horror is the wrong word. the podcast is geralts death. it's terrible.PetraSilie said:
huhuuu TimeWarp old friend
I think the guy who did the preview and babbles these astonishing stuff hasn't got a clue about the game because he doesn't tell much about the content, only things we already know. Maybe he was in a hurry, annoyed about this & that (trouble with his kids at school ^^ etc) and this influenced his preview. The German Atari forum is in flames ;D The mods haven't got a clue, did some query with English Atari Witcher *whatever* but they are at least quite sure that the German +18 rated version is not cut.... but still no official statement ^^
okay, that podcast really doesn't make The Witcher look good. I don't mind less "freedom" as Oblivion or Gothic 3 in an RPG, I don't need to be able to climb above fences or hedges and I don't need to swim. I just hope that the bugs mentioned in the podcast either won't be in the release version or there will actually be a day-0 patch. The things mentioned sounds pretty ugly. And I sure as hell hope the english voice-overs are complete (one thing also mentioned in the podcast are missing voice-over parts in some dialogues) and more or less lip-synched.I hope Atari finally clears up some of the confusion this release has lifted (for example whether the german version will be cut or not and how the CE will look).
Well I try to do my best but I'm not used to speak english anymore and some things are hard to discribe! Some of the bugs (according to gamestar):- Well they complain about (a) heavy quest bug(s) (plotstopper bug / a quest item disappears so you can't go on)! - The AI of a mini game (game of dice = Würfelspiel) should be horror! Even if the AI is going to win the game it throws the dice again and therefore loses in the end!- during fight the game often freezes because of movie sequences. After the movie is over the fight doesn' t go on because the enemys stop to attack and switch to neutral mode and therefore you can't attack them anymore. - the fistfight anymation of enemys should be buggy too- lots of tecnical errors ( like shadow errors)- logical errors- sound problems (voices are missing or change during speech)and so onThey compare TW with gothic 3!
There is another preview of the game on the german PC Games website. (Clicky)It's not half as bad as the gamestar podcast. Quite the contrary. This preview is positive almost all the way through. Furthermore in the comments one guy specifically asks the author of the review about the Gamestar preview. His answer is: He didn't encounter a huge number of bugs, and no quest-stoppers.I've translated that comment. (Clicky here)
...you have forgotten something important in the podcasthe noted annoying loading times :-[This is a point that disturbes me quit much. I hate long loading times ....if it will be so ???Dike100 said: