[General] More ingame clips

[bebbe777]

[General] More ingame clips

I've just finished The Witcher game as a Scoia'tael and it was great. The only thing I truly miss is more ingame clips. I mean, wouldn't it be nice to see Yaevinn or Toruviel stand back to back with Geralt, fighting off hordes of Order scum. Or to see Zoltan going berserk with a great axe.

 

[Corylea.723]

Yes!I'd love to see Zoltan and Geralt or Yaevinn and Geralt engage in a serious battle. There IS the battle with the Zeugl, but Yaevinn spent a lot of that underwater, so it wasn't very comradely.

 

[bebbe777]

Nah, I didn't mean it like a battle you control. I meant a ingame sequence where you only watch.

 

[darksavior]

I'm a cutscene nut. For myself, I consider the cutscene (both movie clips and the ability to chose your own dialog) the best part of a RPG. It adds to the atmosphere of the game. To clarify, I do not mean the CGI intro or exit movies (although they are brilliantly done). I mean the regular in-game cutscenes like:

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Geralt jumping off a ledge over a chasm and landing on the opposite side, the werewolf fleeing and Geralt following, the scene where adda tries to kiss him

I need to do another run through to get the other alternate endings. I never have a heart to choose between the two factions. In other words, I remain neutral as much as I can. :hmmm:

 

[Corylea.723]

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Geralt jumping off a ledge over a chasm and landing on the opposite side, the werewolf fight, the scene where adda tries to kiss him

I loved the first one you mention -- just breathtaking!For the third one, do you mean at the end of Act III?

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Triss acts as if she thinks he actually wants a kiss from Adda, but I figured that was a way to get her close to him, so that he could grab her and use her as a human shield. "Okay. I've got the princess in front of me; if you try to shoot me, you'll get her, instead. Everybody put down the crossbows." I figure that asking for a kiss got Adda close enough to grab and also threw her emotionally off balance, so she'd be thinking like a romantic young girl and not like a political plotter. I was actually sorry when Triss teleported him out, because I thought he could have pulled it off.

Another truly fabulous cutscene comes near the end of Act IV,

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when the Lady of the Lake knights him. I was spellbound, the first time I saw it.

I spent much of today working on a cutscene for my adventure, and damn -- I wish I had anything half that cool to offer!

 

[darksavior]

For the third one, do you mean at the end of Act III?

Yep, that was the one.

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I actually agree with you. Geralt is one who thinks on his feet, and it would not surprise me if he would use the princess as leverage. It amused me for Triss's reaction to it: "Not on your life, witcher." I seen this cutscene following an intense conversation I had with my husband and jealousy. (His stance is that jealousy is an abstract, baseless emotion.) To have such a strong woman as Triss to get jealous made me feel humorous in a way. Then we looked at it as if maybe Triss was just somewhat insecure because of different factors. I do believe he would have gotten out of it because he gotten out of worse things than that.

We actually have began working on the module. Every step we took and are taking in the RP is thought about: how will players react, shock factor, fairy tale factor, does it go to far from Geralt and other character's personality and perspectives. Will the cutscenes be believable? Cutscenes are fun to make and enjoyable to watch. Or maybe I'm twisted :teeth: My husband has a programming degree so he does much of the module work. I'm the creative person. I make sure everything sounds like it sounds, make sure everything is working right.I'm sure your cutscene will be enjoyable because you enjoy making modules and the witcher. Anyone who enjoys the witcher can and will appreciate it. They'll have one more adventure to play as Geralt.

 

[nineballfool]

the best cutscene in my opinion is the last one at the end of the game....i honestly think it is better than some of what i have seen in movies

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i'm talking about the assassination attempt on the King after Geralt receives his payment....the best swordfighting scene i have ever seen anywhere

 

[pudi0072000]

I couldn't agree with you more, nineballfool. I literally got chills when I first saw it, it was so good. Of course, the intro is amazing as well! I wish the game would've had a few more cutscenes, but the ones it does have are great.

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I always liked the scene when Geralt drops into the sewers to slay the c*ckatrice. When I saw the drowner I thought that was it - and it did look spooky. Then Geralt swaggers by and kills it like it's nothing more than I fly. That always makes me laugh!

 

[darksavior]

I would agree with both of you with the end-game and intro cinematic. When I buy a game (whether its an RPG, stimulation, or MMO, ect), my husband is the first one who playes it. Well, the witcher was bought for me on my birthday last year (Nov. 13). My husband was teh first one to play it AND the first one to finish it. I remember sitting next to him and watching the opening cinematic. It blew both of us away.The same thing happened with the ending one. Occasionally, when I am writing about witcher fighting, I will revisit both the intro and ending scenes on Youtube as well as the Last Wish and Blood of the elves (not to mention fencing sources). Both were amazingly done.To this day, no opening cinematic left me in a wow factor quite like the witcher. The closest was the first cinematic for NWN 2.

