The Witcher 3 is ninth game ever to get a GameSpot 10/10 - Polidicks

On one hand it kinda sucks being restricted, but at the same time, if I CAN crouch jump everywhere.. I will end up doing it :v:

I'm a huge fan of both of the games, and I'm reading through the books now. They're both worth a play-through, even in prep for this one. I actually like the first one a little more than the second, but the second is still a great game too. I'm eager to see how they'll approach Ciri and Yennefer in this game.

I am so pissed off my PC won't be able to play this or i'd have already bought it :(

[QUOTE=PieClock;47712035]The issue shown in the video is a less severe case of it, but it gets really annoying in areas like the forest outside flotsam. And it's not a big deal, but when combined with the clumsiness of some of the other stuff in the game, it adds up. - It feels horrible, unnatural and it brings you out of the experience. - In some areas, you're blocked by bushes the height of your knee, and forced to take a massively long route through enemies to get to the same place that you'd be if you could just walk through the bush. - It overall just makes some areas really confusing to navigate. - If this is happening during combat, it can get you killed, and for me, makes fighting in some areas feel very claustrophobic. It's just not a nice feeling to be stopped by a shrub when you're supposed to be this fierce monster killer.[/QUOTE] This is just a case of people expecting The Witcher 2 to be something it's not. TW2 is a linear story-based RPG with several branching paths, not an open world adventure game. It almost plays like a book.

[QUOTE=usaokay;47712563]As in, I'm eager to see how they're both be fuckable in this game.[/QUOTE] Id get real uncomfortable if there was a sex scene between Geralt and Ciri, isnt she supposed to be his kinda adoptive daughter?

[QUOTE=Source;47712604]I am so pissed off my PC won't be able to play this or i'd have already bought it :([/QUOTE] My PC is still using a GTX 460(1GB), and I still bought the game. I have my fingers crossed I will be able to at least get 30fps with everything on low/disabled in a windowed mode on a lower resolution.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;47711372]Fucking seriously?[/QUOTE] Metal Gear Solid 3 should be on that list. And Chrono Trigger, not Cross. [editline]12th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Zet;47713296]My PC is still using a GTX 460(1GB), and I still bought the game. I have my fingers crossed I will be able to at least get 30fps with everything on low/disabled in a windowed mode on a lower resolution.[/QUOTE] Why don't you just upgrade? It'd ruin the experience to play everything on low at a shitty frame rate.

I'm still struggling through the Witcher 1. That swamp was tedious.

[QUOTE=spazthemax;47713283]Id get real uncomfortable if there was a sex scene between Geralt and Ciri, isnt she supposed to be his kinda adoptive daughter?[/QUOTE]That is actually how you change between which character you play. They meet, fuck, then one stays in bed while the other makes breakfast and kills things.

[QUOTE=jonu67;47711384]I thought Chrono Cross was pretty fun, soundtrack was great, lacked depth like a motherfucker though. Haven't played it in years though so I can't really judge it all too well.[/QUOTE] Chrono Trigger was a lot better imo. [editline]13th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Zet;47713296]My PC is still using a GTX 460(1GB), and I still bought the game. I have my fingers crossed I will be able to at least get 30fps with everything on low/disabled in a windowed mode on a lower resolution.[/QUOTE] Minimum recommendation is a gtx 660.

So I got this game free with my new GPU, but I've never had the chance to play the first two, will I be completely lost if I try to start with 3? I might just beat them in reverse order for the hell of it, the Witcher series has always looked amazing to me but I just never bought any of them.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;47711372]Fucking seriously?[/QUOTE] In the review retrospective chrono cross was the only one where they seemed to disagree with the score They were quick to point out that it was done by a freelancer who hasn't done anything for gamespot besides that one review. They can't change it but it they would I think they would retroactively give it a lower score

Witcher 3 is kind of like Crysis all over again in that it makes me want a new PC. And that's such a refreshing thing in PC gaming. [editline]13th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;47711227]I'm flying out to visit my boyfriend the same day the game comes out. I'll be gone for three weeks without being able to play. That's not so fun.[/QUOTE] Geralt is your boyfriend now

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;47713434]That is actually how you change between which character you play. They meet, fuck, then one stays in bed while the other makes breakfast and kills things.[/QUOTE] So player POV is like the curse in It Follows?

