[Megathread] Witcher 3

[Wilian]

B&W/Witcher 3 was a treat for book readers.

We've wanted to see Regis for so long.. and the game/Geralt's story ends with them sitting by the fire, in peace. It's beautiful.

To give you a background on this, during the books Geralt had a squad of friends that eventually die, including Regis.

When Dandelion is holding a dying Geralt, he feels the presence of the others ( the ones that died ), but not Regis, which was the author suggesting that Regis will eventually heal from what Vilgefortz did to him. So seeing Regis and Geralt alive, finally at peace was a great ending.

I'm sure some people will not appreciate those spoilers :P

[Kontinuum]

Since the release of the first instalment in The Witcher trilogy CD PROJEKT has sold over 25 million copies of The Witcher games.
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/n...-results-2016/

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I'm sure some people will not appreciate those spoilers :P

And i'm sure some people shouldn't be on the internet.

[Wilian]

And i'm sure some people shouldn't be on the internet.

Well I'm certain it's past your bedtime for example.

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Anyone else got the asterix inspiration in the quest at the bank in b&w?

[Acidbaron]

The company recently released their investors report, while there is no news on any future for the witcher series. Seems that Cyberpunk is ramping up, makes you wonder what they'll be able to do with an even larger team, more funds.

Being a big sci-fi fan it's going to be really interesting to see if they can really push it even further, as there's a whole new engine being made for the new game.

While no more news on the witcher's future there's this interesting tidbit, "Cyberpunk 2077 is slated to release by 2021 alongside another triple-A RPG that's yet to be announced." Another Witcher game?, yes i know only 4 years from now.


http://www.tweaktown.com/news/56919/...ech/index.html

[Easo]

2021? Oh damnit........

[Cosmic Janitor]

Wow, I hope CP2077 isn't going to burn in the oven, instead of just taking it's time. They announced that like 2 years ago, didn't they? That is a very long time, but I guess they are under a lot of pressure after creating such a masterpiece with the Witcher 3. They themselves have raised the bar considerably, now we will have to see if they can jump it themselves with a lesser known/new franchise and characters that they will have to create from scratch. That is going to be a tall order.

If they continue in the Witcher Universe I really hope we will follow a character like Ciri and get the option to explore more than just the swordsman part of the combat. I would love to play a mage in that universe. Just playing as some random new witcher would feel wrong imho and Eskel/Lambert are simply no Geralts .

Not sure I like the idea of 2 RPGs from them back to back either. When am I going to do find time to breath then? :P.

[Acidbaron]

Wow, I hope CP2077 isn't going to burn in the oven, instead of just taking it's time. They announced that like 2 years ago, didn't they? That is a very long time, but I guess they are under a lot of pressure after creating such a masterpiece with the Witcher 3. They themselves have raised the bar considerably, now we will have to see if they can jump it themselves with a lesser known/new franchise and characters that they will have to create from scratch. That is going to be a tall order.

If they continue in the Witcher Universe I really hope we will follow a character like Ciri and get the option to explore more than just the swordsman part of the combat. I would love to play a mage in that universe. Just playing as some random new witcher would feel wrong imho and Eskel/Lambert are simply no Geralts .

Not sure I like the idea of 2 RPGs from them back to back either. When am I going to do find time to breath then? :P.

I would say that the cyberpunk following is a bit larger than the witchers, however fantasy has a larger appeal than Sci-fi but sci-fi seems to be doing well recently with the number of movies and such coming out, we have come a long way from Blade runner and star trek. (Ghost in the Shell is basically Cyberpunk and i think enough gamers know the manga). They also got help from the author of Cyberpunk the DnD game so i think they'll be fine there.

They also started out small so i they probably got some plan, the witcher 3 secured them a lot of funding and it seems to be put into multiple new projects what is good, I mean the new engine is about even better facial expressions and the witcher 3 already beats quite a lot of games on that front. I think a big challenge for them will be the character creation options, combat also will have to change a bit since sci-fi means not just blades it also means guns.

I think the new rpg will another completely new IP for them, i do think they learned from exposing us to cyberpunk too soon and are so going to hold of on any info about it, also as the report read 2017 is gwents year so expect full radio silence on anything else.

[Cosmic Janitor]

I'm essentially expecting a Deus Ex with more verbal interaction and more RPG systems, like in the original Deus Ex when it comes to Cyberpunk. I just hope it won't suddely turn into a turnbased game. Can't stand those :P.

[Faldric]

I knew cyberpunk is not around the corner but 2021 is really far away. I hope they don't again risk bankrupcy by biting more than they can chew.

[Acidbaron]

I'm essentially expecting a Deus Ex with more verbal interaction and more RPG systems, like in the original Deus Ex when it comes to Cyberpunk. I just hope it won't suddely turn into a turnbased game. Can't stand those :P.

