Thankfully, Season 3 is already underway. Apparently the scripts are written, and they are moving on with production after the holidays.
I've been playing these games for the first time, finished 1 and 2 and now going through 3. 1 is forgettable and worse than other RPGs of that time, had to force myself to finish it. I liked 2 much more, with a great story and characters but also some extreme difficulty spikes, especially some of the boss fights. The characters are nuanced and nobody is really good or evil. I'm fairly early into 3 but they seem to have gotten both the story and combat perfect this time. It's open world but doesn't feel grindy like DAI, and the main quest lines make you want to keep playing to see what happens. There is a graphics update coming for it but it looks very good as it is (especially with the HD texture mod) and I didn't want to wait for it.
Yes, I have that installed already, along with a few gameplay mods like autoloot and fast travel. The game looks great. I think the only thing the next gen update will have is RT, which is only worth it in a few games that were designed around it from the beginning. I played Cyberpunk without RT since it didn't look that different and the performance hit was too high.
The game already has fast travel though...along with a few gameplay mods like autoloot and fast travel
You've never played Witcher 3?I can hold off on playing the thing a bit longer.
You've never played Witcher 3?
Cavill is an overgrown boy scout, so it would have to be someone else.Yeah, this is a really good show; surprisingly so.
Now, some old tweet from Cavill or someone else will resurface, piss off some community, and it will be cancelled.
Damn it.
The game already has fast travel though...
Cavill is an overgrown boy scout, so it would have to be someone else.
To put it into perspective, I sunk 136 hours into the game on my first playthrough before I even visited the third area (Skellige) simply because of how much there was to do in the second area. The first area (White Orchard) is kinda the tutorial area with plenty of hidden stuff to find and you can easily sink 10 hours in the first area if you love exploration like I do or if you want to just ride around and enjoy the scenery. The second area is ridiculously massive but there isn't a whole lot of riding around with nothing to do. There's always quests to find, villages to visit, points of interest to explore, and treasures to loot. If you just bee-line the main quest, you'll visit Skellige within two or three hours after starting the game - maybe a bit longer if you're not rushing through, but it can be beaten in a relatively short amount of time.- Shockingly, no. I own it, its in my library and its been sitting there a while. I've played and beaten Witcher 1 as well as 2 (holy cow what a great game) but a couple things are holding me back from Witcher 3:
I only play games once nowadays before moving on to something else, and I really want the "complete" W3 experience in one go given how good people have said the DLCs are.
The second point kinda contradicts the first, but my understanding is that Witcher 3 is a HUGE game, with 40-60 hours of mainline content and 100+ hours if you're into completionist stuff and those numbers just seem daunting when I have such limited time to play.
Lastly, my understanding that the "enhanced edition" will sort of be the definitive version of the game and will be releasing somewhat ambiguously in 2022 means I don't want to start on the game now only to have a more complete experience launched half-way through the playthrough.
Season 2 rocketed to #1, so unless season 3 bombs (which I think is highly unlikely) there will be more to come.- Netflix is notorious for canceling shows after 2 seasons. I don't know how popular The Witcher is (I'm two episodes into the second season and I do say the second season is off to a MUCH better start than the first) but it feels like shows need to have a hyperbolic popularity curve in order to get a full 5-6 seasons on Netflix.
Stranger Things is Netflix's Juggernaut show and I would be amazed if that lives past the upcoming 4th, or maybe a 5th season.
So really what I'm saying is no need for anyone to have any sort of salacious behavior exposed.
To put it into perspective, I sunk 136 hours into the game on my first playthrough and I never even visited the third area (Skellige) simply because of how much there was to do in the second area. The first area (White Orchard) is kinda the tutorial area with plenty of hidden stuff to find and you can easily sink 10 hours in the first area if you love exploration like I do or if you want to just ride around and enjoy the scenery. The second area is ridiculously massive but there isn't a whole lot of riding around with nothing to do. There's always quests to find, villages to visit, points of interest to explore, and treasures to loot. If you just bee-line the main quest, you'll visit Skellige within two or three hours after starting the game - maybe a bit longer if you're not rushing through, but it can be beaten in a relatively short amount of time.
There's also the fact that Witcher 3 has varying outcomes for quests that isn't a simple "yes or No/Good or Bad" type scenario. Some quests can drastically change the outcome of the entire game so if you're a completionist who wants to see the vast majority in one play-through, then I'd look up the wiki to see which quests affect later quests down the line so you can pick and choose your desired outcome. That being said, I am one of those people who really only wants to play a game once and then put it away, especially if it's a story-driven game. If I've already seen the story, there's not much else for me to experience, but with the Witcher 3, I've replayed it at least four times and with the second season of the show out, I'll probably be loading it up for a fifth play-through soon. It's just one of those absolute rare gems that you don't see these days and once you play it, you'll understand the praise that CDPR received for the game.
I had to use the fandom wiki for one of the quests with Radovid because I didn't know far back that questline started and I kept ending up with the same resolution. I also helped someone add information on the wiki aboutI use the fandom wikis for games like this to make sure I don't miss any quests. They have detailed descriptions of all the quests and stuff. I like to experience as much of the game as possible in one playthrough, but at the same time I want to feel like my choices matter and influence things later in the game. That was an issue with DAI, where you could make a lot of quest decisions that didn't really change much in the end.
- Shockingly, no. I own it, its in my library and its been sitting there a while. I've played and beaten Witcher 1 as well as 2 (holy cow what a great game) but a couple things are holding me back from Witcher 3:
I only play games once nowadays before moving on to something else, and I really want the "complete" W3 experience in one go given how good people have said the DLCs are.
The second point kinda contradicts the first, but my understanding is that Witcher 3 is a HUGE game, with 40-60 hours of mainline content and 100+ hours if you're into completionist stuff and those numbers just seem daunting when I have such limited time to play.
Lastly, my understanding that the "enhanced edition" will sort of be the definitive version of the game and will be releasing somewhat ambiguously in 2022 means I don't want to start on the game now only to have a more complete experience launched half-way through the playthrough.
- Netflix is notorious for canceling shows after 2 seasons. I don't know how popular The Witcher is (I'm two episodes into the second season and I do say the second season is off to a MUCH better start than the first) but it feels like shows need to have a hyperbolic popularity curve in order to get a full 5-6 seasons on Netflix.
Stranger Things is Netflix's Juggernaut show and I would be amazed if that lives past the upcoming 4th, or maybe a 5th season.
So really what I'm saying is no need for anyone to have any sort of salacious behavior exposed.