The Witcher 3 Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[kris]

You're making it sound like kris demanded at gunpoint for CD Projekt to obey his command and change the protagonist of W3.
The guy just said that it's a wasted potential than an open world RPG has a fixed character, that's all.

Like i said above, I didn't even say that. I just said I prefer having that in a game. its the "my story" against "their story" element.

 

[odrzut]

> you could easily make a game with a player created protagonist and still have him interact with people like he know them since before. Its been done many times, but seldom to a big extent.

Try to write a book without mentioning where your character came from, what's his class, family, whether he's a noble knight, a priest, a wizard, or barbarian. Yes you can do that, but the story will feel cheap and shallow because the character will be just a template. That will be Greatest Common Factor story. What you have in skyrim bascialy

Some people may prefer customization over story - that's fine, but there are many franchises doing that already, TW was about good story and characters over everything else, at least CDPR understand this and don't try to change it in the middle of the series. People complaining about that may as well complain that Quake 4 will have first person view and will be about shooting stuff, or that Stephen King books are kinda scary.

 

[buzz]

Try to write a book without mentioning where your character came from, what's his class, family, whether he's a noble knight, a priest, a wizard, or barbarian. Yes you can do that, but the story will feel cheap and shallow because the character will be just a template. That will be Least Common Denominator story. What you have in skyrim bascialy

Play more RPGs kiddo

 

[Rake]

> you could easily make a game with a player created protagonist and still have him interact with people like he know them since before. Its been done many times, but seldom to a big extent.

Try to write a book without mentioning where your character came from, what's his class, family, whether he's a noble knight, a priest, a wizard, or barbarian. Yes you can do that, but the story will feel cheap and shallow because the character will be just a template. That will be Greatest Common Factor story. What you have in skyrim bascialy

Some people may prefer customization over story - that's fine, but there are many franchises doing that already, TW was about good story and characters over everything else, at least CDPR understand this and don't try to change it in the middle of the series. People complaining about that may as well complain that Quake 4 will have first person view and will be about shooting stuff, or that Stephen King books are kinda scary.

MotB sidespept this problem nicely, as i suspect PoE will do as well. Allow the player to make his character, then have an event happen that will put past baggage in him that will fit him into the story.

 

[MicoSelva]

Gwent is in the game.

Gwent as a fast-paced combat card game that has more than 150 unique playing cards, four factions, hero cards, spell cards and more.

WTF? This is nothing like the card game from the books.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

so geralt is now a nerd who plays card games...

I could understand that dice game, since it felt like a game people from any class and age would be able to play, just like chess, black gamon or that fake cyvasse game from ASOIAF. The game looked like

Now, this card games like magic the gathering, hearth stone or any shit like that are a lot like these nerd teen games, and I can't imagine guys like foltest, or geralt or a greedy dwaf hunting for the last pokemon card...

They should've stick with the dice... at least it looked like a game.

 

[Rake]

so geralt is now a nerd who plays card games...

I could understand that dice game, since it felt like a game people from any class and age would be able to play, just like chess, black gamon or that fake cyvasse game from ASOIAF. The game looked like

Now, this card games like magic the gathering, hearth stone or any shit like that are a lot like these nerd teen games, and I can't imagine guys like foltest, or geralt or a greedy dwaf hunting for the last pokemon card...

They should've stick with the dice... at least it looked like a game.

Think the possibilities man. Now he can brave forgotten tombs to find that ultra rare card he misses from his collection

 

[Darth Slaughter]

so geralt is now a nerd who plays card games...

I could understand that dice game, since it felt like a game people from any class and age would be able to play, just like chess, black gamon or that fake cyvasse game from ASOIAF. The game looked like

Now, this card games like magic the gathering, hearth stone or any shit like that are a lot like these nerd teen games, and I can't imagine guys like foltest, or geralt or a greedy dwaf hunting for the last pokemon card...

They should've stick with the dice... at least it looked like a game.

Think the possibilities man. Now he can brave forgotten tombs to find that ultra rare card he misses from his collection

All the card that mattered for him are those from the first game...

 

[Kahlis]

(2010)

It's been so long since I played Witcher for four hours then quit it forever and never looked back - are the sex cards ever actually explained?

