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Tigranes

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That said, Rhomal... the graphics on the cards for the Witcher are pretty much porn. In fact, they could go straight into a porn site and live there happily. Maybe not the most 'hard core', but they are explicit, and they will be arousing for certain people, i.e. certain male teenagers.

 

I used to think it was extremely hypocritical to be fine with violence on the screen but not sex - but something occured to me as I was reading your post: sex on the screen isn't just a simulation of sex on the screen, it's also pornographic material (at times) that actually arouses the viewer. I don't think that happens with videogame violence to the same extent, but if a teenager plays the Witcher, and goes around hunting sex and those cards (and you know they will), and is aroused from them - well, isn't that pretty different from just someone enjoying Halo? I mean, it is possible someone really wants to kill people and gets the same kind of satisfaction and enjoyment from playing Counter Strike, and associates that with real killings, but most people don't. But a lot more people who hunt for the 'porn cards' in the Witcher would associate that with real sexual activity and be aroused.

 

I don't know. I sense that it isn't a fundamental difference here but rather the difference in how people treat the two things in games differently, but I can't see the whole logic very clearly at the moment.

 

Will get this game next month probably, around when it gets here in the NZ. I wonder which version we are going to get - and I wonder if I can even run it. :sweat:

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What? Did you just go a little crazy?

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Probably. Not sure.

 

I'll come back in a couple of hours and see if I was.

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

Actually to me it is. Well only partially, I've decided that I will not buy this game. The script changes and lack of the full original experience is the final straw. Maybe after mass effect if they have a patch with updated lost content I'll consider buying the game but until then they should be ashamed.

There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

Actually to me it is. Well only partially, I've decided that I will not buy this game. The script changes and lack of the full original experience is the final straw. Maybe after mass effect if they have a patch with updated lost content I'll consider buying the game but until then they should be ashamed.

 

A simple ini edit will restore the original script.

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

Actually to me it is. Well only partially, I've decided that I will not buy this game. The script changes and lack of the full original experience is the final straw. Maybe after mass effect if they have a patch with updated lost content I'll consider buying the game but until then they should be ashamed.

 

A simple ini edit will restore the original script.

PM me the details.

 

Also: Guys, when I'm combo-ing attacks, and teh flaming sword icon pops up, does it matter if I click on the enemy or can I click anywhere?

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Actually to me it is. Well only partially, I've decided that I will not buy this game. The script changes and lack of the full original experience is the final straw. Maybe after mass effect if they have a patch with updated lost content I'll consider buying the game but until then they should be ashamed.

 

A simple ini edit will restore the original script.

 

What? How's that?

"My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist
I am Dan Quayle of the Romans.
I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.
Heja Sverige!!
Everyone should cuffawkle more.
The wrench is your friend. :bat:

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I am very curious as well. If the English version is shorter due to budget issues or Atari's angrypants, ini...?

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

 

 

http://www.shackspace.com/download_large.x...h=ikuu/Data.rar

 

 

Apparently this should work. It's a large download, though.

 

 

The Witcher\System\witcher.ini

 

Change Language=FinalEnglish_Short to Language=FinalEnglish_Long.

 

Haven't tried it myself.

 

It appears that with that ini change and using the original Polish voices is the best way to get the unadulterated experience. I don't know if that's possible, though. Must get game.

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"My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist
I am Dan Quayle of the Romans.
I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.
Heja Sverige!!
Everyone should cuffawkle more.
The wrench is your friend. :bat:

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The 2D cards are just part of what was censored in the US version.

The Euro version has a few encounters with bare-chested females and also a bit of full frontal nudity.

 

This is what my Google skills have come up with.

Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1

 

No boobies = game breaking experience.

 

 

http://www.shackspace.com/download_large.x...h=ikuu/Data.rar

 

 

Apparently this should work. It's a large download, though.

It takes me to a shackspace screen but with no linky. :sad:

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The game is great. Not buying it because it lacks nudity and a few extra lines of dialogue is your loss. It really makes no difference to the overall experience.

I wouldn't say that to someone who wanted to get Carmageddon but could only get the german flying-garbage-can version. There's nothing wrong with wanting an unadulterated version of something everybody else has. The edited version of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut removes all the sex and doesn't really change anything else but nobody's going to argue that it doesn't lack the same vision as the unedited (Japanese, of course) version. The only difference between The Witcher and Manhunt 2 is that Manhunt 2 was a game that sucked and wasn't worth defending. If The Witcher is actually good I want a version that hasn't been compromised.

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Everything is better with nudie cards. Everything.

"My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist
I am Dan Quayle of the Romans.
I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.
Heja Sverige!!
Everyone should cuffawkle more.
The wrench is your friend. :bat:

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The problem with your argument is that nudie cards and a few lines of dialogue from minor characters do not take away from the central vision of The Witcher. The game is very much intact.

The "central vision" isn't necessary relevant. When you have two versions of a single product, one of which is more complete even in a minor way, you're going to want the complete version, and you can't be blamed for that. As long as bells and whistles don't interfere with the "central vision" of the game there's no reason why a player shouldn't be dissatisfied when he gets less than what he would otherwise be reasonably entitled to, ie that which players in another part of the world get.

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You guys know what The Witcher has that Mask of the Betrayer hasn't? I mean beyond nudity and foul language. Something very important that all games should have.

 

Official wallpaper.

 

I want you Obsidian guys to think that over. Real hard.

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"LAST DAYS OF GAIA!"

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I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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