Interview CD Projekt interview at The Witcher France

[Ausir]

Tags: CD Projekt; Witcher, The

<a href=http://www.thewitcherfrance.com>The Witcher France</a>, a French <a href=http://www.thewitcher.com>The Witcher</a> fansite, has <a href=http://www.thewitcherfrance.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=502#p5926>interviewed</a> <a href=http://www.cdprojekt.com>CD Projekt</a> about Atari, multiplayer, MMO and console plans, as well as the Djinni toolset.
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<b>3. Do you plan to implement a multiplayer option, like in some other RPGs, or a co-operative mode? If this is not the case, we&#8217;d like to know what are the problems or difficulties which prevent you from doing it.</b>
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Right now implementation of any form of multiplayer mode is not taken under consideration. Multiplayer games require a slightly different approach, not mentioning the technical changes that would have to be done to our engine. It is hard to imagine a world populated by "Geralts" or even by a large number of witchers, who are relicts of the past and almost an extinct profession. On the other hand implementing something like Diablo II or Neverwinter Night, where a player can choose from various races and professions is nearly impossible in The Witcher's world - it just doesn't fit. On the other hand we are aware that interacting with other players is very important and fun. In my opinion the best way to allow that is to implement some kind of co-operative mode (like in Gears of War for example), but this is a question for the future.</blockquote>
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You can read more (in both French and English) <a href=http://www.thewitcherfrance.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=502#p5926>here</a>.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.thewitcherfrance.com">The Witcher France</A>

 

[doctor_kaz]

Multiplayer Witcher. Gee that's a great idea. Somebody needs to do something about this horrible glut of single player, story-driven Western RPGs.

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

3. Do you plan to implement a multiplayer option, like in some other RPGs, or a co-operative mode? If this is not the case, we’d like to know what are the problems or difficulties which prevent you from doing it.

The way the question is asked implies that the only possible reason behind the absence of multiplayer are technical difficulties. MMOs make people dumb.

 

[JarlFrank]

3. Do you plan to implement a multiplayer option, like in some other RPGs, or a co-operative mode? If this is not the case, we’d like to know what are the problems or difficulties which prevent you from doing it.

The way the question is asked implies that the only possible reason behind the absence of multiplayer are technical difficulties. MMOs make people dumb.

"I want to impress my friends with my awesome combat skills while I'm playing online! Lulz!"

Holy crap, this is the dumbest question ever. Sounds like "Why does it have no multiplayer? Are you too dumb to make multiplayer? Lol, even the original NWN has multiplayer."

 

[Ausir]

There's a further comment by Katarzyna Kuczyńska at The Witcher forum:

The biggestproblem with MMO in The Witcher's world is the difficulty of making it realistic. In WoW you've got dozens of heroes, running around and trying to save the world, everybody completing the same missions and killing every boss billions of times. In a cartoon-like world that we have in WoW it is acceptable, but IMHO in The Withcer's world it would be a disaster. To make a decent MMO, we would have to develope a completely new approach to the MMO's, one that would fit to a mature and realistic world. As I said - a question for the future.

As for the co-operative mode, the problem is different - we would have to design our story in a complete different way. I don't say it's impossible, it just requires time and lots of creative thinking I hope that this is a challenge that we'll take one day, but anything I can tell for sure.

 

[Madman]

I like their approach

 

[MasPingon]

Do you plan to implement a multiplayer option, like in some other RPGs

Wow, that's a stupid thing to ask. I wouldn't be suprised if it was gamespot or any other game portal, but it's Witcher fansite

 

[Madman]

I guess they've started after release... If they'd been following The Witcher for at least year, ther wouldn't be such questions i guess.