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

[Merlkir]

You can preload in GoG Galaxy as well.

 

[vonAchdorf]

too much padding in the form of meaningless fetch quests and collectathons

That was to be expected, but if even IGN things so...

The went the Bethesda route - meh main quest and better side quests - that's ok for me in a hiking simulator.

But the PS4 lighting is really bland.

 

[Cromwell]

Sure, the old way was more in keeping with Witcher lore, but in a wide open world, it makes less sense to expect players to predict and prepare for everything they might come across in advance.

 

[Bliblablubb]

I'm preety sure that they probably would get together if they would have some time to not kill each other and drink some vodka.
This is what Sapkowski wanted to create.

To Wódka (with a w!), the cause of... and solution to... all of witcherworld's conflicts!

Isn't spelling wódka with a "v" (regardless of language used) considered high treason in potatoland? Just saying before

 

[PhantasmaNL]

Also not very surprising and already discussed in this thread, from eurogamer

Wild Hunt's underlying systems aren't quite so strong, however. They're functional - and almost always enjoyable - but they frequently feel secondary to the broader adventures they serve. Combat, for instance - a crunchy mix of two-button sword-swinging and magic attacks - is knockabout fun and sometimes relatively strategic; while this is enough to see you through the game's surprisingly infrequent enemy encounters, it lacks the depth that some other RPGs offer.

 

[Infinitron]

surprisingly infrequent enemy encounters

Lack of trash mobs confirmed, non-DA:I clone confirmed.

Happy, Codex?

(haha, we'll have to wait for our own review to be sure, of course)

 

[Cyberarmy]

A Witcher game has shit combat, new at eleven.

 

[odrzut]

Players are given two buttons for dodging; a short dodge that doesn’t drain any stamina and a longer roll that does.

Thank you, CD Projekt.

 

[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

Lack of trash mobs confirmed, non-DA:I clone confirmed.

Happy, Codex?

Storyfag in me feels happy.

 

[Alfons]

All the sex decisions should transfer with save as well. There is no way Geralt, at least my iteration stuck his dick in so many holes and not caught something. Geralt should fuck Yen and pass to her whatever his former lovers passed to him, that would be a great ending. "They lived happily ever after for four years, then they finally died from super aids"

As far as discussing the morality of decisions in the witcher goes there is only one thing to say

Spoiler

Of course it is better than Sex. Can you have Sex in RL on a Unicorn?

It's a stuffed unicorn, so it's the equivalent of a toy, so yes you can. Life has fewer rules, you might not be able to fuck on top of a stuffed unicorn but you can stuff one.

Spoiler

 

[Karwelas]

I'm preety sure that they probably would get together if they would have some time to not kill each other and drink some vodka.
This is what Sapkowski wanted to create.

To Wódka (with a w!), the cause of... and solution to... all of witcherworld's conflicts!

Isn't spelling wódka with a "v" (regardless of language used) considered high treason in potatoland? Just saying before

I'm from Potatoland and I never heard about something like that before. But indeed vo/wódka is really solution for everything. Just stop fighting and drink with me, you cocksucker!

Players are given two buttons for dodging; a short dodge that doesn’t drain any stamina and a longer roll that does.

JESUS CHRIST THANK YOU!

All the sex decisions should transfer with save as well. There is no way Geralt, at least my iteration stuck his dick in so many holes and not caught something. Geralt should fuck Yen and pass to her whatever his former lovers passed to him, that would be a great ending. "They lived happily ever after for four years, then they finally died from super aids"

As far as discussing the morality of decisions in the witcher goes there is only one thing to say

Spoiler

Yo, Geralt is immune for any kind of diseases, nerd. Read a bit before you post shit like that. He is also preety immune for most poisons and with some elixirs he can just activate his body to fight with it. He is after all a mutant created to be immune for most monsters kinds of attack. (Know your shit if you want to laugh at something or make joke)

 

[WhiteGuts]

All the reviews seem to agree that the game has great world-building/exploration. That's good.

