The Story Of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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by Ben Hanson on February 13, 2013 at 02:00 PM

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The Witcher is to video games as Game of Thrones is to TV shows.

Just throwing that out there.

Gameinformer has a new video up talking abot the open world 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/02/15/comparing-the-open-world-of-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt.aspx

pretty much confirmed on PS4 

CD Projekt Red has confirmed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for PlayStation 4 in 2014.

The Polish developer said the open world role-playing game will launch simultaneously on all high end consoles, guaranteeing release on the next Xbox.

"We were thrilled when asked, several months ago, to be one of the developers who were granted early access to the PlayStation 4," said studio boss Adam Badowski.

"It was an exciting moment to be invited to be in the company of other legendary developers like  Bethesda, EA, LucasArts, Ubisoft or Activision as one of the teams working on titles shipping early in the PlayStation 4's lifecycle.

"Of course, we couldn't reveal any specifics about this to our fans, even though many journalists and forum members asked about when and how The Witcher might show up on Sony's console. After yesterday's PlayStation Meeting we can finally promise: The Witcher 3 is coming to the PlayStation 4.

"The new hardware gives us the opportunity to create something great. We are able to work with the new console from its birth and this allows our in-house REDengine 3 to push the graphical limits of what the PlayStation hardware can display. The console is fresh and has some innovative solutions that we're looking forward to using in our game."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-21-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-confirmed-for-playstation-4-in-2014

Also Game informer has a peice on the music 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/02/25/the-music-of-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt.aspx

New details from Gamestar.de, in german so if someone can translate it, he'll be welcome.

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/news/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt,49062,3009886.html

But it seems that the game will last 50 hours and the max level will be 60.

^Well, I also did that, but the translation that I got was a mess.

The part whare it says that we'll be able to atack specific body parts is interesting, I wonder how they will implement it.

I'll get it on PC like the other 2 games so I can import my savegames.

VG247 has a summary of the new info 

http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/28/witcher-3-is-50-hours-long-new-previews-offer-fresh-details/

"Top of the pile is that an average play-through will take you 50 hours, ending up on one of 36 world states, leading to one of three hour-long epilogue chapters at the end."

"Save games will dictate which character return from previous Witcher titles, but Geralt’s backstory willstay the same regardless of what you did before. It’s not yet clear what the true canon ending of Witcher 2 is."

"You can also hunt animals for fur and other resources by tracking their colour-coded markings in the wild. The day-night and weather cycles dictate when areas can be accessed and what beasts appear in the wild."

"Away from the wild plains, towns are said to be denser, and citizens will rat you out to city guards if they see you stealing or generally being a dick. You can waste time in cities by playing card and axe-throwing minigames."

"Geralt can now level up to 60 by earning experience through finishing quests. Hunting doesn’t dish out XP as it only gives you resources and money. Speaking of which the world’s economy is dynamic and is affected by what you sell, and how much."

"Geralt can even jump now – praise gravity! He also has a new combat mechanic that lets him target body parts, which is a bit like VATS in Fallout 3. QTEs have also been scrapped."