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[wolfhowwl]

Huh. I hope that doesn't rule out a duel like with Letho.

[nici2412]

Some additional information about playing as ciri:

 

- Ciri, when compared to Geralt, is faster  and uses only one sword, has some special abilites that have not yet been revealed
- has about 10 quests, independent of Geralt's
- allows them to "enhance the experience" by adding a character that would do/say things Geralt wouldn't
- to avoid switching between the two feel repetitive, Ciri will only appear at key story moments and her appearances are "unpredictable"

 

(information are from the playstation official magazine uk and copied from the official witcher forum)

[CrazyRah]

Do like the sound of how Ciri will be used

[Farci Reprimer]

Ciri is faster than Geralt? Sounds strange because, she didnt even go through the mutations which give witchers their super-human reflexes unlike Geralt.

Well, maybe her "special powers" grant her some ability to move around battlefields quickly. Or maybe Geralt's leg isn't still fully recovered from the time Vilgefortz´s staff broke it violently with most of his other bones. And that slows him down.

[Milan92]

So they're going Arkham City with this by flipping between Geralt and Ciri. I like it.

 

Watcha wanna bet that at a certain point Ciri has to make a choice by either going the left or right way.

[Endurium]

So they're going Arkham City with this by flipping between Geralt and Ciri. I like it.

 

Dreamfall did this five years before Arkham City, and I enjoyed it. Definitely looking forward to W3. GoG has a big "SOON" on the game in my virtual library.

[Farci Reprimer]

WItcher 3 PC system requirements

 

Well, at least now I know how much juice I need from the gaming PC I plan to buy this spring.

[zeypher]

Dammit i really hope my 7950 can run it decently. Rest im good.

[DrBlingzle]

Ok a question for people who know more about the Witcher world than me: How is Nilfgard so bad?

 

This might be because I've only played TW2 and haven't read the books, but I don't have much of a motivation to stop them. Yes they are ruthless towards their enemies and traitors but they are also much more lenient towards the Elder Races than the Northern kingdoms. Also kingdoms which have become part of the empire do seem to enjoy peace and stability as opposed to the northern kingdoms which are constantly fighting between each other. While it is wrong for Nilfgard to aggressively conquer other kingdoms I don't see why said kingdoms would actually be worse of in the empire.

 

So I'll fight off Nilfgard in TW3 but I kind of need a better motivation, so if someone can explain to me any reasons as to why they are so abhorrent which I may of missed, that would be much appreciated

[I SOLD MY SOUL TO BIOWARE]

Nilfgaard? Bad? Har.

 

I'm actually hoping Emhyr wins. Nilfgaard's way cooler than the north. 

[slimgrin]

Ok a question for people who know more about the Witcher world than me: How is Nilfgard so bad?

 

This might be because I've only played TW2 and haven't read the books, but I don't have much of a motivation to stop them. Yes they are ruthless towards their enemies and traitors but they are also much more lenient towards the Elder Races than the Northern kingdoms. Also kingdoms which have become part of the empire do seem to enjoy peace and stability as opposed to the northern kingdoms which are constantly fighting between each other. While it is wrong for Nilfgard to aggressively conquer other kingdoms I don't see why said kingdoms would actually be worse of in the empire.

 

So I'll fight off Nilfgard in TW3 but I kind of need a better motivation, so if someone can explain to me any reasons as to why they are so abhorrent which I may of missed, that would be much appreciated

 

We need more context and knowledge of their intentions, which I'm sure we'll finally get. Cynthia's plug at the end of TW2 sounded downright welcoming. The first question to ask is do you support a totalitarian government, or independent states? The former sounds a bit more scary to me. I can see a ruthless and practical Geralt siding with Nilfgaard but unless the north thoroughly f*cks everything up, my canon will side with a free north.

[SlottsMachine]

Watcha wanna bet that at a certain point Ciri has to make a choice by either going the left or right way.

 

And if you go right its game over. 

[Farci Reprimer]

So I'll fight off Nilfgard in TW3 but I kind of need a better motivation, so if someone can explain to me any reasons as to why they are so abhorrent which I may of missed, that would be much appreciated

 

Actually I dont think we can decide the fate of nations or even the banner under which we stand so much as in Witcher 2. CD Project has highlighted since the beginning that now that Geralt has his memory back and is pretty much done with kings and kingslayers, he has absolutely no reason to be a political middleman anymore to anyone. Even in Assassins of Kings he pretty much chose sides only out of necessity.

