What Manner of Witcher-craft Will CD Projekt Bring to E3? Sounds Like Something for Consoles [UPDATED]

I wonder how much worse will it look on consoles, I hope not that much.

Sweet, I want to play Witcher, but I have zero plans on buying a new PC that could play it capably. This will do just fine.

@lilburtonboy7489: or you know, learn how you do in the real world - by experimenting. I found it really rewarding that I had to figure out how to take on a lot of fights and also work out what to do in quests and stuff, they never don't tell you what to do, they just make you pay attention to the conversations.

Sounds great.

Wow, lots of stupidity in these comments. It's always funny to see PC gamers get bent out of shape about stuff like this.

@lordofultima said:

@TehJedicake said:

God fucking damn it, this was supposed to be my dream game where only hardcore PC gamers would get it, not to have it ported for consolefags and ruin it.

Why would you not want the game released on consoles? So less people can purchase a fine game like the Witcher 2? So they can't make back revenue just to satisfy some silly notion that they'll be hurting their "loyal" PC fanbase? I don't get it. The game plays better on a gamepad anyway, that's what I play it on, not really any work to do to get it on consoles.

it's not that simple.. every little move is an indicator of something. we've eaten too much shit to just go "hey congratz to our console brethren" 
 
Battlefield used to be a franchise with nothing but masterpieces that ran like charm on PC. then DICE decided to give the console crowd a taste - last year millions of PC players got a Battlefield game that was ported from consoles and ran like shit. 
Crysis was the pinnacle of PC-based video game innovation, with mindblowing visuals, tight controls, innovative mechanics and a refreshing game setting/theme. Crytek decided to give the console crowd a taste - Crysis 2 was ported to the PC, had aim assist, a 'press start' prompt, and less graphical options than Super Meat Boy  Not to mention the simple fact that when a developer who's supposed to be creating an exclusive, is actually spending time, money and efforts on ports, it means the exclusive doesn't exactly have their entire dedication (especially future-wise) How would you feel if you were a Halo fanboy [EDIT - Enthusiast not Fanboy, sorry] who enjoyed that true Xbox 360 game, only to learn that while developing Halo 3, Bungie was working on a PS3 port?  it's not about system wars, fuck it, consoles are pretty cool IMO, but it's about all the other shit that comes with it.

CD Projekt has no idea how to stop leaks do they.

Unless I'm missing something, there is no ESRB page for TW2 on Xbox 360. The link given in the article takes you to the PC version and searching for "The Witcher 2" on the site finds only the PC version of TW and TW2.

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

@Mordukai said:

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

As someone who has over 200 hours in Demon's Souls I must say that I kinda resent that statement.

I'm mostly joking. I'm also a console gamer and a PC gamer. But this is very much a pc game in the way that it does not tell you at all what the fuck is going on. A lot of times, you just simply won't know what to do next. You won't know where to go, you won't know how to do important things. It's not that they are hard, it's that they simply don't tell you.   This is something console users won't be used to. It's not a difficulty thing as much as a lack of information. Something that PC users are more used to from getting unfinished games or games from random ass Eastern bloc companies.

That's the developers fault imo. Games like Fable, CoD and the such which basically hand you everything on a silver platter. I am not quite sure when that happened but at some point console developers decided that their crowd cannot handle something challenging or hard. That's why I liked Demon's Souls so much. It took me back to the days when console games were challenging and required you to know the game back and forth and not count on everything being handed to you.  

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

@Mordukai said:

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

As someone who has over 200 hours in Demon's Souls I must say that I kinda resent that statement.

I'm mostly joking. I'm also a console gamer and a PC gamer. But this is very much a pc game in the way that it does not tell you at all what the fuck is going on. A lot of times, you just simply won't know what to do next. You won't know where to go, you won't know how to do important things. It's not that they are hard, it's that they simply don't tell you.   This is something console users won't be used to. It's not a difficulty thing as much as a lack of information. Something that PC users are more used to from getting unfinished games or games from random ass Eastern bloc companies.

What am I reading, there's a bloody indicator for almost every quest on the mini-map. 

Could be Rise of the White Wolf.
 
