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The Witcher 3 speedrun takes devs about 25 hours
- Thread starter Sn4ke_911
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The Wither 3, probably.
The dev record will be beat very quickly!
The 25 hours dev quickest time would beat legit playthrough still, with just skipping certain missions and taking the fastest critical path. Probably not glitches allowed!
I'm sure actually speed runners doing any% will have it down well below the 24 hour mark within a week
The 25 hours dev quickest time would beat legit playthrough still, with just skipping certain missions and taking the fastest critical path. Probably not glitches allowed!
I'm sure actually speed runners doing any% will have it down well below the 24 hour mark within a week
Hope it's not just fluff.
JayWood2010
Member
That is pretty impressive for a speedrun........COnsidering a lot of talk this year has been about the lack of time it takes to play a game......this should be good xD
sammyCYBORG
Member
I'm personally worried a bit by the talk of how big and how much content is in the game.
Not to be cliche, but quality > quantity and a lot of games suffer from going on too long than not long enough these days.
CDPR have the benefit of the doubt from me because of the first 2 games, but I hope it's not a case that only 20% of the content is worth actually playing.
Not to be cliche, but quality > quantity and a lot of games suffer from going on too long than not long enough these days.
CDPR have the benefit of the doubt from me because of the first 2 games, but I hope it's not a case that only 20% of the content is worth actually playing.
Anton Sugar
Member
This isn't too surprising. I think Chapter 1 of The Witcher 2 took me 10-12 hours to complete, although the next few chapters weren't as long.
These games are robust, y'all.
These games are robust, y'all.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
WR for Skyrim is 39 minutes and 24 seconds. I doubt a Witcher 3 speedrun will be that much longer.
Oh, me too. But I still love huge and gorgeous open worlds just to explore. And this has two Skyrim sized areas, plus exploration at sea with diving. I will love it for that alone.
batman2million
Member
From what I'm hearing about the quality of the side quests, this is one game I don't mind being that long. Hopefully I'll beat it before Arkham Knight comes out! Try my best to 100% it.
GavinUK86
Member
Normal probably.
Perhaps. But for us regular folks the game sounds like it is going to absolutely dwarf Skyrim. Which would make it a ludicrously big game.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
But did they pull the game cart out just the right amount to clip past gatekeepers?
wastedyears
Member
Me, either, not for a second. I bet a real speedrun will be closer to 25 minutes than 25 hours.
And all this 'Witcher 3 is a gazillion hours long' pr stuff makes me think it's going to have a ton of yawn inducing side quests.
They clearly stated it was done without using glitches.
MaximusPayne
Member
That's what I was thinking, too.
Well, I didn't want to make a whole new thread. Artistically, Bloodborne is awesome!
QuickSilverD
Member
I know CD Project Red is one of the good guys, but whenever I hear some developer grandstanding about how long their game is, I can only imagine said game is padded to the boned with repetitive, borefest quests ala Inquisition
Don't do meaningless bullshit. Easy.
FutureZombie
Banned
The more they hype the amount of content in this game, the more I get worried that it's going to end up like Dragon Age Inquisition, where the first 50 hours are fun, but then it becomes exhausting to complete everything. 100 hours of content doesn't mean 100 hours of fun.
Teletraan1
Banned
Are these devs paid by the hour? They might be fucking the dog to get more money.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
They're devs, not speedrunners. I bet you speedrunners will be able to at least halve that without even finding glitches. There's more to speedrunning than finding glitches and exploiting them.
afternoon delight
Member
I mean, Witcher 1 and 2 are pretty damn long.
You have to play the game twice.
GavinUK86
Member
According to howlongtobeat.com you can complete the main story of The Witcher in 39 hours and The Witcher 2 in 24. That's probably not "speedrunning" but it gives you an idea.
theprodigy
Member
even without using glitches, this time is going to be cut to 1/3 at the bare minimum lol
inb4 25 minute speedrun
inb4 25 minute speedrun
DarthWalden
Banned
I must be one of the few people who sees "over a hundred hours of content" and immediately gets turned off.
Lion Heart
Banned
Games are rarely compelling enough to keep me hooked longer than 50 hours, this game sounds bloated tbh, like DA Inquisition.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
GavinUK86
Member
my body is ready
And the expansion, very nice!
Based on what exactly?
Two VERY, VERY, EXTREMELY, MASSIVELY different art styles.
Agreed. They are definitely trying to do both things differently. Speaking of artistic though... I'm hoping to see other varied environments. I've never been a fan of the dead tree / lifeless looking areas in games.
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