Welcome back friends! If you came here looking for hobby progress, you are probably going to be disappointed...I've been completely and utterly addicted to the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt...really addicted. I joked with Sarah that she should do a guest blog post today asking who Yennefer is. :)
Originally I called this game "skyrim 2" I'd call it skyrim 4 now, because it's well beyond what skyrim 2 would have been.
So today I'm going to talk a bit about the Witcher 3, my gaming rig, some books I've been reading! Hope you'll stick around for some of this non painting goodness.
If you are wondering about the witcher games, I'd recommend heading over to Macathu's post on the subject. He's playing the games one at a time, until he gets to the third one. He's hardcore. I am a wuss and just skipped to the pretty one. If you couldn't tell from some of my previous posts, I am a sucker for great RPG's. Lately it's been an absolute torrent of great ones, from divinity original sin, to pillars of eternity, and now to the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I am just giddy with rpg awesomeness.
I really need to mount the TV on the wall.
Because witcher plays from a 3rd person perspective, it's really easy to play with a controller. I play witcher on my tv, using a gaming PC I built. I decided when the new generation consoles came out, I'd invest in a PC instead of a PS4 or xbox one. Most of the games are now cross platform (just have to wait a bit for them on pc), so I gained some crazy graphical power for having to wait a bit. I use a wireless xbox controller on the pc. (It's a 4.0 core i7, with a 970 GTX, 16 GB of DDR3, and an M.2 SSD (about 1000 megs/sec on a x4 pci-e lane). I put the pc through a pioneer receiver, which outputs to some athena speakers in 5.1. It's a pretty sweet setup, and fantastic for gaming. You can also see my faithful companion, Render the cat, also known as meow meow feed me.
I was looking up the witcher world for this post, realized I liked the game so much, I went and bought a book about the world of the witcher. I'm serious, I just bought a book about a game I'm playing. It's that good.
But basically, the witcher is set in a world of magic and monsters. Witchers are basically hired professionals who undergo a set of mutations (space marines!) which give them super human senses which help them to track monsters, and remove fear from the equation (space marines!). This has the side effect of stripping emotions from them (except for greg, who tears up at some of the stories), and making them sterile (lots of sex in this game, definitely a mature title!). Basically people (poor peasants), hire you to defeat the monsters that are tearing their villages apart (griffins, hags, wyverns, ghouls, etc). That's the basic premise of the witcher. The world is ravaged by monsters...you are built to fight monsters...people pay you to kill the monsters.
But basically, the witcher is set in a world of magic and monsters. Witchers are basically hired professionals who undergo a set of mutations (space marines!) which give them super human senses which help them to track monsters, and remove fear from the equation (space marines!). This has the side effect of stripping emotions from them (except for greg, who tears up at some of the stories), and making them sterile (lots of sex in this game, definitely a mature title!). Basically people (poor peasants), hire you to defeat the monsters that are tearing their villages apart (griffins, hags, wyverns, ghouls, etc). That's the basic premise of the witcher. The world is ravaged by monsters...you are built to fight monsters...people pay you to kill the monsters.
These are not my images, I'm lazy
But that just scratches the surface! There is an entire world of politics, decisions, combat, love, and a storyline that grips you. This is one hell of a game.
First off, the game is gorgeous. Absolutely breathtaking. Skyrim + mods = Witcher 3 defaults
The game is gigantic. I've pumped about 80 hours into it, and I'm still on act 1.
If you are a completitionist, this game will destroy your soul. It's like assassins creed games, but you actually get rewards for completing things!
The side missions in this game have more story then most games main quest lines. (example coming).
Hunting a monster is part batman detective modes, part research (some will tear you apart unless you play on easy), and part combat.
Decisions have both long term and short term consequences. Collecting your reward? Someone offers more for you to look the other way? Watch the townsfolk get slaughtered in front of your eyes, screaming and cursing your name as you walk away with a full coin purse.
Lets run through a quest example: SPOILER (Chris skip this part)
First off, the game is gorgeous. Absolutely breathtaking. Skyrim + mods = Witcher 3 defaults
The game is gigantic. I've pumped about 80 hours into it, and I'm still on act 1.
If you are a completitionist, this game will destroy your soul. It's like assassins creed games, but you actually get rewards for completing things!
The side missions in this game have more story then most games main quest lines. (example coming).
Hunting a monster is part batman detective modes, part research (some will tear you apart unless you play on easy), and part combat.
Decisions have both long term and short term consequences. Collecting your reward? Someone offers more for you to look the other way? Watch the townsfolk get slaughtered in front of your eyes, screaming and cursing your name as you walk away with a full coin purse.
