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Article #720968Re: Anyone playing The Witcher 3
From: PW
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:47
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:47
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:10:43 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:54:34 -0600, PW ><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote: > > >> >>Hello everyone, >> >>I bought W2 but I don't think I ever started it. With all the maps >>and manuals in the DVD box set (something you downloader people won't >>get which baffles me why someone wouldn't want everything that comes >>with a DVD version), I think I was intimidated by that. > > >Just a point of clarification: if you get the game from GOG, you /do/ >get maps and manuals, albeit in digital format. Also the official game >guide, wallpapers, soundtrack, artbook, development art, "making of" >videos, papercraft figures, a comic book and god knows what else >they've added since last I looked. > >I used to be a big fan of hardcopy manuals but these days I prefer a >nice PDF I can drop onto my tablet. It has all the portability of a >hardcopy (read: I can take it to the can ;-) and it doesn't take up >room when I'm done. I've got BOXES of old manuals sitting in the >closet. > > >>Okay - am I missing something with these games? After all the work >>that the developer has done with all the impressive goodies (reminds >>me of what the Ultimate series from way back when did), why do I have >>to go into W2 and W3 and manually write down all the keyboard >>commands? Why isn't there a keyboard layout chart on some nice >>reference sheet? > >Well, in Witcher 3 at least there is an in-game tutorial (press ESC >and chose it from the main menu). Or you could just go into options >and look at the key bindings. > >But it's not as if W3 game requires you to memorize an extra-ordinary >number of keys: WASD, Q, E, R, F, <esc>, <shift>, <ctrl> and <space> >is really the extent of it and five of them (W,A,S,D,E,<esc>) have >almost exactly the same functionality as in any other game made in the >last ten years :-). > *------ Hi Spalls, I copied down all the key bindings listed in the game. All 41 of them. Surely enough to warrant a sheet! I like the tutorial, but since I bounce back between games and don't stick with playing just one I will have trouble remembering the keys and instructions. Don't drop your tablet in the toilet! :-) Thanks, -wp
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