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[WetTreeLeaf]

Heres a really good look at how large the world is.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfTSs2309k

I really like this size, seems just perfect to me, not ridiculously large just to say it's large (I hope).

 

[Falchion]

That mission was really cool although it was funny how the guy took off on his horse and Geralt waited with his arms crossed so that he could deliver his one liner before taking off in pursuit.

 

[LurkerPrime]

That mission was really cool although it was funny how the guy took off on his horse and Geralt waited with his arms crossed so that he could deliver his one liner before taking off in pursuit.

Roach is the better horse, and Geralt knows it.

Gotta say, I'm really happy there's going to be decent horsing around in Witcher 3, including mounted combat. Skyrim had horse activities and an actual use for them, but the horse controls sucked, and Dragon Age: Inquisition had a lot of different horses, but horrible controls and virtually nothing to do with them other than catch 'em all. A true Epona for our time.

 

[WetTreeLeaf]

Roach is the better horse, and Geralt knows it.

Gotta say, I'm really happy there's going to be decent horsing around in Witcher 3, including mounted combat. Skyrim had horse activities and an actual use for them, but the horse controls sucked, and Dragon Age: Inquisition had a lot of different horses, but horrible controls and virtually nothing to do with them other than catch 'em all. A true Epona for our time.

Those horses in Dragon Age looked like they were bred to eat other horses.
Horse quality from what I've seen goes like: Red Dead Redemption > MGS PP > TW3.
Im glad devs are making better looking horses, hopefully this becomes a trend.

 

[viveks86]

Gamespot released a bunch off miscellaneous stuff today

The Witcher 3's Bigger Than Skyrim World and Magic-Like Card Game Gwent

 

[Maroon Gamer]

I have preordered this beauty

 

[ScepticMatt]

CDPR have said it's 20% bigger though. .

They have expanded the amount of landmass over time.

 

[Tovarisc]

Witcher 3 TV spot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Bh7esrGkM

 

[Forkball]

I think people expect this to be Arkham Asylum with swords, but the combat in this series has always been slower paced and has elements of a turn-based system even though it's realtime.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Game looks like a lotta fun. I'll likely get the PS4 version

 

[flaxknuckles]

I think people expect this to be Arkham Asylum with swords, but the combat in this series has always been slower paced and has elements of a turn-based system even though it's realtime.

Huh? Where did you get that impression? And no one's complaining about the speed of the combat in Witcher 2-3.

 

[boskee]

Looks like that marketing deal with Microsoft doesn't really apply in Poland as it's Playstation that is teasing Witcher 3 related material.

https://www.facebook.com/PlayStationPolska/videos/vb.205010466233119/866602976740528/?type=2&theater

 

[His Majesty]

According to a new Gamestar.de preview (they had a two day hands on) you can follow the guy to the Temerian hideout which offers another option to resolve the quest.

 

[Samir Sedlar]

According to a new Gamestar.de preview (they had a two day hands on) you can follow the guy to the Temerian hideout which offers another option to resolve the quest.

Now this is a rather interesting turns of events, I like this kind of subtlety, I'd never have thought the quest could be done that way.

 

[Chaos17]

I have preordered this beauty

25 days to go... *sob*

 

[Mechanized]

I want to be interested in The Witcher but I think Geralt is lame. I'd prefer if you could create your own hero. Gameplay looks alright I guess.

 

[abundant]

According to a new Gamestar.de preview (they had a two day hands on) you can follow the guy to the Temerian hideout which offers another option to resolve the quest.

And this is one of the first side missions you get in the game. Imagine the possibilities for the side missions you get later on.

 

[swazzyswess]

The dialogue in that quest is sleep inducing...

 

[nelsonroyale]

Looks like that marketing deal with Microsoft doesn't really apply in Poland as it's Playstation that is teasing Witcher 3 related material.

https://www.facebook.com/PlayStationPolska/videos/vb.205010466233119/866602976740528/?type=2&theater

That's good to hear. First offscreen glimpse of the PS4 version there.

 

[Jon Armdog]

I'm starting to get hyped about this game, even though I gave up on Witcher 2 due to its unsatisfying combat. I've watched a few videos, and Witcher 3 looks much improved. The world looks amazing, and the combat looks pretty fun.

I think I got too excited about Dragon Age Inquisition, and ended up a bit disappointed in the end. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed DA:I...just after completing it, I don't see myself ever wanting to get back into it. Unlike Dragons Dogma, which I still find myself going back to occasionally due to extremely satisfying combat system.

Anywho, the Witcher 3 looks like it might be great - I just need to keep my expectations in check. Like Skyrim with better combat and a more detailed world, maybe? That'd work for me.

 

[firebranded]

Anywho, the Witcher 3 looks like it might be great - I just need to keep my expectations in check. Like Skyrim with better combat and a more detailed world, maybe? That'd work for me.

In a sense you can't go wrong with expectations that low lol.

Better detailed, more gray and realistic quest options. You don't get Exp from killing random beasts etc. from what I heard. A few wrinkles on the formula like that.

 

[erawsd]

In a sense you can't go wrong with expectations that low lol.

Better detailed, more gray and realistic quest options. You don't get Exp from killing random beasts etc. from what I heard. A few wrinkles on the formula like that.