 

[Alfons]

Yo, Geralt is immune for any kind of diseases, nerd. Read a bit before you post shit like that. He is also preety immune for most poisons and with some elixirs he can just activate his body to fight with it. He is after all a mutant created to be immune for most monsters kinds of attack. (Know your shit if you want to laugh at something or make joke)

He's a fucking mutant faggot. Mutation exists in the universe and it's well known. Who's to say That aids won't mutate when in contact with the witcher.

 

[MicoSelva]

surprisingly infrequent enemy encounters

Lack of trash mobs confirmed, non-DA:I clone confirmed.

 

[Karwelas]

He's a fucking mutant faggot. Mutation exists in the universe and it's well known. Who's to say That aids won't mutate when in contact with the witcher.

It can't. Becouse magic.

 

[Alfons]

All the reviews seem to agree that the game has great world-building/exploration. That's good.

What does all reviews mean? Any of them are trustworthy?

He's a fucking mutant faggot. Mutation exists in the universe and it's well known. Who's to say That aids won't mutate when in contact with the witcher.

It can't. Becouse magic.

Touche.

 

[WhiteGuts]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Karwelas]

Touche.

It was pleasure, dear 'dexian.

 

[dragonul09]

From what i read in those reviews it seems that the quest design is pretty simple ''Talk,go and kill,come back for reward'' huh, not like i didn't expected it but let's hope the characters are at least interesting.

 

[Doktor Best]

german reviews:

gamestar 92/100
pcgames 90/100

complaints about character development being a bit thinned out and gamebalance because of no level scaling (duh), few technical problems and framedrops on the ps4. Worldbuilding, questquality, writing is described as damn gud.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

http://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=10464

based potatoes

8.5/10

cons:
-frame drops
-long loading times
-awfully restricted word with artificial barriers
-fuckton of bugs
-fuckton of npcs clones
-surprisingly shitty polish dubbing

the butthurt in coments section is as good as the one in Komorowski`s camp after first round of presidential elections

lol

Spoiler

Jeśli zapuścimy się w pobliże krawędzi obszaru, który przez autorów nie został zagospodarowany, Geralt wygłasza tekst mający zachęcić gracza do zaniechania dalszej eksploracji, a potem automatycznie aktywuje się mapa. Kiedy ją wyłączymy, Dziki Gon cofa nas do bezpiecznej pozycji i na tym koniec – dalej podróżować po prostu nie sposób. Prowadzi to do dość kuriozalnych sytuacji. Na północ od Novigradu znajduje się oznaczona markerem (a więc interaktywna) łódź, do której nie można podpłynąć, bo gra blokuje nas już z poziomu wody. Na zlokalizowanym zaledwie kilka metrów dalej lądzie wylądować da się bez większego problemu, ale tylko w jednym, konkretnym miejscu. O zwiedzaniu nowo odkrytej wyspy też nie ma mowy – znów bowiem napotykamy wspomniane ograniczenie. Nie miejcie zatem złudzeń. Chociaż na mapie widoczne są tereny, które teoretycznie znajdują się w zasięgu wiedźmina, w praktyce nigdy nie uda wam się do nich dotrzeć.
Źródło: http://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=10464&STR=2

 

[Alfons]

What are the pros then? Or is that publication is like IGN in the sense that anything below 9.0 is shit?

 

[MicoSelva]

What are the pros then? Or is that publication is like IGN in the sense that anything below 9.0 is shit?

There are no pros. Or rather meanwhileInPoland's mind sees only the flaws. He is funny like that. Maybe some jedi did a mind trick witcher used axii on him at some point.

Spoiler

PROS:
nicely designed, alive and well developed world;
extremely extensive content;
story;
well thought out sidequests;
engaging dialogues;
mass of references to the works of Sapkowski;
great freedom in character development and equipment;
choices that seem to be important;
artistic setting;
music.

 

[ArchAngel]

From what i read in those reviews it seems that the quest design is pretty simple ''Talk,go and kill,come back for reward'' huh, not like i didn't expected it but let's hope the characters are at least interesting.

But the main questions is: Is there combat XP?

 

[AetherVagrant]

I'm mega storyfag, and have high hopes, but if this turns out like when all the reviews claimed Kingdoms of Amalur had great writing, interesting and varied combat and expansive world im going to invoke Irish potato famine on their ass -- starve the children and keep the adults sober enough top watch.