[QUOTE=elowin;47711742]It's not a direct continuation, each game is it's own self contained story, but with that said, there's still a lot of connecting points, and you can import your save to carry over your choices, so I guess you kind of wont get the [i]full[/i] experience, no.[/QUOTE] Also worth noting is unlike 2, in 3 there's no item importing, so you won't be handicapped gameplay wise if you didn't play the previous ones. Made me feel a lot better for abandoning Raven's armor in 2.

it sucked anyway... i had the best sword and stuff in witcher 1 and then within like 2 hours of gameplay i found a better one in witcher 2

[QUOTE=Zet;47713296]My PC is still using a GTX 460(1GB), and I still bought the game. I have my fingers crossed I will be able to at least get 30fps with everything on low/disabled in a windowed mode on a lower resolution.[/QUOTE] I don't meet the system requirements for CPU or GPU for Dying Light but it runs fairly well with ~medium settings. I'm hoping Witcher 3 will be the same. If CD Projekt put in really customizable options, I don't think it will too much of a problem.

[QUOTE=tarkata14;47713839]So I got this game free with my new GPU, but I've never had the chance to play the first two, will I be completely lost if I try to start with 3? I might just beat them in reverse order for the hell of it, the Witcher series has always looked amazing to me but I just never bought any of them.[/QUOTE] I've heard there will be a recap at the very start for new players, so you should be fine. Going in reverse order will only leave you in devastation as you see the combat becoming worse... but you will still get a great story.

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;47710987]True, I suppose I was mainly thinking of the story and vibe of the game. The tech was indeed absolutely amazing for 2008.[/QUOTE] Sorry for off topic, but I found the story of GTA4 to be much better than 5. The stories were well written and engaging where you actually felt like you were developing as a character and it had a series of interesting, changing relationships with loads of different characters (in five there's way less characters and your circumstances don't really change as much), the ending [sp]was actually good, rather than 5's totally unsatisfying 'kill all the separate bad guys really easily and insignificantly in one go because we can't be bothered to tie these stories up properly there done the end. Like they could have really made something out of those kills, it could have been really satisfying to kill the FIB guy. From the moment I met him I thought, man it's gonna be awesome when this turns round and I kick his ass, but no it's just a shot from a sniper rifle then done, move on, next bad guy. And why did Michael go and kill Franklins bad guy? There should have been a mission where Franklin and Lamar go and get their revenge, Michael had no actual connection with the guy[/sp], the female characters weren't just awful like they were in 5 (there were like three women in the whole story and they were dull caricatures) and I fucking love Nico. A good story really compliments the gameplay, and amplifies every bit of satisfaction by giving you more personal motives for what you do and building up to events properly, and it gives you more investment into the player's character, and the other characters, so you feel more gratification when they do well, and more vengeful when something bad happens to them. I just didn't get that as much from 5. But 5 is way more fun in every other way.

still have 1 and 2 in my library, yet to finish them, i'll get to it eventually

[QUOTE=TheWhiteFox1;47711999]i still don't get why this is such a big deal to people.[/QUOTE] because all it does is create an incredible and unnecessary restriction on player movement (which is already bad considering the lack of jumping, and geralt's slow fucking pace that made moving around the world a chore) that just padded the hell out of travel time, which made parts of the game [B]incredibly[/B] laborious. i would've absolutely loved TW2 if it were not for that. the structure of how movement was handled was so piss poor that it constantly pulled me out of the game and I'd just sit there thinking "seriously? i have to walk 300 meters around a bend when i could easily just do a quick hurdle over this fallen tree?" it's a perspective that's highly influenced by bethesda RPG's which emphasize freedom of movement over directed storytelling. that provides a significantly more open feeling experience that makes you feel less restricted and by extension facilitates your immersion into the world. in Beth RPG's if you feel like you should be able to move your character somewhere, chances are you can. that's not so in TW2, and it suffers immensely for it imo. i'm hopeful that this isn't an issue in TW3 because everything else about the game was wonderful. if they improved feel of movement then the game will be incredible.

