I would do away with it altogether as well, because in my unkind way, I think a story-driven game should end when it ends. It creates a stronger impact. But since CDPR already inserted post-credits play, they're in a pickle. If they decide to remove it now, I imagine there will be an outcry from many who are having fun with it and don't mind its state. If they keep it, there will be those who wonder why isn't there more effort put into it (even though I took it to just be a player friendly bonus to those who wanna continue roaming regardless).
I wish I could rep this guy like twenty times, because this is exactly how I feel. I realize, especially among open world games, that there is this desire for 'free roam' after the story is over, but the problem is that you have probably already done most of the side quests, monster contracts, and most, if not all, of the treasure hunts. So even though it is 'open world', it isn't really. Your secondary quests have to be done in the context of the main quests, and the monster contracts are usually things you just 'pick up along the way'. Given 'time and resources', I would much rather have them tighten up the main storyline given that this is, arguably, Geralt's last tale
in a trilogy. I also personally wouldn't mind more of an expanded slide show at the end that goes into the fates of some of his trusted companions as well as other characters that have made us curious along the way, i.e the Lodge, Eskel, and some of the 'tertiary characters' that still have an impact on Geralt's life, though in differing ways.
I like endings. I think they are important. They make you appreciate things, they make you remember them, they allow you to reflect on a story as a whole. Endings teach you things and put the story in context. I guess I would be more supportive of 'after story' options if this game was more of a sandbox, but it's not. It's a story-driven experience first and foremost. I think it's all a bit confusing because there is a sort of open world to it, and by implicit assumption of that we have this idea of continuing after the story is over, but what would there honestly be to continue? Throw some characters in select locations with minimal dialogue to make us feel gooey inside that they are there and to make us feel less alone? Wouldn't you prefer CDPR to beef up character interactions, tidy up plot holes and story weaknesses? I would. Maybe I'm being selfish by asking that, but I think if you really look at it...that's what this game needs: more politics, more character interaction with Geralt's friends and loved ones, more family interaction between Geralt-Yen-Ciri (credited to Zeroscape) more exposition on the Wild Hunt, some more on the Aen Elle, Avallac'h's ambitions, etc. etc. (see Scholdarr's long thread for more) Maybe there are few that would disagree with having more of that, but it seems to me (at least from reading these forums as of late) that this is much desired and somewhat sorely needed.
Nooo way. That'd be a really mean joke from CDPR, man.
Imagine if he woke up from Yen's little bathtub monster after passing out in the tub at Kaer Morhen.
Or to make things more interesting, that epilogue shouldn't have existed. Since there's two expansions coming, it makes no sense that Geralt retires or moves far away. While slightly out of topic, I think the game epilogue should have been right after the final scene at the tower, with Geralt feeling lost thinking Ciri's dead, which delays him moving in with Yen/Triss, like in the sad ending where he hunts the last crone.
I've been wondering this. How does two full length expansions really fit into the context of the main story? Are we supposed to just disappear for 30 hours to go to Toussaint while Ciri is struggling to survive? Or undertake some bold quest in Velen for this Man of Glass? If it fit in the context of the main story, maybe I could see it as being more plausible, but I really hope they are able to fit this into the appropriate timeline within the story to make it seem somewhat believable. Otherwise it's just more side content and just extra hours of play, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just not what it
really needs right now. If they were clever, and CDPR is most certainly clever, they could think of how these expansions could both bolster the main story as well as be strategically placed within the story to add opportunities for additional exposition, backstory, clarification, and general 'meat' to the story itself (hint, hint), while also providing an interesting side plot to boot.