You do, there is a limit to it though. Each monster has a beastiary page that fills in either from reading books, talking with npcs, or just killing them. Once their page is full you will no longer get exp from them.

 

[DOWN]

In a sense you can't go wrong with expectations that low lol.

Better detailed, more gray and realistic quest options. You don't get Exp from killing random beasts etc. from what I heard. A few wrinkles on the formula like that.

How is it better detailed?

 

[Despera]

Man it would be awesome if I could inject the horse with some sort of concoction/syringe to make it go faster. A small section in the meditation screen specifically for the witcher's mount would be great

The game releases at a perfect time for me. Right when I'm about done with the games I'm playing at the moment. As someone who enjoyed everything in TW2 (except combat which had its fair share of problems), this looks like it's better in every way. Can't wait.

You do, there is a limit to it though. Each monster has a beastiary page that fills in either from reading books, talking with npcs, or just killing them. Once their page is full you will no longer get exp from them.

Excellent idea, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

 

[Jon Armdog]

How is it better detailed?

It seems like, based on what I've read and seen in the preview videos so far, that the Witcher 3 takes the NPC schedules and independent activity that Skyrim had and expands it greatly. It looks like from an NPC and creature perspective, it builds significantly on the depth of world Skyrim has.

Of course, I don't know that for sure. That's just my impression

 

[m_shortpants]

I think people expect this to be Arkham Asylum with swords, but the combat in this series has always been slower paced and has elements of a turn-based system even though it's realtime.

You mean Shadow of Mordor?

 

[firebranded]

Ah, that makes sense about the exp part. I did mean it's not just straight numbers only affair, something I really like as an aspect since it makes sense.

It seems like, based on what I've read and seen in the preview videos so far, that the Witcher 3 takes the NPC schedules and independent activity that Skyrim had and expands it greatly. It looks like from an NPC and creature perspective, it builds significantly on the depth of world Skyrim has.

Of course, I don't know that for sure. That's just my impression

Yeah, CDPR has said animals can smell corpses and come for them and stuff like that in various previews. That's one of the ways I've meant.

 

[Quotient]

Skyrim = 38 km2

Novegrad + No Man's Land = 72 km2.
Skellige Islands = 64 km2

CDPR have said it's 20% bigger though. Games being games, maybe the measurements are off. It also might seem a little smaller based on proportions and perspective.

My Gosh. That is huge.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

25 days to go... *sob*

Haha, that was my reaction exactly.

 

[StarPlatinumTheWorld]

I have i5-4690k and a gtx 760, am I screwed for Witcher 3? Even like medium settings? Will it look better than console?

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I have i5-4690k and a gtx 760, am I screwed for Witcher 3? Even like medium settings? Will it look better than console?

I think you will have a better experience with that on PC.

 

[kami_sama]

Skyrim = 38 km2

Novegrad + No Man's Land = 72 km2.
Skellige Islands = 64 km2

CDPR have said it's 20% bigger though. Games being games, maybe the measurements are off. It also might seem a little smaller based on proportions and perspective.

In the video, I suppose the huge map is Novegrad, right?
And the small one is the Skellige Islands?

 

[StarPlatinumTheWorld]

I think you will have a better experience with that on PC.

So I should be ok? As long as medium is the lowest setting I am happy with that, would like high though haha.

 

[dr_rus]

In the video, I suppose the huge map is Novegrad, right?
And the small one is the Skellige Islands?

Novigrad is a big city on the large map which include parts of Redania, Temeria, Cidaris and Verden it seems. But you are correct otherwise.

 

[Faith]

The graphics after 5:33 in the video...jesus! Outstanding!

 

[Jay Shadow]

Novigrad is a big city on the large map which include parts of Redania, Temeria, Cidaris and Verden it seems. But you are correct otherwise.

Cidaris and Verden aren't included. Just Redania and Temeria. It doesn't reach, or go south of Gors Velen.

 

[Projectjustice]

What i learned from reading this thread.

Neogaf doesnt know what the word atrocious mean.

Anyways, this side quests is 100x better than most side quests you find in todays RPGs. I really cant wait for this game!

 

[JBourne]

All these videos got me hyped to play 2, but it crashes randomly for me on PC. Apparently it's a pretty common problem, but no fixes worked for me. The last fix I tried actually wiped out all my saves.

I'm thinking about watching a condensed video of the story on Youtube. This sucks.

 

[SaberEdge]

All these videos got me hyped to play 2, but it crashes randomly for me on PC. Apparently it's a pretty common problem, but no fixes worked for me. The last fix I tried actually wiped out all my saves.

I'm thinking about watching a condensed video of the story on Youtube. This sucks.

That sucks. What's your setup? It didn't crash even one time on me and I've played through it more than twice. First time I think I had an HD 7950 and second on GTX 970...both with i5 2500k and 8gb of system ram.

 

[Jedi2016]

My first install played fine for a while, then began to crash on startup. You'd hit "Play" and it would just crash to desktop. Every single time. Steam repair would find things to "fix" every time I ran it, even running it multiple times one right after another. In the end, only a complete uninstall/reinstall (six months later, because I was sick of it) got it working.

 

[Blimblim]

We finally have a HQ 60 fps version of this video. Enjoy
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_the_witcher_3_precious_cargo-16501_en.html