The Witcher 3

jc4517

ShadowHearth wrote: »

As a PC gamer, I am really confident that PS4 version will be very good. CD Project Red will pull it off!

I have a lot of faith in CDPR, they seem like the kind of guys who would never sell out by doing **** like console exclusives and that sort'o carry on

Gbear

Just finished Witcher 2 there.

A little bit bummed by the gameplay to be honest. Everything else apart from the combat was brilliant but I just found the combat itself completely tedious.
I started off with the vanilla version and then installed the combat rebalance. Neither were up to much. Buggy, unintuitive, grindy and wildly inconsistent in difficulty.

Eventually I turned it down to easy to get through it. It definitely diminished my enthusiasm for W3.

Skerries

Can be got here pre-order for €20.56 on PC

Kirby

Gbear wrote: »

Just finished Witcher 2 there.

A little bit bummed by the gameplay to be honest. Everything else apart from the combat was brilliant but I just found the combat itself completely tedious.
I started off with the vanilla version and then installed the combat rebalance. Neither were up to much. Buggy, unintuitive, grindy and wildly inconsistent in difficulty.

Eventually I turned it down to easy to get through it. It definitely diminished my enthusiasm for W3.

Agreed but don't let that dampen your desire for W3. They have changed the combat quite a bit. I'm confident it will be much better.

Kiith

Game of the year - 2015

I've a lot of faith in CD Projekt Red, and it looks bloody amazing.

Steviemoyne

Kirby wrote: »

Agreed but don't let that dampen your desire for W3. They have changed the combat quite a bit. I'm confident it will be much better.

Late to the party with this but there's also a semi-official mod that overhauls the combat for TW2: http://redkit.cdprojektred.com/index.php?c=mod&m=show&p=77

Sarky

I quite liked the combat in 2. Didn't find it a slog apart from the occasional troll or boss fight.

Kiith

Games intro has been released. Sure enough, it's pretty awesome.

Skerries

looks like Yennefer finally makes an appearance

Robert ninja

So obviously it will detect your save game from W2 too, right? I'm wondering will W1 save matter at all?

McSasquatch II

CD Projekt RED - all Witcher 3 DLC will be free.

calex71

Oak76 wrote: »

CD Projekt RED - all Witcher 3 DLC will be free.

It's pure PR , still though 99% of todays companies would charge for those items, off hand I thing the only other game I saw recently give stuff like this away was D4: Dark Dreams don't die. So good PR for them.

Skerries

The Adventure Game of the Witcher is now available on GOG

EoinMcLovin

delayed from February 2015 to May 19, 2015

http://www.vg247.com/2014/12/08/the-witcher-3-has-been-delayed-to-may-2015/

Sephiroth_dude

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

delayed from February 2015 to May 19, 2015

http://www.vg247.com/2014/12/08/the-witcher-3-has-been-delayed-to-may-2015/

Ahhhhhh for fuppp sake.

humanji

12 weeks? Wonder what the reason is. Has anyone read the open letter?

Zero-Cool

Ah balls, was looking forward to playing that in Feb but better than releasing a broken game and then scurrying to release patches.

jamezy

Considering all the "AAA" screw ups the last few months I'm glad they are doing the right thing and delaying the game. I would rather wait for a quality offering. They arere are a small studio so i doubt they are doing it for fun when you consider the finances around it.

Still though, my February is now much bleaker. But i have a reason to avoid the sun in May at least

Kiith

Disappointed that i'll have to wait longer to play it, but happy enough if it means we get the finished product, rather then a buggy mess. To many games have been riddled with bugs lately, so hopefully this won't happen now.

dreamers75

Game is finished


http://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-3-is-finished-delay-is-solely-for-bug-stomping/

Delay is to bug fix.

McSasquatch II

After some of the disastrous AAA releases we've seen recently, I'm pretty okay with that.

Zero-Cool

Yupp would have been very easy to release it and then work on patches, having the people who preordered and paid top dollar test the game for you. Wish other companies would take note of this.

If I'm interested in a game, i usually get it launch day but i passed on 3 recent games and it's mad reading complaints on forums, apologies from devs and constant patch updates. I'm fine picking them up in the new year for half nattin and fully patched.

Kiith

We'll still get an enhanced edition a year later

Frankly my dear

Happy for them to take their time and do it right. As much as I want to play this I'd tell them to take as long as they need

Adyx

In case anyone missed it, GOG posted the PC system requirements yesterday. I'm cutting it pretty close but I'm just over the minimum. I can finally justify having 8GB of RAM.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches on May 19th, 2015. If you are looking to play the game on PC, here are the minimum and recommended system requirements. Check if your system will run it smoothly or if you need a not-so-last-minute-yet overhaul

Minimum System Requirements:
Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
RAM 6GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

Recommended System Requirements:
Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM 8GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

You can pre-order the game at GOG - we're adding in a bunch of exclusive goodies with it as well!

