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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong

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EatChildren

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I see Witcher 4 starring a totally new character in a fresh new setting. Wild Hunt is a final to all the novels and games and the characters within these.
 
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Admiral Woofington

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EatChildren said:
I see Witcher 4 starring a totally new character in a fresh new setting. Wild Hunt is a final to all the novels and games and the characters within these.
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That's what I'm thinking too.

They can even have the option of letting you choose your character's sex and customize him/her. Without being constrained by the novels outside of the universe they can do so much more.

But again this won't happen for like 6-8 years so no need to start thinking about it haha.
 
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ICKE

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EatChildren said:
I see Witcher 4 starring a totally new character in a fresh new setting. Wild Hunt is a final to all the novels and games and the characters within these.
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Definitely. I wouldn't mind rolling with another school in the Southern states. Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri is the definitive fairy tale story but ordinary Witcher work with various political ramifications would be the way to go from here forward. Maybe going through the Trial of the Grasses and all that.
 
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SunBroDave

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EatChildren said:
I see Witcher 4 starring a totally new character in a fresh new setting. Wild Hunt is a final to all the novels and games and the characters within these.
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With Cyberpunk still a ways off it's gonna be a long while before we would ever get another Witcher. It might be so long that there may even be nostalgia for Geralt and crew, who knows. I'd say the future of the Witcher games is completely up in there, if it even exists.
 
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I said in another thread that I would be all for a game that takes place hundreds of years back. You could pick which Witcher school you start in. Also the Northern Kingdoms would actually be made up of multiple kingdoms instead of just Redania representing the North.
 
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Wask said:
With Cyberpunk still a ways off it's gonna be a long while before we would ever get another Witcher. It might be so long that there may even be nostalgia for Geralt and crew, who knows. I'd say the future of the Witcher games is completely up in there, if it even exists.
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Honestly this might be the end for now. If Cyberpunk is popular and critically acclaimed they probably will move on to that and have minor games on the side as the main team focuses on Cyberpunk.

We've all seen game developers finalize a series that was critically/fan acclaimed and move on to greener pastures. These games will always exist, especially since they're all available on PC.
 
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fedexpeon

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EatChildren said:
I see Witcher 4 starring a totally new character in a fresh new setting. Wild Hunt is a final to all the novels and games and the characters within these.
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I hope they copy Skelligi design.
Less island and mountain though, but just the general tropical and warm feeling of it.
 
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Admiral Woofington

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next witcher game star

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SunBroDave

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Admiral Woofington said:
Honestly this might be the end for now. If Cyberpunk is popular and critically acclaimed they probably will move on to that and have minor games on the side as the main team focuses on Cyberpunk.

We've all seen game developers finalize a series that was critically/fan acclaimed and move on to greener pastures. These games will always exist, especially since they're all available on PC.
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I'm not worried. Frankly I can't even really think of where I would want them to go after this. Witcher 3 will always be here like a good television series you can binge watch on Netflix. Excited to see where they go next with Cyberpunk and beyond.
 
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Carm

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Where the hell is Zoltan? Already met first time,started quests. Went back to inn to play Gwent, isn't there. Checked the other inn with the bard girl, not there either.
 
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Admiral Woofington

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Wask said:
I'm not worried. Frankly I can't even really think of where I would want them to go after this. Witcher 3 will always be here like a good television series you can binge watch on Netflix. Excited to see where they go next with Cyberpunk and beyond.
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part of me doesn't want them to make another game because the older I get the less time I'll have for big rpgs
 
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Id like to see a rogue type of witcher - where the protagonist is a duel wielding type character. Two sets of daggers (silver and steel obviously). You can choose between that or a straight Mage class witcher with powerful spells outside of the "signs". I think that would give some freshness to the series after an amazing trilogy.
 
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ICKE

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Boof said:
Id like to see a rogue type of witcher - where the protagonist is a duel wielding type character. Two sets of daggers (silver and steel obviously). You can choose between that or a straight Mage class witcher with powerful spells outside of the "signs". I think that would give some freshness to the series after an amazing trilogy.
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Witchers from other schools probably do use daggers and I'd like the idea of going through the process in some other area. Maybe as a ward guided by an experienced fighter for example. On the other hand the idea of having mages as Witchers is pretty much a no go. Learning how to control the elements is completely different to witcher training and specializing in monster slaying..
 
