Got Witcher 2 and I stink. Stuck in the very beginning. Help?

Alright. So I just got Witcher 2 and it is confirmed that I suck.

I can't even get past the very first part where the dragon is breathing fire and I have to run past/fight all the guards and all. What the hell am I doing wrong? I try to fight em and I catch fire.

Someone please tell me what I am missing?

The game is quite hard at the start but gets better when you become more powerful.

If they are too hard just cast quen and run past them.

Using quen a lot can really help at the beggining where one or two hits can kill you.

It is also a lot better to fight defensively as it is much more favourable to avoid attacks than try and go rambo at all the enemies

Use quen and dodge a lot and try to lure one or two enemies out on their own rather than fighting the whole hoard.

Hope this helps and enjoy :D

Its just so hard when no matter what I do, this damned dragon is crapping fire on my noggin.

If I kill the guards, I die by fire.

I actually found it well balanced. This is coming from a guy that cried during demons souls.

use the QUEN (shield) sign to help protect you from flame, and just dont run out when the dragon is breathing fire. you dont have to kill those guys, just fight them untill you can move to the next roof for cover

Its just so hard when no matter what I do, this damned dragon is crapping fire on my noggin.

If I kill the guards, I die by fire.

danjammer69

Let me guess: When you got the dialogue options about what happened during the siege, you picked the one about the dragon first, right? I did that too and as it turns out that's actually the third act of the prologue. You're supposed to pick each dialogue option in order (still doesn't do much to make the game kinder to a beginner, but at least your first second of play doesn't consist of being engulfed by dragon flames while being jumped by six guards).

Anyway, the trick to getting throug the section with the dragon is to cast the quen spell (hit shift (I think...?), select quen, then hit "q" to cast). This not only makes you immune to all damage for a short while, but will prevent you from being effected by the dragon's fire breath at all. Also note that you Also note that you've got some bombs and traps in your inventory that you can use to wittle down the guards (and these replenish in each act of the prologue, so feel free to use them), and you can make more bombs by meditating and selecting the "craft items" option. Also make sure you're using your steel sword (not the silver one), and remember that you can dodge and parry to avoid/reduce damage.

Don't worry about the dragon. You can't beat him. Just avoid him and kill the guards. Stay under the shacks to avoid the flames otherwise you're going to get toasted.

Don't worry about the dragon. You can't beat him. Just avoid him and kill the guards. Stay under the shacks to avoid the flames otherwise you're going to get toasted.

sleepingzzz

coming from a guy who found demon's souls to be very enjoyable and not all that tough..

..all i can say is don't rush in CoD or GoW style thinking you can hack and slash everything and win, thats what i'm guessing you and anyone else who has trouble with the game are doing.

use quen a lot to shield yourself and try to stay behind your allies and under cover as much as possible

also, i recommend you try demon's souls if you haven't.. that game teaches you a lot about taking your time and being careful

yeah I did the dragon first also, died within 10seconds of starting the game and was like WTF!!! The game dosnt get any easier for me on Normal, if there is 3 or more human/elfs etc or creatures I get killed and killed over and over. I even take in the advice from everyone here and roll/avoid/block/cast magic and bombs but when the first takes 10 minutes to beat 3 guys all it takes is for them to hit me a few times and I'm dead. I ended up putting the game on easy and now I'm loving it.

Make sure that you play the prologue in order or else it will be very confusing.

Whatever you do DON'T play it on easy!!!

This will make the game real easy later and wheres the fun without the challange.

Just cast Quen on yourself and continously roll past the guards, let the npc's do the work.

Stay in the shacks whenever the dragon's blowing fire on you, run to the next one when it stops. I don't know about the others here but I found it very easy to kill the guards in a few seconds, even on hard difficulty. For fighting groups of enemies, keep running around so that you can isolate the individual combatants, then hit the nearest ones a few times with quen on and dodge away before they take it down. Rinse and repeat, it's not that difficult.

Witcher 2 - Simple solution to just about everything - Quen sign

I started with the dragon part, and I died more than 20 times.. No kidding. Not a great way to start a game with next to none tutorial. :PElann2008

Its once of the list of problems with the witcher 2, a game shouldn't start off as living hell, and you don't know wth to do. If its the same on consoles its really going to hurt it. There are more hardcore players on pc, and if they have issues with it, the causual console players screwed

Its once of the list of problems with the witcher 2, a game shouldn't start off as living hell, and you don't know wth to do.

James161324

I actually found it well balanced. This is coming from a guy that cried during demons souls.

TailBlood

I can't seem to kill the Kayran. I have the mongoose potion. But Every time I destroy the third tentacle, the quicktime event starts and after that i can;t kill him and keep getting game over. Anyone know what I'm doing wriong?TT-Lame

Spolier

You have to run up the broken wall or bridge or w/e it is.