CD Projekt announcing new RPG tomorrow

13pm said:
I know it wasn't, but they no doubt were developing it having consoles in mind and aiming to release on consoles soon (and they did). And TW2 really felt for me like a game tweaked for gamepads and wider audience with those those popular things like QTEs and shortened dialogs. I also played TW1 before TW2. And TW1 is one of my favorite games to the moment. I liked TW2, but as a separate game, next-gen game, not connected to TW1. It is fun, but is less expressive and more generic in terms of atmosphere and game world, less dark and gritty. Thankfully the quests are still quite the best among the recent "RPG" titles.
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Are we playing two different games? I've played The Witcher 1, reading the entire saga concurrently, only to transfer to Witcher 2 as soon as I was able. In my opinion, Witcher 2 is much closer to the source material, both in tone and writing. The original Witcher borrows a bit too many elements from the novels, making it a bit derivative. But that's a totally YMMV point, dependant on you reading the saga.

Witcher 2 is far grittier than its predecessor. I found its focus on politics, particularly their dirty underbelly, a lot more compelling, elaborate and dark than the rather grey-and-black portrayal in the previous game. It helps that practically every character in Witcher 2 is a scumbag of various degrees, including Geralt himself, and the themes tackled also carry a lot more weight, at least with me. The atmosphere in TW2 is also a *lot* more faithful to the source material, which is low, Slavic fantasy at its finest.

The writing isn't reduced in scope either. It may appear to be, but that's simply a vastly different menu system, which is broken into more branches than the original, where it was more of a topic list, than an actual dialogue system. Having conversational skills and Axii play a factor in the game is also great.

Last, you do realize you can switch QTEs to easy mode, where you have to be an armless cadaver to fail them, right?
 
Tagaziel, I agree with you on many points. So I see no point in debating further. Though I can't help feeleeling differently about this game. Maybe that's because I've been expecting something closer to the first game. Maybe I have to give it another walkthrough.

Let's just hope they'll make a good game. If there's any developer I trust doing a good RPG these days, CDPR is one of the first on the list.
 
Interesting! I've yet to play Witcher, but you guys got me a little more interested. Gotta get tired of Battlefield 3 first though...
 
Everyone is biased. I also found TW2 to be the superior game in every way possible.
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I prefered TW1's music, myself. More slavic/medieval style and less rock, especially during fights. Also less gratuitous swearing and references to sex (seriously, listening to the Dwarves in Act 2 was cringe-inducing) But yeah otherwise the sequel trumps the first game.

As for Cyberpunk (guess they wanted to be crystal clear about what the game was, eh?), it seems interesting, but no way to judge until we get details.
 
I could'nt play TW2. Something really irked me about the interface used with the mouse/keyboard. If I can find some website with button mappings from the console versions, I'll give it another go on my PS3 pad.

As for this game, well everyone already sang CDPR praises, which I can only echo, other than my gripes with TW2s consolized interface.

Whats weird to me is, punk was a late 70s-early 90s thing. Punk is dead IMO. That or I'm out of the cultural loop.
 
mobucks said:
I could'nt play TW2. Something really irked me about the interface used with the mouse/keyboard. If I can find some website with button mappings from the console versions, I'll give it another go on my PS3 pad.
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Same here. I had issues with the controls, so I got too frustrated. Makes me wish for one of those keyboard overlays.
 
Buxbaum666 said:
Everyone is biased.
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fair enough.

I wish I would not be such a bum without money - education is so fucking expensive. Because The Witcher 2 is still on my to-do-list.

Ilosar said:
I prefered TW1's music, myself. More slavic/medieval style and less rock, especially during fights.
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Hell yes TW1 had one of the best soundtracks in a long time when it comes to RPGs - I think personaly it gets only beaten by Baldurs Gate 2 and Throne of Baal. Didnt they changed the composer for TW2? If yes ... whhhhyyyyyy ... he was good!

some of my favourites which I even keep on my MP3 player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKv0rtgI7mw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAK8WttHQWw
 
So to awnser my question: Why cyberpunk? Well I google imaged cyber-emo, the contemporary solution, and, well, enjoy.
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I really hate that word "emo" which they gave people that most of the time have serious problems.
 
