I kinda agree with you, I didnt really like the game much, its atmosphere was good and so was the graphics, but the gameplay was poor. I gave up after it saved a check point right by an enermy car and I cant get past the part unless I start the whole level again. What is this 1997 ?Chris_53

If you're stuck, lower the difficulty in-game to Easy until you're past whatever ails you then crank it back up to whatever you wish. The effect is instant. I used it late in the game when I was too lazy to go through a section with exploding blobs that come out of the ground ooze around and 1 shot you on Ranger Hardcore mode.

Play the game with Ranger mode on, boom all your problems are solved. Takes about 2-3 rounds to kill anyone. For me it made the gunplay incredibly satisfying, because the ballistics models are actually very very strong. I was also frustrated at pea-shooter mode but the Ranger DLC (which is free) solves all problems.

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It does get a LOT better. By the way, some of the UI and alchemy stuff is a bit wonky, and the textures are a bit dated by now, so if you head down to http://www.moddb.com/games/the-witcherthere are a few fixes that make the game more enjoyable. The texture mods in particular make everything stand out extremely well and give it a more modern look, if your PC can handle it.

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Of course my PC can handle it. I'm rich, after all. I've spent 1500$ on my PC though, only to go back to my PS3 and Marvel vs. Capcom to play it casually.

Sweet, I also have a good rig. We should get together sometime on my yacht, put our machines together, and start our own space program. BTW I found the gameplay in Witcher to be not-so-phenomenal but the game is a lot of fun nonetheless, and it sucks you in after a point. I always play games on the hardest difficulty to start but on my third or fourth witcher playthrough I found it was actually a lot more fun andless painful just setting it to Easy and blasting through for the lulz. Alchemy and combat are the worst parts of Witcher 1 (even though its somehow still a good game) so get rid of that crap and you're left with something that'll take as long as it should, and not excessively padded with flowercollection and clickathoning. My advice is to blast through it, keep your save file, and hop over to Witcher 2. There are some neat things it does carry over even though its not as well done as some other games.

It does get a LOT better. By the way, some of the UI and alchemy stuff is a bit wonky, and the textures are a bit dated by now, so if you head down to http://www.moddb.com/games/the-witcherthere are a few fixes that make the game more enjoyable. The texture mods in particular make everything stand out extremely well and give it a more modern look, if your PC can handle it. Aside from that there are a few revamps and an Alchemy mod that is quite good.

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel was pretty amusing. It's got pretty visuals and the gameplay and loot wanking is fun. Any game with an auto-loot circle radius button with rarity toggles is definitely awesome. Another one I'd check out are the Titan Quest games, you can get Titan Quest and Immortal Throne on the cheap on Steam as Titan Quest Gold. It's kept up surprisingly well over the years. Take a look :)

So what goes on around these parts nowadays.