Fiery Phoenix
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So whatever happened about the perma-death mode they were talking about a couple of months ago? Is it still there or was it ditched? (Not that I care either way.)
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New The Witcher 3 information from Gamestar
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That would be weird. I think it's just a difficulty setting just like hard or very hard is. I don't see a reason why they would remove it.
Yeah, as long as it's optional... I can't see what the point in getting rid of it would be. I certainly wouldn't ever use it but I know people are into that kind of thing.
There's currently conflicting information on that, but the most recent news states Perma-Death is a no-go.
Dark is just an even harder Hard.
BigTnaples
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Fiery Phoenix
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Yup, that's what I meant.
The article in this thread explicitly states there is only 4 difficulty modes and doesn't seem to suggest that Dark features perma-death, when a CDPR rep spoke about the game having perma-death as recently as 2 months ago. So they either ditched it or we just don't know for sure yet.
This could take awhile, searching for a specific article for The Witcher 3 is an absolute nightmare, there's just so fucking many by this point and The Witcher forums search function is terrible.
Actually it wasn't that bad - http://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=73
IIRC Permadeath was learned of Late-Jan/Early-Feb, this article is from March 18. However CDPR has been known to accidentally release conflicting statements before, so I'm not absolutely 100%.
I read somewhere that their bug hunting was going quite well, so they felt that they had time to work on adding more features.
Some new information from Official Playstation Magazine (courtesy of CDPRed forums user Vigilance.492). Warning, the long spoiler is kinda huge (major detail about the prologue):
- "Game looks gorgeous" on the PS4.
- Whales (As seen in very early screenshots) are still in the game and pop up as you traverse the ocean. Also you can be attacked by Sirens while on your boat (No mention of whether you can fight back from the boat), and there will be tons of other ships around too.
- Diving was a complete "spur of the moment" addition, and never initially planned. Apparently it was added when the game was around 60% feature complete, and ended up being a huge amount of work, but they feel it was worth it due to the extra layer it adds to the world/gameplay.
- It's possible that ice skating will be added in DLC.
- According to the article, Dark difficulty has permadeath.
- Mutagens are obtained from killing large monsters, and offer significant bonuses. The
for example gives you a +120% Vitality Mutagen.
- They confirmed that at least one S
will appear in the game.
- Apparently there is over 100 pieces of Battle Music in the game
SERIOUS STORY SPOILER (Prologue):
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- "Game looks gorgeous" on the PS4.
- Whales (As seen in very early screenshots) are still in the game and pop up as you traverse the ocean. Also you can be attacked by Sirens while on your boat (No mention of whether you can fight back from the boat), and there will be tons of other ships around too.
- Diving was a complete "spur of the moment" addition, and never initially planned. Apparently it was added when the game was around 60% feature complete, and ended up being a huge amount of work, but they feel it was worth it due to the extra layer it adds to the world/gameplay.
- It's possible that ice skating will be added in DLC.
- According to the article, Dark difficulty has permadeath.
- Mutagens are obtained from killing large monsters, and offer significant bonuses. The
Griffin in the Prologue
- They confirmed that at least one S
uccubus
- Apparently there is over 100 pieces of Battle Music in the game
SERIOUS STORY SPOILER (Prologue):
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Yennefer is found very early in the game, article alludes to it being extremely soon after you defeat the Griffin, which means probably before the end of the Prologue. She is searching for Ciri and is supposedly very on edge about what is hunting her.
I was hoping for more than just "looks gorgeous" from journalists.
Jay Shadow
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Okay, I was kind of scratching my head on the ice skating thing, but seeing it like this is another story.
Denton
Member
You should read the saga
The whole ice skating part was unbelieveably atmospheric and awesome.
blueteainfusion
Member
You should read the saga
The whole ice skating part was unbelieveably atmospheric and awesome.
It was like a horror story, of a slasher genre. So, so awesome.
IISANDERII
Member
How do you cancel pre-orders on the PSN store?
I can't remember if I've ever pre-ordered in my entire life but I wanted to support this game and its free DLC but now I learn there are expansions and whatever already happening so I wish to cancel.
I can't remember if I've ever pre-ordered in my entire life but I wanted to support this game and its free DLC but now I learn there are expansions and whatever already happening so I wish to cancel.