The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:28 pm

PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC

Released on May 19, 2015

http://thewitcher.com/witcher3/#home

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a story-driven next-generation open world role-playing game, set in a graphically stunning fantasy universe, full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. The world burns as the Empire of Nilfgaard pierces through the heart of the kingdoms in the north. Geralt of Rivia is pursued by an enemy devoid of mercy--the Wild Hunt, a mythical cavalcade of ghastly riders, harbingers of doom and destruction, capable of destroying entire settlements overnight. Driven by a deeply personal agenda, Geralt must navigate a maze of hostile forces to find and protect the one described in an ancient prophecy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYwe_WHARdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chn9QN2W5V4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VxXGPifbE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-l29HlKkXU
http://puu.sh/hdzNv.jpg

Features

Open World: stroll, ride, swim, sail
Mature, non-linear story
Meaningful choices and impactful consequences
Over 100 hours of gameplay
Hand-crafted quests, no automated quests
Fluid combat with over 100 combat moves and animations
Free DLC for everyone (16 total)

Upcoming Expansions

Hearts of Stone will take Geralt on an all-new 10-hour adventure into the wilds of No Man's Land and the nooks and alleys of Oxenfurt, where he'll try to complete a contract from the mysterious Man of Glass. Caught in a thick tangle of deceit, Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed.

Blood and Wine, a 20-hour tale that will introduce the all-new in-game region of Toussaint, will take Geralt to a land untainted by war, where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient, bloody secret.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1519308-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-discussion-12/

Previews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94R0Ji39E68
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No4kOH_X7cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du13xlfi6ps
(by Gopher)

Map

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPKTfyo4VRk

» Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:45 pm

New thread's up.

Here's the link to that thread where I posted my suggestions for improving the inventory system. If you go over there, check out the post two above mine, by warbaby2. Consider giving that post redpoints and thanks as well - it has some great ideas.

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/47844-Inventory-Thread?p=1769397#post1769397

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:20 am

So The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold 4 million copies 2 weeks after it released for sale. Possible to sell 8 million copies before 2015 ends? Or 10 million copies sold lifetime? Possibly more than 10 million copies sold lifetime? Possible to reach The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim number of copies sold? Or more copies sold than The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim during it's lifetime?

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:06 am

I don't think they'll surpass Skyrim, not because of the games quality, but because Bethesda has a larger following and makes their games to target the majority. Conversely, CDPR loves their fans and listens to feedback and creates a game that both they are proud of and that their fans will appreciate instead of targeting the larger crowd.

It's similar to Kojima which is why I'm so excited for MGSV. Kojima even mentioned that he was refusing to buckle into certain things because it was his own creation and he would be including controversial material whether or not it meant losing sales. Kojima and CDPR are probably the only two devs I have faith in (particularly Kojima).

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:07 am

LOL

Choose a number you like, and maybe The Witcher 3 will reach that... :tongue:

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:21 am

After the holidays are over for 2015. I would be surprised if on January 1st, 2016 CD Projekt RED announces that they have sold a total of 8 million copies of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

If this does become a reality I can see The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt selling maybe 17 million copies by the Summer of 2016.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:08 pm

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Patch 1.04 out now on Xbox One & PlayStation 4 !!! (For those, who wanna know all the changes on the last patch again, or missed it)

Full list of changes according to Marcin Momot - through CD project REDs forum posted yesterday.

