Playing after Main Story end. Missed opportunities. [SPOILERS]

[Tzatrix]

Playing after Main Story end. Missed opportunities. [SPOILERS]

I really think that putting the game world state into "pre-last-quest" state is a missed opportunity. I really hope that it is only due to not having enough time. I'm sure I'm not the first one to suggest it (at least I didn't find anything similar on first few pages).

I hope that thanks to modding tools we will be able to use the fact that a ton of monsters spawned when Ciri opened the Tower and make the game after the main quest more meaningful. Instead of havin a pre-last-quest world state (which is empty, if you managed to do 90% of sidequests by that time) we could make it "after-last-quest" world state adding more monsters and contracts throughout the world.

Another big flaw that makes the game sad and empty is the no existance of the plot characters. I don't think that adding a separate location with a place for Geralt and his love interest would be very hard. Adding dialogue is what will be hard to do...
Seeing Ciri in Vizima or meeting her on a random contract would also be nice...

I'd really like to hear if there are other suggestions or general thoughts on the subject. Please share =)

 

[MacCrusher]

I'm not optimistic that what you describe, and what many want, will be resolved by CDPR, but more likely by a robust modding community -- assuming the editor releases soon enough to leverage the current hype and popularity. Two factors will determine the longevity of W3: a robust editor -REDkit- and early access to it. This is where sandbox begins.

Beyond that, to get to a fractal-emergent, limitless sandbox, replay-ability (mod-ablility) -- usually happens a year, post editor release; assuming there is an editor. . (Skyrim is fully matured for this, and maybe Star Citizen as another hopeful).

I'll personally do a second play-thru with as little completion of the main story as possible -- finishing up just before the release of a DLC. Unless mods fix those under-baked elements before hand.