The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC

Released on May 19, 2015

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

http://en.cdprojektred.com/contact-support/


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://thewitcher.com/map

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

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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.

Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality.

Caught in a thick tangle of deceit, Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed.

It introduces new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance, and a brand new storyline shaped by gamer choices.

The expansion also introduces a brand new system of Runewords that significantly affects gameplay.

Each Runeword will impact a different aspect of in-game mechanics and will allow the players to experiment with various strategies and tactics.

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Blood and Wine

The Second Expansion to Action-RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt created by CD Projekt RED. This time we accompany Geralt during his stay in Touissant – one of few countries in The Witcher’s universe still untouched by war.

However, under the veil of carefree idyll the city hides a dark, bloody secret. Investigating the mystery is another task for the White Wolf. Just like in the first expansion, new content does not end with new missions.

The add-on also features new items, characters, and monsters. According to the developers’ estimate, Blood and Wine offers over 20 hours of gameplay.

Hearts of Stone release date: 13 October 2015, while Blood and Wine is slated for 31 May 2016.

Both expansions will be available on all three platforms: Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC.

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The Witcher 3's paid DLC expansions will be available as part of the game's Expansion Pass, which will retail for $24.99

If players want to purchase the add-ons separately, Hearts of Stone will cost $9.99, while Blood and Wine will cost $19.99

Gwent

Gwent is a collectible card game you can play in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It puts you in a role of a general battling an enemy army with your own customized deck of cards.

These cards can be obtained throughout the game world: bought at shops, acquired from NPCs after winning gwent matches, or won in high-stakes tournament in Novigrad.

Each player must have a full deck for at least one faction to participate in a game of Gwent. This includes a minimum of 22 unit cards and a maximum of 10 special cards.

These unit cards can be made up of faction-specific units or Neutral cards, and if a player has more than 22 cards, they may choose to omit them from their deck in favor of drawing a better hand.

Mods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-315Xzq2-4

(Gopher)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HJZekaPAd_M#t=0

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1583064-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-discussion-19/

Thank you for starting a new thread Mark.

Do we have any news on CDPR's plans for a limited creation kit? If I remember right it was not going to be anywhere near as powerful as BGS's CK.

I think they released the tools for making mods, and sadly the tool is quite limited. I think that was back in September or something like that. I think that is one of the reasons not that many mods have been made for the W3.

Yes, these tools are limited and have a steep learning curve - which is most likely why we don't see as many mods as some of you would expect.

However there is an interesting site on CD project RED forums. May be worth looking: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/61433-The-Tutorial-Compendium?p=2100530#post2100530

Last year someone leaked an old build of the REDkit for The Witcher 3. Yes, a http://redkit.cdprojektred.com/en/home. It was on the Nexus briefly and some modders managed to grab it before it got removed. But they weren't able to get it to work with the current build of the game. Anyway, CDProjekt RED was working on one as originally planned. Why they stopped during development is anybody's guess but I think the most probable cause was they encountered a major roadblock and had to scrap it. I haven't been to CDPR forums in months but there was a thread about the leaked REDkit and last I know they were investigating the source of the leak.

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/66858/20151217/witcher-3-official-redkit3-pc-mod-tools-leaked-cd-projekt-red-breach.htm

My guess is that CD Projket RED will release more flexible mod tools after they finish developing and releasing the Blood and Wine expansion pack for sale and the last remaining patches and DLC's if they will develop anymore DLC's at all.

A CD Projekt RED employee said what was it in 2015? That they want a flexible modding tool similar to the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Creation Kit for the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

At least I hope that is what CD Projekt RED is planning to do.

An interview with Senior Animator, Jamie Bury. Discusses the game and upcoming expansion - Blood and Wine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAj7IF8Ji7Y&feature=youtu.be&t=307


We should be getting more details about the expansion very soon and maybe a trailer on May 10th

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/75353/20160503/witcher-3-blood-and-wine-dlc-embargo-trailer-reveal.htm

So the most important question there is in the Witcher series.

Triss or Yen?

I can't decide....

That's a no brainer. Yen.

It is unfortunate the game does such a bad job of explaining you and Yen's relationship.

Besides Triss used your loss of memory to get into your pants. Do you really want a girl like that. Triss and Yenn are friends. With friends like that who needs enemies.

