Support NeoGAF

[KaiserBecks]

Using another engine should help but after the Witcher 3 downgrade and the cyberpunk situation I’ve lost my trust in them.

 

[Fake]

Changing the engine was a big mistake.

 

[SHA]

DEI, female witcher confirmed.

To all witcher fans, please manage your expectations.

Sounds like the Lara Croft of 10th generation.

 

[SHA]

Changing the engine was a big mistake.

Makes sense, I hope that I'm wrong but ue will destroy many beloved franchises and we won't see them the way we saw them before.

 

[Sentenza]

Until I'll have a chance to see something that sells me on these alleged "improvements" every single word of this sounds completely hollow to me.

 

[panda-zebra]

Next game (Witcher 4) will be bigger and better than TW3 and Cyberpunk 2077

Loved the scale of the game last time with so much to discover, but why's it always got to be *BIGGER*? Not everything needs to be *BIGGER* and *MORE* than the last - that's an Ubislop play. Don't need more and more game just for the sake of it; a worthwhile, manageable chunk of fun that doesn't outstay its welcome works so much better than just more and more of everything for the sake of more and more of everything. Their actual words seem to be that it will not be smaller and not be worse and will therefore be bigger and better. I hope that's all there is to it and it's not something that demands 200 hours of my life (otoh, if it's worth 200 hours of my life doing a shit ton of extras and stuff, I'm game). Anyway...I don't want to be playing at 30/sub-30fps in 2028 or beyond. An unlocked 60fps option for whatever is the leading console at the time is a must.

Witcher 4 will likely release 1-2 years after full reveal Lessons learned from Cyberpunk

Hopefully that full reveal shows lessons were also learned from the way the previous Witcher game was shown off 2 years out from release; what some called a bait-and-switch with the way the game looked (but was likely more to do with not scoping the game out for the target platforms it needed to perform on (sales-wise) to be financially viable, and a similar trap they then went on to jump into head first, balls flapping in the wind, with Cyberpunk in not involving the consoles until far too late in the dev process). They say they've got that in their plans, that console development will run alongside so they don't head off too far into the impossible and cause themselves needless problems. Seems glaringly obvious in hindsight I'm sure.

Better studio organization to avoid another buggy launch, including better review processes and more time for pre Production

I dunno, this sounds more like like words designed for the ear of investors than anything. Having a 3rd arm of your operation breeching time zone differences between the other two won't necessarily fix anything and might just make logistics a touch more awkward, but they know what's best I'm sure.

 

[Sentenza]

No bugs is all I ask for.

You'll never get a big and complex RPG with a lot of reactivity without bugs.
The moment you'll get a game without bugs it will always be at the cost of anything that makes it interesting to begin with.
You know, a Veilguard.

 

[Schmendrick]

I've done enough projects with big industry players to recognize empty management promises when I see them.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

DEI, female witcher confirmed.

There is one, she is called Ciri.

Are you going to argue against that?

 

[Gaiff]

There is one, she is called Ciri.

Are you going to argue against that?

I mean, she isn’t really a witcher. She doesn’t have the biological enhancements.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I mean, she isn’t really a witcher. She doesn’t have the biological enhancements.

She still has the Witcher title given to her by Geralt in one of the endings so I'll say she could still fit for the main role. I think Geralt want to retire anyway as seen at the end of Blood and Wine so what better than to give it to his daughter. Ciri could be very interesting as she could use more spells and abilities compared to a normal Witcher. She didn't have a lot in Witcher 3 but they could definitely give her a lot more in 4 once she mastered more of her powers.

 

[Three]

They're going UE5 on this one so let's see.

 

[Arachnid]

Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk were both some of the best games of all time. I'll be there day 1 for Witcher 4.

 

[Putonahappyface]

My body is ready.

 

[TintoConCasera]

before you get excited read this from a post on the subreddit

Yeah everyone should go and reflect a bit on all the broken promises made by CDPR during Cyberpunk's development.

People have forgotten way too easily. Between that and the EGS stuff I don't know how people are hyped for whatever they are working for.

 

[Zathalus]

It clearly won’t be Ciri. I’d eat my hat if it’s anything but a new Witcher that is a CDPR original. At most you might be able to alter the looks and tweak the backstory a bit, but it’s going to be a fully voiced set protagonist.

 

[lh032]

There is one, she is called Ciri.

Are you going to argue against that?

Yes.
Ciri sucks .

 

[Dazraell]

Changing the engine was a big mistake.

I think it's a decision they made just to streamline the development. When you have multiple projects going on all at once, their internal team responsible for an engine had to accomodate by providing tools for features that are completely different between projects, and do all of the heavy lifting internally to implement everything so devs could actually use these tools to work on their games. UE has all of these tools included from the get go, is much more versatile and will probably make hiring process easier as you don't need to teach new hires all the ins and outs about the engine, and focus directly on a development of the game. So in a way I can see why it could be beneficial, but yeah, time will tell if it was a mistake or not

She still has the Witcher title given to her by Geralt in one of the endings so I'll say she could still fit for the main role. I think Geralt want to retire anyway as seen at the end of Blood and Wine so what better than to give it to his daughter. Ciri could be very interesting as she could use more spells and abilities compared to a normal Witcher. She didn't have a lot in Witcher 3 but they could definitely give her a lot more in 4 once she mastered more of her powers.

