Platforms: PC, Xbox360, Playstation3, Next-Gen Consoles Release Date: TBA 2014 Official Site:http://www.thewitcher.com/ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an upcoming action role-playing video game currently being developed by CD Projekt RED and officially announced on February 5, 2013. The game will be the third in the series, which is based on book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher 3 is set "In an open world 30 times larger" than the previous games, featuring the return of protagonist Geralt. The new RED Engine 3 game engine will allow players to explore The Witcher 3 without loading screens, further enhancing and improving upon the concept of open-world gameplay that similar games, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, currently offer.
Info Tο αφεντικό της εταιρίας Adam Badowski εδωσε λίγες λεπτομέρειες για τον τίτλο. Όπως είπε: «Το The Witcher 3 είναι γεμάτο από επιλογές που θα χρειαστεί να κάνει ο παίκτης, ορίζοντας την πορεία του Geralt αλλά και των χαρακτήρων που τον περιβάλλουν. Αυτό έχει σαν αποτέλεσμα κάθε playthrough να είναι διαφορετικό». Συνεχίζοντας είπε πως κάθε απόφαση που θα παίρνει ο παίκτης θα διαμορφώνει τον χώρο γύρω του αλλά και τη συμπεριφορά που θα αντιμετωπίζει από τους χαρακτήρες που θα συναντάει. Τέλος σημείωσε πως μόνο η κυρίως ιστορία θα έχει διάρκεια 50 ωρών ενώ αν προστεθούν όλες οι δευτερεύουσες αποστολές η διάρκεια ανεβαίνει στις 100 ώρες.
3 επίλογοι στο The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Σε συνέντευξη που έδωσε ο Adam Badowski της CD Project RED στο Polygon δήλωσε πως το πολυαναμενόμενο The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt θα διαθέτει 3 διαφορετικούς επιλόγους, οι οποίοι θα προκύπτουν από τις επιλογές του παίκτη κατά τη διάρκεια του campaign. Όπως είπε: «Οι επιλογές που θα κάνει ο παίκτης θα επηρεάσουν πολύ το περιβάλλον του τίτλου και θα καταλήγουν σε έναν από τους 3 επιλόγους».
«Στο τέλος του The Witcher 3 ο παίκτης θα δει τα αποτελέσματα των πράξεών να χαράζουν το μονοπάτι του. Θα υπάρξουν πολλά σημεία κατά τη διάρκεια του παιχνιδιού που θα πρέπει να πάρει μια σοβαρή απόφαση, το αποτέλεσμα της οποίας θα δει στο τέλος», συμπλήρωσε.
Η CD Projekt RED κυκλοφόρησε μέσα στο σαββατοκύριακο 4 νέες εικόνες από το The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, μεγαλώνοντας ακόμη περισσότερο την αναμονή μας για το sequel του The Witcher franchise. Το The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt θα κυκλοφορήσει το 2014 για PlayStation 4 και PC και για άλλα συστήματα νέας γενιάς. Μέχρι τότε όμως απολαύστε τις εικόνες που ακολουθούν.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt information escapes from July issue of Edge The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is on the cover of the July issue of Edge Magazine, and one lucky NeoGAF user has given the Internet a summary of what the Witcher 3 feature contains.
According to the poster, the game will not contain a tutorial, as the developer have opted instead to introduce game and battle mechanics gradually. Geralt can now dodge which is closer to the “pirouettes” he pulls off in the books. He can also jump this time out.
He can also change his stance when it battle or when he is prepping for battle, such as when surrounded by monsters. Geralt will also make use of something called Witcher Sense – which the reader described as being similar to Batman’s detective mode.
This will allow Geralt to see weak spots on monsters – such as the Fiend shown in the magazine. He can also use this sense to outside of battles to re-create event when he needs to track a murderer for instance.
Players can also choose whether to spare to execute bandits, but whatever choice is made, they can still be looted, and there are no “fetch quests” this time out.
Like previously stated before, the magazine also mentions that choice and consequence will impact the entire game world, and the main story will run somewhere around the 50 hours mark. It will be another 50 hours long when you do all the other quests.
The team is also targeting 30fps on consoles.
According to the GAF poster, Edge was shown a demo of the game running in DX9, but the screenshots posted in the magazine came from the DX11 tech demo.
We won’t post the scans here, but you can see them over on AGB if you like.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is slated for a 2014 release on PC, PS4 and “other high-end consoles.”
The Witcher 3: up to 100 hours’ play in the story and open world combined
first DX11 screen
The Witcher 3’s main story will take up to 50 hours to play through, with another 40-50 hours worth of quests to complete in its open world, CD Projekt has told us.
Wild Hunt has been billed previously as 20 per cent bigger than Skyrim, but its main storyline will be far more substantial than Bethesda’s title, says gameplay producer Marek Ziemak.
