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The Witcher 3

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    #662
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Robert ninja wrote: »
    Some of the latest biggest 'leaks' have been on console, actually. GTAV leaked on torrents site for last generation consoles a week before official release I remember reading.

    Also, someone criticising Kotaku's review of TW3 https://medium.com/@adrianchm/the-boy-who-cried-white-wolf-on-polygon-s-the-witcher-3-review-f7ac8d7f0a5

    To save you a click , it's more gamergate nonsense. That stuff needs to die in a fire.


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    #663
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    To save you a click , it's more gamergate nonsense. That stuff needs to die in a fire.

    In fairness he has a point. It's a bad review because the biggest fault the reviewer had with the game is that it's misogynistic, because some women get killed. Does he think Cod or Battlefield or the hundreds of other games were men get slaughtered are oppressively misandirst?

    Don't review a game if you're going to let your biases prevent you from being objective.


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    #664
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,456 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Don't review a game if you're going to let your biases prevent you from being objective.

    *typing fingers starts involuntarily twitching*

    Must...resist... Reviews... Not... Objective...


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    #665
    gravehold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 912 ✭✭✭gravehold


    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    In fairness he has a point. It's a bad review because the biggest fault the reviewer had with the game is that it's misogynistic, because women get killed. Does he think Cod or Battlefield are misandirst?

    Don't review a game if you're going to let your biases prevent you from being objective.

    Also no blacks in a medieval European setting, cause we all know medieval europe was 50% black


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    #666
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    reviews are opinion pieces, and are of course coloured by the reviewers personal values.I just get upset that both sides of the whole 'equality for all ' brigade keep pushing their issues into my chosen medium that I use to take a break from the real world.


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    #667
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,456 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Your 'chosen medium' is a product of the real world, of creators with their own histories and motivations, of an incredibly diverse playerbase who will all perceive a game differently and respond accordingly. To demand it be a mere escape is to devalue it, to limit its potential and ignore the aspects that can enhance our understanding of it. Games, like any medium, cannot entirely divorce themselves of their social and political contexts, especially when they opt to directly address or portray them within the gameworld as The Witcher 3 by all accounts seems to do. Therefore creators and players both need to be willing to engage, confront and challenge them, even if this will inevitably lead to differences of opinion. And that's what's needed for your chosen medium to grow and develop, to become something more rewarding than mere escapism. You don't have to agree, and there's no shortage of alternative opinions out there about the game already. But people shouldn't be discouraged from voicing their own response to a game because some people aren't interested or reject the conclusion.


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    #668
    Robert ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    But people shouldn't be discouraged from voicing their own response to a game because some people aren't interested or reject the conclusion.

    I agree with all you've said but... why mention this? Nobody's discouraging anyone from voicing an opinion about games.


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    #669
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Your 'chosen medium' is a product of the real world, of creators with their own histories and motivations, of an incredibly diverse playerbase who will all perceive a game differently and respond accordingly. To demand it be a mere escape is to devalue it, to limit its potential and ignore the aspects that can enhance our understanding of it. Games, like any medium, cannot entirely divorce themselves of their social and political contexts, especially when they opt to directly address or portray them within the gameworld as The Witcher 3 by all accounts seems to do. Therefore creators and players both need to be willing to engage, confront and challenge them, even if this will inevitably lead to differences of opinion. And that's what's needed for your chosen medium to grow and develop, to become something more rewarding than mere escapism. You don't have to agree, and there's no shortage of alternative opinions out there about the game already. But people shouldn't be discouraged from voicing their own response to a game because some people aren't interested or reject the conclusion.

    I think you've picked me up wrong, I don't care if my games / movies /books / whatever are seen as misogynistic, femininist, racist or progressive. I 'll evaluate and enjoy them for their own merits and failings, I just cringe when I see others using them to push their own ideals or using them as an opportunity to take a shot at someone else's moral standing. It's a form of grandstanding to a community being perpetrated by both sides.

    anyway, if I wanted to get mired down in this craic I'd go to the other thread that was floating around. I came to hear about the witcher!


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    #670
    Lahinchians
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Lahinchians


    Pre-order has been charged. 11pm on the 18th is when it unlocks.


