Aaaaaaand Here's 35 Minutes of The Witcher 3

I am... psyched, to say the least.

Sure they were mainlining through a story quest, but it looks like a wide world of Witcher.

I can definitely see the problem that you have but like you said, I don't think we can ever have game where you have such freedom. I choose to look at these choices as character arcs which I influence myself. The things I do, and the choices I make affect me as the player, aka the main protagonist. I'm not really talking about the are you good or evil kind of choices like in Infamous or Mass effect( I don't hate these options, but I'm okay with them), I am referring to choices that allow you to paint your character in what ever shade of grey you want. That's why I like Telltale games, sure it may not give you the ability to influence the story outside of key moments, but the things you do, whether minor in importance in the long run, still influence how the characters view you in the game. For example, In wolf among us, you can be a somewhat nice, polite Bigby who only really fights if he has too, or you can be an asshole and show Fabletown that your the big bad wolf. But contrary to what you may interpret from my statement, these are not your only choices, you can bad, good, or somewhere in between, doing what you think is right and influencing how certain characters view you. Same goes for the Walking Dead, choices like killing a man with a pitchfork has specific consequences which you need to deal with. What you do, not only influences you, but clementine as well, which is what makes the game so emotional. The way I see it, these choices, like for example saving A or B from the walkers are used as brushes to yet again color your main protagonist, because the presence of one character in another episode may alter things for you and the characters within the story. For instances, saving Ben from dying allows him to stand up to Kenny and tell him that he isn't the only one who suffered, which influences circumstances of Kenny's sacrifice and evolves him as a character even further.

That being said, I understand what you mean essentially, you want to impact the story in meaningful ways, like if you said a certain character, they should stay alive more than a single or two episodes.

Considering the quality of the last game, I don't see why you wouldn't.

I see people saying that they had a hard time getting in to the first two games quite often and I really don't understand why. They're both very different from each other from a gameplay perspective but man, they hooked the living crap out of me. I sat down and beat both of them on two consecutive weekends. I couldn't be more excited for the third one.

I do agree however on them adding some sort of recap to the beginning of the third game, since it has been a while since I finished the first two and I'd really like a quick refresher on the story (although there's always wikis and such that you could catch up on).

I suspect I will never get to play the second before this comes out :(

That's some creepy character design on those ladies...and that music is still so good!

I kinda hope there'll be a "Previously" recap in the game, because my attempts at playing Witcher 1 & 2 have been pretty unsuccesfull so far...

I guess I should get around to finishing Witcher 2 at some point.

Hard to tell anything about a game like this from a 30 minute chunk, but I'm really liking the atmosphere they're achieving here. It has a lot of menace to it, and I think it's much better realized than it was in the Witcher 2 (didn't play the original). Something about the music, creature design, and of course the beautiful art and texture work really drew me in. Looking forward to the final product, hope it turns out well.

I can't not watch this.

@branthog: Just play through the second one, and power through it if possible. It's very doable, you just set to difficulty to easy and experience the story. I have faith you can do it! :D

@branthog: Just curious, have you played either Witcher games?

Well, this looks incredible! Hopefully the console versions don't lag behind too much (I'm just assuming this is the PC version).

@spacecouncil: agreed....i didnt like the witcher 1 or 2 but im willing to give this a chance. As long as they make it easier to play/understand and dont have invisible walls i think i could have fun with it

Thats a pretty looking game, its like Jesus is making love to my eyes

It's pronounced "dike-stra", not "deek-stra", dammit.

Also, an openworld RPG where you go into a cave without a loading screen. Yay!

Game looks flat out amazing, from a technical and gameplay perspective... probably my most anticipated game right now.

I can't wait

Looks impressive, I guess I should finish the witcher 2... I've re-started that game 4 times now -_-

one thing though, Was it me or was all the audio absolutely exhausting, there isn't a moment of silence, even when there's nothing going on, strings, choirs, people's chatter... by the end I sort of wanted it to just shut up.

This looks ridiculous.

@feverchill said:

That makes 2 of us!.... Hard to get in to tho, i play for an hour or 2 every month or so, then i have to learn the controls scheme all over again.

Was defecating Johnny...Welsh sounding?

JK, Brian Ferry-Roxy Music I consider one of the better singers I have ever heard. Welsh I understand.

This looks utterly incredible.

Yes, just the thing for my new PC.

Looks prtty gud!

Awesome! Showing so much content speaks for the confidence of the dev team. Way better than demanding to pre-order after a cgi trailer.

@darkest4: Hey, so am I. When's your birthday? Mine's 1st of January.

This game looks so goooood. I can't wait to play it.

Downloading this for the commute home. Love seeing extended clips of how the game will actually be played.

Really wish they showed what the PC looks like instead of this obvious xbox one version

2015 you mean, right?

@nickryang: Not deny how good W3 looks but its more or less a stale year and it takes more than 2-3 good games to change this.

STOP IT, I DON'T WANT TO WATCH IT I WANT TO STAY PURE AAAARGH.

Wait, CD Projekt Fred?

God this is gonna be a great year for gamers.

Man, I really wish I would've liked the Witcher 2 more, so I could be more excited for this.

The environments are lovely and the soundtrack is badass but video game storytelling still apparently sucks.

Animation's a little stiff, but this looks pretty good.

Is it me, or does the video quality on their upload look pretty bad?

@branthog I hate all the memes as well, but as the years go by it's become quite apparent that there is no escape. I just wish people were legitimately funny and didn't have to regurgitate the same crap over and over and over again.

This looks amazing .

@lordofultima: Keep in mind that first game was never designed with a whole series in mind. Nor any progress designed or promised to carry over. And from what I recall the only major thing that would have mattered in carrying over anyway is who you ended up with Triss/Shani, so they just took Triss as canon since a lot of the action in the second game directly links to her and later added a journal in enhanced edition mentioning Shani.

@turambar

Never played Witcher 1, but I'm not surprised. Were your choices simply marginalized, or did the game present its own canonical version of them? Either way, like I said, I'm not optimistic.

Balancing a game with very robust and complex mechanics is a far more difficult task than balancing one with very simple mechanics, and your problem seems solvable by simply not reading any such guides.

There were some great choices I made in Witcher 1 that were completely disregarded in Witcher 2.

Cannot wait!

You're right, they are the norm. And they suck. So I don't have much confidence this time around either.