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lath@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ragas@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Heh. Started that one too 2 years ago. I’m still stuck at part one in the beginning

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• Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a few tips for the first Witcher that might help a bit. Its combat is like a (simple) rhythm game, you need to click with specific timing (signalled by the change of mouse cursor) to keep the optimal combo going. Also keep enemy weaknesses, your combat style etc in mind when fighting - not engaging with game mechanics can make things way more difficult then they really are and it’s one of the reasons many people bounce off of the game. Sure, it’s old and somewhat janky but some of the problems can be avoiding by playing properly.

  Anyway, that’s just a suggestion. Good luck!

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  • lath@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right now, my problem is technical. The first Witcher isn’t made for modern systems, so it crashes a lot.

    • Cutscenes leading into loading screen will freeze the game. It happens when crossing from the prologue to first act.

    • if lighting isn’t set go low in settings, cutscenes will start during combat

    • game can crash during combat

    • run too fast or too long, game crashes

    • try to exit the game normally, it stops responding.

    It definitely did not age well.

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    • ragas@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Playing on Linux, those issues do not exist for me.

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    • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oof, that sounds rough indeed. Can’t say I had to deal with any of these issues myself though my last playthrough was a few years back so perhaps I lucked out. What system are you running it on, if you don’t mind me asking? I’m curious what could be the reason for that.

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      • lath@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The reasons seem to be graphics. Set most of them to low and the problems disappeared for now.

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