 

Geralt is ultimately a very tired person who has travelled a very long journey and doesnt care which side wins in a war that doesnt affect him. His only goals are to find Yennefer and Ciri and bring down the WIld hunt. Everyone who stands in his way are enemies. Be that the Black ones of Nilfgaardian Empire or occupants of Northern Kingdoms or just some bloodthirsty monsters.

 

I have no doubts that the choices in Witcher 3 will change the world dramatically. Even the outcome of the war. But it wont be so simple as what side player decides to support. It is more complicated than that, because the story of Witcher 3 will be more personal than the previous ones and I wager choices will be made somewhere else than in the other side of barricade. Because you have to remember that Geralt´s goal is to survive in the war torn land, not take part in it.

 

So no, I dont think you wont be fighting off anyone with any kind of motivation DrBlingzle. But if you are curious about Nilfgaard it is described in the books as Imperial nation that makes vassal states of the kingdoms it conguers. Nilfgaard generally treats Elder Races better than the Northern kingdoms, but it is largely done to create beneficial unrest between elves and humans in the opposing nations. Socerers and witches are held in very short leash and magician born in the Empire cant even dream of the luxuries and privileges that the socerers and sorceressess in the North can enjoy. That was one of the reasons the infamous Lodge of Sorceresses was established: to ensure that the future of Magic wouldnt solely fall into the hands of Empire that treats magic wielders the same way one treats for example stable hands. You see, Wizards firmly believe that they hold the resbonsiblity of the future of the world and world without the guidance of magic will guickly fall into eternal darkness.

[nici2412]

"Filling an open game world with quests is a big challenge. Philipp Weber (Quest designer CD Project Red) explains how the quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are created and what is required in order to create a living and, above all, authentic world of The Witcher 3."

http://www.makinggam....hunt,6896.html

 

If anybody is concerned with the sidequest quality of Witcher 3 after playing Dragon Age Inqusition, this should help. At least I'm a lot less worried after reading it

Some of my favorite parts:

 

"Geralt is neither a charismatic hero nor a mean villain; he's not a simple errand boy and generally not interested in other people's business as long as he isn't getting anything out of it. So when we're at the beginning of a quest and think about the story, we always have to ask ourselves if Geralt would want to take part in it at all. What would his motivation be? How would he react?"

Bioware should have asked themelsves the same question if being a errand boy as the leader of a powerful organization in thedas is a good idea.

 

"I personally worked on so-called minor quests which don't necessarily have a big impact on the big comprehensive storyline, but make the world and its people look lively and obviously entail certain consequences. And each of our quests needs to have a consequence. This doesn't necessarily mean that after each quest a village either celebrates or burns down, but sometimes there are small changes here and there to show the player that he did change the world to a small degree – for better or worse."

Consequences even for minor-quests? (not even sidequests, as the witcher quest are divided in main-, side-, minor- and monster- hunting quests) Hell yeah!

 

He also talks about every npcs having a day/night routine and why this is important for creating a living and breathing world (unfortunaly something Inqusition is completely missing)

 

"For example, the village blacksmith gets up at sunrise, sits down at the table with his wife, eats something and then goes to work. He may take a break here or there, smoke a pipe on the bench, and after work he visits the tavern. At night he goes home and goes to sleep [....]

Of course, an NPC can also have different phases. For example, if the blacksmith's wife leaves him in the course of time, he might be spending more time at the tavern from then on. He might also move to a different town or even end up on the street. And maybe we'll find him there and get a new quest."

 

At lot of other great stuff about the questdesign and world of Witcher 3 in this article.

 

[Han Shot First]

Ok a question for people who know more about the Witcher world than me: How is Nilfgard so bad?

 

 

 

Mostly is it because Nilfgaard is a brutal imperialistic power that has made multiple attempts to conquer the Northern kingdoms. Geralt is a Notherner. Of course whether or not Geralt cares about his origins, or has some loyalties to the region of his birth, is up to the player.

 

The other points that are potentially against Nilfgaard is that in the past they exterminated their own Witchers, have made attempts at eliminating the Northern sorcerers/sorceresses, and keep their own mages on tight leashes. Those could be issues for Geralt if he's sympathetic towards magic users and loyal to his order.

 

Also,

Spoiler

the Emperor plans to wed Ciri, who is own daughter, because of a prophecy that she is going to give birth to a messianic figure.

 

 

That could be an issue for Geralt since Ciri is basically his surrogate daughter, and

Spoiler

Ciri is likely fleeing Nilfgaard and the Emperor.

