The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

StriderX · 12 May 2015 at 07:26

ryryryan said:
Its just part of the lore of the world, emphasising that the peasants probably aren't well educated. Coming from Wales, i found the witcher 2 to have some terrible 'welsh' accents in it too.

"Can girllllllllls become witchers, Tooooooooo?"

spoffle · 12 May 2015 at 07:40

ryryryan said:
Its just part of the lore of the world, emphasising that the peasants probably aren't well educated. Coming from Wales, i found the witcher 2 to have some terrible 'welsh' accents in it too.

Is Geralt a peasant? As that's all from Geralt.

Heisenberg · 12 May 2015 at 07:41

StriderX said:
Gameplay decision, i'm not sure how else they could do it?

Cant just leave the foliage there to **** off the gamer, its not a first person perspective.

Surely they could have it react to Geralt as he walked through it like in other games? Looks a bit daft him walking through it like he's some sort of ghost. Even if it just waived about as he passed through it but from the above clip it just looks weird.

ICEx21 · 12 May 2015 at 07:49

Maverick2332 said:
It was locked because people were constantly going off topic not because of the topic, also GOG is owned by CDPR...

Ah I had no idea CD Projekt owned GOG. Well fair enough, although I do hope they respond and I'm hoping the screenshots are from an older build although that looks unlikely.

I just realised this was the last game publisher I trusted for pre orders and now that's gone too

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 07:53

Well, my pre order is cancelled now.

Paul_cz · 12 May 2015 at 08:05

Preorder of CE, Steam and GOG copy...

in place :cool:

I expect some very nice reviews today, especially looking forward to Kevin vanOrd's gamespot one, he is a good RPG guy.

Graphics looks stunning considering the scale and ambition no matter if some grass was tuned down.

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 08:12

If people don't vote with their wallets. We will just get more of this type if thing.
No wonder some aspects of gaming have become so poor these last 5 years or so with people just rolling over.

StriderX · 12 May 2015 at 08:17

Martini1991 said:
If people don't vote with their wallets. We will just get more of this type if thing.
No wonder some aspects of gaming have become so poor these last 5 years or so with people just rolling over.

I never bought it for the graphics? so...

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 08:21

StriderX said:
I never bought it for the graphics? so...

And that matters not, it's the very principle of misrepresentation.

I'll buy it eventually, when it's on a sale.

Paul_cz · 12 May 2015 at 08:25

Martini1991 said:
If people don't vote with their wallets. We will just get more of this type if thing.
No wonder some aspects of gaming have become so poor these last 5 years or so with people just rolling over.

I am voting with my wallet, to support the best studio currently working today.

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 08:28

So, Ubisoft gets hate, and these get a pass? Awesome .
I love the Witcher games as much as the next, but meh, I best get used to being unable to trust any pre release stuff ever.

docsonic · 12 May 2015 at 08:35

1 million pre-orders! I'll reserve passing judgment until its released - cdpr at least deserve the benefit of the doubt.

mid_gen · 12 May 2015 at 08:38

Developers can't win. Don't release test build gameplay footage and the community cries. Release test build gameplay footage prior to release and community cries final build isn't the same.

Do you all need THIS IS NOT FINAL BUILD FOOTAGE AND MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT stamped across the middle of the screen?

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 08:39

How can there be any doubt though? While it's going to look good, it's not going to look anywhere near as gritty etc (Like the Witcher is meant to look. As it's a gritty game, Witcher 1 would have look ridiculous if it was cartoon like). The game will basically lose that "Witcher" look.

Martini1991 · 12 May 2015 at 08:48

It probably will end up a great game, but how can anyone not be disappointed with the colour? The Witcher was all about gritty fantasy. It wasn't meant to be fable.

Witcher1979 · 12 May 2015 at 08:48

Looking forward to not reading any review but seeing some scores out of ten. It still looks pretty damn amazing, cant wait to play it tbh. I am doing 1 and 2 back to back again so I can import my save. Pre load is almost done so just have to sit back and leisurely finish w 2 before it releases.

Jono8 · 12 May 2015 at 08:49

I must say i love how everything sways in the wind. Seen some videos where the wind gets really strong and the small trees really start bowing a lot.

regulus · 12 May 2015 at 08:50

I preordered anyway. Always suspected the gameplay trailers were running on quad SLI Titans or something.

Anyway, got a quick question on something. I've packed my gaming PC ready for shipping as I'm moving cities next week. Internet in my new place won't be up and running until the end of May so I'm currently preloading it on my laptop. I plan on taking my laptop to a coffee shop or wherever on the 19th to grab the final piece of software (which is hopefully small) to get the game working. Now the question; can I just copy the relevant Steam directory over to my main PC to play the game? Or do I need to have a connection to install the game?

Haggisman · 12 May 2015 at 08:50

docsonic said:
1 million pre-orders! I'll reserve passing judgment until its released - cdpr at least deserve the benefit of the doubt.

For now maybe - however if this turns out to be a lie then it could have implications for pre-orders of their next IP (Cyberpunk 2077).

mid_gen said:
Developers can't win. Don't release test build gameplay footage and the community cries. Release test build gameplay footage prior to release and community cries final build isn't the same.

Do you all need THIS IS NOT FINAL BUILD FOOTAGE AND MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT stamped across the middle of the screen?

Do you not think it's funny how (recently at least ) test build gameplay always looks significantly better than the final product?

I mean, surely an early version of something should be less refined and less polished, and the final product should be an improvement?

It's almost as if the early versions have been deliberately made to look better in order to raise hype for the game, but no, a publisher would never do that... would they?! :eek:

Jono8 · 12 May 2015 at 08:58

Haggisman said:
It's almost as if the early versions have been deliberately made to look better in order to raise hype for the game, but no, a publisher would never do that... would they?!

The thing is, i don't understand why they do it. Surely they know that the fans will notice and there will be uproar?

I suppose they see the die hard fans and enthusiasts that will notice this sort of thing as the minority and instead go for the more casual console gamers who will just see the trailer and then go out and but it for £40 and never even notice it looks different : /