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[DR2K]

Awesome. Preordered with season pass on PSN. My body is ready.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

So now I'm wondering if I totally misjudged this series. I played about an hour of the first Witcher game and got bored. Never tried the second game...

The first isn't a very good game IMO.

 

[jim2point0]

Devs made it a big point to say they avoided fetch quests yet ign review states the main quest is bogged down by an overwhelming amount of fetch quests.

This worries me...

 

[Dutcher]

That IGN review doesn't match the score they gave it. It's just i as I thought, 100 hours with loads of padding and meaningless fetch quests, exactly the same as dragon Age Inquisition. The first paragraph was about how huge the open world was.. Same as da:I. Combine this with the shitty UI and inventory system means it's not a purchase for me.

So now I'm wondering if I totally misjudged this series. I played about an hour of the first Witcher game and got bored. Never tried the second game...

First game is shit.
Second game is good

 

[ironcreed]

There is always the odd man out or two, no matter how great a game is.

 

[CHC]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

 

[GavinUK86]

Wait, so are these reviews with the day 1 patch or without it?

Kotaku mentioned the patch was installed on a debug console but GameTrailers said a patch is coming.

*shrugs*

 

[bombshell]

This game was hyped to oblivion and beyond.

I expected reviews like The Last of Us

And everyone of them for TLoU was deserved. Who's to say they are not deserved for W3?

You haven't played the game yet...

 

[Ooccoo]

Though the straightforward and fetch-quest-heavy main story overstays its welcome

10/10

Does not compute.

 

[Intheflorsh]

This game was hyped to oblivion and beyond.

I expected reviews like The Last of Us

Seriously, only 92 on Metacritic? I expected AT LEAST a 95.

 

[Einchy]

Jeff continues to have shit opinions on games. News at 11.

Spoiler

Love you Jeff. <3

 

[Fiercedeity]

Wow at ign, it's full of garbage filler quests but hey give it a 9. Good lord reviewers are morons.

 

[jesu]

Scores looking good!
Now I'll getting reading those reviews.

Well done CDPR!

 

[Noaloha]

After a certain notable and critically acclaimed AAA RPG from last year left me feeling extremely cold, I'm particularly interested to see the opinion of any reviewer who both a) enjoyed this and b) thought Dragon Age: Inquisition was a wee bit shite.

 

[Javin98]

GT says that there are often framedrops in more dense areas, swamps or whatnot. You could actually see drops in video.

That's a bit disappointing. Hopefully the drops aren't anything major.

 

[The Jackdog]

i really feel like his taste in games is just all over the board.

 

[LiK]

I want to hear more about what he thinks about it.

Bombcast and Quick Look will solve that

 

[ironcreed]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Really? I respect his opinion and all, but damn.

 

[ethomaz]

Wait, no Xbox review copies? But it's advertised with Xbox lol

Can we expect some reviewers to boost scores if Xbox performs better? Or will 900p cancel that out?

Also, if this was reviewed with the patch... will PS4 receive another one or are we stuck with the framerate?

I don't think reviews can be boosted.

To be fair it should be lower due framerate issues but seems like reviewers don't care if the game have big issues or not.

 

[Orayn]

While you certainly have a point, saying that in a thread dedicated to reviewers putting numbers out and generally hyping people around seem fairly counter-intuitive, don't you think?

No. "Hype culture" is bullshit. You can be excited for a game and talk about the various reviews, but devoting time and energy to REALLY WANTING TO BUY A THING and bludgeoning other people with those opinions isn't something worth preserving.

 

[Interfectum]

First game is shit.
Second game is good

Fuck that. In many ways the first Witcher is superior to the second.

 

[Philippo]

so much for all that 'little to no fetch quests' promise CDPR

Looking at some posts here, every small quest is considered a fetch quest.
To me, escorting a goat or finding a missing hat (considering it's probably going to be well written and with some degree of choice) doesn't sound like DA:I quests.

 

[RK9039]

Of course the game has fetch quests, you're supposed to find Ciri. That's basically the entire point of the game.

 

[idonteven]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

serious ?

 

[shinobi602]

I am shocked Jeff doesn't like a game.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

10/10

Does not compute.

