raphier said:
the problem with your vision is that you expect the game look and play exactly like TW2. This is not just about the formula, but also from technical aspect it is completely impossible.
The game would ever change if it was done into MMO, because it's not a single-player experience for the first. The game loses it's charm the moment you see hundreds of witchers ploughing around the village for instance.
and for the second, not matter what you wish for, if they do MMO, it's model will NEVER be the same as the single-player experience. Laws of gaming design in the works. You are only to be disappointed with delusional imagination.
Hence the "waste of talent". I'd rather it stay single-player for the reasons you want it to become MMO.
I completely disagree with what you wrote. You are setting limitations to what is possible and for what?
You don't think the developers could make a game with an ever changing world, still keep this level of awesome with story aspects, decision making, etc? I do. I also never stated everyone or anyone would be a witcher. I'd just like this games universe, maybe set before Geralts time or after the Witcher series is completed and we reach the conclusion of what happens to him. The combat system doesn't have to be the same----it could become even better. Imagine a person setting up traps on the field of battle while another is using mind control to keep the enemy mage from healing, as a ranged player rains damage, and another leads them to the traps. All done in real time and not turn based method much like The Witcher 2.
You think I'm delusional yet I see you as too unwilling to even fathom something completely reasonable and realistic. Great games that push boundaries aren't made by "sticking to the formula." You take bits of the formula and then make your own that makes others look at you as the next bar.
It doesn't have to play exactly like the Witcher 2, but it needs to take as many elements that make it amazing to do make it a worth while MMO. Setting, lore, voice acting, decision making, combat, graphics, music, and more are all 100% capable to be done. You're saying in 3 years from now a MMO with this level of graphical prowess wouldn't be possible on PC? I call bull shit on that, because that's like telling the guys who made Ultima back in the day that a game like Guild Wars 2 will never happen.
I've played MMOs with great story lines. (Final Fantasy XI for example where every expansion was a full fleshed out FF game with characters, settings, and an incredible plot) We've seen the new Star Wars MMO is going for decision making and full voice acting within the MMO.
It's not impossible. Not by a long shot.
Edit: As I've stated I would want this MMO to come AFTER they are done making the games/telling the story they want here with the Witcher series. I'd much rather first get closure on Geralt's tale before any MMO were to be made. Once the Witcher series wraps up though, then a MMO would be something I'd be HIGHLY interested in.
