Witcher 3 dev discusses redefining the open-world genre

@GunEye @benelori

Sile de Tanserville gives a hint about Yen, if you let her live when she wants to teleport away in the last chapter of TW2

@benelori @GunEye Wait what? what? she is free? she wasn't cought by the Wild Hunt? wait, so the wild hunt are after Geralt because he offered his soul?

EPIC DROOLING, still confused!

@benelori @GunEye Triss ftw.
It's unlikely we will see Ciri, there's really not much point in it, but I'd be delighted nonetheless.

@GunEye @benelori

But Geralt managed to rescue Yennefer and she's in Nilfgaard now...he offered his soul or whatnot...

And yeah...they said that Geralt will go after his loved ones, and that TW3 will have a more personal touch to it...

I can't wait to see the Yen x Triss catfight :3 , and I'm looking forward to Ciri as well....

@benelori @GunEye I felt like that too, and felt bad about Dragon's Dogma as well. I loved that game, but it was too small and you travelled the same places over and over, too repetitive.

And I swear, give me Dragon's Dogma, in the rich Skyrim world, and I am affixed to the monitor! :D I hope TW3 would be like that - only bigger and better in terms of everything, mainly story and choices.

@GunEye @benelori

Yup...and I like how they said that even side missions will be morally ambigous and the effects of choices during side missions will have unexpected consequences...

If you followed Kevin van Ord's cover on what they showed at E3, then you know what I'm talking about.

Regarding the overall progress in game design...tighter games before a great open world game...it reminded me of what Bioware was trying to go with DA2...

Too bad they messed up a bit, but to me it was clear, that the they made DA2 like it was, because they were going to blend both experiences from DA:O and DA2 in the third game. Too bad they had to rush their game out so...I hope DA3 will be awesome...

@benelori Amen brother, can't disagree with you. You are right, it makes a lot of sense to boost the series by delivering a tightly story driven adventure, with block-buster looks and production values, yet smaller and more focus. And later, when they are ready, and know what fans want and what they should improve - improve the formula by transfering it from closed to open world.

I will admit, I think they really are going to redifine open world action rpg gameplay and story.

About what you said on the game being story driven and not character driven - that is a change they are going to make: TW3 will not only be story driven (the world, the war, the characters) but it is going to be focused on Geralt's feeling, past, future and the shadows that chased him his whole life.

I love TW2 for its story driven cinematic experience. Games are getting further and further from that nowdays, unfortunately, it is hard to find proper story & characters in games.

PR however promise us the whole package :). I mean monster hunting on global scale? research on monsters and encounter them with the knowledege you gathered? events and choices that affect world-wide? What's not to like! This is something that was never done before

@GunEye

There is a good reason though for the lack of depth, at least in the gameplay area and the closed level design...and that's their engine

They build the engine from ground up, and that's why it's not so expansive....the engine is tailored for awesome visuals and tight storytelling...and it's a pretty good engine too...

But it's their first engine, and they took this approach, because my guess is that they didn't want to jump in the huuuge responsibility that is an engine that can support open world.

But now they supposedly know what they are doing, so I hope they will deliver. But I still stand by my belief and I will wait for updates and other tweaks if necessary.

What I'm excited about is the story though. Even if it's a bland world, but has a great story in it, then I will play it, because the Witcher stories are usually very good.

That's where I disagree with you...the provided choices were enough, and I liked how they made two different 2nd chapters...that was a nice touch....

But I think there needs to be some consistency in the storytelling, and the Witcher series is story driven, and not character driven...and besides, there are already a few important differences and the Witcher's 2 endings that make me excited as to their importance in TW3.

@GunEye @RC-Sev I disagree on mini-games.
A trustworthy company that lives up to fans expectations can make such promises. Plus, they revealed some elements of gameplay which sound very original. And lastly, promising us average gameplay or saying nothing about it would raise suspicion, which is bad for PR. Fans need to be kept alive and happy, as well as excited.