The Witcher 3 Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Paul_cz]

As far as I know they said they dislike the generic randomly generated quests, so every single one in TW3 will be designed by actual person and handcrafted. And limitless openworld does not mean infinite, it just means there are no internal barriers, loading screens, and that Geralt will be able to do stuff like dive underwater, climb on buildings and mountains and shit.
Which is awesome.

 

[Grunker]

yeah, climbing on buildings sure is integral to the witcher experience

 

[Perkel]

Intro of TW1 :D

 

[Storyfag]

Intro of TW1 :D

Which had... nothing to do with the Striga fight as described in the original short story Well, at least the climbing part was completely missing. But I reckon it *is* probable that a witcher would have to do some climbing in some fights.

 

[Xbalanque]

Climbing in the opening movie is really bad. It really blows away all the "realism" to which Twitcher supposedly aims.

 

[Perkel]

Climbing in the opening movie is really bad. It really blows away all the "realism" to which Twitcher supposedly aims.

Geralt IS superhuman. Can jump, run better than most of humans.

 

[Xbalanque]

Climbing in the opening movie is really bad. It really blows away all the "realism" to which Twitcher supposedly aims.

Geralt IS superhuman. Can jump, run better than most of humans.

Yet he didn't fly in the books.

 

[Perkel]

what has climbing to do with flying ?

 

[Xbalanque]

What he does barely resembles climbing, even for a superstrong guy this would be impossible.

 

[Paul_cz]

yeah, climbing on buildings sure is integral to the witcher experience

It is not, but why not allow it? If your aim is to have a playable character who can move unrestricted around the environment, it would be weird to restrict this specifically.
I don't think there will be any specific parkour assassins creed-like gameplay though.

 

[Grunker]

it would be weird to restrict this specifically.

restrictions are good

restrictions give focus

trying to make Skyrim++ is the very reason i have little faith in this project to begin with

is it cool to be able to climb and jump? i guess... is it important? fuck no

 

[J_C]

What he does barely resembles climbing, even for a superstrong guy this would be impossible.

What?
Watch it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsu1CueLgo
4:20 mark. That is such a basic climb, that almost a real human with good athletic skill could do it. But a mutant certainly could. Nothing wrong with the climb in the video.

 

[tuluse]

ITT: discussing the plausibility of how a superperson climbs in a cinematic designed to look cool

 

[adddeed]

What he does barely resembles climbing, even for a superstrong guy this would be impossible.

What?
Watch it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsu1CueLgo
4:20 mark. That is such a basic climb, that almost a real human with good athletic skill could do it. But a mutant certainly could. Nothing wrong with the climb in the video.

Which clown is calling that flying? A+ for exaggeration.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Not even ten seconds after climbing that roof, he stops the huge musclebound monster mid-air with a single punch, sending it flying backwards, spiraling into the ground below. I think that a bit of parkour is well within the capabilities of this guy.

 

[Metro]

yeah, climbing on buildings sure is integral to the witcher experience

Not being able to leap over a two foot high fence is fucking retarded and lazy game design.

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Not even ten seconds after climbing that roof, he stops the huge musclebound monster mid-air with a single punch, sending it flying backwards, spiraling into the ground below. I think that a bit of parkour is well within the capabilities of this guy.

only the best survive the transformation process.

 

[Grunker]

yeah, climbing on buildings sure is integral to the witcher experience

Not being able to leap over a two foot high fence is fucking retarded and lazy game design.

it hurts your immershun huh

it hurts mine that he cant do cartwheels

its lazy if they dont implement cartwheels

 

[Metro]

Has nothing to do with im-huuuuuuuurrr-zhun and everything to do with it being tedious for the player and a sign of shitty, lazy design by the developer who wants to make his game on-rails to save time/money. You probably liked the 'exploration' in Mass Effect.

 

[buzz]

They could design the level so it doesn't have the two-foot fence though.
I feel it's a proper criticism. The Witcher 3 experience is touted as "you can go anywhere!!"-type, and promising that without some kind of climbing and jumping over obstacles seems wrong. If your seamless open world is not really open, why bother with it? Give use the hubs like in the previous games.

 

[WhiteGuts]

Open world doesn't mean obstacle-free world.

 

[Infinitron]

Their description is "open world, but not sandbox": http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-of-clarification-and-a-whiff-of-multiplayer

"We don't want to change the gameplay into the sandbox experience - that's not the plan."

Badowski reiterated: "We don't want to lose anything that we achieved in The Witcher's six years. Don't expect too many sandbox, mechanical solutions in The Witcher 3. It will be hand-crafted very precisely."

 

[Grunker]

Has nothing to do with im-huuuuuuuurrr-zhun and everything to do with it being tedious for the player and a sign of shitty, lazy design by the developer who wants to make his game on-rails to save time/money.

You are not making a significant case for jumping over cartwheels here. What's the difference? Jumping is no more inherently rail-destroying than cartwheeling. CoD has jumping.

 

[Paul_cz]

restrictions are good

restrictions give focus

trying to make Skyrim++ is the very reason i have little faith in this project to begin with

is it cool to be able to climb and jump? i guess... is it important? fuck no

restrictions are bad

restrictions are limiting

trying to show Bethesda how it should be done is the very reason I am excited about this project to begin with

is it cool to be able to climb and jump? yes....is it important? we'll see

 

[Perkel]

only the best survive the transformation process.

Taking amphetamine^2 coupled with steroids before fights also helps