The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition

[Funposter]

I'd still go with this lighting mod, like the colder colors https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/657/

All the red in mornings and sunsets was bothering me.

actually you're right i just remembered that the sunrise/sunset skyboxes are totally fucked up

 

[ERYFKRAD]

sunrise/sunset skyboxes are totally fucked up

Nah that's just the Polish effect.

 

[Storyfag]

sunrise/sunset skyboxes are totally fucked up

Nah that's just the Polish effect.

Yes, during sunrise we imagine the blood of all the russkies, and during sunset the blood of all the krauts

 

[Falksi]

Am I actually missing out on anything by not playing this game or is there something interesting in it? It sounds like it's just a lot of AAA art assets put into a game that does nothing that Gothic/Elder Scrolls/Bioware games haven't done before.

No mate, the main game is absolutely boring as fuck, and essentially Assasin's Creed without the parkour & far more, long, boring cut-scenes. Everything is based on aesthetics instead of interaction, and you just spend forever wandering amazing looking, but ultimately empty & shallow, areas.

That said, the expansions are WAY better, Blood & Wine in particular. Not only do they have FAR more interesting main & side quests, but they're also structured far more tightly (although still not tight enough) and are way more interesting. If you have to pickup the main game to play the expansions then I'd do it on the cheap.

 

[Haplo]

You focus on tight structure, but recommend Blood & Wine instead of Hearts of Stone?

 

[Funposter]

essentially Assasin's Creed without the parkour & far more, long, boring cut-scenes

ok i understand that some people want to shit on TW3 for being 'skyrim but with slavs' but this just patently false. AC games are absolutely wretched.

 

[Frozen]

Witcher has far superior voice acting.
The little I watched of Odyssey made me cringe...its like they hired Bethesda VA

 

[A horse of course]

 

[RK47]

I feel baffled every time a new game comes out and it performs poorly while looking not as good as Witcher 3.

 

[Falksi]

You focus on tight structure, but recommend Blood & Wine instead of Hearts of Stone?

HOS's structure was better, but I prefered B&W for the story & atmosphere. Regis was a top bro like Roche & Iorveth.

Much of a muchness between both really. Both are definitely worth playing, and head & shoulders above the main game IMO.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Playing this again, stumbled upon this document titled "Well Hidden Details You May Have Missed" -- it's a 164 page PDF. This is autism level stuff, worth a read if you're a completionist.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view

It even contains some CDPR comments on the obscure stuff they found. I guess it was done by a group?

 

[Falksi]

Playing this again, stumbled upon this document titled "Well Hidden Details You May Have Missed" -- it's a 164 page PDF. This is autism level stuff, worth a read if you're a completionist.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view

It even contains some CDPR comments on the obscure stuff they found. I guess it was done by a group?

Christ alive, just WTF????

I really don't get modern gaming. Who gives a fuck about all that fluff? Couldn't they have spent that time putting in a few more interesting items rather than just Witcher Gear + 1000's of worthless random loot instead?

Does the dweeb who's put that article together not see that every village in te game is cut-paste & lifeless as fuck?

 

[Wunderbar]

Playing this again, stumbled upon this document titled "Well Hidden Details You May Have Missed" -- it's a 164 page PDF. This is autism level stuff, worth a read if you're a completionist.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view
It even contains some CDPR comments on the obscure stuff they found. I guess it was done by a group?

Christ alive, just WTF????
I really don't get modern gaming. Who gives a fuck about all that fluff? Couldn't they have spent that time putting in a few more interesting items rather than just Witcher Gear + 1000's of worthless random loot instead?

most of these facts are just consequences of certain choices. It's not like CDP spent a lot of resources onto shrinking horse balls or something.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Playing this again, stumbled upon this document titled "Well Hidden Details You May Have Missed" -- it's a 164 page PDF. This is autism level stuff, worth a read if you're a completionist.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view

It even contains some CDPR comments on the obscure stuff they found. I guess it was done by a group?

Christ alive, just WTF????

I really don't get modern gaming. Who gives a fuck about all that fluff? Couldn't they have spent that time putting in a few more interesting items rather than just Witcher Gear + 1000's of worthless random loot instead?

a lot of it appears to just be alternative dialogue/recognition for doing things in ways other than intended

 

[Junmarko]

Both are definitely worth playing, and head & shoulders above the main game IMO

Agree. Obvious CDPR thought much the same in retrospect considering you can start both without touching the main campaign.

When you have a set protagonist like a "JC Denton" or a "Geralt of Rivia", you need to keep the game short and sweet - heavy on detail. Witcher 2 is their best work overall.

They focused too much on scope for Witcher 3, which really crippled it. Aiming for an RPG that large, really needs to give the player more motivation for replayability - factions, classes, better exploration etc.

Fingers crossed they've remembered this for Cyberpunk - really no excuse given the source material.

 

[Wunderbar]

When you have a set protagonist like a "JC Denton" or a "Geralt of Rivia", you need to keep the game short and sweet - heavy on detail.

yeah, that makes sense...

Witcher 2 is their best work overall.

WHAT

 

[Falksi]

Both are definitely worth playing, and head & shoulders above the main game IMO

Agree. Obvious CDPR thought much the same in retrospect considering you can start both without touching the main campaign.

When you have a set protagonist like a "JC Denton" or a "Geralt of Rivia", you need to keep the game short and sweet - heavy on detail. Witcher 2 is their best work overall.

They focused to much on scope for Witcher 3, which really crippled it. Aiming for an RPG that large, really needs to give the player more motivation for replayability - factions, classes, better exploration etc.

Fingers crossed they've remembered this for Cyberpunk - really no excuse given the source material.

Totally agree with everything said there

Witcher 2 was a perfectly paced game that worked a treat, and was replayable as hell.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The loot system in this game is a lot worse than I remember. Why did they even bother adding randomized loot when it's always inferior to crafted witcher gear?

Honestly makes me wonder if they had a companion for Geralt for a large part of development. The gear system would make a lot more sense if it was intended for gearing out a non-witcher.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Some people seem to genuinely enjoy randomized loot, but they likely did it as an easy way to generate tons of loot content.

It's all fixed by mods anyway.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Some people seem to genuinely enjoy randomized loot, but they likely did it as an easy way to generate tons of loot content.

It's all fixed by mods anyway.

I'd be fine with randomized loot. The problem is that all the loot is worthless because crafted witcher gear is always superior.
Everything that drops is vendor trash.

Especially bad with quests that reward you with a weapon/armor that is hyped up to be some kind of masterwork relic. Not sure how that even got past testing.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Yeah, it's sad that many of the armors and weapns you find are not worth replacing yours with. Many of them are really great-looking.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

my geralt got friendzoned by shani
feels bad

 

[rusty_shackleford]

after 100 hours of grimdark there should have been a sunglasses warning for toussaint

 

[Puukko]

I finished B&W for the first time last week and it really was the high point of the game. Good mix of combat & non-combat quests, refreshing change in setting, and I'm a sucker for everything related to vampires.

 

[Gerrard]

The loot system in this game is a lot worse than I remember. Why did they even bother adding randomized loot when it's always inferior to crafted witcher gear?

Honestly makes me wonder if they had a companion for Geralt for a large part of development. The gear system would make a lot more sense if it was intended for gearing out a non-witcher.

More likely they came up with the witcher gear later (along the retarded bear school shit).