I would be really surprised if it became turn based, Deus Ex is Cyberpunk in a some aspects there are some good theorycrafting videos out there that use the original DnD game to determine what classes and factions there might be rather interesting. As the creator of that DnD game is offering support it is very likely that we'll see classes like techie( engineers that mix match implants/augements), netrunner (hacker), fixer (information broker), and you'll end up working more for the nomads (former corp agents with a more tribal hierarchy) or corporate (the big mega corps that own society due to their large involvement in rebuilding it in their image after the social and economic crash) while working as an augmented agent for the psycho squad. (literally named that way since you hunt psycho's, augments that went too far lost their humanity and slaughter everything in their path) As is assumed since the trailer out now depicts either you joining them or you recruiting.

It's a very interesting setting, with a lot of possible stories, characters and RPG elements since the pen and paper game has been around since the late 80's if i'm not mistaken so it had time to grow and develop. Deus ex is a bit too at least the first games too "nice" of a world. Cyberpunk in this game is really imagine a mega city fallen into chaos rebuild by corporations. In Deus ex the world is changing into more augments and to not spoil deus ex story too much augments are kinda still seen as odd, in cyberpunk it's rather all over the place, a highly unregulated world.

And with the witcher we have seen that they can succeed with creating a rather dark world.

[May90]

CDProjekt likes to take their time working on their games. This time around, they are working on two games at once, according to the rumors... 6 years for two games sounds like a usual pace for them.

Just, please, no MMOs...

[Cosmic Janitor]

It's a very interesting setting, with a lot of possible stories, characters and RPG elements since the pen and paper game has been around since the late 80's if i'm not mistaken so it had time to grow and develop. Deus ex is a bit too at least the first games too "nice" of a world. Cyberpunk in this game is really imagine a mega city fallen into chaos rebuild by corporations. In Deus ex the world is changing into more augments and to not spoil deus ex story too much augments are kinda still seen as odd, in cyberpunk it's rather all over the place, a highly unregulated world.

I was thinking original Deus Ex. Quite dystopian but not yet on the level of space nazis.

On another note: Anyone who makes an MMO these days deserves to fail miserable, even if it's a company I like.

[Kontinuum]

Polish game developer CD Projekt Red today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2017, showing an increase of 17 percent in total revenue to 99.3 million PLN.

Notably, CD Projekt Red's gaming division grew by 10 percent despite the fact that it didn't launch a new game. Additionally, the company's GOG division saw revenue jump by 63 percent.

The good times extended to profit as well, as the company made 45.3 million in net profit for the period, up by a healthy 40 percent compared to last year.

Helping the company is continued sales of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Notably, the game sold more copies in Q1 2017 than it did during the same period last year, CFO Piotr Nielubowicz said. Not only that but revenue from the game and its expansions rose year-over-year, despite price drops.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/th.../1100-6450351/

[Lord Pebbleton]

I haven't read all the pages of this thread, but am I the only one that deeply hates Dandelion?

First off, the quest to look for him takes AGES. Admittedly I didn't play Witcher 1, and Witcher 2 got boring just after the tutorial, so I had no idea who Dandelion was. When his stupid questline kept spreading all over the place i was thinking "The guy better be the next big thing, or all this mess will be for naught". Next thing I know I just rescued a guy with the clothing tastes of a rotting blue whale, and the first thing he says is something along the lines of "I could have done it myself". I wanted to kill him, and was deeply disappointed that I couldn't. Geralt is supposed to be a tough guy not showing any emotions, right? Why the heck would he feel anything for this flamboyant loser.
Then I thought "Okay, it's over. Now I can move to more interesting stuff". NOPE. You gotta help the jackass with his stupid casino, cabaret or whatever (I can't stand his voice so I just fast-forward all dialogues with him. Damn my inner completionist). You may tell me I should go look up the lore, but after such an introduction, no backstory could possibly redeem this moron in my eyes. And while I'm super cranky at him, Geralt and the others are all like "Yeah sure I'll help you". WHY! I know I can refuse, but I won't, because of completionism. But why are you treating Dandelion like he deserves respect!
So I'm now the errand boy of this pile of turd, and whenever I try to ask him things that aren't necessary for the quest (white-colored choices instead of yellow ones), he tells me all variations of "what shitty question", "are you stupid?", "come on Geralt", like he's the important guy that can talk you down like that.
Then Priscilla gets ambushed and I must be the one finding the culprit. Sure, right after you wanted to smack my ass as the Crimson Asshole. "You owe me one" doesn't even remotely cut it, Dandelion. You owe me so much that you could be my slave for all years to come, and that is without even knowing what kind of shenanigans you pulled in the first two games.
Last but not least, I recently found out he is the narrator when you load the game. At first I thought "wow, maybe he has a purpose in life after all", but after restarting the game so many times, he just feels unnecessary and redundant (which is perfectly in-character for him).
And to add insult to injury, his Gwent card sucks. At least for my deck.

TL;DR: Dandelion almost single-handedly killed the experience for me, but luckily I'm not playing any other single player game right now, so I could endure the pain easier. Furthermore, Djikstra helped me a ton, because between one Dandelion and the other, I found solace in Djikstra's cold-faced puns.

[KrazyK923]

I haven't played the series yet, and I had a friend recommend I skip the first game, but suggested the second game was good.

