I NEVER base anything on a video game, based on what other video games are doing...I want the devs to do whatever they choose to do, I don't want them to blatantly take pages from others.
So, I withhold judgement until they start talking about the next game.

I.... disagree. Otherwise there'd be one game in every genre, or just no genre innovation what so ever. If somebody does something right, other companies should think about it.

Well compared to the Witcher 1 i was really dissapointed of the second part. And i still think it can't really be compared to TES.

So far the only similarity between Skyrim and The Witcher is that both games are labeled as RPG. It may change with TW3's open world, but then we'll be more concerned with TES VI than with Skyrim.

It can only make them better. Halo 4 took a lot from the fps game that shall not be named, as that is apparently taboo in this forum, and it made the multiplayer amazing. Taking pages from Skyrim may make other games like Witcher 3, and maybe even dragon age (fingers crossed) better.

Thanks. My day is complete.

The first Witcher was really good and quite different from the all the other all-to-similar high fantasy games.

The success came and the Witcher 2 was geared towards a wider audience. You could almost see where it was destined to end by looking at the trailes... All smoke and no substance. The promise of 16 different endings was nothing more than a fad since the endings are basically two with minor variations in the end. Should I mention that the story is more on rail than in the first one with a branch occurring early in the beginning and without the ability to switch sides later on? Such faked freedom of choice is even worse than being given no choice at all like TEs usually does.

The only hope in the otherwise dormant landscape of RPGs comes from 'project ethernity'. TES VI will be more of the same, basic formula that made these games great (forget the story, landscape exploration is where it counts) and Dragon Age 3 will be 90% marketing at 10% good ideas watered down to applease EA investors.

All I'm comparing is Witcher 3s new direction for an open world. The changes and similarities are in that link. I'm not comparing the series as a whole, as 1 and 2 are obviously nothing alike.

Even referencing what you referenced is taboo. Go sit in the shame corner.

And I agree, except for Dragon Age. I'm pretty sure that's a sinking ship.

My main concern about witcher 3 is if the devs are trying to copy Skyrim's massive success by making the world "open world", which could cause there focus of an excellent story to a "skyrim" copy.

They even gave Geralt a beard....

Lol. And yea, you're probably right, but I can hope.

Because I don't want them taking notes from Bethesda's personal notebook on design philosophy.

They already did, so the damage is done. They said they have like 100 hand crafted side quests, so it seems they're going for their older design philosophies.

ha that's doubtful, perhaps 20% bigger lines as the witcher 2 was so linear and narrow at parts that I felt claustrophobic and longed to return to the freedom of Skyrim.

Wait, AND we share the same birthday? I'm not even sure what I can give you except another high five.

Did you miss the part about The Witcher 3 being open world?

The devs are trying to go WAY to high on this...

No, a competitor, but not a business threat.

When the Witcher 3 cuts the crap and adds more customization, then I'll take them seriously.

I hope it makes them step up their game....

But then it wouldn't be the Witcher. The Witcher 3 is going to be an open world RPG. It's going to affect Bethesda game sales. It is direct competition.

The Bioware ship is long since sunk in my eyes ME3 was the torpedo that blew that one apart and one only has to see one of EAs own statements to see the direction of DA3, they are no longer producing games without a multiplayer component attached. Sad to say but in my eyes Bioware is dead.

Hopefully this game releases DLC's on time

How so? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gIsYuPIKco I actually trust CDProjekt Red more than Bethesda.

One would hope that in the customer relations department CDProjekt's treatment of their fans would shine an even brighter light than the DLC release fiasco has on Bethesda's almost total lack of respect for their customers.

One would hope that an open world game that has a compelling story and characters you actually feel something for and decisions that actually change something might cause Bethesda to step up in that department.

One also hopes that Bethesda does not go so far down the "advlt/Grim/Gritty" path as the Witcher games, I love the Witcher but I wouldn't play it around a lot of people because of the content.

CDProjekt is also releasing mod tools that look to be a breeze to work with.

So, if they pull this off, CDProjekt will give Bethesda a bit of competition, hopefully enough to make Beth step it up. But they'll never have the same market share because of the content is too advlt.

I'm probably one of the very few that loves Mass effect 3. Lol. The ending was horrible, but the extended one was much better, and made the series worth playing again for me.