The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Witcher does not need anything form dark souls its fine as it is.hope the wild hunt is more like the first,

Zia
 
NZXT30 said:
The combat on the witcher series is the weakest part by far it would benefit from a heavy dose of souls
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I wouldn't say that. It was far from perfect, and definitely needs something more, but after patching the combat in 2 was good enough. I think Loot/items is the weakest part of the series easily tbh....Didn't change my armour or weapon once in the first game, and barely in the 2nd. Strange that it seemed so half-hearted really.

In terms of combat, there isn't much they can do if they insist on making us stick to one sword the whole game. A few different weapons/styles are needed imo at least.
 
Wow, such a fantastic deal from GOG on the pre-order. While I DO want the Collector's Edition, I stumped for the digital pre-order based on getting Neverwinter Nights, credit for two games up to $5.99 worth, Beta access to the adventure game PC edition and all the other digital goodies. So bloody good.

Now I just can't wait until next February. :(
 
Pestilence said:
Wow, such a fantastic deal from GOG on the pre-order. While I DO want the Collector's Edition, I stumped for the digital pre-order based on getting Neverwinter Nights, credit for two games up to $5.99 worth, Beta access to the adventure game PC edition and all the other digital goodies. So bloody good.

Now I just can't wait until next February. :(
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Do GOG take the money now, or in Feb?

I'm very tempted as yes, it is a ridiculous deal.
 
Skyrim was mediocre and quite boring for me so i suppose the witcher series is the same, although might be worth it in the steam sales?.
 
ICDP said:
Some nice pre-order sales going on there. Though I learned my lesson and never pre-order now.
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Pre-Ordering may not always be the best idea and I tend to stay away from pre-ordering but CD Projekt RED I would deem to be dev that I can trust to put out a good product. EA, Activision, Ubisoft etc. don't get to come anywhere near my wallet until I've seen what they have made and if its worth it.
 
Quick question, didn't the first two games need a whole lot of patching to get right, or am I thinking of another series? Maybe I am thinking of STALKER.

The previous games Enhanced Editions, what did they add? Wonder if this game will have an Enhanced Edition to wait for?
 
Does not really matter really, you will get the upgrades free anyway and the games have plenty of playthroughs so can always play again when a patch comes out. Unless you are a one playthrough kinda guy then it might be worth holding of playing when it first comes out maybe.
 
i have been reading the books leading up to this game! need to buy the 3rd one now! really recommend them!

now know who they are talking about in the e3 trailer and cant wait to see what thats all about! however i think all 3 games are set after all the books, and not all of them are in English officially :(
 
I would read The Last Wish first as it is very important to read it as it tells the story from the Witcher 1 intro, if people do read the books.

This guy explains it very well imo:

Let's say... it's a new story and it isn't at the same time.

It's a new story because obviously it begins some years after The Witcher saga as told by the books (starting with The Blood of The Elves and taking four more books). Geralt comes back to life, and find new enemies to fight with new situations.

At the same time, a lot of the situations and even dialogues are directly inspired from the books. i remember clearly some lines (said by Triss Merigold) near the end of the game that were directly taken from the books except that in the books they were said by another character (Yennefer -- that is not even mentioned in the game). It's also obvious that Alvin is a male replica of Cirila in the grand scheme of things.

So yeah, despite being a different story there is definitely a strong connection and when you read the books a lot of what the characters say to Geralt makes more sense. At the same time you may get puzzled by the relationship between Triss and Geralt... Granted, they slept together in the books but only once and she had to use magic to convince him. She had a crush on him but there was no reciprocity -- he considered her a very good friend, that's all. That particularity and the absence of Yennefer left aside, the game is pretty faithful to the books but the books must be regarded as Geralt's past, the past he doesn't remember a thing about.

There's an Inn owner in Chapter 4 (Murky waters) that will tell a story to Geralt (if you ask). This story is the very short version of the books.

Short answer: no it's not an adaptation. It's a whole new adventure for Geralt but very much rooted in the past through dialogues, characters and events.

Taken from:

http://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher/how_does_the_games_story_connect_to_the_books

It even has a tv show that they cut up and made into a smaller movie as well from memory.
 
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Indeed i read last wish and blood of elves, i think the 3rd game has a lot to do with Ciri so thats my reason for wanting to read more about her etc

Cant wait!
 
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