Exploring The Vast World of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; http://www.gamespot.com/videos/exploring-the-vast-world-of-the-witcher-3-wild-hun/2300-6424516/
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SpacePirate Ridley
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The books are translated (if its a good translation) in a way to give geralt and his troupe a more near feeling to the reader, while the rest of world speaks with accents or differents way of talking.
For example, in the spanish translation (of the books), Geralt and his near friends speak in modern spanish, while the poor townsfolk speak badly spoken olde castillian spanish (illiterated.) and the nobles in high culture castillian spanish (more theatrical).
Its pretty awesome.
Wow, I'll keep reading then!
Still, people identify him by his accent, so he should sound different.
Vincent Grayson
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Bow and arrows haven't been present in the prior games (at least, not that I remember), so I doubt they'll be here. Geralt is a guy whose focus is on swordplay, not attacking from range.
There is a crossbow in this one. It doesn't seem like something you'll use as a primary weapon though, just for taking don't flying creatures.
Since you're being so condescending, what's the super serious reason Saskia shows cleavage? Just finished the game and must have missed it.
Is that how it is in the original Polish version?
SpacePirate Ridley
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Maybe a polish gaffer can confirm, but the thing I know is that the spanish translations was done as faithfull as possible, so itn probably uses a similar system but with the polish language.
Denton
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Ah, I was no more condescending than he was (though admittedly more towards the devs than me).
There is no superserious reason, just a fairly obvious one, Dandelion spells it out quite logically:
Plus IIRC there was a dialogue with Zoltan about this as well.
Now don't get me wrong, CDP definitely did do "sex sells" kind of marketing before - like when they stripped Triss for Polish Playboy to appeal to male nongamer audience - but in case of Saskia, whose cleavage was not really advertised in any way, I doubt they gave it to her to "sell more copies". That's all.
blueteainfusion
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More or less. It's pretty easy to distinguish between modern Polish and peasant's way of speaking, but since main characters use quite sophisticated language anyway, there isn't much difference between them and the nobles. Nevertheless, language is the best part of the books for me, I just love the style.
kadab
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZ5YkXVEvk already out
Ohhh. Missed it!
They made a few changes to the scene of Emhyr on his throne in this new footage compared to the one in the Sword of Destiny trailer.
Scene lighting is tweaked, they added some adornments and the skin shaders look better. Also, if you watch both videos you'll see the new version has better facial animations, lip syncing and wrinkles that form.
Yeah, I'm not too sure about that. At least it can be corrected by mods if it turns out poorly.
Jay Shadow
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They had tons of console hands ons in January.
link?
I see the biggest benefit of this is that not everyone is wearing the same damn thing at the end of the game, or pieces x y z is the best in the game.
At least I hope that is what this can result in. If so, I like it a lot. If not then you're right it seems sort of silly.
Jay Shadow
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Not offhand, but look for any articles posted on or around January 26th when the embargo was up and they were all from hands-on events where the PS4, XBOne, and PC versions were all playable. So if it's a PS blog they probably played the PS version, and if it's an XBox blog they probably picked the XBox. I think some of the bigger sites had multiple people playing different versions.
Portugeezer
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Oh, I thought it was like Dark Souls where it would just do a bit less damage if it required higher levels. However, this thing about setting the level whenever you get it? Sounds disappointing... would it scale up? What if I really like the feel of a weapon will it just become useless and weak compared to later weapons just because I got them later?
We'll see I guess.
Once item has level it stays at that level, no scaling up.
This goes for any RPG or game that has loot; If you have some low level sword that you like [model, how it feels, affix...], but you are over leveling it and found new sword. This new sword doesn't have as appealing affix, but has +15% in every stat when compared to low level favorite. Don't you replace low level favorite just so you can progress on power curve towards more harder content?
If you answer "Yes" why that wouldn't apply to Witcher 3?
Edit: If power progression is well designed to go with leveling I guess players wouldn't even realize that gear scaling is happening at background. You progress in game and you find better and better gear.
Lots of witcher talk here:
http://www.gamespot.com/videos/the-witcher-3-assassin-s-creed-chronicles-china-an/2300-6424527/
http://www.gamespot.com/videos/the-witcher-3-assassin-s-creed-chronicles-china-an/2300-6424527/
BigTnaples
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Really pumped for this but not for nothing that item scaling thing has potential to be almost a game ruiner... Hopefully they playtest the hell out of it and path it out if it doesn't work for the better.
Hype is real now though. Finally got past Flotsam in the Witcher 2 on PC, and just bought the first of the books on my Kindle paper white.
Hype is real now though. Finally got past Flotsam in the Witcher 2 on PC, and just bought the first of the books on my Kindle paper white.
toddhunter
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I just don't understand why they would go with that as the default.
Explore > Find super cool weapon > Feel compelled to explore more.
It is a pretty basic RPG thing and modern games seem to want to take that away, even though enemies don't scale with you in this case (thank god). Even with mods it will not (at least initially) make the game be designed around some far off chest hidden behind hard enemies having something amazing in it.
I'm just picturing Skyrim level find boring things in generic places over and over again with no feeling of reward :| Having a huge world doesn't do you much good if the weapon at the end of the chamber of eternal doom is the exact same thing you'll find lying in a bush just out of town.
i gotta grant a rare pass for cd projekt, they got this, we all know it.
That does kind of suck. I guess I'll be level grinding at the very beginning of the game.