Spoiler

Fixes a possible exploit by preventing certain drowners from respawning infinitely.
Improves the distribution of experience points gained by completing quests with recommended levels lower than the player character level.
Fixes an exploit whereby players could buy sea shells and sell the pearls inside them at a higher price.
Deploys the Bovine Defense Force Initiative.
Rebalances the prices of maps that can be purchased from merchants.
Improves camera behavior when the player executes finishing blows.
Fixes an issue where the player could loot mutagens from Nightwraith clones.
Fixes an issue whereby interaction with Fiend decoction was incorrect when Geralt was overburdened.
Fixes a rare issue whereby Geralt could not mount Roach after fast travelling between points.
Introduces a number of fixes in in-game communities.
Introduces a number of fixes related to combat.
Fixes an issue where the player could not deflect arrows/bolts at longer distances.
Fixes a crash that could occur on the transition to the Isle of Mists location during the quest of the same title.
Fixes a number of issues related to horseback riding.
Improves Geralt's movement, especially when he swims.
Improves the smoothness of camera movement.
The player can no longer target foes positioned on different building floors than Geralt.
Fixes a number of issues related to Vitality regeneration.
Fixes an issue whereby certain actions could be randomly blocked during gameplay.
Autosaves will no longer be created when Geralt dies.
Unequipping saddle bags now correctly affects Geralt's capacity.
Fixes an issue whereby Geralt could be attached to a sinking boat while aiming his crossbow.
Vitality begins to drop if Toxicity exceeds 80%, as originally intended.
Roach no longer levitates after being summoned while Geralt is on a slope.
Fixes a rare issue where Geralt could become invincible after executing some finishing blows.
Introduces a number of general stability and performance improvements.
Introduces a fix for occasional game freezes or infinite loading screens that occurred upon exiting the Main Menu.
Improves performance in selected scenes and cutscenes.
Adds a series of color-blind friendly features. Improves visibility of tracks, marks, footprints and scent clues. Color-blind friendly features can be enabled in the Options\Gameplay submenu.
Ciri can no longer unlock fast travel points.
Fixes incorrectly named female travelers in some localized versions.
Fixes an issue where Geralt could pass through walls in the fish market in Novigrad.
Fixes an issue where in certain situations the game could crash while a save was being loaded.
Adds a collision near Kaer Gelen that could cause the player to be blocked inside the building.
Improves the scale of selected elements of the GUI and HUD.
Reward messages are no longer displayed over black screens.
Disables "Input device changed" messages and adds options to disable on-screen combat feedback and floating tags above NPCs.
Introduces a number of improvements in the tutorial messages for gwent.
Introduces a number of bug fixes and user experience improvements in the GUI panels.
Adds an information prompt and Journal entries related to new DLC packages.
Fixes an issue where the player could not talk or otherwise interact with certain NPCs.
The player can no longer venture beyond the game world boundaries during the Through Time and Space quest.
Fixes an issue where some players could not make Geralt run after the Wandering in the Dark quest.
Fixes an issue where Keira could sometimes fall beneath the terrain during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
Fixes an issue where players could not talk to Octo after the Lord of Undvik quest.
Reduces the number of Wild Hunt minions spawned during the Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
Fixes an issue where certain actions were blocked during the Blindingly Obvious quest.
The bookmaker at the races held at the Vegelbud Estate now spawns correctly.
The Forefathers' Eve quest can no longer interrupt the quest titled A Favor for a Friend.
Fixes an infinite black screen that could occur during the Now or Never quest.
Fixes an issue whereby some witch hunters would disappear during the Now or Never quest.
Fixes a number of errors in dialogue during the Of Dairy and Darkness quest.
The monster in the Contract: Dragon quest now spawns correctly, and the relevant Journal entries update properly.
Fixes an issue where player character inebriation and the related effect could become permanent when invoked during the No Place Like Home quest.
Fixes an issue where the player could get trapped in the ruins of Tuirseach Castle.
Geralt can now always play gwent with Madame Serenity.
Fixes an issue where Vernon Roche would not appear at the Hanged Man's Tree during the Eye for an Eye quest.
Fixes an issue where the player could not activate a portal during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
Fixes an issue where the sirens in the Lord of Undvik quest could be invincible.
Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions after the Carnal Sins quest.
Fixes an infinite loading screen that could occur during the King's Gambit quest.
Fixes an issue where Ermion could not leave Lugos' area during the Sunstone quest.
Fixes an issue whereby Triss could get stuck on a set of stairs after a scene during the Now or Never quest.
Fixes an issue that prevented a character spawning for a random encounter.
The player can now always leave the crypt during the Scavenger Hunt: Viper School Gear quest.
Fixes an issue where Simun did not spawn properly during the Unpaid Debt quest.
Fixes an issue where the player could experience a progression break after choosing a certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in the Count Reuven's Treasure quest.
Fixes an issue where some players could not interact with an object during the Pyres of Novigrad quest.
Fixes an issue in the Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk quest where the katakan was not hostile after being lured.
Fixes an issue where certain actions were blocked during the Blindingly Obvious quest.
Fixes an issue in the Contract: Shrieker quest where the shrieker was not hostile in certain situations.
Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions in the Master of the Arena quest.
Fixes an issue where the player could not interact with Hattori during the Swords and Dumplings quest.
Fixes an issue where the player could not fast travel under certain rare circumstances.
Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions after the Carnal Sins quest.
The player can no longer take on the Apiarian Phantom contract multiple times.
Fixes an issue where some players could not progress during the Broken Flowers quest.
Fixes an issue whereby the "Novigrad, Closed City" entry might have remained in the Journal indefinitely.
The player can now use the activator received from Triss during the quest titled The Battle of Kaer Morhen.
Players can no longer prematurely obtain a key from a halfling, thus blocking the Contract: The Apiarian Phantom quest.
Fixes an issue in the Return to Crookback Bog quest where monsters were spawned inside a building.
Fixes an issue in the Greedy God quest where the player could kill a monster twice.
Adds fail-safes for players being unable to obtain gwent cards after Dijkstra or Lambert can no longer be found in the game.
Fixes an issue where Vernon Roche failed to proceed to Oxenfurt Bridge after a scene during the Get Junior quest.
Fixes an issue where Geralt could not interact with a torch in the Get Junior quest.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:58 am

Where are you getting these numbers. I doubt the game will even get close since the game is not that good at least for me. In some ways I wish I never bought the game for full price since I have the feeling I did not get my moneys worth out of it.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:08 am

Wow misleading name is misleading. I figured we were getting new Gwent cards and I was starting to get a little frustrated yesterday when I couldn't find them.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:12 am

Thank you, nicely written. gave your post a thumbs up and redpoint.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:12 am

Do you guys ever feel guilty when you are out monster hunting or treasure hunting when you are supposes to be looking for Ciri?

I never feel complete OK with leaving the main quest. There's always that one NPC telling you you have to hurry or this or that will happen, haha

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:49 pm

No. I'm having fun just wandering around exploring the video game world map of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and killing enemy NPC's I see. I'm having more fun doing this than I ever did in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:48 pm

I was hoping the patch fixed my issue with the missing NPC, as the race bookie for the quest The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory! in Skellige is still not there. And I'm seeing reports of the issue since May 26th and no one at CDPR has even bothered to address the issue. That's just dandy.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:27 am

I saw your post on cd project red forums. :goodjob:

Hopefully the devs will respond soon... :shrug:

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:29 am

That 8 million number he gave may actually not be too far off - I saw a page a while back where some market anolyst projected total sales of 7 million copies. I don't remember where I saw it, though.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:50 am

New mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/165/?

There are several versions to choose from. Currently I have everything else with hairworks, excluding Geralt's hair (beard effects are still enabled).

I suggest using the QuickBMS versions available. Be sure to read the instructions if you do.

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:07 am

Is this the lady that is standing by the barrel with the horseshoes?

Or the run up the mtn and swim challenge? (being vague on purpose)

» Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:45 am

Well, i thing 7 millions is a good number for an sequel - considering (according to a financial report by CD Project RED), Witcher 1 + Witcher 2 sold 8 million copies until September 2014. !!!

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