I mean, I always wondered: Does Geralt just tell these bitches to hold still while they pose like 1990's porn stars and he paints them on tiny cards? Why would they do that for him?, that would sound so unusual to a person in the dark ages. And then, if it's not Geralt making them, then who is making them, and how did he get them from whoever made them?

This is just like in Fallout 3 when that supermarket was full of food 200 years after the war.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

the cards in witcher 1 are not inventory items... they're just like cheevos.

 

[odrzut]

Gwint was in the books, dwarfs played it a lot, but it should be a regular card game, like poker or 1000 or bridge, not this MtG shit.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

 

[made]

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Game looks really good. DA3 u r dead lol.

Still needs some work on the framrate though.

 

[Nryn]

Combat looks far more responsive in general. There's quite a difference in how agile Geralt is while fighting Endregas in this video compared to fighting them in the second game. They've also sped up his attack animations significantly.

Didn't like the entire demo essentially amounting to a series of fetch quests. I'm now concerned if the quest design for the rest of the game follows a similar pattern due to the necessity of populating a world that is 35 times larger than Witcher 2's.

 

[Tytus]

Combat looks far more responsive in general. There's quite a difference in how agile Geralt is while fighting Endregas in this video compared to fighting them in the second game. They've also sped up his attack animations significantly.

Didn't like the entire demo essentially amounting to a series of fetch quests. I'm now concerned if the quest design for the rest of the game follows a similar pattern due to the necessity of populating a world that is 35 times larger than Witcher 2's.

To get information about Ciri you need get the Gryphon head for Dikkstra who tells you about the Godling, then you need to find a Godling and get his voice back so he can direct you to the Witches, the Witches payment from the villigers, but to get the payment you need to take care of a wood spirit for them. You get the ear get back to the Witches and get the info - which sums up into one large quest.

Don't know but they seem to be making quest in the same structure Ultimate series did them

 

[buzz]

I could see Ciri's bewbs .


Mix of good and bad, as always. With a bit more bad than the previous Witcher games.

+dat map
+dem witches
+supernatural/slavic atmosphere
- shitty voice acting
- muh prophecy
- typical mashfest combat, you can see he's trying pretty hard to abstain from left clicking his way through the bandits
- they praise the world being giant but I was bored by what I saw in the demo only, let alone in the entire game
- Witcher 1 swamp PTSD flashbacks
- fetch quests up the wazoo

+++Ciri boobs and some hints that you can sex her up.

 

[Tytus]

I could see Ciri's bewbs .


Mix of good and bad, as always. With a bit more bad than the previous Witcher games.

+dat map
+dem witches
+supernatural/slavic atmosphere
- shitty voice acting
- muh prophecy
- typical mashfest combat, you can see he's trying pretty hard to abstain from left clicking his way through the bandits
- they praise the world being giant but I was bored by what I saw in the demo only, let alone in the entire game
- Witcher 1 swamp PTSD flashbacks
- fetch quests up the wazoo

+++Ciri boobs and some hints that you can sex her up.

If you think the animal-speak dub version of the game is shitty, just install the game in a human language - Polish, and turn subtitles on.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

shame that after political plot in TW2 we get another ancient evil and prophecies shit. i hope there will be something more to do than chase after Ciri.

 

[Your Order Has Arrived]

Wow. The facial animations and modelling are far better in this one than what TW2 was. In the graphics department the game is doing very good.
I just think Geralt's new face don't match his voice as well as before.

 

[WhiteGuts]

I assume the guy was playing on easy or something, cause you shouldn't be able to dispatch werewolves or semi-bosses like that tree spirit in 2-3 hits. Also, the signs seem to be used quite frequently, which is a good thing.

It looks great honestly, the music is amazing. Those Crones are fucking disgusting.

 

[Cyberarmy]

It looks great honestly, the music is amazing. Those Crones are fucking disgusting.

They can easly take a role in silent hill. Pyramid Heads Angels.

 

[xardas]

Production values are very impressive.
The cutscenes are a bit too frequent and long. I hope that doesn't get annoying.
Also did it go on slow-motion when he used the crossbow?

 

[Cyberarmy]

Yeah fucking cutscenes. I think they are frequent because player only did main quest, probably there'll be less while exploring and side questing.
Slow-mo could be for console peasants only, I hope...

 

[adddeed]

Bethesda can learn a thing or two about how to make a city.