Witcher 1 and 2 80 % off on Steam

[STiFU]

Hey guys, as the topic title says, Witcher 1 and 2 are 80 % off on Steam and free to play until sunday. I suggest to anyone who doesn't have these games, to get them, because they are simply amazing!

[Goldwell]

Damn thats a good deal!

 

However I already own both games!

 

But with The Witcher 2 I was getting a fair bit of lag even though my system is rather decent. 8GB Corsair Vegenance ram, 120GB SSD, FX-6300 and a XFX 7870.

 

I noticed I was still getting lag but either way great games!

[Sotha]

Never played those, but I've had them on my radar for a while. The price is definitely right.

 

Gotta stop buying games for a year two now. I got so much on my plate and free time is so scarce, I wonder when I get to complete these new two games..

[STiFU]

But with The Witcher 2 I was getting a fair bit of lag even though my system is rather decent. 8GB Corsair Vegenance ram, 120GB SSD, FX-6300 and a XFX 7870.

Worked perfectly for me on a 560 Ti supported by an i5-2500k and 16 gb Corsair XMS2.

[Deadlove]

Is this action or RPG? It looks fun.

[STiFU]

I like to call this genre adult RPG, because it all feels so authentic and dark, especially the first part. Other RPGs always tend to feel comparatively fable-like.

[Maijstral]

I think the Witcher games benefit greatly from being based on a series of books. Eventhough the games differ from the books in some of the details, there's more depth to the characters and the world than what is typical in games. There's a sense that much more has happened to the characters than what is taking place in the games, that the characters bring their own personal histories to the world the games take place in. I think that's what makes them seem more authentic than a lot of games.

[Deadlove]

I got them. Thanks for the heads up on the deal. Very hard to turn down both games for $6.00.

[STiFU]

My brother recently asked me what cool games will be released in the next months and so I mentioned W3. Then I remembered that he didn't even play the first two parts, so I started talking up W1 to him. In the end, I got myself so excited again about W1, that I started replaying it! :-D Of course I explored what can be done as far as graphics are concerned. I am now playing with a highres texture pack, a high res models mod, a realistic blood mod, forced ambient occlusion through the nvidia driver and I used the little tool SweetFX to add some further postprocessing effects. Just some subtle vignetting, vibrance and sharpening.

[STiFU]

I have taken some quick screenies for you guys. However, as I noticed, the postfx of sweetfx are not exported, which also brings the anti aliasing. But they still look pretty nice I think.

[STiFU]