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The Witcher 3 pushed back to February 2015
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Mister_Bubbles
Member
One less game piled up for Holiday 2014 is always a plus
Yep. This was going to be my 'New PC time' game, but by February next year there should be some decent high-end Maxwell cards about to put some Christmas pennies towards.
TheSinkingKnight
Member
...and here I was, thinking the game was going to release mid-summer 2014 ;_;
thewhitehawk
Member
A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.
vxXJordanXxv
Banned
180 people are working on the game right now. I wouldn't call that a small team.
Crimsonsky
Member
Man that's a rough decision. As a gamer, it's all good, I want it to be perfect. As a shareholder, I'd be real mad. Why miss the xmas season by two months? That's absolutely brutal from a business perspective. Best of luck to them though, their games so far have been brilliant. Guess those of us expecting it should dig in, it's going to be a long year. Perhaps the Durante 2014 Year of the RPG thread needs to be amended? 2015 year of the rpg's? Just kidding.
thewhitehawk
Member
A perfectly good example of a game that should have been delayed, or just not released at all.
Yeah, I kinda had to talk myself down from being really bothered by this news.
Dark Souls 2, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, and others will fill the void until TW3 comes out.
Hopefully I'll beat Planescape sometime this year, then I can really appreciate Eternity.
Lol, yep.
Strife In a Teacup
Member
Dark Souls 2, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, and others will fill the void until TW3 comes out.
Assuming Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, Divinity Original Sin, and others don't slip further as well =P. I mean the actual release dates, not the early access.
Without a doubt.
DA: Inquisition better step it up and really deliver now that they have the entire stage.
I'm looking forward to both games, but having to wait more sucks ass.
WL2 should be a lock as it's been in beta for some time. Pillars of Eternity will probably slip to 2015 as well, though.
Still, some amazing stuff for RPGs coming up!
excaliburps
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So want this right now, but getting a better game is way more important. I'd settle for a Witcher Collection of sorts but doubt that's going to happen.
Dark Souls 2, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, and others will fill the void until TW3 comes out.
Hey now don't you dare forget Divinity: Original Sin that is coming out this year right?
But yea at least this year is filled with some fantastic RPG's for me to play.
Man, I don't even know what games I'm gonna buy for sure in 2014 now: Dark Souls 2, Smash Bros., and... ? How much can really be announced at E3 that will make 2014?
Honestly, judging by how it turned out, I think DNF would have been decently-received had it been released around 2005 or early 2006.
Honestly, judging by how it turned out, I think DNF would have been decently-received had it been released around 2005 or early 2006.
Nervous Sausage
Member
I'm fine with this. More pumped for Dragon Age anyway. As flawed and obviously rushed as Dragon Age 2 was, I still had more fun with it than the Witcher 2 and I'm confident Bioware have learned from their mistakes and are going to deliver with the new one.
thehunter01
Banned
I won't accept this.
I can't accept this.
I will not accept this.
At least give me a demo !
I can't accept this.
I will not accept this.
At least give me a demo !
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Good. Take your time, it's the final Witcher game, and it needs to be amazing.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Wow 'next gen' gaming has really got off to a roaring start... and I bet there will be one or two more big name delays announced between now and the 3rd quarter of the year. I'm personally really disappointed I won't be playing Witcher 3 in 2014 but I'd rather it was super-polished (no pun intended) than released in a less than ideal state.
Wasteland 2 should be fully releasing pretty quickly here. Beta is well under way and significant progress has already been made.
Yeah I just went through VGreleases, and my entire "definite" pile of 2014 game purchases now consists of Dark Souls 2, Smash Bros (if it makes 2014), and a bunch of indie games. And I guess Bravely Default.
There's some stuff in the "maybe" pile or the "during a Steam sale" pile, but the list of games I currently plan to buy at full retail price in 2014 is literally three games so far.
There's some stuff in the "maybe" pile or the "during a Steam sale" pile, but the list of games I currently plan to buy at full retail price in 2014 is literally three games so far.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Not with Uncharted releasing it's not. A shame, this was one of my 3 most anticipated games for 2014, and I didn't care at all for Dragon Age until this news. Now, I'm probably buying it day 1.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
Kind of pissed off about this. I thought there was no way in fuck the game would ship this year, then they promised it would so I believed them. Clearly I was right to begin with.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
I'm now comfortable with 2015 having a lot of the games I really want. (I'm betting X comes out then in America, and probably XV too. Also The Division, being realistic.)
There are still a ton of games for me, this was just a key interest. Still up on the 2014 list:
Smash Bros., Destiny, The Order: 1886, Batman: Arkham Knight, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Lords of the Fallen, maaaaaybe Uncharted 4. All of which will hit from August to December.
...If I'm being honest, even when this comes out in February I may not have time to play it.
There are still a ton of games for me, this was just a key interest. Still up on the 2014 list:
Smash Bros., Destiny, The Order: 1886, Batman: Arkham Knight, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Lords of the Fallen, maaaaaybe Uncharted 4. All of which will hit from August to December.
...If I'm being honest, even when this comes out in February I may not have time to play it.
Krusenstern
Banned
I'm not even mad.
Actually I'm happy to see developers take the time they need to finish a game and not rush it. So many developers are pushed in a tight schedule these days and sometimes the results end up being half-baked and unpolished.
Ship when it's absolutely ready, CDPR. You're doing the right thing.
It didn't. There wasn't any release date for Cyberpunk 2077 announced. People just assumed it was 2015. But CDPR haven't said anything in fact.
Actually I'm happy to see developers take the time they need to finish a game and not rush it. So many developers are pushed in a tight schedule these days and sometimes the results end up being half-baked and unpolished.
Ship when it's absolutely ready, CDPR. You're doing the right thing.
It didn't. There wasn't any release date for Cyberpunk 2077 announced. People just assumed it was 2015. But CDPR haven't said anything in fact.
GazzaScotland
Member
Kinda gutted though on the other hand I might allow me a graphics card upgrade before it comes out.
Dominic_Shade
Member
As CD Projekt Red's first open-world game (and an incredibly ambitious one at that), The Witcher 3 absolutely needs to be as polished and fine-tuned as it can be. So I'm fine with waiting until next year. Take all the time you need, CDPR.
Just confirm Ciri already and I can die happy.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Pretty much, I'm almost desensitized to it now.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
This is correct. And, as a side note, wasn't CP2077 being worked on by a different team?
Jay Shadow
Member
Yes, but the CP team is still much smaller at the moment, so I'd assume many will be pitching in once their Witcher duties are officially done.
Yup, nearly twice the size of the Skyrim team.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Certainly. But I've still got a feeling we'll see it either late 2015 or early 2016. I doubt there'll be much of a delay to the game.