 

[Gamewidow]

My experience was very similar. When we (hubby and me) first watched the opening cutscene we were both totally impressed and immediately my thought was 'how can the game possibly live up to that?!", but it did.I also absolutely loved that scene where Geralt drops into the sewers ... so nicely done

 

[Corylea.723]

My husband also got me the game for my birthday -- in March, 2008 -- and he reports that he almost didn't buy it for me because he knew I'd have to play a man, and he thought I might hate having to be a guy too much to enjoy the game. (This was actually not at all an unrealistic concern on his part, but of course Geralt isn't your usual hulking jerk.) It's still true, though, that I tend to think of the team of Geralt and me as "us," not as "me," while I'm playing, but I don't know if that's a gender thing. I think it might be because Geralt has so much personality of his own; he's not just a cipher that can be made into anything the player desires.My husband and I watched the opening movie together, and like the rest of you, we were blown away. My husband said, "I've seen less interesting movies in movie theatres!" I think we watched it three or four times before we managed to actually start the game, and I watched it again every time I started the game for the first twenty or so times. Of course, the intro and outro aren't regular cutscenes, but even many of the in-game cutscenes are quite well done. The scene in the Prologue where the steps crumble and Geralt jumps had me on the edge of my seat the first time, and the Chapter IV scene with the Lady, after the big bad is defeated ... wow!

 

[petra_silie]

CDPR showed the opening cinematic on the Games Convention 2007 (shortly before the games was released) at the "Witcher cinema". It really has taken my breath away… that time the cinematic was a world premiere, didn't know what to expect and then you watch it in full length on a big screen. I'm sure the opening cinematic cast a spell on the remaining doubters.

For the third one, do you mean at the end of Act III?

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Triss acts as if she thinks he actually wants a kiss from Adda, but I figured that was a way to get her close to him, so that he could grab her and use her as a human shield. "Okay. I've got the princess in front of me; if you try to shoot me, you'll get her, instead. Everybody put down the crossbows." I figure that asking for a kiss got Adda close enough to grab and also threw her emotionally off balance, so she'd be thinking like a romantic young girl and not like a political plotter. I was actually sorry when Triss teleported him out, because I thought he could have pulled it off.

Amazing theory. This hasn't crossed my mind.

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… because I think that's not Geralt's style to take hostages especially a woman to enforce his will. That's the style of racketeers and thugs like gangs the Michelet brothers in 'Blood of the Elves' or the two headhunter gangs at the end of 'Times of anger'.Geralt is more the type who (in this situation) tastes the lips of a young woman and then starts a fight even if he has a small chance to escape.

 

[Corylea.723]

CDPR showed the opening cinematic on the Games Convention 2007 (shortly before the games was released) at the "Witcher cinema". It really has taken my breath away… that time the cinematic was a world premiere, didn't know what to expect and then you watch it in full length on a big screen. I'm sure the opening cinematic cast a spell on the remaining doubters.

Wow! I envy you that experience ... that must have been something!

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… because I think that's not Geralt's style to take hostages especially a woman to enforce his will. That's the style of racketeers and thugs like gangs the Michelet brothers in 'Blood of the Elves' or the two headhunter gangs at the end of 'Times of anger'.Geralt is more the type who (in this situation) tastes the lips of a young woman and then starts a fight even if he has a small chance to escape.

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A hostage is an innocent person, one who has no connection to events but just happens to be handy; their very value as a hostage is in their innocence. A don't think someone counts as a "hostage" if they've just condemned you to death, especially if they've condemned you not for committing a crime but for realizing that they've committed one. A hostage is an innocent person; Adda is not only not innocent, she's the only guilty party there! Geralt can't challenge Adda to a duel, but he has ... other weapons, where she's concerned.

 

[darksavior]

I just thought of my favorite. This had my husband and I talking last night about a number of things witchery when we were trying to sleep. Heh.

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One of the ending cut-scenes. You (the player) have just defeated the Grand Master. He is laying on the ground, prone, beaten. Geralt stalked over to him, GM blows Geralt's sword away, and Geralt pulls the silver one. GM: That sword is for monsters. Then, swish. Geralt stabs him.

 

[Corylea.723]

I just thought of my favorite. This had my husband and I talking last night about a number of things witchery when we were trying to sleep. Heh.

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One of the ending cut-scenes. You (the player) have just defeated the Grand Master. He is laying on the ground, prone, beaten. Geralt stalked over to him, GM blows Geralt's sword away, and Geralt pulls the silver one. GM: That sword is for monsters. Then, swish. Geralt stabs him.

One of those great "less is more" moments. Geralt doesn't have to say a word to make his point.

 

[petra_silie]

I love that scene especially the camera angle 8)

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… because I think that's not Geralt's style to take hostages especially a woman to enforce his will. That's the style of racketeers and thugs like gangs the Michelet brothers in 'Blood of the Elves' or the two headhunter gangs at the end of 'Times of anger'.Geralt is more the type who (in this situation) tastes the lips of a young woman and then starts a fight even if he has a small chance to escape.

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A hostage is an innocent person, one who has no connection to events but just happens to be handy; their very value as a hostage is in their innocence. A don't think someone counts as a "hostage" if they've just condemned you to death, especially if they've condemned you not for committing a crime but for realizing that they've committed one. A hostage is an innocent person; Adda is not only not innocent, she's the only guilty party there! Geralt can't challenge Adda to a duel, but he has ... other weapons, where she's concerned.

[/QUOTE]What I think about Adda I elaborated in an other thread and I don't want to expatiate on it here

 

[darksavior]

One of those great "less is more" moments. Geralt doesn't have to say a word to make his point.

Exactly. They say silence is golden. It proves the point, I think. There are so many cutscenes that leave me breathless that I couldn't even begin to describe them all. But it (in combination with the story/combat/graphics) makes it the best RPG I have played.