ebbandblow: @ArnoldJ.Rimmer
haha i know what you mean man, i almost got stuck in that sort of phase when i started playing witcher 2 because i was not familiar with the combat. but if you just reduce it to a pile of crap in your mind then thats how your experience will be the whole way through. i was committed to learning the different styles of combat and what worked and what didnt and eventually my frustrations turned into awesome fun time haha. just with the visuals alone i probably would have still liked the game if all the battles were just QTE's haha
ArnoldJ.Rimmer: had the game for a while now.just waiting on a graph card delivery and i`m ready to power up the new rig and install.
spent a few days here making a nice log of all the tips n tricks people are posting,one thing that became evident real fast was it needs a lot of tactical thinking which is what makes or breaks a game for me.
though even with a 5 page long tip sheet i know i will pox it up first time..lol
but i have my 8 yr old lil girl to help with the hard bits ;) [providing i can turn off the tits n swearing that is]
If the next patch doesnt include the GoG exe or the new rig cant cope with it,i will also have to buy the GoG version and kill a months bandwidth,as it really does speed the game up.
Then again these days £50 is worth it if the games a jewel.
don't get too caught up in TACTICS.
For most part just think of this games combat like you would REAL life.
Getting surrounded by multiple people - Bad idea
blindly swinging your sword - bad idea
getting hit in the back by enemy - hurts a lot
Besides that, its all up to each individual person on how you personally want to play. You can set traps, block, use wind to knock down stun enemies, use fire to start em on fire, you can throw bombs that explode, you can throw bombs that set up gas in the air and then use your fire to explode it
Before battles you can drink potions to enhance what things you would like.
As this video shows, you CAN'T just run in and think you can beat 6 guys and half armored by just swinging away non stop. But really would you do that in REAL LIFE, and live to talk about it?