Why does everything always come back to Skyrim? It's a terrible example of how to do open world right. This game sounds pretty great though. I'm excited. Just have to find a way to play the second game.
I smell a backlash !
Though I always suspected it with how they were going on about the 3 distinct regions in the beginning.
Read this.Skyrim's world is fantastic. It's probably one of the best worlds to explore ever made in a game.
- all regions won't be accessible right from start, they're rather 'unlocked' as one progresses in the story
This was really the only way to do this if they want to include the areas they want to include. I am fine with it.
- according to Peter Gelencser the reason behind this approach is the vast distances between the locations (going from Novigrad to Skellige Islands would take one day at least) which simply would be impossible to fill with meaningful content
Read this.
- fellow Witchers become hireable over the course of the story (they have to be convinced to fight on Geralt's side)
The latest issue of Gamestar features a ton of new Witcher details, particularly about how the open world works. Translation comes from a user of their forums.
Yeah, I've always hated that line because obviously at some point you're gonna run into something you can see and not go to, unless you're on an island.I thought they said anything you can see you can go to.
Read this.
Why does everything always come back to Skyrim? It's a terrible example of how to do open world right. This game sounds pretty great though. I'm excited. Just have to find a way to play the second game.
- Novigrad and surroundings is the size of about 8.5 by 8.5 kilometers = 72.25 square kilometers
- the Skellige archipelago is the size of about 8 by 8 kilometers = 64 square kilometers
- those two alone result in an area of 136 square kilometers which dwarves Skyrim's 41 square kilometers
- even when discounting the 2 kilometers wide 'ring' of visible, but not explorable panorama around each of those two regions you would still have respectable 78 square kilometers for two regions alone
- Novigrad & surroundings and the Skellige archipelago are obviously only two of 'several' regions to explore, and even if the other regions were considerably smaller the world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would still be more extensive as the promised '20% bigger than Skyrim'
Novigrad and No Man's Land are part of the same hub
Read this.
Anyone who was paying even remotely attention to what they said so far knew this for a while.I smell a backlash !
While I love that post and its comedic value, I'd argue scale isn't even the major flaw in Skyrim's world design.Read this.
Read this.
Works for me. It sounds so massive that they had to hub it out. The game looks ridiculously good.
So...should we get this game as soon as it hits the street or wait for the inevitable enhanced edition? I'm somewhat leaning towards the latter, because around the same period the new Batman Arkham game is releasing, along with Dragon Age Inquisition and maybe Bloodborne.
I love the EE versions of Witcher games.
So...should we get this game as soon as it hits the street or wait for the inevitable enhanced edition? I'm somewhat leaning towards the latter, because around the same period the new Batman Arkham game is releasing, along with Dragon Age Inquisition and maybe Bloodborne.
I love the EE versions of Witcher games.
On the other hand you have to wonder if they will ever do the same this time on consoles, given what are the costs involved.It's worth noting that their enhanced editions have always been offered as a free update to existing customers. So you don't miss out on anything by buying the game early
I forgot how long the wait is usually between vanilla and EE. Yeah it makes more sense that they drop the EE aspect and shift towards DLC in today's environment.Not sure if there will be an enhanced edition of The Witcher 3 this time around. Quite possible, but the business model has changed somewhat. With the first game they were really trying to get the series off the ground, and the Enhanced Edition went a long way towards polishing up a shitload of bugs and rougher parts of the presentation. I think a lot of people didn't jump onto the series at all until the Enhanced Edition release. With The Witcher 2 the Enhanced Edition was less of a total overhaul and more like an expansion; extra content scattered throughout with the bulk in the final chapter (as a response to criticism that it was too short). It also coincided with the series first venture onto consoles.
Wild Hunt on the other hand is release as one big game on all major platforms at once. They'll have their PC fans, and now PlayStation and Xbox gamers too. I think in this situation there would be less incentive to make a big overhauled "Enhanced Edition", and more just continue padding the game with DLC (which is inevitable) and finally re-releasing that as the "Enhanced Edition".
Whatever they do you'll be waiting ~12 months to get it. So if you're happy to wait, more power to you.
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