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[MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] It is only with certain brands of Nvidia GPU's or with certain suppliers in SA (one of those 2) if I recall correctly. Because I also read something like this and then went to do some research and saw I won't get a game with my Galax 970 :/
 
I'm actually only now starting to get excited for this. Now that a lot more of the finer details are emerging. Looking really promising!
 
BeoTeK said:
Gamespot 2 minute book spoilers
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I wasn't a fan of that. Spoiled too much that new players should've discovered on their own as they play TW3. Plus reading the books will be quite a bit less interesting now as well, for those who haven't read them yet.

I think this series is much better. Less content about the plot of TW3, and more about the previous games to get new players up to speed.

 
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Thanks for sharing. Sorry for previous post then :-(
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Hahaha, what are you sorry for? :wtf: Just my opinion. ;)

Some new info:
  • The damage made to Geralt’s face when he’s intoxicated by his potion is actually displayed in cutscenes. White Honey cures it.
  • There are very very few fetch quests in the game. The team doesn’t particularly like them. Those that are there spend time developing the character that gives the quest. For instance there’s one in which you have to go from point to point with a character, and while you do he tells you in depth about him. That can influence the choice at the end of the quest.
  • Monsters can attack you while you’re meditating.
  • The AI of normal animals like sheeps and goats is pretty basic. It will tell them that there’s a bush that they might like within their radius, so they’ll go eat it. The same goes for animals or entities they’re scared of, causing them to run away.
  • If you kill that goat, it’s gonna produce a smell, and monsters may be attracted to it if there’s one that likes that kind of meat in the radius. If no one eats it and the corpse rots, a different kind of monster that eats rotten meat will be attracted.
  • If there are deers in an area wolves will hunt them, but if you kill all the deers you may see some wolves patrolling, but there will be less because there’s less game.
  • The reason why ice skating was removed from the game (very few things have been actually cut) is because creating a big fight based on a completely different set of mechanics that haven’t been explained or used before and that the players didn’t have the opportunity to master is a bad idea, as it gets people killed too easily and frustrated.
  • In some cases when you kill the monsters in an area, humans will settle it. In the prologue there’s actually a cutscene that shows is as it happens so that the players understand the mechanic. It’s not always so simple, and there are different states. Whenever you go into an area the game will check what you have and what you haven’t done, who you helped, who you killed, the decisions you made during quests and dialogue. That can change a lot of things, including the people that spawn in a village. The mechanic is simple, but it can get complex because of all the branching.
  • Monsters don’t scale with your level. If you’re way underleveled compared to a monster, you’ll do almost no damage.
  • The level of an enemy is displayed, but is its level is indicated by a skull you better stay away, because it’s way too strong for you, and it might even oneshot you.
  • The bestiary populates itself as you learn information and eventually it tells you where a monsterlives, at what times of day it appears, what it’s vulnerable to.
  • Gear has been moved around very recently to re-balance it.
  • You won’t find items you can’t use because you’re too low level. They will automatically scale down to your level if they’re too high for you. For instance the damage of a weapon will be lower, even if they will keep their “cool” elements like setting elements on fire for instance. Once you pick up an item, its stats are set, so it won’t scale back up to its original stats. That said, you’ll always get better loot as you move forward anyway. There’s no need to wait to be the right level before you get an item.
  • You can use Axii on your horse to force him not to panic during combat. Quen can be changed from defensive to offensive, and it can explode and damage enemies when it’s penetrated.
  • There was a big conversation within the team on whether Geralt could be fully nude or not. The conversation also involved the extra polygons that would be used for his penis and who would animate it while running. On the other side, others believed that there was a lot of female nudity in the game, so there should be male nudity as well. The result is that there’s a lot more male nudity than in previous games, but Geralt still normally wears his underwear.
  • The Gwent minigame was designed to last ten minutes tops for each match. You can win money, new cards, enter a torunament with all the best Gwent players. There are even quests linked to the game.

From this video:
 
[MENTION=11347]The_Imp_ZA[/MENTION]
I see with that Xbox video; Microsoft released a statement apologizing that it was actually recorded on PC!




 
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I see with that Xbox video; Microsoft released a statement apologizing that it was actually recorded on PC!
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The video runs at 60FPS, so it's fairly obvious. :p

Actually most of the videos uploaded to the Xbox and Playstation channels are PC footage, just with controller prompts. I don't get why people are making such a big fuss, it happens all the time.

Take a shot every time someone says gamer? My name is xyz and I'm a gamer! This is one of the most phoned in and cringeworthy videos I've seen. Even the guy presenting looks bored.


Honestly, I expected them to do this at the end:


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Gonna watch those videos now, thanks [MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION] :) That combat video... so good. Geralt cuts a bandit completely in half, that's brutal! The Butcher of Blaviken he definitely is.

Expect a lot of content on Monday. The embargo for the 30+- YouTubers who visited CDP RED ends then. They're each allowed about 40 minutes of gameplay to upload.

New screens:





Thanks the pope that the HUD is fully customisable. I'm turning most of it off.
 
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