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    simple@lemm.ee
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      zecg@lemmy.world
      wrote on 19 May 2025, 11:16 last edited by
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      I genuinely don't understand, is this a new edition and if so, what's added? Or is it just a trailer apropos nothing, CDPRs "not without my anus" of the gaming news cycle?

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      • Z zecg@lemmy.world
        19 May 2025, 11:16

        I genuinely don't understand, is this a new edition and if so, what's added? Or is it just a trailer apropos nothing, CDPRs "not without my anus" of the gaming news cycle?

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        simple@lemm.ee
        wrote on 19 May 2025, 11:20 last edited by
        #3

        It's a trailer celebrating the 10th anniversary of the game.

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        • S simple@lemm.ee
          19 May 2025, 11:20

          It's a trailer celebrating the 10th anniversary of the game.

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          zecg@lemmy.world
          wrote on 19 May 2025, 11:38 last edited by
          #4

          That's what got me confused - why call it a trailer if there's nothing new? Not even a UE5 remaster, those are all the rage now.

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          • Z zecg@lemmy.world
            19 May 2025, 11:38

            That's what got me confused - why call it a trailer if there's nothing new? Not even a UE5 remaster, those are all the rage now.

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            raab@lemmy.world
            wrote on 19 May 2025, 11:45 last edited by
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            https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2022/10/strategy-update-2022-presentation-en.pdf

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              19 May 2025, 11:45

              https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2022/10/strategy-update-2022-presentation-en.pdf

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              jonathan@lemmy.zip
              wrote on 19 May 2025, 12:07 last edited by
              #6

              Mate, that's from 2022. I've scanned through it and it seems completely unhelpful.

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              • J jonathan@lemmy.zip
                19 May 2025, 12:07

                Mate, that's from 2022. I've scanned through it and it seems completely unhelpful.

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                zecg@lemmy.world
                wrote on 19 May 2025, 12:16 last edited by
                #7

                Yeah, make me read through an investor-oriented powerpoint from three years ago once, shame on you.

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                  ramble81@lemm.ee
                  wrote on 19 May 2025, 14:08 last edited by
                  #8

                  I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                  • R ramble81@lemm.ee
                    19 May 2025, 14:08

                    I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                    winety@lemmy.zip
                    wrote on 19 May 2025, 16:26 last edited by
                    #9

                    I really enjoyed that the setting is more grounded than other games. Personally, I wouldn't describe it as generic.

                    Gameplay-wise it doesn't do much interesting.

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                    • R ramble81@lemm.ee
                      19 May 2025, 14:08

                      I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                      bleatingzombie@lemmy.world
                      wrote on 19 May 2025, 17:27 last edited by
                      #10

                      I know exactly what you mean. I started it 3 times before I got into it

                      In my opinion, a lot of the gameplay is fairly generic. Attacking a wraith feels the same as attacking a human

                      It really shines in the immersion and story, though. The first two times I played it, I was skipping all of the dialog and cutscenes (depression is a bitch), so I missed all the good parts

                      Once you get into the mindset of "hunting" one of the monsters and selecting the right oils and potions, it can be really fun and feel almost like "strategy". For example, there's a potion that turns your blood poisonous to vampires

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                      • R ramble81@lemm.ee
                        19 May 2025, 14:08

                        I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                        ruko24@programming.dev
                        wrote on 19 May 2025, 19:20 last edited by
                        #11

                        I played through it once and really liked it but didn't see myself going back because of the generic gameplay. Apparently, the hardest difficulty forces you to use all of your oils and potions depending on the monster/situation. I think that might solve the gameplay problem since that was pretty much optional in easier difficulties. Not to mention make it a lot more immersive since you have to strategize like the witcher

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                        • R ramble81@lemm.ee
                          19 May 2025, 14:08

                          I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                          who@feddit.org
                          wrote on 19 May 2025, 19:46 last edited by who@feddit.org
                          #12

