It seems that digital subscribers of the magazine got an early preview for the new March Issue of Game Informer. Here are some key notes that the issue describes:
World supposedly 20% bigger than Skyrim's
30-40 minutes to cross world on Horseback
New streaming technology (CDRED Engine 3)
Geralt's Memory is restored
No chapters/acts
Dude is fucking DONE fighting for everyone else
Everything from solving MYSTERIES to slaying monsters
Coming out on "all top-of-the-line" consoles - Next Gen?
So it's saying that they had to change up their design philosophy when developing TW3, due to the open world structure. So NARRATIVE comes in three forms:
Lowest level = free form activities like crafting, monster slaying (seems to be much more extensive this time around) and questing.
Next level = Political situation of Nilfgaardian invastion is resolved through a core plotline for each area. These areas? -> Skellige, Novigrad and No Mans Land!
Final level = Geralt's main plot line, his search for his loved ones, and the chase of the Wild Hunt.
Sounds like a lot of interwoven plotlines, decision making. You can skip things if you really want, but there will be consequences to your actions if you do so.
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
Looks like I'll have to YouTube a walkthrough of the first 2 games since they aren't on PS3 and this will obviously be on PS4 and I obviously will want to play it. *Sigh*
So it's saying that they had to change up their design philosophy when developing TW3, due to the open world structure. So NARRATIVE comes in three forms:
Lowest level = free form activities like crafting, monster slaying (seems to be much more extensive this time around) and questing.
Next level = Political situation of Nilfgaardian invastion is resolved through a core plotline for each area. These areas? -> Skellige, Novigrad and No Mans Land!
Final level = Geralt's main plot line, his search for his loved ones, and the chase of the Wild Hunt.
Sounds like a lot of interwoven plotlines, decision making. You can skip things if you really want, but there will be consequences to your actions if you do so.
No Man's Land? I would assume that means Cintra, because then it's easily connectible to Skellige islands and Novigrad
also the horse thing is total bullshit since Skellige is an island chain
So it's saying that they had to change up their design philosophy when developing TW3, due to the open world structure. So NARRATIVE comes in three forms:
Lowest level = free form activities like crafting, monster slaying (seems to be much more extensive this time around) and questing.
Next level = Political situation of Nilfgaardian invastion is resolved through a core plotline for each area. These areas? -> Skellige, Novigrad and No Mans Land!
Final level = Geralt's main plot line, his search for his loved ones, and the chase of the Wild Hunt.
Sounds like a lot of interwoven plotlines, decision making. You can skip things if you really want, but there will be consequences to your actions if you do so.
No Man's Land? I would assume that means Cintra, because then it's easily connectible to Skellige islands and Novigrad
also the horse thing is total bullshit since Skellige is an island chain
But isn't this revealing it, though? Meta-announcements are dumb.
Sadly that's the world we live in. By the time the game comes out gamers have already gotten exposed to almost 50% of the game's content and story. A lot of moments from games I was interested at were ruined for me because of that trend. However there are many games I wouldn't have given a second thought if I didn't see some gameplay videos that grabbed me. Now I just learned to avoid every thing from games I am interested in.
@Phatmac: Funny how much that beard really changes his character alone. Still recognize Geralt but definitely has that "done with this bullshit" type of look as he gets himself into some serious business.
@Phatmac: Funny how much that beard really changes his character alone. Still recognize Geralt but definitely has that "done with this bullshit" type of look as he gets himself into some serious business.
After the events of the second game this is the natural progression of the character. He's done taking orders.
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
So it's saying that they had to change up their design philosophy when developing TW3, due to the open world structure. So NARRATIVE comes in three forms:
Lowest level = free form activities like crafting, monster slaying (seems to be much more extensive this time around) and questing.
Next level = Political situation of Nilfgaardian invastion is resolved through a core plotline for each area. These areas? -> Skellige, Novigrad and No Mans Land!
Final level = Geralt's main plot line, his search for his loved ones, and the chase of the Wild Hunt.
Sounds like a lot of interwoven plotlines, decision making. You can skip things if you really want, but there will be consequences to your actions if you do so.
No Man's Land? I would assume that means Cintra, because then it's easily connectible to Skellige islands and Novigrad
also the horse thing is total bullshit since Skellige is an island chain
Here's a map for reference:
the map I was looking at had temeria and redania the other way around...
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
absolutely not, the first game takes place directly after the 5th book (geralt loses his memory in between you see)
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
absolutely not, the first game takes place directly after the 5th book (geralt loses his memory in between you see)
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
absolutely not, the first game takes place directly after the 5th book (geralt loses his memory in between you see)
Can't wait to see what the constellation for upgrading Lesbomancy looks like.
Because you know @LordXavierBritish is gonna find a way to beat the game with just that, right?
unless you can play the girl (whom I assume to be Ciri, it doesn't look like Yennefer/Triss), upgrading the lesbomancy tree will be useless
Upgrading the Lesbomancy tree is NEVER useless.
I'm sad that I don't have a PC that could play these kinds of games. I played the Witcher 2 on my 360 and really enjoyed it. I played both paths months apart and couldn't believe the content I had missed with Saskia.