Generic Dreadhead

Odd question, but which is more like Skyrim? This or one of Dragon Age games games? (or whatever other game for that matter)
My Bro-in-law is obsessed Skyrim and blanket ignores all other games.
So I want to get him one thats as close to Skyrim as possible
Single player only

Sephiroth_dude

I would say this, big massive open world, the first two witcher games were linear in level design terms, witcher 3 will be open world too if you want too wait for that.

jc4517

Surprised I didn't catch onto this the moment it came out...

Xenji

Also according to German Gamestars preview:

PS4: 1080p, 30fps, minimally sharper textures than XB1, slightly less sharp textures than the "high" setting on PC
XB1: 900p, 30fps, still being worked on

Skerries

just beat me to it

My graphics card doesn't meet the recommended these days, so might go for PS4 if it performs properly.

Did they release all the patches and stuff for the Xbox version of TW2? Just hope the console version gets the same support as the PC version.

Genghiz Cohen

Jocelyn Delightful Thankfulness wrote: »

My graphics card doesn't meet the recommended these days, so might go for PS4 if it performs properly.

Did they release all the patches and stuff for the Xbox version of TW2? Just hope the console version gets the same support as the PC version.

Microsoft used to be really awkward about patches and the like, I don't know if that's changed.

Kirby

Xenji wrote: »

Also according to German Gamestars preview:

That looked impressive but that running sound effect is f*cking horrific.

Zero-Cool

Hunting Monsters sounds seriously detailed

http://www.gamesradar.com/witcher-3-wild-hunt-monster-killing-8-easy-steps/

Sephiroth_dude

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-10-video-can-the-witcher-3-get-side-quests-right

Kirby

Very promising. It's one of the things that some players and some developers just don't get about open world games. Most of us want open world games but that doesn't mean we don't want direction.

It's one of the things they got a bit wrong with Dragon age inquisition. You hear comments from the Devs like "Don't stay in the hinterlands!" Well i'm sorry but as a developer, that is your fault that people felt the need to stick around and do all the side quests. You have failed as a designer by not pushing the player out of it.

It seems to me from the previews that the Witcher is well aware of this fact. Now if they can only improve the quality of the sound effects...... :P

brevity

7 minutes of footage shown at PAX East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c514jP4hbJI

Looks great.

Skerries

Witcher 3 Play map

EoinMcLovin

First 15 minutes of gameplay (SPOILER FREE)

Zero-Cool

The world looks beautiful. The sun shining through the blowing branches looks incredible.

ziggyman17

Can't wait for this.. Looks and sounds amazing..

stesaurus

Where's best/cheapest to order this from? PC version probably direct from developer but for console version it seems to be about €75 here or £45 online with Amazon. Anywhere better?

Kiith

You can get it for between €40 and €50 on gog.com, depending on if you own the first two.

stesaurus

Kiith wrote: »

You can get it for between €40 and €50 on gog.com, depending on if you own the first two.

I don't think you can buy the console version though from them

Sephiroth_dude

s.welstead wrote: »

I don't think you can buy the console version though from them

tbh if you want it for console, amazon has the best price I'd say.


:edit: actually have a look on vgp, good prices there too but you'll be waiting longer for it.

Skerries

s.welstead wrote: »

Where's best/cheapest to order this from? PC version probably direct from developer but for console version it seems to be about €75 here or £45 online with Amazon. Anywhere better?

on PC the cheapest at the moment is €27.85
Note: this is for a GOG key not Steam

EoinMcLovin

2 "MASSIVE" PAID EXPANSIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
Two story-driven instalments have been announced for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Unlike the already announced DLC, which CD Projekt is giving away for free, these expansion due to their size and scope will come with a price tag and will represent "real value for money".

The first, Hearts of Stone, boasts a "10-hour-plus adventure" and ventures into "the wilds of No Man's Land and the nooks and alleys of Oxenfurt, where he'll [Geralt] try to complete a contract from the mysterious Man of Glass. Caught in a thick tangle of deceit, Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed."

Furthermore, a second expansion entitled Blood and Wine will offer a "20-hour-plus tale" which will introduce an entirely new region known as Toussaint. CD Projekt Red describes the land as "untainted by war, where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient, bloody secret."

Hearts of Stone is expected sometime in October, while Blood and Wine is currently slated for release sometime in the first quarter of 2016. Both expansions will, of course, be available on all three platforms – Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4 – with no mention currently of platform exclusivity.

“While we’re offering the Expansion Pass now, we want to make one thing clear: don’t buy it if you have any doubts,” says CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski. “Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call.”

wes

Both expansions are if the time they give are accurate, and knowing CD Projekt they probably are, are larger than most full sized releases. So these should be good.

EoinMcLovin

The expansion pass will be €24.99 and Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine will also be available separately for €9.99 and €19.99 respectively

wes

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

The expansion pass will be €24.99 and Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine will also be available separately for €9.99 and €19.99 respectively

Not bad for what is on offer. Hell of a lot better compared to some DLC I have purchased in the past.