“Skyrim, which I think we all love, is a rather short game in terms of the main storyline,” he told us. “If you just want to focus on that element and you’re not that interested in exploring the world, it’s not that big. But that’s the core of The Witcher 3: the main story. It’s 40, 50 hours, plus the open world.”
There will be another 40 to 50 hours of gameplay in the wider world, claims the studio.
Speaking in our latest issue, the Polish studio revealed details of the game’s combat, described by Ziemak as “closer, more personal, and a bit more bloody.” With new Witcher Senses – a new ability, clearly building on the Arkham series’ Detective Mode – you’ll also be able to identify enemy weak points in combat, or track enemies in the openworld.
We were also shown a DirectX 11 tech demo of the game. “All the next-gen platforms look similar from a technical point of view,” said managing director Adam Badowski. “There are differences in user experience, but they’re all 64bit architecture, DX11 or something similar, [which] puts us in a very comfortable situation.”
Staunchly anti-DRM Witcher 3 dev CD Projekt responds to Xbox One policy concerns Witcher maker CD Projekt Red has built an enviable relationship with gamers as much for its anti-DRM policies and willingness to support games with free content as for its strong RPGs.
Parent company CD Projekt Group also owns retro download shop Good Old Games, which bellows "no DRM" from the internet rooftops as a key selling point.
So if there's any company that Microsoft's now infamous Xbox One second-hand and online check-in policies sit ill with, it's this emerging Polish powerhouse.
For instance, if the publisher of The Witcher 3 (whoever that turns out to be) decides not to opt in and allow The Witcher 3 on Xbox One to be sold second-hand, what then - does CD Projekt simply swallow it?
"It is a good question," CDP co-founder and Joint CEO Marcin Iwiński told Eurogamer yesterday, "and, to be perfectly honest, we are eager to find our more ourselves.
"We have not received anything from Microsoft until today on this one and, before we form any definite opinions here, we would like to have this process explained in details by the platform holder.
"From our side, we will be of course looking for the most gamer friendly solution."
That comment was received after Microsoft's E3 press conference in which The Witcher 3 had a starring part - CDPR unveiling a gorgeous first trailer (below) and a dev diary (bottom) for the game.
But were CDPR to take issue with Microsoft's policies, what could it realistically do about them - not continue with the game on Xbox One?
"Again, we do not know anything definite, nor have we received any firm guidelines from Microsoft," responded Iwiński.
"Having said that, we strongly believe in the freedom of choice and voting with your wallet. I would disagree that it would do any good if we decided to abandon one of the platforms, especially when we have the capacity to create games for it.
"We have no influence on the decisions of platform holders, neither Microsoft's or Sony's, but there is a platform where we can decide what we think works best for the gamers, and that's the PC. "
"The Witcher 3 will be available 100 per cent DRM-free on [GOG.com]."
Marcin Iwiński
The Witcher 3 will be the first game CD Projekt has simultaneously released on three platforms - The Witcher 2 appeared first on PC and then a year later on Xbox 360. "What it means for gamers is the previously mentioned freedom of choice," he said.
"I am sure that a lot of gamers will choose one of the consoles for its convenience and easiness of use - that's fine, and by doing so they will agree to whatever rules the platform holder will impose.
"What I can, however, guarantee here and now, is that if you want the 100 per cent DRM-free experience you will have it on the PC, the platform where we set the rules for our games. The Witcher 3 will be available 100 per cent DRM-free on our digital distribution platform GOG.com, and that's one thing I can confirm."
Sony scored a big PR goal at E3 yesterday by announcing no restrictions on second-hand PS4 game sales and no requirements to authenticate games online or check-in periodically with PlayStation Network.
"Ultimately," Iwiński said, "it's the gamers who will call the shots."
To The Wither 3: Wild Hunt θα χρησιμοποιήσει τα saves του The Witcher 2, στην PC έκδοση προς το παρόν, αν και η CD Projekt Red προσπαθεί να βρεί έναν τρόπο να γίνει και στις κονσόλες με δεδομένο ότι το δεύτερο κεφάλαιο της σειράς κυκλοφόρησε μόνο στο Xbox 360. «Όσοι έχουν τα save files από το The Witcher 2 στο PC, οι επιλογές που έκαναν θα παίξουν μεγάλο ρόλο στην ροή της πλοκής του The Withcher 3, ωστόσο προσπαθούμε να βρούμε έναν τρόπο να γίνει αυτό και στις κονσόλες, ειδικά στο PS4, μιας και δεν είχε κυκλοφορήσει στο PS3 το The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings», δήλωσε η CD Projekt RED.
To The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt θα κυκλοφορήσει το 2014 για PC, PS4 και Xbox One.