SmartCheetah said:
Only concern? They wouldn't allow us to create our own characters, so we will be forced to play one of the premades. It makes sense in The Witcher world, as there are not many witchers and Geralt is a pretty interesting character. Question is, if they're gonna roll the same way TW games went, or maybe they will allow us to create our very own toon?
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I guess you missed this part of the announcement:
[...]but the new universe brings with it some new twists in their game design. Players will experience the world through their own, unique characters chosen from different classes – be they blood-thirsty mercenaries or cunning hackers – that they will equip with vast selection of cybernetic implants and deadly weapons.
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Although, I guess that is a bit ambiguous in that it doesn't exactly specify if there will simply be pre made characters for each class or whether or there will be any sort of character customization. Ultimately, I'm cool with it either way. Character customization is nice but necessary for a good RPG experience, and premades have their own advantages. It's rather difficult to infuse a custom character with real personality, and Geralt as a character was one of the best things about the Witcher, I think.
 
Ilosar said:
Also less gratuitous swearing and references to sex (seriously, listening to the Dwarves in Act 2 was cringe-inducing) But yeah otherwise the sequel trumps the first game.
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Don't you dare suggest castrating Sapkowski's dwarves! Gratuitous swearing, sex references and completely offensive behaviour are what the dwarves are all about! That and kicking ass, while being constantly underappreciated by the damn humans.
 
Tagaziel said:
Don't you dare suggest castrating Sapkowski's dwarves! Gratuitous swearing, sex references and completely offensive behaviour are what the dwarves are all about! That and kicking ass, while being constantly underappreciated by the damn humans.
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This. Also, overall I actually found Witcher 2 to be rather undersexualized in relation to Witcher 1 (way fewer opportunities for Geralt to score). Except in the case of actually showing nudity in-game, but the nudity probably wouldn't have looked great with Witcher 1's engine anyway.
 
I think nudity never really looks good in a game. It simply doesnt ... work for me.

Hence why I think Witcher 1 was better with that. Hand drawn (more or less) taro-cards. That had some style. But thats me.
 
mobucks said:
I could'nt play TW2. Something really irked me about the interface used with the mouse/keyboard. If I can find some website with button mappings from the console versions, I'll give it another go on my PS3 pad.

As for this game, well everyone already sang CDPR praises, which I can only echo, other than my gripes with TW2s consolized interface.

Whats weird to me is, punk was a late 70s-early 90s thing. Punk is dead IMO. That or I'm out of the cultural loop.
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Punk is very much alive, I'd say, but I live in a city (Washington) that's clung to it pretty hard since the beginning. I think you'll see less of the leather jackets and mohawks the screenshot indicates and much more of the politically motivated, anarchist, DIY ethos punks. It's just matured quite a bit.
 
Kyuu said:
SmartCheetah said:
Only concern? They wouldn't allow us to create our own characters, so we will be forced to play one of the premades. It makes sense in The Witcher world, as there are not many witchers and Geralt is a pretty interesting character. Question is, if they're gonna roll the same way TW games went, or maybe they will allow us to create our very own toon?
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I guess you missed this part of the announcement:
[...]but the new universe brings with it some new twists in their game design. Players will experience the world through their own, unique characters chosen from different classes – be they blood-thirsty mercenaries or cunning hackers – that they will equip with vast selection of cybernetic implants and deadly weapons.
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Although, I guess that is a bit ambiguous in that it doesn't exactly specify if there will simply be pre made characters for each class or whether or there will be any sort of character customization. Ultimately, I'm cool with it either way.
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Meow, you're totally right! I missed that part somehow, but now after watching some conference video I'm even more enthiusiastic and hyped. They confirmed that you will play your own, customized character instead of premade one. Lovely! <3
 
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