That's a topic that causes so much drama. For a while you weren't allowed to discuss it on CDPR forums because fan-boy wars would break out and the moderators got tired of cleaning up threads. If you were to follow Geralt's pattern in the books he always goes back to Yennefer and they were never technically broken up - only separated by an outside force. Some book fanatics will cry lore_raqe if you choose Triss (again, drama) and believe the player should not be given a choice in this matter. But thankfully, CDPR are more sensible and this is a game afterall that let's you make decisions for Geralt. I don't dislike Yennefer but I choose Triss because I like her and her relationship with Geralt a lot more. I agree with Doug Cockle's (English version Geralt) view on this:


https://youtu.be/GTsy43v2wIA?t=1034


https://youtu.be/GTsy43v2wIA?t=2055


https://youtu.be/l1Dtr6SuKB0?t=3024


In the end choose the one you like best. There's no right or wrong answer - only your decision. Your Geralt will have a different ending of course.

So would I want a beautiful buxom Redhead who craves six with me? Uhhh... would Geralt?

So I take it that the Triss and Yenn debate is basically the Witcher 3 equivalent of the Skyrim Civil War debate.

Of course I already know what happens if you try to choose both, which to say is something really unpleasant for Geralt.

Neither, They are just trouble.

We all know it is going to be Roach, Geralt's true love

I felt like Geralt conveyed perfectly the reason for choosing Triss over Yen when he explains to Ciri that with Yen it was "fight after fight, lots of arguments, drama...it got to be exhausting. With Triss, it's not." I went with Triss because I felt like I was making the choice I would make in real life when presented with the same options. There's only so much a man can put up with, ya know?

Achievements have been posted for Blood and Wine *may contain spoilers*

Steam

http://www.gamezone.com/news/the-witcher-3-blood-and-wine-achievements-have-been-posted-on-steam-3436737

Xbox One

http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-23880-The-Witcher-3-Blood-and-Wine-DLC-Achievements-Unveiled.html

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Developers discuss challenges in designing the game *contains spoilers in the base game*

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/05/05/the-witcher-3-open-world-quest-design/

Whoa! Those achievements definitely look interesting.

Weapon "W" and Playing House both sound particularly promising...

Also, I made this pic a while ago and posted it to the Witcher subreddit and it got a pretty good response, so for you Broche fans here, here's a little something you might appreciate: http://i.imgur.com/jOImwyA.png

Roche, cuz he's a bro. so, Broche.

Steam may have accidently let the release date of Blood and Wine slip out

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-blood-and-wine-release-date-reportedly-r/1100-6439601/

Here are the features of Blood and Wine according to the Steam leak:

Features

Explore an entirely new part of The Witcher's vast open world -- the land of wine, Toussaint
- Embark on over 20 hours of new adventures and discover a land unlike anything you've seen in Wild Hunt or Hearts of Stone.
- Visit new points of interest and set out on new side-quests in a realm rivaling No Man's Land or Novigrad in size.
- Kick back and relax in your very own vineyard, a real home away from home.

Hunt down an elusive beast terrorizing the kingdom
- Unravel the mystery of the strange killings -- investigate a series of brutal murders and decipher the pattern to predict who's going to die next.
- Discover the dirty secrets of Toussaint's capital, Beauclair -- explore the city by day, ask questions by night.
- Use new gear, items, and combine them with your skill to slay monsters never before seen in the series.

Embark on your final quest in a world still brimming with things to do
- Visit a world of fairytales gone wrong and battle surreal creatures you know from children's tales and books.
- Dye witcher armors in different colors thanks to an all-new game mechanic.
- Take on knights in a grand tourney to show your true fighting skill, or set out to discover the gruesome mystery behind a spoon-collecting creature known as a wight.
- Team up with powerful allies to take down the beast terrorizing the kingdom, or turn a blind eye to what's going on and play Gwent with an all-new Skellige deck.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/09/the-witcher-3-blood-and-wine-dlc-might-have-an-official-release-date
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I wasn't expecting these 2 features --> "Kick back and relax in your very own vineyard, a real home away from home" and "Dye witcher armors in different colors thanks to an all-new game mechanic".

Cool features...Merc616!

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The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine – A pocket guide to Toussaint to prepare you for the expansion

http://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=690

Now I can make everything black. This pleases me.

I wonder what they mean by this?

If you do this final quest you can't keep playing?

I think they just mean that it's the last story DLC and the last adventure of Geralt - i.e. no more expansions and no more games with Geralt.