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BeoTeK said:
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I have a strange feeling that I've seen that video before. That merkel line sounds so familiar.

Anyway, even though I don't usually agree with Kevin Van Ord's opinion, it's good to hear that he enjoyed the game. The moment he described about swimming to the island sounds really fun. I'm glad that CDP have found a way to make the open world work. One of my worries was that they were going to Ubi-fy it.
 
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I have a strange feeling that I've seen that video before. That merkel line sounds so familiar.

Anyway, even though I don't usually agree with Kevin Van Ord's opinion, it's good to hear that he enjoyed the game. The moment he described about swimming to the island sounds really fun. I'm glad that CDP have found a way to make the open world work. One of my worries was that they were going to Ubi-fy it.
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Yeah, thanks goodness that doesn't appear to be the case.
But I'll kinda agree with you on Kevin VO, but at least what I enjoy about most of Gamespots articles they're objective and I quite enjoy Danny O'Dwyer.
 
BeoTeK said:
Yeah, thanks goodness that doesn't appear to be the case.
But I'll kinda agree with you on Kevin VO, but at least what I enjoy about most of Gamespots articles they're objective and I quite enjoy Danny O'Dwyer.
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I agree with you, Danny O'Dwyer is pretty good. I liked his 'Escape From Mount Stupid' videos that he used to make. It's a pity that he's stopped doing them.

Gamespot is a strange site. They can make really funny and entertaining videos, then the next day have absolute tat. I can't remember if it was them - I think it was - but they also had a series going for a while that was the staff reading out YouTube comments in funny accents. For some reason that was highly entertaining. It had like a Wild Wild West theme going on. I can't remember the name though.
 
A retrospective by Elder Geek for those who haven't and aren't going to play the first two games before Witcher 3 launches. Or even for those who just want a recap on the story so far. Major spoilers obviously.

 
Witcher 3 quest designer says that DA Inquisition is a good game, but has too many fetch quests.

Here is the interview on german Eurogamer with lead quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewic.

This is Google translated, but it should be fine.

What about Dragon Age: Inquisition? Dragon Age now also follows an open world.

"I liked it played out," says Tomaszkiewicz, "but I think ..." - he thinks, obviously striving to find the right words.

CD Projekt owes Bioware particularly as a development studio lot. At that time, 2004 Bioware showed at E3 Jade Empire. CDP was at that time still little more than a Polish sales, a bunch of loonies who have had trouble finding buyers for their lying still in the early stages The-Witcher demo. Bioware gave them place on the stand and thus the necessary momentum.

Now Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz sits and thinks about Dragon Age: Inquisition, the latest game in a studio, in the shadow of CD Projekt was great. "For my taste, it could do with less fetch quests," he says. "But it's still a good game. Ultimately, it increases the diversity, which can never be wrong with role-playing games."
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What he likes more is Fallout New Vegas:

"Well, my favorite open world game is Fallout: New Vegas," Tomaszkiewicz says about the way it combines quests and story with the open world. It is insanely good to hear from someone who is in charge of the missions in Witcher 3. New Vegas is one of the few almost absammelresistenten examples of modern RPGs, defines your role in his world through deeds and fractions. The drawers do not know where you could grab the residents of Nevada, and withdraws in favor of a neutral perspective the events detected. In short, the players decide who is good and bad, as far as this distinction is relevant.
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Also namedrops Gothic as example of a well done open world with no level scaling.

The whole interview is quite interesting. He talks about some of the cut content, for example how they originally planned to have ice skating in the game but decided to drop it. If TW3 does it's quests similar to New Vegas then it's going to be godly. My 'Hype' intensifies...
 
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I tried to play the first 2... But with the near isometric camera and (imo) sluggish combat, I just couldn't get into it. This one looks pretty epic though, I'll most likely get it as everything about the games appeals to me and this one looks to have improved on what bothered me before. Hoping I won't be too lost with the storyline though.
 
No recent news, so: The Witcher 2 completed on Insane difficulty without armor or spending a talent:


Source.

As promised, 3DJuegos community member HOA7 has completed the excellent The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition in the difficulty level Insane playing a naked Geralt of Rivia, without spending a point on the witcher's talents, and, for the most part, with the starting swords of this Roleplaying Adventure.

"The concentration level to pass the game this way has ben maximum" explains in the video description of the YouTube video he posted to prove his achievement. "Practically every enemy in the game kills you on one hit and the difficulty has been extreme. The few obligatory fights that are not in the video", continues, "aren't because the difficulty level has been below what i expected".

During the hardest fights, he says, have used more powerful swords, like Forgotten vran sword; but most of the game was done with the initial swords. In the comments of the news, HOA7 answers a few questions:

I've spent 2 or 3 days to finish the game, should be noted that i can do it in 3h (finish the game, normal difficulty) as i proved in the Speedrun [4] , it was just a few hours more. No cheats. I've tried with my eyes closed, but i died in the Prologue.

You know what is the worst of this? not the critics, not the haters or people who belittles your dedication, the worst thing for me is that TW2 doesn't offer me any more challenge, and maybe it's time to give a rest to our friend Geralt of Rivia. I'll see you on May 19, "White Wolf"
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What a noob. Every one knows that the real way to do that is to use the weakest swords :p Seriously though, that is insane dedication. Maybe leaning a bit more on the insane side...
 
New news!

  • There are many different types of weapons that you can pick up. What's interesting is that you need a higher level in order to be able to use some of them.

  • Weapons (including swords) will not last forever and can be destroyed if used too much. You will need to pay a regular visit to a craftsman in order to maintain them.

  • The HUD is very customizable. There are several options available, including turning off the minimap and all sorts of notifications, if you so desire.

  • All the graphical settings can be changed in-game.

  • Enemies will parry crossbow's bolts with a shield.

  • The skill tree is really massive. There are 5 trees (according to The Witcher site there are 4, so I'm not sure who is closer to the truth), each has 5 tiers and each tier contains 5 skills. Every skill has 3 or 4 levels to unlock. Even though Geralt gains more skill points per level, it will be impossible to unlock all of them.

  • After unlocking the skill it needs to be activated. You do that by putting it into separate tree, which contains a limited number of slots (it will increase with character's progress). Activated skills affects Geralt's fighting style. Activating a set of skills from the same category will increase it's effects. It adds another layer to preparations and tactical planning, as you have to choose an appropriate set of active skills depending on what kind of opponent you going to face (for example, if you going to fight with heavily armored knights, you can activate Igni upgrade that allows you to melt armors).

  • There are also four slots for mutagens, which also affects your abilities.

  • Temporary companions are quite helpful and even use different fighting styles. For example, one woman that accompanies Geralt waited for a right moment while enemies were focused on Geralt to backstab them for massive damage.

  • The game is pretty difficult, and you can die even on easy if you're not careful.

  • Some details about dynamic weather: there will be snow, different phases of day/night, different stages of cloudiness, storms, a few types of rain and even a morning mist.

  • Enemy AI is really good. Wolves and bandits spread to cut off all of Geralt's escape routes. If you kill their respective leaders, they end up completely disorganized. One enemy can use himself as a living bait to give the rest of his squad a chance to put Geralt in a corner If you set up a trap or Yrden sign in front of the enemy, he will avoid it.

  • NPC models are very diverse and the interiors of every hut looks different, so there will be no feeling of deja vu.
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Sounds fantastic! Makes the wait even more difficult :/
 
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