Wasn't that supposed to be a port of Witcher 1 onto a new engine?
 
Releasing Witcher 1 remastered on the witcher 2 engine would be amazing with all the gameplay improvements and what not.  Besides, it makes the most sense to continue with your plans to port the first game over before sending the second game over.

@Mordukai said:

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

As someone who has over 200 hours in Demon's Souls I must say that I kinda resent that statement.

I'm mostly joking. I'm also a console gamer and a PC gamer. But this is very much a pc game in the way that it does not tell you at all what the fuck is going on. A lot of times, you just simply won't know what to do next. You won't know where to go, you won't know how to do important things. It's not that they are hard, it's that they simply don't tell you.   This is something console users won't be used to. It's not a difficulty thing as much as a lack of information. Something that PC users are more used to from getting unfinished games or games from random ass Eastern bloc companies.

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

Are you honestly saying that that is a myth? it's just meaningless bitching?

A myth? No. Meaningless bitching? Yes.

Are you honestly saying that that is a myth? it's just meaningless bitching?

I'll enjoy reading the complaints from the PC crowd when the "dumbed down because of consoles" sequel comes out. 

@Mordukai said:

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

As someone who has over 200 hours in Demon's Souls I must say that I kinda resent that statement.

I'm mostly joking. I'm also a console gamer and a PC gamer. But this is very much a pc game in the way that it does not tell you at all what the fuck is going on. A lot of times, you just simply won't know what to do next. You won't know where to go, you won't know how to do important things. It's not that they are hard, it's that they simply don't tell you.   This is something console users won't be used to. It's not a difficulty thing as much as a lack of information. Something that PC users are more used to from getting unfinished games or games from random ass Eastern bloc companies.

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

As someone who has over 200 hours in Demon's Souls I must say that I kinda resent that statement.

@pornstorestiffi said:

@Mordukai said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

Xbox version? Great! Now how about a PS3 one, given that my Xbox is broken at the moment? 

PS: To the OP. It would seem the ESRB pulled the 360 rating down. The link just takes you to the PC version. 

I tried clicking it too, and on the ESRB page from that link, there is no XBOX 360 listed.

CDPR might have caught wind and asked them to pull it for an announcement. I mean, that press release thing that Alex quoted in the OP is pretty much a confirmation anyway.

@Mordukai said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

Xbox version? Great! Now how about a PS3 one, given that my Xbox is broken at the moment? 

PS: To the OP. It would seem the ESRB pulled the 360 rating down. The link just takes you to the PC version. 

I tried clicking it too, and on the ESRB page from that link, there is no XBOX 360 listed.

@MooseyMcMan said:

Xbox version? Great! Now how about a PS3 one, given that my Xbox is broken at the moment? 

PS: To the OP. It would seem the ESRB pulled the 360 rating down. The link just takes you to the PC version. 

Xbox version? Great! Now how about a PS3 one, given that my Xbox is broken at the moment? 

You PC pansy's need to stop hating and go play Baldur's Gate.  This isn't '98 anymore, it's 2011 and consoles rule the realm.  Not everyone wants to dump $500 for a new video card just to play one game.  This game looks great and I can't wait to play it on the 360, no matter how "dumbed down" you idiots think it is.  Sick and tired of hearing you dorks bitch. >=| I don't give a shit if you can run any game better on your $5000 gaming rig than any console, good for you.  That one extra pixel of definition doesn't matter to me or most people.  Stop flopping your phallus's around about water cooling and fans the size of your egos, NO - ONE - CARES.  Lots of people will purchase this for the console and give the developer a good amount of money for their next project.  So stop whining and accept the fact that you wasted your money on your rig.  Shoulda bought a console. {/end rant}

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

Xbox version? Great! Now how about a PS3 one, given that my Xbox is broken at the moment? 

Can't believe the idiocy in this thread. I honestly think that PC vs Consoles is worse on GiantBomb than 360 vs PS3 is. So annoying.

difficulty level will probably be too much for console gamers   rofl

thats good news but i can only find a witcher pc  ESRB rating, was the 360 one removed?

Looks like I'll be able to play this game now! I'm not much of a WRPG guy, but The Witcher 2 looks great.

