DA Fan gives TW3 a shot: Text Based Let's Play

Lobster in my bath is weird...

Ooo. I can light a candle. With magic snapping fingers, but still.

Also, this balcony view may have DAI beat. There is wind and clouds and movement.

My interaction with Yennifer was nice and made me laugh. "Who cares how many women I slept with? I always thought of you." That's awful and sweet at the same time. : P

LMAO wanted to see if I could stand on the balcony railing. I jumped too far and died. What? No Skyhold feats of godhood?!

I like the Witcher Senses zoom and highlight better than the golden ring of Hot Cold game that is finding things in Inquisition. Makes me feel like a person is looking instead of... Weird game mechanic.

Also I'm not sure that's a lobster in the bath. Looked more like a baby Kikimore to me...

More like your adoptive daughter.

Witchers are sterile due to the mutations they've undergone - You'll learn the details of those eventually.
So are sorceresses (Yen and Triss) but I have no idea why they're in that predicament.

Just saying, if you're in Vizima already, you'll meet this important guy and find out how it really is with Ciri and parenthood.

Okay. I sucked at the tutorial. I did go longer with it trying to get the hang of combat, but I already forget how to dodge roll. I've never played warrior in DA even, except the occasional last man standing tank moment.

There is Sign/Quen magic thing, and I'm going to default to a thing that seems to be the equivalent to Mind Blast. Considering how fast pace the fighting is, with things to do other than just be whacked, I may eventually use that Slow Glyph spell. But for right now, I can only handle the new responsibilities of block, two kinds of whacking, and dodge roll

Ciri running off got me worried in a Lee/Clementine way and then I got grimly reminded I was in a dream sequence.

And haha I'm making Geralt sensitive fluffy and open to talking. How did they use a unicorn in bed? Not sure I wanna know.

"thought you were going to read it, not sniff it." LOL

Then using the first battle (where I of course died) I noticed how the sun rays were shining on me and the monsters. I've seen sun rays in Inquisition but I dunno if they were a mechanic I ever saw during battle. Maybe cuz the sun was always straight overhead, or it's night, except at the place where we kill the Head Seeker for Cass?

Okay okay... Didn't die that time. Dodge is very necessary skill.

So there is the witcher sense that highlights things but also loot from enemies and herbs nearby are on your mini map. Helpful! Because Witcher sensing 100 yards of land is time consuming.

Having no idea what's important, I spend five minutes picking flowers. Enough of that! To the horse.

Why is my horse named Roach? @_o

I remember there was a way to sheath my sword, but I've pushed all the buttons and no go. I feel awkward riding a horse with my sword out. Does that mean there is horse battle though? Roach didn't like mind blast and ran away haha but it didn't look like it hurt him.

I thought the name roach was like "everyone will hate the name no matter what we pick so let's just pick something equally hateable by all."

I think having my sword out scared the peasants. There was gasping. I thought the lady crying meant I'd get a mission if I talked to them but apparently not.

*gasp* they called me a freak!

I'm the elf in the world of... Wait, what's this world called? Wonder if there is a codex...

Ah, that's how you roll... oh, that's how Geralt lost his memories...

Ah. The World Map says the Country of Vizima. But what's the name of the continent?

Anyway. I'm the dirty Knife Ear of Vizima.

If you're on keyboard default (which you're not, right...) then ALT is dodge, SPACE is roll.

Rolling covers more ground, can more easily flank enemies with the proper use of it, but regular dodge should be your mainstay.

Also, try to cover out humanoid attacks, againist monsters just dodge. If you have reflex issues, there's a skill that, if you have non-zero Toxicity, slows time when an attack is about to hit you. And Dodge is the magic win button when it comes to not being hit.
As for guard and repelling attacks, you actually need to press the block button when the attack is about to connect. Holding it down for an extended period of time will just turn the enemy blade away. Also, every successful block takes away a part of your Focus (recharges over time, used to cast signs and sprint/jump)


Serza's 101 Sign crashcourse:

Aard: Basically force push/biotic throw if you ever watched Star Wars or played Mass Effect. Can knock enemies down with luck, which equals instakill finisher with sword.
Axii: Mostly useless in a fight, IMHO, but can stun an enemy or even turn them againist their former buddies with upgrades. I usually take a hit casting it, though. Mostly used in cutscenes - it's pretty much Force Persuade from Star Wars. Even the lore way it works is relatively similar.
Igni: Mainstay combat sign. Can set candles/fireplaces on fire in regular gameplay (Aard extinguishes) and do the same to enemies in combat.
Quen: I suggest you always cast this when entering a fight. It can withstand a few hits in some cases (Nekkers and such, AFAIK) but will protect you from damage. It also wears off over time.
Yrden: A trap. Slows down enemies that enter glyph area. Required to fight certain wraiths (noonwraiths and nightwraiths, for example) as it forces them to take on a physical form, vulnerable to blows with your Silver. Wraiths (and only some kinds) are the only types of enemy immune to sword blows without meeting an Yrden prerequisite.

A good Wiedźmin will vary his signs. Igni for damage. Quen for protection. Yrden for slowing. Aard for pushing. The ideal situation is to use a combination of sword blows and signs to defeat an opponent, with bonus points for proper bomb, oil and potion use. For example: Black Blood potion is handy when fighting any of the vampiries, like Bruxae. Golden Oriole, if I remember correctly, neutralizes poisons, making it useful againist Scolopendromorphs in the Blood and Wine expansion, as well as few other enemies. Swallow heals, same as White Raffard's Deconction (Swallow is a heal over time, WRD is an insta-heal for loads more toxicity). Similarly, oils will improve damage dealt with sword blows, and last but not least, bombs can damage and have special effects - once more with Bruxae, who can go invisible, but their ability can be negated with the right bomb.

Remember your training, and good luck, Master Witcher!


Ah, yes... Welcome. You are not human due to mutations, and most will treat you that way, going as far as trying to cheat you out of your fair day's pay.

And I am glad you have seen Wizima, the capital of Temeria, land of Vernon Roche.

I once tried taking stuff from a barrel in Oxenfurt. They tried to catch me, but I was too fast for them...

You should be able to sword kill anything. Suggest Steel for hares. You probably have a crossbow by now, if you hold down the fire button, you will enter manual aim. At least on PC, presumably on consoles as well.

G: "running away from the war?"
A: " No, I'm chasing it."
G: "Tired of life?"

Lol

Ah, close up cinematics of important NPCs I guess?