Baldwin_the_First
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It's a drowner. It's from the playstation access new video.
The Witcher 3 | Review Thread
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It's a drowner. It's from the playstation access new video.
JetBlackPanda
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Secret Sauce
That "Cargo" Quest they showed off is a good example. A lot of people in that thread immediately dismissed it as a fetch quest.. and it totally is a quest where an NPC asks you to go get something for them. However, it also tells a story with a twist, has you make some tough decisions, and further adds layers to the world surrounding you.
In contrast, certain other games would simple have you get the item for the NPC, get some Exp and go about your day.
TheShocker
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Ugh...I have my copy pre-ordered from Best Buy...$40 with GCU and a $10 rewards certificate, but won't be able to play until the 29th. That is going to be a brutal, brutal wait.
Precisely. I truly think this game is what I've been hoping to play for the past two years.
Opus Angelorum
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Exactly, they are only "fetch quests" if you're not paying any attention to the context. At the end of the day a "quest" has to ask you to do something, so you can always reduce it to some simple goal or archetype, but if they provide compelling reasons for doing that thing, it becomes more about the journey than the destination.
Honestly, maybe they should have compromised a bit since the frame rate is poor enough some people do find it screws with the combat.
I'm afraid I'm also of the opinion that MGS4 is in no way a 10/10 game.
Sounds more like he's upset about 30fps than he is drops.
EmptySpace
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ugh. skyrim is so overrated it's not even funny. such a tolkien wannabe.
LurkerPrime
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KB&M controls are something I hope they don't screw up. I don't think they've been shown yet at all.
Anton Sugar
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Surprised to hear/read praise for the facial animations--seemed like those were going to be a weak spot. Maybe that was just for certain NPCs. Seen a lot of great expressions in the videos I've watched so far.
afaik, yup.
That's been the case for a long time now.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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When will the first patch release?
Summer Haze
Banned
The game world itself is fucking beautiful. Seriously. So much vegetation, and so varied too. And the environment/landscape design is really well done too. Lots of elevation changes and natural-looking pathways through fields and such.
They did...
Obliterator
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Well as of now Witcher 3 and Bloodborne have the exact same Meta but Witcher is missing its 9.8 from GT.
It's gonna be close and for sure a GOTY candidate
RipperGrim
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Oh man those gifs are looking good.
Bloodworth
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Not sure why the text version hasn't popped up yet, but it will be there before end of day.
If they had waited, you can imagine that review scores would have been higher. In fact they may be even higher still for the X1 and PC versions.
They were confident in the game enough despite the technical flaws to have it reviewed early.
It's like they took a calculated marketing risk, which will no doubt pay off financially. Look at their stock.
Sorry, this wasn't a completely direct response to you.
robertsan21
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The day 0 patch hopefully fixes some of this. No need to panic. Hopefully CDPR speaks out about this.
launch day, I assume
They were fine in TW2, no reason to believe they won't be fine here. Still, this kind of games demands a controller in my opinion.
The main issue I had with the swamp was that main puzzle. Extremely archaic and a lot of the pieces were hard to find from what I remember. The game was incredible, though, so it wasn't really a huge issue.
Glad to see such high marks for The Witcher 3, I figured it wouldn't disappoint.
Xamtheking
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Faith = restored
derExperte
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That would be the Enhanced Edition in ~2 years.
Fushichou187
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Excepted a lot of 8.5s & 9s considering how the press kept talking about the game, surprised to see a 10 from Gamespot though. I'll check their review out to see what VanOrd thinks makes this game practically perfect.
Reading later tweets from Jeff it sounds like there were some technical issues with the review copy that made things difficult and that they'll wait for the PC version and have GB East do the review?
Reading later tweets from Jeff it sounds like there were some technical issues with the review copy that made things difficult and that they'll wait for the PC version and have GB East do the review?
Like Vince, I don't think it will be a problem for me. But I still would have taken 900p if it meant a smoother experience.