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
absolutely not, the first game takes place directly after the 5th book (geralt loses his memory in between you see)
Only the first two have been translated right?
well there's two short story collections and 4-5 books in the 'main' series. afaik only 1 of the short story collections and 1 of the main story books have been officially translated (I think there are unofficial translations out there tho)
Oh man this will be amazing. The Witcher 2 is one the best rpgs I've ever played so I seriously can't wait for this to be released. Here's hoping I can get a better computer before then.
YES, the Wild Hunt! The most interesting story thread in the first game.
And it's completely open world? (not separate areas?) Sounds cool.
They've clearly been saving the most interesting (and let's face it, Witcher-ending) story for last. The Wild Hunt should be a fucking awesome climax to what has been the most underrated (and yet best) RPG series. Here's hoping CDP Red delivers.
i thought theres like 5 books in the witcher series and each of these games are an adaptation of said books?
absolutely not, the first game takes place directly after the 5th book (geralt loses his memory in between you see)
Only the first two have been translated right?
well there's two short story collections and 4-5 books in the 'main' series. afaik only 1 of the short story collections and 1 of the main story books have been officially translated (I think there are unofficial translations out there tho)
forgive the newbish questions here as i have only played a few hours of the witcher 2 and really liked what i played and really liked that hard fantasy world.
but this wild hunt story? would i need to have played witcher 1 then since according to this quote chain, its a story thread from the first game?
I should really finish that second game. Crossed the fog in chapter 2 to,a different city. Anyone know how far along I am?
who did you side with? if you sided with roche then you are mildly close to the end, if you sided with iorveth then you are not.
@mrfluke: no no, no need for that, witcher 2 explains it fine; the basis is that the wild hunt kidnap kids and shit and they're like elves from a different universe where the elves rule the world or something (it's been a long time since I played that game) and they also took someone important to Geralt so he wants to stop them
- The team felt it missed the huge freedom of open-world games like Skyrim
- Proper mounted combat still being tested
- Currently not a definite part of the game
- Horses will be in, though, since they’re important for navigation
- Ships float on the water in true physics interactions
- Team has doubled in size
- No chapters, acts, or any artificial break-points
- Geralt can seamlessly cross from one end of the world to the other thanks to REDengine 3
- No loading screens while traveling in the open world
- Can explore on foot, by horseback, and via boat
- Pursue yor long-lost love, play the game of empires on behalf of the northern kingdoms that still claim independence, and thwart the nefarious Wild Hunt
- Fast travel: instantly revisit any discovered location
- Director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz: “A huge goal is to keep the high quality o four quests, with all the cinematics and impressive events and moments.”
- Point of interest will always be in sight
- Players will be beckoned to explore dank caves, embattled villages, decaying ruins, etc.
- Over 100 hours of hand-scripted quests
- Quests: help villagers, engineer the succession of the Skellige kings, etc.
- Use monster hunting for adventure, incoming, and unique rewards
- There are mini-games based on the area of the world
- Ex: Skellige has knife-throwing
- Gain exclusive rewards from mini-games
- Don’t have to complete mini-games to proceed in the story
- Monsters, bandits, traders, animals, and more will attack anyone they deem hostile
- Enemies don’t scale to the player’s level
- Slaying monsters, fighting hostile humans in the different forms they come in, collecting items, leveling up are in the game
- Second step: political situation and Nilfgaardian invasion is resolved through the core plotline of the major areas (Skellige, Novigrad, No Man’s Land)
- Each land has its own storyline
- Can abandon the storyline, but will have repercussions later
- Not doing a plotline is a choice the player has
- Main narrative: search for Geralt’s loved ones and conflict with the Wild Hunt
- Multiple branches of narratives that feed into each other
- Don’t have to do anything outside the main storyline to beat the game
- Could have help in a main-line encounter from an ally you gained in the Skellige archipelago if you’ve completed certain quests in certain ways
- Major events in the main storyline are “gates” for the state of the world
- Ex: village threatened by bandits might be abandoned after certain events if the player doesn’t help
- Weather effects are dynamically generated and fully modeled as real volumetric clouds rather than being simply painted on the skybox
- In contrast to the last game, Geralt encounters communities and individuals with monster-related problems that need solving
- There aren’t contract-like assignments this time
- Press the left trigger to turn on Geralt’s witcher senses
- Can glean information from a crime scene upon discovering it
- Within range of a scene of interest, the mechanic conveys clues to the player through the witcher muttering to himself and/or visual depictions of past events that represent Geralt’s reasoning
- Time of day and other conditions determine where monsters appear and their abilities
- Can strike critical areas in combat based on how much you learn about monster anatomy and tactics
- The team is deciding between using a handful of in-combat special moves for particular attacks and a slow-motion quick-time event style
- Monsters you defeat leave otherwise unobtainable alchemical and crafting ingrediants needed for making of unique items, potions, mutagens
- These allow Geralt to gain special powers and upgrades in the new mutation development tree
- These kills serve as the witcher’s primary method of income
Also sounds like they are trying to fix a lot of the issues with the combat, like not requiring stamina to be able to block at all, fixing the difficulty curve so it's not hardest at the beginning, allowing some degree of cancelling and avoiding being locked into long animations, and sounds like the roll is either out or altered.
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