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The Witcher 3

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  • #182
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,890 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    new gameplay


  • #183
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,985 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    That's looks brilliant


  • #184
    McSasquatch II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭McSasquatch II


    Really looking forward to this. <3 CD Projekt.


  • #185
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Wait until you finish first one. Keep attention to stuff, it will leave you with "my mind is blown". I actually went googling about the ending.

    Witcher 2 is fantastic too. Real definition of " you make your own decisions".
    Something stayed with me that Triss said - "Alvin could've travelled anywhere through space or time."

    Then he appears in the final Ice level but otherwise we don't hear from him again.

    The grand master is found with an aged version of the amulet he was given - I also don't remember if we saw him before he turns up in the swamps.

    There's obviously some shenanigans going on here and presumably the obvious conclusion is that the Grand Master is Alvin but I'm not really sure why or what that means. Did the way you "raise" him effect the Grand Master's behaviour later?

    I've only played it through once so I'm not sure how much the story can change.


  • #186
    shootermacg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    I actually thought the Witcher 2 was really really really short.


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  • #187
    Somnus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Somnus


    shootermacg wrote: »
    I actually thought the Witcher 2 was really really really short.

    I thought it was a good length for a non-open world game like this. All though it feels short after the first game.

    I'm definitely looking forward to the open world aspect of Wild Hunt though. It'll be nice having quests in more varied locales


  • #188
    Steviemoyne
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Steviemoyne


    Gbear wrote: »
    There's obviously some shenanigans going on here and presumably the obvious conclusion is that the Grand Master is Alvin but I'm not really sure why or what that means. Did the way you "raise" him effect the Grand Master's behaviour later?
    It would seem that way, the grandmaster has different dialogue depending on different things you tell Alvin earlier in the story. Some "light" reading: http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Alvin#Speculation_about_Alvin


  • #189
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,890 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    35 min demo


  • #190
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Gbear wrote: »
    Something stayed with me that Triss said - "Alvin could've travelled anywhere through space or time."

    Then he appears in the final Ice level but otherwise we don't hear from him again.

    The grand master is found with an aged version of the amulet he was given - I also don't remember if we saw him before he turns up in the swamps.

    There's obviously some shenanigans going on here and presumably the obvious conclusion is that the Grand Master is Alvin but I'm not really sure why or what that means. Did the way you "raise" him effect the Grand Master's behaviour later?

    I've only played it through once so I'm not sure how much the story can change.
    Thats the thing, the whole game just drips and drops with Alvin and Grand Master lore, but it never goes "THIS IS WHATS HAPPENING"
    As Steviemoyne said, your actions do influence Grand Master actions and Dialogue.
    I really damn love Witcher 1. :) Really felt that you actually part of the story and you are not spoon fed information. Alvin and Grand Master thing was Briliant


  • #191
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Sarky wrote: »
    It's looking like what Skyrim would be like if it had better combat and characters that weren't insufferably boring.

    "Skyrim if Skyrim were good."


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  • #192
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    That looks absolutely brilliant.


  • #193
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,140 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    "Skyrim if Skyrim were good."

    Ah Skyrim was good. The next ES game needs to be on a new engine though, that should improve the combat.

    On topic: this looks amazing, but id say ill have to upgrade my PC to play it at decent settings. My rig struggled with 2.


  • #194
    McSasquatch II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭McSasquatch II


    Q&A from a few days ago.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhgHj2Eu34s


  • #195
    Steviemoyne
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Steviemoyne


    Just finished reading The Last Wish and I'm wondering if reading Blood of Elves is going to spoil The Witcher 3 storyline or not. Anyone have any ideas?


  • #196
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    Steviemoyne wrote: »
    Just finished reading The Last Wish and I'm wondering if reading Blood of Elves is going to spoil The Witcher 3 storyline or not. Anyone have any ideas?

    No it shouldn't, the first witcher game is set around 5 years after the end of the last book.

    This is the chronological order of the books

    The Last Wish
    The Sword Of Destiny
    Blood Of Elves
    Time Of Contempt
    Baptism Of Fire
    Tower Of The Swallow
    Lady Of The Lake

    http://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher_2/fan_translation_of_the_witcher_stories_and_novels/page1

    http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/16494-Our-Community-Fan-Translations

    I've read them all using the above links for fan's translations.


  • #197
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Pre-ordered this. Looks great.


  • #198
    jc4517
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭jc4517


    How do you reckon it's going to look on PS4? Might just wait until I can build a PC to play it on..


  • #199
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    It won't look at good as on a top of the range pc, but it will still look pretty great. Witcher 2 looks good on the old consoles (from what i remember).


  • #200
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    jc4517 wrote: »
    How do you reckon it's going to look on PS4? Might just wait until I can build a PC to play it on..

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


  • #201
    Steviemoyne
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭Steviemoyne


    Consoles are reacting pretty badly so far, they have it running which is good at least and they expect it to run well on consoles by release...even if that means sacrificing a bit of quality in favor of performance which isn't a bad thing at all.

    They expected it not to run at all because there are so many independent objects like the below link says.

    http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/08/22/the-witcher-3-may-not-be-1080p


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  • #202
    jc4517
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭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


  • #203
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #204
    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,300 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Can be got here pre-order for €20.56 on PC
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  • #205
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #206
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Game of the year - 2015

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


  • #207
    Steviemoyne
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭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


  • #208
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


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


  • #209
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


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



  • #210
    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,300 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    looks like Yennefer finally makes an appearance
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  • #211
    Robert ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


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


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