The Witcher 3 Main Storyline to Take Roughly 50 Hours to Complete

[In Search of Username]

Is this EVER true? They always say this stuff, but it's never remotely true. Like, I got through Mass Effect in about a quarter of the time people say it's meant to take, having completed every side-quest (minus the stupid ones where you search planets for funny-looking rocks) and not skipped through any of the dialogue. Still looking forward to the game, but I seriously doubt it will last anywhere near this long.

 

[Longstreet]

All is good and well to have 100 hours of gameplay, if the gameplay itself is bad, no one will play that.

I got about an hour or so into Witcher 2 and absolutely HATED how it played. From the controls to the ridiculously complicated potion drinking stuff, to spells with names no-one can remember. I found the combat atrocious and barely functional.

I will however give it a shot, although i might borrow it from a friend, a try before you buy thing if you will.

 

[Edguy]

The story and setting of The Witcher series really intrigue me, but never really bothered due to the complex and perhaps a little bit chunky gameplay, as well as the fact that the first one is only for PC.

 

[Edguy]

Euch, double post.

 

[t00bz]

Honestly, I'm still waiting for news as to when Witcher 1 and 2 are being ported. I mean, that's got to be in the pipes, right?

I wouldn't count on it. When try tried porting TW1 to Xbox 360, they sunk so much money into the project trying to get it 'right' that it nearly sank the entire company. The good thing is that it seems that you don't need to have played the previous two games to understand and enjoy what is happening in TW3.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Honestly, I'm still waiting for news as to when Witcher 1 and 2 are being ported. I mean, that's got to be in the pipes, right?

I wouldn't count on it. When try tried porting TW1 to Xbox 360, they sunk so much money into the project trying to get it 'right' that it nearly sank the entire company. The good thing is that it seems that you don't need to have played the previous two games to understand and enjoy what is happening in TW3.

I agree with you here, but I still think people should play at least Witcher 2 which is a fantastic game.

I recommend playing it on PC so you can import your saves. If you don't have a decent PC that would run it then I guess you can play it on 360.

 

[Animyr]

Out of curiosity, for those who played the first two games, how much of a difference did the import save system make?

 

[Piorn]

Oh yes! My savegame is ready!

On a related note, I never play games like these multiple times. I don't want to choose based on meta knowledge, I pick what I want to pick at that point of the story. Any replay of the story would diminish my personal experience, because I can't judge freely anymore.

It sucks that I can't play the other 2nd chapter of Witcher 2, but I made that choice, and to me, it matters.
If I did both, my choice wouldn't matter, as if I never chose in the first place.
Silly, isn't it?

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Does anyone know how long CD Projekt claims The Witcher or The Witcher 2 are supposed to take? For me they took about 60 and 30 hours doing most of the sidequests.

Still though it sucks for those few that got to play 2 on the 360 but won't get to play play 3 unless they have the one or 4 and can't play 1 unless they have a PC.

So what you're saying is that it's a bad situation for a small number of people who played The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 and will not be able to play The Witcher 3 (unless they have an Xbox One or Playstation 4) or The Witcher (unless they have a PC)? I ask because I've been staring at this sentence for over 5 minutes and I'm still not sure.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Does anyone know how long CD Projekt claims The Witcher or The Witcher 2 are supposed to take? For me they took about 60 and 30 hours doing most of the sidequests.

Still though it sucks for those few that got to play 2 on the 360 but won't get to play play 3 unless they have the one or 4 and can't play 1 unless they have a PC.

So what you're saying is that it's a bad situation for a small number of people who played The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 and will not be able to play The Witcher 3 (unless they have an Xbox One or Playstation 4) or The Witcher (unless they have a PC)? I ask because I've been staring at this sentence for over 5 minutes and I'm still not sure.

It's split across 3 parts, PC only has Witcher one (ergo Xbox 360 and PS3 only's were not able to play the first), the second was on PC and 360 only (PS3 only fans again miss out on the 2nd game) and then we have Witcher 3 which is going to Xbone,PS4 and PC (those that are still staying with last gen/cannot afford current gen again will miss out).