                          IMHO, its gameplay is mediocre at best:

                          • Sluggish controls
                          • Character movement that is unrealistically limited without offering anything to make up for it
                          • Fiddly object interaction problems (e.g. candles often getting in the way of more important things)
                          • Bland combat mechanics
                          • "Open" world populated almost entirely with copy/paste combat encounters
                          • Little reward for exploration, since practically everything worth finding has a map marker
                          • A tiny handful of side quests re-used over and over with different mini-stories to make the quests seem distinct while the tasks to perform are mostly identical

                          This game's strengths are not the gameplay, but the lore, characters, and story. (All the things that could be had from reading the books, or maybe watching the live action adaptation.)

                          Oh, and Gwent. Gwent is remarkably well-designed for a mini-game within another game.

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                            slaacaa@lemmy.world
                            wrote on 19 May 2025, 20:18 last edited by
                            #13

                            Such an amazing game. I’m not into RPGs but somehow got convinced to play this.

                            I don’t understand how I even had the energy to play 100+ hrs next to work. I often played until 2 am on weekdays, or woke up earlier to play.

                            I understand the complaints of the gameplay or controls, but the story and the characters are what makes this game special. It’s a journey I will never forget, some memories and feelings from it will stay with me forever

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                              kosanovskiy@lemmy.world
                              wrote on 20 May 2025, 05:16 last edited by
                              #14

                              Are they doing some release or something? Or is this just a special commemorative video?

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                                19 May 2025, 14:08

                                I really had trouble getting in to that game. May try it again but it seemed a bit too… generic?

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                                piemeplenty@lemmy.world
                                wrote on 20 May 2025, 06:04 last edited by
                                #15

                                You could try The Witcher 1. Gameplay there is..unique. A little dated today but IMO has the best writing of the three.

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                                • W who@feddit.org
                                  19 May 2025, 19:46

                                  IMHO, its gameplay is mediocre at best:

                                  • Sluggish controls
                                  • Character movement that is unrealistically limited without offering anything to make up for it
                                  • Fiddly object interaction problems (e.g. candles often getting in the way of more important things)
                                  • Bland combat mechanics
                                  • "Open" world populated almost entirely with copy/paste combat encounters
                                  • Little reward for exploration, since practically everything worth finding has a map marker
                                  • A tiny handful of side quests re-used over and over with different mini-stories to make the quests seem distinct while the tasks to perform are mostly identical

                                  This game's strengths are not the gameplay, but the lore, characters, and story. (All the things that could be had from reading the books, or maybe watching the live action adaptation.)

                                  Oh, and Gwent. Gwent is remarkably well-designed for a mini-game within another game.

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                                  backgrndnoize@lemmy.world
                                  wrote on 20 May 2025, 06:20 last edited by
                                  #16

                                  The live action adaptation took a steaming dump on the original story sadly, some episodes are still worth watching but it's not made by people who understand what made Witcher special, no wonder Henry Cavill left

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                                  • W who@feddit.org
                                    19 May 2025, 19:46

                                    IMHO, its gameplay is mediocre at best:

                                    • Sluggish controls
                                    • Character movement that is unrealistically limited without offering anything to make up for it
                                    • Fiddly object interaction problems (e.g. candles often getting in the way of more important things)
                                    • Bland combat mechanics
                                    • "Open" world populated almost entirely with copy/paste combat encounters
                                    • Little reward for exploration, since practically everything worth finding has a map marker
                                    • A tiny handful of side quests re-used over and over with different mini-stories to make the quests seem distinct while the tasks to perform are mostly identical

                                    This game's strengths are not the gameplay, but the lore, characters, and story. (All the things that could be had from reading the books, or maybe watching the live action adaptation.)

                                    Oh, and Gwent. Gwent is remarkably well-designed for a mini-game within another game.

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                                    tacosocks@infosec.pub
                                    wrote on 20 May 2025, 10:47 last edited by
                                    #17

                                    What would you suggest for better open world games?