I think Bethesda had the opposite problem where you could scale entire mountains by just finding a seam in the terrain and spamming jump.

is there cross platform save transfer? Played W2 on PC but don't think it can handle W3, so will probably go xbox.

I tried playing TW1 and it just...ugh. It seems so BLAND.

[QUOTE=geel9;47720738]I tried playing TW1 and it just...ugh. It seems so BLAND.[/QUOTE] Haven't read the books, but I love the game series. I'll still be the first to say that the gameplay in the Witcher 1 sucked massive amounts of donkey chode. I played it once, and never intend on playing it again.

[QUOTE=CrumbleShake;47720192]Sorry for off topic, but I found the story of GTA4 to be much better than 5. The stories were well written and engaging where you actually felt like you were developing as a character and it had a series of interesting, changing relationships with loads of different characters (in five there's way less characters and your circumstances don't really change as much), the ending [sp]was actually good, rather than 5's totally unsatisfying 'kill all the separate bad guys really easily and insignificantly in one go because we can't be bothered to tie these stories up properly there done the end. Like they could have really made something out of those kills, it could have been really satisfying to kill the FIB guy. From the moment I met him I thought, man it's gonna be awesome when this turns round and I kick his ass, but no it's just a shot from a sniper rifle then done, move on, next bad guy. And why did Michael go and kill Franklins bad guy? There should have been a mission where Franklin and Lamar go and get their revenge, Michael had no actual connection with the guy[/sp], the female characters weren't just awful like they were in 5 (there were like three women in the whole story and they were dull caricatures) and I fucking love Nico. A good story really compliments the gameplay, and amplifies every bit of satisfaction by giving you more personal motives for what you do and building up to events properly, and it gives you more investment into the player's character, and the other characters, so you feel more gratification when they do well, and more vengeful when something bad happens to them. I just didn't get that as much from 5. But 5 is way more fun in every other way.[/QUOTE] I thought I was the only one. Would have been way better if each killed his own nemesis, but overall, gta4's story was better imo. Much more interesting, mainly because of Nico and how things revolved around him.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;47720555]I think Bethesda had the opposite problem where you could scale entire mountains by just finding a seam in the terrain and spamming jump.[/QUOTE] tbh that's not a problem imo for two reasons: 1.) it falls under "if I want to, I can" - there's nothing forcing you to do that, but you can if you want. 2.) there's a pretty easy way of explaining it in your brain - you're climbing. that's often what it felt like if I did something like that, which didn't pull me out of it at all.

i like the movement a lot in modern TES. i can avoid a lot of pointless backtracking if i choose to do so, and never got frustrated with not being able to go somewhere [editline]14th May 2015[/editline] i'm interested in seeing how TW3 translates for someone like me with hundreds of hours in TES games. i'm not going to play TW2 mostly due to time constraints, so CDP's take on movement in 3 will be entirely fresh also avoiding any pre-release stuff like trailers and all of this talk about 'downgrading'. i feel like it's been ages since i truly jumped in to a game at this kind of scale without knowing [I]anything[/I] about it

source games have the best movement

[QUOTE=kweh;47720758]I thought I was the only one. Would have been way better if each killed his own nemesis, but overall, gta4's story was better imo. Much more interesting, mainly because of Nico and how things revolved around him.[/QUOTE] I got really attached to Nico. The character development he went through was really well done, in my opinion. Even the subtle things, like his accent getting slowly clearer and his English getting better through the game, made a big difference. Maybe they just bit off more than they could chew by having three player characters. You never got the chance to feel really attached or really get to know any of them the way you could Nico. [editline]14th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Map in a box;47723997]source games have the best movement[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCJe5iKb6c[/media]