LOL, I knew I wouldn't want any part of it. You can keep your pants.

Leveling up is fine. Odd, though since I barely used the Quen sign ul in Witcher 1 at least on normal. (well besides one late fight in the game if you want to avoid killing the monster you're fighting.)

I mean I don't mind RPG style challenge but I dislike if a game requires too much reflexes and timing. I"m guessing by spamming the Quen spell it makes it harder for enemies to hurt you thus requiring less reflexes with dodging and blocking.

yeah, but i'm pretty sure you'd manage to put them on without much trouble if you really, really had to ;)

Tawny Owl, Aard, and run around in circles with silver sword on fast strike to move fast. Strategy! ; )

Combat in the first Witcher game is very different from the second game. I also rarely used the Quen sign in the first game. I liked using my swordsmanship to dispatch foes, not magic.

And yes, trying to use reflexes and timing in this game is a sure path to an endless stream of frustrating deaths due to the game's reaction time to your button presses being terrible.

But you don't have to spam the Quen spell. You can make bombs and throw them during combat at large groups of enemies. Or if you know that there is a group of enemies up ahead, you can make a trap and lay it down, then lure the enemies over and have them trigger it. There are lots of ways to deal with groups of enemies in this game, and they all pretty much involve leveling up or finding the formula for a new kind of bomb or trap.
I agree that there are a ton of people more qualified to point out flaws in a game than him. As I said, no one should be watching him for a legitimate review. But then again, I don't use reviews when making a decision. I use playable demos when possible and walktrhough videos people have posted.

And you are correct, he has not been funny in a LOOOOOONG time, and just comes off as immature. I guess he thinks if he uses enough big words in one review or references enough old literature that it will make people over-look the fact that his sense of humor centers around nothing but reproductive organs and implying homosexuality and think that he is really clever and intellictual.

And the "pot calling the kettle black" statement I made was that often times people discredit someone's opinion by calling the a console fanboy, and then go on to spout tons of all that PC gaming superiority fanboy bullshit that makes people hate PC gamers in the first place, thus continuing the endless circle of insults and retaliatory insults

Yahtzee hates life. No surprises here. I don't think the guy gets laid enough.

It must be all that penis envy he has...

and I miss being the walking conduit of fire and tornados that I was in W1. 360 Igni baby.

Well, when i mentioned the console fanboy thing i said "as a gamer", because that's how he comes across to me as a gamer, but i made a point of making a distiction between that and the reviewer/comedian, but yeah, i guess you're right, i probably shouldn't have used the word at all given its conotation.

Thing is, i don't think anyone actually ever looked at his number as 'proper' reviews because his stuff was always more of a comedy act, which used to be funny, with some valid critique in the mix, which is clearly not the case now because often he just makes shit up to rant about for the sake of pandering.

But, there's no way to deny that he has some pull and comedian or reviewer i think it's damn irresponsable to issue an opinion on a game he clearly didn't played or even bothered trying to play when he's all too aware of that pull. That pisses me of a bit i guess.

I wasn't saying that you specifically were being an obnoxious fanboy, I was just making an observation on the direction the thread was heading in based on alot of the posts I read. Just trying to point out the looming hypocrisy before it gets out of hand.

And I don't like Yatzee either. Not only does his smug "I'm better than you" attitude when he is not annoying, I also don't get his preference in games. I don't get his bottomless love for Valve or how he has given other RPGs with the same boring errand running mechanics(Fallout 3, Oblivion) better reviews than others.

It's his job to hate on games. People don't go view his reviews for a real evaluation, they go to hear him get mad and curse.

Any path once you put about 12 points or so into it will make you feel a lot stronger in combat. Alchemy is proving a bit tricky and I'm having to choose my engagements much more carefully, but I was ripping through opponents and bosses by the end of Act 2 once I'd put enough points in Swordsman (getting Whirl is really where I started to feel invincible in combat). Drop a point or two into Quen if you want to feel safer. Once it reflects damage, opponents will recoil after hitting you like they would off a block.

Act 1 feels harder than the other Acts just because you're underleveled, but it will teach you how to dodge, block, and use bombs/traps. Opening with a Dancing Star (if it lands Incineration on one or more opponent) goes a long way towards helping with crowd control.

Yes, but so what?

Actually i'm sure you can easily find him going on record saying that often people tell him that they act accordingly to how he 'colours' a game purchase wise. How significant that number of people turns out to be or how relevant they are in the grand scheme of things i wouldn't know, but does it happen ? Oh yeah, sure does, and like i mentioned above, he's all too aware that it does happen.

It works like this...
If you agree with the crowd, you are just a number.
If you disagree with the crowd, you are an individual, one that is attracting attention, clicks and revenue in advertisement (quite possibly from EA).

I kind of gave up on being suprised by this type of thing after the last year Game Stop E3 count where Witcher 2 suddenly lost 20k votes in favour of EA product, while 12k fanboys voted for ME3 that was not even featured on the last years E3 and those votes were allowed.