Witcher 3 News [LINKS & DISCUSSION]

[Lightice]

just feel a little queasy imagining what would happen if ciri were captured ...you know what i am referring to . thats why i didnot want a female protagonist.Sorry , been a few years since i read those books, so the names are a bit rusty

Amazingly female protagonists can and do appear in plenty of video games and other works of fiction, and manage to work quite well without a need to invoke the threat of rape that makes you so queasy at every turn.

Incidentally, you seem to have forgotten at least Milva, Mistle and Queen Meve, just from the top of my head.

 

[amfibiya89]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_TqSfYLHQ

Something about sex scenes. But it is in German

 

[Talabriga]

yes i have read the books, ( except the lady of the lake) , but still , even the books agree that there were no female witchers and triss even tried to prevent any othe the witchers from trying to give her adipose mutating stuff

PS - i was referring to warriors ( i know there are exceptions like ciris grandma , the female warrior tribe who protect the golden dragon) , not sorceresses
reading the books, i just feel a little queasy imagining what would happen if ciri were captured ...you know what i am referring to . thats why i didnot want a female protagonist.Sorry , been a few years since i read those books, so the names are a bit rusty

You mean rape? well the same can happen to male protagonists (although most games are afraid of addressing the issue), especially in real life during war time. I suggest reading some articles about it. There are some really tragic and horrific life experiences out there.

Making the next protagonist Ciri would be great, or any other female character really. That is a decision that only CDPR can make, most of the arguments here are just opinions and that is fine. However having that kind of protagonist is even supported by the lore, so I see no real justifications here.

 

[uthvag]

yes, but with the witcher world, its society resembles the real medival society decently. Anyway there are quite a few references of this being made in the books , even one time when ciri was with the rats in a tavern , some guys thought of taking her for a ride. I dunno , maybe the way the books refer to these stuff reminds me about this thing every time .

PS- Milva - the archer , queen meve - the dryad / druid queen

 

[Ljesnjanin]

Something about sex scenes. But it is in German

And something about modding...

Maybe @Scholdarr.452 can translate it for us?

 

[theLaughingStorm.108]

yes, but with the witcher world, its society resembles the real medival society decently. Anyway there are quite a few references of this being made in the books , even one time when ciri was with the rats in a tavern , some guys thought of taking her for a ride. I dunno , maybe the way the books refer to these stuff reminds me about this thing every time .

PS- Milva - the archer , queen meve - the dryad / druid queen

So your argument is "No female protagonist because OMG rape!"

Never have a daughter man, you will go insane thinking like that.

 

[amfibiya89]

And something about modding...

Maybe @Scholdarr.452 can translate it for us?

It would be interesting. Especially modding.

 

[uthvag]

i know what happens in ciri vs bonhart(no details though) , but looking physically men are stronger than women , so faster swings would come from bonhart. I am not saying that there is no chance
but look ath this

No poison immunity,no lifesaving potions .So pretty much monster hunting is out of the window

 

[GingerEffect]

And something about modding...

Maybe @Scholdarr.452 can translate it for us?

Summary:

1) How important Witcher is in Poland

2) Mods and what kind of Mods I would like to see. To this I say, Story mods, people making their own little (or BIG!) adventures in the game. I love that stuff! I also mention that I believe the first mod will be a full nude mod.

Then there is a bit about who should be starring in a Witcher Movie made in Hollywood.

And then there is talk about the 16 hour Moc-Cap used for Sex. I clarify that it doesn't mean there is 16 hours of sex in game and that we have a couple doing these scenes which makes it less awkward than picking two random developers.

I think that's the basics. I'm sure someone will do the more detailed transcript if required.

 

[uthvag]

it is actually , the witcher world that makes me think like that , mostly due to the references to ploughing and w**re sons ever now an then ( i love the world by the way). normally i am ok with that. Plus Ciri cannot take potions and cannot beat off toxicity

 

[moonknightgog]

Plus Ciri cannot take potions and cannot beat off toxicity

No problem, Witcher's potions are not the only one.

 

[Talabriga]

yes, but with the witcher world, its society resembles the real medival society decently. Anyway there are quite a few references of this being made in the books , even one time when ciri was with the rats in a tavern , some guys thought of taking her for a ride. I dunno , maybe the way the books refer to these stuff reminds me about this thing every time .

PS- Milva - the archer , queen meve - the dryad / druid queen

That can be true but the Devs touch in a lot more than the books when it comes to the nasty side of society. There is a particular disturbing quest in the new videos,

Spoiler

about abortion.

If they want to approach rape, that can be as dangerous when it comes to women or men, unfortunately it is a taboo subject when it comes to war. So yes I get that most media does not touch that and it is only showed as a plot point with female characters, which never made sense to me but I get your point.