Yeah, struck me as odd as well. A fetch-quest heavy mainquest overstaying its welcome sounds damn underwhelming.

 

[Gattsu25]

maybe thats why they didnt send out Xbox one review copies...the issue might be even worse there.

I am sure day 1 patch will fix this for the PS4

Don't they typically send out the version that they feel will garner the most sales?

 

[RDreamer]

Do any of these reviews explain if your Witcher 2 save will carry on and if so, how much it affects the game? Things ended kinda fucked in my game

They reviewed the PS4 version, so by definition their saves can't carry on. There's no way to import a save from 360 or PC to PS4. The game does have a sort of Q&A event section near the beginning where you can answer what happened and what you chose for Witcher 2.


Also,

Spoiler

things end kinda fucked in every play through of Witcher 2, lol

 

[Waxwing]

First HOUR is shit.
First and Second game ARE GREAT

Fixed it for you. I think a lot of people probably get hung up on the prologue of Witcher 1 when the rest of the game is so much better.

 

[fantomena]

Jeff don't like Witcher 3?

He must hate games! He as wrong opinions!

Ffs folks.

Seems like reviewers will get crucified here if they say or write something you don't like.

 

[Lion Heart]

Does he have a history of bad reviews?

He did give three games perfect 10s now, but I like him as a reviewer.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

This really just has to be the anti-DA:I for me. That's all I'm looking for in the reviews.

 

[dugdug]

serious ?

Yes. His GOTY for 2014 seriously *was* CoD:AW!

 

[Bananastand]

The Dutch site InsideGamer gave the game an 8.5. That's the lowest score I've seen so far.

 

[Mr. Sunny]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

COD had good combat mechanics. Last year wasn't particularly great for games.

 

[IcyEyes]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Is that true ?

 

[TouchMyBox]

Guy needs a vacation from games.... his GOTY for 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Surprise, someone who has never enjoyed the witcher games and doesn't really seem all that into open world RPGs in general isn't having his world rocked by TW3.

First game is shit.
Second game is good

Nah way, the first game had some mad eurojank but it was an engrossing charming game. Combat was pretty dull though.

 

[Mendrox]

First game is shit.
Second game is good

First game story > Second game story

Congratz CD Project! I will always be a supporter!

I will get this game on friday... finally.

 

[levyjl1988]

Wow Bloodborne's got some heavy competition, but this game may be GOTY?

 

[iNvid02]

well they did say the side quests wouldnt be fetch quests, and they were right, they just stuffed them into the story lol.

 

[tuxfool]

He also thinks that RDR is a POS.

 

[Einchy]

i really feel like his taste in games is just all over the board.

That man is an enigma.

He hates so many great games.

Hates things for being too pretentious, hates things for being too dumb.

 

[OneUh8]

not everything can be marvel heroes.

haha I was going to post the same thing.

 

[Dutcher]

Fixed it for you. I think a lot of people probably get hung up on the prologue of Witcher 1 when the rest of the game is so much better.

TBH ye i kinda gave up after an hour but i finished Witcher 2 twice now

 

[AntiFacebook]

Wow, some guy posted that he doesn't like the game on twitter.
Guess all those reviews were wrong. I'll have to cancel my preorder.

 

[RDreamer]

Well, now I know I'll love it.

Like GiantBomb, for the most part, but damn do I disagree with them on nearly everything... especially Jeff.

 

[ChaosZeroX]

The hype is fucking real. Look at all the high scores. Holy shit. Last time we saw this was the TLOU came out I believe.

 

[Grief.exe]

After a certain notable and critically acclaimed AAA RPG from last year left me feeling extremely cold, I'm particularly interested to see the opinion of any reviewer who both a) enjoyed this and b) thought Dragon Age: Inquisition was a wee bit shite.

I'd be interested to see that as well. DAI didn't appeal to me at all.

 

[Summer Haze]

Kotaku mentioned the patch was installed on a debug console but GameTrailers said a patch is coming.

*shrugs*

If CDPR have plans to release another patch that will increase performance in the near future then I'll happily sit on the game until then. I just want a concrete answer.

 

[Kuro]

if only Chie was in it.

w8 4 mods