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The Witcher Enhanced Edition
Posted: 2008-09-19 02:43pm
by Fingolfin_Noldor
So the Enhanced version is out.
Has anyone even managed to get it downloaded? Singapore's terrible bandwidth aside, attempts to download it thus far have met with failure. I am guessing the servers are being overloaded, but they should have foreseen it, right?
Posted: 2008-09-19 03:16pm
by DesertFly
I bought it yesterday, and it's been downloading overnight; it should be done by the time I get home today. I also had a terrible time getting it to start. I didn't really get any speed on it until early this morning.
EDIT -- I really hope that this does well, and that it means more mature (in tone and content, not just rating) games are made.
Posted: 2008-09-19 03:21pm
by Zixinus
I wil get it boxed.
Posted: 2008-09-19 07:30pm
by Stark
DesertFly wrote:I bought it yesterday, and it's been downloading overnight; it should be done by the time I get home today. I also had a terrible time getting it to start. I didn't really get any speed on it until early this morning.
EDIT -- I really hope that this does well, and that it means more mature (in tone and content, not just rating) games are made.
It's already done well enough for them to waste nearly a year polishing and re-releasing it. Sadly, the RPG playerbase is a bunch of retards (just go to a random forum and say 'I think Witcher is an RPG and see what happens) and the game is seen as simplistic and bland compared to the icon of complex versatitility that is games like Oblivion and Mass Effect.
I'll grab this as soon as I can, Witcher is one of the best games of the year.
Posted: 2008-09-19 07:34pm
by Hotfoot
Wasn't there supposed to be a patch or something for people who bought the original game?
Posted: 2008-09-19 07:55pm
by D.Turtle
Here you go.
Now that the enhanced edition is finally out, I can finally play this game
(Didn't want to "waste" lots of time playing the "old" version
)
Posted: 2008-09-19 08:38pm
by Vympel
I can't decide whether to get it boxed or not. I've already got the original so I can download away, if I want. Tough choice. Boxed version doesn't come out here until next week.
Posted: 2008-09-19 08:51pm
by Stark
Vympel wrote:I can't decide whether to get it boxed or not. I've already got the original so I can download away, if I want. Tough choice. Boxed version doesn't come out here until next week.
The download is like 1.4Gb. It's pretty crazy.
Posted: 2008-09-19 09:50pm
by Vympel
Fuck it, I'm downloading it. I paid for the game once, I'm not so much of an idiot-and-his-money that I'm gonna pay RRP again when they're offering a better version for free.
Posted: 2008-09-19 11:59pm
by Fingolfin_Noldor
I'm considering getting the boxed version if I can't get the patch downloaded.
But, the boxed version here in Singapore doesn't get a lot of the free stuff, namely the book. They didn't bother to translate it into English apparently.
Posted: 2008-09-20 12:31am
by Vympel
Of course, that doesn't mean I won't get the box set when the price goes down
Posted: 2008-09-20 12:39am
by Vympel
Holy fuck. The install progress finished- then the message comes up "Modifying game files. This process may take up to two hours. Manually interrupting this process will necessitate re-installation of the game."
Posted: 2008-09-20 03:04am
by Fingolfin_Noldor
I decided to go to fileshack to download the file. It's much faster. My only hope is that there's no problems with installing the patch.
Posted: 2008-09-20 03:40am
by Stark
Holy shit registering on their lameo website is lame. Where's my activation email? WHO KNOWS? Can I install yet? FUCK NO.
Posted: 2008-09-20 05:20am
by D.Turtle
Worked without a hitch for me (and the DL was very fast as well).
Of course it then always crashed on starting, so I'm reinstalling the game again...
Posted: 2008-09-20 05:26am
by Stark
Yeah I've tried to create four stupid forum accounts, and never recieved a single activation email so I can't register the fucking thing. This, everyone, is QUALITY. Idiots.
LUL. The downloaded patch doesn't even work; cracks a shit over bad checksums. That's fucking awesome. I'll just get a cracked version and laugh at incompetent idiots trying to 'stop' piracy by being annoying as fuck.
Posted: 2008-09-20 08:40am
by Fingolfin_Noldor
Yeah I had problems trying to install. Something like ".Net 3.0 framework cannot be installed" and I have .Net framework 3.0 installed already.
What the heck.
Posted: 2008-09-20 08:48am
by Stark
The file it complains about is present in a normal installation, about 2k and lists a bunch of files (blood and sex related). During the install, it has a problem about it, and it's now zero k and empty. Huzzah.
Posted: 2008-09-20 05:32pm
by Edi
I'll be buying this anew. Got the original as a gift, and I HATE downloading excessively large patches, especially of this nature.
Posted: 2008-09-20 08:15pm
by Ford Prefect
Well, has anyone played it yet?
Posted: 2008-09-20 10:16pm
by Vympel
I have, installed perfect, but I haven't had much time so I'm still only on Kaer Morhan.
Posted: 2008-09-20 10:28pm
by Ford Prefect
Well, a first impression is a first impression. Have you noticed any significant changes? Is it really enhanced?
Posted: 2008-09-20 11:32pm
by Stark
Vympel wrote:I have, installed perfect, but I haven't had much time so I'm still only on Kaer Morhan.
You've used voodoo to put a hex on my patching!
I'm just going to rent the EE from EB to get around this ridiculous 'lol patch kills your install' thing.
Posted: 2008-09-21 12:11am
by Vympel
Your old save games still work, so I loaded up my last save from my previous (neutral) playthrough - they've changed the voice actor for Dandelion completely. I preferred the original voice actor. There's definitely additional lines, and the animations aren't nearly as boring and samey as they were in the original. I'll have to get to the meat of the game to see all the extra dialog and such, not to mention their elimination of the clone-people problem.
Posted: 2008-09-21 12:34am
by Hotfoot
Stark wrote:Vympel wrote:I have, installed perfect, but I haven't had much time so I'm still only on Kaer Morhan.
You've used voodoo to put a hex on my patching!
I'm just going to rent the EE from EB to get around this ridiculous 'lol patch kills your install' thing.
Your gaming store allows for PC game returns? That's insane.