 

[uthvag]

i havnt read all the books , but seeing from the game , arnt the witchers potions the most easy/convinent to make ( based off on the game of course)
Most of the wizards potions would require like 10 liters of virgin blood , 20 liters of unicorn flatulence or something similar ( although they do mention that it is to prevent commoners from doing it themselves - not sure if the wizard was .Again , it was a long time since i have read the books , so the inffo might be incorrect

 

[Scryar]

Obviously Leo Bonhart wasn't a witcher but he was able to kill some of them. So you don't have to be a witcher to able to become a damn good sword fighter

Since when is this a fact? It was never profed that Bonhard killed the witchers and if he did it's not proven that he killed them in a regular fight and not just killed them while they slept or in another "unfair" way. Actually if I remember correctly Yennefer even doubted that he actually killed them.
I don't think a regular human could kill a witcher in a 1vs1 sword fight. (withut using magic like Vilgefortz)

 

[Scholdarr.452]

And something about modding...

Maybe @Scholdarr.452 can translate it for us?

Aye, aye:

1)
-> TW 3 will be more than 2 times bigger than TW1 and TW2 combined
-> 36 endings
-> TW2 had 23,000 lines of dialogue, TW3 will have 45,000 lines
-> size of the dialogue alone will be as big as the LOTR triology

2)
->CDPR leading staff got "Polonia Restituta" medal in 2013 for their earnings for the behalf of the Polish nation
->CDPR gave a copy of TW2 to president Obama when he visited the country
->Witcher franchise extremely popular in Poland

3)
->most sophisticated/biggest mod for TW2 was "And curse, and love, and betrayal" with about 125,000 words and 12 hours of gametime
->Nikolas Kolm wants to see story mods for the game but he thinks that nude mods will be the first ones to appear

4)
->there are already a couple of novels, a TV series covering the witcher franchise
->new CGI movie is in the making
->Gerard Butler could be a fit for Gerald, if he'd be a bit artificially aged and modified, if Hollywood decided to make a witcher movie
->Nikolas Kolm thinks the girl who plays Arya Stark in GoT could be a great Ciri if she just was a bit older

5)
->16 hours of total sex scenes recorded for TW3
->in TW2 about 10 minutes of sex scenes in the final game, there should be more in TW3
->two main love interests in TW3 so you probably won't be able to see all sex scenes in just one playthrough
->married couple made motion-capture sex scenes, shooting was more humorous than erotic

 

[Lightice]

i know what happens in ciri vs bonhart(no details though) , but looking physically men are stronger than women , so faster swings would come from bonhart.

Bonhart beats Ciri, as well as the rest of the Rats because he's more experienced and skilled than they are, not because he's a man. Remember that the Rats had male members, as well? Yes, men tend to be stronger than women, but assuming that it automatically ensures that men win at armed combat is nonsense. History knows plenty of female fighters who managed to keep up with men just fine.

No poison immunity,no lifesaving potions .So pretty much monster hunting is out of the window

Because powerful sorcery apparently doesn't count at all?

I don't think a regular human could kill a witcher in a sword fight. (withut using magic like Vilgefortz)

Tell that to Geralt and the guy who stabbed him with pitchfork. Even the greatest warrior who ever lived can be defeated by any two-bit thug in the wrong circumstances. There is no maxim which decrees that a person with a certain amount of skill can't ever be overcome by someone under some arbitrary "level". Shit happens, even to professionals.

 

[MkTama]

From what I'm seeing, the game is going to impress (not that I was doubtful even before).

The only little thing that comes to mind is the possibility (in line with the HUD configurability) to have slimmer HUD bars.. I mean enemies' health and first and foremost horse ones (stamina, fear). Don't know if this is already possible in the game somehow, if not, I'd hope to.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

Tell that to Geralt and the guy who stabbed him with pitchfork. Even the greatest warrior who ever lived can be defeated by any two-bit thug in the wrong circumstances. There is no maxim which decrees that a person with a certain amount of skill can't ever be overcome by someone under some arbitrary "level". Shit happens, even to professionals.

This. As I've said before: real characters are no robots. Not even witchers.

 

[uthvag]

hadnt thought of that , i dont have much information on the following topic ,if so why arent there more monster slayers/ wizards accepting theses contract (lower tier wizards).Plus if i remember correctly , triss was hoping to discover the mutagens and vaccines held by the witchers so that it could be spread.I think wwe can assume that the magic hasnot been developed much in those regeions maybe?

 

[Scholdarr.452]

why arent there more monster slayers/ wizards accepting theses contract (lower tier wizards).

Because they don't have to. Nobody except witchers would do such a dangerous and badly paid job voluntarily...

Dragons are the only exception though. There are dragon hunters. But only because dragons hort treasures...