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I finally finished my Dark playthrough, the new act 3 stuff was interesting but not earth shattering. I had to cheat in some extra orens to finish the Kinslayer set though, because there was simply no way I could scrape all that money together. I am a little sad though, because I played this with Roche and it's just so goddamn bleak. I had forgotten how horrific the pogrom against the mages and sorcerers is when you don't save Triss and the north is utterly hosed despite having strong kings. I would have preferred to have Saskia around but honestly I don't see her city surviving the initial onslaught of the Empire after the beating they took from Henselt. I'm super excited to bring this save over to the Witcher 3, but I doubt it will have too much effect on the game since it's set in the Empire. Plus there were plenty of retcons from the first game.
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pentyne posted:Fantastic interview up on IGN from the devs. Because I'm a huge tech nerd I'm excited that CDPR is looking into leasing out the REDEngine. It really produces beautiful games and I could see it getting a lot of use by independent RPG studios (like Obsidian?  )
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Demiurge4 posted:I am a little sad though, because I played this with Roche and it's just so goddamn bleak. I had forgotten how horrific the pogrom against the mages and sorcerers is when you don't save Triss and the north is utterly hosed despite having strong kings. I would have preferred to have Saskia around but honestly I don't see her city surviving the initial onslaught of the Empire after the beating they took from Henselt. I'm super excited to bring this save over to the Witcher 3, but I doubt it will have too much effect on the game since it's set in the Empire. Plus there were plenty of retcons from the first game. To be fair You can find the dagger on some guards you kill if you rescue Iorveth in the Epilogue. So the chances of being able to save Saskia in TW3 are pretty high. Either that or they just explicitly decided to add an item into the game at a spot where its no longer usable for absolutely no reason. Also, I thought that the map for TW3 went up into the lower half of the northern kingdoms? Hence that whole backdrop of a war trailer plus the fact that you drink a potion and are told to return to Vizima in a year. Would be hard to have to return to Vizima if it isn't on the map.
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Leb posted:e: btw, here are some nifty slides that were posted over on NG... looks like a few new details here and there: 100 quality hours of meticulously handcrafted non-linear rpg gameplay with consequences that affect the story in multitude of ways, in a open world that takes 40 minutes to traverse with a horse. meh
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COOKIEMONSTER posted:To be fair You can find the dagger on some guards you kill if you rescue Iorveth in the Epilogue. So the chances of being able to save Saskia in TW3 are pretty high. Either that or they just explicitly decided to add an item into the game at a spot where its no longer usable for absolutely no reason. I would say it's there for story purposes, saying that there's hope Geralt and Iorveth can save her some time in the future. I honestly don't you think you should expect it to happen in Witcher 3. It would be impressive if W3 had a little questline continuation for every major optional W2 storyline, but I'm in no way expecting it. COOKIEMONSTER posted:Also, I thought that the map for TW3 went up into the lower half of the northern kingdoms? Hence that whole backdrop of a war trailer plus the fact that you drink a potion and are told to return to Vizima in a year. Would be hard to have to return to Vizima if it isn't on the map. quote:plus the fact that you drink a potion and are told to return to Vizima in a year. That bit was concluded in Act 3 of Iorveth's Path in the enhanced edition. Lycus fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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While there are strong expectations regarding the Empire in TW3, I believe the only setting that's been unveiled in any detail is the North. And I mean freezing North with ice giants, Viking boats and whatnot.
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Jan 28, 2014 23:00
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Leb posted:e: btw, here are some nifty slides that were posted over on NG... looks like a few new details here and there: No QTEs and stances are back! Graphic quality looks about the same as 2 in those shots. Impressive, considering this one is open-world.
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I'm not sure I'm a fan of the grayer, washed-out color palette. I know it's bleak "dark fantasy" and all but I really liked how vibrant Witcher 2 looked.
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FuriousGeorge posted:I'm not sure I'm a fan of the grayer, washed-out color palette. I know it's bleak "dark fantasy" and all but I really liked how vibrant Witcher 2 looked. Agreed. But to be fair, that could be just a particular area. W2 took place pretty far south, in a jungle among other places. The screenshots all seem to be from the same autumnal area.
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Well, none of the shots released so far seem to have been taken in Ubersampling mode, so it's all academic for the purists out there.
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I have to say that the changes to the potion mechanic sounds very promising.
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Really love that city screenshot. Look at the walls and the buildings, they just scream character.
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Boing posted:Really love that city screenshot. Look at the walls and the buildings, they just scream character. So does the horse poo poo. 
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I realize that "every generic soldier has full plate armor" is just a fantasy thing, but that poo poo costs a lot of money. No one would leave it all lying around in a ditch. Where's your fabled fantasy realism, Witcher? 