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Enosh

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KINGofCRA5H said:
Perhaps you shouldn't engage in a fight on the side of a cliff? Or you could have just, you know, ignored the enemies and moved on? Also, you know he doesn't roll unless you tell him to, right? Maybe don't roll yourself off the edge of a cliff? I could be a dick and just say you need to "git gud" because the combat takes all of 1 hour to get the hang of, but this isn't a Bloodborne thread. Is it as good as Rocksteady's Batman games? Hell no. Is it as bad as you make it sound? Heeeeeellll no.
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nah there is one spot if you are doing a quest or going for bear armor where you have to scale a mountain and the only way up at one point is to pull yourself over like 3 ledges problem is once you scale the second a bunch of harpies or sirens attack you locking you in combat on that small ledge and you can't go up and going down hurts, so you are kinda stuck waiting for them to be in just the right position so that when you shoot them down you can slash them to death

was annoying but it's the only such spot in the game from what i have seen
 
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Admiral Woofington

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ICKE said:
Witchers from other schools probably do use daggers and I'd like the idea of going through the process in some other area. Maybe as a ward guided by an experienced fighter for example. On the other hand the idea of having mages as Witchers is pretty much a no go. Learning how to control the elements is completely different to witcher training and specializing in monster slaying..
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daggers would be extremely silly against gigantic fucking creatures lol. You need as much reach as you can against an enemy that has like a 10 ft arms reach. And Witchers already do fancy pirouttes/moves so movibility isn't an issue which is usually an argument for choosing daggers over swords
 
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ICKE

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Admiral Woofington said:
daggers would be extremely silly against gigantic fucking creatures lol. You need as much reach as you can against an enemy that has like a 10 ft arms reach. And Witchers already do fancy pirouttes/moves so movibility isn't an issue which is usually an argument for choosing daggers over swords
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Fair point though you can always utilize the signs and explosives while using daggers for coup de grâce. And obviously choose your contracts accordingly.

/NoGriffins
 
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Exuro

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ICKE said:
Witchers from other schools probably do use daggers and I'd like the idea of going through the process in some other area. Maybe as a ward guided by an experienced fighter for example. On the other hand the idea of having mages as Witchers is pretty much a no go. Learning how to control the elements is completely different to witcher training and specializing in monster slaying..
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Witcher 1 had a witcher that dual wielded.
 
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Carm said:
Where the hell is Zoltan? Already met first time,started quests. Went back to inn to play Gwent, isn't there. Checked the other inn with the bard girl, not there either.
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From my experience he just kinda walks around in Novigrad streets. Reminds me of Witcher 1 where I'd simply bump into him in Vizima
 
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Flipyap said:
That costume was so disappointing. Not unexpected, but still.
So here's a person who wouldn't be caught dead wearing a low-cut dress, proudly presenting her sizable assets. CD Projekt's treatment of Triss is simply embarrassing.
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Am I missing something? It made sense for her to wear that considering it's for a fancy party, and the dress was fine. (not to say the latter part isn't true considering the playboy fiasco)

It's funny, I went into this game pretty much expecting to chose Triss, but I'm not exaggerating when I say she is one of the most flat and boring female characters encountered along the main quest. I'd take Keira, Priscilla, Corinne Tilly, the play director, Crach's daughter, Yennifer, etc. over Triss any day of the week.

God damn at her character model though.
 
JohnnyFootball

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Have I mentioned that the combat in this game is the most broken piece of shit fucking thing in existence?
yes, I have. Repeatedly.
It is soooo bad. So I was working my way up a clif on Skrillege with very tight walkways and there are of course flying enemies show up forcing me to go into combat mode. Being as careful as possible knowing full well that the combat was going to try its hardest to fuck me I was able to shoot the enemies down and very carefully hit them. Geralt reverts to his no combat state and I go about picking up the loot in the nanosecond before I pick up the last one Geralt goes into combat mode and ends up performing a roll....right off the cliff.

Come on GAF, seriously defend this piece of shit combat system...
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Nose Master said:
You could have not spammed X, or hit X and then triangle. Or used the horn to knock them out of the air. The transitions from combat to non-combat isn't really a complaint about the system itself. It's not great, but it's serviceable. Room for depth and preparation, even if the base mechanics aren't the best.
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I played this on Xbox One, hence the A does that X does for PS4.

First of all, if you re-read the my quote the word CAREFULLY is present, which should imply that there was NO SPAMMING involved. The point is that it seemed like all enemies were taken care of given that Geralt was back into his non-combat state. I proceeded to pick up loot and right as I went about picking and then in a brief instant before I notice another enemy is present I press the A button with the intention to pick up loot, but it quickly reverted me to a combat state and I result the roll button was engaged and got knocked off a cliff.

KINGofCRA5H said:
Perhaps you shouldn't engage in a fight on the side of a cliff? Or you could have just, you know, ignored the enemies and moved on? Also, you know he doesn't roll unless you tell him to, right? Maybe don't roll yourself off the edge of a cliff? I could be a dick and just say you need to "git gud" because the combat takes all of 1 hour to get the hang of, but this isn't a Bloodborne thread. Is it as good as Rocksteady's Batman games? Hell no. Is it as bad as you make it sound? Heeeeeellll no.
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Dude, I DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE, the enemies were there in the way I HAD TO GO THROUGH THEM. There was no option to run past them, since I had to climb on ledges. Once the game forces you into a combat state you cant revert out of it. The game should not have taken me out of a combat state if there were still more enemies present, because the button that you interact with loot and such in a non-combat state is the same as the one that you roll in a combat state. It was ridiculously poor game design to put enemies on that narrow cliff walkway.

