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Are you mentally retarded?
I can see that someone's desperate to fit in.
DraQ
Arcane
Actually, that's its most damning part. Not because rhythm clicking is hard or minigamey or whatever, but because it chunks the combat into lengthy click sequences where the best course of action is to remain rooted in place and click away. Pretty laughable AI gleefully blundering into yrdens and shit doesn't help either.
Fortunately it gets better against strong enemies, large groups and tricky ones (like bleudzeigers) and it features really good preparation and decent amount of tricks up player's sleeve.
Still, even with shitty alchemy, worthless blocking and constant rolling TW2 combat is better if only because it permits better reactivity and mobility on part of the player.
To me the rhythm-based clicking is not really even a challenge in itself or even supposed to be one, it's simply a way of chaining different attacks together. If you die in combat, it's probably not because you mistimed your click but because you went in without preparing properly (potions and oils), positioned yourself poorly, or made a poor decision in combat (like using the group style when surrounded by a pack of bloedzuigers). The challenge of the game is mostly in preparation and decision-making, not in the actual execution of your combat plan.
Anyway, I kind of disagree about this part (although what counts as "lengthy" is a matter of taste, I guess):
In games with primarily mouse-driven combat where you only control a single character (a Fighter, to boot, although with a couple of spells), you usually end up watching your character slowly smash enemies into tiny little bits, but TW's combat is relatively fast overall. The enemies usually die rather quickly, even the strongest ones, especially if you're using appropriate oils. When fighting only a few opponents at a time, Aard is your best friend. When fighting multiple opponents, the group style is often devastating in the easier fights, ending them in a matter of seconds, but in tougher battles it is usually better and more effective to move around a bit, dodge blows, use bombs and signs and so on, rather than just remain stationary and use sword combos, allowing the enemies to surround you. You probably could just stand in one place, click away and beat the game with the right build, but using signs is usually a more efficient solution.
Still, I do agree that going for a more active combat system in TW2 was a good decision, even if the execution was lacking. Out of these two games I'd still probably choose TW1's combat because as a whole it found a better balance
JESawyer between it's different elements (save for late game Igni barbeque) and because the alchemy brought a pretty fresh strategic layer to the game that the sequel didn't have.
Anyway, I kind of disagree about this part (although what counts as "lengthy" is a matter of taste, I guess):
In games with primarily mouse-driven combat where you only control a single character (a Fighter, to boot, although with a couple of spells), you usually end up watching your character slowly smash enemies into tiny little bits, but TW's combat is relatively fast overall. The enemies usually die rather quickly, even the strongest ones, especially if you're using appropriate oils. When fighting only a few opponents at a time, Aard is your best friend. When fighting multiple opponents, the group style is often devastating in the easier fights, ending them in a matter of seconds, but in tougher battles it is usually better and more effective to move around a bit, dodge blows, use bombs and signs and so on, rather than just remain stationary and use sword combos, allowing the enemies to surround you. You probably could just stand in one place, click away and beat the game with the right build, but using signs is usually a more efficient solution.
Still, I do agree that going for a more active combat system in TW2 was a good decision, even if the execution was lacking. Out of these two games I'd still probably choose TW1's combat because as a whole it found a better balance
JESawyer between it's different elements (save for late game Igni barbeque) and because the alchemy brought a pretty fresh strategic layer to the game that the sequel didn't have.
Untermensch
Augur
Witcher 1's combat gave me nightmares.
Revenant
Guest
I wouldn't be too surprised, though, as the OP is possibly retarded:
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/not-so-great-mmorpgs.79731/
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/most-attractive-female-codexers.89298/
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/shitposter.91579/
Not to mention the other half of his threads are about how there is something wrong with his computer. Also,
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/not-so-great-mmorpgs.79731/
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/most-attractive-female-codexers.89298/
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/shitposter.91579/
Not to mention the other half of his threads are about how there is something wrong with his computer. Also,
Here in Eastern Europe, we ofter refer to people who are not quite right in their heads as "cosmonauts" (the soviet word for an astronaut). Well, what do you know.
Severian Silk
Guest
I'm in Chapter 2. The combat is not really that bad. I don't know why I had so much trouble with it the first time.
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