Witcher 3

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:I still couldn't tell if he was the 2nd character tbh, wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the girl is.

CD Projekt Red has confirmed you won't be able to switch between her and Geralt at will, but rather at certain moments in the plot you'll assume control of her. These moments will, by the way, be very significant in terms of the story.

Described as an ashen-haired girl from ancient prophecy, Ciri is a descendant of a long lost elven blood lineage and star of the recently released Elder Blood trailer. Emotionally connected to Geralt, Ciri is pursued by the titular Wild Hunt, a cavalcade of riders capable of huge destruction, as well as the Nilfgaard Empire. Though details about how she'll play are thin on the ground, we've been told she'll be fast and agile, and will also be able to blink. A mythical power is also teased.
"Ciri is playable only during certain moments in the game – we introduce her to give gamers another perspective in the story to make it even more engaging," explains the studio's Robert Malinowski. "You won’t play as her for long periods of time, but since she’s crucial to the plot, we thought that additional insight will allow gamers to better bond with this cool character.

"We introduce Ciri as supportive narrative tool and not because of gameplay mechanics. The Witcher was always about Geralt and that has not changed, but that handful of moments when you play as Ciri provide us with glimpses of how the story feels from the other side.

"She’s a living weapon… and everyone wants to control her. This, plus she also has her own will and agenda, so it’s not just finding her that counts. I think that is the most important aspect of this character. Geralt knows Ciri since she was a child. She’s Geralt’s apprentice and they have a close emotional bond – he trained her so she could become a witcheress."

What about Dragon Age: Inquisition? Dragon Age now also follows an open world.

"I liked it played out," says Tomaszkiewicz, "but I think ..." - he thinks, obviously striving to find the right words.

CD Projekt owes Bioware particularly as a development studio lot. At that time, 2004 Bioware showed at E3 Jade Empire. CDP was at that time still little more than a Polish sales, a bunch of loonies who have had trouble finding buyers for their lying still in the early stages The-Witcher demo. Bioware gave them place on the stand and thus the necessary momentum.

Now Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz sits and thinks about Dragon Age: Inquisition, the latest game in a studio, in the shadow of CD Projekt was great. "For my taste, it could do with less fetch quests," he says. "But it's still a good game. Ultimately, it increases the diversity, which can never be wrong with role-playing games."

"Well, my favorite open world game is Fallout: New Vegas," Tomaszkiewicz says about the way it combines quests and story with the open world. It is insanely good to hear from someone who is in charge of the missions in Witcher 3. New Vegas is one of the few almost absammelresistenten examples of modern RPGs, defines your role in his world through deeds and fractions. The drawers do not know where you could grab the residents of Nevada, and withdraws in favor of a neutral perspective the events detected. In short, the players decide who is good and bad, as far as this distinction is relevant

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:I know from playing Witcher 2 that the story will be much longer than most games that get released anyway.

I have no concerns about that, my concern is how they mix the story with the open ended nature of the game. Even GTA suffers from the disconnection you get from the story due to the open world.

They manage to do that then they are *bleep* magicians lol.