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    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released May 17, 2011

    The sequel to 2007's critically acclaimed role-playing game, The Witcher. Players again take control of Geralt of Rivia in this story-focused adventure.

    Patch 1.2(available on 3.06.2011) changelog

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    #1  Edited By mak_wikus
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    #2  Edited By monetarydread
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    #3  Edited By mak_wikus

    No... well, yeah, that too for Steam version owners. But I really meant that I hope it doesn't break anything this time(like 1.1 did with the DLC option in the launcher for example).
    And as for the change list, I've never even encounter most of the stuff they've listed.
    This is interesting: 17. Islamic–themed and similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced. ...what?
     
    P.S. "Some traders also provide barbershop services." Fan service!

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    #4  Edited By SomeDeliCook

    I still can't get the game to run at a decent FPS. None of the fixes I've tried had worked.

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    #5  Edited By awe_stuck

    They need to optimize this game better, thats all I know.

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    #6  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    Glad to see they're fixing some of the problems I had.. importing saves not working, DLC bugs, auto-targeting being a huge pain..  I'll probably start my second play-through once this goes up and try siding with Roche.

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    #7  Edited By Jangowuzhere

    "17.Islamic–themed and similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced."
     
    Uhh what....why?

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    #8  Edited By Subjugation
    11. A number of fixes have been made in blocking functionality during combat. Also, player character responsiveness in combat has been improved, and Geralt can attack more than one target during normal combat. 
     
    So what exactly does this mean? Swings hit multiple dudes?
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    #9  Edited By Marz
    Game saves are now compressed automatically, lowering the amount of disk space they utilize.
     
    cool, now my saves will take up 500mb instead of 2gigs.
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    #10  Edited By defaulttag
    @weeman105 said:
    11. A number of fixes have been made in blocking functionality during combat. Also, player character responsiveness in combat has been improved, and Geralt can attack more than one target during normal combat. 
     So what exactly does this mean? Swings hit multiple dudes?
    game gets slightly easier?
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    #11  Edited By valrog

    Looks great, I'm glad they did something about the saves.

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    #12  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    Wow it looks like they are fixing a ton of stuff. Nice to see you can delete saves in menu rather than go to the folder. Although you'll miss out on the hilarity that is your save folder holding 1.5 gigs of whatever the fuck it is.
     
    Looks like they are also making the prologue a little less of a bitch. Of course now when I get stuck and after multiple tries, I turn it down to easy, hack my way through that particular tricky part and move on. It's mostly annoying boss fights when you are stuck in a tiny area. Every other fight I just leave on normal since the tough combat is really satisfying when you get through a tricky fight.

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    #13  Edited By mak_wikus
    @defaulttag said:
    @weeman105 said:
    11. A number of fixes have been made in blocking functionality during combat. Also, player character responsiveness in combat has been improved, and Geralt can attack more than one target during normal combat. 
     So what exactly does this mean? Swings hit multiple dudes?
    game gets slightly easier?
    I've been thinking about this one. Up until now you had to unlock an ability to deal damage to multiple enemies. Maybe now you'll have that ability from the start(Logical. Swords ARE quite long) and the skill tree will let you increase the damage dealt to enemies within your range?
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    #14  Edited By TheChaos
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    Glad to see they're fixing some of the problems I had.. importing saves not working, DLC bugs, auto-targeting being a huge pain..  I'll probably start my second play-through once this goes up and try siding with Roche.
    Does this mean I played through with the default canon and not my Witcher 1 save? Even though I selected it for import?
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    #15  Edited By WinterSnowblind
    @TheChaos: Depends, you should have had an option when starting a new game to import a save file from the first game, or else it will say "Witcher 1 data not available". 
    It seems to work for some people, but no matter what I did, I couldn't get it to read my save.  Borrowed one from a friend though (who luckily made all the same choices that I did) and that seemed to work fine. 
     
    If you did import the save file, you should have started with a couple of bonuses items.. the jacket from the end of the first and the silver sword from the lady of the lake.
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    The game now supports Logitech G35 headphones and other USB headsets with on-board sound cards.

    Yes! Now I can finally play the game.
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    #17  Edited By MEATBALL

    Eyy, wasn't expecting the control stick fix until 1.3

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    #18  Edited By TheChaos
    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @TheChaos: Depends, you should have had an option when starting a new game to import a save file from the first game, or else it will say "Witcher 1 data not available". It seems to work for some people, but no matter what I did, I couldn't get it to read my save.  Borrowed one from a friend though (who luckily made all the same choices that I did) and that seemed to work fine.  If you did import the save file, you should have started with a couple of bonuses items.. the jacket from the end of the first and the silver sword from the lady of the lake.

    Oh yeah, I had those items. 
    I need to stop posting and go to bed.
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    #20  Edited By mak_wikus

    Blocking does not deplete your vigor anymore. I repeat! Blocking DOES NOT deplete your vigor!
     
    Is it good? I don't know, no opinion. I barely used blocking on my first playthrough. Sometimes, against humans.
     