I just wish people would actually read the posts before responding to them. My blood boils enough from the Witchers fucking stupid frustrating piece of shit combat system.
 
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ICKE

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kinggroin said:
Had sex with Yennifer at
Skellege (spelling?)
How much left in the game? Say, in hours.
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It is a pointless question, because who knows how many side quests among other things you have left to complete. We don't know in what order you have progressed either so...One can only state that you are nowhere near the end. You might have completed a third of the main quest for example (or one fourth).
 
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Exuro

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kinggroin said:
Had sex with Yennifer at
Skellege (spelling?)
How much left in the game? Say, in hours.
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Hard to determine without more information. You can do that before finishing a lot of sidequests as well as the main quest in velen. And are you just doing the main quest or doing all side quests as well? What about points of interest?
 
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ICKE said:
It is a pointless question, because who knows how many side quests among other things you have. You are nowhere near the end.
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Exuro said:
Hard to determine without more information. You can do that before finishing a lot of sidequests as well as the main quest in velen. And are you just doing the main quest or doing all side quests as well? What about points of interest?
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Reluctant-Hero said:
30~50, by my estimation.
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The main story line fellas.
 
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Admiral Woofington said:
I don't think the issue would be that they can't write a strong female protagonist in the witcher universe, because most of the powerful main players in this world are women.

The issue would stem from any nudity and relationship plots. I think it's much more likely that if they ever come back that they'll do another character considering
how unlike the other two games, the endings varied wildly in this one

They're basically trapped between a rock and a hard place. If they have a game with Ciri in the future and they show ANY nudity from her, or make her say lesbian/bi, you can bet jurassic that there will be complaints from somewhere.
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They can write them just fine, but they can't make them not look silly. They still prioritize the things they find attractive in women over previously established characterization or logic.
Video Game Ciri would be an okay character, but she's really hard to take seriously when she dresses and animates the way she does. She has the presence of a mannequin.
Maybe things would be different if she didn't have to share animations with characters who mostly just stand around in high heels looking pretty (that includes Ves, who doesn't have the "magical makeup" excuse), but this game did nothing to convince me that they'd try to treat protagonists of both genders equally.

Maybe the head of their Cracow studio won't have a high heel fetish. It will be interesting to see what changes under their stewardship.

Stoze said:
Am I missing something? It made sense for her to wear that considering it's for a fancy party, and the dress was fine. (not to say the latter part isn't true considering the playboy fiasco)
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In the novels Triss does not and will not wear anything revealing her chest. It's a character-defining trait, which CD Projekt Red erased and stuck with since the first game due to reasons.

After all, you want to know what happened there, on the Hill. So listen – there was a din and flames, there were flaming arrows and exploding balls of fire, there were screams and crashes, and I suddenly found myself on the ground on a pile of charred, smoking rags, and I realised that the pile of rags was Yoël and that thing next to her, that awful thing, that trunk with no arms and no legs which was screaming so horrifically was Coral. And I thought the blood in which I was lying was Coral’s blood. But it was my own. And then I saw what they had done to me, and I started to howl, howl like a beaten dog, like a battered child— Leave me alone! Don’t worry, I’m not going to cry. I’m not a little girl from a tiny tower in Maribor any more. Damn it, I’m Triss Merigold, the Fourteenth One Killed at Sodden. There are fourteen graves at the foot of the obelisk on the Hill, but only thirteen bodies. You’re amazed such a mistake could have been made? Most of the corpses were in hard-to-recognise pieces – no one identified them. The living were hard to account for, too. Of those who had known me well, Yennefer was the only one to survive, and Yennefer was blind. Others knew me fleetingly and always recognised me by my beautiful hair. And I, damn it, didn’t have it any more!”

Geralt held her closer. She no longer tried to push him away.

“They used the highest magics on us,” she continued in a muted voice, “spells, elixirs, amulets and artefacts. Nothing was left wanting for the wounded heroes of the Hill. We were cured, patched up, our former appearances returned to us, our hair and sight restored. You can hardly see the marks. But I will never wear a plunging neckline again, Geralt. Never.”
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ColonialRaptor

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So no one cares about the xp bug mod that fixes the problem? For me the XP problem has put a massive downer on the game for me and I'm excited to crack through a bunch of levels and finish a heap of quests I've got waiting to be handed in.
 
Windom Earle

Windom Earle

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Despite not being a big fan of the combat (slowly warming up to it) I am enjoying this game MUCH more than Witcher 2. GG CD Projekt. That said, I could not be bothered to play it with a controller. KB/M is the way to go. Next time, try to make the console control scheme not trash.
 
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