You PC pansy's need to stop hating and go play Baldur's Gate.  This isn't '98 anymore, it's 2011 and consoles rule the realm.  Not everyone wants to dump $500 for a new video card just to play one game.  This game looks great and I can't wait to play it on the 360, no matter how "dumbed down" you idiots think it is.  Sick and tired of hearing you dorks bitch. >=| I don't give a shit if you can run any game better on your $5000 gaming rig than any console, good for you.  That one extra pixel of definition doesn't matter to me or most people.  Stop flopping your phallus's around about water cooling and fans the size of your egos, NO - ONE - CARES.  Lots of people will purchase this for the console and give the developer a good amount of money for their next project.  So stop whining and accept the fact that you wasted your money on your rig.  Shoulda bought a console. {/end rant}

Regardless if you think this is a big fuck you to PC gamers at least people should be happy a PC-centric developer they love will be making a lot of money off this, money that will most likely go towards their next PC game. That is if they don't get pulled in by the lucrative console market.

I wonder if it is coming out on PS3, ESRB rating was for 360 only.

Woo hoo.  I wasn't looking forward to any other games this year but now I've something to salivate over.

I'll just say this: if they do not plan to properly finish the story presented in the game with the help of their DLC or an expansion, then what they've done is rank bullshit.   As much as I love The Witcher 2, the ending(s) is/are absolutely annoying and a total letdown, which is a shame when you take the rest of the game into count. Cliffhangers (albeit this was not wholly a cliffhanger situation) are nasty and ruin things; using them in the context of a video game seems like a rather petty way to keep the audience interested in a sequel and and a worrying fact for players that would have to wait another four years for a game.     I hope they announce a continuation to the story, independently of a most surely forthcoming console port.

I enjoy reading the hate from the PC crowd now. I'll enjoy reading the insults from the PC crowd when it gets released. I'll enjoy reading the complaints from the PC crowd when the "dumbed down because of consoles" sequel comes out. On top of all this, maybe I'll get to play the Witcher without having to buy a new computer. Seems like a win for me.  Man I would love to work at CD Projekt right now, I bet they're having a blast and lots of laughs reading ridiculously irate hate mail right now.

Hell, I'd settle for it being a console port of the first Witcher. I heard though that it was some french dude working on the port and that it got cancelled back then. The actual CD Projekt team has been working on The Witcher 2 all along.

I'll just say this: if they do not plan to properly finish the story presented in the game with the help of their DLC or an expansion, then what they've done is rank bullshit.  
 As much as I love The Witcher 2, the ending(s) is/are absolutely annoying and a total letdown, which is a shame when you take the rest of the game into count. Cliffhangers (albeit this was not wholly a cliffhanger situation) are nasty and ruin things; using them in the context of a video game seems like a rather petty way to keep the audience interested in a sequel and and a worrying fact for players that would have to wait another four years for a game. 
   
 I hope they announce a continuation to the story, independently of a most surely forthcoming console port.

Awesome, PC gamers can continue to suck it.

I enjoy reading the hate from the PC crowd now. I'll enjoy reading the insults from the PC crowd when it gets released. I'll enjoy reading the complaints from the PC crowd when the "dumbed down because of consoles" sequel comes out. On top of all this, maybe I'll get to play the Witcher without having to buy a new computer. Seems like a win for me. 
 
Man I would love to work at CD Projekt right now, I bet they're having a blast and lots of laughs reading piles of ridiculously irate hate mail right now.

Yes, I really want to play this

Good news for all of who prefer playing games on consoles.

Can't say I'd be interested, playing it on PC will satisfy me thank you very much. That and some graphical cutbacks would have to be made.  
 
CD Projekt RED said the engine was designed with consoles in mind so a console version or something similar is expected. Plus The Witcher 2 plays a lot better with a controller then the keyboard and mouse in my opinion. Least shocking news for a while.  
 
Fantastic RPG though, puts Dragon Age 2 to absolute shame and deserves more attention.

DEATH OF ANOTHER RPG....RIP

Man I hope this comes to 360 and PS3 it looks great and sounds like an awesome game, just added some more fun for me to watch the E3 show.