PLASTICA-MAN
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What??? I didn't know he will play a role in Witcher 3 : http://www.vg247.com/2015/04/21/gam...nister-talks-about-his-role-in-the-witcher-3/
Now the Withcer 3 is getting more interesting.
i still hope i can play with english subtitles and polish dialog
Lol, it's literally the only I've heard that has given me pause regarding the Witcher 3. I just don't like the sound of the mechanic.
FAQ for Witcher 3 pre-order on GOG, that I can't find now as they changed pre-order page on GOG, mentioned that you can freely choose what audio and subtitle packages you want to install/use. If memory serves me right.
I mean, I'm sure the game will have lots of merits, but this is planting one foot firmly in modern Bethesda game design. That's majorly disappointing. The enemies won't scale to your level, but the rewards will? That makes even less sense.
So let's say you spend an hour having an epic life or death battle with something you're not "supposed" to be able to handle yet, in a hidden cave you spent hours exploring the wilderness to find. Your reward is something moderately better than what you have, but will probably become obsolete compared to standard stuff found in lots of places once you have more time logged. When you reach that point in games like Oblivion and Skyrim and Fallout 3, the games are siphoned of all meaning and accomplishment and all sense of immersion and progression breaks as you look down on the treadmill you're walking on.
Why the half-measure? If you get past the full powered Uber Dragon when you're 30 hours in instead of 100, you should still get what was in that Uber Dragon's stash, not some gimped version. You had to put in *more* effort, no doubt, than if you had done it later in your campaign. This is troublesome design to say the least.
TheOctodad
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A man after my own heart.
Gamersyde version of that Charles Dance video is up: http://www.gamersyde.com/download_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_charles_dance-34494_en.html
Damien Monnier;
Yes maybe you are right actually - you won't even feel the system is in place and you can still get mega epic stuff that will stay static.
I felt like maybe this is something that people wanted to know to understand our thinking but maybe you are right I talk too much sometimes about our technical stuff (I like to explain to people the thinking behind a design without it breaking the illusion).
Maybe just go with the flow don't try to "game" it I would say, that's how I play it and I have a tone of fun.
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Damien Monnier;
We also have unique powerful swords and gear that will always be at a set level and set stats. I forgot to mention that - and that's why I came here to reply to your point which is totally valid - in fact as soon as I remembered that I failed to mention it (when the recording was over) I thought to myself "I must go on Reddit and clarify this no doubt somebody picked up on it!". Only some gear is there to 'fit' you but you don't notice it. Fear not it works really well
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Yes maybe you are right actually - you won't even feel the system is in place and you can still get mega epic stuff that will stay static.
I felt like maybe this is something that people wanted to know to understand our thinking but maybe you are right I talk too much sometimes about our technical stuff (I like to explain to people the thinking behind a design without it breaking the illusion).
Maybe just go with the flow don't try to "game" it I would say, that's how I play it and I have a tone of fun.
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Damien Monnier;
We also have unique powerful swords and gear that will always be at a set level and set stats. I forgot to mention that - and that's why I came here to reply to your point which is totally valid - in fact as soon as I remembered that I failed to mention it (when the recording was over) I thought to myself "I must go on Reddit and clarify this no doubt somebody picked up on it!". Only some gear is there to 'fit' you but you don't notice it. Fear not it works really well
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I agree with this. They should just make it so that you can't use high-end weapons to their fullest potential if your character is not skilled enough. Permanently scaling down weapons sounds terrible.
Okay this sounds a bit better.
Damien Monnier;
Yes maybe you are right actually - you won't even feel the system is in place and you can still get mega epic stuff that will stay static.
I felt like maybe this is something that people wanted to know to understand our thinking but maybe you are right I talk too much sometimes about our technical stuff (I like to explain to people the thinking behind a design without it breaking the illusion).
Maybe just go with the flow don't try to "game" it I would say, that's how I play it and I have a tone of fun.
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Damien Monnier;
We also have unique powerful swords and gear that will always be at a set level and set stats. I forgot to mention that - and that's why I came here to reply to your point which is totally valid - in fact as soon as I remembered that I failed to mention it (when the recording was over) I thought to myself "I must go on Reddit and clarify this no doubt somebody picked up on it!". Only some gear is there to 'fit' you but you don't notice it. Fear not it works really well
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Thanks for sharing this. I don't think most of GAF is even aware of this follow up
He literally posted these ~30min ago to 5 days old thread. I got heads up only because he happened to reply to my post in thread. I hope this update gets visibility here.
toddhunter
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Why on Earth would you forget to mention that?
Oh well, at least there might be some point to exploring. Time will tell where these swords actually are.
Being put into spotlight by Q&A that is streamed globally and having your train of thought stopped few times by questions that get randomly thrown in as you are explaining that stuff. I guess that can cause you to forget to mention some things
Being put into spotlight by Q&A that is streamed globally and having your train of thought stopped few times by questions that get randomly thrown in as you are explaining that stuff. I guess that can cause you to forget to mention some things
Guilty as charged!
Those who care about the fight and not the number on a sword at the end of the fight? *shrugs*
This debate has 2 sides with valid points favoring both, but I see most people not even trying to see the merits in the decision. There are pros and cons one way or the other.
Not to mention the fact that we now know there are weapon rewards that don't scale down, just not all of them. It seems they are trying to make everyone happy with a bit of both. An impossible feat, as history has proven.
Because he was rushed and that he might be nervous at interviews? Honestly, I prefer this approach than someone constantly being shepherded by a pr agent.