Lets run through a quest example: SPOILER (Chris skip this part)
Random Monster Hunt Side Quest SPOILER
Drinking your sorrows away, the witcher way.
I'm at a town, and I decide to check out a notice board. What's this? Someone's wife is missing? I go to investigate.
Talk to a sad fellow. Says his wife was lovely, everyone loved her, townsfolk said she went out for a walk and never returned. Probably killed by wolves. Ask her sister, she doesn't seem very sad...says she was probably torn to shreds and I should give him. (what?).
Go to investigate...bunch of wolves, and signs of a fight. I fight off the wolves, and the sister shows up.
"I'll pay you twice as much to say she died and stop investigating" (Lady, you just made me curious)
Oh this is getting good. I tell her I can't leave a job unfinished, and she basically says FU.
I keep investigating, follow large tracks (wolf prints with a standing stride? Hmm...sounds wolfy) back to a hut.
Find a hut with some journals...someone looks themselves in an underground passage once a month to prevent "the change" from harming anyone. Werewolf! He must of killed his wife!
Investigate the hut, it's a were wolf! Battle ensues! Before the wolf dies, someone interrupts me...it's the sister?
What? She's in love with the werewolf? WTF?
Turns out she told her sister (his wife) something was wrong (she knew about the change), then let him out, he killed her (unknowing while in werewolf form), then she pretended like nothing happened, because she was in love with him and wanted her sister out of the way.
This game is fucked up!
Then he tries to attack her, and I've given a split decision. Do I let him kill her, or do I kill the werewolf. I kill the werewolf.
She falls on her knees and sobs uncontrollably. I take my money from goods in the hut, and walk away. Job done. Monster dead. Was it the right decision? Who knows. I've got another notice, a caravans been attacked...
Talk to a sad fellow. Says his wife was lovely, everyone loved her, townsfolk said she went out for a walk and never returned. Probably killed by wolves. Ask her sister, she doesn't seem very sad...says she was probably torn to shreds and I should give him. (what?).
Go to investigate...bunch of wolves, and signs of a fight. I fight off the wolves, and the sister shows up.
"I'll pay you twice as much to say she died and stop investigating" (Lady, you just made me curious)
Oh this is getting good. I tell her I can't leave a job unfinished, and she basically says FU.
I keep investigating, follow large tracks (wolf prints with a standing stride? Hmm...sounds wolfy) back to a hut.
Find a hut with some journals...someone looks themselves in an underground passage once a month to prevent "the change" from harming anyone. Werewolf! He must of killed his wife!
Investigate the hut, it's a were wolf! Battle ensues! Before the wolf dies, someone interrupts me...it's the sister?
What? She's in love with the werewolf? WTF?
Turns out she told her sister (his wife) something was wrong (she knew about the change), then let him out, he killed her (unknowing while in werewolf form), then she pretended like nothing happened, because she was in love with him and wanted her sister out of the way.
This game is fucked up!
Then he tries to attack her, and I've given a split decision. Do I let him kill her, or do I kill the werewolf. I kill the werewolf.
She falls on her knees and sobs uncontrollably. I take my money from goods in the hut, and walk away. Job done. Monster dead. Was it the right decision? Who knows. I've got another notice, a caravans been attacked...
That gives you a small taste of the game. It grips you and before you know it, Sarah is wondering who Yeneffer is, and why you are spending so much time trying to romance her. I can't recommend the game enough. It is just awesome.
Now time for more recommendations.
Now time for more recommendations.
The Martian! Just read this. Very fast paced and gripping. Had no idea how they would make something like this into a movie, so I was curious and got the book. I tore through it, it was so exciting trying to see how the next obstacle would be overcome. Great Read!
Lords of the Sith Reading this right now. Another blogger pointed it out to me. After reading a seriously disappointing Vader novel (it's bad). I was hesitant to read another. Don't have to worry now...he is a total bad ass in the lords of the sith, and finally makes me happy to call him my favorite character again!
Lords of the Sith Reading this right now. Another blogger pointed it out to me. After reading a seriously disappointing Vader novel (it's bad). I was hesitant to read another. Don't have to worry now...he is a total bad ass in the lords of the sith, and finally makes me happy to call him my favorite character again!
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Tricked you! Got some models! Hahah, you thought I could post once without mentioning miniatures or models. That's impossible! I promise next time I'll have a bunch of stuff painted up, and possibly a video tutorial! Thanks for stopping by and reading as always guys! Until next time!
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