[Megathread] Witcher 3

[Buu]

See ya, Dragon Age.

Bioware, go cry in the corner.
Also, BEARD!!!!!!

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The following is information from the books. It will not spoilt much of the story of the books, but instead tell you about the relationships between Geralt, Triss and Yennefer based on how they were originally in the last/latest book and how they, considering the whole memory-return-thingy at the end of W2, should be in the third game of the franchise.
Well, turned out longer than I thought. Anywho, hope that brought you guys up to speed.

Still, Geralt always look more stable beside Triss. I don't know if the passion-driven extremely adventurous Geralt of Yennefer is a long-term sustainable way of living.
Besides, even the most shady actions of Triss seem always less despicable than what she is trying to prevent. Triss gives the impression that she always trying to leave a better world than she found, even if she is a NEVER a champion of virtue, and are a natural in manipulation of people and events.

[zealo]

Looking forward to this game very much, but i have a feeling it will bring my fairly high end rig to its knees

[Deleted]

Amagad dat trailer. Seriously why put 30 seconds of random game company names.

[Wilian]

No not really. Witcher 2 is terribly optimized. Anything above medium settings on my GTX 660 without ANY anti-aliasing puts me at 30-40 fps.

For a comparison I can run Skyrim on ultra with 8x AA and AF with some pretty great ENB's and a shit ton of texture packs at 60 fps even during multiple dragon battles.

How do you get so poor performance? I'm running with i7 950 and 560ti, get around 50-60 FPS with everything on highest minus ubersampling and blur effect O.o

[Elim Garak]

The pre-order costs $18 in my region with all the discounts (-20% loyal fan) - My, I feel cheap now.

[Deleted]

For me it`d be: £36.49 (27% saving-£13.49)
(Fair Price Package (you’ll get $11.98 (£7.13) back)

I`d take your $18 (£10.71) any day

[Deleted]

Looking forward to this game very much, but i have a feeling it will bring my fairly high end rig to its knees

Well, it should - and it will look fabulous on a high end PC

This is the first single player game in years I'm actually preordering ... no DLC shenanigans, engine optimized for a PC (hopefully from the start this time), not held back by PS3/Xbox360 restrictions... and it's only 59,99€ - 16,20€ = 43,79€ (- 11,98€ in "Store Credit") ... eh 31,98€ if I'm not completely stupid. That's quite a deal for a major release ...

[Deleted]

I'm so tempted by that CE, it is VERY expensive. But.. never got one in the previous games and as this is the last of the series I may put in the extra money as a testament of how much I loved it <3

[Yalingo]

Available: 25 February 2015
This game will unlock in approximately 9 months, 1 week, 2 days and 21 hours

Kind of silly that it's on pre-order already =/ CDPR need the advance money to finish the game?

[Voij]

Kind of silly that it's on pre-order already =/ CDPR need the advance money to finish the game?

Most likely just want the publicity in light of E3. By allowing pre-orders right before E3, they're effectively shifting a large part of the gaming community's attention to them, which works better than most other forms of marketing.
Aside from that, GoG and CDPR are doing fairly well these past few months. The popularity of these trailers and preorders also helps to satisfy investors and secure their backing.

[Deleted]

I saw this thread back on the front page so updated the OP a bit.

The following is information from the books. It will not spoilt much of the story of the books, but instead tell you about the relationships between Geralt, Triss and Yennefer based on how they were originally in the last/latest book and how they, considering the whole memory-return-thingy at the end of W2, should be in the third game of the franchise.
Be warned, if you want to learn about these relationships through original means, be that book or game, then you should NOT highlight the text below.
The information given out is much shorter than this introduction to the possible spoiler, but I wanted to make sure to give ample warning beforehand.

(Spoiler was here)

Highlighting ends here.

Well, turned out longer than I thought. Anywho, hope that brought you guys up to speed.

Thank you for that info, didn't know what. I knew it was right for me to choose Shani in the first game!

[Yami]

I'm so tempted by that CE, it is VERY expensive. But.. never got one in the previous games and as this is the last of the series I may put in the extra money as a testament of how much I loved it <3

The statue from the other CE with Geralts face was sooo bad. So I hesitant on getting another CE from Witch cause of that face!

[Wilian]

Damn nice trailer. The narration is a bit off at times but nothing so bad it'd really distract.

[Xilurm]

See ya, Dragon Age.

Kinda funny because Dragon Age will probably have tons of DLC which will be paid DLC ofc while any DLC (if any) that is released with the Witcher 3 will be free.

[Nehezbegar]

Kinda funny because Dragon Age will probably have tons of DLC which will be paid DLC ofc while any DLC (if any) that is released with the Witcher 3 will be free.

Actually...no. Well some minor dlcs like enhanced edition, new weapons etc will be free, but new content like quests, new storyline etc., will be paid. Ofc the paid content, as they said, will be expansion size, so no effin 1 hour content for 20$

[Radeghost]

Actually...no. Well some minor dlcs like enhanced edition, new weapons etc will be free, but new content like quests, new storyline etc., will be paid. Ofc the paid content, as they said, will be expansion size, so no effin 1 hour content for 20$

No. CDPR already said that all the DLCs for The Witcher 3 are going to be free.

[Voij]

Actually...no. Well some minor dlcs like enhanced edition, new weapons etc will be free, but new content like quests, new storyline etc., will be paid. Ofc the paid content, as they said, will be expansion size, so no effin 1 hour content for 20$

I am fairly certain that I have read every single interview they've given and not once have I heard them mention any possible expansions for Witcher 3.
I have heard them talk about supporting it after launch, basically doing the same thing they did for Witcher 2, including an enhanced edition with additional content, but never did they mention any expansions.
Could you provide a source for that, as you've made me very curious about this.

[Nehezbegar]

http://www.examiner.com/article/witc...-extra-content

As i said, minor DLC (they don't call it as DLC) will be free, but only big content, expansion size, may be charged

[Deleted]

Bioware, go cry in the corner.
Also, BEARD!!!!!!

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Still, Geralt always look more stable beside Triss. I don't know if the passion-driven extremely adventurous Geralt of Yennefer is a long-term sustainable way of living.
Besides, even the most shady actions of Triss seem always less despicable than what she is trying to prevent. Triss gives the impression that she always trying to leave a better world than she found, even if she is a NEVER a champion of virtue, and are a natural in manipulation of people and events.

What is with this "dragon age vs witcher" they are completely different games. Must be some kind of an inferiority complex on part of the people doing the comparing.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I claim the hundredth post!

OT: I don't see any major expansion content coming out until the Christmas of 2015, so our wallets should be safe for a while after release.