Sounds awesome!
I for one didn't mind much the "locked" combat animations in the second game. In fact, I love it! As evidenced by my arena score
But it really is awesome. People just need to get acclimated to the system and familiar with what direction you should press your directional buttons and where to look with your mouse to trigger a certain move. Once you've got that down, I really feel like combat becomes a bit too easy. But what they're doing in TW3 sounds awesomesauce too! Giving people full control sounds interesting enough but add to that 90+ animations and I think combat could be the best melee system ever designed by humans ^^ I'm really looking forward to trying it out and mastering it just like I did with TW2s combat.
The fast travel I don't mind. If RED is serious about the "20% bigger than Skyrim" map claim then holy shit, that's a lot of land you'll need to cross. So a fast travel system is needed. The only thing I hope for is that they somehow ground it in a realistic setting. For example, in Morrowind there was a fast travel system but it was logical since it was based on the infrastructure of the island of Vvardenfell and the boats and silt striders (whatever they were called) couldn't go everywhere on the map but rather they had about 3-4 preset destinations. Once you got to those destinations, you had to switch boat or whatever to get even further. The game asked you to roleplay and walk around asking for directions and what boat takes you here and there etc. Hopefully TW3 does something similar, as oppose to Skyrim that just has you bring up the map and magically transport yourself half a continent away. A bit lame even if it is super convenient.
And the witcher senses sound pretty friggin' awesome to me. I had hoped that we would get glimpses of what happened, manifested visually somehow, it doesn't really matter. It looks like that's exactly what they're going with. I can't wait to embark on a journey with Geralt, just riding along, exploring the world, taking in the atmosphere and enjoying the sights when I suddenly stop to investigate a burned down hut or something like that. Then, when I activate my Witcher senses, I get a short snippet of what Geralt hypothesizes might have happened. After which you'll have to puzzle together what it could have been that caused the destruction or if it even was a beast that did it. Sounds really cool and engaging.
So far, so good baby. I really can't wait. Haha I'm loving the other comments as well. You're just as enthusiastic as I am but it seems like our patience is running out! Oh woe is us.
I for one didn't mind much the "locked" combat animations in the second game. In fact, I love it! As evidenced by my arena score
But it really is awesome. People just need to get acclimated to the system and familiar with what direction you should press your directional buttons and where to look with your mouse to trigger a certain move. Once you've got that down, I really feel like combat becomes a bit too easy. But what they're doing in TW3 sounds awesomesauce too! Giving people full control sounds interesting enough but add to that 90+ animations and I think combat could be the best melee system ever designed by humans ^^ I'm really looking forward to trying it out and mastering it just like I did with TW2s combat.The fast travel I don't mind. If RED is serious about the "20% bigger than Skyrim" map claim then holy shit, that's a lot of land you'll need to cross. So a fast travel system is needed. The only thing I hope for is that they somehow ground it in a realistic setting. For example, in Morrowind there was a fast travel system but it was logical since it was based on the infrastructure of the island of Vvardenfell and the boats and silt striders (whatever they were called) couldn't go everywhere on the map but rather they had about 3-4 preset destinations. Once you got to those destinations, you had to switch boat or whatever to get even further. The game asked you to roleplay and walk around asking for directions and what boat takes you here and there etc. Hopefully TW3 does something similar, as oppose to Skyrim that just has you bring up the map and magically transport yourself half a continent away. A bit lame even if it is super convenient.
And the witcher senses sound pretty friggin' awesome to me. I had hoped that we would get glimpses of what happened, manifested visually somehow, it doesn't really matter. It looks like that's exactly what they're going with. I can't wait to embark on a journey with Geralt, just riding along, exploring the world, taking in the atmosphere and enjoying the sights when I suddenly stop to investigate a burned down hut or something like that. Then, when I activate my Witcher senses, I get a short snippet of what Geralt hypothesizes might have happened. After which you'll have to puzzle together what it could have been that caused the destruction or if it even was a beast that did it. Sounds really cool and engaging.
So far, so good baby. I really can't wait. Haha I'm loving the other comments as well. You're just as enthusiastic as I am but it seems like our patience is running out!
Oh woe is us.
I wish all those first-look reviewers gave some more of their impressions on what they saw instead of just documenting what they see on the screen.
On the other hand, maybe it's a condition of getting this kind of early demo, not to write anything judgemental about the game. I don't know.
But I wish there was moar.
On the other hand, maybe it's a condition of getting this kind of early demo, not to write anything judgemental about the game. I don't know.
But I wish there was moar.
These reviewers sound too detached.gregski said:
In all fairness they're fed just enough to write the articles, not an ounce more. Anyway, I thought the quality of the prose here was above average.
Can't wait for E3 to see some of that gameplay at last. It would be nice to see a trailer before though.
Hell yeah! Demut returns to the fray! Always enjoy reading your postsDemut said:
And regarding the journalist, eh. You're right but within the context of the video games, he is right.
Still as nitpicky, fuckin' love it! Keep up the good shit bro!
I read this one before already, its the worst article about the witcher 3 demo ive seen.
Thanks OP for sharing anyway.
Thanks OP for sharing anyway.