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                                      20 May 2025, 10:47

                                      What would you suggest for better open world games?

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                                      who@feddit.org
                                      wrote on 20 May 2025, 17:33 last edited by who@feddit.org
                                      #18

                                      It depends on what aspects of an open world are important to you.

                                      Exploration is at the top of my list, and Skyrim is a good example of doing it well. Its world is full of unique things/places/characters to find, whether through an NPC's directions, or a roughly sketched map picked up while adventuring, or following your curiosity toward an area that looks interesting, or chasing a fox, or simply by wandering off the beaten path.

                                      Map markers appear after you've already been somewhere so you can find your way back again, but since most of them are hidden until then, they don't spoil the experience of discovery.

                                      And, when you find something, it's often genuinely interesting. Not yet another copy/paste monster fight or "hold the button to follow your witcher sense to the lost thing" quest. Not just checking off a task list item (or pre-placed map marker) so you can rush to the next one. The experience itself is rewarding.

                                      Mind, I have criticisms of Skyrim, but it did exploration and environments (including soundscapes) very well, and I wish more open world designers would learn from it and build upon its strengths.

                                      EDIT:

                                      I would love to play a game that reached or exceeded Skyrim's bar for exploration and environmental immersion, Breath of the Wild's bar for freedom of movement and wildlife, and The Witcher 3's bar for characters and story.

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                                      • B bleatingzombie@lemmy.world
                                        19 May 2025, 17:27

                                        I know exactly what you mean. I started it 3 times before I got into it

                                        In my opinion, a lot of the gameplay is fairly generic. Attacking a wraith feels the same as attacking a human

                                        It really shines in the immersion and story, though. The first two times I played it, I was skipping all of the dialog and cutscenes (depression is a bitch), so I missed all the good parts

                                        Once you get into the mindset of "hunting" one of the monsters and selecting the right oils and potions, it can be really fun and feel almost like "strategy". For example, there's a potion that turns your blood poisonous to vampires

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                                        hadriscus@lemm.ee
                                        wrote on 20 May 2025, 19:20 last edited by hadriscus@lemm.ee
                                        #19

                                        Wait so you can let yourself be bitten in order to slay the vampire ? I played it in 2018 but never really did the oils and stuff

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                                        • W who@feddit.org
                                          20 May 2025, 17:33

                                          It depends on what aspects of an open world are important to you.

                                          Exploration is at the top of my list, and Skyrim is a good example of doing it well. Its world is full of unique things/places/characters to find, whether through an NPC's directions, or a roughly sketched map picked up while adventuring, or following your curiosity toward an area that looks interesting, or chasing a fox, or simply by wandering off the beaten path.

                                          Map markers appear after you've already been somewhere so you can find your way back again, but since most of them are hidden until then, they don't spoil the experience of discovery.

                                          And, when you find something, it's often genuinely interesting. Not yet another copy/paste monster fight or "hold the button to follow your witcher sense to the lost thing" quest. Not just checking off a task list item (or pre-placed map marker) so you can rush to the next one. The experience itself is rewarding.

                                          Mind, I have criticisms of Skyrim, but it did exploration and environments (including soundscapes) very well, and I wish more open world designers would learn from it and build upon its strengths.

                                          EDIT:

                                          I would love to play a game that reached or exceeded Skyrim's bar for exploration and environmental immersion, Breath of the Wild's bar for freedom of movement and wildlife, and The Witcher 3's bar for characters and story.

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                                          hadriscus@lemm.ee
                                          wrote on 20 May 2025, 19:24 last edited by hadriscus@lemm.ee
                                          #20

                                          I feel CP2077 does great with regard to storytelling and exploration (plenty of nooks and crannies in and around Night City), wildlife is nonexistant though. A Witcher game played in first-person would be cool...

                                          W 1 Reply Last reply 20 May 2025, 20:56
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