I wouldn't mind seeing them tackling the art of finding items in towns. Picking herbs here and there is okay, but Geralt is actually going into peoples houses and stealing everything they have. I get that this is a stable of RPGs, but let's not turn it into a crutch for the games. Geralt is no common thief, so having him lockpicking, pick-pocketing and otherwise ransacking houses doesn't make a lot of sense.
Instead, why not add a bit of dialogue with the home owners, saying they're willing to give Geralt a few things in exchange for him taking on the local beast (which he might already be about to do via a quest). I'm not talking side-quests or anything, just some sort of "yeah, we can spare a bit since you're helping us with the monsters" instead of Geralt barging in and pilfering everything that's clickable.
Instead, why not add a bit of dialogue with the home owners, saying they're willing to give Geralt a few things in exchange for him taking on the local beast (which he might already be about to do via a quest). I'm not talking side-quests or anything, just some sort of "yeah, we can spare a bit since you're helping us with the monsters" instead of Geralt barging in and pilfering everything that's clickable.
Because it's bad design choice. For example, I don't want to search through ten crates on the same location (like near Flotsam harbor) each containing 5x of some crafting component in order to craft an item that requires 50x of them. It's a waste of time, and becomes tedious very fast. Why not lower the requirements to 10x, and put them in two crates which would be the only ones you can select, and thus remove the number of identical actions by eight. And there is the problem of believability of the world; too much stuff is just laying around, often more than it's available from the merchants selling it..WrATH72 said:
What are you talking about? Don't search the same location then, since you pick up such items all over the place and it's only the same as looting.
If you don't want to craft items, just buy them and I wouldn't expect items that give you an advantage to be easy to get either, you should have to work for them.
If you don't want to craft items, just buy them and I wouldn't expect items that give you an advantage to be easy to get either, you should have to work for them.
This!RobinWH said:
And this! (Esp. the bolded sections!). Except the Oren. There shouldn't really have been Orens in Aedirn (likely silver Marks) or the Kaedweni camp (golden Ducats, and some sort of silver currency) or in Kaedweni-held Loc Muinne. Now, IF TW3 is going to introduce Nilfgaardian territory (even if merely Province Cintra), enter Florins (also silver).RobinWH said:
On this note, I believe the best solution would be to introduce monster "tracks". Corpses with tell-tale signs of acid burning when the area has bloedzuigers, corpses with different claw-marks for drowners and different for necrophages, etc. Kinda like the corpse by the entrance to the cave system beneath Flotsam.RobinWH said:
Seeing such a corpse would alert the player (perhaps with an additional verbal cue from Geralt?) to drink appropriate potions. After all a witcher should rarely be surprised by the monsters - he should start his hunt prepared. All it takes is providing appropriate info beforehand.
Now, while we're talking monsters, I would like to see a more diverse selection, more akin to The Witcher 1. However I believe the monsters in TW1 were too numerous (oh, hello drowners in Act V!). Their numbers should be reduced 5 times, but correspondingly, each monster should be 5 times more dangerous. Ideally, most free-roaming monsters should be more dangerous than thugs or town guards, and some free-roaming monsters should still be more dangerous than elite knights. Add a boss or three on top of that.
I believe this is an excellant idea, good sir.RobinWH said:
On the note of ransacking homes, however, picture this: Geralt has access to magical Signs that can shatter (admittedly weakened) walls. Something like a "locked door" shouldn't be an obstacle to him, unless it's a heavily reinforced door (I think most doors in TW1's Trade Quarter could count as reinforced, whereas most doors in TW1's Outskirts, Temple Quarter and Murky Waters shouldn't). And then there should be the downright shoddy doors which would require a mere kick.
And finally:
Hearing the same conversation over and over while passing NPCs... Gets. Stale. Fast. The stew maker of Flotsam is the worst offender, but Loredo's thugs were hardly any better! Compare that to TW1's marvellous background chatter. Beggars asking for money, sick old women complaining about aching in their chests, thugs thinking about their next crime, priests of the Eternal Fire preaching their faith, dwarves grumbling about being exploited, gossip about the Grand Master's entry to the city, gossip about the fate of the Outskirts, pesky children being pesky, and, finally, merchants advertising their wares!
Much more diverse, wouldn't you say? And much lesser chance of hearing the same conversation twice or thrice in a row. I think the conversations triggered less often. Perhaps there was a script tracking what the last conversation was about, and excluding it from triggering next?
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I also want a continuation of weapons/armor. I don't care if the weapons from TW1/TW2 start out crappy and then you get them repaired at some point in the game to make them awesome. I hate when I have "the best sword in the world" and then in the next game it's kinda crappy.
I also want a continuation of weapons/armor. I don't care if the weapons from TW1/TW2 start out crappy and then you get them repaired at some point in the game to make them awesome. I hate when I have "the best sword in the world" and then in the next game it's kinda crappy.
The only thing I'd like to see is an fov slider and a better save system. I would like to overwrite my saves or at least able to manually name each save.
And that's my wish -- judging from the new content I've played so far, CD is on top of their game. Whatever they decide to do, I'm sure I'll love it.
And that's my wish -- judging from the new content I've played so far, CD is on top of their game. Whatever they decide to do, I'm sure I'll love it.
To be able to zoom out so that I can see a wider FOV. Geralt supposed to be an awesome fighter. One of the main things that makes fighters awesome is situational awareness. The only way to duplicate this is larger FOV (unless you've got surround monitors).
I also want an in-game pause, where I can look around target enemies and queue up a rune, bomb, dodge or attack. Geralt may be a combat god, I am not. Let me use my brain not my reaction speed.
I also want an in-game pause, where I can look around target enemies and queue up a rune, bomb, dodge or attack. Geralt may be a combat god, I am not. Let me use my brain not my reaction speed.