I've heard some rumors in the past that they were actually considering a Ciri game but as a prequel set before Wild Hunt because her endings were vastly different. If that thing was ever true, I feel that most likely has changed either way as I'm struggling to see how an entire trilogy about Ciri and past comments of the game director about it being a fresh start for the series would work together. My guess is that it's set in a region we haven't yet seen in game and is about a new character who we haven't yet met

 

[bbeach123]

Ciri was boring , she's ok as a side characters but her personality not as fun (or even close) to Geralt .

Playing her as a mc sound miserable, even her section in witcher 3 was miserable enough .

 

[ahtlas7]

I’m sure this is the line used with financiers.

 

[gaming_again]

I don't care about bugs. They can be fixed. Poor writing can't be. So please. CDPR, eject everything from your studio that detracts from this and make Witcher 4 the greatest game ever.

 

[timothet]

I've heard some rumors in the past that they were actually considering a Ciri game but as a prequel set before Wild Hunt because her endings were vastly different. If that thing was ever true, I feel that most likely has changed either way as I'm struggling to see how an entire trilogy about Ciri and past comments of the game director about it being a fresh start for the series would work together. My guess is that it's set in a region we haven't yet seen in game and is about a new character who we haven't yet met

Ciri is the lady of space and time and she has ability to traverse across different universes(it's implied that she visited Cyberpunk 2077 world for example). There is a lot of potential here. Though I feel like it would be good for a spin-off series as I feel it would lost that amazing witcher atmosphere.

Ciri was boring , she's ok as a side characters but her personality not as fun (or even close) to Geralt .

Playing her as a mc sound miserable, even her section in witcher 3 was miserable enough .

Her gameplay in W3 is very simplified due to practical reasons, if she were to get her own game her abilities would obviously be reworked.

 

[Dazraell]

Ciri is the lady of space and time and she has ability to traverse across different universes(it's implied that she visited Cyberpunk 2077 world for example). There is a lot of potential here. Though I feel like it would be good for a spin-off series as I feel it would lost that amazing witcher atmosphere.

Yeah, and that's an exact reason why I don't think it'd work as a trilogy for a mainline Witcher games. It'd just deviate too much from the core of this series. One prequel I could totally see, but a whole new saga? Nah

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I'm not a huge fan of UE5 based games, hoping this helps change my mind.

 

[elbourreau]

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

This shit is running on unreal engine. Expect garbage performance and stuttering Stanley.

 

[Gaiff]

She still has the Witcher title given to her by Geralt in one of the endings so I'll say she could still fit for the main role. I think Geralt want to retire anyway as seen at the end of Blood and Wine so what better than to give it to his daughter. Ciri could be very interesting as she could use more spells and abilities compared to a normal Witcher. She didn't have a lot in Witcher 3 but they could definitely give her a lot more in 4 once she mastered more of her powers.

She wouldn’t play as a Witcher. All the staples such as potions, decoctions, and mutagens would have to disappear. She doesn’t cast any of the signs either and the character progression wouldn’t be that of a Witcher.

 

[Berserking Guts]

Whenever it launches I'll be adding on an extra year before I make my purchase.

edit:
Just to add: the Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk are among my favorite games of the past decade. I enjoyed The Witcher 2 too, but to a slightly lesser degree.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Don't care, CDPR will never get a cent from me again. Most overrated dev out there.

Ever notice how no one ever praises them for the actual gameplay parts of their games? Yeah there's a reason for that.

 

[LordOcidax]

With focus on optimization and no delays… What did that even means? Delays is the result of the optimization process in the development cycle… It’s not like the devs wants to delay the games.

 

[The Cockatrice]

no one ever praises them for the actual gamepla

I praise CDPR for gameplay and everything else. "No one" is just a you thing.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Yes.
Ciri sucks .

 

[MagiusNecros]

Ciri was boring , she's ok as a side characters but her personality not as fun (or even close) to Geralt .

Playing her as a mc sound miserable, even her section in witcher 3 was miserable enough .

I don't care for Ciri at all. It would be amusing if she just ends up like the Source boy from Witcher 1. For her to play a bigger role they would have to go off the Ciri becomes Empress/Queen route. Her being a wannabe Witcher ends up just making her a Magic Melee hybrid that uses Source magic and can only use Oils.

And I feel she would make a bigger impact were she in power and could start making sweeping changes over time to mitigate or reduce the ingame racism prsent within the Witcher mythos. Her father and Radovid won't solve the problems between humans, elves, dwarves, along with Witchers and Witches.

Not to mention the case by case basis of what monsters are bad and which are good. Which I feel is a bigger draw to being a Witcher since more often then not the monster hunting other monsters tends to be perceived differently among other monsters.