I'm about 10 hours into Witcher 2, I'm in the first major town segment of the game (Whose name I can't even remember), and I'm honestly more bored than anything else. I don't find the combat very satisfying, I find the "signs" mechanic a poor man's "magic," most of which I never use due to it being easier to just brute force things in combat, and everybody but Triss and Geralt seem incredibly obnoxious, including the just previously mentioned Dandelion.

Now said friend is recommending I just skip Witcher 2 as well and play the third one.

I'm curious as to what people think. Is Witcher 3 that much different from Witcher 2? Would I have a different opinion of the third game, finding myself pretty disillusioned with the second one? I see everybody saying that Witcher 2, and specifically Witcher 3, are fantastic games and I keep wanting to try it out since it's gotten basically universal praise from everybody I usually listen to regarding game recommendations.

tl;dr:

Not having the best time with Witcher 2. Not having a bad time, more just bored and finding it hard to care to keep playing. Skipped the first game as well, should I skip this one? Will I be entirely lost storywise in Witcher 3? Said friend told me basically when Geralt regains his memories (Whether at the end of 2 or the beginning of 3, they didn't tell me so I donno), it kind of resets a lot of the franchise for 3 storywise from strictly a "jumping-in" point. Furthermore, are the mechanics more refined in the third game? Thanks!

[Roshar]

tl;dr:

Not having the best time with Witcher 2. Not having a bad time, more just bored and finding it hard to care to keep playing. Skipped the first game as well, should I skip this one? Will I be entirely lost storywise in Witcher 3? Said friend told me basically when Geralt regains his memories (Whether at the end of 2 or the beginning of 3, they didn't tell me so I donno), it kind of resets a lot of the franchise for 3 storywise from strictly a "jumping-in" point. Furthermore, are the mechanics more refined in the third game? Thanks!

When there are so many people saying it's a great game, and you still aren't convinced, then nothing anyone says is going to change your mind. I'll just consider it your own loss since I consider Witcher 3 to be the best game ever made, not just for the content, but for the way CDPR's business practice doesn't screw over us players.

[Okacz]

Not having the best time with Witcher 2. Not having a bad time, more just bored. Skipped the first game as well, should I skip this one? Will I be entirely lost storywise in Witcher 3? Furthermore, are the mechanics more refined in the third game? Thanks!

Both Witcher 1 and 2 were deeply flawed games. I admit, I struggled through the first one, and mostly played those because I love the books and lore. Witcher 2 frustrated me to no end with linearity of the plot, very poor combat mechanics and quick time events. It was the story that kind of kept me going, and if someone doesn't yet give a crap about the world, it might not be enough.

Witcher 3, on the other hand, is seriously something different. It simply is a marvellous product, at least in my eyes. Combat system has been refined and is very fluid, rewarding player that learns about how to fight certain monsters, or when to utilize which potions/signs. The world is fully open, with dozens of side quests, but not in Ubisoft way - each side quest and dungeon is hand crafted, and some of the stories are even better than what you get in main quest. There is simply no way to get bored, the main story is completly amazing (for newcomers as well), and all the side stuff is just waiting to get completed. It could also be the best looking game I've ever played, although you need a solid PC to pull that off. Oh, and DLCs give you almost as much content as the main game for fair price.

That game is a serious must buy.

[Kralljin]

I'm about 10 hours into Witcher 2, I'm in the first major town segment of the game (Whose name I can't even remember), and I'm honestly more bored than anything else.

The Combat in Witcher 2 is even worse than in Witcher 3, the story is extremely difficult to follow if you're not into the universe because it drops a huge plot bomb right at the start

Honestly, when i first played Witcher 2 i just played through it "to be done with it", however i got later hook'd by the story because it turns out to be a really decent story about political conspiracies and you uncover the truth piece by piece.

Also, Act 2 / 3 are kinda different depending on your choice at the end of Act 1, thereby making a 2nd playthrough very enjoyable (and almost neccessary to understand the full picture).

Witcher 2 is literally saved by the plot and the fact that your choices have a bigger impact on the gameplay and not just one or two different cutscenes along with another dialogue option.

I'm curious as to what people think. Is Witcher 3 that much different from Witcher 2? Would I have a different opinion of the third game, finding myself pretty disillusioned with the second one? I see everybody saying that Witcher 2, and specifically Witcher 3, are fantastic games and I keep wanting to try it out since it's gotten basically universal praise from everybody I usually listen to regarding game recommendations.

Well Witcher 3 has "better" combat than Witcher 2 for certain, but i also heard some people dislike the combat in Witcher 3.

A major difference between Witcher 2 and 3 is that the prologue is actually enjoyable in Witcher 3, Witcher 2 has one of the worst prologue stages i have ever played.

Also the story is easier to grasp because it's more of a personal quest, compared to Witcher 2 which is basically "Uncover the truth behind a political conspiracy while you're being accused to be part of the conspiracy when you actually have no clue what's going on".

Witcher 3 is still a very decent RPG, the dialogues are great and the open world doesn't make you feel like you're following the story on "train tracks".

Also, almost any side quest has a neat story tied to it, making them also pretty interesting.