Damn! That's cold bro.Geraltofbsas said:
I think I've read every preview there is based on this particular demo and I must say, it's not bad. At all. Certainly not offensive in any way. So what in particular has provoked your ire, if I may ask?
Gotta agree, the tone of the article was very cold,like he didn't give a rats.
Would love for an article to get into more detail about the demo shown. Talk more about the animations, not just of Geralt but the bandits, were they smooth and more believable?
When fighting the bandits, how many were there, what did the others do when Geralt was attacking one of them. Did they circle Geralt, use the environment in any way, multiple attacks at once? What was their reaction to being hit, did they step back, fall over, was their speed or leg movement slowed depending on where they were hit. Was there any dismemberment, or verbal reaction. Talk about the new dynamic combat camera, how did it feel, how did it activate once combat started and was it unnoticeable when going back to normal camera.
What was the scenery like, did it look like many repeating textures, were the environments lush, and if how so, where there many dense bushes, was the scenery littered with various looking trees. Was there much wildlife, insects or wind in play. Describe the path Geralt was walking on, or how he knew where he was meant to go. What was the sound like, was it quiet and you could only here a gust of wind, was it eerie, was their subtle music in the background. If Geralt was walking an incline, did his speed slow and movement animation change. Can that white man jump and if so how high? Did he climb anything etc.
What was the water like, did it crash against the side of the boat. Did it crash up against the shore. Did you have to step in the water to get to the boat, if so did it react properly to you walking through it. Were there creatures nearby the water, or birds flying around. Geralt's sailing animations, was there anything specific about that or simply push forward? Could he choose to row?
What really would be awesome if one of the gaming magazines went in to see this press demo with a couple of people. One to focus their attention on the game and quest, the other to look at the world, the walking, standing, and combat animations, sounds, level design, field of view, weather effects, all the little things. Probably never going to happen, or maybe they've been asked to hold off until the new renderer is in place.
Would love for an article to get into more detail about the demo shown. Talk more about the animations, not just of Geralt but the bandits, were they smooth and more believable?
When fighting the bandits, how many were there, what did the others do when Geralt was attacking one of them. Did they circle Geralt, use the environment in any way, multiple attacks at once? What was their reaction to being hit, did they step back, fall over, was their speed or leg movement slowed depending on where they were hit. Was there any dismemberment, or verbal reaction. Talk about the new dynamic combat camera, how did it feel, how did it activate once combat started and was it unnoticeable when going back to normal camera.
What was the scenery like, did it look like many repeating textures, were the environments lush, and if how so, where there many dense bushes, was the scenery littered with various looking trees. Was there much wildlife, insects or wind in play. Describe the path Geralt was walking on, or how he knew where he was meant to go. What was the sound like, was it quiet and you could only here a gust of wind, was it eerie, was their subtle music in the background. If Geralt was walking an incline, did his speed slow and movement animation change. Can that white man jump and if so how high? Did he climb anything etc.
What was the water like, did it crash against the side of the boat. Did it crash up against the shore. Did you have to step in the water to get to the boat, if so did it react properly to you walking through it. Were there creatures nearby the water, or birds flying around. Geralt's sailing animations, was there anything specific about that or simply push forward? Could he choose to row?
What really would be awesome if one of the gaming magazines went in to see this press demo with a couple of people. One to focus their attention on the game and quest, the other to look at the world, the walking, standing, and combat animations, sounds, level design, field of view, weather effects, all the little things. Probably never going to happen, or maybe they've been asked to hold off until the new renderer is in place.
Is this roughly the same article as was in the April edition of the print magazine?
I'm guessing the demo itself would have been similar to the one in CD-Action? That Kodaemon translated here?
http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/34470-cd-action-7-page-preview-translation/page__pid__947941
I'm guessing the demo itself would have been similar to the one in CD-Action? That Kodaemon translated here?
http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/34470-cd-action-7-page-preview-translation/page__pid__947941
Man, I'm too used to seeing everyone else on the Internet talking about how the game's graphics are already looking too good. Glad to see this forum hasn't lost it yet.AgentBlue said:
Still, it's a bit odd to see all these screenshots about a really early demo, I guess people are really excited and want for more. Hear that, CDPR?
Is that so? Huh. Well, thanks, good to hear, I supposeFoggyFishburne said:Hell yeah! Demut returns to the fray! Always enjoy reading your posts
While I’ve already been posting again in the past couple of days you are right insofar as I had been gone several weeks prior to that due to university-related stuff.Will do.FoggyFishburne said:
Uuuuuuuugh don't even mention that dreadful word. University. Damn, I cringe just at the sound of it. My condolences. I'm in the same boat. I'm so glad we have awesome games like the Witcher 2 that can take our mind off of things for a little whileDemut said:Is that so? Huh. Well, thanks, good to hear, I suppose
Will do.
hehe ire provoking is a little too much, but i simply think the article is so non descriptive about how its the demo done that its almost useless.FoggyFishburne said:
Its mostly talk about what happens, and not how it happens, of course if you dont know a single bit of what the entire demo is about then it is useful somewhat, but considering almost every other article described what happenned in the demo and also gave info as in personal notes from the writer or little details noticed, its pretty bad in comparison.