AntiFacebook
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Metacritic score has nothing to do with GOTY,though.
Review sites obviously don't consider other sites' reviews when choosing their GOTY. Only theirs is taken into account.
Bloodworth
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3 checkpoint slots for quest progression, 2 auto save slots for stuff like fast travel, 10 manual save slots (on PS4)
Manual saving is still encouraged if you're roaming around a lot though.
Bloodborne vs Witcher 3 vs Arkham Knight vs Battlefront would be a nice bloodbath if the last two do really well.
UnrealEck
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I have a feeling it might play better with a controller. I feel Witcher 2 was that way. Or at least the game didn't utilise proper design around keyboard and mouse.
I'm not too bothered. I was actually planning on playing with a controller. But we'll see. If it's good with KB/M I'll maybe try that.
Options are one of the reasons I play on PC.
Obliterator
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Except that Meta is a collection of said individuals scores and thus it is easily a GOTY candidate on an individual basis
There are sites rating this higher than Bloodborne
Not to mention they are entirely different experiences that try to accomplish different things. Simply having a higher metacritic score doesn't necessarily mean it's a better game.
Anton Sugar
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One thing to consider here: CDPR has amazing post-launch support. Not just in terms of bug fixes, but balancing/tweaking the game, adding new content, etc.
I have confidence that the technical issues will be improved over time. I doubt they'll go away completely, but if CDPR can find a way to fix them, they'll do it.
I have confidence that the technical issues will be improved over time. I doubt they'll go away completely, but if CDPR can find a way to fix them, they'll do it.
Here? GAF certainly cared. A lot. And continues to, for the most part.
Much like Skyrim though I don't think you're going to see much of those concerns reflected in the reviews.
Baldwin_the_First
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He said that he never felt it screwed with gameplay.
Anyone who has read a few of these can mention something about the combat overall?
It looked decent from the videos. Graphics aside, I was worried I'd be getting another Dragon Age and that the combat was only made to look good in previews with cool timings or something
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I'm sure the story is interesting, the world looks cool, and one day I'll buy 4 titans.
But if the moment-to-moment action doesn't hold up, I can't do it. It looked decent in videos but still cautious.
From quick scans it seems quite a few are saying it's good...compared to witcher 2, which doesn't really tell me enough. Some have issues with slowdown during combat, especially during the later parts of the game, which would bug me but I'd hope my PC can power through. Telegraph mentions it's kind of like batman, but doesn't prevent other enemies from attacking you when you parry another, which sounds a bit refreshing after shadow of mordor.
It looked decent from the videos. Graphics aside, I was worried I'd be getting another Dragon Age and that the combat was only made to look good in previews with cool timings or something
. I'm sure the story is interesting, the world looks cool, and one day I'll buy 4 titans.
But if the moment-to-moment action doesn't hold up, I can't do it. It looked decent in videos but still cautious.
From quick scans it seems quite a few are saying it's good...compared to witcher 2, which doesn't really tell me enough. Some have issues with slowdown during combat, especially during the later parts of the game, which would bug me but I'd hope my PC can power through. Telegraph mentions it's kind of like batman, but doesn't prevent other enemies from attacking you when you parry another, which sounds a bit refreshing after shadow of mordor.
Yeaah I mean, game got amazing reviews, yet there's a ton of discussion going on in here... Like, scoring a 10 on Gamespot is not even a reason to be excited for the game anymore. There has to be some sort of discussion somehow anyway
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
But the one with the worst combat of the last decade.
Not really since A) it's more forum drama than something reviewers are concerned with and B) they only have the PS4 version to go off of.
For what it's worth, however, a couple of people that had early copies mentioned that the starting area (White Orchard, I think it's called) was pretty half-assed looking in comparison to a lot of the rest of the world, and that the graphics are comparable (maybe not identical) to early footage / screenshots / gifs once you get out of the intro area and into the main zones of the game.