Witcher 2's combat gameplay is just horrible

[Rontemon]

I can only hope Witcher 3 will bring better gameplay to the table.

I agree with people saying Witcher 2 have good story. But what good is story if the gameplay sucks. Might as well be watching a movie then? When it comes to games, GAMEPLAY is more important than STORY.

Even after the Combat mod, the combat in Witcher 2 still blows. It consist of Quen, heavy strike, roll, roll, light strike, quen, heavy strike, roll, roll, roll, roll, strike, quen, strike and the occasional bombs and potions to setup before combat.

This game have the same problem as Bioshock Infinite. As good as people say it is. The story is all it is good for. The combat is lackluster and I would rather watch Bioshock Infinite as a movie than play the game. I would rather watch people play the game than playing it myself.

This is coming from a guy who enjoys Dark Souls, Monster Hunter series, God Eater, etc.

And we all know how much dodging and rolling there is in games like Monster Hunter.

But Witcher 2's rolling is just.. Unsatisfying, overly obsessive rolling and spinning.

Monster Hunter's rolling = precise timing to dodge a hit that would otherwise kill you. Rolling eats up your stamina bar so every roll has it's purpose.

Witcher 2's rolling = You might as well be the Tasmanian Devil. Because spinning and rolling is the new style.

I just played LOTR: War in the North and it has better combat than this game, period. You chain combos, you use spells and skills, you find weapons and armors.

[oldwrld]

You should read the witcher story a little, all you've posted is very ignorant. Firstly Geralt is technically a ranger/warrior thus his main ablities are agility and fast sword technique (hence the rolling nature of his attacks).

Secondly he is weaker than 99% of the mages as far as magic is concerned as witchers during their training are taught the basic form of magics and that is the signs they use, and having as many as geralt has is considered quite normal for witchers of his level.

I play without the combat mod and fine the game fine, you merely need to learn to use his signs better, his capture sign i rarely use unless im dealing with 5 or more, otherwise its roll around the enemies slash at them cast ignari (flame spell).

Try the game on dark mode, you will see why he has to roll as much as he does, the enemies swarm unlike LOTR (ive seen gameplay videos) where the enemies literally attack in predicable patterns.

LOTR characters would be eaten alive in the world of the witcher 2.

Also dark souls has similar combat to the witcher 2 just alot slower.

[a pimp named helldiver]

I like the rolling system. Makes it feel more innovating to me atleast. And i play with the combat mod myself, i love every change to it.

[Nightmist]

I have to disagree with you, im on my second gameplay and its on dark mode. even tho a stamina bar would be great i think the combat is pretty good and challenging. Even the simple monster can kill you easily. You need the bombs to kill 5+ monster or they're gonna kill you in a heartbeat. Some of the boss fights are little unsatisfying because when you figure out what you have to do its just gets way too easy but if you figure out the tactics by yourself without the help of the internet i think you'll be satisfied.

I agree that Monster Hunter's combat system is way better but its no excuse to call witcher's horrible.

[SunsetAmethyst]

I finished the game without the combat mod and had no problems at all, i invested most my points in the sword tree and a very very few in magic. Just use the wind magic, dodge and slice and dice.

[Hakke]

i dont like 3rd person combat so i was afraid i couldnt play this game- but i have fun on easy. :D

[bungeh]

Ronald の投稿を引用：

It consist of Quen, heavy strike, roll, roll, light strike, quen, heavy strike, roll, roll, roll, roll, strike, quen, strike and the occasional bombs and potions to setup before combat.

ok

[76561198098412202]

Try full magic build on dark mode and Igni them all, throw some bombs or daggers and roll less.

[Oriflame]

I personally don't like the combat, but to be fair I find Witcher 2 is more of an interactive movie than a game. And that is where it excels in my opinion, great story and cutscenes.

[Tickled Pickle]

play on Dark. It'll put hair on your chest. Nuff said

[Redronn]

Witcher 2's combat system is far from horrible compared to the first game.

[Jiro Moonwood]

I agree, I could not get into the combat system.

[Dead Aim]

I've just rage deleted this game for the second time !
And i'm so angry because the world and story it offers is so f***ing great but i can't enjoy it since it sucks with everything concerd about user interactions .
1- controls are not good for mouse/keyboard nor the gamepad .
2- gameplay mechanics are not releastic as some gamers suggest nor engaging like DS , MunHun games ,they are just boring and a pain to repeat every single second !
3- they've threw at my face so many spells with wonky names and symbols that i still don't know whitch is whitch beside ignite .

I wish that they stuck with the first game's mechanics because they were MUCH much better than this .

[Jiro Moonwood]

Dead Aim の投稿を引用：

I've just rage deleted this game for the second time !
And i'm so angry because the world and story it offers is so f***ing great but i can't enjoy it since it sucks with everything concerd about user interactions .
1- controls are not good for mouse/keyboard nor the gamepad .
2- gameplay mechanics are not releastic as some gamers suggest nor engaging like DS , MunHun games ,they are just boring and a pain to repeat every single second !
3- they've threw at my face so many spells with wonky names and symbols that i still don't know whitch is whitch beside ignite .

I wish that they stuck with the first game's mechanics because they were MUCH much better than this .

+1

[flamixin]

Agreed,a rolling and dodging hell. Never see any people show thier agility by nonstop rolling. They always jump to dodge or lean to one side etc.
Plus UI design is rough as well, especially the skill tree system.
Overall gamepaly quanlity much lower than opening CG and story line.

Treat it as an interactive novel with graphic now.

[DnL]

I've just started the game up after finishing the first one and I like the feel of it currently, as it stands, I can't see why the dislike for the system, but that's me just starting. I'm liking this current combat system much more than the first game.