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

Yeah, the concept looks nice on paper, too bad the execution was a clunky clusterfuck worse than anything Bethesda ever made.
I'm starting to think Gothic has a serious case of nostalgia goggles for a lot of people here.

 

Git gud. I played Gothic the first time a couple of years back and the combat system was, after the first few hours of learning the ropes, surprisingly deep and satisfying once you got to know it.

 

You must be joking. Right?

Nope.

GTFO

 

Thanks for providing evidence to my point.

 

You overestimate the combat system then. Sure it was an improvement over the witcher 1 but the tactic for all of witcher 2 combat was "Quen, roll in, stab, roll out". Dont see how thats amazing

 

Guise, wat are you arguin about?

Are we using a binary system?

great/amazing ---- nothing here, move along ---- atrocious/almost unplayable

 

I enjoyed the previous two games in the series but after seeing the empty and meaningless waste that is DA:I I'm concerned by TW3's emphasis on world size and obvious bethesda influence. The world really doesn't need more pointless fetch quests and time sinks in its rpgs/arpgs

 

Is every game that has a big open world going to be considered a Bethesda ripoff? Can't it just have a big world because that's what most(?) of us want and it was designed that way? Let's face it, when worldbuilding an involved rpg that kind of design is a natural, it's kind of 'end point' for rpg worlds. What's the alternative? Corridors and instances?

I rather have a big world everytime, you may call it what you wish.

 

If there's one game I would agree the Codex has large nostalgia-goggles for it's the original Gothic. Clunky as fuck game without the later PB wit and charm, in my opinion. Still decent, but not amazing. Gothic 2 however earns every bit of its sterling reputation.

 

Nah you're just a shit poster with shit taste.

 

I prefer reactive world, complex plot, excellent systems. If those are good enough, then the game can be set in a single building.

Skyrim has an open world, but it's a silly and boring one.

 

$39.50 after discount.
Release date Feb' 2015
Worth it?

 

Course.

 

Sure...for us. Since i won't touch this shit, a LP like the one you do with DAI will be appreciated

 

About the same actualy

 

Any places that ship to EU where i can still pre-order a CE?

 

Your avatar is way to big man. Are you trying to troll us ?

 

Are you going to play it on release? If so, go ahead and take advantage of the discount. If not, wait for patches or the inevitable Enhanced Edition.

 

As always - it depends on the quality of writing

 

I haven't played any of the 2 more than 3 hours, so i can't tell which one had the worst writing, both seemed total garbage to me.

 

WoW has offensive art design, so it actively prevents from enjoying whatever it has to offer (didn't get past the character creation). But I've played clones that were highly enjoyable (glorious even) because of writing and art design.

Skyrim? It's just a platform for mods, but sadly writing will never be fixed. Are there any clones that aren't potatoware?