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I think it is bad. if the game is designed for 18 and older, buying and drinking alcohol no one will confuse or corrupt. when Geralt is the major costs were for the purchase of alcohol basis for elixirs and fatty base oils. quests were for alcohol. quests that were someone to drink. competition who were more drinking. and now it's all gone - the game world became poorer by it. Political correctness? All the same, the desire to drive the game rated "Teen"? license requirements on the console?

[Kodaemon]

It certainly had more to do with streamlining the gameplay than with any form of censorship or aiming for a lower rating.

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gameplay may be became to order a little bit. but the game is in general much poorer, from one group of components of the gameplay has been removed.

Not only that - gone elixirs with social action. production of spirits, elixirs sober ... And it could be a lot of unusual elixirs for the RPG part of the game. for example to increase the credibility and the guards pour sleeping pills in a drink.
developers have to go through the addition of a new, rather than cutting the old one. and the move to casual games is very harmful.

[Kodaemon]

Oh I agree, alchemy in TW2 was one of the aspects that were severely disappointing in comparison to TW1.

[Csàszàr]

Kodaemon said:

Oh I agree, alchemy in TW2 was one of the aspects that were severely disappointing in comparison to TW1. ›››

I hated not having campfire meditation.

[Maerd]

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... Political correctness? ... ›››

No, that's just evils of accessibility, so that people with impatience, low intellectual capacity, or the ones who want just mindless action will buy a game too. Developers do that to increase profit because those gamers are the majority and this is what generates huge sales. That's how dumb Skyrim sold 10 millions copies.

[Sirnaq]

Alchemy in witcher 1 was fantastic. One thing i don't like in new alchemy is that you can brew a lot of potions but they last shorter. I remember that brewing your first potions in tw1 was a challenge, you needed to learn skills like herbalist etc. With FCR you had to brew potions in order to survive. In tw2 potions are less relevant.

[Wichat]

Sirnaq said:

... but they last shorter ›››

... and sitll running during cutscene... what a waste of crafting time!

[secondchildren]

Maerd said:

No, that's just evils of accessibility, so that people with impatience, low intellectual capacity, or the ones who want just mindless action will buy a game too. Developers do that to increase profit because those gamers are the majority and this is what generates huge sales. That's how dumb Skyrim sold 10 millions copies. ›››

Could we please avoid bashing another game? It's disrespectful toward Skyrim fans and some of them are among us. Also, I wouldn't like to hear the same words said about CDP in another forum, say BSN, Blizzard, Skyrim's... ^^

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Maerd said:

No, that's just evils of accessibility, so that people with impatience, low intellectual capacity, or the ones who want just mindless action will buy a game too. Developers do that to increase profit because those gamers are the majority and this is what generates huge sales. That's how dumb Skyrim sold 10 millions copies. ›››

but because people attracted gameplay from the first part. the first part was not a mindless action, and RPG. trying to catch a massive player, you can get in the end empty and uninteresting game. making of the witch "Devil May Cry", developed receive weak clone of deytviya and go from beloved vedmaka1. big name "witcher" Provide high prdazhi, but the game will spit and RPG fans and fans of action. chasing a casual player, you may lose all. it is better to push the casual players to serious games, than to follow the tastes of those who does not know what he wants.

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i want very difficult alchemy. that the player needed some real chemistry knowledge and knowledge of alchemy. Alchemy gets a witcher from real medieval books on alchemy, books Sapkowski. Well, the player can find the books in the game. And that was not a hassle to do something interesting and challenging only the creation of the first elixir or oil. later created easier - as in the first Witcher. i want it was difficult to find a replacement for rare components elixir. I would like to equip the laboratory alchemy. To hell games like "action"! I want a strong RPG in its pure form. if a game is strong and quality is even stupid, lazy, casual players come.
just in case, let it be broad difficulty settings. that even a lazy and does not know who the player was able to adjust the complexity of the role for himself.

if developers are positioning witch as a serious game for adults, there is no need to wag booty for the silliest part of the teens.

[Maerd]

secondchildren said:

Could we please avoid bashing another game? It's disrespectful toward Skyrim fans and some of them are among us. Also, I wouldn't like to hear the same words said about CDP in another forum, say BSN, Blizzard, Skyrim's... ^^ ›››

Calling a spade a spade is not bashing. I have no disrespect to Skyrim fans, especially those who make mods, which shows their creativity and artistic taste, which I value very highly. But as a CRPG game, not a modding platform, graphical engine or landscape simulator, Skyrim is dumb. If Bethesda were to market Skyrim as an open world landscape simulator then I'll say it's probably the best sim to date.

And I don't care what people say on the other forums, I'm not present there because I'm not interested in their products anymore. I'm not going to Skyrim forum to shove it to the face of Skyrim fans, right? OK, I don't want to talk about Skyrim anymore.

[*Tommy*]

Since i`ve been here since before the launch of W2 . The biggest gripe seemed to be the unending replies to the inventory screen and constant scrolling to be able to access all the items in the inventory . So i`m i agreement with Kodaemon on the streamlining of inventory view on this one . With the current inventory UI I can only imagine having 20 or more alcohols not to mention the bomb bases taking up additional space . That would be just too much I think .

[slimgrin]

*Tommy* said:

Since i`ve been here since before the launch of W2 . The biggest gripe seemed to be the unending replies to the inventory screen and constant scrolling to be able to access all the items in the inventory . So i`m i agreement with Kodaemon on the streamlining of inventory view on this one . With the current inventory UI I can only imagine having 20 or more alcohols not to mention the bomb bases taking up additional space . That would be just too much I think . ›››

In one of the interviews, grid inventory was rumored to come back. I sure hope that's the case.

[Kudos]

Sirnaq said:

Alchemy in witcher 1 was fantastic. One thing i don't like in new alchemy is that you can brew a lot of potions but they last shorter. I remember that brewing your first potions in tw1 was a challenge, you needed to learn skills like herbalist etc. With FCR you had to brew potions in order to survive. In tw2 potions are less relevant. ›››

albedo, nigredo, and rubedo wasn't it? I loved working those out. Its been hinted they're making a comeback hasn't it? Or was that in my dreams?

In TW2 playing the alchemy skilltree was powerful, but annoying when the game didn't let you prepare (ghost battle comes to mind in particular).


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