Nah, Witcher 2’s combat was an improvement, but still bad enough I know multiple people who gave up due to seemingly impossible fights.
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Aspharr@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoJust a side note I wouldn’t necessarily put Witcher 1 on the same pedestal as witcher 2 and 3. You could enjoy it, thematically and story wise it’s spot on Witcher, but it’s pretty klunky mechanically speaking and really shows its age. 2 and 3 are Fantastic in every way though. I hear they’re potentially remaking 1 and I’m all for it if it’s in a style similar to 2 or 3.
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Devmapall@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I remember having a lot of trouble with letho specifically
I did love Witcher 2. Played through twice. Besides the combat everything else was spectacular at the time.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even Witcher 3 controls are quite janky. Especially with a controller. I played W3 after playing Uncharted 4 and the difference in character control was staggering. Felt like several generations behind Uncharted’s controls. Took me several days to get used to Witcher 3’s system.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is absolutely janky in its controls. I have run around in circles before, trying to inspect something on the ground, and Im quite certain there was never any testing done at all for Roach, certainly not for the 7 1/2 minutes she takes to amble over to you when called, or approaching intersections, or mounted combat. But I do still today love the regular combat, and the world and story are staggering.
hkspowers@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Yep tried to play Withcer 3 several times and gave up because of the ultra janky controls. I work in the indistry and I just don’t understand how control schemes can still be so shitty when other games have nailed it as far back as N64. That’s not even counting how much I despise the overall industry shift towards priotizing flowery character animations over player input, so your character always feels like there is a huge lag between player input and onscreen actions because your character is still doing the 4 twirl on his sword strike from the button you pushed 8 buttons ago…
In my opinion all characters in games should be as responsive as a fighting game when it comes to input and onscreen actions. I think the Ninja Giaden series nailed this down perfectly, compared to this level of responsiveness pretty much every modern game I’ve played feels like the characters are underwater.
Aspharr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I haven’t played the recent ninja gaiden games, but to me they seem more like hack n slash style games akin to Devil May Cry, which isn’t a bad thing by any means but I don’t know if that makes sense for the world that The Witcher is set in. Please correct me if I’m wrong there, as my only experience was a demo of Ninja Gaiden Black on 360 a decade ago.
What are your thoughts on a Dark Souls style of combat for the witcher?
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I do think they finally got a handle on player control with Cyberpunk, so i hope Witcher 4 inherits that for 3rd person control.
Aspharr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can see what you’re saying, I may be looking back with rose tinted glasses. I don’t know what the best control scheme would be, but I feel like if it felt like a Dynasty Warriors hack n slash it wouldn’t feel right. Maybe something more akin to Dark Souls?
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I am very much looking forward to that remake.