Anyone actually think this won't get delayed into the Fall/Holiday? No chance this launches in May.
Anyone actually think this won't get delayed into the Fall/Holiday? No chance this launches in May.
It would surely be embarrassing if they move the release again. If they just said TBA 2015 this time then they would have more leeway. To say May 2015 and then move it again would be terrible. Of course a great release/game would undo the damage fairly quickly, but any faults in the game will be blasted on.
I remember that, it is a good example and I liked it.
But I want something more open, and more official, although something like that would still be ok with me actually, I think they are still talking too little, and while I understand they cant talk too much about the things that are changing, the percentage of what that stuff is should've been dramatically reduced now that we got so close to the end of development and they say many times the game is feature complete.
I never complained before that they didnt give us answers or described the game in more detail or whatever, I was always the guy saying "bros calm down its hard to talk about the game and make sure its there by release and so on", but now we are just too close to what was supposed to be the release
Well, I can't think of ANY statement that worries me more than that one. I wanted to thank you first for this quote but now I kind of hate you for it, sorry.
That's the way to make mediocre mainstream games. That's the way how you fuck up games easily. That's the way almost any US AAA game is developed and it's also the reason why they all feel more or less the same.
Please, for the love of God, Reds: don't do or implement anything you personally don't like to have in your game. Just don't. Never.
Make a game and let it be YOUR game. Put your heart and passion into it and create the game you want to play. Trust your opinion. Trust your taste. You are gamers yourself and you can be damn sure that a lot of other gamers out there enjoy the games you personally enjoy. Don't listen to stupid stuff like target group or market requirements or even forum feedback if you're personally not happy with it. There is really no easier way to hell than following that route. Making games that the devs love and want to play themselves is what made games so great a decade ago and before and it's the main principle many European and indie devs still follow while creating games. Don't sacrifice that. I beg you...
NOW I'm really, really scared about Witcher 3.
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I can't seem to remember, what were the "shitty" months (in NA at least) to release a game? January? the summer months? You know, the months when games are released just to die?
I can't imagine the summer months being bad since most younger people are out of school
Well, I can't think of ANY statement that worries me more than that one. I wanted to thank you first for this quote but now I kind of hate you for it, sorry.
That's the way to make mediocre mainstream games. That's the way how you fuck up games easily. That's the way almost any US AAA game is developed and it's also the reason why they all feel more or less the same.
Please, for the love of God, Reds: don't do or implement anything you personally don't like to have in your game. Just don't. Never.
Make a game and let it be YOUR game. Put your heart and passion into it and create the game you want to play. Trust your opinion. Trust your taste. You are gamers yourself and you can be damn sure that a lot of other gamers out there enjoy the games you personally enjoy. Don't listen to stupid stuff like target group or market requirements or even forum feedback if you're personally not happy with it. There is really no easier way to hell than following that route. Making games that the devs love and want to play themselves is what made games so great a decade ago and before and it's the main principle many European and indie devs still follow while creating games. Don't sacrifice that. I beg you...
NOW I'm really, really scared about Witcher 3.
keep in mind because bioware didnt do this, they ruined the mass effect 3 ending.
There is a sensible balance to be made, when you, the artist, want to do something that goes against what you think players will want.
Im personally very happy to hear Blacha has this understood, he's probably not specifically talking about the mainstream gamers, you're looking too much into it to make it sound bad imo.
And is Witcher 3 meant for those young school kids? Really? M is for mature as they officially say.
The game looked like it needed more time and I understand the delay. Shame I wont be able to play it on release.
IMHO, much better to delay than to release a game that many of your fans will be disappointed with or maybe not even be able to play (Bioware please take note). As long as the wait is worth it, I'm sure we'll all be very happy come May 19th.
As a PC only gamer, I really don't mind waiting; even if, as some have suggested, the delay is purely to sort out console issues. I've thoroughly enjoyed Witcher I & II, loved reading all the books and have the adventure game to enjoy over Christmas. What's important is that we all get a great experience in the end and a satisfying conclusion to the storyline.
Good Luck and Merry Witchamas to CDPR & all your fans.
As a PC only gamer, I really don't mind waiting; even if, as some have suggested, the delay is purely to sort out console issues. I've thoroughly enjoyed Witcher I & II, loved reading all the books and have the adventure game to enjoy over Christmas. What's important is that we all get a great experience in the end and a satisfying conclusion to the storyline.
Good Luck and Merry Witchamas to CDPR & all your fans.
You have my support to make good shit! I rephrase what Uncle Ben said: With a great hype comes a great responsibility.
Well, I can't think of ANY statement that worries me more than that one. I wanted to thank you first for this quote but now I kind of hate you for it, sorry.
That's the way to make mediocre mainstream games. That's the way how you fuck up games easily. That's the way almost any US AAA game is developed and it's also the reason why they all feel more or less the same.
NOW I'm really, really scared about Witcher 3.
Yeaah..that would be worrying, but this is the SAME company that did sex cards, nearly porn sex scenes, racism, drinking plus tattoos, torture...really not too likely they are aiming at mainstream audience.
And, although it could be seen as worrying, it's also a relief - how do they know what the players want? How?
From us.
From these forums.
He didn't say, "what will appeal to new players" or "what will appeal to most players" he said, " we know that will appeal to players."
Well, the only players of Witcher 1 and 2 they gots is us! We're it, baby. We're the test bed. For good or bad, these forums are the primary player-response base for CDPR. Followed by Steam and GoG of course.
So when I have to play as Ciri, I blame you fuckers. Ooooh. Just.. Oohhhh. I'll have you for that, sir! I'll have you! Sard does NOT play girls!
I don't think the ending was "ruined". It certainly wasn't what many people expected it to be. But I rather take a controversial but original idea than a brainwashed one, doing "what people expect you to do". (And althoug that's off-topic: the original ME ending suffered a lot from its lacking execution and lazy staging and not so much of its original idea imo. The "changes" ending followed the same main principle but it was quite a lot more enjoyable due to more care to the details...)
That doesn't mean you should act against your consumers on purpose. You shouldn't just do anything that you personally don't support.
Release it when its ready. Not before. I'll wait as long as it takes to get a fully polished game.
Real shame about this. My itch to play the game is too much already.
But I guess there's one good thing about it.
I'll be able to make my decision on whether to get an AMD or Nvidia card easier since AMD's new cards aren't being released until sometime late Feb/ Early March, and I would of probably had to wait to see benchmarks of the new cards to make my purchase decision and possibly not play the game on release.
So it's a relief in that sense
But I guess there's one good thing about it.
I'll be able to make my decision on whether to get an AMD or Nvidia card easier since AMD's new cards aren't being released until sometime late Feb/ Early March, and I would of probably had to wait to see benchmarks of the new cards to make my purchase decision and possibly not play the game on release.
So it's a relief in that sense