So is the release date going to be the date the game is released or the date the game is delayed?
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If they are going to give us a release date ahead of launch, then that date is a friendly estimation.
And all of us going to be happy with that since it gives us at least something, regardless of whether they end up delaying or meeting their estimate.
And all of us going to be happy with that since it gives us at least something, regardless of whether they end up delaying or meeting their estimate.
That would be ridiculous: 6 years of "when it's ready", they give the date and then delay it anyway? Almost as ridiculous as squarenix and the FFXV date announcement. Almost. It's very difficult to beat that, only squarenix itself can do it.
Seriously, or they give a precise date (game is coming in less than 1 year) or they give a release window (spring or fall 2020). Or another "when it's ready" and we are allowed to riot. There's a law for these cases. u.u
Seriously, or they give a precise date (game is coming in less than 1 year) or they give a release window (spring or fall 2020). Or another "when it's ready" and we are allowed to riot. There's a law for these cases. u.u
Every game after TW1 has been delayed. Maybe TW1 was as well, can't remember. But yeah, prepare for that possibility.
I wouldn't have any problem, better delayed than bugged as TW3 at launch, but it'd be extremely stupid from CDPR to give a date they are not sure about after all that "when it's ready". They're not forced to give any date, it'll be their decision.
To me it does not even matter anymore because practically, there will be a day X where it will release.
We don't know this day X, maybe CDPR also doesn't know it yet.
But unless the world or Poland ends, that unknown Day X will come and chances are (delay or not) high that it is within 1.5 years.
Every day passing will bring us closer to that yet unknown day. If you look at time differently, whether it releases for real in Q1 2020 or Q2, 3,etc. becomes a relatively trivial discrepancy or difference.
Half a year passed already, and one since last E3. Time flies by so fast in hindsight, that game release is basically around the corner.
We don't know this day X, maybe CDPR also doesn't know it yet.
But unless the world or Poland ends, that unknown Day X will come and chances are (delay or not) high that it is within 1.5 years.
Every day passing will bring us closer to that yet unknown day. If you look at time differently, whether it releases for real in Q1 2020 or Q2, 3,etc. becomes a relatively trivial discrepancy or difference.
Half a year passed already, and one since last E3. Time flies by so fast in hindsight, that game release is basically around the corner.
Are you kidding? The Witcher 1 was one that was delayed and rebooted the most out of all of them. Sit down for a Shavod's brief Witcher's history lesson.
The development started in 2002 and the game supposed to have character creator (which would allow you to choose the gender of your Witcher, as well as different side effects of mutations within their body as result of Trial of Grasses) and be more like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, a very good hack'n'slash in the universe of Baldur's Gate (which PC port of, by they way, originally supposed to be CDPR first game, but because of Interplay going under, they had to abandon this project). The game was initially supposed to use the Calaris IC engine, used previously in game called Mortyr (which was a polish Wolfenstein ripoff and not a very good one) and be released in 2003. But after they finally finished a demo of the game and they show it to he publishers. their reactions were... very unfavorable. The entire team, outside of it's lead, Sebastian Zieliński, didn't believe in the success of the game, thinking it will come out and soon after it will be sold in a shopping bin for equivalent of around four dollars. This is why the management decided to wipe the state clean (aside of concept arts, some locations and parts of the story) and start completely anew, but they also ended their cooperation with Sebastian Zieliński, who was the creator and owner of the engine, which left them with nothing to make the game with.
In 2003 they bought Aurora Engine from Bioware (and rewrote most of it) and then rebooted the game to look more like Knights of The Old Republic. The character creator was dropped and instead they decided to make a new protagonist called Berengar (who later appeared as an NPC in the first game). Obviously as a result the script was also completely rewritten to match the changes in game design. Diablo style combat was replaced by a new combat system, which was later used in Witcher Versus (I wonder how many people still remember that), when you had to make a list of combo attacks that Berengar would use during the fight. The game was now moved to 2004, but after the positive reception of the demo at E3, the management realised they might have something really good on their hands, so they decided to move the release date to 2005 to improve it even more.
At 2005 another direction change occured with Geralt replacing Berengar as the protagonist, so the story had to be rewritten completely once more. After that the development turn completely chaotic, even more then before, which forced CDPR to move the game release to 2006. There was no clear vision for the game and most developers were just kinda doing their own thing, without concern about how it will all come together in the end. That was until Maciej Miąsik and Adam Badowski decided to take the reins and made the project come together. Around this time the gameplay was rebooted once more to make it more like the way we can enjoy it (or not) in the final release of The Witcher 1.
Then in 2006 it turned out they were already running out of resources, while they still had something like a half of locations missing, including the entire map where the final act of the game supposed to take place in. So they had to rewrite the story once more to make it fit into the locations they already made (so pretty much Vizima and Kaer Morhen). One of the ideas was even to change the story, so Geralt would wake up without his memories at Vizima's outskirts and move the battle for Kaer Morhen to the end of the game, where he would finally recover his memories, but management said no to that. Because of that the game was delayed to 2007 and despite some troubles (like entire epilogue disappearing without explanation, forcing Konrad Tomaszkiewicz into recreating it from scratch in two months), the game finally came out.
And that, kids, is how I met your mother.
In a statement released as part of its Q1 2019 financial earnings statement, they said they will build up hype...
"Build up hype" is mybe wrong translated (Hype-Aufbau) .. Found this german article..
When they build up hype.. what is consequent a logical conclusion ?
- Game already done at E3 ?
- release date at E3 ?
- still COMING: WHEN IT'S READY at E3 ?
https://www.play3.de/2019/05/24/cyb...fortschritt-erreicht-sagt-die-studiofuehrung/
"Build up hype" is mybe wrong translated (Hype-Aufbau) .. Found this german article..
When they build up hype.. what is consequent a logical conclusion ?
- Game already done at E3 ?
- release date at E3 ?
- still COMING: WHEN IT'S READY at E3 ?
https://www.play3.de/2019/05/24/cyb...fortschritt-erreicht-sagt-die-studiofuehrung/
so talsorian's cyberpunk red just announced they will not be making their august 1st release date, with reasons given including sourcing art and coordinating lore with the CDPR team... kinda puts a damper on any hopes for 2077 to drop this year if the lore is still in flux
Maybe it will be later. And if not, a 2020 release would be iconic.
Day X still comes closer each passing day.
Day X still comes closer each passing day.
So at E3, they will host 2 different demos, one closed and the other public to E3 attendees, BUT NEITHER will be uploaded OR streamed online(also filming is prohibited)
If the game was coming out this year, then they would be confident enough in the product to share it with everyone at this point, but instead, they are holding back the second year in a row.
If the game was coming out this year, then they would be confident enough in the product to share it with everyone at this point, but instead, they are holding back the second year in a row.
They won't be streamed, but none of the REDs said that it won't be uploaded at all. That's an important difference.
But regardless of that, I was firm believer for a very long time now that the game won't be coming out this year anyway. My bet is still on May 2020 as the most likely release date.
I've always thought that. Early 2020 if we're lucky, fall is the worst case scenario.
I don't think Jason's response was based on any leaked information, just his own assumptions, but still I agree with that assumption nevertheless.
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