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Those look like Nilfgaard troops, so it'd make sense if they were in full plate.
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Yeah, what Coughing Hobo said, most of the Northern kingdom troops don't have chain or plate except for the higher tier troops.
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So since we get a horse mount now, does that mean it can double as a portable bank/chest? How else would I salvage all that plate mail?
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Coughing Hobo posted:Those look like Nilfgaard troops, so it'd make sense if they were in full plate.
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Eddain posted:So since we get a horse mount now, does that mean it can double as a portable bank/chest? How else would I salvage all that plate mail? They've said as much, in fact; your saddlebags will replace/supplement the innkeeper's storage that was patched into W2.
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Ravenfood posted:Sure, but what doesn't make sense is that they're still wearing it. Whichever side won that fight would have scavenged the poo poo out of that armor, and if they didn't, nearby peasantry would have. Maybe it was the Wild Hunt that killed them. Or Geralt. Either way, the battle looks pretty fresh, so looters may not have shown up yet.
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Ravenfood posted:Sure, but what doesn't make sense is that they're still wearing it. Whichever side won that fight would have scavenged the poo poo out of that armor, and if they didn't, nearby peasantry would have.
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"I am going to read into one screenshot of an unreleased game really hard." Ravenfood you do have a good point but if you played Witcher 2 you would know that most opponents do not have that much armor on, and we have literally zero context about that screenshot. Also some plating on the upper arms and torso does not necessarily mean "full plate". Leb posted:They've said as much, in fact; your saddlebags will replace/supplement the innkeeper's storage that was patched into W2. This is awesome.
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Leb posted:They've said as much, in fact; your saddlebags will replace/supplement the innkeeper's storage that was patched into W2.
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If Geralt doesn't call the horse "Roach" and have at least a dozen recorded, voice acted, one sided conversations with it in game I'm cancelling my pre-order that I haven't actually made yet.
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The Sharmat posted:If Geralt doesn't call the horse "Roach" and have at least a dozen recorded, voice acted, one sided conversations with it in game I'm cancelling my pre-order that I haven't actually made yet. I hope Roche is back so that he can repeatedly answer questions intended for the horse.
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The Sharmat posted:If Geralt doesn't call the horse "Roach" and have at least a dozen recorded, voice acted, one sided conversations with it in game I'm cancelling my pre-order that I haven't actually made yet. "Roach, do you remember the movie we saw back in 1978? Directed by John DeBello. I'll give you some time to refresh your memory" "This nekker and strawberry sandwich is amazing, don't you think Roach?" ?
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I'll laugh if at some point during the game, his horse dies, he gets a new one and promptly goes right back to referring to it as 'Roach.' On a slightly less macabre note, it's dress-up time with Geralt!    Note that Geralt will damned well wear a skirt if he damned well feels like it.
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The bottom left one in the second image is what I want Geralt to wear all the time. Except maybe with the shoes of the second row, first column one in the first image. E: I don't think he's really gained weight. I think he's just wearing more layers because he's further south.
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Yeah those cloaks make him look fat heh. Second image bottom right in particular.PureRok posted:E: I don't think he's really gained weight. I think he's just wearing more layers because he's further south. north? Or does this game take place in like, antarctica? GoodluckJonathan fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Clearly he's wearing more layers because he's getting ready for Ithlinne's Prophecy. Geralt knows what's up.
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Wachepti posted:north? If you're in the southern hemisphere, moving south will get colder. From everything I've seen it's suggested that Nilfgaard is colder (flashbacks in the games, reading one of the books). Even a lot of the screenshots seem to make it look colder. Of course, it's possible it's just winter, so it's just colder because of that. fake edit: But, looking it up, it seems there's a desert in Nilfgaard, so I guess I have no idea.
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Leb posted:I'll laugh if at some point during the game, his horse dies, he gets a new one and promptly goes right back to referring to it as 'Roach.' Isn't that basically what he does in the books? PureRok posted:fake edit: But, looking it up, it seems there's a desert in Nilfgaard, so I guess I have no idea. There are cold deserts.
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Lycus posted:Is Zerrikania to the south? Well based on the Witcher 1 map its far to the East and a bit South of the Northern Kingdoms. The Sharmat posted:There are cold deserts. Im guessing the cold place is the Viking esq place they have confirmed as a location. I mean I have no idea what kind of climate those islands have in universe but winter is commonly associated with Norse stand ins. Lycus posted:Clearly he's wearing more layers because he's getting ready for Ithlinne's Prophecy. Geralt knows what's up. After the Grandmaster put him through it once before hes coming prepared.
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