you should not pre-order, just replay The Witcher 2.

[Rendakor]

I got it free with my video card so I might give it a shot, despite having never played the previous games.

[schild]

This is a game I desperately want to play but want to pay less than $5 for it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[apocrypha]

This is a game I desperately want to play but want to pay less than $5 for it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That describes my entire attitude to modern games. Except my threshold is more like $10.

[Khaldun]

Yeah, this is one I'm waiting on. For me I will be looking not just at bug reports but at what they've done with combat. I've never played an RPG where I've hated the combat system more than both of the Witchers. I like the setting and the writing and the sensibility, but when the game mechanics are keeping me from moving through the game, that's really something, because I'll put up with a lot in that respect.

[Paelos]

The combat is 2 was horrific. The combat in 1 didn't bother me.

[Phildo]

The combat in 2 got a lot better about halfway through the game once you've had a chance to upgrade the character significantly.  That said, I went down the combat tree both times I played through the game and wonder how different the playing experience would be if you focused on signs or alchemy.

[Paelos]

I've never once dabbled in alchemy. I hate potions. I hate that mini-game. I hate everything about limited time consumables in games.

[Ginaz]

Seems like there's a bit of controversy between the developers and online retailer Green Man Gaming.  GMG is selling pre-orders for 35% off or $38.99 US compared to the standard 10% on Steam and Good Old Games (CD Projekt Red owns GOG).  GMG is selling GOG keys.  CDPR is questioning the legitimacy of GMG's keys while GMG says they're legit.  Looks like this may some sort of fight over CDPR offering more goodies on GOG than they are for other retailers.  I've bought 7 or 8 games from GMG and never had a problem so I wouldn't be too worried about getting scammed.

http://www.pcgamer.com/green-man-gaming-hits-back-over-witcher-3-key-row/

[Tebonas]

The headline of the arcticle is pure shit.

"Hits back" sounds like they have any legal right to sell games of whomever they please without the developers sayso. I bought games from them in the past as well, but that is a shitty move and I won't again if "We wanted to but they didn't let us, so we sell them anyway because we want to" is the only defense they have.

[Rasix]

Heh, I know they're legit, but I find it funny that my credit card would never allow purchases from GMG the few times I tried.

They sound like petulant children.