This does bring a whole new meaning to the The witcher 3 title , "the wild hunt"
"There IS a big difference between notes about behaviours and weaknesses of monsters in your journal and recommended item. For the former you actually need your brain to sort out which potions might be suited best for what you know about the monster the latter is made for braindead people...."
This is what you said in your previous post. I just proved to you that the games always simply told us: This monster does .... ,kill it with ..... We never had to deduce something ourselves, nor did the devs ever promised us such feature. Thats all I wanted to say.
Sometimes I feel like I´m on reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/.
I'm wondering about this as well. I just can't see it being fun. I hope I'll prove to be wrong.
Bethesda actually removed it from TES. Oblivion had water combat, but Skyrim didn't.
That's what lore tells us:
Geralt doesn't like the ocean. He doesn't like swimming and he doesn't like diving. He feels unsecure and vulnerable in the water and he lacks the proper means and weapons to fight effectively in the ocean. Unterwater fights would be a clear violation of the lore of the witcher world. Even the whole diving aspect is already a violation of the canon and I cannot approve that, sorry.
Apart from that Geralt shouldn't be able to wear armor under water while diving. He's not superman, sorry.
from The Sword of Destiny, Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt doesn't like the ocean. He doesn't like swimming and he doesn't like diving. He feels unsecure and vulnerable in the water and he lacks the proper means and weapons to fight effectively in the ocean. Unterwater fights would be a clear violation of the lore of the witcher world. Even the whole diving aspect is already a violation of the canon and I cannot approve that, sorry.
Apart from that Geralt shouldn't be able to wear armor under water while diving. He's not superman, sorry.
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For one simple reason.
I, for one, heart underwater exploration with all its locations, secrets, precious items. But I certainly do not want it to turn into a stroll in the countryside. It has to be a challenge; it's has to be dangerous. There simply has to be combat.
It's a massive open world. It would be ridiculous if there were invisible walls around all of the water in the game. No underwater combat would be fine, but he has to be able to go underwater. Gameplay should always win out.That's what lore tells us:
from The Sword of Destiny, Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt doesn't like the ocean. He doesn't like swimming and he doesn't like diving. He feels unsecure and vulnerable in the water and he lacks the proper means and weapons to fight effectively in the ocean. Unterwater fights would be clear violation of the lore of the witcher world. Even the whole diving aspect is already a violation of the canon I cannot approve that, sorry.
That's arguable. Depends on the game. The Witcher games are story driven games. In this case I really don't see how underwater combat is a worthwhile addition, just seems shoehorned in. Will it serve a story purpose in any way?
Well Mamais said that Geralt couldn't burn that tree. So yeah. :troll:
We would have to see the actual implementation, what if a cave contains a beast that you need to kill for a quest and the only way to reach it is by diving?
These items can act like secrets, being hard to find, maybe behind some rumble you have to clean with Aard.
Exactly.
So Geralt doesnt frecuent whores in the books, also. but I heard no one crying over that misenterpration of the character...That's what lore tells us:
from The Sword of Destiny, Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt doesn't like the ocean. He doesn't like swimming and he doesn't like diving. He feels unsecure and vulnerable in the water and he lacks the proper means and weapons to fight effectively in the ocean. Unterwater fights would be a clear violation of the lore of the witcher world. Even the whole diving aspect is already a violation of the canon and I cannot approve that, sorry.
Apart from that Geralt shouldn't be able to wear armor under water while diving. He's not superman, sorry.
He doesnt even fool around all the time, as far as I know... Lady Yennefer, Triss, Essi Daven, Shani (maybe the Lady of the Forest? I didnt got to the last book yet
). 5 women in all 7 books...I agree.
BUT
- he shouldn't be able to be under water for a long time (2-3 minutes maximum)
- he shouldn't be able to wear armour under water
- he shouldn't be able to fight or use signs under water
I don't think that there should be invisible wall in the water/ocean. But there should be little incentive to actually swim or dive. Sorry, this is not your usual generic RPG where gameplay sould tower everything else...