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Next time any of us thinks about shooting down criticism with a plain «nitpicking» accusation, let's try to bear these quotes in mind. The key to REDs' success, their identity is this uncompromising attention to detail. And if uncompromising attention to detail is the way they do things, it's only natural that criticism directed at them should follow on their footsteps and be informed by the exact same minuteness.
I read in some interviews (can't remember which though) that they are talking about wolves attacking a village, and if you don't defend it the NPCs will die. But they said that the quest givers will go unconscious rather than dying (Similar to Elder Scrolls), because they don't want to take the playable content from the player's hands.
I have no idea about the decaying bodies though. Or bodies attracting monsters.
What about the sounds, nature, animals, monsters, npcs, footsteps, weather effects and voice acting that sounds like they are really talking outside in a big open world while on horseback. Or inside a mine or cave with a faint echo?? I wonder if they will get those little details in the game too??
It is a pity to think that almost every single person who will play the game will never notice such things, not because nobody would be able to, but only because nobody expects them. We're so used - or have been inured, maybe - to let such details be completely overlooked and sacrificed for no good reason that hearing about such instances seems exceptional. Mostly because it is. Well, what can I say, it is reassuring to know that at least we can apparently still count on CD Projekt RED.
Okay, back to nitpicking now.
By the way, you've really outdone yourself with the nickname's sneakiness this time.
I'm perfectly fine with people not LIKING the story (that's a matter of personal taste, after all) - but not understanding it? That's probably not the best thing to say as a game journalist.
You probably won't like this podcast then, one of them compares the plot of The Witcher to David Cage's games O_O
After I read that, I stopped watching @Mohasz's link.
And the points they make are very strange, having a story that requires some thought in it being a bad thing for example? hahahaha
But their Dragon Age Inquisition spoof videos were good, I have to say.
I mean, all they say is that the story in TW can get complicated and that the combat in TW3 is a lot like that of TW2, which are both true statements.
The part where they suggest it might be better if the plot was more straightforward is, obviously, a personal opinion - one that I disagree with - but the video itself seemed okay overall. I don't quite get the overwhelmingly negative response in the comments section and the number of downvotes the video is getting. Like, yeah, TW has a dedicated fanbase, cool. It needs to relax a bit, though.
The fact 3 hours wasn't enough to wrap their heads around combat or story is a plus in my view. The Witcher games expect a lot from the player. It does sound like the devs need to sharpen up the controls.
After hearing them say the witcher 2's story didnt make sense and you didnt understand anything about it after the beginning, and that TW3's combat is exactly the same as that of TW2 but with a crossbow, I think I'm not going to listen these guys in the future
I'll never understand why folks find the Witcher story so confusing. I jumped in with Witcher 2 only knowing what I saw in the hype trailers, and never had any difficulty following along.
In either case, I think the bigger issue with that podcast discussion is that the guy who played W3 doesn't really get to say anything about it since the other guy keeps cutting in and wanting to justify why he didn't like the previous games.
In either case, I think the bigger issue with that podcast discussion is that the guy who played W3 doesn't really get to say anything about it since the other guy keeps cutting in and wanting to justify why he didn't like the previous games.
Well, I watched the "The World of the Witcher" ´video to see how politics works and which countries will be mentioned, etc. because I did not really have a sense of where I am exactly in TW1, but after that I had no problem following the game (could be though that this is due to me having played TW1 before TW2)
For PS4
minimum 50GB install size
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its 1080p 30 FPS
Graphics are mix of different settings (Custom settings)
Same here, although that doesn't mean that I fully understood what was going in.
The thing though is that you have to pay attention, especially if you haven't read the books nor played the previous game(s).
W2 is not just about finding Letho, but the world building (lore), politics, the northern kingdoms, lodge of sorceresses...
You get pretty much bombarded with information (in conversations and/or reading in codex) like characters, locations, cities , countries and what the relationship to all this is, where in other games like in Dragon Age or Mass Effect you just read the codex for additional info that doesn't really play a big part in the story.
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