    EDIT: ...or not. Some people say it still does. Weird, I've started a new game just to see the balancing stuff and I could've sworn that blocking did't affect my vigor bar.

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    #21  Edited By Flaboere

    Can someone confirm that Geralt now always hits multiple opponents when striking, as a standard? In that case, what happened to the talent?

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    #22  Edited By Cirdain

     

    1. Game saves are now compressed automatically, lowering the amount of disk space they utilize.
    2. An option has been added to the game menu allowing game saves to be deleted. To delete a game save, highlight the relevant item and press the ‘Delete’ key.
    3. The game menu now loads at a markedly accelerated pace.
    4. A number of fixes have been added to the key binding functionality (actions can now be mapped to number pad and cursor/arrow keys).
    5. Analog sticks on gamepads now work correctly in the GUI panels.
    6. A number of game balance fixes have been introduced in the Prologue.
    7. Lock on targets is not lost when the distance to targets increases.
    8. A number of fixes have been made in blocking functionality during combat. Also, player character responsiveness in combat has been improved, and Geralt can attack more than one target during normal combat.
    9. The Witcher 1 saves are now imported correctly.
    10. Guards can no longer block Geralt when he is on a ladder.
    11. Knives no longer affect friendly NPCs.
     
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    Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

     
    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.
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    #23  Edited By mak_wikus
    @Flaboere said:

    Can someone confirm that Geralt now always hits multiple opponents when striking, as a standard? In that case, what happened to the talent?

    I can confirm. I don't know about the talent though. I only played first few minutes of the prologue. I'm guessing that it will increase the damage dealt to additional opponents.
    Also, it seems that the vigor bars regenerate faster if you use them for blocking. When you use a sign the regen rate is much slower.
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    #24  Edited By Ravenlight

    Changelog doesn't say anything about fixing the bugged Trollslayer achievement if you sided with Roche :(

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    #25  Edited By KaosAngel

    @Cirdain said:

    \Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.

    what islam pic they take out?

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    #26  Edited By Cirdain
    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    \Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.

    what islam pic they take out?

    Dunno. I just imagine it was a texture that had some islamic themed art or writing on it. Nothing as big as little big planet a few years back. That was lolz, and I really couldn't care less.
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    #27  Edited By KaosAngel

    @Cirdain said:

    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    \Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.

    what islam pic they take out?

    Dunno. I just imagine it was a texture that had some islamic themed art or writing on it. Nothing as big as little big planet a few years back. That was lolz, and I really couldn't care less.

    well you woudnt want to psis off christians in a game about fucking elves, dwarvs, magic, animal fucking, socery and hwantot with islam pics

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    #28  Edited By Cirdain
    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    \Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.

    what islam pic they take out?

    Dunno. I just imagine it was a texture that had some islamic themed art or writing on it. Nothing as big as little big planet a few years back. That was lolz, and I really couldn't care less.

    well you woudnt want to psis off christians in a game about fucking elves, dwarvs, magic, animal fucking, socery and hwantot with islam pics

    Yeah! What next. Take the piss of Scientologist....
    *looks round nervously*
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    #29  Edited By Flaboere

    Has anyone downloaded this on Steam? My Steam is not downloading anything, but looking at the forums it seems some people got it, some didn't.

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    #30  Edited By amir90
    @Jangowuzhere: By accident, they made a some blankets looks like common used islamic symbol, however, that was not their intent.
    So they removed it, not really a big deal.
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    #31  Edited By Valames
    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    @KaosAngel said:

    @Cirdain said:

    \Major lolz at this

    Islamic–themedand similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced.

    I shall now purchase this game. Well done CD Projekt. I like you now, but this game needs more islamic themed textures.

    what islam pic they take out?

    Dunno. I just imagine it was a texture that had some islamic themed art or writing on it. Nothing as big as little big planet a few years back. That was lolz, and I really couldn't care less.

    well you woudnt want to psis off christians in a game about fucking elves, dwarvs, magic, animal fucking, socery and hwantot with islam pics

    I'm Christian. It doesn't piss me off. But making fun of religion is easy, so I understand your comment. Go 'head.
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     So..... Steam just started a 9 gig download for The Witcher 2. I chose Steam specifically for hassle-free automatic patching, at least I got the automatic part.  :/

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    #33  Edited By DTKT

    9GB patch here too.

    Steam needs to fix this ASAP. Or at least, work with the devs. It's just ridiculous. Company of heroes had the same exact issue.

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    #34  Edited By admachina

    just started downloading the 9GB patch

    is this actually a Steam issue or does the studio just not know how to use the steam patch system properly?

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    yep, 9.5G patch... turning off auto updates for this game.

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    #36  Edited By raidingkvatch
    @Jangowuzhere said:

    "17.Islamic–themed and similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced."  Uhh what....why?

    Exactly. Did anyone even really notice any strong Islamic iconography anywhere? I certainly didn't see it.
     
    Also yup, 9 gig patch.

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