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    #671
    Gummy Panda
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    Lahinchians wrote: »
    Pre-order has been charged. 11pm on the 18th is when it unlocks.

    Someone was saying it was set at 7pm on Monday. If so, boo-urns!!


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    #672
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,183 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    May 18th, 4.00 pm PT (Los Angeles)
    May 18th, 7.00 pm ET (New York)
    May 19th, 00.00 am BT (London)
    May 19th, 2.00 am UT (Moscow)
    May 19th, 8.00 am JT (Tokyo)

    According to RPS.


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    #673
    Lahinchians
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Lahinchians


    The email I got from Sony when they charged the money said 11pm. The countdown on the ps4 is for midnight. Seeing as I'm in Austria I won't be playing until 1am then. That sucks!


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    #674
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,842 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    I wonder will the ol' timezone clock setting switcheroo work :)


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    #675
    Lahinchians
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Lahinchians


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    I wonder will the ol' timezone clock setting switcheroo work :)

    You know, I had that thought too. Didn't change anything for me unfortunately.


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    #676
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    Can anyone confirm if the good guys are well-spoken with white skin and flowing, European hair, and the bad guys have East London accents and knotted braids. I love those types of fantasy games. They really immerse me in their otherworldliness.


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    #677
    Lahinchians
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Lahinchians


    Right Turn Clyde wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm if the good guys are well-spoken with white skin and flowing, European hair, and the bad guys have East London accents and knotted braids. I love those types of fantasy games. They really immerse me in their otherworldliness.


    What exactly is European hair?


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    #678
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    It's that type of smooth, elegant hair that moves with grace and good manners, like Legolas or Andrea Pirlo.


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    #679
    Lahinchians
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Lahinchians


    Right Turn Clyde wrote: »
    It's that type of smooth, elegant hair that moves with grace and good manners, like Legolas or Andrea Pirlo.

    And why is it european?


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    #680
    gravehold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 912 ✭✭✭gravehold


    Lahinchians wrote: »
    And why is it european?

    It's fair ok, not touched by the gnome tainted by the curse of ham.:cool:


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    #681
    Robert ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    Lahinchians wrote: »
    What exactly is European hair?

    Rmj2TP9.jpg


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    #682
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    Lahinchians wrote: »
    And why is it european?

    I was trying to poke fun at the fact the a lot of fantasy games/movies are populated by articulate white-skinned Germanic-hero types who do battle with dark-skinned grunts with working-class accents. It's laughable, and I was trying to laugh at it. But well done on killing my attempt at humour stone-dead. You, pedantry and boredom win. I lose. Congrats.


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    #683
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    Right Turn Clyde wrote: »
    I was trying to poke fun....

    We know. No point in getting pissy at us because you failed..... :P


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    #684
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    Kirby wrote: »
    We know. No point in getting pissy at us because you failed..... :P

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    #685
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,412 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    ztvnpk.gif


    lol :D


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    #686
    gravehold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 912 ✭✭✭gravehold


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    ztvnpk.gif


    lol :D

    Uggh that motion blur, I feel sorry for you console players


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    #687
    Sephiroth_dude
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    gravehold wrote: »
    Uggh that motion blur, I feel sorry for you console players

    Give it a rest would ya


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    #688
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    I quite like the motion blur effect. I usually leave it on. Witcher 2 had a ton of motion blur. :P


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    #689
    gravehold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 912 ✭✭✭gravehold


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Give a rest would ya

    What that is excessive motion blur, I have always thought consoles should allow you to turn off blur and dof.

    It's not a graphics superiority thing as they are more taxing on then off. Why don't consoles let you have the choice on those things


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    #690
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,842 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Jaysus you do realise when we play the game, it won't look like a compressed 3 second gif, even on smelly consoles??


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    #691
    gravehold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 912 ✭✭✭gravehold


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    Jaysus you do realise when we play the game, it won't look like a compressed 3 second gif, even on smelly consoles??

    Motion blur will still be there on consoles, this is not a graphics power thing as motion blur is more taxing on.

    Dof and blur should be a option to turn off on every game even on consoles, it might even help with the consoles terrible framerates and the dips below 30


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