The Witcher 3 and mounts, Mounted combat is a must, reasoning inside.
With the recent exciting news coming from the latest Game Informer about TW3 one thing stands out to me, apart from the shift to open world is the inclusion of Mounts.
However one thing from the information it seems that mounted combat is still being "tested" and they aren't sure if will be a definite part of the game.
This is what worries me, and one of the WORST things about the TES games in general. THe lack of "mounted" combat makes mounts seem like nothing more then personal vehicles. HAving to constantly mount, dismount to fight, gets OLD super fast and is nothing more then annoyance.
A lot of times what comes up is "What if they don't want people fighting from mounts? What if mounts are op?" There are many many ways to balance this out.
Mounted combat should have both it's advantages and disadvantages. When you are mounted you (obiously) will lose from freedom of motion, naturally you wouldn't be able to perform many of your special combat moves (thought here should be some specific mount based ones imo).
As well, disadvantages exist, such as getting into "close" tight quarters, where a horse can be hard to control, in the middle of a bunch of enemies surround you from many sides, this is where you wouldn't want to be. on top of this certain enemies could have "counters" to mounts, such as long pikes, etc which can stop a horse charge, just like historical military combat.
If anyone here has played the excellent Mount and Blade games they do mounted combat better then any other game out there, I really hope the developers take a look at it and try to get mounted combat in.
Horses should be something that serve as both a means of transportation as well as adding nto the overall game, not something that annoys the player or feels like a "burden."
edit - before more comments are posted, Geralt DOES fight from horseback in the books, Blood of Elves is an example.
Geralt is not uncapable of fighting from horseback, and monsters aren't the "only" thing Geralt fights in his adventures.
With the recent exciting news coming from the latest Game Informer about TW3 one thing stands out to me, apart from the shift to open world is the inclusion of Mounts.
However one thing from the information it seems that mounted combat is still being "tested" and they aren't sure if will be a definite part of the game.
This is what worries me, and one of the WORST things about the TES games in general. THe lack of "mounted" combat makes mounts seem like nothing more then personal vehicles. HAving to constantly mount, dismount to fight, gets OLD super fast and is nothing more then annoyance.
A lot of times what comes up is "What if they don't want people fighting from mounts? What if mounts are op?" There are many many ways to balance this out.
Mounted combat should have both it's advantages and disadvantages. When you are mounted you (obiously) will lose from freedom of motion, naturally you wouldn't be able to perform many of your special combat moves (thought here should be some specific mount based ones imo).
As well, disadvantages exist, such as getting into "close" tight quarters, where a horse can be hard to control, in the middle of a bunch of enemies surround you from many sides, this is where you wouldn't want to be. on top of this certain enemies could have "counters" to mounts, such as long pikes, etc which can stop a horse charge, just like historical military combat.
If anyone here has played the excellent Mount and Blade games they do mounted combat better then any other game out there, I really hope the developers take a look at it and try to get mounted combat in.
Horses should be something that serve as both a means of transportation as well as adding nto the overall game, not something that annoys the player or feels like a "burden."
edit - before more comments are posted, Geralt DOES fight from horseback in the books, Blood of Elves is an example.
Geralt is not uncapable of fighting from horseback, and monsters aren't the "only" thing Geralt fights in his adventures.