[I SOLD MY SOUL TO BIOWARE]

Gotta wonder why Emyhr seems to think Geralt is just going to hand Ciri over if he finds her, anyway.

At least, the trailer makes it seem like he's the one who puts him on the trail.

[Han Shot First]

Gotta wonder why Emyhr seems to think Geralt is just going to hand Ciri over if he finds her, anyway.

At least, the trailer makes it seem like he's the one who puts him on the trail.

 

Yeah, it will be interesting to see how they deal with that considering Geralt should be untrustworthy from Emhyr's point of view.  Whether or not the player plans to have Geralt be relatively loyal to Emhyr/Nilfgaard, Emhyr should suspect that there is a high probability of Geralt double crossing him.

 

Given that Emhyr is a first rate schemer, maybe he's just using Geralt to flush Ciri out from hiding for his own knights to capture. Maybe he has people follow Geralt.

[nici2412]

What makes you think Emhyr want's to find Ciri to capture or even marry her?

I think it's more likely he just want's to protect her from  the Wild Hunt because

Spoiler

she is his daughter and he cares for her. He captured her at the end of the last book and let her go voluntarily. Why should he go after her again? If you mean his "I should give her what she deserves" statement in the SOD trailer. This probably just means he want's to give her the throne of nilfgaard as his heritage. I don't see any indication so far that he still has the aim to get a child with her. He gave this up at the end of Lady of the Lake.

[Milan92]

 

Also,

Spoiler

the Emperor plans to wed Ciri, who is own daughter, because of a prophecy that she is going to give birth to a messianic figure.

 

 

And suddenly its clear why they wanted Charles Dance for the role 

[Nerevar-as]

Those spoilers were done with back in the books, it would be very stupid of CDP to go back to closed plot points. 

 

About Nilfgaard vs north, can´t say after the war life would be worse for the common people. Non-humans might even get improvements. Northern kingdoms are mostly a pile of ****.

[anvil866]

Also,

Spoiler

the Emperor plans to wed Ciri, who is own daughter, because of a prophecy that she is going to give birth to a messianic figure.

He wasn't willing to go through with it the first time, so I don't think thats the case anymore.
 

Spoiler

In the trailer Emhyr says something along the lines like "I shall give her what she deserves". He is at a certain age (late forties, early fifties???) and has no other children. He wants her as his heir and put her on the throne, probably married off to a nilfgardian noble, who already is in Emhyrs pocket; protect his legacy, just like Charles Dance's character in "Game of Thrones"

[DrBlingzle]

Mostly is it because Nilfgaard is a brutal imperialistic power that has made multiple attempts to conquer the Northern kingdoms. Geralt is a Notherner. Of course whether or not Geralt cares about his origins, or has some loyalties to the region of his birth, is up to the player.

 

The other points that are potentially against Nilfgaard is that in the past they exterminated their own Witchers, have made attempts at eliminating the Northern sorcerers/sorceresses, and keep their own mages on tight leashes. Those could be issues for Geralt if he's sympathetic towards magic users and loyal to his order.

 

Also,

Spoiler

the Emperor plans to wed Ciri, who is own daughter, because of a prophecy that she is going to give birth to a messianic figure.

 

 

That could be an issue for Geralt since Ciri is basically his surrogate daughter, and

Spoiler

Ciri is likely fleeing Nilfgaard and the Emperor.

Thanks for the answer. BTW should I open the spoiler tags if I'm trying to avoid spoilers for TW3?

[RobRam10]

Mostly is it because Nilfgaard is a brutal imperialistic power that has made multiple attempts to conquer the Northern kingdoms. Geralt is a Notherner. Of course whether or not Geralt cares about his origins, or has some loyalties to the region of his birth, is up to the player.

 

The other points that are potentially against Nilfgaard is that in the past they exterminated their own Witchers, have made attempts at eliminating the Northern sorcerers/sorceresses, and keep their own mages on tight leashes. Those could be issues for Geralt if he's sympathetic towards magic users and loyal to his order.

 

Also,

Spoiler

the Emperor plans to wed Ciri, who is own daughter, because of a prophecy that she is going to give birth to a messianic figure.

 

 

That could be an issue for Geralt since Ciri is basically his surrogate daughter, and

Spoiler

Ciri is likely fleeing Nilfgaard and the Emperor.

Isn't she

Spoiler

fleeing from the Wild Hunt? or did you mean fleeing like in the past?